Publications

Publications H. Olff

2010

Anderson T.M., Hopcraft J.G.C., Eby S., Ritchie M., Grace J.B. & Olff H. (2010). Landscape-scale analyses suggest both nutrient and antipredator advantages to Serengeti herbivore hotspots. Ecology, 91, 1519-1529.

Folmer, E. O., Olff, H. & Piersma, T. (2010) How well do food distributions predict spatial distributions of shorebirds with different degrees of self-organization? Journal of Animal Ecology, 79, 747-756.

Grace JB, Anderson TM, Olff H, Scheiner SM (2010) On the specification of structural equation models for ecological systems. Ecological Monographs 80:67-87

Hopcraft, J. G. C., H. Olff, and A. R. E. Sinclair. 2010. Herbivores, resources and risks: alternating regulation along primary environmental gradients in savannas. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 25, 119 - 128

Veen G.F, Olff H., Duyts H & van der Putten W.H. (2010) Vertebrate herbivores influence soil nematodes by modifying plant communities. Ecology 91, 828–835

Voeten MM, van de Vijver C, Olff H, van Langevelde F (2010) Possible causes of decreasing migratory ungulate populations in an East African savannah after restrictions in their seasonal movements. African Journal of Ecology 48:169-179

2009

Bakker E.S. Gleichman M. & Olff H .(2009) Contrasting effects of large herbivore grazing on smaller herbivores. Basic and Applied Ecology 10: 141-150

Bakker ES Ritchie ME Knops J Milchunas, D, Hillhouse H. & Olff H. (2009) Grazer impact on N cycling along a grassland fertility gradient. Oikos 118, 1613-1622

Cromsigt, J.P.G.M., Rensburg, S.J., Etienne, R.S. & Olff, H. (2009). Monitoring large herbivore diversity at different scales: comparing direct and indirect methods. Biodiversity and Conservation 18, 1219-1231

Cromsigt, J.P.G.M., Prins, H.H.T. and Olff, H. (2009) Habitat heterogeneity as a driver of ungulate diversity and distribution patterns: interaction of body mass and digestive strategy. Diversity and Distributions 15, 513–522

Hagenah, N., Munkerd, H., Gerhardt K. & Olff, H. (2009) Interacting effects of grass height and herbivores on the establishment of an encroaching savanna shrub. Plant Ecology 201: 553-566

Morlon H., White E.P., Etienne R.S., Green J.L., Ostling A., Alonso D., Enquist B.J., He F.L., Hurlbert A., Magurran A.E., Maurer B.A., McGill B.J., Olff H., Storch D. & Zillio T. (2009). Taking species abundance distributions beyond individuals. Ecology Letters, 12, 488-501.

Olff H., D. Alonso, M. P. Berg, B. K. Eriksson, M. Loreau, T. Piersma, N. Rooney (2009). Parallel interaction webs in ecosystems. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society Series B - Biological Sciences 364: 1755 - 1779

te Beest, M., Stevens, N., Olff, H. & van der Putten, W.H. 2009 Plant-soil feedback induces shifts in biomass allocation in the invasive plant Chromolaena odorata. Journal of Ecology 97, 1281–1290

Verhoef HA & Olff H (2009) Trophic dynamics of communities. pp 25 - 26 in: H. Verhoef & P.J. Morin (eds) Community Ecology: Processes, Models and Applications. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK

Petchey OL, Morin PJ & Olff H (2009) The topology of ecological interactions networks: the state of the art. pp. 7-22 in: H. Verhoef & P.J. Morin (eds) Community Ecology: Processes, Models and Applications. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK

Herman,PJ, De Jonge,VN, Dankers,N, Ens,BJ, Wolff,WJ, Brinkman,B, Baptist,M, Van Leeuwe,MA, Bakker,JP, Philippart,CJM, Kromkamp,J, Van Beusekom,J, Van Katwijk,M, Piersma,T, Van der Veer,HW, Lammerts,EJ, Oost,AP, Van der Meer,J, Lindeboom,HJ, Olff,H. & Jansen,G (2009). (Natuur)behoud in een veranderende wereld. Position paper Ecologie. Waddenacademie, Leeuwarden.

Hagenah, N., Munkerd, H., Gerhardt K. & Olff, H. (2009) Interacting effects of grass height and herbivores on the establishment of an encroaching savanna shrub. Plant Ecology 201: 553-566

Drees JM, Dekker JJA, Wester L & Olff H (2009) The translocation of rabbits in a sand dune habitat: survival, dispersal and predation in relation to food quality and the use of burrows. Lutra 52:109-122

2008

Sinclair ARE, Hopcraft JGC, Olff H, Mduma SAR, Galvin KA, Sharam GJ (2008) Historical and future changes to the Serengeti ecosystem. In: Sinclair ARE, Packer C, Mduma SAR, Fryxell J (eds) Serengeti III. Human impacts on ecosystem dynamics. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, pp 7-46

Olff H, Hopcraft JGC (2008) The resource basis of human-wildlife interaction. In: Sinclair ARE, Packer C, Mduma SAR, Fryxell J (eds) Serengeti III. Human impacts on ecosystem dynamics. University of Chicago Press, Chicago

Jolles AE, Ezenwa VO, Etienne RS, Turner WC, Olff H (2008) Interactions between macroparasites and microparasites drive infection patterns in free-ranging African buffalo. Ecology 89:2239-2250

Jansen PA, Bohlman SA, Garzon-Lopez CX, Olff H, Muller-Landau HC, Wright SJ (2008) Large-scale spatial variation in palm fruit abundance across a tropical moist forest estimated from high-resolution aerial photographs. Ecography 31:33-42

Freymann BP, Buitenwerf R, Desouza O, Olff H (2008) The importance of termites (Isoptera) for the recycling of herbivore dung in tropical ecosystems: a review. European Journal of Entomology 105:165-173

Cromsigt JPGM, Olff H (2008) Dynamics of grazing lawn formation: an experimental test of the role of scale-dependent processes. Oikos 10:1444-1452

Apol MEF, Etienne RS, Olff H (2008) Revisiting the evolutionary origin of allometric metabolic scaling in biology. Functional Ecology 22:1070-1080

2007

Freymann BP, Olff H (2007) Cardinal Woodpecker (Dendropicos fuscescens) utilises wildebeest carcass horns as a foraging substrate. Ostrich 78:653-654

Etienne RS, Apol MEF, Olff H, Weissing FJ (2007) Modes of speciation and the neutral theory of biodiversity. Oikos 116:241-258

Cromsigt JPGM, Linnartz L, Verdonschot R, Esselink H, Olff H (2007) De Kraansvlak pilot: wilde Wisenten in een Nederlandse context. De Levende Natuur 108:206-208

Aptroot A, van Dobben HF, Slim PA, Olff H (2007) The role of cattle in maintaining plant species diversity in wet dune valleys. Biodiversity and Conservation 16:1541-1550

2006 

Prins HHT, de Boer F, van Oeveren H, Correia A, Mafuca J, Olff H (2006) Coexistence and niche segregation of three small bovid species in southern Mozambique. African Journal of Ecology 44: 186-1

Etienne, R.S., M.E.F. Apol & H. Olff (2006). Demystifying the West, Brown & Enquist model of the allometry of metabolism. Functional Ecology 20: 394-399. Download pdf [PDF]

Jolles, A.E., R.S. Etienne & H. Olff (2006). Independent and competing disease risks: implications for host populations in variable environments. American Naturalist. Download pdf [PDF]. Link to online material [PDF].

Van Gemerden, B.S., Etienne, R.S. Olff, H., Hommel, P.W.F.M. & Van Langevelde, F. (2005). Reconciling methodologically different biodiversity assessments. Ecological Applications 15: 1747-1760. Download pdf [PDF]. Link to online material.

2005

Etienne, R.S. & Olff, H. (2005). Confronting different models of community structure to species-abundance data: a Bayesian model comparison. Ecology Letters 8: 493-504. Download pdf [PDF]. Link to online material.

Bakker, E.S., Reifers, R.., Olff, H. & Gleichman, J.M.. 2005. Experimental manipulation of predation risk and food quality: effect on grazing behaviour in a central-place foraging herbivore. Oecologia  146: 157-167

2004

Bakker ES, Olff H, Vandenberghe C, de Maeyer K, Smit R & Gleichman JM (2004) Ecological anachronisms in the recruitment of temperate light-demanding tree species in wooded pastures Journal of Applied Ecology 41: 571-582 download pdf  [PDF]

Bakker ES, Olff H, Boekhoff M, Gleichman JM & Berendse F (2004) Impact of herbivores on nitrogen cycling: contrasting effects of small and large species. Oecologia 138: 91-101 download pdf [PDF] 

Etienne RS & Olff H (2004). A novel genealogical approach to neutral biodiversity theory. Ecology Letters 7: 170 - 175. download pdf  [PDF]

Etienne, R.S. & Olff, H. (2004). How dispersal limitation shapes species - body size distributions in local communities. American Naturalist 163: 69-83. Download pdf [PDF]. Download appendices [PDF].

Ritche , M.E. & Olff, H. (2004) Resource partitioning and biodiveristy in fractal environments, with application to dryland communities. pp 206-219 in: Biodiversity in drylands: towards a unified framework (M. Shachak, JR Gosz, A. Perevolotsky, STA Pickett, eds), Oxford University Press, Oxford download pdf  [PDF]

2003

Bakker ES & Olff H 2003. The impact of different-sized herbivores on recruitment opportunities for subordinate herbs in grasslands. Journal of Vegetation Science 14, 465-474 download pdf  [PDF]

van Gemerden BS, Olff H, Parren, M, Bongers F. 2003 The pristine rain forest? Remnants of historical human impacts on current tree species composition and diversity. Journal of Biogeography 30, 1381-1390 download pdf  [PDF]  

Van Gemerden BS, Shu GN & Olff H 2003. Recovery of conservation values in Central African rain forest after logging and shifting cultivation. Biodiversity and Conservation 12: 1553-1570 download pdf  [PDF] 

2002

Haskell, J.P, Ritchie, M.E. & Olff, H. (2002) Fractal geometry predicts varying body size scaling relationships for mammal and bird home ranges.Nature 418, 527-430 download pdf  [PDF]

Olff, H., Ritchie, M.E. & Prins, H.H.T. (2002) Global environmental determinants of diversity in large herbivores. Nature 415, 901-905 download pdf  [PDF]

Olff, H. (2002) Biodiversiteit handhaaft zichzelf. Natuur en Techniek 70, 54 download pdf  [PDF]

2001

Smit, R, Bokdam, J., Ouden J. den, Olff, H, Schot-Opschoor H, Schrijvers M. (2001) Effects of introduction and exclusion of large herbivores on small rodent communities. Plant Ecology 155: 119-127  [PDF]

Olff, H. & Ritchie, M.E. (2001) Fragmented nature: consequences for biodiversity. Landscape and Urban Planning 58, 83-92 download pdf [PDF] 

2000

Olff, H., Hoorens, B., de Goede, R.G.M., Gleichman, M. 2000. Small-scale shifting mosaics of two dominant grassland species: the possible role of soil-borne pathogens. Oecologia 124 125: 45-54 download pdf  [PDF]

Schippers, P. & Olff, H. (2000) Biomass partitioning, architecture and plasticity of eight herbaceous species in relation to their position in an old field succession. Plant Ecology 149, 219-231 download pdf  [PDF]

Rietkerk, M., Ketner, P., Burger, J. and Olff, H. (2000) Multiscale soil and vegetation patchiness along a gradient of herbivore impact in a semi-arid grazing system. . Plant and Soil 148: 207-224 download pdf  [PDF]

Blomqvist, M. M., Olff, H., Blaauw, M. B, Bongers, T., van der Putten, W. H. (2000). Interactions between above- and belowground biota: importance for small-scale vegetation mosaics in a grassland ecosystem Oikos 90, 582-598

1999

Van de Vijver, C.A.D.M, Foley, C.A. & Olff, H. (1999) Changes in the woody component of an East African savanna during 25 years. Journal of Tropical Ecology 15, 545-564 download pdf [PDF] 

Ritchie, M.E. & Olff, H. (1999) Spatial scaling laws yield a synthetic theory of biodiversity. Nature 400, 557-560 download pdf  [PDF]

Olff, H. Brown, V.K and Drent, R.H., eds. (1999)Herbivores: Between Plants and Predators. Blackwell Science.

Olff, H., Brown, V.K. & Drent, R.H. (eds.) (1999) Preface. in: Herbivores: between Plants and Predators, pp. ix-x. Blackwell Science, Oxford.

Ritchie, M.E. & Olff, H. (1999) Herbivore diversity and plant dynamics: compensatory and additive effects. in: Herbivores between plants and predators. (ed. by H. Olff, V.K. Brown, & R.H. Drent), pp. 175 - 203. Blackwell Science, Oxford.

Olff H., Vera F.W.M., Bokdam, J., Bakker, E.S., GleichmanJ.M., De Maeyer K. & Smit R. (1999) Associational resistance of plants to herbivory may lead to shifting mosaics in grazed woodlands. Plant Biology1, 127-137 download pdf  [PDF]

van de Vijver, C.A.D.M., Foley, C.A. & Olff, H. (1999) Changes in the woody vegetation component in an East African savanna over a 24 year period. Journal of Tropical Ecology 15, 545-564 download pdf  [PDF]

1998

Olff, H. & Ritchie, M.E. (1998) Effects of herbivores on grassland plant diversity. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 13, 261-265 download pdf  [PDF]

Olff, H. & Bakker, J.P. (1998) Do intrinsically dominant and subordinate species exist? A test statistic for field data. Applied Vegetation Science 1, 15-20 download pdf  [PDF]

Berendse, F., Lammerts, E.J. & Olff, H. (1998) Soil organic matter accumulation and its implications for nitrogen mineralization and plant species composition during succession in coastal dune slacks. Plant Ecology 137, 71-78 download pdf  [PDF]  

R. Smit & Olff, H. (1998) Woody species colonisation in relation to habitat productivity Plant ecology 139, 203-209 download pdf  [PDF]

Huisman, J. & Olff, H. (1998) Competition and facilitation in multispecies plant-herbivore systems of productive environments Ecology Letters 1, 25-29 download pdf  [PDF]

Bakker, J.P., van der Wal, R., van Wijnen, H.J. & Olff, H. (1998) Dynamics of salt marsh grasslands. Acta Botanica Neerlandica 47, 511- 512  

1997

Prins, H.H.T. & Olff, H (1997). Species richness of African grazer assemblages: towards a functional explanation. in: Dynamics of tropical communities. (ed. by D. Newbery, H.H.T. Prins, & N.D. Brown), pp. 448 - 490. Blackwell, Oxford.  

Olff, H., De Leeuw, J., Bakker, J.P., Platerink, R.J., van Wijnen, H.J. & De Munck, W. (1997) Vegetation succession and herbivory in a salt marsh: changes induced by sea level rise and silt deposition along an elevational gradient. Journal of Ecology 85, 799-814 download pdf  [PDF]

1996

Oomes, M., Olff, H. & Altena, H.J. (1996) Effects of vegetation management and raising the groundwater table on nutrient dynamics and vegetation change in a wet grassland. Journal of Applied Ecology 33, 576-588 download pdf  [PDF]

Bakker, J.P., Olff, H., Willems, J.H. & Zobel, M. (1996) Why do we need permanent plots in the study of long-term vegetation dynamics? Journal ofVegetation Science 7: 147-156 download pdf  [PDF]

van de Koppel, J., Huisman, J., van de Wal, R., & Olff, H. (1996) Patterns of herbivory along a gradient of primary productivity: an emperical and theoretical investigation. Ecology 77, 736-745 download pdf  [PDF]

1995

De Kroon, H. & Olff, H. (1995) On the use of the guild concept in plant ecology. Folia Geobotanica et Phytotaxonomica 30, 519-528

Olff, H., Berendse, F., Verkaar, F. & van Wirdum, G. (1995) Voorspelling van vegetatiesuccessie ten behoeve van natuurontwikkeling. Landschap 12(4): 69-82

Brussaard, L., Bakker, J.P. & Olff, H. (1995) Biodiversity of soil biota and plants in abandoned arable land and pastures under restoration management for conservation. Biodiversity and Conservation 5: 211-221

Bakker, J.P. & Olff, H. (1995) Nutrient dynamics during restoration of fen meadows by hay-making without fertiliser application. in: B.D Wheeler, S.C. Shaw, W.J. Fojt, & R.A. Robertson, eds. Restoration of temperate wetlands. Wiley & Sons, London pp. 143-166.

1994

Dijk, E & Olff, H. (1994) Effects of nitrogen, phosphate and potassium fertilization on field performance of Dactylorhiza majalis. Acta Botanica Neerlandica 43: 383-392

Olff, H., Berendse, F. & de Visser, W. (1994) Changes in nitrogen mineralization, tissue nutrient concentrations and biomass compartmentation after cessation of fertilizer application to mown grassland. Journal of Ecology 82, 611-620 download pdf  [PDF]

Olff, H. & Pegtel, D.M. (1994). Characterisation of the type and extent of nutrient limitation in grassland vegetation using a bioassay. Plant and Soil 163, 217-224

Olff, H., Pegtel, D.M., van Groenendael, J.M. & Bakker, J.P. (1994) Germination strategies during grassland succession. Journal of Ecology 82 69-77 download pdf  [PDF]

Reader, R.J., Wilson, S.D., Belcher, J.W., Wisheu, I., Keddy, P.A, Tilman, D., Morris, E.C., Grace, J.B., McGraw, J.B., Olff, H., Turkington, R., Klein, E., Leung, Y., Shipley, B. van Hulst, R., Johansson, M.E., Nilsson, C., Gurevitch, J., Grigulis, K., & Beisner, B.E. (1994) Intensity of plant competition in relation to neighbor biomass: an intercontinental study with Poa pratensis. Ecology 75, 1753-1760 download pdf  [PDF]

1993

Olff, H., Huisman, J. & van Tooren,B.F. (1993) Species dynamics and nutrient accumulation during early primary succession in coastal sand dunes. Journal of Ecology 81, 693-706 download pdf  [PDF]

De Leeuw, J., de Munck, W., Olff, H. & Bakker, J.P. (1993) Does zonation reflect succession of salt marsh vegetation? Acta Botanica Neerlandica42, 435-445

Huisman, J., Olff, H. & Fresco, L.F.M. (1993) A hierarchical set of models for species response analysis. Journal of Vegetation Science 4, 37-46 download pdf  [PDF]

1992

Olff, H. (1992) Effects of light and nutrient availability on dry matter and N allocation in six successional grassland species. Testing for resource ratio effects. Oecologia 89, 312-421

1991

Tilman, D. & Olff, H. (1991) An experimental study on the effects of pH and nitrogen on grassland vegetation. Acta Oecologia 12, 427-441

Olff, H. & Bakker, J.P. (1991) Long-term dynamics of standing crop and species composition after the cessation of fertiliser application to mown grassland. Journal of Applied Ecology 28, 1040-1052 download pdf  [PDF]

1990

de Leeuw, J, Olff, H. & Bakker, J.P. (1990) Year-to-year variation in peak above-ground biomass of six salt-marsh angiosperm communities as related to rainfall deficit and inundation frequency. Aquatic Botany 36, 139-151

Olff, H., van Andel, J. & Bakker, J.P. (1990) Biomass and shoot/root allocation of five species from a grassland succession series at different combinations of light and nutrient supply. Functional Ecology 4, 193-200 download pdf  [PDF]

Lotz, L.A.P., Olff, H. & van Tienderen, P.H. (1990) Within-population variability in morphology and life history of Plantago major spp. pleiosperma Pilger in relation to environmental heterogeneity. Oecologia 84, 404-410

1989

Olff, H., Kuiper, D., van Damme, J.M.M. & Kuiper, P.J.C. (1989) Gynodioecy in Plantago lanceolata L. VI. Functions of cytokinins in growth, development and reproduction of two sex types. Canadian Journal of Botany 67, 2765-2769

1988

Lotz, L.A.P. & Olff, H. (1988) Variation in biomass and architecture of plants due to small-scale environmental heterogeneity. pp. 109-119 in: Plant form and vegetation structure (ed. by Werger, M.J.A, van der Aart, P.J.M., During, H.J and Verhoeven, J.T.A.) SPB Academic, The Hague

Olff, H., Bakker, J.P. & Fresco, L.F.M. (1988) The effect of fluctuations in tidal inundation frequency on a salt marsh vegetation. Vegetatio 8, 13-19