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:
Jesse, W.A.M., Behm, J.E., Helmus, M.R. & Ellers, J. 2018. Human land use promotes the abundance and diversity of exotic species on Caribbean islands. Global Change Biology 24: 4784-4796. PDF
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. Franken, O., Huizinga, M., Ellers, J. & Berg, M.P. 2018. Heated communities: Large inter- and intraspecific variation in heat tolerance across trophic levels of a soil arthropod community. Oecologia 186: 311-322.
3. Harvey, J.A., van den Berg, D., Ellers, J., Kampen, R., Crowther, T.C., Roessingh, P., Verheggen, B., Nuijten, R.J.M., Post, E., Lewandowsky, S., Stirling, I., Amstrup, S.C. & Mann, M.E. 2018. Internet blogs, polar bears and climate change denial by proxy. Bioscience 68: 281-287. PDF
4. Holmstrup, M., Ehlers, B., Slotsbo, S., Ilieva-Makulec, K., Didrik Sigurdsson, B., Leblans, N., Ellers, J. & Berg, M. 2018. Reduction in functional diversity of Collembola after short-term warming is restored in the long term. Functional Ecology 32: 1304-1316.
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 board member of the Origins Center, for the study of origins and evolution of life, planets and the universe
Learn about our research on invasive species in the TV-interview NPO Kennis van Nu: Invasie van exotische soorten (20 april 2017)
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Research output
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Influences of Artificial Speciation on Morphological Robot Evolution
Carlo, M. D., Zeeuwe, D., Ferrante, E., Meynen, G., Ellers, J. & Eiben, A. E., 5 Jan 2021, 2020 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (SSCI). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 2272-2279 8 p. 9308433Research output: Chapter in Book / Report / Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review
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Robotic task affects the resulting morphology and behaviour in evolutionary robotics
De Carlo, M., Zeeuwe, D., Ferrante, E., Meynen, G., Ellers, J. & Eiben, A. E., 5 Jan 2021, 2020 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (SSCI). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 2125-2131 7 p. 9308272Research output: Chapter in Book / Report / Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review
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Disentangling the effects of plant species invasion and urban development on arthropod community composition
Jesse, W. A. M., Molleman, J., Franken, O., Lammers, M., Berg, M. P., Behm, J. E., Helmus, M. R. & Ellers, J., Jun 2020, In: Global Change Biology. 26, 6, p. 3294-3306 13 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Environmental and morphological constraints interact to drive the evolution of communication signals in frogs
Muñoz, M. I., Goutte, S., Ellers, J. & Halfwerk, W., Dec 2020, In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 33, 12, p. 1749-1757 9 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Gone with the wind: Is signal timing in a neotropical katydid an adaptive response to variation in wind-induced vibratory noise?
Velilla, E., Muñoz, M., Quiroga, N., Symes, L., ter Hofstede, H. M., Page, R. A., Simon, R., Ellers, J. & Halfwerk, W., 4 May 2020, In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 74, 5, p. 1-11 11 p., 59.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Open Access
Datasets
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Additional file 1: of Gene expression changes associated with the evolutionary loss of a metabolic trait: lack of lipogenesis in parasitoids
Lammers, M. (Contributor), Kraaijeveld, K. (Contributor), MariĂŤn, J. (Contributor) & Ellers, J. (Contributor), Unknown Publisher, 23 Apr 2019
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.8032322.v1, https://springernature.figshare.com/articles/Additional_file_1_of_Gene_expression_changes_associated_with_the_evolutionary_loss_of_a_metabolic_trait_lack_of_lipogenesis_in_parasitoids/8032322/1
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Additional file 8: of Genome expansion of an obligate parthenogenesis-associated Wolbachia poses an exception to the symbiont reduction model
Kampfraath, A. (Contributor), Klasson, L. (Contributor), Anvar, S. (Contributor), Vossen, R. (Contributor), Roelofs, D. (Contributor), Kraaijeveld, K. (Contributor) & Ellers, J. (Contributor), Unknown Publisher, 6 Feb 2019
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7686821.v1, https://springernature.figshare.com/articles/Additional_file_8_of_Genome_expansion_of_an_obligate_parthenogenesis-associated_Wolbachia_poses_an_exception_to_the_symbiont_reduction_model/7686821/1
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Additional file 4 of High throughput nano-liter RT-qPCR to classify soil contamination using a soil arthropod
Boer, M. E. D. (Contributor), Berg, S. (Contributor), Timmermans, M. J. (Contributor), Dunnen, J. T. D. (Contributor), Straalen, N. M. V. (Contributor), Ellers, J. (Contributor) & Roelofs, D. (Contributor), Unknown Publisher, 1 Jan 2020
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.12879125.v1, https://springernature.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Additional_file_4_of_High_throughput_nano-liter_RT-qPCR_to_classify_soil_contamination_using_a_soil_arthropod/12879125/1
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Additional file 7: of Genome expansion of an obligate parthenogenesis-associated Wolbachia poses an exception to the symbiont reduction model
Kampfraath, A. (Contributor), Klasson, L. (Contributor), Anvar, S. (Contributor), Vossen, R. (Contributor), Roelofs, D. (Contributor), Kraaijeveld, K. (Contributor) & Ellers, J. (Contributor), Unknown Publisher, 6 Feb 2019
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7686809.v1, https://springernature.figshare.com/articles/Additional_file_7_of_Genome_expansion_of_an_obligate_parthenogenesis-associated_Wolbachia_poses_an_exception_to_the_symbiont_reduction_model/7686809/1
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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. (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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