List of works - René van der Wal

A new NDVI measure that overcomes data sparsity in cloud-covered regions predicts annual variation in ground-based estimates of high arctic plant productivity

Are litter decomposition and fire linked through plant species traits?

scientific article

Automated data analysis to rapidly derive and communicate ecological insights from satellite-tag data: a case study of reintroduced red kites

scientific article

Balancing positive and negative plant interactions: how mosses structure vascular plant communities

scientific article

Birch invasion of heather moorland increases nematode diversity and trophic complexity

article by Aidan M. Keith et al published December 2006 in Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Bumblebee friendly planting recommendations with citizen science data

article

Can digital reinvention of ecological monitoring remove barriers to its adoption by practitioners? A case study of deer management in Scotland

scientific article published on 2 October 2016

Carcass provisioning to support scavengers: evaluating a controversial nature conservation practice

scientific article

Clinging on to alpine life: Investigating factors driving the uphill range contraction and population decline of a mountain breeding bird

scientific article published on 30 April 2020

Common stories of reintroduction: A discourse analysis of documents supporting animal reintroductions to Scotland

article

Competition and herbivory during salt marsh succession: the importance of forb growth strategy

article

Contrasting effects of summer and winter warming on body mass explain population dynamics in a food-limited Arctic herbivore

scientific article

Correction to: Location of studies and evidence of effects of herbivory on Arctic vegetation: a systematic map

scientific article published in 2022

Crowdsourcing Without a Crowd: Reliable Online Species Identification Using Bayesian Models to Minimize Crowd Size

article

Designing online species identification tools for biological recording: the impact on data quality and citizen science learning

scholarly article by Nirwan Sharma et al published 2019 in PeerJ

Digital conservation: an introduction

scientific article

Digital technology and the conservation of nature

scientific article

Direct uptake of soil nitrogen by mosses

scientific article published on June 2006

Ecological dynamics across the Arctic associated with recent climate change

scientific article

Empowered communities or "cheap labour"? Engaging volunteers in the rationalised management of invasive alien species in Great Britain

article

Experimental icing affects growth, mortality, and flowering in a high Arctic dwarf shrub

scientific article

Exploring beliefs behind support for and opposition to wildlife management methods: a qualitative study

Grazing exclusion and phosphorus addition as potential local management options for the restoration of alpine moss-sedge heath

article

Habitat monitoring in the wider countryside: a case study on the pursuit of innovation in red deer management

scientific article published on 13 July 2013

Habitat type determines herbivory controls over CO2 fluxes in a warmer Arctic

scientific article published in August 2008

Imagining wildlife: New technologies and animal censuses, maps and museums

Interactions between hare and brent goose in a salt marsh system; evidence for food competition?

scientific article published in November 1998

Limitations of recreational camera traps for wildlife management and conservation research: a practitioner's perspective

scientific article

Location of studies and evidence of effects of herbivory on Arctic vegetation: a systematic map

scientific article

Long‐term herbivore removal experiments reveal how geese and reindeer shape vegetation and ecosystem <scp>CO<sub>2</sub></scp>‐fluxes in high‐<scp>Arctic</scp> tundra

scientific article published in 2023

Mapping species distributions: a comparison of skilled naturalist and lay citizen science recording

scientific article

Metapopulation Dynamics of a Burrowing Herbivore Drive Spatio-temporal Dynamics of Riparian Plant Communities

article

Microscope and spectacle: on the complexities of using new visual technologies to communicate about wildlife conservation

scientific article published in November 2015

Mosses and the struggle for light in a nitrogen-polluted world

scientific article

Neighbour identity modifies effects of elevated temperature on plant performance in the High Arctic

article

New Technological Interventions in Conservation Conflicts: Countering Emotions and Contested Knowledge

scientific article published on 11 September 2017

Plant community properties predict vegetation resilience to herbivore disturbance in the Arctic

article

Predicting Habitat Utilization and Extent of Ecosystem Disturbance by an Increasing Herbivore Population

Predictors of fine-scale spatial variation in soil mite and microbe community composition differ between biotic groups and habitats

article

Public and professional views on invasive non-native species – A qualitative social scientific investigation

article

Recovery of ecosystem carbon fluxes and storage from herbivory

scientific article published on 7 January 2011

Shared appreciation of woodland landscapes by land management professionals and lay people: An exploration through field-based interactive photo-elicitation

Soil nematode assemblage responds weakly to grazer exclusion on a nutrient-rich seabird island

Soil pore volume and the abundance of soil mites in two contrasting habitats

Strong impacts of belowground tree inputs on soil nematode trophic composition

article

Temporal variability in plant and soil nitrogen pools in a high-Arctic ecosystem

article

The enigma of soil animal species diversity revisited: the role of small-scale heterogeneity

scientific article published on 13 July 2010

The influence of information provision on people's landscape preferences: A case study on understorey vegetation of deer-browsed woodlands

article published in 2014

The influence of vegetation type, soil properties and precipitation on the composition of soil mite and microbial communities at the landscape scale

article

The public and professionals reason similarly about the management of non-native invasive species: a quantitative investigation of the relationship between beliefs and attitudes ⬇️

scientific article

The relative importance of nitrogen deposition as a driver of Racomitrium heath species composition and richness across Europe

article

The role of automated feedback in training and retaining biological recorders for citizen science

scientific article

To have your citizen science cake and eat it? Delivering research and outreach through Open Air Laboratories (OPAL)

scientific article

Urea hydrolysis and nitrification in arctic salt-marsh soils: Possible constraints on the growth of forage plants

article

Vertebrate herbivores and ecosystem control: cascading effects of faeces on tundra ecosystems

scholarly article by René van der Wal et al published April 2004 in Ecography

WiseEye: Next Generation Expandable and Programmable Camera Trap Platform for Wildlife Research

scientific article published on 11 January 2017

List of works by René van der Wal

A new NDVI measure that overcomes data sparsity in cloud-covered regions predicts annual variation in ground-based estimates of high arctic plant productivity

Are litter decomposition and fire linked through plant species traits?

Automated data analysis to rapidly derive and communicate ecological insights from satellite-tag data: a case study of reintroduced red kites

Balancing positive and negative plant interactions: how mosses structure vascular plant communities

Birch invasion of heather moorland increases nematode diversity and trophic complexity

Bumblebee friendly planting recommendations with citizen science data

Can digital reinvention of ecological monitoring remove barriers to its adoption by practitioners? A case study of deer management in Scotland

Carcass provisioning to support scavengers: evaluating a controversial nature conservation practice

Clinging on to alpine life: Investigating factors driving the uphill range contraction and population decline of a mountain breeding bird

Common stories of reintroduction: A discourse analysis of documents supporting animal reintroductions to Scotland

Competition and herbivory during salt marsh succession: the importance of forb growth strategy

Contrasting effects of summer and winter warming on body mass explain population dynamics in a food-limited Arctic herbivore

Correction to: Location of studies and evidence of effects of herbivory on Arctic vegetation: a systematic map

Crowdsourcing Without a Crowd: Reliable Online Species Identification Using Bayesian Models to Minimize Crowd Size

Designing online species identification tools for biological recording: the impact on data quality and citizen science learning

Digital conservation: an introduction

Digital technology and the conservation of nature

Direct uptake of soil nitrogen by mosses

Ecological dynamics across the Arctic associated with recent climate change

Empowered communities or "cheap labour"? Engaging volunteers in the rationalised management of invasive alien species in Great Britain

Experimental icing affects growth, mortality, and flowering in a high Arctic dwarf shrub

Exploring beliefs behind support for and opposition to wildlife management methods: a qualitative study

Grazing exclusion and phosphorus addition as potential local management options for the restoration of alpine moss-sedge heath

Habitat monitoring in the wider countryside: a case study on the pursuit of innovation in red deer management

Habitat type determines herbivory controls over CO2 fluxes in a warmer Arctic

Imagining wildlife: New technologies and animal censuses, maps and museums

Interactions between hare and brent goose in a salt marsh system; evidence for food competition?

Limitations of recreational camera traps for wildlife management and conservation research: a practitioner's perspective

Location of studies and evidence of effects of herbivory on Arctic vegetation: a systematic map

Long‐term herbivore removal experiments reveal how geese and reindeer shape vegetation and ecosystem <scp>CO<sub>2</sub></scp>‐fluxes in high‐<scp>Arctic</scp> tundra

Mapping species distributions: a comparison of skilled naturalist and lay citizen science recording

Metapopulation Dynamics of a Burrowing Herbivore Drive Spatio-temporal Dynamics of Riparian Plant Communities

Microscope and spectacle: on the complexities of using new visual technologies to communicate about wildlife conservation

Mosses and the struggle for light in a nitrogen-polluted world

Neighbour identity modifies effects of elevated temperature on plant performance in the High Arctic

New Technological Interventions in Conservation Conflicts: Countering Emotions and Contested Knowledge

Plant community properties predict vegetation resilience to herbivore disturbance in the Arctic

Predicting Habitat Utilization and Extent of Ecosystem Disturbance by an Increasing Herbivore Population

Predictors of fine-scale spatial variation in soil mite and microbe community composition differ between biotic groups and habitats

Public and professional views on invasive non-native species – A qualitative social scientific investigation

Recovery of ecosystem carbon fluxes and storage from herbivory

Shared appreciation of woodland landscapes by land management professionals and lay people: An exploration through field-based interactive photo-elicitation

Soil nematode assemblage responds weakly to grazer exclusion on a nutrient-rich seabird island

Soil pore volume and the abundance of soil mites in two contrasting habitats

Strong impacts of belowground tree inputs on soil nematode trophic composition

Temporal variability in plant and soil nitrogen pools in a high-Arctic ecosystem

The enigma of soil animal species diversity revisited: the role of small-scale heterogeneity

The influence of information provision on people's landscape preferences: A case study on understorey vegetation of deer-browsed woodlands

The influence of vegetation type, soil properties and precipitation on the composition of soil mite and microbial communities at the landscape scale

The public and professionals reason similarly about the management of non-native invasive species: a quantitative investigation of the relationship between beliefs and attitudes ⬇️

The relative importance of nitrogen deposition as a driver of Racomitrium heath species composition and richness across Europe

The role of automated feedback in training and retaining biological recorders for citizen science

To have your citizen science cake and eat it? Delivering research and outreach through Open Air Laboratories (OPAL)

Urea hydrolysis and nitrification in arctic salt-marsh soils: Possible constraints on the growth of forage plants

Vertebrate herbivores and ecosystem control: cascading effects of faeces on tundra ecosystems

WiseEye: Next Generation Expandable and Programmable Camera Trap Platform for Wildlife Research