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Willem F. de Boer
Researcher at Wageningen University and Research Centre
Publications - 107
Citations - 3171
Willem F. de Boer is an academic researcher from Wageningen University and Research Centre. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Species richness. The author has an hindex of 29, co-authored 98 publications receiving 2653 citations. Previous affiliations of Willem F. de Boer include Eduardo Mondlane University.
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Strategic assessment of the magnitude and impacts of sand mining in Poyang Lake, China.
Jan W. de Leeuw,Jan W. de Leeuw,David Shankman,Guofeng Wu,Willem F. de Boer,James Burnham,Qing He,Herve Yesou,Jing Xiao,Jing Xiao +9 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors assess the impact of sand mining in Poyang Lake, where dredging began in 2001 after Sand mining in the Yangtze River had been banned.
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Species’ life-history traits explain interspecific variation in reservoir competence: a possible mechanism underlying the dilution effect
Zheng Y. X. Huang,Willem F. de Boer,Frank van Langevelde,Valerie A. Olson,Valerie A. Olson,Tim M. Blackburn,Tim M. Blackburn,Herbert H. T. Prins +7 more
TL;DR: This study suggests that with decreasing biodiversity, species with a higher reservoir competence are more likely to remain in the community, and thereby increase the risk of transmitting these pathogens, which might be a possible mechanism underlying the dilution effect.
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A hyperspectral band selector for plant species discrimination
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used a GA-based band selector for selecting a meaningful subset of spectral bands that maintains spectral separability between species classes using very high-dimensional, spectrometer records of 16 tropical mangrove species.
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Large herbivores may alter vegetation structure of semi-arid savannas through soil nutrient mediation
Cornelis van der Waal,Ada Kool,Seline S. Meijer,Seline S. Meijer,Seline S. Meijer,Edward M. Kohi,Ignas M. A. Heitkönig,Willem F. de Boer,Frank van Langevelde,Rina Grant,Michael J. Peel,Rob Slotow,Henrik J. de Knegt,Herbert H. T. Prins,Hans de Kroon +14 more
TL;DR: Large herbivores may indirectly keep existing nutrient hotspots such as abandoned kraals structurally open by maintaining a high local soil fertility, which, in turn, constrains woody recruitment in a negative feedback loop.
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Spatio-temporal dynamics of global H5N1 outbreaks match bird migration patterns.
Yali Si,Andrew K. Skidmore,Tiejun Wang,Willem F. de Boer,Pravesh Debba,A.G. Toxopeus,Lin Li,Herbert H. T. Prins +7 more
TL;DR: A space-time cluster analysis of H5N1 outbreaks was used to identify spatio-temporal patterns at a global scale and over an extended period of time, and six disease cluster patterns along these flyways were found to be associated with the seasonal migration of wild birds.