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Dr. K.F. (Kenneth) Rijsdijk

Assistant Professor
Faculty of Science
Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics
Photographer: onbekend
Visiting address
  • Science Park 904
  • Room number: C4.166
Postal address
  • Postbus 94240
    1090 GE Amsterdam
Contact details
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  • Profile

    Welcome on my institutional website. My name is Kenneth F. Rijsdijk (1968) and currently assistant professor at the BIOMAC Research Group of IBED University of Amsterdam. My research is focused on the dynamics of abiotic processes that shape the earth's surface and affect biota. I am especially interested how environmental processes affect landscapes and ecosystems. These environmental processes may be natural such as climate change or volcanism, but also induced by humans such as effects of mining, over-exploitation and deforestation. Central to my studies is contrasting natural dynamics and human induced dynamics.

    In 2005 I was part of a team that discovered an exceptionally rich 4000 year old fossil mass grave in Maurtius, a volcanic island in the Indian Ocean Nature news. This mass grave contained bones of the dodo and more than 20 other extinct vertebrates. After the discovery with the help of Mauritian partners, I set up an international network the Dodo Research Programme that includes scientific, museum, corporation and NGO stakeholders involving  a rich array of disciplines (from history, socio-economy to archaeology, geology, ecology) which existed from 2006-2016. After the discovery and research I more and more realised that life and resources on our planet are limited, just like they are limited on islands, and thus I focussed my research in biogeography to identify ways how to harmonise human activities with a healthy and vital biosphere. 

    I am particularly interested in:

    1. island biogeography and particulary into the role of deep time, dynamics of geodiversity and interaction with island biodiversity
    2. quantifying the impacts of humans on island ecosystems
    3. seeking ways in realizing sustainable futures for mankind to live in harmony with geo- eco- systems.

    Present Affiliations

    • Member of the International Biogeographical Sociey (IBS)
    • Associative editor for  Frontiers of Biogeography journal
    • Member of the Dutch Royal Society of Mining and Geology (KNGMG)
    • Member of the Netherlands Institute for Biology (NIBI)
    • Dutch Royal Society of Geography (KNAG)
    • Quaternary Research Association (QRA)
    • Member of the Society for Professionals in Physical Geography (VVFG)
    • Board Member of the Dutch Earth Foundation

    Old affiliations

    • Advisory editor of the Netherlands Journal of GeoSciences (NJG)
    • Board member of the Society for Professionals in Physical Geography (VVFG)
    • Board member of the Sedimentological Circle part of the Dutch Royal Society of Geography (KNAG)
    • Chair person of the charitable society Dodo Alive!  
    • Ambassador for the advancement of beta- science in the Netherlands
    Biogeography and Macroecology Research Group
    International Biogeography Society
  • Dodo Research Programme

    DISCOVERY OF A DODO MASS GRAVE

    The dodo , an icon of human induced extinction, is also one of the most famous examples of island evolution leading to giantism. Being described firstly by Dutch sailors that landed on Mauritius in 1598 it was seen lastly alive around 1670. Then it disappeared. It was the first species of which modern humans realised that it had become extinct due to human interference ( Strickland and Melville 1848). The discovery of a dodo-massgrave in Mauritius in 1864 by a railway engineer Higgingson and a local expert on natural history Clark arouse a lot of renewed interest in the mysteriously vanished species. Since the discovery the site was excavated for nearly a century, then around the 1940s rocks were dumped on the site and its precise location became forgotten.

    In 2005 we discovered at a marsh atthe Mare aux Songes aseveral-thousands-year-old fossil layer containing fauna,flora and microfossils, including bonesof the dodo (Raphus cucullatus), representing the remainsof a nearly complete fossil natural ecosystem. It took us a while to realize that we in fact had re-discovered the famous dodo bone site that Clark and Higginson had discovered in 1864. Considering the high sub-fossil concentration and richness in composition including vertebrate bones, invertebrate remains (insects, snails) and flora remains (seeds, tree stems, branches, rootlets, leaves) the up to 0.5 m thick sub-fossil layer, extending for 0.3 km 2 , can be considered a Concentration-Lagerstätten. It contains 50% of the known (extinct) vertebrate species and several dozens of natural and threatened or nearly extinct arboreal species. The dodo-Lagerstätten is situated within sediments that are rich in microfossils providing contextual data and hence provides a high-resolution snapshot insight in a pristine ecosystem, active several thousands year ago.

    Picture showing our base camp in 2009 with Perry de Louw waving, John de Vos working and Julian Hume

    Dodo Research Programme

    After the discovery of the dodo massgrave in Mauritius, comprising substantial parts of a fossil ecosystem of the dodo, in 2005 the Dodo Research Programme was established. In collaboration with Mauritian partners Omnicane, Mauritius Museums Council and Dutch partners Naturalis, IBED-UVA and TNO an international network of researchers was founded: the Dodo Research Programme (DRP) which aims to reconstruct the prehuman ecosystem and investigate the reasons of its degradation. At one stage the DRP network comprised more than 50 researchers and more than 15 research institutes. The Dodo Research Programme was  an international research initiative that aims to utilise the iconic status of the dodo ( Raphus Cucullatus ), to generate research and public awareness on the vulnerability of island biodiversity. 

    The DRP had three main aims:

    1.      Research: to reconstruct the world of the dodo and determine the factors of its demise,

    2.     Raise public awareness on the importance and vulnerability of island biodiversity,

    3.     Contribute towards the realisation of a Dodo Museum and UNESCO World Heritage Park including the dodo massgrave.

    The research led to a large number of publications and important insights into the ecosystem of the dodo and how the massgrave was formed. The main conclusion was that the dodo as species was able to survice millions years of climatic disasters but was not able to withstand the manifold changes that were introduced by humans that frequented the island since the 16th century. A lesson for the world is that islands hold rare and vulnerable species that become threatened as soon as humans interact with their ecosystems.

    A key publication summarizing all our findings was published in the third monograph of on the osteology of the dodo:  L. P. A. M. Claessens, H. J. M. Meijer, J. P. Hume, and K. F. Rijsdijk (eds.), 2016. Anatomy of the Dodo (Raphus cucullatus L., 1758): An Osteological Study of the Thirioux Specimens. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Memoir 15. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35 (6, Supplement).

    Painting Mare aux Songes 4300 yr BP acryl painty by Dr Julian P Hume painted in 2006 inspired by our findings during the excavations (c) Hume)

    Dodo Research

    Because of the richness of the massgrave many scientific disciplines are involved to resolve the research questions. We hopeby understanding the ecosystem of Mauritius to contributetowards conservation and protection of threatened biota against extinction in island settings elsewhere. Our main research questions include:

    • How did the dodo massgrave (Concentration-Lagerstätten) form?
    • What conditions led to preservation of the subfossils (bones, wood, snails, insects), bone collagen and aDNA?
    • How did the ecosystem respond to human impact?
    • How will the remaining ecosystem respond to future scenarios of climate change and human impact?

    The dodo-Lagerstätten and identification of natural archives elsewhere, in Mauritius provide unique conditions to reconstruct the prehuman ecosystem that may serve as a baseline for ecological restoration projects. Moreover, the late date of human colonisation of the island in 1638, and the Mauritian historical and archaeological archives, which contain a wealth of data on human activities since colonization, allow for quantitative assessment of human impact in a pristine natural volcanic island ecosystem. It provides a great opportunity for fundamental research on human impact on island ecosystem development, biodiversity changes and the extinction of species.

    Dodo graveyard part of UNESCO World Heritage Park?

    The dodo massgrave is unique in its kind. It belongs to one of the most bone rich natural graves in the world, it is so far the youngest of its kind (max. 4000 years old) and it is the only one found on a volcanic island so far. Being unique in the world it merits therefore a World Heritage status. As a UNESCO region it could be combined with other culturally important heritage sites within the Mahebourg region (SE Mauritius), including; Fort Frederik Hendrik (the location of first human settlement of Mauritius), Isles aux Aigrettes (where the original ecosystem is being restored by Mauritian Wildlife), and also it is the bay where Napoleon Bonaparte's fleet was defeated in 1810 and therefore includes a rich and unique marine archaeology.

    Discovery in the World Press

    The 2005 discovery of the dodo mass grave was world news, the news was heralded just before Xmas 2005.

    • Holden C. 2006. World of the Dodo. Science 311: 155.
    • Nicolls H. 2006. Digging for dodo. Nature 443, 138-140.
    • Parker I. 2006. Letter fromMauritius: digging for dodos-hunting an extinct bird. New Yorker Magazine .
    • Roth S. 2006. Graveyard of the dodos. National Geographic Magazine , August.
    • Kleeman E. 2006. No# 85. Paleontology. Dodos lost world resurrected. Special issue Top 100 science stories of 2006. Discover Magazine .
    • Zimmer C. 2006. Newfound Island graveyard may yield clues to dodo life long ago. New York Times .
    • The best drawing of dodos I know! Drawing by Dr Julian P Hume (copyright owned by Hume)
    The best drawing of dodos I know! by Dr Julian P Hume (c) .
  • Courses

    Teaching Courses Involved

    I am certified lecturer in University Teaching and Higher Education (BKO see url below).
    Since 2008 I am part of the examiners board of the Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies (IIS).

    I am coordinator/ Sr lecturer for:
    1st yr Msc Earth Sciences Research Workshop (3 ECTS) (2012-present)
    3rd yr Bsc Earth Sciences Bsc Thesis (30 ECTS) (2011 - present)
    1st yr Bsc Future Planet Studies Natural Disasters and Future Threats (6 ECTS) (2011 - present)

    I am lecturer in:
    1st yr Msc Earth Science Vulnerability Assessment of Geo-ecosystems - Master School of Life and Earthsciences (12 ECTS) (2012 - present)
    1st yr Bsc Biology Organisms in the environment (6ECTS) (2011 - present)
    3rd yr Bsc Future Planet Studies Interdisciplinary Project: Sustainability (6 ECTS) (2011 - present)
    3rd yr Bsc Beta Gamma Theme 3 part 2: Practice - Interdiciplinary Research Practical: Sustainability (4 ECTS) (2012 - present)
    2nd yr Bsc Beta Gamma Theme 3 part 1: Theory - Interdisciplinary Research Practical: Sustainability (2 ECTS) (2011 - present)
    1st yr Bsc Beta Gamma Theme 1: Humans in action : Sustainability (6 ECTS) (2011 - present)

    I was principal lecturer in:
    1st yr Bsc Earth Science Introduction in Physical Geography (3 ECTS) (2010)
    1st yr Bsc Earth Science Geology Module (3 ECTZ) (2006-2010)
    2nd yr Bsc Earth Sciences Geomorphological Processes (6/3 ECTS) (2006-2011)
    2nd yr Bsc Earth Science Field practical Luxemburg: Geomorphology (12 ECTS) (2009-2013)
    2nd yr Bsc Earth Sciences Geological Excursion Luxemburg (2 ECTS) (2006-present)I co-developed the curriculum for the first yr Bsc study Future Planet Studies (2006, 2007)

    BKO Dutch University Teaching Qualification
    Check out Future Planet Studies!
  • Publications

    2023

    • Aschi, F., Dekker, S. C., van Vuuren, D. P., Bogaart, P. W., Rijsdijk, K. F., & van Loon, E. E. (2023). Costs and benefits of protecting linear landscape elements: Applying systematic conservation planning on a case study in the Netherlands. Journal of Environmental Management, 348, Article 119262. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.119262
    • de Nobel, J. S., Rijsdijk, K. F., Cornelissen, P., & Seijmonsbergen, A. C. (2023). Towards Prediction and Mapping of Grassland Aboveground Biomass Using Handheld LiDAR. Remote Sensing, 15(7), Article 1754. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15071754 [details]

    2022

    • De Groeve, J., Kusumoto, B., Koene, E., Kissling, W. D., Seijmonsbergen, A. C., Hoeksema, B. W., Yasuhara, M., Norder, S. J., Cahyarini, S. Y., van der Geer, A., Meijer, H. J. M., Kubota, Y., & Rijsdijk, K. F. (2022). Global raster dataset on historical coastline positions and shelf sea extents since the Last Glacial Maximum. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 31(11), 2162-2171. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13573 [details]
      • Related datasets
        • De Groeve, J., Kusumoto, B., Koene, E., Kissling, W. D., Seijmonsbergen, H., Hoeksema, B. W., Yasuhara, M., Norder, S., Cahyarini, S., van der Geer, A., Meijer, H. J. M., Kubota, Y. & Rijsdijk, K. (12-7-2022). Historic coastline age raster (AGE 2019). Universiteit van Amsterdam. https://doi.org/10.21942/uva.17215094.v1
        • De Groeve, J., Kusumoto, B., Koene, E., Kissling, W. D., Seijmonsbergen, A. C., Hoeksema, B. W., Yasuhara, M., Norder, S., Cahyarini, S., van der Geer, A., Meijer, H. J. M., Kubota, Y. & Rijsdijk, K. (12-7-2022). Historic coastline age raster (AGE 2021). Universiteit van Amsterdam. https://doi.org/10.21942/uva.20029304.v1
        • De Groeve, J., Kusumoto, B., Koene, E., Kissling, W. D., Seijmonsbergen, H., Hoeksema, B. W., Yasuhara, M., Norder, S., Cahyarini, S., van der Geer, A., Meijer, H. J. M., Kubota, Y. & Rijsdijk, K. (12-7-2022). Resampled Bathymetry (GEBCO 2019). Universiteit van Amsterdam. https://doi.org/10.21942/uva.17218484.v1
        • De Groeve, J., Kusumoto, B., Koene, E., Kissling, W. D., Seijmonsbergen, A. C., Hoeksema, B. W., Yasuhara, M., Norder, S., Cahyarini, S., van der Geer, A., Meijer, H. J. M., Kubota, Y. & Rijsdijk, K. (12-7-2022). Shelf sea extent rasters (SLW140 2019). Universiteit van Amsterdam. https://doi.org/10.21942/uva.17216081.v1
        • De Groeve, J., Kusumoto, B., Koene, E., Kissling, W. D., Seijmonsbergen, A. C., Hoeksema, B. W., Yasuhara, M., Norder, S., Cahyarini, S., van der Geer, A., Meijer, H. J. M., Kubota, Y. & Rijsdijk, K. (12-7-2022). Shelf sea extent rasters (SLW140 2021). Universiteit van Amsterdam. https://doi.org/10.21942/uva.20029220.v1
        • De Groeve, J., Kusumoto, B., Koene, E., Kissling, W. D., Seijmonsbergen, A. C., Hoeksema, B. W., Yasuhara, M., Norder, S., Cahyarini, S., van der Geer, A., Meijer, H. J. M., Kubota, Y. & Rijsdijk, K. (12-7-2022). Spatial polygons for Sunda, Timor, and Caribbean regions.. Universiteit van Amsterdam. https://doi.org/10.21942/uva.17218724.v1
        • De Groeve, J., Kusumoto, B., Koene, E., Kissling, W. D., Seijmonsbergen, A. C., Hoeksema, B. W., Yasuhara, M., Norder, S., Cahyarini, S., van der Geer, A. A. E., Meijer, H. J. M., Kubota, Y. & Rijsdijk, K. (12-7-2022). Spatio-Temporal Relative Sea Level Curve (RSL). Universiteit van Amsterdam. https://doi.org/10.21942/uva.20029991.v1
    • Seijmonsbergen, A. C., Valentijn, S., Westerhof, L., & Rijsdijk, K. F. (2022). Exploring Ocean Floor Geodiversity in Relation to Mineral Resources in the Southwest Pacific Ocean. Resources, 11(7), Article 60. https://doi.org/10.3390/resources11070060 [details]
    • van der Geer, A. A. E., Claessens, L. P. A. M., Rijsdijk, K. F., & Lyras, G. A. (2022). The changing face of the dodo (Aves: Columbidae:Raphus cucullatus): iconography of the Walghvogel of Mauritius. Historical Biology, 34(4), 648-657. https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2021.1940996 [details]

    2021

    2020

    • Flantua, S. G. A., Payne, D., Borregaard, M. K., Beierkuhnlein, C., Steinbauer, M. J., Dullinger, S., Essl, F., Irl, S. D. H., Kienle, D., Kreft, H., Lenzner, B., Norder, S. J., Rijsdijk, K. F., Rumpf, S. B., Weigelt, P., & Field, R. (2020). Snapshot isolation and isolation history challenge the analogy between mountains and islands used to understand endemism. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 29(10), 1651-1673. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13155 [details]
    • Norder, S. J., de Lima, R. F., de Nascimento, L., Lim, J. Y., Fernández-Palacios, J. M., Romeiras, M. M., Elias, R. B., Cabezas, F. J., Catarino, L., Ceríaco, L. M. P., Castilla-Beltrán, A., Gabriel, R., Menezes de Sequeira, M., Rijsdijk, K. F., Nogué, S., Kissling, W. D., van Loon, E. E., Hall, M., Matos, M., & Borges, P. A. V. (2020). Global change in microcosms: Environmental and societal predictors of land cover change on the Atlantic Ocean Islands. Anthropocene, 30, Article 100242. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ancene.2020.100242 [details]
    • Rijsdijk, K. F., Buijs, S., Quartau, R., Aguilée, R., Norder, S. J., Ávila, S. P., Teixeira de Medeiros, S. M., Carreiro Nunes, J. C., Elias, R. B., Melo, C. S., Stocchi, P., Shinneman, S., Koene, E. F. M., Seijmonsbergen, A. C., de Boer, W. M., & Borges, P. A. V. (2020). Recent geospatial dynamics of Terceira (Azores, Portugal) and the theoretical implications for the biogeography of active volcanic islands. Frontiers of Biogeography, 12(3), Article e45003. https://doi.org/10.21425/F5FBG45003 [details]
      • Related datasets
        • Shinneman, S., Rijsdijk, K. F., Norder, S., Seijmonsbergen, H., de Boer, T., Buijs, S., Quartau, R., Aguilée, R., Teixeira de Medeiros, S. M., Carreiro-Nunes, J. C., Elias, R. B., Melo, C. S., Stocchi, P., Koene, E. F. M. & Borges, P. A. V. (6-5-2020). Supplementary file geodatabase containing Terceira GIS data. Universiteit van Amsterdam. https://doi.org/10.21942/uva.12230834.v2
    • Salces-Castellano, A., Patiño, J., Alvarez, N., Andújar, C., Arribas, P., Braojos-Ruiz, J. J., Del Arco-Aguilar, M., García-Olivares, V., Karger, D. N., López, H., Manolopoulou, I., Oromí, P., Pérez-Delgado, A. J., Peterman, W. E., Rijsdijk, K. F., & Emerson, B. C. (2020). Climate drives community-wide divergence within species over a limited spatial scale: evidence from an oceanic island. Ecology Letters, 23(2), 305-315. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13433 [details]
      • Related datasets
        • Peterman, W. E., Arribas, P., Karger, D. N., Salces-Castellano, A., Patiño, J., Emerson, B. C., Rijsdijk, K., Braojos-Ruiz, J., Oromí, P., Alvarez, N., García-Olivares, V., Andújar, C., López, H., Manolopoulou, I., Pérez-Delgado, A. J. & del Arco-Aguilar, M. (2019). Climate drives community-wide divergence within species over a limited spatial scale: evidence from an oceanic island. DRYAD. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.280gb5mkz

    2019

    • Horn, I. R., Kenens, Y., van der Plas-Duivesteijn, S. J., Langeveld, B. W., Meijer, H. J. M., Dalebout, H., Marissen, R. J., Fischer, A., Florens, F. B. V., Niemann, J., Rijsdijk, K. F., Schulp, A. S., Laros, J. F. J., & Gravendeel, B. (2019). Palaeoproteomics of bird bones for taxonomic classification. Zoölogical Journal of the Linnean Society, 186(3), 650-665. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz012 [details]
    • Muellner-Riehl, A. N., Schnitzler, J., Kissling, W. D., Mosbrugger, V., Rijsdijk, K. F., Seijmonsbergen, A. C., Versteegh, H., & Favre, A. (2019). Origins of global mountain plant biodiversity: Testing the ‘mountain‐geobiodiversity hypothesis’. Journal of Biogeography, 46(12), 2826-2838. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13715 [details]
      • Related datasets
        • Muellner-Riehl, A. N., Mosbrugger, V., Schnitzler, J., Seijmonsbergen, H., Rijsdijk, K., Versteegh, H., Favre, A. & Kissling, D. (2019). Data from: Origins of global mountain plant biodiversity: testing the “mountain-geobiodiversity hypothesis”. DRYAD. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.v1kh40j
    • Norder, S. J., Proios, K., Whittaker, R. J., Alonso, M. R., Borges, P. A. V., Borregaard, M. K., Cowie, R. H., Florens, F. B. V., de Frias Martins, A. M., Ibáñez, M., Kissling, W. D., de Nascimento, L., Otto, R., Parent, C. E., Rigal, F., Warren, B. H., Fernández-Palacios, J. M., van Loon, E. E., Triantis, K. A., & Rijsdijk, K. F. (2019). Beyond the Last Glacial Maximum: Island endemism is best explained by long-lasting archipelago configurations. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 28(2), 184-197. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12835 [details]
      • Related datasets
        • Parent, C. E., Borges, P. A. V., Ibáñez, M., de Nascimento, L., Rijsdijk, K. F., Cowie, R. H., Alonso, M. R., Fernández-Palacios, J., Otto, R., de Frias Martins, A. M., Borregaard, M. K., Whittaker, R. J., Rigal, F., Kissling, W. ., Florens, F. B. ., van Loon, E. ., Triantis, K. A., Norder, S. J., Proios, K. & Warren, B. H. (2019). Influence of past archipelago configuration on present-day insular biodiversity patterns. PANGAEA. https://doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.893265
    • Schrodt, F., Bailey, J. J., Kissling, W. D., Rijsdijk, K. F., Seijmonsbergen, A. C., van Ree, D., Hjort, J., Lawley, R. S., Williams, C. N., Anderson, M. G., Beier, P., van Beukering, P., Boyd, D. S., Brilha, J., Carcavilla, L., Dahlin, K. M., Gill, J. C., Gordon, J. E., Gray, M., ... Field, R. (2019). To advance sustainable stewardship, we must document not only biodiversity but geodiversity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 116(33), 16155-16158. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1911799116 [details]
    • Ávila, S. P., Melo, C., Berning, B., Sá, N., Quartau, R., Rijsdijk, K. F., Ramalho, R. S., Cordeiro, R., De Sá, N. C., Pimentel, A., Baptista, L., Medeiros, A., Gil, A., & Johnson, M. E. (2019). Towards a ‘Sea-Level Sensitive’ dynamic model: impact of island ontogeny and glacio‐eustasy on global patterns of marine island biogeography. Biological Reviews, 94(3), 1116-1142. https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12492 [details]

    2018

    2017

    2016

    • Fernández-Palacios, J. M., Rijsdijk, K. F., Norder, S. J., Otto, R., de Nascimento, L., Fernández‐Lugo, S., Tjørve, E., & Whittaker, R. J. (2016). Towards a glacial‐sensitive model of island biogeography. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 25(7), 817-830. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12320 [details]
    • Norder, S. J., & Rijsdijk, K. F. (2016). Interdisciplinary island studies: Connecting the social sciences, natural sciences and humanities. Island Studies Journal, 11(2), 673-686. http://www.islandstudies.ca/sites/islandstudies.ca/files/ISJ-11-2-MS374-Norder+Rijsdijk.pdf [details]
    • Rijsdijk, K. F., Hume, J. P., de Louw, P. G. B., Meijer, H. J. M., Janoo, A., de Boer, E. J., Steel, L., de Vos, J., van der Sluis, L. G., Hooghiemstra, H., Florens, F. B. V., Baider, C., Vernimmen, T. J. J., Baas, P., van Heteren, A. H., Rupear, V., Beebeejaun, G., Grihault, A., van der Plicht, J., ... Claessens, L. P. A. M. (2016). A Review of the Dodo and its Ecosystem: Interdisciplinary Research of a Vertebrate Concentration-Lagerstätte in Mauritius. Journal of vertebrate paleontology, 35(suppl. 1), 3-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2015.1113803 [details]

    2015

    • Claessens, L. P. A. M., Meijer, H. J. M., Hume, J. P., & Rijsdijk, K. F. (2015). Preface. Journal of vertebrate paleontology, 35(Supplement 1), 1-2. https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2015.1127721 [details]
    • Hume, J. P., de Louw, P. G. B., & Rijsdijk, K. F. (2015). Rediscovery of a lost Lagerstätte: a comparative analysis of the historical and recent Mare aux Songes dodo excavations on Mauritius. Historical Biology, 27(8), 1127-1140. https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2014.945927 [details]
    • Warren, B. H., Simberloff, D., Ricklefs, R. E., Aguilée, R., Condamine, F. L., Gravel, D., Morlon, H., Mouquet, N., Rosindell, J., Casquet, J., Conti, E., Cornuault, J., Fernández-Palacios, J. M., Hengl, T., Norder, S. J., Rijsdijk, K. F., Sanmartín, I., Strasberg, D., Trantis, K. A., ... Thébaud, C. (2015). Islands as model systems in ecology and evolution: prospects fifty years after MacArthur-Wilson. Ecology Letters, 18(2), 200-217. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.12398 [details]
    • de Boer, E. J., Vélez, M. I., Rijsdijk, K. F., de Louw, P. G. B., Vernimmen, T. J. J., Visser, P. M., Tjallingii, R., & Hooghiemstra, H. (2015). A deadly cocktail: How a drought around 4200 cal. yr BP caused mass mortality events at the infamous ‘dodo swamp’in Mauritius. Holocene, 25(5), 758-771. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683614567886 [details]

    2014

    • Rijsdijk, K. F., Hengl, T., Norder, S. J., Otto, R., Emerson, B. C., Ávila, M. A., López, H., van Loon, E. E., Tjørve, E., & Fernández-Palacios, J. M. (2014). Quantifying surface-area changes of volcanic islands driven by Pleistocene sea-level cycles: biogeographical implications for the Macaronesian archipelagos. Journal of Biogeography, 41(7), 1242-1254. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12336 [details]
    • de Boer, E. J., Tjallingii, R., Vélez, M. I., Rijsdijk, K. F., Vlug, A., Reichart, G. J., Prendergast, A. L., de Louw, P. G. B., Vincent Florens, F. B., Baider, C., & Hooghiemstra, H. (2014). Climate variability in the SW Indian Ocean from an 8000-yr long multi-proxy record in the Mauritian lowlands shows a middle to late Holocene shift from negative IOD-state to ENSO-state. Quaternary Science Reviews, 86, 175-189. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.12.026 [details]
    • van der Sluis, L. G., Hollund, H. I., Buckley, M., de Louw, P. G. B., Rijsdijk, K. F., & Kars, H. (2014). Combining histology, stable isotope analysis and ZooMS collagen fingerprinting to investigate the taphonomic history and dietary behaviour of extinct giant tortoises from the Mare aux Songes deposit on Mauritius. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 416, 80-91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.06.003 [details]

    2013

    • Hooghiemstra, H., Rijsdijk, K. F., de Boer, E., de Nascimento, L., Florens, F. B. V., & Baider, C. (2013). Insular environmental change; climate-forced and system-driven. In J. M. Fernández-Palacios, L. de Nascimento, J. C. Hernández, S. Clemente, A. González, & J. P. Díaz-González (Eds.), Climate change perspectives from the Atlantic: past, present and future (pp. 51-73). Servicio de Publicaciones, Universidad de La Laguna. [details]
    • Rijsdijk, K. F., Kroon, I. C., Meijer, T., Passchier, S., van Dijk, T. A. G. P., Bunnik, F. P. M., & Janse, A. C. (2013). Reconstructing Quaternary Rhine-Meuse dynamics in the southern North Sea: architecture, seismo-lithofacies associations and malacological biozonation. Journal of Quaternary Science, 28(5), 453-466. https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.2627 [details]
    • de Boer, E. J., Slaikovska, M., Hooghiemstra, H., Rijsdijk, K. F., Vélez, M. I., Prins, M., Baider, C., & Florens, F. B. V. (2013). Multi-Proxy reconstruction of environmental dynamics and colonization impacts in the Mauritian uplands. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 383-384, 42-51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.04.025 [details]

    2012

    • Meijer, H. J. M., Gill, A., de Louw, P. G. B., van den Hoek Ostende, L. W., Hume, J. P., & Rijsdijk, K. F. (2012). Dodo remains from an in situ context from Mare aux Songes, Mauritius. Naturwissenschaften, 99(3), 177-184. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00114-012-0882-8 [details]

    2011

    • Rijsdijk, K. F., Zinke, J., de Louw, P. G. B., Hume, J. P., van der Plicht, J., Hooghiemstra, H., Meijer, H. J. M., Vonhof, H. B., Porch, N., Florens, V., Baider, C., van Geel, B., Brinkkemper, J., Vernimmen, T., & Janoo, A. (2011). Mid-Holocene (4200 yr BP) mass mortalities in Mauritius (Mascarenes): insular vertebrates resilient to climatic extremes but vulnerable to human impact. Holocene, 21, 1179-1194. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683611405236 [details]

    2010

    2009

    • Hiemstra, J. F., Rijsdijk, K. F., Shakesby, R. A., & McCaroll, D. (2009). Reinterpreting Rotherslade, Gower Peninsula: Implications for Last Glacial ice limits and Quaternary stratigraphy of the British Isles. Journal of Quaternary Science, 24(4), 399-410. https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.1238 [details]
    • Rijsdijk, K. F., Hume, J. P., Bunnik, F., Florens, F. B. V., Baider, C., Shapiro, B., van der Plicht, J., Janoo, A., Griffiths, O., van den Hoek Ostende, L. W., Cremer, H., Vernimmen, T., de Louw, P. G. B., Bholah, A., Saumtally, S., Porch, N., Haile, J., Buckley, M., Collins, M., & Gittenberger, E. (2009). Mid-Holocene vertebrate bone Concentration-Lagerstätte on oceanic island Mauritius provides a window into the ecosystem of the dodo (Raphus cucullatus). Quaternary Science Reviews, 28(1-2), 14-24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2008.09.018 [details]

    2008

    • Laurs, B. M., Zwaan, J. C., Breeding, C. M., Simmons, W. B., Beaton, D., Rijsdijk, K. F., Befi, R., & Falster, A. U. (2008). Copper-bearing (Paraíba-type) tourmaline from Mozambique. Gems and Gemology, 44(1), 4-30. https://doi.org/10.5741/GEMS.44.1.4

    2016

    • Claessens, L. P. A. M., Meijer, H. J. M., Hume, J. P., & Rijsdijk, K. F. (2016). Anatomy of the Dodo (Raphus cucullatus L., 1758): An Osteological Study of the Thirioux Specimens. (Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology; No. 35, suppl. 1). Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Memoir 15. http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/ujvp20/35/sup1 [details]
    • Simaiakis, S. M., Rijsdijk, K. F., Koene, E. F. M., van Boxel, J. H., Stocchi, P., van Loon, E. E., Hammoud, C., Norder, S. J., Georgopoulou, E., Triantis, K. A., & Tjørve, E. (2016). Quantifying palaeogeographical rates of changes of continental islands in the Aegean Sea by sea level rise: Towards a novel framework for assessing biogeographical implications of palaeogeographical change. Arquipelago : life and marine sciences, Supplement 9, 212. https://islandlab.uac.pt/news/ver.php?id=39
    • Stocchi, P., Koene, E. F. M., Simaiakis, S. M., Ávila, S. P., Hammoud, C., Borges, P. A. V., Fernández-Palacios, J. M., Norder, S. J., & Rijsdijk, K. F. (2016). Biogeography meets geophysics: A geophysical workflow to model relative sea levels and to reconstruct its palaeo-geographic effects on islands. Arquipelago : life and marine sciences, Supplement 9, 496. https://islandlab.uac.pt/news/ver.php?id=39

    2014

    • Rijsdijk, K. F., Hengl, T., Norder, S. J., Ávila, S. P., & Fernández-Palácios, J. M. (2014). Modelling sea level driven change of Macaronesian archipelago configurations since 120 kyr BP. In J. M. Fernández-Palacios, L. De Nascimento, J. C. Hernández, S. Clemente, A. González, & J. P. Díaz-González (Eds.), Biogeographic implications of Climate Change: past, present and future perspectives (pp. 127-148). Servicio de Publicaciones, Universidad de La Laguna. [details]

    2012

    2022

    • Rijsdijk, K. (2022). Heg: Een behaaglijk landschap voor mens en natuur. Noordboek Natuur.

    2021

    • Rijsdijk, K. F., & Seijmonsbergen, H. A. C. (2021). De rechten van landschap en natuur. Geo.brief, 46(6), 19-21.

    2019

    2014

    • Aly, S., Bijleveld, B., Buis, J., Edelenbosch, N., van der Meer, T., & Rijsdijk, K. F. (2014). Giftig Goud: Kwikvervuiling in Suriname. Geografie, 23(1), 28-29. [details]
    • Hooghiemstra, H., de Boer, E., Schütze, B., & Rijsdijk, K. (2014). Mauritius: van paradijs tot ontbost eiland, en hoe verder? Geo.brief, 39(1), 4-7. https://www.kngmg.nl/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Geobrief-2014-1.pdf
    • Rijsdijk, K. F. (2014). Was de dodo wel/niet een dikke sul. Algemeen Dagblad, 15.
    • Scholten, R., Verploegen, M., Gerritsen, M., Diamandas, P., Rutting, L., & Rijsdijk, K. (2014). Nederland versus Noordrijn-Westfalen: Zonne-energie vergt duurzaam beleid. Geografie, 23(6), 10-13. [details]

    2012

    Media appearance

    2024

    2023

    2022

    • De Groeve, J., Kusumoto, B., Koene, E., Kissling, W. D., Seijmonsbergen, A. C., Hoeksema, B. W., Yasuhara, M., Norder, S., Cahyarini, S., van der Geer, A., Meijer, H. J. M., Kubota, Y. & Rijsdijk, K. (12-7-2022). Spatial polygons for Sunda, Timor, and Caribbean regions.. Universiteit van Amsterdam. https://doi.org/10.21942/uva.17218724.v1
    • De Groeve, J., Kusumoto, B., Koene, E., Kissling, W. D., Seijmonsbergen, H., Hoeksema, B. W., Yasuhara, M., Norder, S., Cahyarini, S., van der Geer, A., Meijer, H. J. M., Kubota, Y. & Rijsdijk, K. (12-7-2022). Historic coastline age raster (AGE 2019). Universiteit van Amsterdam. https://doi.org/10.21942/uva.17215094.v1
    • De Groeve, J., Kusumoto, B., Koene, E., Kissling, W. D., Seijmonsbergen, H., Hoeksema, B. W., Yasuhara, M., Norder, S., Cahyarini, S., van der Geer, A., Meijer, H. J. M., Kubota, Y. & Rijsdijk, K. (12-7-2022). Resampled Bathymetry (GEBCO 2019). Universiteit van Amsterdam. https://doi.org/10.21942/uva.17218484.v1
    • De Groeve, J., Kusumoto, B., Koene, E., Kissling, W. D., Seijmonsbergen, A. C., Hoeksema, B. W., Yasuhara, M., Norder, S., Cahyarini, S., van der Geer, A., Meijer, H. J. M., Kubota, Y. & Rijsdijk, K. (12-7-2022). Shelf sea extent rasters (SLW140 2019). Universiteit van Amsterdam. https://doi.org/10.21942/uva.17216081.v1
    • De Groeve, J., Kusumoto, B., Koene, E., Kissling, W. D., Seijmonsbergen, A. C., Hoeksema, B. W., Yasuhara, M., Norder, S., Cahyarini, S., van der Geer, A. A. E., Meijer, H. J. M., Kubota, Y. & Rijsdijk, K. (12-7-2022). Spatio-Temporal Relative Sea Level Curve (RSL). Universiteit van Amsterdam. https://doi.org/10.21942/uva.20029991.v1
    • De Groeve, J., Kusumoto, B., Koene, E., Kissling, W. D., Seijmonsbergen, A. C., Hoeksema, B. W., Yasuhara, M., Norder, S., Cahyarini, S., van der Geer, A., Meijer, H. J. M., Kubota, Y. & Rijsdijk, K. (12-7-2022). Shelf sea extent rasters (SLW140 2021). Universiteit van Amsterdam. https://doi.org/10.21942/uva.20029220.v1
    • De Groeve, J., Kusumoto, B., Koene, E., Kissling, W. D., Seijmonsbergen, A. C., Hoeksema, B. W., Yasuhara, M., Norder, S., Cahyarini, S., van der Geer, A., Meijer, H. J. M., Kubota, Y. & Rijsdijk, K. (12-7-2022). Historic coastline age raster (AGE 2021). Universiteit van Amsterdam. https://doi.org/10.21942/uva.20029304.v1

    2020

    • Shinneman, S., Rijsdijk, K. F., Norder, S., Seijmonsbergen, H., de Boer, T., Buijs, S., Quartau, R., Aguilée, R., Teixeira de Medeiros, S. M., Carreiro-Nunes, J. C., Elias, R. B., Melo, C. S., Stocchi, P., Koene, E. F. M. & Borges, P. A. V. (6-5-2020). Supplementary file geodatabase containing Terceira GIS data. Universiteit van Amsterdam. https://doi.org/10.21942/uva.12230834.v2

    2019

    • Peterman, W. E., Arribas, P., Karger, D. N., Salces-Castellano, A., Patiño, J., Emerson, B. C., Rijsdijk, K., Braojos-Ruiz, J., Oromí, P., Alvarez, N., García-Olivares, V., Andújar, C., López, H., Manolopoulou, I., Pérez-Delgado, A. J. & del Arco-Aguilar, M. (2019). Climate drives community-wide divergence within species over a limited spatial scale: evidence from an oceanic island. DRYAD. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.280gb5mkz
    • Muellner-Riehl, A. N., Mosbrugger, V., Schnitzler, J., Seijmonsbergen, H., Rijsdijk, K., Versteegh, H., Favre, A. & Kissling, D. (2019). Data from: Origins of global mountain plant biodiversity: testing the “mountain-geobiodiversity hypothesis”. DRYAD. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.v1kh40j
    • Parent, C. E., Borges, P. A. V., Ibáñez, M., de Nascimento, L., Rijsdijk, K. F., Cowie, R. H., Alonso, M. R., Fernández-Palacios, J., Otto, R., de Frias Martins, A. M., Borregaard, M. K., Whittaker, R. J., Rigal, F., Kissling, W. ., Florens, F. B. ., van Loon, E. ., Triantis, K. A., Norder, S. J., Proios, K. & Warren, B. H. (2019). Influence of past archipelago configuration on present-day insular biodiversity patterns. PANGAEA. https://doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.893265

    2018

    • Kissling, W. ., Borges, P. A. V., Hengl, T., Norder, S. J., Rijsdijk, K. F., Baumgartner, J. B. & van Loon, E. . (2018). Paleo Islands and Archipelago Configuration (PIAC) database. PANGAEA. https://doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.880585

    2017

    • de Kruif, J., Gosling, W. D., de Boer, E. J., Hooghiemstra, H., Rijsdijk, K. F., McMichael, C. N. H. & Norder, S. J. (2017). Data from: Mauritius on fire: tracking historical human impacts on biodiversity loss. DRYAD. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.f1c31
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