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Pieter De Frenne

Pieter De Frenne

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
65
Citations
15959
World Ranking
1789
National Ranking
23

Overview

Pieter De Frenne is affiliated with Ghent University in Belgium and has an extensive publication record primarily in the fields of environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences. Their work includes a strong focus on subfields such as nature and landscape conservation, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, ecological modeling, global and planetary change, and plant science.

Their research topics encompass ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, species distribution and climate change, plant and animal studies, plant water relations and carbon dynamics, botany and plant ecology studies, forest ecology and biodiversity studies, and forest ecology and management.

Recent significant papers by Pieter De Frenne include:

  • Forest microclimates and climate change: Importance, drivers and future research agenda (2021, Global Change Biology)
  • Forest microclimate dynamics drive plant responses to warming (2020, Science)
  • Global maps of soil temperature (2021, Global Change Biology)
  • SoilTemp: A global database of near-surface temperature (2020, Global Change Biology)
  • Global patterns and drivers of rainfall partitioning by trees and shrubs (2021, Global Change Biology)

The venues where Pieter De Frenne frequently publishes include:

  • Global Change Biology
  • Journal of Ecology
  • Journal of Vegetation Science
  • Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • The Science of The Total Environment

Collaborative work is a significant aspect of Pieter De Frenne's research. Frequent co-authors are:

  • Kris Verheyen
  • Pieter Vangansbeke
  • Jonathan Lenoir
  • Thomas Vanneste
  • Jörg Brunet

The combination of ecological modeling, conservation studies, and climate-related research is evident in their publication record, covering both theoretical and applied aspects within environmental science and biological fields. Their work reflects engagement with global change issues, species distributions, and vegetation dynamics, often integrating interdisciplinary approaches relevant to landscape and ecosystem understanding.

Best Publications

  • Forest microclimates and climate change: Importance, drivers and future research agenda.

    Pieter De Frenne;Jonathan Lenoir;Miska Luoto;Brett R. Scheffers

  • Microclimate moderates plant responses to macroclimate warming

    Pieter De Frenne;Pieter De Frenne;Francisco Rodríguez-Sánchez;David Anthony Coomes;Lander Baeten

  • Global buffering of temperatures under forest canopies

    Pieter De Frenne;Florian Zellweger;Francisco Rodríguez-Sánchez;Brett R. Scheffers

  • Forest microclimate dynamics drive plant responses to warming

    Florian Zellweger;Florian Zellweger;Pieter De Frenne;Jonathan Lenoir;Pieter Vangansbeke

  • Global meta-analysis reveals no net change in local-scale plant biodiversity over time

    Mark Vellend;Lander Baeten;Isla H. Myers-Smith;Isla H. Myers-Smith;Sarah C. Elmendorf

  • Latitudinal gradients as natural laboratories to infer species' responses to temperature

    Pieter De Frenne;Pieter De Frenne;Bente J. Graae;Francisco Rodríguez‐Sánchez;Annette Kolb

  • Advances in Microclimate Ecology Arising from Remote Sensing

    Florian Zellweger;Pieter De Frenne;Jonathan Lenoir;Duccio Rocchini;Duccio Rocchini

  • Driving factors behind the eutrophication signal in understorey plant communities of deciduous temperate forests

    Kris Verheyen;Lander Baeten;Pieter De Frenne;Markus Bernhardt-Römermann

  • Cumulative nitrogen input drives species loss in terrestrial ecosystems

    An De Schrijver;Pieter De Frenne;Evy Ampoorter;Lotte Van Nevel

  • The functional role of temperate forest understorey vegetation in a changing world.

    Dries Landuyt;Emiel De Lombaerde;Michael P. Perring;Michael P. Perring;Lionel R. Hertzog

  • Advances in Monitoring and Modelling Climate at Ecologically Relevant Scales

    Isobel Bramer;Barbara J. Anderson;Jonathan Bennie;Andrew J. Bladon

  • Trees increase soil organic carbon and nutrient availability in temperate agroforestry systems

    P. Pardon;B. Reubens;D. Reheul;J. Mertens

  • Global environmental change effects on ecosystems: the importance of land-use legacies.

    Michael P. Perring;Michael P. Perring;Pieter De Frenne;Lander Baeten;Sybryn L. Maes

  • Seasonal drivers of understorey temperature buffering in temperate deciduous forests across Europe

    Florian Zellweger;Florian Zellweger;David Coomes;Jonathan Lenoir;Leen Depauw

  • SoilTemp: A global database of near-surface temperature

    Jonas J. Lembrechts;Juha Aalto;Juha Aalto;Michael B. Ashcroft;Michael B. Ashcroft;Pieter De Frenne

  • On the use of weather data in ecological studies along altitudinal and latitudinal gradients

    Bente J. Graae;Pieter De Frenne;Annette Kolb;Jörg Brunet

  • Temperature effects on forest herbs assessed by warming and transplant experiments along a latitudinal gradient

    Pieter De Frenne;Jörg Brunet;Anna Shevtsova;Annette Kolb

  • Drivers of temporal changes in temperate forest plant diversity vary across spatial scales

    Markus Bernhardt-Römermann;Lander Baeten;Dylan Craven;Pieter De Frenne

  • Global patterns of intraspecific leaf trait responses to elevation.

    Gabriele Midolo;Pieter De Frenne;Norbert Hölzel;Camilla Wellstein

  • Tree species traits cause divergence in soil acidification during four decades of postagricultural forest development

    An de Schrijver;Pieter de Frenne;Jeroen Staelens;Gorik Verstraeten

  • Estimates of local biodiversity change over time stand up to scrutiny.

    Mark Vellend;Maria Dornelas;Lander Baeten;Robin Beauséjour

Frequent Co-Authors

Kris Verheyen
Kris Verheyen Ghent University
Jörg Brunet
Jörg Brunet Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Martin Hermy
Martin Hermy KU Leuven
Jonathan Lenoir
Jonathan Lenoir University of Picardie Jules Verne
Bente J. Graae
Bente J. Graae Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Guillaume Decocq
Guillaume Decocq University of Picardie Jules Verne
Sara A. O. Cousins
Sara A. O. Cousins Stockholm University
Martin Diekmann
Martin Diekmann University of Bremen
Lander Baeten
Lander Baeten Ghent University
Jan Plue
Jan Plue Stockholm University

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