Maarten B. Eppinga

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
76 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Maarten B. Eppinga is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Maarten B. Eppinga has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 30 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 21 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Maarten B. Eppinga's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (30 papers), Ecosystem dynamics and resilience (23 papers) and Plant and animal studies (13 papers). Maarten B. Eppinga is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (30 papers), Ecosystem dynamics and resilience (23 papers) and Plant and animal studies (13 papers). Maarten B. Eppinga collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Switzerland and United States. Maarten B. Eppinga's co-authors include Max Rietkerk, Martin J. Wassen, Peter C. de Ruiter, Stefan C. Dekker, Arjen Doelman, James D. Bever, Koen Siteur, Wim H. van der Putten, Jane Molofsky and Eric Siero and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Maarten B. Eppinga

69 papers receiving 2.8k citations

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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.

When and where plant‐soil feedback may promote plant coexistence: a meta‐analysis

2019 229 citations Kerri M. Crawford, Jonathan T. Bauer et al. Ecology Letters profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Maarten B. Eppinga Netherlands	31	1.1k	1.0k	944	832	569	76	2.8k
Meghan L. Avolio United States	31	1.3k 1.2×	1.2k 1.1×	763 0.8×	830 1.0×	499 0.9×	77	2.9k
Susan Cordell United States	32	1.1k 1.0×	1.7k 1.7×	867 0.9×	704 0.8×	839 1.5×	87	2.9k
Jofre Carnicer Spain	26	1.4k 1.3×	1.4k 1.4×	648 0.7×	692 0.8×	698 1.2×	31	2.8k
John C. Volin United States	28	1.5k 1.4×	1.4k 1.4×	777 0.8×	1.6k 1.9×	747 1.3×	67	3.6k
T. Michael Anderson United States	29	983 0.9×	1.5k 1.5×	1.5k 1.6×	563 0.7×	622 1.1×	66	3.2k
Ashley D. Sparrow New Zealand	31	1.0k 0.9×	1.2k 1.2×	1.3k 1.4×	578 0.7×	721 1.3×	67	3.1k
Stephanie Pau United States	25	1.2k 1.1×	1.2k 1.2×	1.2k 1.3×	555 0.7×	1.0k 1.8×	57	3.1k
Constantin M. Zohner Switzerland	26	2.3k 2.1×	1.1k 1.1×	1.3k 1.4×	683 0.8×	694 1.2×	63	4.0k
Francisco A. Squeo Chile	27	940 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	895 0.9×	554 0.7×	655 1.2×	93	2.6k
Beth A. Newingham United States	19	776 0.7×	1.4k 1.4×	819 0.9×	839 1.0×	877 1.5×	54	2.6k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Eppinga, Maarten B., et al.. (2025). The GreenComp Evaluation Roadmap: a roadmap for in-depth holistic evaluation of the integration of the GreenComp framework in higher-education curricula. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education. 26(9). 149–168.

Krug, Cornelia B., Nicolas Roux, Marc Chesney, et al.. (2025). Unmute biodiversity risks of free trade? The EFTA–Mercosur Agreement (Swiss) case study. Environmental Sciences Europe. 37(1). 26–26.

Eppinga, Maarten B., et al.. (2025). The Effect of Dominant Land-Cover Transitions in Shaping Trajectories of Global Forest Change. Environmental Management. 75(10). 2826–2840.

Ricker, Britta, et al.. (2024). Mapping for Sustainable Development: Comparing different mapping techniques for monitoring mangroves to reach SDG 15 and 6. Abstracts of the ICA. 7. 1–3.

Eppinga, Maarten B., et al.. (2024). Exploratory modeling of social‐ecological systems. Ecosphere. 15(10). 2 indexed citations

Wang, Guangzhou, Maarten B. Eppinga, Fusuo Zhang, et al.. (2023). Dilution of specialist pathogens drives productivity benefits from diversity in plant mixtures. Nature Communications. 14(1). 8417–8417. 30 indexed citations

Kaproth, Matthew A., Maarten B. Eppinga, & Jane Molofsky. (2023). Evolutionary history and intraspecific competition mediate ballistic seed dispersal. Functional Ecology. 37(7). 1935–1947. 2 indexed citations

Eppinga, Maarten B., et al.. (2023). Introducing desirable patches to initiate ecosystem transitions and accelerate ecosystem restoration. Ecological Applications. 33(8). e2910–e2910. 6 indexed citations

Eppinga, Maarten B., et al.. (2023). When patches grow themselves: from analogy to autocatalytic processes, the relevance of ecological nucleation for restoration practices. Restoration Ecology. 32(1). 3 indexed citations

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Baudena, Mara, et al.. (2023). Travelling waves due to negative plant–soil feedbacks in a model including tree life-stages. Mathematical Biosciences. 368. 109128–109128. 3 indexed citations

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Wassen, Martin J., Julian Schrader, Maarten B. Eppinga, et al.. (2022). The EU needs a nutrient directive. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. 3(5). 287–288. 11 indexed citations

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Eppinga, Maarten B., et al.. (2022). The relationship between ecosystem services and human modification displays decoupling across global delta systems. Communications Earth & Environment. 3(1). 33 indexed citations

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Abbott, Karen C., Maarten B. Eppinga, James Umbanhowar, Mara Baudena, & James D. Bever. (2021). Microbiome influence on host community dynamics: Conceptual integration of microbiome feedback with classical host–microbe theory. Ecology Letters. 24(12). 2796–2811. 27 indexed citations

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Wassen, Martin J., Julian Schrader, Jerry van Dijk, & Maarten B. Eppinga. (2020). Phosphorus fertilization is eradicating the niche of northern Eurasia’s threatened plant species. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 5(1). 67–73. 37 indexed citations

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Crawford, Kerri M., Jonathan T. Bauer, Liza S. Comita, et al.. (2019). When and where plant‐soil feedback may promote plant coexistence: a meta‐analysis. Ecology Letters. 22(8). 1274–1284. 229 indexed citations breakdown →

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Baudena, Mara, Víctor M. Santana, Jaime Baeza, et al.. (2019). Increased aridity drives post‐fire recovery of Mediterranean forests towards open shrublands. New Phytologist. 225(4). 1500–1515. 54 indexed citations

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Mack, Keenan M. L., Maarten B. Eppinga, & James D. Bever. (2019). Plant-soil feedbacks promote coexistence and resilience in multi-species communities. PLoS ONE. 14(2). e0211572–e0211572. 34 indexed citations

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Ozinga, W.A., et al.. (2018). Plant species occurrence patterns in Eurasian grasslands reflect adaptation to nutrient ratios. Oecologia. 186(4). 1055–1067. 20 indexed citations

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Weerman, Ellen J., Johan van de Koppel, Maarten B. Eppinga, et al.. (2010). Spatial Self‐Organization on Intertidal Mudflats through Biophysical Stress Divergence. The American Naturalist. 176(1). E15–E32. 88 indexed citations

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Eppinga, Maarten B., Max Rietkerk, Lisa R. Belyea, et al.. (2010). Resource contrast in patterned peatlands increases along a climatic gradient. Ecology. 91(8). 2344–2355. 52 indexed citations

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