Hans Van Dyck

14.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
140 papers, 7.4k citations indexed

About

Hans Van Dyck is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Hans Van Dyck has authored 140 papers receiving a total of 7.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 110 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 70 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 59 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Hans Van Dyck's work include Plant and animal studies (101 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (69 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (44 papers). Hans Van Dyck is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (101 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (69 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (44 papers). Hans Van Dyck collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, United Kingdom and France. Hans Van Dyck's co-authors include Michel Baguette, Dirk Maes, Thomas Merckx, Koen Berwaerts, Tim G. Shreeve, Roger L. H. Dennis, Erik Matthysen, Peter Aerts, Melanie Gibbs and Wouter Vanreusel and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Hans Van Dyck

136 papers receiving 7.2k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Effects of neonicotinoids and fipronil on non-target invertebrates
    2014 690 citations Hans Van Dyck et al. profile →
  2. The decline of butterflies in Europe: Problems, significance, and possible solutions
    2021 251 citations M. S. Warren, Dirk Maes et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers

Hans Van Dyck
Dries Bonte Belgium
Toomas Tammaru Estonia
James A. Fordyce United States
Konrad Fiedler Germany
Wolfgang Nentwig Switzerland
Carla M. Sgrò Australia
Volker H. W. Rudolf United States
Vojtêch Novotný Czechia
Yves Basset Panama
Owen T. Lewis United Kingdom
Dries Bonte Belgium
Hans Van Dyck
Citations per year, relative to Hans Van Dyck Hans Van Dyck (= 1×) peers Dries Bonte

Countries citing papers authored by Hans Van Dyck

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hans Van Dyck

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Hans Van Dyck. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Hans Van Dyck. The network helps show where Hans Van Dyck may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hans Van Dyck

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Hans Van Dyck. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Hans Van Dyck based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Hans Van Dyck. Hans Van Dyck is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Wesselingh, Renate A., et al.. (2025). Skyglow and especially direct streetlight pollution alter moth communities. Environmental Pollution. 372. 126068–126068. 2 indexed citations
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Aben, Job, Justin M. J. Travis, Hans Van Dyck, & Sophie Vanwambeke. (2024). Integrating learning into animal range dynamics under rapid human‐induced environmental change. Ecology Letters. 27(2). e14367–e14367. 2 indexed citations
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Merckx, Thomas, et al.. (2024). Evolutionary change in flight-to-light response in urban moths comes with changes in wing morphology. Biology Letters. 20(3). 20230486–20230486. 13 indexed citations
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Warren, M. S., Dirk Maes, Chris van Swaay, et al.. (2021). The decline of butterflies in Europe: Problems, significance, and possible solutions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(2). 251 indexed citations breakdown →
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Broeck, An Vanden, et al.. (2021). Occasional long-distance dispersal may not prevent inbreeding in a threatened butterfly. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 21(1). 224–224. 11 indexed citations
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Kaiser, Aurélien, Thomas Merckx, & Hans Van Dyck. (2019). Personality traits influence contest outcome, and vice versa, in a territorial butterfly. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 2778–2778. 15 indexed citations
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Broeck, An Vanden, Dirk Maes, Irma Wynhoff, et al.. (2017). Gene flow and effective population sizes of the butterfly Maculinea alcon in a highly fragmented, anthropogenic landscape. Biological Conservation. 209. 89–97. 33 indexed citations
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Gibbs, Melanie, Hans Van Dyck, & Casper J. Breuker. (2017). Flight-induced transgenerational maternal effects influence butterfly offspring performance during times of drought. Oecologia. 186(2). 383–391. 9 indexed citations
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Maes, Dirk, Wouter Vanreusel, Marc Herremans, et al.. (2016). A database on the distribution of butterflies (Lepidoptera) in northern Belgium (Flanders and the Brussels Capital Region). ZooKeys. 585(585). 143–156. 8 indexed citations
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Dyck, Hans Van, et al.. (2015). Nest Predation Deviates from Nest Predator Abundance in an Ecologically Trapped Bird. PLoS ONE. 10(12). e0144098–e0144098. 19 indexed citations
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Wesselingh, Renate A., et al.. (2015). Floral resource limitation severely reduces butterfly survival, condition and flight activity in simplified agricultural landscapes. Oecologia. 180(2). 421–427. 33 indexed citations
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Bergerot, Benjamin, Thomas Merckx, Hans Van Dyck, & Michel Baguette. (2012). Habitat fragmentation impacts mobility in a common and widespread woodland butterfly: do sexes respond differently?. BMC Ecology. 12(1). 5–5. 43 indexed citations
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Stevens, Virginie M., Audrey Trochet, Hans Van Dyck, Jean Clobert, & Michel Baguette. (2011). How is dispersal integrated in life histories: a quantitative analysis using butterflies. Ecology Letters. 15(1). 74–86. 133 indexed citations
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Maes, Dirk, et al.. (2011). Een nieuwe Rode Lijst dagvlinders: De IUCN-criteria toegepast in Vlaanderen. 10(2). 62–71.
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Gibbs, Melanie, Hans Van Dyck, & Casper J. Breuker. (2011). Development on drought‐stressed host plants affects life history, flight morphology and reproductive output relative to landscape structure. Evolutionary Applications. 5(1). 66–75. 27 indexed citations
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Dyck, Hans Van, A. van Strien, Dirk Maes, & Chris van Swaay. (2009). Declines in Common, Widespread Butterflies in a Landscape under Intense Human Use. Conservation Biology. 23(4). 957–965. 210 indexed citations
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Verheyen, Kris, et al.. (2005). Veranderingen in biodiversiteit van bos en heide door de eeuwen heen: relaties tussen flora, fauna en landschapsdynamiek. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 4(2). 51–55. 2 indexed citations
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Dyck, Hans Van, Erik Matthysen, J.J. Windig, & André A. Dhondt. (1997). Seasonal phenotypic variation in the speckled wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria L.): patterns in and relationships between wing characters. Belgian journal of zoology. 127(2). 167–178. 2 indexed citations

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