Curriculum Vitae
Expertise
- Theoretical ecology
- Diversity-stability relationships
- Linking levels of ecological organization
The implications of individual and species level processes for the functioning of complex communities are poorly understood. My work attempts to bridge this gap.
- Inducible defenses
We have studied the effects of inducible defenses on trophic structure, local stability, persistence and resilience. Current work focuses on the interactive effects of induced defenses and species diversity. We also study inducible pigmentation in daphnids under UV stress and various levels of predation risk.
- Dynamics of aquatic food webs
The structure of some food webs is well described, but the mechanisms underlying the observed patterns are currently not understood. We study the combined effects of potentially important ecological mechanisms in simple food web modules. We are currently investigating the extent to which results from simple communities can be extrapolated to more complex food webs.
- Multitrophic interactions
We study interactions in a multitrophic context and pay special attention to the modulating effects of infochemicals on both direct and indirect interactions. The terrestrial work focuses on interactions between above and below ground food chains, mediated by inducible plant responses to root and shoot herbivores.
- Spatial foraging behavior in insect parasitoids
This work focuses on the evolutionary game between foraging parasitoids, spatially distributed insect herbivores and plants with inducible defenses.
- Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning
We study marine biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in benthic and pelagic systems
- Unifying biodiversity research in marine, freshwater and terrestrial food webs
- Feedbacks between biodiversity and adaptation
Co-Operation
Dr D.L. DeAngelis
Prof P.A. Abrams
Dr B.W. Kooi
Dr R. Tollrian
Dr M. Leibold
Prof M.E. Ritchie
Dr F.L. Wäckers
Prof W.H. van der Putten
Dr L. Hemerik
Selected Publications
Vos, M., Vet, L.E.M., Wäckers, F.L., Middelburg, J.J., van der Putten, W.H., Mooij, W.M., Heip, C.H.R. and van Donk, E. 2006
Infochemicals structure marine, terrestrial and freshwater food webs
Ecological Informatics 1, 23-32.
Lass, S., Vos, M., Wolinska, J. and Spaak, P. 2005
Hatching with the enemy: Daphnia diapausing eggs hatch in the presence of fish kairomones
Chemoecology 15, 7-12.
Vos, M., Verschoor, A.M., Kooi, B.W., Wäckers, F.L., DeAngelis, D.L. and Mooij, W.M. 2004
Inducible defenses and trophic structure
Ecology 85, 2783-2794.
Vos, M., Kooi, B.W., Mooij, W.M. and DeAngelis, D.L. 2004
Inducible defences and the paradox of enrichment.
Oikos 105, 471-480.
Verschoor, A.M., Vos, M. and van der Stap, I. 2004
Inducible defences prevent strong population fluctuations in bi- and tritrophic food chains
Ecology Letters 7, 1143-1148.
Vos, M., Kooi, B.W., DeAngelis, D.L., and Mooij, W.M. 2004
Inducible defenses in food webs
Food Web Symposium 2003, Giessen, Germany.
Publisher: Academic Press. Invited book chapter
Abrams, P.A. and Vos, M. 2003
Adaptation, density dependence, and the responses of trophic level abundances to mortality
Evolutionary Ecology Research 5, 1113-1132.
Vos, M. and Hemerik, L. 2003
Linking foraging behaviour to lifetime reproductive success for an insect parasitoid: adaptation to host distributions
Behavioral Ecology 14, 236-245.
Vos, M., Flik, B.J.G., Vijverberg, J., Ringelberg, J. and Mooij, W.M. 2002
From inducible defences to population dynamics: modelling refuge use and life history changes in Daphnia
Oikos 99, 386-396.
Schippers, P., Verschoor, A.M., Vos, M. and Mooij, W.M. 2001
Does supersaturated coexistence explain the paradox of the plankton?
Ecology Letters 4, 404-407.
Vos, M., Moreno Berrocal, S., Karamaouna, F., Hemerik, L. and Vet, L.E.M. 2001
Plant-mediated indirect effects and the persistence of parasitoid-herbivore communities
Ecology Letters 4, 38-45.
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