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An De Schrijver

An De Schrijver

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
44
Citations
6881
World Ranking
6801
National Ranking
95

Overview

An De Schrijver is affiliated with Ghent University in Belgium and works primarily within the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research contributions focus on areas including Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Plant Science, Global and Planetary Change, and Soil Science.

The main topics covered in their body of work comprise:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies

Recent scientific papers authored by or involving An De Schrijver include:

  • "Litter quality, mycorrhizal association, and soil properties regulate effects of tree species on the soil fauna community", 2021, published in Geoderma
  • "Widespread slow growth of acquisitive tree species", 2025, published in Nature
  • "Do tree species affect decadal changes in soil organic carbon and total nitrogen stocks in Danish common garden experiments?", 2021, published in European Journal of Soil Science
  • "Ecosystem multifunctionality lowers as grasslands under restoration approach their target habitat type", 2022, published in Restoration Ecology
  • "Effects of bioavailable phosphorus and soil biota on typical Nardus grassland species in competition with fast-growing plant species", 2020, published in Ecological Indicators

Frequent coauthors collaborating with An De Schrijver include:

  • Stephanie Schelfhout
  • Kris Verheyen
  • Margot Vanhellemont
  • Eva DeCock
  • Iris Moeneclaey

The scientist has published multiple works in several recurrent venues, demonstrating focused engagement within these journals and fields:

  • Restoration Ecology
  • Geoderma
  • Nature
  • European Journal of Soil Science
  • Ecological Indicators

Best Publications

  • Latitudinal gradients as natural laboratories to infer species' responses to temperature

    Pieter De Frenne;Pieter De Frenne;Bente J. Graae;Francisco Rodríguez‐Sánchez;Annette Kolb

  • Influences of evergreen gymnosperm and deciduous angiosperm tree species on the functioning of temperate and boreal forests

    Laurent Augusto;An De Schrijver;Lars Vesterdal;Aino Smolander

  • Rainfall partitioning into throughfall, stemflow, and interception within a single beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) canopy: influence of foliation, rain event characteristics, and meteorology

    Jeroen Staelens;An De Schrijver;Kris Verheyen;Niko E. C. Verhoest

  • Cumulative nitrogen input drives species loss in terrestrial ecosystems

    An De Schrijver;Pieter De Frenne;Evy Ampoorter;Lotte Van Nevel

  • The effect of forest type on throughfall deposition and seepage flux: a review

    An De Schrijver;Guy Geudens;Laurent Augusto;Jeroen Staelens

  • Metal uptake by young trees from dredged brackish sediment: limitations and possibilities for phytoextraction and phytostabilisation

    Jan Mertens;Pieter Vervaeke;An De Schrijver;Sebastiaan Luyssaert

  • Spatial variability and temporal stability of throughfall water under a dominant beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) tree in relationship to canopy cover

    Jeroen Staelens;An De Schrijver;Kris Verheyen;Niko E.C. Verhoest

  • Temperature effects on forest herbs assessed by warming and transplant experiments along a latitudinal gradient

    Pieter De Frenne;Jörg Brunet;Anna Shevtsova;Annette Kolb

  • Calculating Dry Deposition and Canopy Exchange with the Canopy Budget Model: Review of Assumptions and Application to Two Deciduous Forests

    Jeroen Staelens;Daniel Houle;An De Schrijver;Johan Neirynck

  • Tree species traits cause divergence in soil acidification during four decades of postagricultural forest development

    An de Schrijver;Pieter de Frenne;Jeroen Staelens;Gorik Verstraeten

  • Management driven changes (1967–2005) in soil acidity and the understorey plant community following conversion of a coppice-with-standards forest

    Hans Van Calster;Lander Baeten;An De Schrijver;Luc De Keersmaeker

  • Herb layer changes (1954-2000) related to the conversion of coppice-with-standards forest and soil acidification

    Lander Baeten;Bram Bauwens;An De Schrijver;Luc De Keersmaeker

  • Impact of soil fertility and insolation on diversity of herbaceous woodland species colonizing afforestations in Muizen forest (Belgium)

    Luc De Keersmaeker;Leen Martens;Kris Verheyen;Martin Hermy

  • Impact of mechanized harvesting on compaction of sandy and clayey forest soils: results of a meta-analysis

    Evy Ampoorter;An de Schrijver;Lotte van Nevel;Martin Hermy

  • Tree species effect on the redistribution of soil metals.

    Jan Mertens;Lotte Van Nevel;An De Schrijver;Frederic Piesschaert

  • Interregional variation in the floristic recovery of post‐agricultural forests

    Pieter De Frenne;Lander Baeten;Bente J. Graae;Jörg Brunet

  • Four decades of post-agricultural forest development have caused major redistributions of soil phosphorus fractions.

    An De Schrijver;Lars Vesterdal;Karin Hansen;Pieter De Frenne

  • A comparison of bulk and wet-only deposition at two adjacent sites in Melle (Belgium)

    Jeroen Staelens;An De Schrijver;Philip Van Avermaet;Gerrit Genouw

  • Nitrogen saturation and net ecosystem production

    An De Schrijver;Kris Verheyen;Jan Mertens;Jeroen Staelens

  • Variation in throughfall deposition across a deciduous beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) forest edge in Flanders.

    Rebecca Devlaeminck;An De Schrijver;Martin Hermy

Frequent Co-Authors

Kris Verheyen
Kris Verheyen Ghent University
Jeroen Staelens
Jeroen Staelens Flanders Environment Agency
Pieter De Frenne
Pieter De Frenne Ghent University
Martin Hermy
Martin Hermy KU Leuven
Lander Baeten
Lander Baeten Ghent University
Stefaan De Neve
Stefaan De Neve Ghent University
Michael P. Perring
Michael P. Perring Ghent University
Bente J. Graae
Bente J. Graae Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Niko E. C. Verhoest
Niko E. C. Verhoest Ghent University
Lars Vesterdal
Lars Vesterdal University of Copenhagen

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