Publications

van der Kaaden, A.-S., Maier, S. R., Chen, S., De Clippele, L. H., de Froe, E., Gerkema, T., van de Koppel, J., Mienis, F., Mohn, C., Rietkerk, M., Soetaert, K., & van Oevelen, D. (2024). Building your own mountain: The effects, limits, and drawbacks of cold-water coral ecosystem engineering. Biogeosciences, 21(4), 973-992. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-21-973-2024

Xu, C., Silliman, B. R., Chen, J., Li, X., Thomsen, M. S., Zhang, Q., Lee, J., Lefcheck, J. S., Daleo, P., Hughes, B. B., Jones, H. P., Wang, R., Wang, S., Smith, C. S., Xi, X., Altieri, A. H., Koppel, J. V. D., Palmer, T. M., Liu, L., ... He, Q. (2023). Herbivory limits success of vegetation restoration globally. Science, 382(6670), 589-594. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.add2814

Siteur, K., Liu, Q.-X., Rottschäfer, V., van der Heide, T., Rietkerk, M., Doelman, A., Boström, C., & van de Koppel, J. (2023). Phase-separation physics underlies new theory for the resilience of patchy ecosystems. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 120(2), Article e2202683120. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2202683120

Zhang, K., Yan, J., He, Q., Xu, C., van de Koppel, J., Wang, B., Cui, B., & Liu, Q. X. (2023). Self-organized mud cracking amplifies the resilience of an iconic “Red Beach” salt marsh. Science Advances, 9(18), Article eabq3520. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abq3520

van der Kaaden, A.-S., Maier, S. R., Siteur, K., De Clippele, L. H., van de Koppel, J., Purkis, S. J., Rietkerk, M., Soetaert, K., & van Oevelen, D. (2023). Tiger reefs: Self-organized regular patterns in deep-sea cold-water coral reefs. Ecosphere, 14(10), Article e4654. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4654

Vozzo, M. L., Doropoulos, C., Silliman, B. R., Steven, A., Reeves, S. E., ter Hofstede, R., van Koningsveld, M., van de Koppel, J., McPherson, T., Ronan, M., & Saunders, M. I. (2023). To restore coastal marine areas, we need to work across multiple habitats simultaneously. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 120(26), Article e2300546120. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2300546120

van de Vijsel, R. C., van Belzen, J., Bouma, T. J., van der Wal, D., Borsje, B. W., Temmerman, S., Cornacchia, L., Gourgue, O., & van de Koppel, J. (2023). Vegetation controls on channel network complexity in coastal wetlands. Nature Communications, 14(1), Article 7158. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-42731-3

Gourgue, O., Van Belzen, J., Schwarz, C., Vandenbruwaene, W., Vanlede, J., Belliard, J. P., Fagherazzi, S., Bouma, T. J., Van De Koppel, J., & Temmerman, S. (2022). Biogeomorphic modeling to assess the resilience of tidal-marsh restoration to sea level rise and sediment supply. Earth Surface Dynamics, 10(3), 531-553. https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-10-531-2022

Wang, B., Zhang, K., Liu, Q. X., He, Q., van de Koppel, J., Teng, S. N., Miao, X., Liu, M., Bertness, M. D., & Xu, C. (2022). Long-distance facilitation of coastal ecosystem structure and resilience. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 119(28), Article e2123274119. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2123274119

Temmink, R. J. M., Lamers, L. P. M., Angelini, C., Bouma, T. J., Fritz, C., van de Koppel, J., Lexmond, R., Rietkerk, M., Silliman, B. R., Joosten, H., & van der Heide, T. (2022). Recovering wetland biogeomorphic feedbacks to restore the world's biotic carbon hotspots. Science, 376(6593), Article 20220041. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abn1479

Sherratt, J. A., Liu, Q. X., & van de Koppel, J. (2021). A comparison of the “reduced losses” and “increased production” models for mussel bed dynamics. Bulletin of mathematical biology, 83(10), Article 99. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11538-021-00932-1

Gourgue, O., van Belzen, J., Schwarz, C., Bouma, T. J., van de Koppel, J., & Temmerman, S. (2021). A Convolution Method to Assess Subgrid-Scale Interactions Between Flow and Patchy Vegetation in Biogeomorphic Models. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 13(2), Article e2020MS002116. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020MS002116

Hensel, M. J. S., Silliman, B. R., van de Koppel, J., Hensel, E., Sharp, S. J., Crotty, S. M., & Byrnes, J. E. K. (2021). A large invasive consumer reduces coastal ecosystem resilience by disabling positive species interactions. Nature Communications, 12(1), Article 6290. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26504-4

van de Vijsel, R. C., van Belzen, J., Bouma, T. J., van der Wal, D., & van de Koppel, J. (2021). Algal-induced biogeomorphic feedbacks lay the groundwork for coastal wetland development. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 126(10), Article e2021JG006515. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JG006515

Ren, J., Chen, J., Xu, C., van de Koppel, J., Thomsen, M. S., Qiu, S., Cheng, F., Song, W., Liu, Q. X., Xu, C., Bai, J., Zhang, Y., Cui, B., Bertness, M. D., Silliman, B. R., Li, B., & He, Q. (2021). An invasive species erodes the performance of coastal wetland protected areas. Science Advances, 7(42), Article eabi8943. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abi8943

van der Ouderaa, I. B. C., Claassen, J. R., van de Koppel, J., Bishop, M. J., & Eriksson, B. K. (2021). Bioengineering promotes habitat heterogeneity and biodiversity on mussel reefs. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 540, Article 151561. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2021.151561

van der Heide, T., Temmink, R. J. M., Fivash, G. S., Bouma, T. J., Boström, C., Didderen, K., Esteban, N., Gaeckle, J., Gagnon, K., Infantes, E., van de Koppel, J., Lengkeek, W., Unsworth, R., & Christianen, M. J. A. (2021). Coastal restoration success via emergent trait-mimicry is context dependent. Biological Conservation, 264, Article 109373. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109373

Neijnens, F. K., Siteur, K., van de Koppel, J., & Rietkerk, M. (2021). Early warning signals for rate-induced critical transitions in salt marsh ecosystems. Ecosystems, 24(8), 1825-1836. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-021-00610-2

Rietkerk, M., Bastiaansen, R., Banerjee, S., van de Koppel, J., Baudena, M., & Doelman, A. (2021). Evasion of tipping in complex systems through spatial pattern formation. Science, 374(6564), Article eabj0359. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abj0359

Zhao, L.-X., Zhang, K., Siteur, K., Li, X.-Z., Liu, Q.-X., & van de Koppel, J. (2021). Fairy circles reveal the resilience of self-organized salt marshes. Science Advances, 7(6), Article eabe1100. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abe1100

van der Kaaden, A. S., Mohn, C., Gerkema, T., Maier, S. R., de Froe, E., van de Koppel, J., Rietkerk, M., Soetaert, K., & van Oevelen, D. (2021). Feedbacks between hydrodynamics and cold-water coral mound development. Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 178, Article 103641. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2021.103641

Li, A., Matsuoka, N., Niu, F., Chen, J., Ge, Z., Hu, W., Li, D., Hallet, B., van de Koppel, J., Goldenfeld, N., & Liu, Q.-X. (2021). Ice needles weave patterns of stones in freezing landscapes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(40), Article e2110670118. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2110670118

Qiu, D., Cui, B., Ma, X., Yan, J., Cai, Y., Xie, T., Gao, F., Wang, F., Sui, H., Bai, J., van de Koppel, J., & Olff, H. (2021). Reciprocal facilitation between annual plants and burrowing crabs: Implications for the restoration of degraded saltmarshes. Journal of Ecology, 109(4), 1828-1841. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13608

Cao, H., Zhu, Z., van Belzen, J., Gourgue, O., van de Koppel, J., Temmerman, O. S., Herman, P. M. J., Zhang, L., Yuan, L., & Bouma, T. J. (2021). Salt marsh establishment in poorly consolidated muddy systems: Effects of surface drainage, elevation, and plant age. Ecosphere, 12(9), Article e03755. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3755

Reijers, V. C., Hoeks, S., van Belzen, J., Siteur, K., de Rond, A. J. A., van de Ven, C. N., Lammers, C., van de Koppel, J., & van der Heide, T. (2021). Sediment availability provokes a shift from Brownian to Lévy-like clonal expansion in a dune building grass. Ecology Letters, 24(2), 258-268. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13638

Yan, J., van der Heide, T., Cui, B., Bai, J., Ysebaert, T., & van de Koppel, J. (2020). A healthy trophic structure underlies the resistance of pristine seagrass beds to nutrient enrichment. Limnology and Oceanography, 65(11), 2748-2756. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11545

van de Vijsel, R. C., van Belzen, J., Bouma, T. J., van der Wal, D., Cusseddu, V., Purkis, S. J., Rietkerk, M., & van de Koppel, J. (2020). Estuarine biofilm patterns: Modern analogues for Precambrian self-organization. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 45(5), 1141-1154. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.4783

Gagnon, K., Rinde, E., Bengil, E. G. T., Carugati, L., Christianen, M. J. A., Danovaro, R., Gambi, C., Govers, L. L., Kipson, S., Meysick, L., Pajusalu, L., Kizilkaya, I. T., van de Koppel, J., van der Heide, T., van Katwijk, M. M., & Bostrom, C. (2020). Facilitating foundation species: The potential for plant-bivalve interactions to improve habitat restoration success. Journal of Applied Ecology, 57(6), 1161-1179. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13605

de Jager, M., van de Koppel, J., Weerman, E. J., & Weissing, F. J. (2020). Patterning in mussel beds explained by the interplay of multi-level selection and spatial self-organization. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 8, Article 7. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2020.00007

Schotanus, J., Walles, B., Capelle, J. J., van Belzen, J., van de Koppel, J., & Bouma, T. J. (2020). Promoting self-facilitating feedback processes in coastal ecosystem engineers to increase restoration success: Testing engineering measures. Journal of Applied Ecology, 57(10), 1958-1968. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13709

Schotanus, J., Capelle, J. J., Paree, E., Fivash, G. S., van de Koppel, J., & Bouma, T. J. (2020). Restoring mussel beds in highly dynamic environments by lowering environmental stressors. Restoration Ecology, 28(5), 1124-1134. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.13168

Cornacchia, L., Wharton, G., Davies, G., Grabowski, R. C., Temmerman, S., van der Wal, D., Bouma, T. J., & van de Koppel, J. (2020). Self-organization of river vegetation leads to emergent buffering of river flows and water levels. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, 287(1931), Article 20201147. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.1147

van der Kaaden, A. S., van Oevelen, D., Rietkerk, M., Soetaert, K., & van de Koppel, J. (2020). Spatial self-organization as a new perspective on cold-water coral mound development. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7, Article 631. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00631

Bertolini, C., Capelle, J. J., ter Veld, J. W. D., van de Koppel, J., & Bouma, T. J. (2020). Understanding scales of density-dependence to improve the use of resources in benthic mussel aquaculture. Aquaculture, 528, Article 735477. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2020.735477

Reijers, V. C., Siteur, K., Hoeks, S., van Belzen, J., Borst, A. C. W., Heusinkveld, J. H. T., Govers, L. L., Bouma, T. J., Lamers, L. P. M., van de Koppel, J., & van der Heide, T. (2019). A Lévy expansion strategy optimizes early dune building by beach grasses. Nature Communications, 10(1), Article 2656. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10699-8

Bertolini, C., Hlebowicz, K., Schlichta, F., Capelle, J. J., van de Koppel, J., & Bouma, T. J. (2019). Are all patterns created equal? Cooperation is more likely in spatially simple habitats. Marine Ecology, 40(6), Article 12572. https://doi.org/10.1111/maec.12572

Silliman, B. R., He, Q., Angelini, C., Smith, C. S., Kirwan, M. L., Daleo, P., Renzi, J. J., Butler, J., Osborne, T. Z., Nifong, J. C., & van de Koppel, J. (2019). Field experiments and meta-analysis reveal wetland vegetation as a crucial element in the coastal protection paradigm. Current Biology, 29(11), 1800-1806e.3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.05.017

Cornacchia, L., van der Wal, D., van de Koppel, J., Puijalon, S., Wharton, G., & Bouma, T. J. (2019). Flow-divergence feedbacks control propagule retention by in-stream vegetation: The importance of spatial patterns for facilitation. Aquatic sciences, 81(1), Article 17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00027-018-0612-1

Siero, E., Siteur, K., Doelman, A., van de Koppel, J., Rietkerk, M., & Eppinga, M. B. (2019). Grazing away the resilience of patterned ecosystems. American Naturalist, 193(3), 472-480. https://doi.org/10.1086/701669

Reijers, V. C., Cruijsen, P. M. J. M., Hoetjes, S. C. S., van den Akker, M., Heusinkveld, J. H. T., van de Koppel, J., Lamers, L. P. M., Olff, H., & van der Heide, T. (2019). Loss of spatial structure after temporary herbivore absence in a high-productivity reed marsh. Journal of Applied Ecology, 56(7), 1817-1826. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13394

Schotanus, J., Capelle, J. J., Leuchter, L., Van De Koppel, J., & Bouma, T. J. (2019). Mussel seed is highly plastic to settling conditions: The influence of waves versus tidal emergence. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 624, 77-87. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13039

Cornacchia, L., Folkard, A., Davies, G., Grabowski, R. C., van de Koppel, J., van der Wal, D., Wharton, G., Puijalon, S., & Bouma, T. J. (2019). Plants face the flow in V formation: A study of plant patch alignment in streams. Limnology and Oceanography, 64(3), 1087-1102. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11099

Zhao, L.-X., Xu, C., Ge, Z.-M., van de Koppel, J., & Liu, Q.-X. (2019). The shaping role of self-organization: Linking vegetation patterning, plant traits and ecosystem functioning. Proc R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 286(1900), Article 20182859. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.2859

Bertolini, C., Capelle, J. J., Timmermans, K., Bouma, T. J., van de Koppel, J., & Derksen, G. C. H. (2019). Timing it right: Non-consumptive effects on prey recruitment magnify overtime. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 513, 47-54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2019.03.001

Cornacchia, L., Licci, S., Nepf, H., Folkard, A., van der Wal, D., van de Koppel, J., Puijalon, S., & Bouma, T. J. (2019). Turbulence-mediated facilitation of resource uptake in patchy stream macrophytes. Limnology and Oceanography, 64(2), 714-727. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11070

He, Q., Silliman, B. R., van de Koppel, J., & Cui, B. (2019). Weather fluctuations affect the impact of consumers on vegetation recovery following a catastrophic die-off. Ecology, 100(1), Article e02559. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2559

de Fouw, J., van der Heide, T., van Belzen, J., Govers, L. L., Sidi Cheikh, M. A., Olff, H., van de Koppel, J., & van Gils, J. A. (2018). A facultative mutualistic feedback enhances the stability of tropical intertidal seagrass beds. Scientific Reports, 8, Article 12988. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-31060-x

Cornacchia, L., van de Koppel, J., van der Wal, D., Wharton, G., Puijalon, S., & Bouma, T. J. (2018). Landscapes of facilitation: How self-organized patchiness of aquatic macrophytes promotes diversity in streams. Ecology, 99(4), 832-847. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2177

Derksen-Hooijberg, M., Angelini, C., Lamers, L. P. M., Borst, A., Smolders, A., Hoogveld, J. R. H., de Paoli, H., van de Koppel, J., Silliman, B. R., & van der Heide, T. (2018). Mutualistic interactions amplify saltmarsh restoration success. Journal of Applied Ecology, 55(1), 405-414. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12960

Schwarz, C., Gourgue, O., van Belzen, J., Zhu, Z., Bouma, T. J., van de Koppel, J., Ruessink, G., Claude, N., & Temmerman, S. (2018). Self-organization of a biogeomorphic landscape controlled by plant life-history traits. Nature geoscience, 11(9), 672-677. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-018-0180-y

Nieuwhof, S., van Belzen, J., Oteman, B., van de Koppel, J., Herman, P. M. J., & van der Wal, D. (2018). Shellfish reefs increase water storage capacity on intertidal flats over extensive spatial scales. Ecosystems, 21(2), 360-372. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-017-0153-9

de Paoli, H., van der Heide, T., van den Berg, A., Silliman, B. R., Herman, P. M. J., & van de Koppel, J. (2017). Behavioral self-organization underlies the resilience of a coastal ecosystem. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 114(30), 8035-8040. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1619203114

Howison, R. A., Olff, H., van de Koppel, J., & Smit, C. (2017). Biotically driven vegetation mosaics in grazing ecosystems: The battle between bioturbation and biocompaction. Ecological monographs, 87(3), 363-378. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecm.1259

Eriksson, B. K., Westra, J., van Gerwen, I., Weerman, E., van der Zee, E., van der Heide, T., van de Koppel, J., Olff, H., Piersma, T., & Donadi, S. (2017). Facilitation by ecosystem engineers enhances nutrient effects in an intertidal system. Ecosphere, 8(12), Article e02051. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2051

Schwarz, C., Cox, T., van Engeland, T., van Oevelen, D., van Belzen, J., van de Koppel, J., Soetaert, K., Bouma, T. J., Meire, P., & Temmerman, S. (2017). Field estimates of floc dynamics and settling velocities in a tidal creek with significant along-channel gradients in velocity and SPM. Estuarine coastal and shelf science, 197, 221-235. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2017.08.041

van Belzen, J., van de Koppel, J., Kirwan, M. L., van der Wal, D., Herman, P. M. J., Dakos, V., Kéfi, S., Scheffer, M., Guntenspergen, G. R., & Bouma, T. J. (2017). Vegetation recovery in tidal marshes reveals critical slowing down under increased inundation. Nature Communications, 8, Article 15811. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15811

de Jager, M., Weissing, F. J., & van de Koppel, J. (2017). Why mussels stick together: Spatial self-organization affects the evolution of cooperation. Evolutionary Ecology, 31(4), 547-558. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10682-017-9888-1

Angelini, C., Griffin, J. N., van de Koppel, J., Lamers, L. P. M., Smolders, A. J. P., Derksen-Hooijberg, M., van der Heide, T., & Silliman, B. R. (2016). A keystone mutualism underpins resilience of a coastal ecosystem to drought. Nature Communications, 7, Article 12473. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12473

Liu, Q.-X., Rietkerk, M., Herman, P. M. J., Piersma, T., Fryxell, J. M., & van de Koppel, J. (2016). Bridging physics and biology: Reply to comments on "Phase separation driven by density-dependent movement: A novel mechanism for ecological patterns". Physics of life reviews, 19, 142-146. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plrev.2016.11.006

de Fouw, J., Govers, L. L., van de Koppel, J., van Belzen, J., Dorigo, W., Sidi Cheikh, M. A., Christianen, M. J. A., van der Reijden, K. J., van der Geest, M., Piersma, T., Smolders, A. J. P., Olff, H., Lamers, L. P. M., van Gils, J. A., & van der Heide, T. (2016). Drought, mutualism breakdown, and landscape-scale degradation of seagrass beds. Current Biology, 26, 1051-1056. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.02.023

van der Zee, E. M., Angelini, C., Govers, L. L., Christianen, M. J. A., Altieri, A. H., van der Reijden, K. J., Silliman, B. R., van de Koppel, J., van der Geest, M., van Gils, J. A., van der Veer, H. W., Piersma, T., de Ruiter, P. C., Olff, H., & van der Heide, T. (2016). How habitat-modifying organisms structure the food web of two coastal ecosystems. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, 283(1826), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2015.2326

Liu, Q.-X., Rietkerk, M., Herman, P. M. J., Piersma, T., Fryxell, J. M., & van de Koppel, J. (2016). Phase separation driven by density-dependent movement: A novel mechanism for ecological patterns. Physics of life reviews, 19, 107-121. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plrev.2016.07.009

Reynolds, A. M., Bartumeus, F., Koelzsch, A., & van de Koppel, J. (2016). Signatures of chaos in animal search patterns. Scientific Reports, 6, Article 23492. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep23492

Aguera, A., van de Koppel, J., Jansen, J. M., Smaal, A. C., & Bouma, T. J. (2015). Beyond food: A foundation species facilitates its own predator. Oikos, 124(10), 1367-1373. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.01949

Elschot, K., Bakker, J. P., Temmerman, S., van de Koppel, J., & Bouma, T. J. (2015). Ecosystem engineering by large grazers enhances carbon stocks in a tidal salt marsh. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 537, 9-21. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps11447

Kölzsch, A., Alzate, A., Bartumeus, F., de Jager, M., Weerman, E. J., Hengeveld, G. M., Naguib, M., Nolet, B. A., & van de Koppel, J. (2015). Experimental evidence for inherent Lévy search behaviour in foraging animals. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, 282(1807), Article 20150424. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2015.0424

Silliman, B. R., Schrack, E., He, Q., Cope, R., Santoni, A., van der Heide, T., Jacobi, R., Jacobi, M., & van de Koppel, J. (2015). Facilitation shifts paradigms and can amplify coastal restoration efforts. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America, 112(46), 14295-14300. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1515297112

van de Koppel, J., van der Heide, T., Altieri, A. H., Eriksson, B. K., Bouma, T. J., Olff, H., & Silliman, B. R. (2015). Long-Distance Interactions Regulate the Structure and Resilience of Coastal Ecosystems. Annual Review of Marine Science, 7, 139-158. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-marine-010814-015805

Donadi, S., van der Heide, T., Piersma, T., van der Zee, E. M., Weerman, E. J., van de Koppel, J., Olff, H., Devine, C., Hernawan, U. E., Boers, M., Planthof, L., & Eriksson, B. K. (2015). Multi-scale habitat modification by coexisting ecosystem engineers drives spatial separation of macrobenthic functional groups. Oikos, 124(11), 1502-1510. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.02100

de Paoli, H., van de Koppel, J., van der Zee, E., Kangeri, A., van Belzen, J., Holthuijsen, S., van den Berg, A., Herman, P., Olff, H., & van der Heide, T. (2015). Processes limiting mussel bed restoration in the Wadden-Sea. Journal of Sea Research, 103, 42-49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2015.05.008

Liu, Q., Weerman, E. J., Gupta, R., Herman, P. M. J., Olff, H., & van de Koppel, J. (2014). Biogenic gradients in algal density affect the emergent properties of spatially self-organized mussel beds. Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 11(96), Article 20140089. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2014.0089

Christianen, M. J. A., Herman, P. M. J., Bouma, T. J., Lamers, L. P. M., van Katwijk, M. M., van der Heide, T., Mumby, P. J., Silliman, B. R., Engelhard, S. L., de Kerk, M. V., Kiswara, W., & van de Koppel, J. (2014). Habitat collapse due to overgrazing threatens turtle conservation in marine protected areas. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, 281(1777), Article 20132890. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.2890

Silliman, B. R., Mozdzer, T., Angelini, C., Brundage, J. E., Esselink, P., Bakker, J. P., Gedan, K. B., van de Koppel, J., & Baldwin, A. H. (2014). Livestock as a potential biological control agent for an invasive wetland plant. PeerJ, 2, Article 567. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.567

Liu, Q., Herman, P. M. J., Mooij, W. M., Huisman, J., Scheffer, M., Olff, H., & van de Koppel, J. (2014). Pattern formation at multiple spatial scales drives the resilience of mussel bed ecosystems. Nature Communications, 5, Article 5234. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms6234

van der Heide, T., Tielens, E., van der Zee, E., Weerman, E. J., Holthuijsen, S., Eriksson, B. K., Piersma, T., van de Koppel, J., & Olff, H. (2014). Predation and habitat modification synergistically interact to control bivalve recruitment on intertidal mudflats. Biological Conservation, 172, 163-169. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2014.02.036

Donadi, S., van der Zee, E., van der Heide, T., Weerman, E., Piersma, T., van de Koppel, J., Olff, H., Bartelds, M., van Gerwen, I., & Eriksson, K. (2014). The bivalve loop: Intra-specific facilitation in burrowing cockles through habitat modification. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 461, 44-52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2014.07.019

Matthews, B., De Meester, L., Jones, C. G., Ibelings, B. W., Bouma, T. J., Nuutinen, V., van de Koppel, J., & Odling-Smee, J. (2014). Under niche construction: An operational bridge between ecology, evolution, and ecosystem science. Ecological monographs, 84(2), 245-263. https://doi.org/10.1890/13-0953.1

de Jager, M., Bartumeus, F., Kölzsch, A., Weissing, F. J., Hengeveld, G. M., Nolet, B. A., Herman, P. M. J., & van de Koppel, J. (2014). How superdiffusion gets arrested: Ecological encounters explain shift from Lévy to Brownian movement. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, 281(1774), Article 20132605. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.2605

Donadi, S., van der Heide, T., van der Zee, E. M., Eklöf, J. S., van de Koppel, J., Weerman, E. J., Piersma, T., Olff, H., & Eriksson, B. K. (2013). Cross-habitat interactions among bivalve species control community structure on intertidal flats. Ecology, 94(2), 489-498. https://doi.org/10.1890/12-0048.1

Donadi, S., Westra, J., Weerman, E. J., van der Heide, T., van der Zee, E. M., van de Koppel, J., Olff, H., Piersma, T., van der Veer, H. W., & Eriksson, B. K. (2013). Non-trophic interactions control benthic producers on intertidal flats. Ecosystems, 16(7), 1325-1335. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-013-9686-8

Bouma, T. J., Temmerman, S., van Duren, L. A., Martini, E., Vandenbruwaene, W., Callaghan, D. P., Balke, T., Biermans, G., Klaassen, P. C., Steeg, P. V., Dekker, F., van de Koppel, J., Vries, M. B. D., & Herman, P. M. J. (2013). Organism traits determine the strength of scale-dependent bio-geomorphic feedbacks: A flume study on three intertidal plant species. Geomorphology, 180, 57-65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.09.005

Liu, Q.-X., Doelman, A., Rottschafer, V., de Jager, M., Herman, P. M. J., Rietkerk, M., & van de Koppel, J. (2013). Phase separation explains a new class of self-organized spatial patterns in ecological systems. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 110(29), 11905-11910. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1222339110

Liu, Q.-X., Weerman, E. J., Herman, P. M. J., Olff, H., & van de Koppel, J. (2012). Alternative mechanisms alter the emergent properties of self-organization in mussel beds. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, 279(1739), 2744-2753. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2012.0157

Scheffer, M., Carpenter, S. R., Lenton, T. M., Bascompte, J., Brock, W., Dakos, V., van de Koppel, J., van de Leemput, I. A., Levin, S. A., van Nes, E. H., Pascual, M., & Vandermeer, J. (2012). Anticipating critical transitions. Science, 338(6105), 344-348. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1225244

Wang, R.-H., Jin, Z., Liu, Q.-X., van de Koppel, J., & Alonso, D. (2012). A Simple Stochastic Model with Environmental Transmission Explains Multi-Year Periodicity in Outbreaks of Avian Flu. PLoS ONE, 7(2), Article e28873. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0028873

van der Heide, T., Govers, L. L., de Fouw, J., Olff, H., van der Geest, M., van Katwijk, M. M., Piersma, T., van de Koppel, J., Silliman, B. R., Smolders, A. J. P., & van Gils, J. A. (2012). A three-stage symbiosis forms the foundation of seagrass ecosystems. Science, 336(6087), 1432-1434. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1219973

Weerman, E. J., Belzen, J. V., Rietkerk, M., Temmerman, S., Kéfi, S., Herman, P. M. J., & van de Koppel, J. (2012). Changes in diatom patch-size distribution and degradation in a spatially self-organized intertidal mudflat ecosystem. Ecology, 93(3), 608-618. https://doi.org/10.1890/11-0625.1

Silliman, B. R., van de Koppel, J., McCoy, M. W., Diller, J., Kasozi, G. N., Earl, K., Adams, P. N., & Zimmerman, A. R. (2012). Degradation and resilience in Louisiana salt marshes after the BP-Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 109(28), 11234-11239. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1204922109

de Jager, M., Weissing, F. J., Herman, P. M. J., Nolet, B. A., & van de Koppel, J. (2012). Response to comment on "Levy walks evolve through interaction between movement and environmental complexity". Science, 335(6071), Article 918-d. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1215903

Koppel, J. V. D., Bouma, T. J., & Herman, P. M. J. (2012). The influence of local- and landscape-scale processes on spatial self-organization in estuarine ecosystems. The Journal of Experimental Biology, 215(6), 962-967. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.060467

Weerman, E. J., van der Geest, H. G., van der Meulen, M. D., Manders, E. M. M., van de Koppel, J., Herman, P. M. J., & Admiraal, W. (2011). Ciliates as engineers of phototrophic biofilms. Freshwater Biology, 56(7), 1358-1369. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2427.2011.02574.x

de Jager, M., Weissing, F. J., Herman, P. M. J., Nolet, B. A., & van de Koppel, J. (2011). Correction to "Levy walks evolve through interaction between movement and environmental complexity" (vol 332, pg 1551, 2011). Science, 334(6063), 1639-1639. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.334.6063.1639

de Jager, M., Weissing, F. J., Herman, P. M. J., Nolet, B. A., & van de Koppel, J. (2011). Levy walks evolve through interaction between movement and environmental complexity. Science, 332(6037), 1551-1553. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1201187

Weerman, E. J., Herman, P. M. J., & van de Koppel, J. (2011). Macrobenthos abundance and distribution on a spatially patterned intertidal flat. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 440, 95-103. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps09332

van de Koppel, J., Gupta, R., & Vuik, C. (2011). Scaling-up spatially-explicit ecological models using graphics processors. Ecological Modelling, 222(17), 3011-3019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2011.06.004

Weerman, E. J., Herman, P. M. J., & Van de Koppel, J. (2011). Top-down control inhibits spatial self-organization of a patterned landscape. Ecology, 92(2), 487-495. https://doi.org/10.1890/10-0270.1

Eriksson, B. K., van der Heide, T., van de Koppel, J., Piersma, T., van der Veer, H. W., & Olff, H. (2010). Major changes in the ecology of the Wadden Sea: Human impacts, ecosystem engineering and sediment dynamics. Ecosystems, 13(5), 752-764. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-010-9352-3

Liu, Q.-X., Wang, R.-H., Jin, Z., van de Koppel, J., & Alonso, D. (2010). Spatial self-organization in a multi-strain host-pathogen system. Journal of statistical mechanics-Theory and experiment, 2010, Article 05017. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-5468/2010/05/P05017