Dr. Liesbeth Bakker

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: Elisabeth S. Bakker
Researcher unique identifier(s): ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5900-9136
ResearcherID: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-7185-2008
Personal web site: https://nioo.knaw.nl/en/employees/liesbeth-bakker

EDUCATION

PhD: 23/9/2003, Wageningen University, The Netherlands. Promotores: Prof. F. Berendse, Prof. H. Olff. Thesis: Herbivores as mediators of their environment: the impact of large and small species on vegetation dynamics
MSc: 27/8/1997, University of Groningen, The Netherlands, Biology, track Ecology, graduated cum laude.

CURRENT POSITION

2015 – present: Senior Scientist, Dept. Aquatic Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Wageningen, The Netherlands.

PREVIOUS POSITIONS

2009 – 2015: Tenure track, Dept. of Aquatic Ecology, NIOO-KNAW, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
2007 – 2009: Postdoc, Dept. of Plant-Animal Interactions, NIOO-KNAW, Nieuwersluis, The Netherlands. NWO-VENI personal grant: Causes and consequences of plant palatability along a gradient of resource availability.
2005 – 2007: Postdoc, Dept. Plant-Animal Interactions, NIOO-KNAW, Nieuwersluis, The Netherlands.
2004 – 2005: Postdoc, Dept. Biological Sciences, University of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. NWO-Talent Stipendium personal grant: Foraging behaviour in small mammalian herbivores.
2003 – 2004 : Postdoc, Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska, Nebraska, USA. Project: Herbivore impact on grassland plant diversity and nitrogen cycling along a productivity gradient.

FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS

2017 Grant Gieskes-Strijbis Fund (480 k€); 2 PhD students on rewilding site Marker Wadden
2017 Grant NIOO-KNAW (83 k€); 1 postdoc vertebrate grazing in a globally experimental network
2014-2017 Hosting talented PhD students and Postdocs with personal grants in my group (~ 395 k€); 1 postdoc EU Marie Curie grant; 2 full PhDs, 1 visiting PhD with CSC grants Chinese Research Council; 1 full PhD with Brazilian Science Without Borders CAPES grant on wetland ecology
2012-2017 Grants Waterboards/ Ministry of Economic affairs, Agriculture & Innovation/NIOO-KNAW (230 k€) for 1 PhD student to study the impact of aquatic plant management
2011 Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) Biodiversity works program (253 k€) for 1 PhD student to study ecosystem functions of invasive aquatic plants
2010 Grant Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture & Innovation (415 k€); 4 postdocs and 2 technicians to study the impact of water level fluctuations on wetlands
2010 Scientific Stimulation Prize for Biodiversity Conservation and Innovation Research (25 k€)
2009 Grant NIOO-KNAW (208 k€); 1 postdoc to study consumer diversity across ecosystems
2006 NWO-VENI personal grant (240 k€) Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research
2004 NWO-Talent Stipendium personal grant (30.5 k€) Netherl. Org. for Scientific Research

SUPERVISION OF GRADUATE STUDENTS AND POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS

Ongoing: 2 Postdocs, 4 PhD students, 1 visiting PhD student, 2 external PhD students, 2 Master students
Previous: 6 Postdocs, 3 PhD students (graduated), 2 technicians, 1 junior researcher, 35 Master Students

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

2009 – 2018: Guest lectures (30) on the role of herbivores in ecosystems at Utrecht and Wageningen Universities in courses: Restoration Ecology, Functional Biodiversity, Landscape Ecology, Aquatic Ecology, Environmental Change: Past and Present, Cutting Edge Ecology.
2018: Organiser PhD course: Robustness and resilience of aquatic ecosystems
2004 – 2005: Lecturer course Plant-Animal Interactions, University of Alberta, Canada
2002 – 2003: Lecturer course Vegetation and Landscape Ecology, Wageningen University

ORGANISATION OF SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS, organiser of:

2018 (in August) Session “Macrophyte vegetations of the future”, 34rd SIL Congress, Nanjing, China
2018 Session “Ecosystem response and restoration” Aquatic Plant Symposium, Queenstown, New Zealand
2017 Thematic Topic Session “Rewilding as a contemporary conservation strategy” BES, Ghent, Belgium
2016 Symposium: “Wat te doen aan Exotische Waterplanten? Samen naar efficiënte en effectieve bestrijdingsmethoden”, with Bureau Waardenburg and NVWA, Wageningen, The Netherlands
2016 Symposium: “From Wadden Sea to Marker Wadden: the functioning and restoration of large aquatic systems”, CWE, Groningen, The Netherlands
2016 Symposium: “Rewilding with large herbivores: challenges and opportunities for science and practice”, the Netherlands-Flanders Ecology Society (NecoV), Wageningen, The Netherlands
2016 Session “Natural and anthropogenic influences on ecology of macrophyte beds”, 33rd SIL, Turin, IT
2016 Symposium “The good, the bad or a bit of both? The role of exotic species in aquatic ecosystems”, CWE, Wageningen, The Netherlands
2015 Session “Trophic interactions in macrophyte beds” Aquatic Plant Symposium, Edinburgh, Scotland
2015 Session “Trophic interactions”, NERN meeting, Lunteren, The Netherlands
2011 Session “Processes and patterns of herbivory in aquatic and terrestrial systems”, Gfö, Oldenburg, DE
2011 Session “From water to land: ecology across borders”, NERN meeting, Lunteren, The Netherlands

INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

2017 – present Theme leader “Restoration Ecology”, NIOO-KNAW.
2010 – present Organizing the weekly seminar series at NIOO-KNAW; Chair of Seminar Comm. (2017 –).
2016 Organizer Bi-annual Science Days NIOO-KNAW – science symposium and team building.

COMMISSIONS OF TRUST

PhD thesis committees 19 committees 2009-2017: 14 divided over four Dutch Universities; Ghent University (1), Free University Brussels (2), Belgium; Griffith University, Australia (1); Swedish Agricultural University (1).
Tenure track committees at the Resource Ecology Group, Wageningen University (2; 2011 – 2014; 2017) and at the Freshwater and Marine Ecology Group, University of Amsterdam (1; 2017)
Chairs Chairperson Center of Wetland Ecology (CWE, https://www.wetland-ecology.nl/), a platform of 19 Dutch and Flemish academic aquatic groups and institutions (2015 – present); Chair of the Macrophyte Working Group of the International Limnological Society (SIL; 2015 – present).
Scientific and Advisory Boards Member of the Scientific Board of the International Symposium on Aquatic Plants, Poland (2012), Scotland (2015), New Zealand (2018); Advisory Board Watermozaïek STOWA (Foundation for Applied Water Research) (2016 – present); Advisory Board of the Knowledge Network for Development and Management of Nature quality (OBN; 2011 – 2016).
Editorial Board member Ecology, (ESA), USA, (2017 – present); Aquatic Ecology (2010 – 2013)
Special Issue editor of 4 special issues: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society London B (Trophic Rewilding - Consequences for Ecosystems under Global Change; appears fall 2018); Frontiers in Plant Science (Conservation Ecology of Aquatic Plants; appears spring 2018); Aquatic Invasions (Invasive Species in Inland Waters; December 2017); Hydrobiologia (Plants in Aquatic Systems – a 21st Century Perspective; appears spring 2018)
Grant panel member Netherlands Org. for Scientific Research NWO-ALW open competition (2015;2017)
Grant proposals reviewed National Science Foundation (NSF, USA), European Union (EU COFUND), French National Research Agency (ANR), Wageningen Institute for Environmental Research (Wimek, NL), Hungarian Research Fund (OTKA), Polish Research Foundation (Kolumb FNP), Research Foundation Flanders (FWO, Belgium), Israel Science Foundation (ISF, Israel).
Manuscripts reviewed for 47 international science journals incl. Nature Comm., Ecology Letters.

MEMBERSHIPS OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES

Member of the global Research Network “The Nutrient Network” (http://www.nutnet.umn.edu/); Ecological Society of America (ESA), British Ecology Society (BES), International Limnological Society (SIL), Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO), Dutch-Flemish Society for Ecology (NecoV), Dutch Graduate School Production Ecology and Resource Conservation (PE&RC)

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Causes and consequences of plant palatability along a gradient of resource availability

Herbivores can play an important role in the structuring of plant communities, which has been shown to vary with environmental gradients of resource availability. This has been hypothesized to be due to variation in plant palatability over a resource gradient, for instance through changes in plant stoichiometry and anti-herbivore defenses. I test whether plant palatability and stoichiometry changes with resource availability (nutrients and light) using freshwater macrophytes as a model system. I use exclosure studies to test whether differential palatability is a cause of shifts in plant community composition over a productivity gradient.

Does grazing impact on waterplants depend on lake nutrient status?

Grazing impact on aquatic plants varies from zero to almost 100% plant removal and it's currently unknown what causes this variation. Herbivore density is a logical candidate to explain this variation between studies, but has been shown to be relatively unimportant. Alternatively, nutrient availability can affect the impact of herbivore grazing both through altered plant palatability as well as plant resistance to grazing. I test this hypothesis by excluding vertebrate grazers and compare their effects in an oligotrophic, mesotrophic and eutrophic lake. Additionally, I test the impact of grazing on macrophytes, nutrient availability and phytoplankton blooms by allowing captive mallards to graze on oligotrophic and eutrophic experimental ponds.

Water level fluctuations and reed grazing

Water level fluctuations affect the growth and establishment of helophytes and macrophytes. Especially helophytes profit from a temporary drawdown of the water. A stagnant water level, as maintained in many western european water bodies, may be a cause of limited expansion of helophytes into the open water or even decline which is observed especially in "water reed" which grows with its feet in the water. Alternatively grazers, such as Greylag geese may be a cause of reed decline and limited terrestrialisation (see picture). We are testing the importance of water level fluctuations and grazing as limiting factors for establishment and expansion of helophytes and sumerged macrophytes.

Grazing by Greylags alters the architecture of the reed stems and provides a direct link between the sediment and air. The effects of grazing on methane emission from reed stems is the topic of the most recent investigations.

Omnivory and herbivory in aquatic vertebrates

Almost all freshwater herbivores are in fact omnivorous. This makes it difficult to predict herbivore effects on plants. In this project we study the choice of freshwater fish between macrophyte species and macrofauna and measure the impact of a herbivorous (Grasscarp) and omnivorous fish (Rudd) on macrophyte vegetation and water quality in experimental ponds together with an analysis of their diet in the ponds.

10 Key publications Liesbeth Bakker:

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Grutters, B. M. C., Roijendijk, Y., Verberk, W. C. E. P., & Bakker, E. S. (2017). Plant traits and plant biogeography control the biotic resistance provided by generalist herbivores. Functional Ecology, 31 (6), 1184-1192. doi:10.1111/1365-2435.12835

Bakker, E. S., Pagès, J. F., Arthur, R., & Alcoverro, T. (2016). Assessing the role of large herbivores in the structuring and functioning of freshwater and marine angiosperm ecosystems. Ecography, 39(2), 162-179. doi:10.1111/ecog.01651

Bakker, E. S., Wood, K. A., Pagès, J. F., Veen, G. F. C., Christianen, M. J. A., Santamaría, L., Nolet, B. A. & Hilt, S. (2016). Herbivory on freshwater and marine macrophytes: a review and perspective. Aquatic Botany, 135, 18-36. doi:10.1016/j.aquabot.2016.04.008

Bakker, E. S., Gill, J. L., Johnson, C. N., Vera, F. W. M., Sandom, C. J., Asner, G. P. A., & Svenning, J. C. (2016). Combining paleo-data and modern exclosure experiments to assess the impact of megafauna extinctions on woody vegetation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 113(4), 847-855. doi:10.1073/pnas.1502545112

Doughty, C. E., Roman, J., Faurby, S., Wolf, A., Haque, A., Bakker, E. S., Malhi, Y., Dunning, J. & Svenning, J. C. (2016). Global nutrient transport in a world of giants. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 113(4), 868-873. doi:10.1073/pnas.1502549112

Sarneel, J. M., Huig, N., Veen, G. F., Rip, W., & Bakker, E. S. (2014). Herbivores enforce sharp boundaries between terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Ecosystems, 17(8), 1426-1438. doi:10.1007/s10021-014-9805-1

Bakker, E. S., Dobrescu, I., Straile, D., & Holmgren, M. (2013). Testing the Stress Gradient Hypothesis in herbivore communities: facilitation peaks at intermediate nutrient levels. Ecology, 94(8), 1776-1784. doi:10.1890/12-1175.1

Dingemans, B. J. J., Bakker, E. S., & Bodelier, P. L. E. (2011). Aquatic herbivores facilitate the emission of methane from wetlands. Ecology, 92(5), 1166-1173. doi:10.1890/10-1297.1

Bakker, E. S., Knops, J. M. H., Milchunas, D. G., Ritchie, M. E., & Olff, H. (2009). Cross-site comparison of herbivore impact on nitrogen availability in grasslands: the role of plant nitrogen concentration. Oikos, 118(11), 1613-1622. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0706.2009.17199.x

Bakker, E. S., Ritchie, M. E., Olff, H., Milchunas, D. G., & Knops, J. M. H. (2006). Herbivore impact on grassland plant diversity depends on habitat productivity and herbivore size. Ecology Letters, 9(7), 780-788. doi:10.1111/j.1461-0248.2006.00925.x

2020

Hofstra, D., Schoelynck, J., Ferrell, J., Coetzee, J., de Winton, M., Bickel, T.,... Gross, E. M. (2020). On the move: New insights on the ecology and management of native and alien macrophytes. Aquatic Botany, in press. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2019.103190

2019

Koerner, S. E., Smith, M. D., Burkepile, D. E., Hanan, N. P., Avolio, M. L., Collins, S. L.,... Zelikova, T. J. (2019). Change in dominance determines herbivore effects on plant biodiversity. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 2, 1925-1932. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-018-0696-y
Verhofstad, M. J. J. M., & Bakker, E. S. (2019). Classifying nuisance submerged vegetation depending on ecosystem services. Limnology, 20(1), 55-68. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10201-017-0525-z
He, L., Bakker, E. S., Alirangues Nunez, M. M., & Hilt, S. (2019). Combined effects of shading and clipping on the invasive alien macrophyte Elodea nuttallii. Aquatic Botany, 154, 24-27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2018.11.014
Zhang, P., Grutters, B. M. C., van Leeuwen, C. H. A., Xu, J., Petruzzella, A., van den Berg, R. F., & Bakker, E. S. (2019). Effects of Rising Temperature on the Growth, Stoichiometry, and Palatability of Aquatic Plants. Frontiers in Plant Science, 9, [1947]. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.01947
Borer, E. T., Lind, E., Firn, J., Seabloom, E. W., Anderson, T. M., Bakker, E. S.,... Stevens, C. J. (2019). More salt, please: global patterns, responses, and impact of foliar sodium in grasslands. Ecology Letters, 22(7), 1136-1144. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13270
van Zuidam, J. P., van Leeuwen, C., Bakker, E. S., Verhoeven, J. T. A., Ijff, S., Peeters, E. T. H. M.,... Soons, M. B. (2019). Plant functional diversity and nutrient availability can improve restoration of floating fens via facilitation, complementarity and selection effects. Journal of Applied Ecology, 56(1), 235-245. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13256
Janssen, A. B. G., van Wijk, D., van Gerven, L. P. A., Bakker, E. S., Brederveld, R. J., DeAngelis, D. L.,... Mooij, W. M. (2019). Success of lake restoration depends on spatial aspects of nutrient loading and hydrology. Science of the Total Environment, 679(20 August 2019), 248-259. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.04.443

2018

Zhang, P., van den Berg, R. F., van Leeuwen, C. H. A., Blonk, B. A., & Bakker, E. S. (2018). Aquatic omnivores shift their trophic position towards increased plant consumption as plant stoichiometry becomes more similar to their body stoichiometry. PLoS One, 13(9), [e0204116]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0204116
Bakker, E. S., Veen, G. F., Ter Heerdt, G., Huig, N., & Sarneel, J. M. (2018). High grazing pressure of geese threatens conservation and restoration of reed belts. Frontiers in Plant Science, 9, [01649]. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.01649
Teurlincx, S., Verhofstad, M. J. J. M., Bakker, E. S., & Declerck, S. A. J. (2018). Managing Successional Stage Heterogeneity to Maximize Landscape-Wide Biodiversity of Aquatic Vegetation in Ditch Networks. Frontiers in Plant Science. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.01013
Petruzzella, A., Manschot, J., van Leeuwen, C., Grutters, B. M. C., & Bakker, E. S. (2018). Mechanisms of invasion resistance of aquatic plant communities. Frontiers in Plant Science, 9, [134]. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.00134
O’Hare, M. T., Aguiar, F. C., Asaeda, T., Bakker, E. S., Chambers, P. A., Clayton, J. S.,... Wood, K. A. (2018). Plants in aquatic ecosystems: current trends and future directions. Hydrobiologia, 812(1), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-017-3190-7
Hilt, S., Alirangues Nuñez, M. M., Bakker, E. S., Blindow, I., Davidson, T. A., Gillefalk, M.,... Sayer, C. D. (2018). Response of Submerged Macrophyte Communities to External and Internal Restoration Measures in North Temperate Shallow Lakes. Frontiers in Plant Science, 9, [194]. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.00194
Zhang, P., Blonk, B., van den Berg, R., & Bakker, E. S. (2018). The effect of temperature on herbivory by the omnivorous ectotherm snail Lymnaea stagnalis. Hydrobiologia, 812(1), 147-155. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-016-2891-7
Bakker, E. S., & Svenning, J-C. (2018). Trophic rewilding: impact on ecosystems under global change: Introduction. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 373(1761), [0432]. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2017.0432
Velthuis, M., Kosten, S., Aben, R. C., Kazanjian, G., Hilt, S., Peeters, E. THM.,... Bakker, E. S. (2018). Warming enhances sedimentation and decomposition of organic carbon in shallow macrophyte-dominated systems with zero net effect on carbon burial. Global Change Biology, 24(11), 5231-5242. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14387

2017

Verhofstad, M. J. J. M., Poelen, M. D. M., Van Kempen, M. M. L., Bakker, E. S., & Smolders, A. J. P. (2017). Finding the harvesting frequency to maximize nutrient removal in a constructed wetland dominated by submerged aquatic plants. Ecological Engineering, 106, Part A, 423-430. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2017.06.012
Grutters, B. M. C., Saccomanno, B., Gross, E. M., Van de Waal, D. B., van Donk, E., & Bakker, E. S. (2017). Growth strategy, phylogeny and stoichiometry determine the allelopathic potential of native and non-native plants. Oikos, 126(12). https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.03956
Alberti, J., Bakker, E. S., van Klink, R., Olff, H., & Smit, C. (2017). Herbivore exclusion promotes a more stochastic plant community assembly in a natural grassland. Ecology, 98(4), 961-970. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.1741
Bakker, E. S. (2017). Herbivore size matters for productivity-richness relationships in African savannas: Commentary on Burkepile et al. (2017). Journal of Ecology, 105(3), 687-689. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12745
Grutters, B. M. C., Aben, R. C., Kosten, S., & Bakker, E. S. (2017). Impact of native and non-native aquatic plants on methane emission and phytoplankton growth. Aquatic Invasions, 12(3), 371-383. https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2017.12.3.10
Velthuis, M., van Deelen, E., van Donk, E., Zhang, P., & Bakker, E. S. (2017). Impact of temperature and nutrients on carbon:nutrient tissue stoichiometry of submerged aquatic plants: an experiment and meta-analysis. Frontiers in Plant Science, 8, [655]. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2017.00655
Leuven, R. S. E. W., Boggero, A., Bakker, E. S., Elgin, A., & Verreycken, H. (2017). Invasive species in inland waters: from early detection to innovative management approaches. Aquatic Invasions, 12(3), 269-273. https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2017.12.3.01
Hussner, A., Stiers, I., Verhofstad, M. J. J. M., Bakker, E. S., Grutters, B. M. C., Haury, J.,... Hofstra, D. (2017). Management and control methods of invasive alien freshwater aquatic plants: a review. Aquatic Botany, 136(January), 112-137. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2016.08.002
Verhofstad, M. J. J. M., Alirangues, M. M., Reichman, E., van Donk, E., Lamers, L. P. M., & Bakker, E. S. (2017). Mass development of monospecific submerged macrophyte vegetation after the restoration of shallow lakes: roles of light, sediment nutrient levels, and propagule density. Aquatic Botany, 141(July), 29-38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2017.04.004
Kuiper, J. J., Verhofstad, M. J. J. M., Louwers, E., Bakker, E. S., Brederveld, R. J., van Gerven, L. P. A.,... Mooij, W. M. (2017). Mowing Submerged Macrophytes in Shallow Lakes with Alternative Stable States: Battling the Good Guys? Environmental Management, 59(4), 619-634. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-016-0811-2
Grutters, B. M. C., Gross, E. M., van Donk, E., & Bakker, E. S. (2017). Periphyton density is similar on native and non-native plant species. Freshwater Biology, 62(5), 906-915. https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.12911
Grutters, B. M. C., Roijendijk, Y., Verberk, W. C. E. P., & Bakker, E. S. (2017). Plant traits and plant biogeography control the biotic resistance provided by generalist herbivores. Functional Ecology, 31(`6), 1184-1192. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.12835
Petruzzella, A., Grutters, B. M. C., Thomaz, S. M., & Bakker, E. S. (2017). Potential for biotic resistance from herbivores to tropical and subtropical plant invasions in aquatic ecosystems. Aquatic Invasions, 12(3), 343-353. https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2017.12.3.08
Sitters, J., Bakker, E. S., Veldhuis, M., Veen, G. F., Venterink, H. O., & Vanni, M. J. (2017). The stoichiometry of nutrient release by terrestrial herbivores and its ecosystem consequences. Frontiers of Earth Science, 5, [feart.2017.00032]. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2017.00032

2016

Bakker, E. S., Pagès, J. F., Arthur, R., & Alcoverro, T. (2016). Assessing the role of large herbivores in the structuring and functioning of freshwater and marine angiosperm ecosystems. Ecography, 39(2), 162-179. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.01651
Bakker, E. S., Gill, J. L., Johnson, C. N., Vera, F. W. M., Sandom, C. J., Asner, G. P. A., & Svenning, J. C. (2016). Combining paleo-data and modern exclosure experiments to assess the impact of megafauna extinctions on woody vegetation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 113(4), 847-855. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1502545112
Zhang, P., Bakker, E. S., Zhang, M., & Xu, J. (2016). Effects of warming on Potamogeton crispus growth and tissue stoichiometry in the growing season. Aquatic Botany, 128(January), 13-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2015.08.004
Doughty, C. E., Roman, J., Faurby, S., Wolf, A., Haque, A., Bakker, E. S.,... Svenning, J. C. (2016). Global nutrient transport in a world of giants. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 113(4), 868-873. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1502549112
Bakker, E. S., Wood, K. A., Pagès, J. F., Veen, G. F., Christianen, M. J. A., Santamaría, L.,... Hilt, S. (2016). Herbivory on freshwater and marine macrophytes: a review and perspective. Aquatic Botany, 135, 18-36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2016.04.008
Bakker, E. S., & Hilt, S. (2016). Impact of water level fluctuations on cyanobacterial blooms: Options for management. Aquatic Ecology, 50(3), 485-498. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10452-015-9556-x
Grutters, B. M. C., Gross, E. M., & Bakker, E. S. (2016). Insect herbivory on native and exotic aquatic plants: phosphorus and nitrogen drive insect growth and nutrient release. Hydrobiologia, 778(September), 209-220. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-015-2448-1
Bakker, E. S., van Donk, E., & Immers, A. (2016). Lake restoration by in-lake iron addition: A synopsis of iron impact on aquatic organisms and shallow lake ecosystems. Aquatic Ecology, 50(1), 121-135. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10452-015-9552-1
van Leeuwen, C. H. A., Beukeboom, R., Nolet, B. A., Bakker, E. S., & Pollux, B. J. A. (2016). Locomotion during digestion changes current estimates of seed dispersal kernels by fish. Functional Ecology, 30, 215-225. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.12485
Hidding, B., Bakker, E. S., Hootsmans, M. J. M., & Hilt, S. (2016). Synergy between shading and herbivory triggers macrophyte loss and regime shifts in aquatic systems. Oikos, 125(10), 1489-1495. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.03104
van Altena, C., Bakker, E. S., Kuiper, J. J., & Mooij, W. M. (2016). The impact of bird herbivory on macrophytes and the resilience of the clear-water state in shallow lakes: a model study. Hydrobiologia, 777(September), 197-207. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-016-2779-6

2015

Immers, A., Bakker, E. S., Van Donk, E., Ter Heerdt, G., Geurts, J. J. M., & Declerck, S. A. J. (2015). Fighting internal phosphorus loading: An evaluation of the large scale application of gradual Fe-addition to a shallow peat lake. Ecological Engineering, 83, 78-89. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2015.05.034
Grutters, B., Pollux, B. J. A., Verberk, W. C. E. P., & Bakker, E. S. (2015). Native and non-native plants provide similar refuge to invertebrate prey, but less than artificial plants. PLoS One, 10(4), [e0124455]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0124455

2014

Bakker, E. S., & Nolet, B. A. (2014). Experimental evidence for enhanced top-down control of freshwater macrophytes with nutrient enrichment. Oecologia, 176(3), 825-836. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-014-3047-y
Hidding, B., Sarneel, J. M., & Bakker, E. S. (2014). Flooding tolerance and horizontal expansion of wetland plants: facilitation by floating mats? Aquatic Botany, 113(February), 83-89. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2013.11.003
Veen, G. F., De Vries, S., Bakker, E. S., Van der Putten, W. H., & Olff, H. (2014). Grazing-induced changes in plant–soil feedback alter plant biomass allocation. Oikos, 123(7), 800-806. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0706.2013.01077.x
Sarneel, J. M., Huig, N., Veen, G. F., Rip, W., & Bakker, E. S. (2014). Herbivores enforce sharp boundaries between terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Ecosystems, 17(8), 1426-1438. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-014-9805-1
Van Leeuwen, C. H. A., Sarneel, J. M., van Paassen, J., Rip, W. J., & Bakker, E. S. (2014). Hydrology, shore morphology and species traits affect seed dispersal, germination and community assembly in shoreline plant communities. Journal of Ecology, 102(4), 998-1007. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12250
Immers, A., Vendrig, K., Ibelings, B. W., Van Donk, E., Ter Heerdt, G., Geurts, J. J. M., & Bakker, E. S. (2014). Iron addition as a measure to restore water quality: Implications for macrophyte growth. Aquatic Botany, 116, 44-52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2014.01.007
Sarneel, J. M., Janssen, R. H., Rip, W. J., Bender, I., & Bakker, E. S. (2014). Windows of opportunity for germination of riparian species after restoring water level fluctuations: a field experiment with controlled seed banks. Journal of Applied Ecology, 51(4), 1006-1014. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12288

2013

Bukovinszky, T., Helmsing, N. R., Grau, R. A., Bakker, E. S., Bezemer, T. M., Vos, M.,... Verschoor, A. M. (2013). A device to study the behavioral responses of zooplankton to food quality and quantity. Journal of Insect Behavior, 26(4), 453-465. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10905-012-9366-0
Schrama, M., Veen, G. F., Bakker, E. S., Ruifrok, J. L., Bakker, J. P., & Olff, H. (2013). An integrated perspective to explain nitrogen mineralization in grazed ecosystems. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, 15(1), 32-44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ppees.2012.12.001
Veen, G. F., Sarneel, J. M., Ravensbergen, L., Huig, N., van Paassen, J., Rip, W., & Bakker, E. S. (2013). Aquatic grazers reduce the establishment and growth of riparian plants along an environmental gradient. Freshwater Biology, 58(9), 1794-1803. https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.12168
Van der Wal, J. E. M., Dorenbosch, M., Immers, A., Vidal Forteza, C., Geurts, J. J. M., Peeters, E. T. H. M.,... Bakker, E. S. (2013). Invasive crayfish threaten the development of submerged macrophytes in lake restoration. PLoS One, 8(10), [e78579]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0078579
Immers, A., Van der Sande, M. T., Van der Zande, R. M., Geurts, J. J. M., Van Donk, E., & Bakker, E. S. (2013). Iron addition as a shallow lake restoration measure: impacts on charophyte growth. Hydrobiologia, 710(1), 241-251. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-011-0995-7
Bakker, E. S., Sarneel, J. M., Gulati, R. D., Liu, Z., & Van Donk, E. (2013). Restoring macrophyte diversity in shallow temperate lakes: biotic versus abiotic constraints. Hydrobiologia, 710(1), 23-37. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-012-1142-9
Bakker, E. S., Dobrescu, I., Straile, D., & Holmgren, M. (2013). Testing the Stress Gradient Hypothesis in herbivore communities: facilitation peaks at intermediate nutrient levels. Ecology, 94(8), 1776-1784. https://doi.org/10.1890/12-1175.1

2012

Dorenbosch, M., & Bakker, E. S. (2012). Effects of contrasting omnivorous fish on submerged macrophyte biomass in temperate lakes: a mesocosm experiment. Freshwater Biology, 57(7), 1360-1372. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2427.2012.02790.x
Bukovinszky, T., Bakker, E. S., Raaijmakers, C. E., Verschoor, A. M., & Bezemer, T. M. (2012). Host location success of root-feeding nematodes in patches that differ in size and quality: A belowground release-recapture experiment. Basic and Applied Ecology, 13(3), 221-231. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2012.03.002
Bukovinszky, T., Verschoor, A. M., Helmsing, N. R., Bezemer, T. M., Bakker, E. S., Vos, M., & De Senerpont Domis, L. N. (2012). The Good, the Bad and the Plenty: Interactive Effects of Food Quality and Quantity on the Growth of Different Daphnia Species. PLoS One, 7(9), [e42966]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0042966
Gross, E. M., & Bakker, E. S. (2012). The role of plant secondary metabolites in freshwater macrophyte-herbivore interactions: limited or unexplored chemical defences? In G. R. Iason, & M. Dicke [Eds.], The Ecology of Plant Secondary Metabolites: From Genes to Global Processes (pp. 154-169). [Chap 8] (Ecological Reviews). Cambridge University Press.

2011

Dingemans, B. J. J., Bakker, E. S., & Bodelier, P. L. E. (2011). Aquatic herbivores facilitate the emission of methane from wetlands. Ecology, 92(5), 1166-1173. https://doi.org/10.1890/10-1297.1
Declerck, S. A. J., Bakker, E. S., van Lith, B., Kersbergen, A. P., & Van Donk, E. (2011). Effects of nutrient additions and macrophyte composition on invertebrate community assembly and diversity in experimental ponds. Basic and Applied Ecology, 12(5), 466-475. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2011.05.001
Dorenbosch, M., & Bakker, E. S. (2011). Herbivory in omnivorous fishes: effect of presence of plant secondary metabolites and prey stoichiometry. Freshwater Biology, 56(9), 1783-1797. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2427.2011.02618.x

2010

Hidding, B., Bakker, E. S., Keuper, F., De Boer, T., De Vries, P. P., & Nolet, B. A. (2010). Differences in tolerance of pondweeds and charophytes to vertebrate herbivores in a shallow Baltic estuary. Aquatic Botany, 93(2), 123-128. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2010.04.002
Bakker, E. S., Van Donk, E., Declerck, S. A. J., Helmsing, N. R., Hidding, B., & Nolet, B. A. (2010). Effect of macrophyte community composition and nutrient enrichment on plant biomass and algal blooms. Basic and Applied Ecology, 11(5), 432-439. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2010.06.005
Smit, C., Bakker, E. S., Apol, M. E. F., & Olff, H. (2010). Effects of cattle and rabbit grazing on clonal expansion of spiny shrubs in wood-pastures. Basic and Applied Ecology, 11(8), 685-692. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2010.08.010

2009

Bakker, E. S., Olff, H., & Gleichman, J. M. (2009). Contrasting effects of large herbivore grazing on smaller herbivores. Basic and Applied Ecology, 10(2), 141-150. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2007.10.009
Bakker, E. S., Knops, J. M. H., Milchunas, D. G., Ritchie, M. E., & Olff, H. (2009). Cross-site comparison of herbivore impact on nitrogen availability in grasslands: the role of plant nitrogen concentration. Oikos, 118(11), 1613-1622. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0706.2009.17199.x

2006

Bakker, E. S., Ritchie, M. E., Olff, H., Milchunas, D. G., & Knops, J. M. H. (2006). Herbivore impact on grassland plant diversity depends on habitat productivity and herbivore size. Ecology Letters, 9(7), 780-788. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1461-0248.2006.00925.x

2005

Bakker, E. S., Reiffers, R. C., Olff, H., & Gleichman, J. M. (2005). Experimental manipulation of predation risk and food quality: effect on grazing behaviour in a central-place foraging herbivore. Oecologia, 146(1), 157-167. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-005-0180-7

2004

Bakker, E. S., Olff, H., Vandenberghe, C., De Maeyer, K., Smit, R., Gleichman, J. M., & Vera, F. W. M. (2004). Ecological anachronisms in the recruitment of temperate light-demanding tree species in wooded pastures. Journal of Applied Ecology, 41(3), 571-582. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0021-8901.2004.00908.x
Bakker, E. S., Olff, H., Boekhoff, M., Gleichman, J. M., & Berendse, F. (2004). Impact of herbivores on nitrogen cycling: contrasting effects of small and large species. Oecologia, 138(1), 91-101. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-003-1402-5
Louda, S. M., Parkhurst, A. M., Bradley, K. L., Bakker, E. S., Knops, J., Damschen, E. I., & Young, L. M. (2004). Spatial heterogeneity, not visitation bias, dominates variation in herbivory: Reply. Ecology, 85(10), 2906-2910.

2003

Bakker, E. S., & Olff, H. (2003). Impact of different-sized herbivores on recruitment opportunities for subordinate herbs in grasslands. Journal of Vegetation Science, 14(4), 465-474. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1654-1103.2003.tb02173.x

1999

Bakker, L., van der Wal, R., Esselink, P., & Siepel, A. (1999). Exploitation of a new staging area in the Dutch Wadden Sea by Greylag Geese Anser anser: the importance of food-plant dynamics. Ardea, 87(1), 1-13.
Olff, H., Vera, F. W. M., Bokdam, J., Bakker, E. S., Gleichman, J. M., de Maeyer, K., & Smit, R. (1999). Shifting mosaics in grazed woodlands driven by the alternation of plant facilitation and competition. Plant Biology, 1(2), 127-137. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-2007-978499

1996

Bakker, J. P., Bakker, E. S., Rosen, E., Verweij, G. L., & Bekker, R. M. (1996). Soil seed bank composition along a gradient from dry alvar grassland to Juniperus shrubland. Journal of Vegetation Science, 7(2), 165-176. https://doi.org/10.2307/3236316

2019

Velthuis, M., Kosten, S., Hilt, S., & Bakker, E. S. (2019). Kunnen wateren met veel ondergedoken waterplanten CO2 uit de atmosfeer vastleggen? H2O.

2018

Teurlincx, S., Pot, R., Bakker, E. S., & de Senerpont Domis, L. (2018). Ecologische sleutelfactor Verwijdering. Amersfoort: STOWA.
N. Onbekend, N., & Bakker, E. S. (2018). Marker Wadden: verrassend rijk blanket voor vogels & vissen. Nature Today.
N. Onbekend, N., & Bakker, E. S. (2018). Netherlands' newest piece of nature now open to the public. Nature Today.
Bakker, E. S. (2018). Rewilding Nederland. In Natuur in Nederland : Beheren, behouden of beheersen? (Cahier 4 ed., Vol. 37). (Cahiers Biowetenschappen en Maatschappij; Vol. 37, No. Cahier 4). Stichting Bio-Wetenschappen en Maatschappij.
N. Onbekend, N., & Bakker, E. S. (2018). 'Rewilding': van droom naar data. Nature Today.

2017

Grutters, B. M. C., Verberk, W. C. E. P., & Bakker, E. S. (2017). Belemmeren exotische waterplanten het functioneren van laagveenwateren? De Levende Natuur, 118(4).
Bakker, E. S., Grutters, B. M. C., Declerck, S. A. J., Teurlincx, S., Bezemer, T. M. B., & Wubs, E. R. J. (2017). Samen werken aan Biodiversiteit: Resultaten uit het 'Onderzoeksprogramma Biodiversiteit werkt' in de praktijk. In Samen werken aan Biodiversiteit Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek.
Grutters, B. M. C., Roijendijk, Y., Verberk, W. C. E. P., & Bakker, E. S. (2017). Temperate and tropical snails share an appetite for native and non-native temperate aquatic plants: Lay summary. (Functional Ecology; No. 20170631).

2016

Grutters, B. M. C., Bakker, E. S., & Verberk, W. C. E. P. (2016). Effecten en beheer van uitheemse waterplanten in Nederlandse wateren. Landschap, 33(1), 59-61.
Dorenbosch, M., Bak, A., de Senerpont Domis, L., Bakker, E. S., Loeb, R., Smolders, A. J. P.,... van der Heijde, T. (2016). Oorzaken van beperkte ontwikkeling submerse waterplanten in twee laagveenplassen: Integraal veldexperiment in Terra Nova en Stichts Ankeveense Plassen (beheergebied Waternet) . Waternet.

2015

Boudewijn, T. J., Smit, C., Emond, D., Liefveld, W. M., & Bakker, E. S. (2015). Grote grazers voor veiligheid en natuur in rivieruiterwaarden: Fase 1. (VBNE rapport nr 2015/OBN202-RI). VBNE.
de Senerpont Domis, L., & Bakker, E. S. (2015). MEMO:Ontwikkeling van waterplanten in Reeuwijkseplassen: Wat is de rol van de aanwezigheid van begrazing en bodemwoelende vis. AKWA.
de Senerpont Domis, L., & Bakker, E. S. (2015). Ontwikkeling van waterplanten in Westeinderplassen en Nieuwe Meer: Wat is de rol van de aanwezigheid van een zaadbank en begrazing? AKWA.
Loeb, R., Geurts, J., van Dijk, G., Weijs, W., van Belle, J., Bakker, E. S.,... Roelofs, J. (2015). Verlanding in laagveenpetgaten: Speerpunt voor natuurherstel in laagvenen. B-Ware Research Centre.

2014

Grutters, B., & Bakker, L. E. S. (2014). Ecosystem functions of invasive aquatic plants. Nieuwsbrief Onderzoeksprogramma Biodiversiteit Werkt, 2014, 9-11.
Penning, W. E., Rutjes, C., Bakker, E. S., Genseberger, M., & de Lucas Pardo, M. (2014). Troebel Water verhelderd. Visionair, 8(31), 20-23.
Geurts, J., Loeb, R., van Dijk, G., van Diggelen, J., Cusell, C., Bakker, E. S.,... Lamers, L. (2014). Verlanding in laagveenpetgaten: Speerpunt voor natuurherstel in laagvenen: Tussenrapportage OBN 2013-49-LZ (2e onderzoeksjaar). VBNE.

2013

Grutters, B. M. C., & Bakker, E. S. (2013). Ecosystem functions of invasive aquatic plants. Nieuwsbrief Onderzoeksprogramma Biodiversiteit Werkt, 16-18.

2012

Sarneel, J. M., Hidding, B., Van Leeuwen, C. H. A., Veen, G. F., van Paassen, J., Huig, N., & Bakker, E. S. (2012). Effecten van waterpeilfluctuatie op vegetatie. (Flexibel Peil: van denken naar doen, 2010-2012). Wageningen: NIOO.
Bakker, E. S. (2012). Het effect van Grauwe ganzen op Riet en andere oeverplanten. Limosa, 85, 91-92.

2011

Bodelier, P. L. E., & Bakker, E. S. (2011). Nieuw broeikasgaslek ontdekt: ganzenvraat in wetlands en het broeikaseffect. Mens en vogel, 49, 32-41.

2010

Dorenbosch, M., & Bakker, L. (2010). De functie van rietvoorn als herbivoor: verslag experimenten “Actief Visstandbeheer in Lijnvormige Wateren” 2009. Nieuwersluis: NIOO-KNAW.
Bakker, E. S. (2010). Effect van zomerbegrazing door Grauwe ganzen op de uitbreiding van waterriet. De Levende Natuur, 111, 57-59.
Bakker, E. S. (2010). Geen wereld van verschil. In Als water je lief is Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen [KNAW].
Bakker, L., & Dorenbosch, M. (2010). Het effect van invasieve rivierkreeften op de ondergedoken waterplanten in Loenderveen-Oost, Terra Nova en de Waterleidingplas. Nieuwersluis: NIOO-KNAW.
Lamers, L. P. M., Sarneel, J. M., Geurts, J., Dionisio Pires, L. M., Remke, E., Van Kleef, H.,... Roelofs, J. (2010). Onderzoek ten behoeve van het herstel en beheer van Nederlandse laagveenwateren. Eindrapportage 2006-2009 (Fase 2). Utrecht: Directie Kennis en Innovatie, Ministerie van Landbouw, Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit.

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