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Joachim Maes

Joachim Maes

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
60
Citations
15872
World Ranking
2271
National Ranking
28

Overview

Joachim Maes is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and has developed a significant body of research within the field of Environmental Science, contributing extensively to related subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Environmental Engineering, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

Their research covers a broad range of topics, including:

  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Economic and Environmental Valuation
  • Urban Green Space and Health
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Forest Management and Policy

Joachim Maes has published numerous papers in a variety of academic venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • One Ecosystem
  • Ecosystem Services
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Nature Communications
  • Belgian journal of zoology

Among their recent papers are the following, each providing insight into environmental challenges and ecosystem management:

  • Urban heat island mitigation by green infrastructure in European Functional Urban Areas, 2021, Sustainable Cities and Society
  • A global biodiversity observing system to unite monitoring and guide action, 2023, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Global long-term mapping of surface temperature shows intensified intra-city urban heat island extremes, 2021, Global Environmental Change
  • Establishing the SEEA Ecosystem Accounting as a global standard, 2022, Ecosystem Services
  • Selection criteria for ecosystem condition indicators, 2021, Ecological Indicators

Frequent collaborators in their research include Sara Vallecillo, Grazia Zulian, Alessandra La Notte, Bálint Czúcz, and Chiara Polce, reflecting a network of scientific partnerships that support interdisciplinary work in environmental science and sustainability.

Best Publications

  • Mapping ecosystem services for policy support and decision making in the European Union

    Joachim Maes;Benis Egoh;Louise Willemen;Camino Liquete

  • A blueprint for mapping and modelling ecosystem services

    Neville D. Crossman;Benjamin Burkhard;Stoyan Nedkov;Louise Willemen

  • Synergies and trade-offs between ecosystem service supply, biodiversity, and habitat conservation status in Europe

    J. Maes;M.L. Paracchini;G. Zulian;M.B. Dunbar

  • An indicator framework for assessing ecosystem services in support of the EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020

    Joachim Maes;Camino Liquete;Anne Teller;Markus Erhard

  • Nature‐Based Solutions for Europe's Sustainable Development

    Joachim Maes;Sander Jacobs

  • Mapping Ecosystem Services

    Joachim Maes;Neville D. Crossman;Benjamin Burkhard

  • Mapping cultural ecosystem services: a framework to assess the potential for outdoor recreation across the EU

    Maria Luisa Paracchini;Grazia Zulian;Leena Kopperoinen;Joachim Maes

  • Mapping and assessment of ecosystems and their services - An analytical framework for ecosystem assessments under action 5 of the EU biodiversity strategy to 2020

    Joachim Maes;Anne Teller;Markus Erhard;C. Liquete

  • Urban heat island mitigation by green infrastructure in European Functional Urban Areas

    Federica Marando;Mehdi P. Heris;Grazia Zulian;Angel Udias Moinelo

  • Mapping ecosystem services' values: current practice and future prospects.

    Jan Philipp Schagner;Luke M. Brander;Joachim Maes;Volkmar Hartje

  • Mapping green infrastructure based on ecosystem services and ecological networks: A Pan-European case study

    Camino Liquete;Stefan Kleeschulte;Gorm Dige;Joachim Maes

  • Unpacking ecosystem service bundles : Towards predictive mapping of synergies and trade-offs between ecosystem services

    Rebecca Spake;Rémy Lasseur;Emilie Crouzat;James M. Bullock

  • Indicators for mapping ecosystem services: a review

    Benis N Egoh;Evangelia Drakou;Martha B. Dunbar;Joachim Maes

  • Mapping water provisioning services to support the ecosystem-water-food-energy nexus in the Danube river basin

    Armağan Karabulut;Benis N. Egoh;Denis Lanzanova;Bruna Grizzetti

  • More green infrastructure is required to maintain ecosystem services under current trends in land-use change in Europe

    Joachim Maes;Ana Barbosa;Claudia Baranzelli;Grazia Zulian

  • “Maps have an air of authority”: Potential benefits and challenges of ecosystem service maps at different levels of decision making

    Jennifer Hauck;Christoph Görg;Riku Varjopuro;Outi Ratamäki

  • Interregional flows of ecosystem services : Concepts, typology and four cases

    Matthias Schröter;Thomas Koellner;Rob Alkemade;Rob Alkemade;Sebastian Arnhold

  • Seasonal patterns in the fish and crustacean community of a turbid temperate estuary (Zeeschelde Estuary, Belgium)

    Joachim Maes;A Taillieu;PA Van Damme;Karl Cottenie

  • Uncertainties in Ecosystem Service Maps: A Comparison on the European Scale

    Catharina J. E. Schulp;Benjamin Burkhard;Joachim Maes;Jasper Van Vliet

  • Interactions among ecosystem services across Europe: Bagplots and cumulative correlation coefficients reveal synergies, trade-offs, and regional patterns

    Cornelius Jopke;Juergen Kreyling;Joachim Maes;Thomas Koellner

  • The impact of water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) in a eutrophic subtropical impoundment (Lake Chivero, Zimbabwe). II. Species diversity

    Luc Brendonck;Joachim Maes;Wouter Rommens;Nzwirashe Dekeza

Frequent Co-Authors

Maria Luisa Paracchini
Maria Luisa Paracchini European Commission
Benjamin Burkhard
Benjamin Burkhard University of Hannover
Benis Egoh
Benis Egoh University of California, Irvine
Giovanni Bidoglio
Giovanni Bidoglio European Union
Luke Brander
Luke Brander Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Bálint Czúcz
Bálint Czúcz Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
Bruna Grizzetti
Bruna Grizzetti Université Paris Cité
Rob Alkemade
Rob Alkemade Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
Mette Termansen
Mette Termansen University of Copenhagen

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