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Bastien Castagneyrol

Bastien Castagneyrol

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Rising Stars
2025

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Rising Stars

D-Index
42
Citations
9003
World Ranking
550
National Ranking
4

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
46
Citations
11177
World Ranking
4570
National Ranking
195

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Rising Stars Award

Overview

Bastien Castagneyrol is affiliated with the University of Bordeaux in France and has a substantial body of research in Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work primarily focuses on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Insect Science, and Plant Science.

Their publications encompass a variety of topics including:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Forest Insect Ecology and Management
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
  • Forest ecology and management
  • Insect-Plant Interactions and Control

Castagneyrol has contributed to multiple recent research papers, notable examples include:

  • "Tree Diversity and Forest Resistance to Insect Pests: Patterns, Mechanisms, and Prospects," 2020, Annual Review of Entomology
  • "Associational resistance to both insect and pathogen damage in mixed forests is modulated by tree neighbour identity and drought," 2020, Journal of Ecology
  • "Meta-analysis of tree diversity effects on the abundance, diversity and activity of herbivores' enemies," 2021, Basic and Applied Ecology
  • "A meta-analysis of insularity effects on herbivory and plant defences," 2020, Journal of Biogeography
  • "Organic management and landscape heterogeneity combine to sustain multifunctional bird communities in European vineyards," 2021, Journal of Applied Ecology

The scientist frequently collaborates with colleagues including Hervé Jactel, Xoaquín Moreira, Luc Barbaro, Elena Valdés-Correcher, and Ayco J. M. Tack. Their work is widely disseminated in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Journal of Biogeography, Global Ecology and Biogeography, and Forest Ecology and Management.

Castagneyrol's scholarly output also includes a book publication titled De l'arbre en ville à la forêt urbaine, published in 2024 by éditions Quae eBooks.

Best Publications

  • TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

    Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

  • Forest biodiversity, ecosystem functioning and the provision of ecosystem services

    Eckehard G. Brockerhoff;Luc Barbaro;Bastien Castagneyrol;David I. Forrester

  • Tree Diversity Drives Forest Stand Resistance to Natural Disturbances

    Hervé Jactel;Jürgen Bauhus;Johanna Boberg;Damien Bonal

  • Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning relations in European forests depend on environmental context

    Sophia Ratcliffe;Christian Wirth;Christian Wirth;Tommaso Jucker;Tommaso Jucker;Fons van der Plas

  • Contributions of a global network of tree diversity experiments to sustainable forest plantations

    Kris Verheyen;Margot Vanhellemont;Harald Auge;Lander Baeten

  • Biotic homogenization can decrease landscape-scale forest multifunctionality

    Fons van der Plas;Pete Manning;Santiago Soliveres;Eric Allan

  • Jack-of-all-trades effects drive biodiversity–ecosystem multifunctionality relationships in European forests

    Fons Van der Plas;Peter Manning;Eric Allan;Michael Scherer-Lorenzen

  • Plant apparency, an overlooked driver of associational resistance to insect herbivory

    Bastien Castagneyrol;Brice Giffard;Christelle Péré;Hervé Jactel

  • Responses of forest insect pests to climate change: not so simple.

    Hervé Jactel;Julia Koricheva;Bastien Castagneyrol

  • A meta-analysis of the effects of nutrient enrichment on litter decomposition in streams

    Verónica Ferreira;Bastien Castagneyrol;Bastien Castagneyrol;Julia Koricheva;Vladislav Gulis

  • A novel comparative research platform designed to determine the functional significance of tree species diversity in European forests

    Lander Baeten;Kris Verheyen;Christian Wirth;Helge Bruelheide

  • Effects of plant phylogenetic diversity on herbivory depend on herbivore specialization

    Bastien Castagneyrol;Bastien Castagneyrol;Hervé Jactel;Corinne Vacher;Eckehard G. Brockerhoff

  • Tree Diversity and Forest Resistance to Insect Pests: Patterns, Mechanisms, and Prospects.

    Hervé Jactel;Xoaquín Moreira;Bastien Castagneyrol

  • Plant diversity effects on insect herbivores and their natural enemies: current thinking, recent findings, and future directions

    Xoaquín Moreira;Luis Abdala-Roberts;Sergio Rasmann;Bastien Castagneyrol

  • Positive biodiversity-productivity relationships in forests: climate matters.

    H. Jactel;E. S. Gritti;L. Drössler;D. I. Forrester

  • Synthesis and future research directions linking tree diversity to growth, survival, and damage in a global network of tree diversity experiments

    Jake J. Grossman;Margot Vanhellemont;Nadia Barsoum;Jürgen Bauhus

  • Tree diversity is key for promoting the diversity and abundance of forest-associated taxa in Europe

    Evy Ampoorter;Luc Barbaro;Hervé Jactel;Lander Baeten;Lander Baeten

  • Unraveling plant–animal diversity relationships: a meta-regression analysis

    Bastien Castagneyrol;Hervé Jactel

  • A million and more trees for science

    Alain Paquette;Andy Hector;Bastien Castagneyrol;Margot Vanhellemont

  • Tree diversity reduces pest damage in mature forests across Europe

    Virginie Guyot;Virginie Guyot;Bastien Castagneyrol;Aude Vialatte;Marc Deconchat

  • Host range expansion of native insects to exotic trees increases with area of introduction and the presence of congeneric native trees

    Manuela Branco;Eckehard G. Brockerhoff;Bastien Castagneyrol;Bastien Castagneyrol;Bastien Castagneyrol;Christophe Orazio

Frequent Co-Authors

Hervé Jactel
Hervé Jactel University of Bordeaux
Julia Koricheva
Julia Koricheva Royal Holloway University of London
Michael Scherer-Lorenzen
Michael Scherer-Lorenzen University of Freiburg
Xoaquín Moreira
Xoaquín Moreira Spanish National Research Council
Kris Verheyen
Kris Verheyen Ghent University
Helge Bruelheide
Helge Bruelheide Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Fons van der Plas
Fons van der Plas Wageningen University & Research
Luis Abdala-Roberts
Luis Abdala-Roberts National Autonomous University of Mexico
Eric Allan
Eric Allan University of Bern
Jürgen Bauhus
Jürgen Bauhus University of Freiburg

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