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Jean-Claude Gégout

Jean-Claude Gégout

Agro ParisTech
France

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
43
Citations
9524
World Ranking
5235
National Ranking
230

Jean-Claude Gégout publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jean-Claude Gégout sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 129 publications — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Jean-Claude Gégout D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jean-Claude Gégout sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Jean-Claude Gégout is affiliated with Agro ParisTech in France. Their scholarly work focuses primarily on Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a particular emphasis on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science, and Ecological Modeling. Their research interests extend into subfields such as Global and Planetary Change and Ecology.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics including Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Botany and Plant Ecology Studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, as well as Forest Ecology and Management. Additional areas of study encompass Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna, Fire Effects on Ecosystems, and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics.

Jean-Claude Gégout has published in several scientific journals and venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Applied Vegetation Science
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Vegetation Science

Their recent publications feature collaborations with various co-authors. Frequent co-authors are:

  • Milan Chytrý
  • Ilona Knollová
  • Jürgen Dengler
  • Borja Jiménez-Alfaro
  • Svetlana Aćić

Highlighted recent papers include:

  • "EUNIS Habitat Classification: Expert system, characteristic species combinations and distribution maps of European habitats" (2020) published in Applied Vegetation Science
  • "Ellenberg-type indicator values for European vascular plant species" (2022) 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
  • "Windstorm-induced canopy openings accelerate temperate forest adaptation to global warming" (2020) published in Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • "Climate change impact on tree mortality differs with tree social status" (2021) published in Forest Ecology and Management

Best Publications

  • A Significant Upward Shift in Plant Species Optimum Elevation During the 20th Century

    J. Lenoir;J. C. Gégout;P. A. Marquet;P. de Ruffray

  • Changes in plant community composition lag behind climate warming in lowland forests.

    Romain Bertrand;Romain Bertrand;Jonathan Lenoir;Christian Piedallu;Christian Piedallu;Gabriela Riofrío-Dillon;Gabriela Riofrío-Dillon

  • 21st century climate change threatens mountain flora unequally across Europe

    Robin Engler;Christophe F. Randin;Wilfried Thuiller;Stefan Dullinger

  • Going against the flow: potential mechanisms for unexpected downslope range shifts in a warming climate

    Jonathan Lenoir;Jean-Claude Gégout;Antoine Guisan;Pascal Vittoz

  • EUNIS Habitat Classification: expert system, characteristic species combinations and distribution maps of European habitats

    Milan Chytrý;Lubomír Tichý;Stephan M. Hennekens;Ilona Knollová

  • Soil nutritional factors improve models of plant species distribution: an illustration with Acer campestre (L.) in France

    Christophe Coudun;Jean‐Claude Gégout;Christian Piedallu;Jean‐Claude Rameau

  • Ellenberg‐type indicator values for European vascular plant species

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  • Ecological constraints increase the climatic debt in forests.

    Romain Bertrand;Gabriela Riofrío-Dillon;Jonathan Lenoir;Jacques Drapier

  • Differences between tree species seedling and adult altitudinal distribution in mountain forests during the recent warm period (1986–2006)

    Jonathan Lenoir;Jean-Claude Gégout;Jean-Claude Pierrat;Jean-Daniel Bontemps

  • Disregarding the edaphic dimension in species distribution models leads to the omission of crucial spatial information under climate change: the case ofQuercus pubescensin France

    Romain Bertrand;Romain Bertrand;Vincent Perez;Vincent Perez;Jean-Claude Gégout;Jean-Claude Gégout

  • Soil water balance performs better than climatic water variables in tree species distribution modelling

    Christian Piedallu;Christian Piedallu;Jean-Claude Gégout;Jean-Claude Gégout;Vincent Perez;Vincent Perez;François Lebourgeois;François Lebourgeois

  • Picea abies site index prediction by environmental factors and understorey vegetation: a two-scale approach based on survey databases

    Ingrid Seynave;Jean-Claude Gégout;Jean-Christophe Hervé;Jean-François Dhôte

  • Quantitative prediction of the distribution and abundance of Vaccinium myrtillus with climatic and edaphic factors

    Christophe Coudun;Jean-Claude Gégout

  • Soil and climate differently impact NDVI patterns according to the season and the stand type.

    Christian Piedallu;Véronique Cheret;Jean-Philippe Denux;Vincent Perez

  • EcoPlant: A forest site database linking floristic data with soil and climate variables

    Jean-Claude Gégout;Christophe Coudun;Gilles Bailly;Bernard Jabiol

  • Mapping soil water holding capacity over large areas to predict potential production of forest stands

    Christian Piedallu;Christian Piedallu;Jean-Claude Gégout;Jean-Claude Gégout;Ary Bruand;Ary Bruand;Ingrid Seynave;Ingrid Seynave

  • History and environment shape species pools and community diversity in European beech forests

    Borja Jiménez-Alfaro;Marco Girardello;Marco Girardello;Milan Chytrý;Jens-Christian Svenning

  • The derivation of species response curves with Gaussian logistic regression is sensitive to sampling intensity and curve characteristics

    Christophe Coudun;Jean-Claude Gégout

  • Multiscale computation of solar radiation for predictive vegetation modelling

    Christian Piedallu;Jean-Claude Gégout

  • Efficient assessment of topographic solar radiation to improve plant distribution models

    Christian Piedallu;Jean-claude Gégout

  • Geology and climate conditions affect more humus forms than forest canopies at large scale in temperate forests

    Jean-François Ponge;Bernard Jabiol;Jean-Claude Gégout

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonathan Lenoir
Jonathan Lenoir University of Picardie Jules Verne
Anne Probst
Anne Probst Paul Sabatier University
Thomas Wohlgemuth
Thomas Wohlgemuth Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Antoine Guisan
Antoine Guisan University of Lausanne
Jens-Christian Svenning
Jens-Christian Svenning Aarhus University
Pascal Vittoz
Pascal Vittoz University of Lausanne
Stefan Dullinger
Stefan Dullinger University of Vienna
Niklaus E. Zimmermann
Niklaus E. Zimmermann Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Wolfgang Willner
Wolfgang Willner University of Vienna
Harald Pauli
Harald Pauli BOKU University

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