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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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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Earthworm burrows affect vertical distribution of springtails in soil
Krediet, A. F., Mönnich, B. S., Ellers, J. & Berg, M. P., Mar 2025, In: European Journal of Soil Biology. 124, p. 1-9 9 p., 103710.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Urban sensory conditions alter rival interactions and mate choice in urban and forest túngara frogs
Smit, J. A. H., Thijssen, V., Cronin, A. D., Ellers, J. & Halfwerk, W., Dec 2024, In: Behavioral Ecology. 35, 6, p. 1-11 11 p., arae088.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Elevated human impact on islands increases the introduction and extinction status of native insular reptiles
Jesse, W. A. M., Ellers, J., Behm, J. E., Costa, G. C., Blair Hedges, S. & Helmus, M. R., Nov 2024, In: Ecography. 2024, 11, p. 1-13 13 p., e06817.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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High-fat and high-sugar diets induce rapid adaptations of fat storage in the house fly Musca domestica L.
Boatta, F., Van Hal, J., Beukeboom, L. W. & Ellers, J., Nov 2024, In: Journal of evolutionary biology. 37, 11, p. 1368-1377 10 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Heritability of morphological and behavioural traits in evolving robots
De Carlo, M., Ferrante, E., Zeeuwe, D., Ellers, J. & Eiben, A. E., Jun 2024, In: Evolutionary Intelligence. 17, 3, p. 1733-1749 17 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Open Access
Courses
Datasets
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Lack of lipid accumulation in two species of Chalcidoid wasps with secondarily evolved phytophagy
Ellers, J. (Creator), Zenodo, 2021
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.wwpzgmsk0, https://zenodo.org/record/4818391
Dataset / Software: 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 / Software: 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 / Software: 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), Unknown Publisher, 1 Mar 2019
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.t78c588, http://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.t78c588
Dataset / Software: Dataset
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Additional file 4: 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.7446863, https://figshare.com/articles/Additional_file_4_of_Regulatory_and_sequence_evolution_in_response_to_selection_for_improved_associative_learning_ability_in_Nasonia_vitripennis/7446863
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