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Adeline Fayolle

Adeline Fayolle

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
38
Citations
5102
World Ranking
6688
National Ranking
85

Overview

Adeline Fayolle is a researcher affiliated with the University of Liège in Belgium. Their scholarly work primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a strong focus on ecological and environmental dynamics.

Their research encompasses key subfields such as Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, Forestry, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Ecological Modeling. These areas align with their investigation into topics that include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Forest Ecology and Management, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Species Distribution and Climate Change, African Botany and Ecology Studies, Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications, and Plant and Animal Studies.

Fayolle's recent publications illustrate a focus on tropical forest ecosystems and global vegetation patterns. Notable papers include:

  • Unveiling African rainforest composition and vulnerability to global change (2021, Nature)
  • Tallo: A global tree allometry and crown architecture database (2022, Global Change Biology)
  • Floristic evidence for alternative biome states in tropical Africa (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • How Can Remote Sensing Help Monitor Tropical Moist Forest Degradation?-A Systematic Review (2020, Remote Sensing)
  • Pantropical variability in tree crown allometry (2020, Global Ecology and Biogeography)

They have collaborated frequently with several researchers, with the most prolific co-authors being Jean-Louis Doucet, Hans Beeckman, Sylvie Gourlet-Fleury, Gauthier Ligot, and Nicolas Barbier. These partnerships highlight interdisciplinary efforts within their specialized fields.

Their studies have been published repeatedly in a selection of scientific venues including bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Forest Ecology and Management, African Journal of Ecology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and Diversity and Distributions. These journals reflect an emphasis on ecological systems, forest management, and biodiversity research.

Best Publications

  • Community assembly along a soil depth gradient: contrasting patterns of plant trait convergence and divergence in a Mediterranean rangeland

    Maud Bernard-Verdier;Marie-Laure Navas;Marie-Laure Navas;Mark Vellend;Cyrille Violle

  • Tree allometry in Central Africa: Testing the validity of pantropical multi-species allometric equations for estimating biomass and carbon stocks

    Adeline Fayolle;Jean-Louis Doucet;Jean-François Gillet;Nils Bourland

  • Unveiling African rainforest composition and vulnerability to global change

    Maxime Rejou-Mechain;Frédéric Mortier;Jean-François Bastin;Guillaume Cornu

  • Tropical forest recovery from logging: a 24 year silvicultural experiment from Central Africa

    Sylvie Gourlet-Fleury;Frédéric Mortier;Adeline Fayolle;Fidèle Baya

  • Seeing Central African forests through their largest trees

    J. F. Bastin;Nicolas Barbier;Maxime Réjou-Méchain;A. Fayolle

  • Geological Substrates Shape Tree Species and Trait Distributions in African Moist Forests

    Adeline Fayolle;Adeline Fayolle;Bettina M. J. Engelbrecht;Bettina M. J. Engelbrecht;Vincent Freycon;Frederic Mortier

  • Environmental filtering of dense‐wooded species controls above‐ground biomass stored in African moist forests

    Sylvie Gourlet-Fleury;Vivien Rossi;Maxime Rejou-Mechain;Vincent Freycon

  • Patterns of tree species composition across tropical African forests

    Adeline Fayolle;Michael D. Swaine;Jean-François Bastin;Jean-François Bastin;Jean-François Bastin;Nils Bourland

  • Vegetation structure and greenness in Central Africa from Modis multi-temporal data

    Valéry Gond;Adeline Fayolle;Alexandre Pennec;Guillaume Cornu

  • Height competition between Quercus petraea and Fagus sylvatica natural regeneration in mixed and uneven-aged stands

    Gauthier Ligot;Philippe Balandier;Adeline Fayolle;Philippe Lejeune

  • Tallo: A global tree allometry and crown architecture database

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  • Pan-tropical prediction of forest structure from the largest trees

    Jean François Bastin;Ervan Rutishauser;James R. Kellner;Sassan Saatchi

  • Closing a gap in tropical forest biomass estimation: taking crown mass variation into account in pantropical allometries

    Pierre Ploton;Nicolas Barbier;Stéphane Takoudjou Momo;Stéphane Takoudjou Momo;Maxime Réjou-Méchain

  • An evolutionary perspective on leaf economics: phylogenetics of leaf mass per area in vascular plants.

    Olivier Flores;Olivier Flores;Eric Garnier;Ian J. Wright;Peter B. Reich;Peter B. Reich

  • A new insight in the structure, composition and functioning of central African moist forests

    Adeline Fayolle;Nicolas Picard;Jean-Louis Doucet;Michael Swaine

  • Floristic evidence for alternative biome states in tropical Africa.

    J. C. Aleman;J. C. Aleman;A. Fayolle;C. Favier;A. C. Staver

  • A regional allometry for the Congo basin forests based on the largest ever destructive sampling

    Adeline Fayolle;Alfred Ngomanda;Michel Mbasi;Nicolas Barbier

  • Tree allometry for estimation of carbon stocks in African tropical forests

    Adrien N. Djomo;Nicolas Picard;Adeline Fayolle;Matieu Henry

  • Conservation value of tropical forests: Distance to human settlements matters more than management in Central Africa

    Simon Lhoest;Davy Fonteyn;Kasso Daïnou;Laetitia Delbeke

  • Silvicultural disturbance has little impact on tree species diversity in a Central African moist forest

    Sylvie Gourlet-Fleury;Denis Beina;Adeline Fayolle;Dakis-Yaoba Ouédraogo

  • Taller trees, denser stands and greater biomass in semi-deciduous than in evergreen lowland central African forests

    Adeline Fayolle;Grace Jopaul Loubota Panzou;Thomas Drouet;Mike Swaine

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean-Louis Doucet
Jean-Louis Doucet Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech
Sylvie Gourlet-Fleury
Sylvie Gourlet-Fleury Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement
Hans Beeckman
Hans Beeckman Royal Museum for Central Africa
Olivier J. Hardy
Olivier J. Hardy Université Libre de Bruxelles
Maxime Réjou-Méchain
Maxime Réjou-Méchain Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Bonaventure Sonké
Bonaventure Sonké Université de Yaoundé I
Nicolas Barbier
Nicolas Barbier University of Montpellier
Raphaël Pélissier
Raphaël Pélissier University of Montpellier
Andrew J. Plumptre
Andrew J. Plumptre BirdLife international, UK
Robert Nasi
Robert Nasi Center for International Forestry Research

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