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List of works by Christian Smit

A review and meta-analysis of the enemy release hypothesis in plant-herbivorous insect systems

scientific article

Behavioral response of naïve and non-naïve deer to wolf urine

scientific article published on 27 November 2019

Change in dominance determines herbivore effects on plant biodiversity

article

Cyclical succession in grazed ecosystems: the importance of interactions between different-sized herbivores and different-sized predators

scientific article published on 24 February 2015

Directional trends in species composition over time can lead to a widespread overemphasis of year‐to‐year asynchrony

scientific article published on 21 June 2020

Dispersal syndromes of Vachellia caven: Dismantling introduction hypotheses and the role of man as a conceptual support for an archaeophyte in South America

scientific article published in 2023

Drought and grazing combined: Contrasting shifts in plant interactions at species pair and community level

article

Effects of cattle and rabbit grazing on clonal expansion of spiny shrubs in wood-pastures

article

Establishment limitation of holm oak (Quercus ilex subsp. ballota (Desf.) Samp.) in a Mediterranean savanna — forest ecosystem

Fitness benefits of the fruit fly Rhagoletis alternata on a non-native rose host

scientific article published on 18 January 2016

Functional trait trade-offs define plant population stability across different biomes

scientific article published in 2023

Global change effects on decomposition processes in tidal wetlands: implications from a global survey using standardized litter

Global-change effects on early-stage decomposition processes in tidal wetlands – implications from a global survey using standardized litter

scientific article published in 2018

Herbivore exclusion promotes a more stochastic plant community assembly in a natural grassland

scientific article published on 23 January 2017

How authors can maximise the chance of manuscript acceptance and article visibility

article by Jesse M. Kalwij & Christian Smit published 1 January 2013 in Learned Publishing

How does neighbourhood tree species composition affect growth characteristics of oak saplings?

article

Identity rather than richness drives local neighbourhood species composition effects on oak sapling growth in a young forest

article

LOTVS: A global collection of permanent vegetation plots

scientific article published on 30 January 2022

LOTVS: a global collection of permanent vegetation plots

Linking Bacterial Communities Associated with the Environment and the Ecosystem Engineer Orchestia gammarellus at Contrasting Salt Marsh Elevations

scientific article published on 09 January 2021

Moving forward on facilitation research: response to changing environments and effects on the diversity, functioning and evolution of plant communities

scientific article

Nurse plants, tree saplings and grazing pressure: changes in facilitation along a biotic environmental gradient

scientific article published on 6 February 2007

Phytophagous insects on native and non-native host plants: combining the community approach and the biogeographical approach

scientific article published on 8 May 2015

Reciprocal facilitation between large herbivores and ants in a semi-arid grassland

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Rewilding with large herbivores: Positive direct and delayed effects of carrion on plant and arthropod communities

scientific article published on 22 January 2020

Rewilding with large herbivores: The importance of grazing refuges for sapling establishment and wood-pasture formation

scientific article

Salt Marsh Elevation Drives Root Microbial Composition of the Native Invasive Grass Elytrigia atherica

scientific article published on 21 October 2020

Seasonal distribution of meadow birds in relation to in-field heterogeneity and management

Stronger diversity effects with increased environmental stress: A study of multitrophic interactions between oak, powdery mildew and ladybirds

scientific article

Synchrony matters more than species richness in plant community stability at a global scale

scientific article published on 08 September 2020

The Importance of Coprophagous Macrodetritivores for the Maintenance of Vegetation Heterogeneity in an African Savannah

Unpalatable plants facilitate tree sapling survival in wooded pastures

scientific article published in 2006

Vegetation dynamics following three decades of trophic rewilding in the mesic grasslands of Oostvaardersplassen

scientific article published in 2024