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Pascal Boeckx

Pascal Boeckx

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Environmental Sciences
Belgium
2026
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Biology and Biochemistry
Belgium
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
89
Citations
32652
World Ranking
613
National Ranking
8

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Belgium Leader Award

Overview

Pascal Boeckx is affiliated with Ghent University in Belgium and is active in the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research spans numerous subfields, including Global and Planetary Change, Soil Science, Ecology, Plant Science, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The scientist's work is centered on several key research topics: Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Soil erosion and sediment transport, Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, and Forest ecology and management.

Pascal Boeckx has contributed papers to multiple publication venues, with frequent publications in The Science of The Total Environment, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Nature, Biogeosciences, and SSRN Electronic Journal.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Boeckx include:

  • Asynchronous carbon sink saturation in African and Amazonian tropical forests, 2020, Nature
  • Aboveground biomass density models for NASA's Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) lidar mission, 2022, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Long-term thermal sensitivity of Earth's tropical forests, 2020, Science
  • Integrated global assessment of the natural forest carbon potential, 2023, Nature
  • Global maps of soil temperature, 2021, Global Change Biology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Boeckx include Marijn Bauters, Samuel Bodé, Matti Barthel, Johan Six, and Hans Verbeeck. These collaborations suggest active engagement in multidisciplinary research projects and partnerships.

Best Publications

  • TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

    Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

  • Present limitations and future prospects of stable isotope methods for nitrate source identification in surface- and groundwater.

    Dongmei Xue;Jorin Botte;Bernard De Baets;Frederik Accoe

  • Biological denitrification in microbial fuel cells.

    Peter Clauwaert;Korneel Rabaey;Peter Aelterman;Liesje De Schamphelaire

  • Asynchronous carbon sink saturation in African and Amazonian tropical forests

    Wannes Hubau;Wannes Hubau;Wannes Hubau;Simon L. Lewis;Simon L. Lewis;Oliver L. Phillips;Kofi Affum-Baffoe

  • Soil carbon storage controlled by interactions between geochemistry and climate

    Sebastian Doetterl;Sebastian Doetterl;Antoine Stevens;Antoine Stevens;Johan Six;Roel Merckx

  • An integrated pan‐tropical biomass map using multiple reference datasets

    Valerio Avitabile;Martin Herold;Gerard B.M. Heuvelink;Simon L. Lewis;Simon L. Lewis

  • Assessment of the importance of dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium for the terrestrial nitrogen cycle

    T Rütting;Pascal Boeckx;C Müller;C Müller;L Klemedtsson

  • Factors influencing quality variation in cocoa (Theobroma cacao) bean flavour profile — A review

    John Edem Kongor;John Edem Kongor;Michael Hinneh;Michael Hinneh;Davy Van de Walle;Emmanuel Ohene Afoakwa

  • Aboveground biomass density models for NASA’s Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) lidar mission

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  • An estimate of the number of tropical tree species

    J. W. Ferry Slik;Víctor Arroyo-Rodríguez;Shin-Ichiro Aiba;Patricia Alvarez-Loayza

  • Maize biochars accelerate short-term soil nitrogen dynamics in a loamy sand soil

    Victoria Nelissen;Tobias Rütting;Dries Huygens;Dries Huygens;Jeroen Staelens

  • Above-ground biomass and structure of 260 African tropical forests.

    Simon L. Lewis;Simon L. Lewis;Bonaventure Sonké;Terry Sunderland;Serge K. Begne;Serge K. Begne

  • Carbon allocation and carbon isotope fluxes in the plant-soil-atmosphere continuum: a review

    Nicolas Brüggemann;Arthur Gessler;Zachary E. Kayler;Sonjagisela Keel

  • Long-term thermal sensitivity of Earth’s tropical forests

    Martin J.P. Sullivan;Martin J.P. Sullivan;Simon L. Lewis;Simon L. Lewis;Kofi Affum-Baffoe;Carolina Castilho

  • Methane Oxidation in a Neutral Landfill Cover Soil: Influence of Moisture Content, Temperature, and Nitrogen-Turnover

    Pascal Boeckx;Oswald Van Cleemput

  • Methane Oxidation in Simulated Landfill Cover Soil Environments

    A. de Visscher;D. Thomas;P. Boeckx;O. van Cleemput

  • Methane emission from a landfill and the methane oxidising capacity of its covering soil

    Pascal Boeckx;Oswald van Cleemput;Ida Villaralvo

  • Use of a Bayesian isotope mixing model to estimate proportional contributions of multiple nitrate sources in surface water

    Dongmei Xue;Bernard De Baets;Oswald Van Cleemput;Carmel Hennessy

  • Microbial community composition and rhizodeposit-carbon assimilation in differently managed temperate grassland soils

    Karolien Denef;Dries Roobroeck;Mihiri C.W. Manimel Wadu;Peter Lootens

  • Effect of different biochar and fertilizer types on N2O and NO emissions

    Victoria Nelissen;Biplob Kumar Saha;Biplob Kumar Saha;Greet Ruysschaert;Pascal Boeckx

  • One-stage partial nitritation/anammox at 15 °C on pretreated sewage: feasibility demonstration at lab-scale

    Haydée De Clippeleir;Siegfried E. Vlaeminck;Fabian De Wilde;Katrien Daeninck

  • Communications in Agricultural and Applied Biological Sciences

    Guy Smagghe;Els Damme;Walter Steurbaut;Peter Bossier

Frequent Co-Authors

Dries Huygens
Dries Huygens Ghent University
Oswald Van Cleemput
Oswald Van Cleemput Ghent University
Georges Hofman
Georges Hofman Ghent University
Hans Verbeeck
Hans Verbeeck Ghent University
Kris Verheyen
Kris Verheyen Ghent University
Jeroen Staelens
Jeroen Staelens Flanders Environment Agency
Stefaan De Neve
Stefaan De Neve Ghent University
Nico Boon
Nico Boon Ghent University
Willy Verstraete
Willy Verstraete Ghent University
Hans Beeckman
Hans Beeckman Royal Museum for Central Africa

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