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Peter Christiaan le Roux

Peter Christiaan le Roux

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
34
Citations
6358
World Ranking
7530
National Ranking
88

Overview

Peter Christiaan le Roux is affiliated with the University of Pretoria in South Africa and works primarily in the field of Environmental Science. Their research focuses extensively on subfields including Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Ecological Modeling.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Polar Research and Ecology
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Rangeland and Wildlife Management
  • Marine and coastal plant biology

Frequent co-authors in their published research are:

  • Miska Luoto
  • Julia Kemppinen
  • Pekka Niittynen
  • Michelle A. Louw
  • Mia Momberg

Publications by Peter Christiaan le Roux have appeared in a range of scientific journals and venues, notably:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Vegetation Science
  • Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Polar Biology
  • Science

Selected recent papers include:

  • Grazing and ecosystem service delivery in global drylands, 2022, Science
  • Distance decay 2.0 - A global synthesis of taxonomic and functional turnover in ecological communities, 2022, Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Unforeseen plant phenotypic diversity in a dry and grazed world, 2024, Nature
  • Consistent trait-environment relationships within and across tundra plant communities, 2021, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Vulnerability of mineral-associated soil organic carbon to climate across global drylands, 2024, Nature Climate Change

Their research contributes to understanding ecosystem dynamics across various environments, with particular attention to drylands, tundra plant communities, and climate interactions affecting organic carbon in soils.

Best Publications

  • TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

    Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

  • Ecologically relevant measures of tolerance to potentially lethal temperatures.

    John S Terblanche;Ary A Hoffmann;Katherine A Mitchell;L Rako

  • Grazing and ecosystem service delivery in global drylands

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  • Rapid range expansion and community reorganization in response to warming

    Peter Christiaan le Roux;Melodie Alyce McGeoch

  • Testing species distribution models across space and time: high latitude butterflies and recent warming

    Anne Eskildsen;Peter C. le Roux;Risto K. Heikkinen;Toke Thomas Høye

  • Interaction intensity and importance along two stress gradients: adding shape to the stress-gradient hypothesis

    Peter Christiaan le Roux;Melodie Alyce McGeoch;Melodie Alyce McGeoch

  • Invasive species differ in key functional traits from native and non‐invasive alien plant species

    Rabia Mathakutha;Christien Steyn;Peter Christiaan Le Roux;I.J. Blom

  • Changes in climate extremes, variability and signature on sub-Antarctic Marion Island

    Peter Christiaan le Roux;Melodie McGeoch

  • Soil moisture's underestimated role in climate change impact modelling in low-energy systems.

    Peter Christiaan le Roux;Juha Aalto;Miska Luoto

  • Vegetation Mediates Soil Temperature and Moisture in Arctic-Alpine Environments

    Juha Aalto;Peter C. le Roux;Miska Luoto

  • A global analysis of bidirectional interactions in alpine plant communities shows facilitators experiencing strong reciprocal fitness costs.

    Christian Schöb;Richard Michalet;Lohengrin A. Cavieres;Francisco I. Pugnaire

  • Ontogenetic shifts in plant interactions vary with environmental severity and affect population structure

    Peter Christiaan le Roux;Peter Christiaan le Roux;Justine D Shaw;Justine D Shaw;Justine D Shaw;Steven Loudon Chown;Steven Loudon Chown

  • Thermal biology, population fluctuations and implications of temperature extremes for the management of two globally significant insect pests.

    Casper Nyamukondiwa;Christopher W Weldon;Christopher W Weldon;Steven Loudon Chown;Peter Christiaan le Roux;Peter Christiaan le Roux

  • Spatial overlaps between the global protected areas network and terrestrial hotspots of evolutionary diversity

    Barnabas H. Daru;Peter Christiaan Le Roux;Jeyanthi Gopalraj;Daniel S. Park

  • Biotic interactions affect the elevational ranges of high‐latitude plant species

    Peter C. le Roux;Risto Virtanen;Risto K. Heikkinen;Miska Luoto

  • Horizontal, but not vertical, biotic interactions affect fine‐scale plant distribution patterns in a low‐energy system

    Peter C. le Roux;Jonathan Lenoir;Loïc Pellissier;Loïc Pellissier;Mary S. Wisz

  • Species and community responses to short‐term climate manipulation: Microarthropods in the sub‐Antarctic

    Melodie A. Mcgeoch;Peter Christiaan le Roux;Elizabeth A Hugo;Steven L. Chown

  • Extrapolating population size from the occupancy-abundance relationship and the scaling pattern of occupancy

    Cang Hui;Melodie McGeoch;Belinda Reyers;Peter Christiaan le Roux

  • Effects of a short‐term climate change experiment on a sub‐Antarctic keystone plant species

    Peter Christiaan le Roux;Melodie A. McGeoch;Mawethu J. Nyakatya;Steven L. Chown

  • Incorporating dominant species as proxies for biotic interactions strengthens plant community models

    Peter Christiaan Le Roux;Peter Christiaan Le Roux;Loïc Pellissier;Mary S. Wisz;Mary S. Wisz;Miska Luoto

  • Earth surface processes drive the richness, composition and occurrence of plant species in an arctic–alpine environment

    Peter C. le Roux;Miska Luoto

Frequent Co-Authors

Miska Luoto
Miska Luoto University of Helsinki
Melodie A. McGeoch
Melodie A. McGeoch Monash University
Steven L. Chown
Steven L. Chown Monash University
Juha Aalto
Juha Aalto University of Helsinki
Mary S. Wisz
Mary S. Wisz World Maritime University
Yoann Le Bagousse-Pinguet
Yoann Le Bagousse-Pinguet King Juan Carlos University
Ingolf Kühn
Ingolf Kühn Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Risto Virtanen
Risto Virtanen University of Oulu

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