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Cécile A. J. Girardin

Cécile A. J. Girardin

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
36
Citations
8892
World Ranking
7012
National Ranking
709

Overview

Cécile A. J. Girardin is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the field of Environmental Science, with a focus on global and planetary change, nature and landscape conservation, and ecological modeling among other subfields.

The main topics covered by their research include:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Forest Management and Policy
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Fire effects on ecosystems

The scientist has contributed to several notable publications:

  • Understanding the value and limits of nature-based solutions to climate change and other global challenges (2020, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences)
  • Getting the message right on nature-based solutions to climate change (2021, Global Change Biology)
  • Mapping the effectiveness of nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation (2020, Global Change Biology)
  • Nature-based solutions can help cool the planet - if we act now (2021, Nature)
  • Net Zero: Science, Origins, and Implications (2022, Annual Review of Environment and Resources)

Frequent co-authors in their work include:

  • Yadvinder Malhi
  • Terhi Riutta
  • Nathalie Seddon
  • Imma Oliveras Menor
  • Cecilia A. L. Dahlsjö

Their research has been published in multiple journals with recurring presence, such as:

  • Global Change Biology
  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Nature
  • Annual Review of Environment and Resources
  • Current Biology

Best Publications

  • Understanding the value and limits of nature-based solutions to climate change and other global challenges

    Nathalie Seddon;Alexandre Chausson;Pam Berry;Cécile A. J. Girardin

  • Getting the message right on nature-based solutions to climate change

    Nathalie Seddon;Alison Smith;Alison Smith;Pete Smith;Isabel Key

  • An integrated pan‐tropical biomass map using multiple reference datasets

    Valerio Avitabile;Martin Herold;Gerard B.M. Heuvelink;Simon L. Lewis;Simon L. Lewis

  • Drought impact on forest carbon dynamics and fluxes in Amazonia

    Christopher E. Doughty;D. B. Metcalfe;C. A. J. Girardin;F. Farfán Amézquita

  • Mapping the effectiveness of nature‐based solutions for climate change adaptation

    Alexandre Chausson;Beth Turner;Dan Seddon;Nicole Chabaneix

  • Net primary productivity allocation and cycling of carbon along a tropical forest elevational transect in the Peruvian Andes.

    C. A. J. Girardin;Y. Malhi;L. E. O. C. Aragão;M. Mamani

  • Nature-based solutions can help cool the planet — if we act now

    Cécile A. J. Girardin;Stuart Jenkins;Nathalie Seddon;Myles Allen

  • Grounding nature-based climate solutions in sound biodiversity science

    Nathalie Seddon;Beth Turner;Pam Berry;Alexandre Chausson

  • Agroforestry Can Enhance Food Security While Meeting Other Sustainable Development Goals

    A. Waldron;D. Garrity;Y. Malhi;C. Girardin

  • Herbivory makes major contributions to ecosystem carbon and nutrient cycling in tropical forests.

    Daniel B. Metcalfe;Gregory P. Asner;Roberta E. Martin;Javier E. Silva Espejo

  • Net Zero: Science, Origins, and Implications

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  • The linkages between photosynthesis, productivity, growth and biomass in lowland Amazonian forests.

    Yadvinder Malhi;Christopher E. Doughty;Gregory R. Goldsmith;Daniel B. Metcalfe

  • The role of large wild animals in climate change mitigation and adaptation

    Unknown

  • The variation of productivity and its allocation along a tropical elevation gradient: a whole carbon budget perspective

    Yadvinder Malhi;Cécile A. J. Girardin;Gregory R. Goldsmith;Christopher E. Doughty

  • Spatial patterns of above-ground structure, biomass and composition in a network of six Andean elevation transects

    Cécile A.J. Girardin;William Farfan-Rios;Karina Garcia;Keneth J. Feeley

  • The productivity, metabolism and carbon cycle of two lowland tropical forest plots in south-western Amazonia, Peru

    Yadvinder Malhi;Filio Farfán Amézquita;Christopher E. Doughty;Javier E. Silva-Espejo

  • Termite Diversity along an Amazon–Andes Elevation Gradient, Peru

    Olivia F. Palin;Paul Eggleton;Yadvinder Malhi;Cécile A.J. Girardin

  • The Global Ecosystems Monitoring network: Monitoring ecosystem productivity and carbon cycling across the tropics

    Yadvinder Malhi;Cécile Girardin;Daniel B. Metcalfe;Christopher E. Doughty

  • Production of leaf wax n-alkanes across a tropical forest elevation transect

    Sarah J. Feakins;Tom Peters;Mong Sin Wu;Alexander Shenkin

  • Productivity and carbon allocation in a tropical montane cloud forest in the Peruvian Andes

    Cecile A. J. Girardin;Javier E. Silva Espejob;Christopher E. Doughty;Walter Huaraca Huasco

  • Intra- and interspecific tree growth across a long altitudinal gradient in the Peruvian Andes.

    Joshua M. Rapp;Miles R. Silman;James S. Clark;Cecile A. J. Girardin

  • Measuring tropical forest carbon allocation and cycling

    Toby Marthews;Terhi Riutta;Cécile Girardin;Nathalie Butt

Frequent Co-Authors

Yadvinder Malhi
Yadvinder Malhi University of Oxford
Patrick Meir
Patrick Meir University of Edinburgh
Daniel B. Metcalfe
Daniel B. Metcalfe Umeå University
Christopher E. Doughty
Christopher E. Doughty Northern Arizona University
Luiz E. O. C. Aragão
Luiz E. O. C. Aragão National Institute for Space Research
Oliver L. Phillips
Oliver L. Phillips University of Leeds
Norma Salinas
Norma Salinas Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
Nathalie Seddon
Nathalie Seddon University of Oxford
Miles R. Silman
Miles R. Silman Wake Forest University
Toby R. Marthews
Toby R. Marthews University of Oxford

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