Max Rietkerk

Summary

Affiliation: Utrecht University
Country: The Netherlands

Publications

  1. ncbi Regular pattern formation in real ecosystems
    Max Rietkerk
    Department of Environmental Sciences, Copernicus Institute, Utrecht University, 3508 TC Utrecht, The Netherlands
    Trends Ecol Evol 23:169-75. 2008
  2. ncbi Resource contrast in patterned peatlands increases along a climatic gradient
    Maarten B Eppinga
    Department of Environmental Sciences, Copernicus Institute, Utrecht University, P O Box 80115, 3508 TC Utrecht, The Netherlands
    Ecology 91:2344-55. 2010
  3. ncbi Evolution of local facilitation in arid ecosystems
    Sonia Kefi
    Department of Environmental Sciences, Copernicus Institut, Utrecht University, PO Box 80115, 3508 TC Utrecht, The Netherlands
    Am Nat 172:E1-17. 2008
  4. ncbi Spatial vegetation patterns and imminent desertification in Mediterranean arid ecosystems
    Sonia Kefi
    Department of Environmental Sciences, Copernicus Institute, Utrecht University, PO Box 80115, 3508 TC Utrecht, The Netherlands
    Nature 449:213-7. 2007
  5. ncbi Vegetation pattern shift as a result of rising atmospheric CO2 in arid ecosystems
    Sonia Kefi
    Department of Environmental Sciences, Copernicus Institute, Utrecht University, Heidelberglaan 2, PO Box 80115, 3508 TC Utrecht, The Netherlands
    Theor Popul Biol 74:332-44. 2008
  6. ncbi Early-warning signals for critical transitions
    Marten Scheffer
    Department of Environmental Sciences, Wageningen University, PO Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
    Nature 461:53-9. 2009
  7. ncbi Local facilitation, bistability and transitions in arid ecosystems
    Sonia Kefi
    Department of Environmental Sciences, Utrecht University, Copernicus Institute, P O Box 80115, 3508 TC, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    Theor Popul Biol 71:367-79. 2007
  8. ncbi Nutrients and hydrology indicate the driving mechanisms of peatland surface patterning
    Maarten B Eppinga
    Department of Environmental Sciences, Copernicus Institute, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, P O Box 80115, 3508 TC Utrecht, The Netherlands
    Am Nat 173:803-18. 2009
  9. ncbi Self-organized patchiness and catastrophic shifts in ecosystems
    Max Rietkerk
    Department of Environmental Sciences, Copernicus Institute, Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80115, 3508 TC Utrecht, Netherlands
    Science 305:1926-9. 2004
  10. ncbi Scale-dependent feedback and regular spatial patterns in young mussel beds
    Johan van de Koppel
    Centre for Estuarine and Marine Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology NIOO KNAW, P O Box 140, 4400 AC Yerseke, The Netherlands
    Am Nat 165:E66-77. 2005

Detail Information

Publications11

  1. ncbi Regular pattern formation in real ecosystems
    Max Rietkerk
    Department of Environmental Sciences, Copernicus Institute, Utrecht University, 3508 TC Utrecht, The Netherlands
    Trends Ecol Evol 23:169-75. 2008
    ..More empirical studies are needed to better understand regular pattern formation in ecosystems, and how this affects the response of ecosystems to global environmental change...
  2. ncbi Resource contrast in patterned peatlands increases along a climatic gradient
    Maarten B Eppinga
    Department of Environmental Sciences, Copernicus Institute, Utrecht University, P O Box 80115, 3508 TC Utrecht, The Netherlands
    Ecology 91:2344-55. 2010
    ..Our study suggests that future climate change may affect the ecosystem functioning of patterned peatlands by altering the contribution of pattern-forming mechanisms to redistribution of water and nutrients within these systems...
  3. ncbi Evolution of local facilitation in arid ecosystems
    Sonia Kefi
    Department of Environmental Sciences, Copernicus Institut, Utrecht University, PO Box 80115, 3508 TC Utrecht, The Netherlands
    Am Nat 172:E1-17. 2008
    ..In this case, adaptation in response to climate change and human pressures could give the final push to the desertification of arid ecosystems...
  4. ncbi Spatial vegetation patterns and imminent desertification in Mediterranean arid ecosystems
    Sonia Kefi
    Department of Environmental Sciences, Copernicus Institute, Utrecht University, PO Box 80115, 3508 TC Utrecht, The Netherlands
    Nature 449:213-7. 2007
    ..Therefore, we propose that patch-size distributions may be a warning signal for the onset of desertification...
  5. ncbi Vegetation pattern shift as a result of rising atmospheric CO2 in arid ecosystems
    Sonia Kefi
    Department of Environmental Sciences, Copernicus Institute, Utrecht University, Heidelberglaan 2, PO Box 80115, 3508 TC Utrecht, The Netherlands
    Theor Popul Biol 74:332-44. 2008
    ..Our model results suggest that knowing how the three primary climate drivers are evolving may provide hints as to whether the ecosystem is approaching desertification...
  6. ncbi Early-warning signals for critical transitions
    Marten Scheffer
    Department of Environmental Sciences, Wageningen University, PO Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
    Nature 461:53-9. 2009
    ....
  7. ncbi Local facilitation, bistability and transitions in arid ecosystems
    Sonia Kefi
    Department of Environmental Sciences, Utrecht University, Copernicus Institute, P O Box 80115, 3508 TC, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    Theor Popul Biol 71:367-79. 2007
    ..Moreover, for arid ecosystems where local facilitation is a driving process, vegetation patchiness indicates proximity to a transition point, but does not allow distinguishing between continuous and discontinuous transitions...
  8. ncbi Nutrients and hydrology indicate the driving mechanisms of peatland surface patterning
    Maarten B Eppinga
    Department of Environmental Sciences, Copernicus Institute, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, P O Box 80115, 3508 TC Utrecht, The Netherlands
    Am Nat 173:803-18. 2009
    ..Therefore, this study provides promising avenues for future empirical studies on peatland patterning...
  9. ncbi Self-organized patchiness and catastrophic shifts in ecosystems
    Max Rietkerk
    Department of Environmental Sciences, Copernicus Institute, Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80115, 3508 TC Utrecht, Netherlands
    Science 305:1926-9. 2004
    ..This situation impedes management and recovery strategies for such ecosystems. Here, we review recent studies on various ecosystems that link self-organized patchiness to catastrophic shifts between ecosystem states...
  10. ncbi Scale-dependent feedback and regular spatial patterns in young mussel beds
    Johan van de Koppel
    Centre for Estuarine and Marine Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology NIOO KNAW, P O Box 140, 4400 AC Yerseke, The Netherlands
    Am Nat 165:E66-77. 2005
    ..Our results emphasize the importance of self-organization in affecting the emergent properties of natural systems at larger spatial scales...
  11. ncbi Spatial interactions and resilience in arid ecosystems
    Johan van de Koppel
    Netherlands Institute of Ecology, P O Box 140, NL 4400 AC Yerseke, The Netherlands
    Am Nat 163:113-21. 2004
    ..Our analysis stresses the general importance of spatial interactions for the functioning of ecological systems...