Publications

You can also find my scientific work via  my Google Scholar and Researchgate profiles. Each publication has a link to the journal article page. 


2023

29. Hu, S., Li, G., Berlinches de Gea, A., Teunissen, J., Geisen, S., Wilschut, R. A., Schwelm, A. & Wang, Y. (2023) Microbiome predators in changing soils. Environmental Microbiology.

28.  He, Y. F., Jia, B. B., Wei, C. Q., Fan, F. Y., Wilschut, R. A. & Lu, X. M. (2023) Leaf litter presence in the non-growing season prolongs plant legacy effects on soil fungal communities and succeeding plant growth. Journal of Ecology. 


27. Li, G., Wilschut, R. A., Luo, S., Chen, H., Wang, X., Du, G. & Geisen, S. (2023) Nematode biomass changes along an elevational gradient are trophic group dependent but independent of body size. Global Change Biology.

26. Wilschut, R. A., Hume, B. C. C., Mamonova, E. & van Kleunen, M. (2023) Plant–soil feedback effects on conspecific and heterospecific successors of annual and perennial Central European grassland plants are correlated. Nature Plants, 9, 1057-1066.

2022

25.  Gao, L., Wei, C., He, Y., Tang, X., Chen, W., Xu, H., Wu, Y., Wilschut, R. A., Lu, X. (2023) Aboveground herbivory can promote exotic plant invasion through intra- and interspecific aboveground-belowground interactions. New Phytologist, 237, 2347-2359.

24.  Speißer, B., Wilschut, R. A., van Kleunen, M. (2022) Number of simultaneously acting global change factors affects composition, diversity and productivity of grassland plant communities. Nature Communications 13, 7811.

23.  Wilschut, R. A., De Long, J. R., Geisen, S., Hannula, S. E., Quist, C. W., Snoek, B., Steinauer, K., Wubs, E. R. J., Yang, Q. & Thakur, M. P. (2022) Combined effects of warming and drought on plant biomass depend on plant woodiness and community type: a meta-analysis. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 289: 20221178. 


22.  Buchenau N., van Kleunen M., Wilschut R.A. 2022 Direct and legacy-mediated drought effects on plant performance are species-specific and depend on soil community composition. Oikos 2022, e08959.

21. Zhang Z., Wang H., Ding F., Wilschut R.A., Jia Z., Zhang X., Zhang D., Rasmann S., Sánchez-Moreno S., Li B. 2022 Belowground plant inputs exert higher metabolic activities and carbon use efficiency of soil nematodes than aboveground inputs. Geoderma 420, 115883

2021

20.  Koorem K, Wilschut RA, Weser C, van der Putten WH. 2021. Disentangling nematode and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community effect on the growth of range-expanding Centaurea stoebe in original and new range soil. Plant and Soil 466: 207-221. 


19.  Thakur M.P., van der Putten W.H., Wilschut R.A., Veen G.F., Kardol P., van Ruijven J., Allan E., Roscher C., van Kleunen M., Bezemer T.M. 2021. Plant–Soil Feedbacks and Temporal Dynamics of Plant Diversity–Productivity Relationships. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 36: 651-661.

18.  Wilschut R.A. & van Kleunen M. 2021. Drought alters plant‐soil feedback effects on biomass allocation but not on plant performance. Plant and Soil 462: 285-296. 

2020

17. Wilschut R.A. & Geisen S. 2020. Nematodes as drivers of plant performance in natural systems. Trends in Plant Science 26: 237-247. 

16. Wilschut R.A., Magnée K.J.H., Geisen S, van der Putten W.H., Kostenko O. 2020. Plant population and soil origin effects on rhizosphere nematode community composition of a range-expanding plant species and a native congener. Oecologia 194(1): 237-250.

15.  Koorem K, Snoek BL, Bloem J, Geisen S, Kostenko O, Manrubia M, Ramirez KS, Weser C, Wilschut RA, van der Putten WH. 2020. Community-level interactions between plants and soil biota during range expansion. Journal of Ecology 108(5): 1860-1873. 


14.  van den Hoogen J, Geisen S, Wall DH, Wardle DA, Traunspurger W, de Goede RGM, Adams BJ, Ahmad W, Ferris H, Bardgett RD, Bonkowski M, Campos-Herrera R, Cares JE, Caruso T, de Brito Caixeta L, Chen X, Costa SR, Creamer R, da Cunha e Castro JM, Dam M, Djigal D, Escuer M, Griffiths BS, Gutiérrez C, Hohberg K, Kalinkina D, Kardol P, Kergunteuil A, Korthals G, Krashevska V, Kudrin AA, Li Q, Liang W, Magilton M, Marais M, Martín JAR, Matveeva E, Mayad EH, Mzough E, Mulder C, Mullin P, Neilson R, Nguyen TAD, Nielsen UN, Okada H, Rius JEP, Pan K, Peneva V, Pellissier L, da Silva JCP, Pitteloud C, Powers TO, Powers K, Quist CW, Rasmann S, Moreno SS, Scheu S, Setälä H, Sushchuk A, Tiunov AV, Trap J, Vestergård M, Villenave C, Waeyenberge L, Wilschut RA, Wright DG, Keith AM, Yang J-i, Schmidt O, Bouharroud R, Ferji Z, van der Putten WH, Routh D, Crowther TW (2020) A global database of soil nematode abundance and functional group composition. Scientific Data 7: 103.

2019

13.  van den Hoogen, J., S. Geisen, D. Routh, H. Ferris, W. Traunspurger, D. A. Wardle, R. G. M. de Goede, B. J. Adams, W. Ahmad, W. S. Andriuzzi, R. D. Bardgett, M. Bonkowski, R. Campos-Herrera, J. E. Cares, T. Caruso, L. de Brito Caixeta, X. Chen, S. R. Costa, R. Creamer, J. Mauro da Cunha Castro, M. Dam, D. Djigal, M. Escuer, B. S. Griffiths, C. Gutiérrez, K. Hohberg, D. Kalinkina, P. Kardol, A. Kergunteuil, G. Korthals, V. Krashevska, A. A. Kudrin, Q. Li, W. Liang, M. Magilton, M. Marais, J. A. R. Martín, E. Matveeva, E. H. Mayad, C. Mulder, P. Mullin, R. Neilson, T. A. D. Nguyen, U. N. Nielsen, H. Okada, J. E. P. Rius, K. Pan, V. Peneva, L. Pellissier, J. Carlos Pereira da Silva, C. Pitteloud, T. O. Powers, K. Powers, C. W. Quist, S. Rasmann, S. S. Moreno, S. Scheu, H. Setälä, A. Sushchuk, A. V. Tiunov, J. Trap, W. van der Putten, M. Vestergård, C. Villenave, L. Waeyenberge, D. H. Wall, R. Wilschut, D. G. Wright, J.-i. Yang, and T. W. Crowther. 2019. Soil nematode abundance and functional group composition at a global scale. Nature 572: 194-198. 


12.  Wilschut, R. A., S. Geisen, H. Martens, O. Kostenko, M. de Hollander, F. C. ten Hooven, C. Weser, L. B. Snoek, J. Bloem, D. Caković, T. Čelik, K. Koorem, N. Krigas, M. Manrubia, K. S. Ramirez, M. A. Tsiafouli, B. Vreš, and W. H. van der Putten. 2019. Latitudinal variation in soil nematode communities under climate warming-related range-expanding and native plants. Global Change Biology 25: 2714-2726.

11. Wilschut, R. A., W. H. van der Putten, P. Garbeva, P. Harkes, W. Konings, P. Kulkarni, H. Martens, and S. Geisen. 2019. Root traits and belowground herbivores relate to plant–soil feedback variation among congeners. Nature Communications 10:1564.

10. Ramirez, K. S., L. B. Snoek, K. Koorem, S. Geisen, L. J. Bloem, F. ten Hooven, O. Kostenko, N. Krigas, M. Manrubia, D. Caković, D. van Raaij, M. A. Tsiafouli, B. Vreš, T. Čelik, C. Weser, R. A. Wilschut, and W. H. van der Putten. 2019. Range-expansion effects on the belowground plant microbiome. Nature Ecology & Evolution 3: 604-611.

2018


9. Wilschut, R. A., O. Kostenko, K. Koorem, and W. H. van der Putten. 2018. Nematode community responses to range-expanding and native plant communities in original and new range soils. Ecology and Evolution 8: 10288-10297.

8. Kulkarni, P., R. A. Wilschut, K. J. F. Verhoeven, W. H. van der Putten, and P. Garbeva. 2018. LAESI mass spectrometry imaging as a tool to differentiate the root metabolome of native and range-expanding plant species. Planta 248: 1515-1523.

7. Koorem, K., O. Kostenko, L. B. Snoek, C. Weser, K. S. Ramirez, R. A. Wilschut, and W. H. van der Putten. 2018. Relatedness with plant species in native community influences ecological consequences of range expansions. Oikos 127: 981-990.

6. Pirie, M. D., P. J. M. Maas, R. A. Wilschut, H. Melchers-Sharrott, and L. W. Chatrou. 2018. Parallel diversifications of Cremastosperma and Mosannona (Annonaceae), tropical rainforest trees tracking Neogene upheaval of South America. Royal Society Open Science 5.

5. Lustenhouwer, N., R. A. Wilschut, J. L. Williams, W. H. Putten, and J. M. Levine. 2018. Rapid evolution of phenology during range expansion with recent climate change. Global Change Biology 24:e534-e544.

2017


4. Wilschut, R. A., J. C. P. Silva, P. Garbeva, and W. H. van der Putten. 2017. Belowground plant–herbivore interactions vary among climate-driven range-expanding plant species with different degrees of novel chemistry. Frontiers in Plant Science 8.

2016


3. Wilschut, R.A., S. Geisen, F. Ten Hooven, and W.H. van der Putten. 2016. Interspecific differences in nematode control between range-expanding plant species and their congeneric natives. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 100: 233-241.

2. Kirschner, J., C. Oplaat, K. Verhoeven, V. Zeisek, I. Uhlemann, B. Trávníček, J. Räsänen, R.A. Wilschut, and J. Štěpánek. 2016. Identification of oligoclonal agamospermous microspecies: taxonomic specialists versus microsatellites. Preslia 88: 1-17.

1. Wilschut, R. A., C. Oplaat, L. B. Snoek, J. Kirschner, and K. J. F. Verhoeven. 2016. Natural epigenetic variation contributes to heritable flowering divergence in a widespread asexual dandelion lineage. Molecular Ecology 25: 1759-1768.