Curriculum Vitae
Brief history
I graduated at Wageningen University, started my first project at the Institute for Ecological Research (Oostvoorne) in 1984, and defended my Ph.D.-thesis in Wageningen in 1989. From 1988 onwards, I did a Postdoc at the same institute, but then in Heteren. I became senior scientist at the department of Plant-Microorganism Interactions. In 2000, the department of Multitrophic Interactions was established. In September 2003, I became professor at Wageningen University. My task there is to develop teaching and research in functional biodiversity. In 2005, I was awarded a VICI-grant from NWO-ALW (the Dutch research council). Currently, I am associate editor of Journal of Applied Ecology and Ecology Letters. In September 2010, the NIOO-WUR Centre for Soil Ecology will be established; I am one of the initiators. I have reviewed manuscrips for > 50 journals.
Main research areas
- Climate change and biological invasions
- Ecology of nematodes in natural and half-natural ecosystems
- Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, a.o. in relation to Global Change.
- The role of interactions between plants, microorganisms, nematodes and other invertebrates, and higher trophic level organisms in processes leading to spatial and temporal changes in the status of plant species, plant communities and ecosystems.
Main research interest and approach
- At the nematode level, I’m interested in the role of plant parasitic nematodes in spatio-temporal processes in natural and half natural ecosystems, their indicator value, and their biodiversity in relation to ecosystem functioning.
- At the plant species level, I’m interested in questions related to the fitness and life history characteristics of plants and specificity vs. generality of the microorganisms-plant relationship.
- At the community level, my research questions are related to the role of plant-nematode and plant-microorganism interactions in plant-plant interactions, such as competition, and how the interactions between plants, nematodes and microorganisms contribute to the (maintenance and changes in diversity in) vegetation composition.
- At the ecosystem level, the relation between the plant-microorganism interactions and ecosystem functions are of interest. The research is focussed on ecosystem restoration after changing the land use, assessing risks of biological invasions, and natural biological control of pathogens and invertebrates in natural ecosystem.
Projects
EU-EcoFinders (to start end 2010)
NWO-Ecogenomics (to start end 2010)
EU-SOILSERVICE: Conflicting demands of land use, soil biodiversity and the sustainable delivery of ecosystem goods and services in Europe
http://www.kem.ekol.lu.se/soilservice/
LNV: Nature restoration by restoring soil biodiversity (Natuurherstel door herstel van bodembiodiversiteit) with: ALTERRA
NWO-ALW VICI: Climate change, plant invasions and above-belowground interactions (in dutch:) http://www.nioo.knaw.nl/content/dossier-klimaatverandering-en-planteninvasies
ALW-Biodiversity: Functional biodiversity in agricultural production systems: a synthesis of studies on linking above- and belowground multitrophic interactions and consequences for crop protection
BIORHIZ: Biotic interactions in the rhizosphere as structuring forces for plant communities (EU-ENV 6) http://www.zi.ku.dk/biorhiz/
CONSIDER: Conservation of soil organism diversity under global change (EU-ENV 5) http://www.zi.ku.dk/consider/
TLinks: Trophic linkages between above and below-ground organisms as a key to successful restoration of biodiversity on ex-arable land across Europe (EU-Env 5) http://www.bf.jcu.cz/tlinks/
CONSIDER: Conservation of soil biodiversity (EU-Env 5) http://www.zi.ku.dk/consider/
EcoTrain: Ecology of plant parasitic nematodes, their host plants and antagonists in European coastal sand dunes: Training opportunity for ecologists and agricultural biocontrol researchers (EU-RTN)
Soils in transition: soil food web structure, soil ecosystem processes and vegetation development in secondary succession (SKB-TRIAS) http://www.nwo.nl/trias/english/project10.html
Multitrophic interactions in soil communities and consequences for aboveground herbivores and their antagonists (KNAW)
The effects of soil herbivores and fungal grazers on ecosystem functioning and biodiversity (NWO Biodiversity program) http://www.nwo.nl/nwohome.nsf/pages/NWOA_4YRKDC?Opendocument
Specificity and population biology of plant-parasitic nematodes (KNAW)
Functional analysis of interactions within multiple‑species complexes of soil‑borne pathogens (NWO-ALW)
CLUE: Changing land usage: enhancement of biodiversity and ecosystem development (EU-Env 4)
INVASS: The impact of invasive grass species on the structure, function and sustainable use of coastal and inland sand dune ecosystems in Southern Africa (EU-INCO-DC)
Selected Publications
Full publication list: see Downloads section
Engelkes T, Morriën WE, Verhoeven KJF, Bezemer TM, Biere A, Harvey JA, McIntyre, LM, TamisWLM and. Van der Putten WH. 2008 Successful range-expanding plants experience less above-ground and below-ground enemy impact. Nature 456: 946-948.
Bezemer, T.M. and Van der Putten, W.H. 2007 Biodiversity and stability in plant communities. Nature 446: E6-E7 doi:10.1038/nature05749
Van der Putten, W.H., L.E.M. Vet, J.A. Harvey, F.L. Wackers, 2001. Linking above- and belowground multitrophic interactions of plants, herbivores, pathogens, and their antagonists. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 16: 547-554
Fukami T, Bezemer TM, Mortimer SR and Van der Putten WH. 2005 Species divergence and trait convergence in experimental plant community assembly. Ecology Letters 8: 1283-1290.
Soler R, Harvey JA, Kamp AFD, Vet LEM, Van der Putten WH, Van Dam NM, Stuefer JF, Gols R Hordijk CA, Bezemer TM (2007) Root herbivores influence the behaviour of an aboveground parasitoid through changes in plant-volatile signals. Oikos 116:367-376
De Deyn, GB and Van der Putten WH. 2005 Linking above and belowground biodiversity. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 20: 625-633.
Wardle, DA, Bardgett, RD, Klironomos, JN, Setälä, H, Van der Putten, WH, Wall DH 2004. Linkages between above ground and belowground biota. Science 304: 1629-1633.
Reinhart, KO, Packer, A, Van der Putten, WH, and Clay K. 2003 Escape from natural soil pathogens enables a North American tree to invade Europe. Ecology Letters 6: 1046-1050
De Deyn, G.B., Raaijmakers, C.E., Zoomer, H.R., Berg, M.P., De Ruiter, P.C., Verhoef, H.A., Bezemer, T.M. and Van der Putten, W.H. 2003 Soil invertebrate fauna enhances grassland succession and diversity. Nature 422: 711-713.
Van der Putten, W.H., Kowalchuk, G.A., Brinkman, E.P., Doodeman, G.T.A., Van der Kaaij, R.M., Kamp, A.F.M., Menting, F.B.J. and Veenendaal, E.M. Soil feedback of exotic savanna grass relates to pathogen absence and mycorrhizal selectivity. Ecology 88:978-988.
Van Grunsven, RHA, Van der Putten, WH, Bezemer, TM, Tamis, WLM, Berendse, F and Veenendaal, EM. 2007. Reduced plant-soil feedback of plant species expanding their range as compared to natives. Journal of Ecology 95:1050-1057.
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