Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Research
I am interested to understand how an individual’s phenotype is shaped by the joint interplay of its genes, genome, and environment. I combine molecular, physiological and experimental tools with evolutionary approaches to link the underlying mechanisms to adaptive explanations.
Check my full research profile at our departmental website www.amsterdamecology.nl
NEWEST PUBLICATION:
Bisschop, K., Blankers, T., Mariën, J., Wortel, M.T., Egas, M., Groot, A.T., Visser, M. and Ellers, J., 2022. Population bottleneck has only marginal effects on fitness evolution and its repeatability in dioecious C. elegans. Evolution 76: 1896-1904. DOI: 10.1111/evo.14556
Key publications
1. Ellers, J., Berg, M.P., Dias, A.T.C., Fontana, S., Ooms, A. & Moretti, M. 2018. Diversity in form and function: vertical distribution of soil fauna mediates multi-dimensional trait variation. Journal of Animal Ecology 87:933-944. PDF
2. Jesse, W.A.M., Molleman, J., Franken, O., Lammers, M., Berg, M.P., Behm, J.E., Helmus, M.R. & Ellers, J. 2020. Disentangling the effects of species invasion and urban development on arthropod community composition. Global Change Biology 26: 3294-3306. PDF
3. Halfwerk, W.H., Blaas, M., Kramer, L., Hijner, N., Trillo, A., Bernal, X., Page, R.A., Ryan, M.J. & Ellers, J. 2019. Adaptive change in sexual signalling in response to urbanization. Nature Ecology and Evolution 3: 374-380. PDF
4. Santangelo, J. S., Ness, R. W., Cohan, B., …Ellers, J. and 287 other authors,.. Johnson, M.T.J. 2022. Global urban environmental change drives adaptation in white clover. Science 375 :1275-1281. PDF
5. Ellers, J., Crowther, T.W. & Harvey, J.A. 2017. Gold Open Access Publishing in Mega Journals: Developing Countries Pay the Price of Western Premium Academic Output. Journal of Scholarly Publishing 49: 89-102. PDF
Other links
I am a co-founder of the Netherlands Society of Evolutionary Biology (NLSEB)
I am the vice chair of the Dutch Biology Council, which represents the interests of biology in the Netherlands in matters concerning scientific research and academic education
Learn about our research on invasive species in the TV-interview NPO Kennis van Nu: Invasie van exotische soorten (20 april 2017)
Ancillary activities
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Ancillary activities are updated daily
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Collembola community contains larger species in frequently flooded soil
Krediet, A. F., Ellers, J. & Berg, M. P., Sept 2023, In: Pedobiologia. 99-100, p. 1-14 14 p., 150892.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Combining time-resolved transcriptomics and proteomics data for Adverse Outcome Pathway refinement in ecotoxicology
Bakker, R., Ellers, J., Roelofs, D., Vooijs, R., Dijkstra, T., van Gestel, C. A. M. & Hoedjes, K. M., 15 Apr 2023, In: Science of the Total Environment. 869, p. 1-10 10 p., 161740.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Contemporizing island biogeography theory with anthropogenic drivers of species richness
Gleditsch, J. M., Behm, J. E., Ellers, J., Jesse, W. A. M. & Helmus, M. R., Feb 2023, In: Global Ecology and Biogeography. 32, 2, p. 233-249 17 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Erratum: Author Correction: Symbioses shape feeding niches and diversification across insects
Cornwallis, C. K., van 't Padje, A., Ellers, J., Klein, M., Jackson, R., Kiers, E. T., West, S. A. & Henry, L. M., Jul 2023, In: Nature ecology & evolution. 7, 7, p. 1153-1153 1 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Erratum / Corrigendum › Academic
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Interacting Robots in an Artificial Evolutionary Ecosystem
De Carlo, M., Ferrante, E., Ellers, J., Meynen, G. & Eiben, A. E., 2023, Genetic Programming: 26th European Conference, EuroGP 2023, Held as Part of EvoStar 2023, Brno, Czech Republic, April 12–14, 2023, Proceedings. Pappa, G., Giacobini, M. & Vasicek, Z. (eds.). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, p. 339-354 16 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); vol. 13986 LNCS).Research output: Chapter in Book / Report / Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review
Courses
Datasets
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Appendix B. The qPCR methodology and probe design.
Duhamel, M. (Contributor), Pel, R. (Contributor), Ooms, A. (Contributor), Bücking, H. (Contributor), Jansa, J. (Contributor), Ellers, J. (Contributor), Straalen, N. M. V. (Contributor), Wouda, T. (Contributor), Vandenkoornhuyse, P. (Contributor) & Kiers, T. (Contributor), Unknown Publisher, 1 Jan 2016
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.3557361.v1, https://wiley.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Appendix_B_The_qPCR_methodology_and_probe_design_/3557361/1
Dataset
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Additional file 1: of Regulatory and sequence evolution in response to selection for improved associative learning ability in Nasonia vitripennis
Kraaijeveld, K. (Creator), Oostra, V. (Contributor), Liefting, M. (Creator), Wertheim, B. (Creator), De Meijer, E. (Contributor) & Ellers, J. (Contributor), Figshare, 2018
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7446845, https://figshare.com/articles/Additional_file_1_of_Regulatory_and_sequence_evolution_in_response_to_selection_for_improved_associative_learning_ability_in_Nasonia_vitripennis/7446845
Dataset
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Data from: Adaptive changes in sexual signaling in response to urbanization
Halfwerk, W. (Contributor), Blaas, M. (Contributor), Kramer, L. (Contributor), Hijner, N. (Contributor), Trillo, P. A. (Contributor), Bernal, X. E. (Contributor), Page, R. A. (Contributor), Goutte, S. (Contributor), Ryan, M. J. (Contributor) & Ellers, J. (Contributor), Zenodo, 2018
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.t78c588, https://zenodo.org/record/4988816
Dataset
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Additional file 10: of Regulatory and sequence evolution in response to selection for improved associative learning ability in Nasonia vitripennis
Kraaijeveld, K. (Contributor), Oostra, V. (Contributor), Liefting, M. (Contributor), Wertheim, B. (Contributor), Meijer, E. (Contributor) & Ellers, J. (Contributor), Unknown Publisher, 10 Dec 2018
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7446815.v1, https://springernature.figshare.com/articles/Additional_file_10_of_Regulatory_and_sequence_evolution_in_response_to_selection_for_improved_associative_learning_ability_in_Nasonia_vitripennis/7446815/1
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Additional file 10: of Regulatory and sequence evolution in response to selection for improved associative learning ability in Nasonia vitripennis
Kraaijeveld, K. (Creator), Oostra, V. (Contributor), Liefting, M. (Creator), Wertheim, B. (Creator), De Meijer, E. (Contributor) & Ellers, J. (Contributor), Figshare, 2018
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7446815, https://figshare.com/articles/Additional_file_10_of_Regulatory_and_sequence_evolution_in_response_to_selection_for_improved_associative_learning_ability_in_Nasonia_vitripennis/7446815
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