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Overview

François Gillet is affiliated with the University of Franche-Comté in France. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a significant focus on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology, and Global and Planetary Change.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Lichen and fungal ecology

François Gillet has contributed to several peer-reviewed papers in notable publication venues such as:

  • Vegetation Classification and Survey (4 publications)
  • Journal of Vegetation Science (4 publications)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (3 publications)
  • Écrire le social (2 publications)
  • Global Ecology and Biogeography (1 publication)

Some of their recent papers include:

  • "Ecological Indicator Values for Europe (EIVE) 1.0" (2023) published in Vegetation Classification and Survey
  • "Benchmarking plant diversity of Palaearctic grasslands and other open habitats" (2021) published in Journal of Vegetation Science
  • "The climatic debt is growing in the understorey of temperate forests: Stand characteristics matter" (2021) published in Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • "Fine-grain beta diversity of Palaearctic grassland vegetation" (2021) published in Journal of Vegetation Science
  • "Scale dependence of species-area relationships is widespread but generally weak in Palaearctic grasslands" (2021) published in Journal of Vegetation Science

Their collaborative network includes frequent co-authors such as:

  • Riccardo Guarino (9 joint publications)
  • Jürgen Dengler (8 joint publications)
  • Manuel J. Steinbauer (6 joint publications)
  • Koenraad Van Meerbeek (5 joint publications)
  • Milan Chytrý (5 joint publications)

In addition to journal articles, François Gillet has contributed to academic books with publications through the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique. Notably, this includes the upcoming title "L'écologie numérique en R," scheduled for 2025.

Best Publications

  • Numerical Ecology with R

    Daniel Borcard;François Gillet;Pierre Legendre

  • Numerical Ecology with R. Second Edition

    Daniel Borcard;François Gillet;Pierre Legendre

  • Statistical analysis of denaturing gel electrophoresis (DGE) fingerprinting patterns

    Nathalie Fromin;J. Hamelin;S. Tarnawski;D. Roesti

  • Modelling natural disturbances in forest ecosystems: a review

    Rupert Seidl;Rupert Seidl;Paulo M. Fernandes;Teresa F. Fonseca;François Gillet;François Gillet

  • A comparative framework for broad‐scale plot‐based vegetation classification

    Miquel De Cáceres;Milan Chytrý;Emiliano Agrillo;Fabio Attorre

  • Situation de la vigne sauvage Vitis vinifera ssp. silvestris en Europe

    Claire Arnold;François Gillet;Jean-Michel Gobat

  • La phytosociologie synusiale intégrée : objets et concepts

    F. Gillet;B. de Foucault;P. Julve

  • Sustainable land use in Mountain Regions under global change synthesis across scales and disciplines

    Robert Huber;Andreas Rigling;Peter Bebi;Fridolin Simon Brand

  • Ecological determinants of fungal diversity on dead wood in European forests

    N. Küffer;F. Gillet;B. Senn-Irlet;M. Aragno

  • Human exposure to allergenic pollens: A comparison between urban and rural areas

    Floriane Bosch-Cano;Nadine Bernard;Bertrand Sudre;François Gillet

  • Seasonal vegetation changes in mountain pastures due to simulated effects of cattle grazing

    Florian Kohler;François Gillet;Jean-Michel Gobat;Alexandre Buttler

  • Effect of dung deposition on small-scale patch structure and seasonal vegetation dynamics in mountain pastures

    François Gillet;Florian Kohler;Charlotte Vandenberghe;Alexandre Buttler

  • Soil Microbial Community Changes in Wooded Mountain Pastures due to Simulated Effects of Cattle Grazing

    Florian Kohler;Jérôme Hamelin;François Gillet;Jean-Michel Gobat

  • Spatial and Seasonal Patterns of Cattle Habitat use in a Mountain Wooded Pasture

    Florian Kohler;François Gillet;Stéphanie Reust;Helene H. Wagner

  • Community development along a proglacial chronosequence: are above-ground and below-ground community structure controlled more by biotic than abiotic factors?

    Matthew L. Carlson;Lindsey A. Flagstad;François Gillet;François Gillet;Edward A. D. Mitchell

  • Heterogeneity of soil carbon pools and fluxes in a channelized and a restored floodplain section (Thur River, Switzerland)

    Emanuela Samaritani;J. Shrestha;Bertrand Fournier;Bertrand Fournier;E. Frossard

  • Modelling vegetation dynamics in heterogeneous pasture-woodland landscapes

    François Gillet

  • Modeling Social-Ecological Feedback Effects in the Implementation of Payments for Environmental Services in Pasture-Woodlands

    Robert Huber;Simon Briner;Alexander Peringer;Stefan Lauber

  • Integrated synusial phytosociology: some notes on a new, multiscalar approach to vegetation analysis

    François Gillet;Jean-Daniel Gallandat

  • Benchmarking plant diversity of Palaearctic grasslands and other open habitats

    Idoia Biurrun;Remigiusz Pielech;Iwona Dembicz;Iwona Dembicz;François Gillet

  • Is there a future for wild grapevine (Vitis vinifera subsp. silvestris) in the Rhine Valley

    Claire Arnold;Annik Schnitzler;Anne Douard;Richard Peter

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexandre Buttler
Alexandre Buttler École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Pierre-Marie Badot
Pierre-Marie Badot University of Franche-Comté
Robert Huber
Robert Huber Agricultural & Applied Economics Association
Daniel Borcard
Daniel Borcard University of Montreal
Pierre Legendre
Pierre Legendre University of Montreal
Michal Hájek
Michal Hájek Masaryk University
Jürgen Dengler
Jürgen Dengler Zurich University of Applied Sciences
Borja Jiménez-Alfaro
Borja Jiménez-Alfaro University of Oviedo
Helene H. Wagner
Helene H. Wagner University of Toronto
Petra Hájková
Petra Hájková Masaryk University

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