Search Results - "Herman, Peter MJ"

Ecosystem-based coastal defence in the face of global change by Temmerman, Stijn, Meire, Patrick, Bouma, Tjeerd J., Herman, Peter M. J., Ysebaert, Tom, De Vriend, Huib J.

“…The risk of flood disasters is increasing for many coastal societies owing to global and regional changes in climate conditions, sea-level rise, land…”
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Critical transitions in disturbance‐driven ecosystems: identifying Windows of Opportunity for recovery by Balke, Thorsten, Herman, Peter M. J, Bouma, Tjeerd J, Nilsson, Christer

“…Vegetation recovery in disturbance‐driven ecosystems is difficult to predict. We demonstrate a concept to analyse time series for short‐term variability in…”
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Lévy Walks Evolve Through Interaction Between Movement and Environmental Complexity by de Jager, Monique, Weissing, Franz J., Herman, Peter M. J., Nolet, Bart A., van de Koppel, Johan

“…Ecological theory predicts that animal movement is shaped by its efficiency of resource acquisition. Focusing solely on efficiency, however, ignores the fact…”
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A model to assess microphytobenthic primary production in tidal systems using satellite remote sensing by Daggers, Tisja D., Kromkamp, Jacco C., Herman, Peter M.J., van der Wal, Daphne

“…Quantifying spatial variability in intertidal benthic productivity is necessary to guide management of estuaries and to understand estuarine ecological…”
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Windows of opportunity: thresholds to mangrove seedling establishment on tidal flats by Balke, Thorsten, Bouma, Tjeerd J., Horstman, Erik M., Webb, Edward L., Erftemeijer, Paul L. A., Herman, Peter M. J.

“…Physical processes limiting colonization of bare tidal flats by pioneer mangrove species have commonly been described but not yet quantified. Understanding…”
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Demography of the ecosystem engineer Crassostrea gigas, related to vertical reef accretion and reef persistence by Walles, Brenda, Mann, Roger, Ysebaert, Tom, Troost, Karin, Herman, Peter M.J., Smaal, Aad C.

“…Marine species characterized as structure building, autogenic ecosystem engineers are recognized worldwide as potential tools for coastal adaptation efforts in…”
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Seedling establishment in a dynamic sedimentary environment: a conceptual framework using mangroves by Balke, Thorsten, Webb, Edward L., van den Elzen, Eva, Galli, Demis, Herman, Peter M. J., Bouma, Tjeerd J.

“…1. Vegetated biogeomorphic systems (e.g. mangroves, salt marshes, dunes, riparian vegetation) have been intensively studied for the impact of the biota on…”
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Limits to seaward expansion of mangroves: Translating physical disturbance mechanisms into seedling survival gradients by Balke, Thorsten, Swales, Andrew, Lovelock, Catherine E., Herman, Peter M.J., Bouma, Tjeerd J.

“…Mangroves are valuable coastal habitats that are globally under pressure due to climate change and coastal development. Small-scale physical disturbance by…”
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Experimental Evidence for Spatial Self-Organization and Its Emergent Effects in Mussel Bed Ecosystems by van de Koppel, Johan, Gascoigne, Joanna C., Theraulaz, Guy, Rietkerk, Max, Mooij, Wolf M., Herman, Peter M. J.

“…Spatial self-organization is the main theoretical explanation for the global occurrence of regular or otherwise coherent spatial patterns in ecosystems. Using…”
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Corrigendum to “A model to assess microphytobenthic primary production in tidal systems using satellite remote sensing” [Remote Sens. Environ. 211 (2018) 129–145] by Daggers, Tisja D., Kromkamp, Jacco C., Herman, Peter M.J., van der Wal, Daphne

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Online-coupling of widely-ranged timescales to model coral reef development by Hendrickx, Gijs G., Herman, Peter M.J., Dijkstra, Jasper T., Storlazzi, Curt D., Toth, Lauren T.

“…The increasing pressure on Earth's ecosystems due to climate change is becoming more and more evident and the impacts of climate change are especially visible…”
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Alternative mechanisms alter the emergent properties of self-organization in mussel beds by Liu, Quan-Xing, Weerman, Ellen J., Herman, Peter M. J., Olff, Han, van de Koppel, Johan

“…Theoretical models predict that spatial self-organization can have important, unexpected implications by affecting the functioning of ecosystems in terms of…”
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The influence of local- and landscape-scale processes on spatial self-organization in estuarine ecosystems by van de Koppel, Johan, Bouma, Tjeerd J, Herman, Peter M J

“…Complexity theory proposes that spatial self-organization, the process whereby small-scale, localized interactions among the components of a system generate…”
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On the potential of plant species invasion influencing bio-geomorphologic landscape formation in salt marshes by Schwarz, Christian, Ysebaert, Tom, Vandenbruwaene, Wouter, Temmerman, Stijn, Zhang, LiQuan, Herman, Peter M. J.

“…Species invasions are known to change biotic and abiotic ecosystem characteristics such as community structure, cycling of materials and dynamics of rivers…”
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Conditional outcome of ecosystem engineering: A case study on tussocks of the salt marsh pioneer Spartina anglica by Balke, Thorsten, Klaassen, Paul C., Garbutt, Angus, van der Wal, Daphne, Herman, Peter M.J., Bouma, Tjeerd J.

“…The salt marsh grass Spartina anglica is an important habitat-modifying ecosystem engineering agent that facilitates large-scale salt marsh formation by…”
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Sprouting as a gardening strategy to obtain superior supplementary food: evidence from a seed-caching marine by Zhu, Zhenchang, vanBelzen, Jim, Hong, Tao, Kunihiro, Tadao, Ysebaert, Tom, Herman, Peter MJ, Bouma, Tjeerd J

“…Only a handful of non-human animals are known to grow their own food by cultivating high-yield fungal or algal crops as staple food. Here we report an…”
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A modeling approach to assess coastal management effects on benthic habitat quality: A case study on coastal defense and navigability by Cozzoli, Francesco, Smolders, Sven, Eelkema, Menno, Ysebaert, Tom, Escaravage, Vincent, Temmerman, Stijn, Meire, Patrick, Herman, Peter M.J., Bouma, Tjeerd J.

“…The natural coastal hydrodynamics and morphology worldwide is altered by human interventions such as embankments, shipping and dredging, which may have…”
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Conditional effects of tides and waves on short‐term marsh sedimentation dynamics by Ma, Zhigang, Ysebaert, Tom, Wal, Daphne, Herman, Peter M.J.

“…Salt marshes are in danger of degradation due to human impact and climate change. A thorough understanding of mechanisms controlling sedimentation and erosion…”
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Spatial Self‐Organization on Intertidal Mudflats through Biophysical Stress Divergence by Weerman, Ellen J., van de Koppel, Johan, Eppinga, Maarten B., Montserrat, Francesc, Liu, Quan‐Xing, Herman, Peter M. J.

“…In this study, we investigated the emergence of spatial self‐organized patterns on intertidal flats, resulting from the interaction between biological and…”
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How superdiffusion gets arrested: ecological encounters explain shift from Lévy to Brownian movement by de Jager, Monique, Bartumeus, Frederic, Kölzsch, Andrea, Weissing, Franz J., Hengeveld, Geerten M., Nolet, Bart A., Herman, Peter M. J., van de Koppel, Johan

“…Ecological theory uses Brownian motion as a default template for describing ecological movement, despite limited mechanistic underpinning. The generality of…”
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