Ellen Cieraad
Guest researcher
- Name
- Dr. E. Cieraad
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 2727
- e.cieraad@cml.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-9813-9590
Ellen Cieraad is a quantitative plant ecologist with broad research interests centered on understanding species’ distributional limits and responses of plants to their environment.
Professional experience
Ellen Cieraad is a quantitative plant ecologist with broad research interests centered on understanding species’ distributional limits and responses of plants to their environment. She uses a variety of methods to address questions at the plant, ecosystem and national level. She enjoys combining and analysing data from various sources and disciplines to provide new insights.
Ellen graduated from the University of Amsterdam in 2006 with a BSc and MSc in Conservation Biology. Between 2008 and 2011, Ellen conducted her PhD research through Durham University (United Kingdom), where her research concerned the New Zealand treeline and the effects of low temperature on the physiology and distributional limits of trees. From 2002 until 2015, she was mostly based in New Zealand, and worked as a research technician (2005-2008) and researcher (2011-2015) at Landcare Research, an environmental science research institute. Her work centred on investigating the interactions between plants and their environment, focusing on the effects of a changing environment (e.g. temperature, nutrients and water) on ecosystem processes and species’ distributions. During these years, she worked on various projects, including and assessments of the effects of temperature and rainfall on carbon fluxes both in rye grass in the lab and at landscape level in the desert in north-west China, and she conducted experiments testing how contrasting plant types (e.g., nitrogen-fixers vs non-fixers, and exotic vs indigenous) respond to (changing) climatic and soil conditions. Ellen was also involved in the development and analysis of biodiversity indicators improved and revised a national threatened environment classification. Her work increasingly involves assessing the effect of human-induced stressors (particularly land-use change and invasive species) on ecosystem processes and services.
Ellen is involved in the International Network for Next-Generation Ecologists ( INNGE), a network of ecologists that seeks to bring early career ecologists together from around the world.
Websites
Personal website: ellencieraad.wordpress.com/
On this site is also a list of publications : ( ellencieraad.wordpress.com/publications/)
Guest researcher
- Science
- Centrum voor Milieuwetenschappen Leiden
- CML/Environmental Biology
- Gao Z., Pan Y., Bodegom P.M. van, Cieraad E., Xing D., Yang Y., Xia T., Luo X., Song K., Da L. & Malkinson D. (2023), Beta diversity of urban spontaneous plants and its drivers in 9 major cities of Yunnan province, China, Landscape and Urban Planning 234: 104741.
- Schrama M.J.J., Quist C.W., Groot A. de, Cieraad E., Ashworth D., Laros I., Hansen L.H., Leff J., Fierer N. & Bardgett R.D. (2023), Cessation of grazing causes biodiversity loss and homogenization of soil food webs, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 290(2011): 20231345.
- Zhang X., Song K. & Cieraad E. (2023), Carbon sink limitation determines the formation of the altitudinal upper limit of an evergreen oak in Eastern China, Forests 14(3): 597.
- Cieraad E., Strange E.F., Flink M., Schrama M.J.J. & Spoelstra K. (2023), Artificial light at night affects plant–herbivore interactions, Journal of Applied Ecology 60(3): 400-410.
- Zhou J., Cieraad E. & Bodegom P.M. van (2022), Global analysis of trait–trait relationships within and between species, New Phytologist 233(4): 1643-1656.
- Beentjes K.K, Barmentlo S.H., Cieraad E., Schilthuizen M., Hoorn B.B. van der, Speksnijder A.G.C.L & Trimbos K.B. (2022), Environmental DNA metabarcoding reveals comparable responses to agricultural stressors on different trophic levels of a freshwater community, Molecular Ecology 31(5): 1430-1443.
- Cieraad E., Grunsven R.H.A. van, Sman F. van der, Zwart N., Musters C.J.M., Strange E.F., Langevelde F. van & Trimbos K.B. (2022), Lack of local adaptation of feeding and calling behaviours by Yponomeuta cagnagellus moths in response to artificial light at night, Insect Conservation and Diversity 15(4): 445-452.
- Pan Y., Cieraad E., Armstrong J., Armstrong W., Clarkson B.R., Pedersen O., Visser E.J.W., Voesenek L.A.C.J. & Bodegom P.M. van (2022), Leading trait dimensions in flood-tolerant plants , Annals of Botany : mcac031.
- Trimbos K.B., Cieraad E., Schrama M.J.J., Saarloos A.I., Musters C.J.M., Bertola L.D. & Bodegom P.M. van (2021), Stirring up the relationship between quantified environmental DNA concentrations and exoskeleton‐shedding invertebrate densities, Environmental DNA 3(3): 605-618.
- Udo De Haes H.A., Tamis W.L.M., Cieraad E. & Weijden W.J. van der (2021), Comparison of breeding bird trends between the Netherlands and Europe, Bird Study 67: 459-471.
- Gao Z., Song K., Pan Y., Dan M., Zhang X., Jia B., Xia T., Guo X., Liang H., Huang S., Da L., van Bodegom P.M. & Cieraad E. (2021), Drivers of spontaneous plant richness patterns in urban green space within a biodiversity hotspot, Urban Forestry and Urban Greening 61: 127098.
- Pan K., Moens M., Marshall L., Cieraad E., Biesmeijer K. & Snoo G.R. de (2021), Importance of natural land cover for plant species’ conservation: a nationwide study in The Netherlands, PLoS ONE 16(11): e0259255.
- Wassenaar P.N.H., Verbruggen E.M.J., Cieraad E., Peijnenburg W.J.G.M. & Vijver M.G. (2020), Variability in fish bioconcentration factors: Influences of study design and consequences for regulation, Chemosphere 239: 124731.
- Bosker T., Cieraad E. & Trimbos K.B. (2020), Biodiversity: what are the impacts of food production on biodiversity?. In: Behrens P., Bosker T. & Ehrhardt D. (Eds.), Food and sustainability. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 17.
- Pan Y., Cieraad E., Clarkson B.R., Colmer T.D., Pedersen O., Visser E.J.W., Voesenek L.A.C.J. & Bodegom P.M. van (2020), Drivers of plant traits that allow survival in wetlands, Functional Ecology 34(5): 956-967.
- Vijver M.G. & Cieraad E. (12 May 2020), Europese titel voor biodivers Leiden ’is mooi compliment’. Leidsch Dagblad, Regio.
- Pan Y. Cieraad E. Armstrong J. Armstrong W. Clarkson B.R. Colmer T.D. Pedersen O. Visser E.J.W. Voesenek L.A.C.J. Bodegom P.M. van (2020), Global patterns of the leaf economics spectrum in wetlands, Nature Communications 11: 4519.
- Zhang X., Song K., Pan Y., Gao Z., Pu F., Lu J., Shang K., Da L. & Cieraad E. (2020), Responses of leaf traits to low temperature in an evergreen oak at its upper limit, Ecological Research 35(5): 900-911.
- Pan Y., Cieraad E. & Bodegom P.M. van (2019), Are ecophysiological adaptive traits decoupled from leaf economics traits in wetlands?, Functional Ecology : .
- Cieraad E., Zelfde M. van 't & Biesmeijer J.C. (2019), Biodiversiteitsonderzoek in het kader van de omgevingsvisie in Hart van Holland. CML reports no. 196. Leiden: Institute of Environmental Sciences (UL-CML).
- Musters C.J.M., Hunting E.R., Schrama M.J.J., Cieraad E., Barmentlo S.H., Ieromina O., Vijver M.G. & Bodegom P.M. van (2019), Spatial and temporal homogenisation of freshwater macrofaunal communities in ditches, Freshwater Biology 64(12): 2260-2268.
- Musters C.J.M., Ieromina O., Barmentlo S.H., Hunting E.R., Schrama M.J.J., Cieraad E., Vijver M.G. & Bodegom P.M. van (2019), Partitioning the impact of environmental drivers and species interactions in dynamic aquatic communities, Ecosphere 10(11): e02910.
- Liu R., Li Y., Wang Y., Ma J. & Cieraad E. (2019), Variation of water use efficiency across seasons and years: Different role of herbaceous plants in desert ecosystem, Science of the Total Environment 647: 827-835.
- McGlone M., Heenan P., Millar T. & Cieraad E. (2018), Vascular plant diversity and traits of the New Zealand montane-alpine zone and their origin. In: Hoorn C. & Antonelli A. (Eds.), Mountains, climate and biodiversity: Wiley Publishing.
- Eshete G., Sillero-Zubiri C., Cieraad E., Musters C.J.M., Snoo G.R. de, Iongh H.H. de & Marino J. (2018), Does livestock predation reflect in negative local perceptions of Ethiopian wolves in South Wollo?, International Society for Tropical Ecology 59(1): 11-19.
- Mayor J.R., Sanders N.J., Classen A.T., Bardgett R.D., Clement J.C., Fajardo A., Lavorel S., Sundqvist M.K., Bahn M., Chisholm C., Cieraad E., Gedalof Z., Grigulis K., Kudo G., Oberski D. & Wardle D.A. (2017), Elevation alters ecosystem properties across temperate treelines globally, Nature 542: 91-95.
- Moinet G., Cieraad E., Hunt J., Turnbull M. & Whitehead D. (2017), Effects of irrigation and addition of nitrogen fertiliser on net ecosystem carbon balance for a grassland, Science of the Total Environment 579: 1715–1725.
- Liu R., Cieraad E., Li Y. & Ma J. (2016), Precipitation pattern determines the inter-annual variation of herbaceous layer and carbon fluxes in a shrub-dominated desert ecosystem, Ecosystems 19(4): 601–614.
- Moinet G., Cieraad E., Rogers G.N.D., Hunt J., Millard P., Turnbull M. & Whitehead D. (2016), Addition of nitrogen fertiliser increases net ecosystem carbon dioxide uptake and causes the loss of soil organic carbon in grassland growing in mesocosms, Geoderma 2016(266): 75–83.
- Moinet G., Cieraad E., Hunt J., Turnbull M. & Whitehead D. (2016), Phytomass index improves estimates of net ecosystem carbon dioxide exchange in intensively grazed grassland, Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 233: 289-307.
- Moinet G., Cieraad E., Fraser A., Turnbull M. & Whitehead D. (2016), Soil heterotrophic respiration is insensitive to changes in soil water content but related to microbial access to organic matter, Geoderma Regional 274: 68-78.
- Homes A.M., Cieraad E., Lee D.E., Lindqvist J.K., Raine J.I., Kennedy E.M. & Conran J.G. (2015), A diverse fern flora including macrofossils with in situ spores from the Late Eocene of southern New Zealand, Review of Paleobotany and Palynology 220: 16-28.
- Zakharova A., Beare M.H., Cieraad E., Curtin D., Turnbull M.H. & Millard P. (2015), Factors controlling labile soil organic matter vulnerability to loss following disturbance as assessed by measurement of soil-respired δ13CO2, European Journal of Soil Science 66(1): 135–144.
- Burrows L., Cieraad E. & Head N. (2015), Scotch broom facilitates indigenous tree and shrub germination and establishment in dryland New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Ecology 39(1): 61-70.
- Jørgensen P.S., Barraquand F., Bonhomme V., Curran T.J., Cieraad E., Ezard T.G., Gheradi L.A., Hayes R.A., Poisot T., Salguero-Gómez R., DeSoto L., Swartz B., Talbot J.M., Wee B. & Zimmerman N. (2015), Connecting people and ideas from around the world: Global innovation platforms for next-generation ecology and beyond, Ecosphere 6(4): Art 68.
- Cieraad E., Burrows L., Monks A. & Walker S. (2015), Woody native and exotic species respond differently to New Zealand dryland soil nutrient and moisture gradients, New Zealand Journal of Ecology 39(2): 198-207.
- Cieraad E., Walker S., Price R. & Barringer J. (2015), An updated assessment of indigenous cover remaining and legal protection in New Zealand’s land environments, New Zealand Journal of Ecology 39(2): 309-315.
- Latham A.D.M., Latham M.C., Cieraad E., Tompkins D.M. & Warburton B. (2015), Climate change turns up the heat on vertebrate pest control, Biological Invasions 17(10): 2821-2829.
- White R.L., Sutton A.E., Salguero-Gómez R., Bray T., Campbell H., Cieraad E., Geekiyanage N., Gherardi L., Hughes A.C., Jørgensen P.S., Poisot T., DeSoto L. & Zimmerman N. (2015), The next generation of action ecology: Novel approaches towards global ecological research, Ecosphere 6(8): Art 134.
- Cieraad E., McGlone M.S. & Huntley B. (2014), Southern hemisphere temperate treelines are not climatically depressed, Journal of Biogeography 41(8): 1456-1466.
- Barthel M., Cieraad E., Zakharova A. & Hunt J.E. (2014), Sudden cold temperature delays plant carbon transport and shifts allocation from growth to respiratory demand, Biogeosciences 11(5): 1425-1433.
- Cieraad E. & McGlone M. (2014), Thermal environment of New Zealand's gradual and abrupt treeline ecotones, New Zealand Journal of Ecology 38(1): 12-25.
- Liu R., Cieraad E. & Li Y. (2013), Summer rain pulses may stimulate a CO2 release rather than absorption in desert halophyte communities, Plant and Soil 373(1-2): 799-811.
- Curran T., Cieraad E. & Monks J. (2013), Fostering the next generation of reviewers in New Zealand ecology, New Zealand Journal of Ecology 37(2): 161.
- Liu R., Pan L., Jenerette G., Wang Q., Cieraad E. & Li Y. (2012), High efficiency in water use and carbon gain in a wet year for a desert halophyte community, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 162-163: 127-135.
- Monks A., Cieraad E., Burrows L. & Walker S. (2012), Higher relative performance at low soil nitrogen and moisture predicts field distribution of nitrogen-fixing plants, Plant and Soil 359(1-2): 363-374.
- Cieraad E., McGlone M., Barbour M. & Huntley B. (2012), Seasonal frost tolerance of trees in the New Zealand treeline ecotone, Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 44(3): 332-342.
- Walker S., King N., Monks A., Williams S., Burrows L., Cieraad E., Meurk C., Overton J., Price R. & Smale M. (2009), Secondary woody vegetation patterns in New Zealand's South Island dryland zone, New Zealand Journal of Botany 47(4): 367-393.
- Cieraad E. & Lee D. (2006), The New Zealand fossil record of ferns for the past 85 million years, New Zealand Journal of Botany 44(2): 143-170.
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