I am interested to understand how an individual’s phenotype is shaped by the joint interplay of its genes, genome, and environment. I combine molecular, physiological and experimental tools with evolutionary approaches to link the underlying mechanisms to adaptive explanations.
Check my full research profile at our departmental website www.amsterdamecology.nl
NEWEST PUBLICATION:
Bisschop, K., Blankers, T., Mariën, J., Wortel, M.T., Egas, M., Groot, A.T., Visser, M. and Ellers, J., 2022. Population bottleneck has only marginal effects on fitness evolution and its repeatability in dioecious C. elegans. Evolution 76: 1896-1904. DOI: 10.1111/evo.14556
Key publications
1. Ellers, J., Berg, M.P., Dias, A.T.C., Fontana, S., Ooms, A. & Moretti, M. 2018. Diversity in form and function: vertical distribution of soil fauna mediates multi-dimensional trait variation. Journal of Animal Ecology 87:933-944. PDF
2. Jesse, W.A.M., Molleman, J., Franken, O., Lammers, M., Berg, M.P., Behm, J.E., Helmus, M.R. & Ellers, J. 2020. Disentangling the effects of species invasion and urban development on arthropod community composition. Global Change Biology 26: 3294-3306. PDF
3. Halfwerk, W.H., Blaas, M., Kramer, L., Hijner, N., Trillo, A., Bernal, X., Page, R.A., Ryan, M.J. & Ellers, J. 2019. Adaptive change in sexual signalling in response to urbanization. Nature Ecology and Evolution 3: 374-380. PDF
4. Santangelo, J. S., Ness, R. W., Cohan, B., …Ellers, J. and 287 other authors,.. Johnson, M.T.J. 2022. Global urban environmental change drives adaptation in white clover. Science 375 :1275-1281. PDF
5. Ellers, J., Crowther, T.W. & Harvey, J.A. 2017. Gold Open Access Publishing in Mega Journals: Developing Countries Pay the Price of Western Premium Academic Output. Journal of Scholarly Publishing 49: 89-102. PDF
Other links
I am a co-founder of the Netherlands Society of Evolutionary Biology (NLSEB)
I am the vice chair of the Dutch Biology Council, which represents the interests of biology in the Netherlands in matters concerning scientific research and academic education
Learn about our research on invasive species in the TV-interview NPO Kennis van Nu: Invasie van exotische soorten (20 april 2017)
