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Environmental Sciences
France
2023

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
89
Citations
47355
World Ranking
486
National Ranking
18

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in France Leader Award

Overview

André Granier is affiliated with INRAE: Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement in France. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with specialization in multiple subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Agronomy and Crop Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Environmental Engineering.

Their recent scholarly contributions include the following papers:

  • Carbon-nitrogen interactions in European forests and semi-natural vegetation - Part 1: Fluxes and budgets of carbon, nitrogen and greenhouse gases from ecosystem monitoring and modelling (2020, Biogeosciences)
  • Impacts of a partial rainfall exclusion in the field on growth and transpiration: consequences for leaf-level and whole-plant water-use efficiency compared to controlled conditions (2020, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology)
  • Energy, water and carbon exchanges in managed forest ecosystems: description, sensitivity analysis and evaluation of the INRAE GO+ model, version 3.0 (2020, Geoscientific model development)

The main topics covered in André Granier's work include:

  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Bioenergy crop production and management
  • Forest ecology and management
  • Environmental Impact and Sustainability
  • Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies

Frequent co-authors in their publications are:

  • Denis Loustau
  • Bernard Longdoz
  • Gioṙgio Matteucci
  • Virginie Moreaux
  • Kim Pilegaard

André Granier often publishes in the following scientific venues:

  • Biogeosciences
  • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • Geoscientific model development

Best Publications

  • Europe-wide reduction in primary productivity caused by the heat and drought in 2003

    Ph. Ciais;M. Reichstein;N. Viovy;A. Granier

  • On the Separation of Net Ecosystem Exchange into Assimilation and Ecosystem Respiration: Review and Improved Algorithm

    Markus Reichstein;Eva Falge;Dennis Baldocchi;Dario Papale

  • Estimates of the annual net carbon and water exchange of forests: the EUROFLUX methodology

    Marc Aubinet;Achim Grelle;Andreas Ibrom;Üllar Rannik

  • Gap filling strategies for defensible annual sums of net ecosystem exchange

    E. Falge;D. Baldocchi;R. Olson;P. Anthoni

  • Evaluation of transpiration in a Douglas-fir stand by means of sap flow measurements

    A. Granier

  • Temperate forest trees and stands under severe drought: a review of ecophysiological responses, adaptation processes and long-term consequences

    Nathalie Bréda;Roland Huc;André Granier;Erwin Dreyer

  • Respiration as the main determinant of carbon balance in European forests

    R. Valentini;G. Matteucci;A. J. Dolman;E.-D. Schulze

  • Environmental controls over carbon dioxide and water vapor exchange of terrestrial vegetation

    B.E Law;E Falge;L Gu;D.D Baldocchi

  • Productivity overshadows temperature in determining soil and ecosystem respiration across European forests

    I. A. Janssens;H. Lankreijer;G. Matteucci;A. S. Kowalski

  • CO2 balance of boreal, temperate, and tropical forests derived from a global database

    Sebastiaan Luyssaert;Sebastiaan Luyssaert;I. Inglima;M. Jung;A. D. Richardson

  • Seasonality of ecosystem respiration and gross primary production as derived from FLUXNET measurements

    Eva Falge;Dennis Baldocchi;John Tenhunen;Marc Aubinet

  • Gap filling strategies for long term energy flux data sets

    Eva Falge;Dennis D. Baldocchi;Richard Olson;Peter Anthoni

  • Evidence for Soil Water Control on Carbon and Water Dynamics in European Forests during the Extremely Dry Year: 2003

    A. Granier;M. Reichstein;N. Bréda;I.A. Janssens

  • On the relationship of NDVI with leaf area index in a deciduous forest site

    Quan Wang;Samuel Adiku;John Tenhunen;André Granier

  • Effects of thinning on soil and tree water relations, transpiration and growth in an oak forest (Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl.).

    N. Bréda;A. Granier;G. Aussenac

  • Reduction Of Ecosystem Productivity And Respiration During The European Summer 2003 Climate Anomaly: A Joint Flux Tower, Remote Sensing And Modelling Analysis

    M. Reichstein;M. Reichstein;Philippe Ciais;D. Papale;R. Valentini

  • Water balance, transpiration and canopy conductance in two beech stands

    A. Granier;P. Biron;D. Lemoine

  • A lumped water balance model to evaluate duration and intensity of drought constraints in forest stands

    A. Granier;Nadia Breda;Philippe Biron;Sylvain Villette

  • Evaluation of the potential of MODIS satellite data to predict vegetation phenology in different biomes: An investigation using ground-based NDVI measurements

    G. Hmimina;E. Dufrêne;J.-Y. Pontailler;N. Delpierre

  • A generic model of forest canopy conductance dependent on climate, soil water availability and leaf area index

    André Granier;Denis Loustau;Nathalie Bréda

Frequent Co-Authors

Damien Bonal
Damien Bonal University of Lorraine
Bernard Longdoz
Bernard Longdoz University of Liège
Kim Pilegaard
Kim Pilegaard Technical University of Denmark
Timo Vesala
Timo Vesala University of Helsinki
Nathalie Bréda
Nathalie Bréda INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Marc Aubinet
Marc Aubinet University of Liège
Eddy Moors
Eddy Moors Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Serge Rambal
Serge Rambal Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Giorgio Matteucci
Giorgio Matteucci National Research Council (CNR)
Paul Berbigier
Paul Berbigier INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement

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