Search Results - "Douma, Jacob C."

fully traits-based approach to modeling global vegetation distribution by van Bodegom, Peter M., Douma, Jacob C., Verheijen, Lieneke M.

“…Dynamic Global Vegetation Models (DGVMs) are indispensable for our understanding of climate change impacts. The application of traits in DGVMs is increasingly…”
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Semi-natural habitats support biological control, pollination and soil conservation in Europe. A review by Holland, John M., Douma, Jacob C., Crowley, Liam, James, Laura, Kor, Laura, Stevenson, David R.W., Smith, Barbara M.

“…Semi-natural habitats are integral to most agricultural areas and have the potential to support ecosystem services, especially biological control and…”
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Physics-assisted machine learning for THz time-domain spectroscopy: sensing leaf wetness by Koumans, Milan, Meulendijks, Daan, Middeljans, Haiko, Peeters, Djero, Douma, Jacob C., van Mechelen, Dook

“…Signal processing techniques are of vital importance to bring THz spectroscopy to a maturity level to reach practical applications. In this work, we illustrate…”
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A multigroup extension to piecewise path analysis by Douma, Jacob C., Shipley, Bill

“…Path analysis allows one to test the consistency of data to hypothesized causal relationships between variables. Often, interest lies in how the hypothesized…”
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Global patterns of plant root colonization intensity by mycorrhizal fungi explained by climate and soil chemistry by Soudzilovskaia, Nadejda A., Douma, Jacob C., Akhmetzhanova, Asem A., van Bodegom, Peter M., Cornwell, William K., Moens, Esther J., Treseder, Kathleen K., Tibbett, Mark, Wang, Ying-Ping, Cornelissen, Johannes H. C.

“…Aim: Most vascular plants on Earth form mycorrhizae, a symbiotic relationship between plants and fungi. Despite the broad recognition of the importance of…”
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Low investment in sexual reproduction threatens plants adapted to phosphorus limitation by Fujita, Yuki, Venterink, Harry Olde, van Bodegom, Peter M., Douma, Jacob C., Heil, Gerrit W., Hölzel, Norbert, Jabłońska, Ewa, Kotowski, Wiktor, Okruszko, Tomasz, Pawlikowski, Paweł, de Ruiter, Peter C., Wassen, Martin J.

“…Plant life-history traits, notably plant investments in growth versus reproduction, can explain the impact of nitrogen:phosphorus stoichiometry on plant…”
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When does it pay off to prime for defense? A modeling analysis by Douma, Jacob C., Vermeulen, Peter J., Poelman, Erik H., Dicke, Marcel, Anten, Niels P. R.

“…Plants can prepare for future herbivore attack through a process called priming. Primed plants respond more strongly and/or faster to insect attack succeeding…”
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Genetic diversity of native and cultivated Ugandan Robusta coffee (Coffea canephora Pierre ex A. Froehner): Climate influences, breeding potential and diversity conservation by Kiwuka, Catherine, Goudsmit, Eva, Tournebize, Rémi, de Aquino, Sinara Oliveira, Douma, Jacob C, Bellanger, Laurence, Crouzillat, Dominique, Stoffelen, Piet, Sumirat, Ucu, Legnaté, Hyacinthe, Marraccini, Pierre, de Kochko, Alexandre, Andrade, Alan Carvalho, Mulumba, John Wasswa, Musoli, Pascal, Anten, Niels P R, Poncet, Valérie

“…Wild genetic resources and their ability to adapt to environmental change are critically important in light of the projected climate change, while constituting…”
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Variation in plastic responses to light results from selection in different competitive environments-A game theoretical approach using virtual plants by Bongers, Franca J, Douma, Jacob C, Iwasa, Yoh, Pierik, Ronald, Evers, Jochem B, Anten, Niels P R

“…Phenotypic plasticity is a vital strategy for plants to deal with changing conditions by inducing phenotypes favourable in different environments…”
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No evidence of flowering synchronization upon floral volatiles for a short lived annual plant species: revisiting an appealing hypothesis by Fricke, Ute, Lucas-Barbosa, Dani, Douma, Jacob C

“…Self-incompatible plants require simultaneous flowering mates for crosspollination and reproduction. Though the presence of flowering conspecifics and…”
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Zoning strategies for managing outbreaks of alien plant pests in the European Union: a review by Sun, Hongyu, Douma, Jacob C., Schenk, Martijn F., Potting, Roel P. J., Boscia, Donato, Vicent, Antonio, MacLeod, Alan, van der Werf, Wopke

“…Managing outbreaks of alien plant pests is key to preserving biodiversity and safeguarding crop production. Zoning strategies are applied by plant health…”
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Analysing continuous proportions in ecology and evolution: A practical introduction to beta and Dirichlet regression by Douma, Jacob C., Weedon, James T., Warton, David

“…Proportional data, in which response variables are expressed as percentages or fractions of a whole, are analysed in many subfields of ecology and evolution…”
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Succession‐induced trait shifts across a wide range of NW European ecosystems are driven by light and modulated by initial abiotic conditions by Douma, Jacob C, de Haan, Martin W. A, Aerts, Rien, Witte, Jan‐Philip M, van Bodegom, Peter M

“…1. For truly predictive community ecology, it is essential to understand the interplay between species traits, their environment and their impacts on the…”
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Awareness, detection and management of new and emerging tree pests and pathogens in Europe: stakeholders’ perspectives by Green, Samantha, Dehnen-Schmutz, Katharina, Drakulic, Jassy, Eschen, René, Orazio, Christophe, Douma, Jacob C., Lundén, Karl, Colombari, Fernanda, Jactel, Hervé

“…Emerging and invasive tree pests and pathogens in Europe are increasing in number and range, having impacts on biodiversity, forest services, ecosystems and…”
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Eradication programs against non-native pests and pathogens of woody plants in Europe: which factors influence their success or failure? by Branco, Sofia, Douma, Jacob C., Brockerhoff, Eckehard G., Gomez-Gallego, Mireia, Marcais, Benoit, Prospero, Simone, Franco, José Carlos, Jactel, Hervé, Branco, Manuela

“…When a non-native species succeeds in establishing in a new habitat, one of the possible responses is to attempt its eradication. In the present study, we…”
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Management options for non-native forest pests along their invasion pathways by Jactel, Hervé, Battisti, Andrea, Branco, Manuela, Douma, Jacob C., Kenis, Marc, Orazio, Christophe, Robinet, Christelle, Santini, Alberto, Sapundzhieva, Anna, Seehausen, M. Lukas, Stoev, Pavel

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Generalized AIC and chi-squared statistics for path models consistent with directed acyclic graphs by Shipley, Bill, Douma, Jacob C.

“…We explain how to obtain a generalized maximum-likelihood chi-square statistic, X M L 2 , and a full-model Akaike Information Criterion (AIC) statistic for…”
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Quantifying the functional responses of vegetation to drought and oxygen stress in temperate ecosystems by Douma, Jacob C., Bardin, Vincent, Bartholomeus, Ruud P., van Bodegom, Peter M.

“…1. Our understanding of the generality of plant functional responses to water availability is limited; current field studies use either very rough…”
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Testing Model Fit in Path Models with Dependent Errors Given Non-Normality, Non-Linearity and Hierarchical Data by Douma, Jacob C., Shipley, Bill

“…We provide a generic method of testing path models that include dependent errors, nonlinear functional relationships and using nonnormal, hierarchically…”
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How do bryophytes govern generative recruitment of vascular plants? by Soudzilovskaia, Nadejda A., Graae, Bente J., Douma, Jacob C., Grau, Oriol, Milbau, Ann, Shevtsova, Anna, Wolters, Loes, Cornelissen, Johannes H. C.

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