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Olivier Honnay

Olivier Honnay

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Ecology and Evolution
Belgium
2025

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
79
Citations
23538
World Ranking
879
National Ranking
12

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Belgium Leader Award

Overview

Olivier Honnay is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and has contributed extensively to the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science. Their research spans several subfields, including Plant Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Pharmacology, and Genetics.

Their work covers a variety of main topics such as:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
  • Coffee research and impacts
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy

Olivier Honnay has published multiple papers, including the following recent contributions:

  • Life history, climate and biogeography interactively affect worldwide genetic diversity of plant and animal populations, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Effects of single and multiple species inocula of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on the salinity tolerance of a Bangladeshi rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivar, 2020, Mycorrhiza
  • Pre-adaptation to climate change through topography-driven phenotypic plasticity, 2020, Journal of Ecology
  • Functional rather than structural connectivity explains grassland plant diversity patterns following landscape scale habitat loss, 2020, Landscape Ecology
  • Diversity and community structure of ericoid mycorrhizal fungi in European bogs and heathlands across a gradient of nitrogen deposition, 2020, New Phytologist

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Honnay include:

  • Piet Stoffelen
  • Filip Vandelook
  • Kenny Helsen
  • Jonas Depecker
  • Hanne De Kort

The researcher has frequently published in these venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Mycorrhiza
  • Journal of Ecology
  • Ecological Indicators

Olivier Honnay's work demonstrates a focus on the interactions between ecological processes, plant and fungal interactions, and environmental influences on biodiversity and plant communities. They contribute to understanding how genetic diversity and ecological connectivity impact ecosystem functioning, with implications for conservation and agricultural practices.

Best Publications

  • TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

    Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

  • An ecological comparison between ancient and other forest plant species of Europe, and the implications for forest conservation

    Martin Hermy;Olivier Honnay;Les Firbank;Carla Grashof-Bokdam

  • Susceptibility of Common and Rare Plant Species to the Genetic Consequences of Habitat Fragmentation

    Olivier Honnay;Hans Jacquemyn

  • Forest restoration, biodiversity and ecosystem functioning

    Raf Aerts;Olivier Honnay

  • Can the seed bank be used for ecological restoration? An overview of seed bank characteristics in European communities

    Beatrijs Bossuyt;Olivier Honnay

  • Biodiversity and human health: mechanisms and evidence of the positive health effects of diversity in nature and green spaces.

    Raf Aerts;Olivier Honnay;An Van Nieuwenhuyse

  • Response of forest plant species to land-use change: a life-history trait-based approach

    Kris Verheyen;Olivier Honnay;Glenn Motzkin;Martin Hermy

  • Homogenization of forest plant communities and weakening of species–environment relationships via agricultural land use

    Mark Vellend;Kris Verheyen;Kathryn M. Flinn;Hans Jacquemyn

  • Possible effects of habitat fragmentation and climate change on the range of forest plant species

    Olivier Honnay;Kris Verheyen;Jan Butaye;Hans Jacquemyn

  • Forest fragmentation effects on patch occupancy and population viability of herbaceous plant species

    Olivier Honnay;Hans Jacquemyn;Beatrijs Bossuyt;Martin Hermy

  • Prolonged clonal growth: escape route or route to extinction?

    Olivier Honnay;Beatrijs Bossuyt

  • A global meta-analysis of the biodiversity and ecosystem service benefits of coffee and cacao agroforestry

    Matthias De Beenhouwer;Raf Aerts;Olivier Honnay

  • Effects of area, age and diversity of forest patches in Belgium on plant species richness, and implications for conservation and reforestation

    Olivier Honnay;Martin Hermy;Pol Coppin

  • Meta‐Analysis of Susceptibility of Woody Plants to Loss of Genetic Diversity through Habitat Fragmentation

    Guy Vranckx;Hans Jacquemyn;Bart Muys;Olivier Honnay

  • Permeability of ancient forest edges for weedy plant species invasion

    Olivier Honnay;Kris Verheyen;Martin Hermy

  • Satellite based land use and landscape complexity indices as predictors for regional plant species diversity

    Olivier Honnay;Katrien Piessens;W Van Landuyt;Martin Hermy

  • Impact of habitat quality on forest plant species colonization

    Olivier Honnay;Martin Hermy;Pol Coppin

  • A model quantifying global vegetation resistance and resilience to short‐term climate anomalies and their relationship with vegetation cover

    Wanda De Keersmaecker;Stef Lhermitte;Laurent Tits;Olivier Honnay

  • Ecological perspectives for the restoration of plant communities in European temperate forests

    Olivier Honnay;Beatrijs Bossuyt;Kris Verheyen;Jan Butaye

  • No evidence of a plant extinction debt in highly fragmented calcareous grasslands in Belgium

    Dries Adriaens;Olivier Honnay;Martin Hermy

  • Can a seed bank maintain the genetic variation in the above ground plant population

    Olivier Honnay;Beatrijs Bossuyt;Hans Jacquemyn;Ayako Shimono

  • Life history, climate and biogeography interactively affect worldwide genetic diversity of plant and animal populations.

    H. De Kort;J. G. Prunier;S. Ducatez;O. Honnay

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Hermy
Martin Hermy KU Leuven
Raf Aerts
Raf Aerts KU Leuven
Isabel Roldán-Ruiz
Isabel Roldán-Ruiz Ghent University
Ben Somers
Ben Somers KU Leuven
Rein Brys
Rein Brys Research Institute for Nature and Forest
Bart Lievens
Bart Lievens KU Leuven
Joachim Mergeay
Joachim Mergeay Research Institute for Nature and Forest
Sebastian Schmidtlein
Sebastian Schmidtlein Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Beatrijs Bossuyt
Beatrijs Bossuyt Ghent University

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