Hans de Kroon - Selected Publications#

Hallmann CA, Sorg M, Jongejans E, Siepel H, Hofland N, Schwan H, Stenmans W, Müller A, Sumser H, Hörren T, Goulson D, de Kroon H (2017) More than 75 percent decline over 27 years in total flying insect biomass in protected areas. PloS ONE 12: e0185809.

>> This paper received exceptional media attention worldwide. It has an Altmetric score of 5400. It ranks #34 out of ALL >12 million papers scored by Altmetric. It is online viewed by >500,000 people, downloaded >50,000 times, and cited by 200 in its first year after publication. The results of the paper were discussed in the European Parliament and the Dutch parliament.

de Kroon H, Jongejans E (2016) Chance, Variation and the Nature of Causality in Ecological Communities. In: K Landman, E van Wolde (eds) The Challenge of Chance, pp. 197-214. Springer, Berlin.

Salguero-Gomez R, Jones OR, Jongejans E, Blomberg SP, Hodgson DJ, Mbeau-Ache C, Zuidema PA, de Kroon H, Buckley YM (2016) Fast-slow continuum and reproductive strategies structure plant life-history variation worldwide. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 113: 230-235.

Visser MD, Bruijning M, Wright SJ, Muller-Landau HC, Jongejans E, Comita LS, de Kroon H (2016) Functional traits as predictors of vital rates across the life cycle of tropical trees. Functional Ecology 30: 168-180.

Hallmann CA, Foppen RPB, van Turnhout CAM, de Kroon H, Jongejans E (2014) Declines in insectivorous birds are associated with high neonicotinoid concentrations. Nature 511: 341-343.

>>This paper received exceptional media attention worldwide. It has an Altmetric score of 930.

de Kroon H, Hendriks M, van Ruijven J, Ravenek J, Padilla FM, Jongejans E, Visser EJW, Mommer L (2012) Root responses to nutrients and soil biota: drivers of species coexistence and ecosystem productivity. Journal of Ecology 100: 6-15.

Mommer L, van Ruijven J, de Caluwe H, Smit-Tiekstra AE, Wagemaker CAM, Ouborg NJ, Bögemann GM, van der Weerden GM, Berendse F, de Kroon H (2010) Unveiling below-ground species abundance in a biodiversity experiment: a test of vertical niche differentiation among grassland species. Journal of Ecology 98: 1117-1127.

de Kroon H, Visser EJW, Huber H, Mommer L, Hutchings MJ (2009) A modular concept of plant foraging behaviour: the interplay between local responses and systemic control. Plant, Cell and Environment 32: 704-712.

de Kroon H (2007) How do roots interact? Science 318: 1562-1563.

de Kroon H, van Groenendael J, Ehrlén J (2000) Elasticities: a review of methods and model limitations. Ecology 81: 607-618.

Hans de Kroon has an H-index of 67 (Google Scholar) and more than 15,000 citations.