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Overview

Didier Alard is affiliated with the University of Bordeaux in France and has a research focus within Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their scholarly work spans several subfields, including Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, Forestry, Plant Science, and Ecology.

Their research topics cover a variety of ecological and environmental themes. Key areas of interest include:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Pasture and Agricultural Systems
  • African Botany and Ecology Studies
  • Forest ecology and management
  • Fire effects on ecosystems

Didier Alard has contributed to multiple recent published works. Selected papers include:

  • The climatic debt is growing in the understorey of temperate forests: Stand characteristics matter (2021, Global Ecology and Biogeography)
  • Conceptual and methodological issues in estimating the success of ecological restoration (2021, Ecological Indicators)
  • Consistent response of weeds according to Grime's CSR strategies along disturbance and resource gradients in Bordeaux vineyards (2022, Weed Research)
  • Classification and mapping of saltmarsh vegetation combining multispectral images with field data (2020, Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science)
  • Canopy composition and drought shape understorey plant assemblages in a young tree diversity experiment (2020, Journal of Vegetation Science)

The frequent coauthors who have collaborated with Didier Alard include:

  • Emmanuel Corcket
  • Thierry Dutoit
  • Marie-Lise Benot
  • Cian Blaix
  • Olivier Chabrerie

Key venues where Didier Alard's work is published show recurring appearances in:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Ecological Indicators
  • Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment
  • Journal of Vegetation Science

Best Publications

  • Identifying and managing the conflicts between agriculture and biodiversity conservation in Europe - a review

    Klaus Henle;Didier Alard;Jeremy Clitherow;Paul Cobb

  • Nitrogen deposition threatens species richness of grasslands across Europe

    Carly J. Stevens;Cecilia Duprè;Edu Dorland;Cassandre Gaudnik

  • Towards sustainable land use: identifying and managing the conflicts between human activities and biodiversity conservation in Europe

    Juliette Young;Allan Watt;Peter Nowicki;Didier Alard

  • Plant diversity in a managed temperate deciduous forest: understorey response to two silvicultural systems

    Guillaume Decocq;Michaël Aubert;Frederic Dupont;Didier Alard;Didier Alard

  • Restoration and Rehabilitation of Species-Rich Grassland Ecosystems in France: a Review

    S. Muller;T. Dutoit;D. Alard;F. Grévilliot

  • Identifying, managing and monitoring conflicts between forest biodiversity conservation and other human interests in Europe

    J. Niemela;Juliette C. Young;D. Alard;M. Askasibar

  • Soil phosphorus constrains biodiversity across European grasslands

    Tobias Ceulemans;Carly J. Stevens;Luc Duchateau;Hans Jacquemyn

  • Relationship between plant and soil microbial communities along a successional gradient in a chalk grassland in north-western France

    O. Chabrerie;K. Laval;P. Puget;S. Desaire

  • The impact of nitrogen deposition on acid grasslands in the Atlantic region of Europe

    Carly J. Stevens;Cecilia Duprè;Edu Dorland;Cassandre Gaudnik

  • Differential Effects of Oxidised and Reduced Nitrogen on Vegetation and Soil Chemistry of Species-Rich Acidic Grasslands

    Edu Dorland;Carly J. Stevens;Cassandre Gaudnik;Emmanuel Corcket

  • Diversity of plant assemblages in managed temperate forests: a case study in Normandy (France)

    Michaël Aubert;Didier Alard;Fabrice Bureau

  • Permanent seed banks in chalk grassland under various management regimes: their role in the restoration of species-rich plant communities

    Thierry Dutoit;Didier Alard

  • Long-term changes in calcareous grassland vegetation in North-western Germany – No decline in species richness, but a shift in species composition

    Martin Diekmann;Ute Jandt;Didier Alard;Albert Bleeker

  • Relative contribution of edge and interior zones to patch size effect on species richness: An example for woody plants

    Maya Gonzalez;Sylvie Ladet;Marc Deconchat;Alain Cabanettes

  • Dynamics of rural landscapes and their main driving factors: A case study in the Seine Valley, Normandy, France

    Isabelle Poudevigne;Sabine van Rooij;Pierre Morin;Didier Alard

  • Effect of tree mixture on the humic epipedon and vegetation diversity in managed beech forests (Normandy, France)

    Michaël Aubert;Fabrice Bureau;Didier Alard;Jacques Bardat

  • Silviculture-driven vegetation change in a European temperate deciduous forest

    Guillaume Decocq;Michaël Aubert;Frédéric Dupont;Jacques Bardat

  • Changes in species composition of European acid grasslands observed along a gradient of nitrogen deposition

    Carly Stevens;Carly Stevens;Cecilia Duprè;Cassandre Gaudnik;Edu Dorland

  • Patterns of secondary succession in calcareous grasslands: can we distinguish the influence of former land uses from present vegetation data?

    Didier Alard;Olivier Chabrerie;Thierry Dutoit;Philip Roche

  • Effects of tree canopy composition on earthworms and other macro-invertebrates in beech forests of Upper Normandy (France): The 7th international symposium on earthworm ecology · Cardiff · Wales · 2002

    Michaël Aubert;Mickaël Hedde;Thibaud Decaëns;Fabrice Bureau

Frequent Co-Authors

Carly J. Stevens
Carly J. Stevens Lancaster University
Thierry Dutoit
Thierry Dutoit University of Avignon
Martin Diekmann
Martin Diekmann University of Bremen
David J. G. Gowing
David J. G. Gowing The Open University
Roland Bobbink
Roland Bobbink Radboud University
Nancy B. Dise
Nancy B. Dise Manchester Metropolitan University
Albert Bleeker
Albert Bleeker Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands
Vigdis Vandvik
Vigdis Vandvik University of Bergen
Thibaud Decaëns
Thibaud Decaëns University of Montpellier
Olivier Chabrerie
Olivier Chabrerie University of Picardie Jules Verne

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