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Louis François

Louis François

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
56
Citations
13236
World Ranking
3603
National Ranking
55

Overview

Louis François is affiliated with the University of Liège in Belgium. Their research spans multiple aspects of environmental science with significant focus on agricultural and biological sciences, as well as earth and planetary sciences.

The scientist's work addresses various main topics, including:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Climate change impacts on agriculture
  • Geology and paleoclimatology research
  • Plant responses to elevated CO2
  • Plant water relations and carbon dynamics
  • Ecology and vegetation dynamics studies
  • Species distribution and climate change

Key fields of study cover:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Subfields of study in François's research include:

  • Global and planetary change
  • Atmospheric science
  • Ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics
  • Plant science
  • Nature and landscape conservation

The scientist has published in several frequent venues, including:

  • Environmental Research Letters
  • Geoscientific Model Development
  • Geological Journal
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)

Recent publications highlight interdisciplinary themes in climate impacts and crop model projections. Selected papers include:

  • "Intergenerational inequities in exposure to climate extremes," 2021, Science
  • "Large potential for crop production adaptation depends on available future varieties," 2021, Global Change Biology
  • "Exploring uncertainties in global crop yield projections in a large ensemble of crop models and CMIP5 and CMIP6 climate scenarios," 2021, Environmental Research Letters
  • "Early Holocene greening of the Sahara requires Mediterranean winter rainfall," 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "The GGCMI Phase 2 experiment: global gridded crop model simulations under uniform changes in CO2, temperature, water, and nitrogen levels (protocol version 1.0)," 2020, Geoscientific Model Development

Frequent collaborators of Louis François include:

  • Marie Dury
  • Jonas Jägermeyr
  • Wenfeng Liu
  • Christoph Müller
  • Ingrid Jacquemin

Best Publications

  • TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

    Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

  • Basalt weathering laws and the impact of basalt weathering on the global carbon cycle

    Céline Dessert;Bernard Dupré;Jérôme Gaillardet;Louis M. François

  • A plant's perspective of extremes: terrestrial plant responses to changing climatic variability.

    Christopher P O Reyer;Sebastian Leuzinger;Sebastian Leuzinger;Sebastian Leuzinger;Anja Rammig;Annett Wolf

  • Erosion of Deccan Traps determined by river geochemistry: impact on the global climate and the 87Sr/86Sr ratio of seawater

    Céline Dessert;Bernard Dupré;Louis M. François;Louis M. François;Jacques Schott

  • Evidence for decoupling of atmospheric CO2 and global climate during the Phanerozoic eon

    Ján Veizer;Yves Godderis;Louis M. François

  • Brazilian montane rainforest expansion induced by Heinrich Stadial 1 event

    Jorge L. D. Pinaya;Francisco W. Cruz;Gregorio C. T. Ceccantini;Pedro L. P. Correa

  • Intergenerational inequities in exposure to climate extremes

    Wim Thiery;Stefan Lange;Joeri Rogelj;Carl Friedrich Schleussner

  • Imprints of glacial refugia in the modern genetic diversity of Pinus sylvestris

    Rachid Cheddadi;Giovanni Giuseppe Vendramin;Thomas Litt;Louis François

  • Global comparison of light use efficiency models for simulating terrestrial vegetation gross primary production based on the LaThuile database

    Wenping Yuan;Wenwen Cai;Jiangzhou Xia;Jiquan Chen

  • State-of-the-art global models underestimate impacts from climate extremes

    Jacob Schewe;Simon N. Gosling;Christopher Reyer;Fang Zhao

  • Rivers, chemical weathering and Earth's climate

    Bernard Dupré;Céline Dessert;Priscia Oliva;Yves Goddéris

  • The Coexistence Approach—Theoretical background and practical considerations of using plant fossils for climate quantification

    T. Utescher;A. A. Bruch;B. Erdei;Louis François

  • CARAIB - A global model of terrestrial biological productivity

    Pierre Warnant;Louis François;David Strivay;Jean-Claude Gérard

  • Modelling the Phanerozoic carbon cycle and climate: constraints from the 87Sr/86Sr isotopic ratio of seawater.

    Louis M. Francois;James C. G. Walker

  • The Sturtian ‘snowball’ glaciation: fire and ice

    Y. Godderis;Y. Donnadieu;A. Nedelec;B. Dupre

  • Modelling weathering processes at the catchment scale: The WITCH numerical model

    Yves Goddéris;Louis M. François;Anne Probst;Jacques Schott

  • Temperature and Precipitation Effects on Wheat Yield Across a European Transect: a Crop Model Ensemble Analysis Using Impact Response Surfaces

    N. Pirttioja;T. R. Carter;S. Fronzek;M. Bindi

  • Tree mortality submodels drive simulated long-term forest dynamics: assessing 15 models from the stand to global scale

    Harald Bugmann;Rupert Seidl;Florian Hartig;Friedrich Bohn;Friedrich Bohn

  • Thermal optimality of net ecosystem exchange of carbon dioxide and underlying mechanisms.

    Shuli Niu;Yiqi Luo;Yiqi Luo;Shenfeng Fei;Wenping Yuan

  • Large potential for crop production adaptation depends on available future varieties

    Florian Zabel;Christoph Müller;Joshua Elliott;Sara Minoli

  • C4 plants decline in the Himalayan basin since the Last Glacial Maximum

    Valier Galy;Louis François;Christian France-Lanord;Pierre Faure

Frequent Co-Authors

Yves Goddéris
Yves Goddéris Paul Sabatier University
Rachid Cheddadi
Rachid Cheddadi University of Montpellier
Torsten Utescher
Torsten Utescher University of Bonn
Thomas Hickler
Thomas Hickler Goethe University Frankfurt
Christopher P.O. Reyer
Christopher P.O. Reyer Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Bernard Dupré
Bernard Dupré Paul Sabatier University
Alex C. Ruane
Alex C. Ruane Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Hanqin Tian
Hanqin Tian Auburn University
Jacques Schott
Jacques Schott Paul Sabatier University
Jinfeng Chang
Jinfeng Chang Zhejiang University

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