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41
Citations
7997
World Ranking
5767
National Ranking
261

Overview

Nicolas Delpierre is affiliated with the University of Paris-Saclay in France. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with a substantial contribution of 112 publications in this field.

Their work spans several subfields, including:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Ecology
  • Plant Science

They have contributed extensively to topics such as:

  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Tree-ring Climate Responses
  • Forest Ecology and Management
  • Remote Sensing in Agriculture
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Horticultural and Viticultural Research

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Nicolas Delpierre include:

  • Daniel Berveiller
  • Éric Dufrêne
  • Kamel Soudani
  • Sylvain Delzon
  • Gaëlle Vincent

Their research has been published repeatedly in several venues, notably:

  • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Biogeosciences
  • Global Ecology and Biogeography

Selected recent papers include:

  • The FLUXNET2015 dataset and the ONEFlux processing pipeline for eddy covariance data, 2020, Scientific Data
  • Ecosystem transpiration and evaporation: Insights from three water flux partitioning methods across FLUXNET sites, 2020, Global Change Biology
  • Cross-biome synthesis of source versus sink limits to tree growth, 2022, Science
  • Global transpiration data from sap flow measurements: the SAPFLUXNET database, 2021, Earth System Science Data
  • The 2018 European heatwave led to stem dehydration but not to consistent growth reductions in forests, 2022, Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

    Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

  • The FLUXNET2015 dataset and the ONEFlux processing pipeline for eddy covariance data

    Gilberto Pastorello;Carlo Trotta;Eleonora Canfora;Housen Chu

  • Evaluation of the potential of MODIS satellite data to predict vegetation phenology in different biomes: An investigation using ground-based NDVI measurements

    G. Hmimina;E. Dufrêne;J.-Y. Pontailler;N. Delpierre

  • Assessing the effects of climate change on the phenology of European temperate trees

    Yann Vitasse;Christophe François;Christophe François;Nicolas Delpierre;Eric Dufrêne;Eric Dufrêne

  • Modelling interannual and spatial variability of leaf senescence for three deciduous tree species in France.

    N. Delpierre;N. Delpierre;N. Delpierre;E. Dufrêne;E. Dufrêne;E. Dufrêne;K. Soudani;K. Soudani;K. Soudani;E. Ulrich

  • Temperate and boreal forest tree phenology: from organ-scale processes to terrestrial ecosystem models

    Nicolas Delpierre;Yann Vitasse;Isabelle Chuine;Joannès Guillemot

  • Ground-based Network of NDVI measurements for tracking temporal dynamics of canopy structure and vegetation phenology in different biomes

    K. Soudani;G. Hmimina;N. Delpierre;J.-Y. Pontailler

  • Cross-biome synthesis of source versus sink limits to tree growth

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  • Evaluation of the onset of green-up in temperate deciduous broadleaf forests derived from Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) data

    Kamel Soudani;Guerric le Maire;Eric Dufrêne;Christophe François

  • Climate control of terrestrial carbon exchange across biomes and continents

    Chuixiang Yi;Daniel Ricciuto;Runze Li;John Wolbeck

  • Ecosystem transpiration and evaporation: Insights from three water flux partitioning methods across FLUXNET sites.

    Jacob A. Nelson;Oscar Pérez-Priego;Sha Zhou;Sha Zhou;Rafael Poyatos

  • Assessing parameter variability in a photosynthesis model within and between plant functional types using global Fluxnet eddy covariance data

    M. Groenendijk;A. J. Dolman;M. K. van der Molen;R. Leuning

  • Larger temperature response of autumn leaf senescence than spring leaf-out phenology.

    Yongshuo H. Fu;Yongshuo H. Fu;Shilong Piao;Shilong Piao;Nicolas Delpierre;Fanghua Hao

  • Wood phenology, not carbon input, controls the interannual variability of wood growth in a temperate oak forest

    Nicolas Delpierre;Daniel Berveiller;Elena Granda;Eric Dufrêne

  • Global transpiration data from sap flow measurements: the SAPFLUXNET database

    Rafael Poyatos;Víctor Granda;Víctor Flo;Mark A. Adams;Mark A. Adams

  • The 2018 European heatwave led to stem dehydration but not to consistent growth reductions in forests

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  • Predicting Climate Change Impacts on the Amount and Duration of Autumn Colors in a New England Forest

    Marco Archetti;Andrew D. Richardson;John O'Keefe;Nicolas Delpierre

  • Warmer winters reduce the advance of tree spring phenology induced by warmer springs in the Alps

    Daphné Asse;Daphné Asse;Isabelle Chuine;Yann Vitasse;Yann Vitasse;Nigel Gilles Yoccoz

  • Exceptional carbon uptake in European forests during the warm spring of 2007: a data-model analysis

    N. Delpierre;N. Delpierre;K. Soudani;K. Soudani;C. François;C. François;B. Köstner

  • Estimating nocturnal ecosystem respiration from the vertical turbulent flux and change in storage of CO2

    Eva van Gorsel;Nicolas Delpierre;Ray Leuning;Andy Black

  • Coupling Water and Carbon Fluxes to Constrain Estimates of Transpiration: The TEA Algorithm

    Jacob A. Nelson;Nuno Carvalhais;Nuno Carvalhais;Matthias Cuntz;Nicolas Delpierre

  • Chilling and forcing temperatures interact to predict the onset of wood formation in Northern Hemisphere conifers

    Nicolas Delpierre;Ségolène Lireux;Florian Hartig;Jesus Julio Camarero

  • Relationships between photochemical reflectance index and light-use efficiency in deciduous and evergreen broadleaf forests

    Kamel Soudani;Gabriel Hmimina;Eric Dufrêne;Daniel Berveiller

  • Estimating nocturnal cosystem respiration from the vertical turbulent flux and change in storage of CO2

    Eva van Gorsel;Nicolas Delpierre;Ray Leuning;Andy Black

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric Dufrêne
Eric Dufrêne University of Paris-Saclay
Serge Rambal
Serge Rambal Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Jean-Marc Ourcival
Jean-Marc Ourcival Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Timo Vesala
Timo Vesala University of Helsinki
Werner L. Kutsch
Werner L. Kutsch Integrated Carbon Observation System
Ankur R. Desai
Ankur R. Desai University of Wisconsin–Madison
Marc Aubinet
Marc Aubinet University of Liège
Georg Wohlfahrt
Georg Wohlfahrt University of Innsbruck
Ray Leuning
Ray Leuning CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research
Leonardo Montagnani
Leonardo Montagnani Free University of Bozen-Bolzano

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