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Rasoul Yousefpour

Rasoul Yousefpour

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
32
Citations
3757
World Ranking
8106
National Ranking
414

Overview

Rasoul Yousefpour is affiliated with the University of Freiburg in Germany and has contributed extensively to the field of Environmental Science. Their research primarily addresses global and planetary change, nature and landscape conservation, ecology, economics and econometrics, and atmospheric science.

Their work encompasses several detailed research topics, including:

  • Forest Management and Policy
  • Forest ecology and management
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change

Yousefpour's recent publications include a variety of papers across prominent scientific journals:

  • "Growth resistance and resilience of mixed silver fir and Norway spruce forests in central Europe: Contrasting responses to mild and severe droughts" (2021, Global Change Biology)
  • "A global synthesis on the effects of thinning on hydrological processes: Implications for forest management" (2022, Forest Ecology and Management)
  • "Evaluating the effectiveness of retention forestry to enhance biodiversity in production forests of Central Europe using an interdisciplinary, multi-scale approach" (2020, Ecology and Evolution)
  • "Forest hydrology modeling tools for watershed management: A review" (2023, Forest Ecology and Management)
  • "Assessing synergies and trade-offs between ecosystem services in forest landscape management" (2021, Land Use Policy)

Their frequent collaborators reflect ongoing collaborative efforts within ecological and environmental sciences. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Marc Hanewinkel
  • Lukas Baumbach
  • Anja Nölte
  • Thomas Hickler
  • Marc Djahangard

Yousefpour's research has been published primarily in venues such as:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Forest Ecology and Management
  • Forests
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Annals of Forest Science

Best Publications

  • A review of decision-making approaches to handle uncertainty and risk in adaptive forest management under climate change

    Rasoul Yousefpour;Jette Bredahl Jacobsen;Bo Jellesmark Thorsen;Henrik Meilby

  • Are forest disturbances amplifying or canceling out climate change-induced productivity changes in European forests?

    Christopher P.O. Reyer;Stephen Bathgate;Kristina Blennow;Jose G. Borges

  • Retention as an integrated biodiversity conservation approach for continuous-cover forestry in Europe

    Lena Gustafsson;Jürgen Bauhus;Thomas Asbeck;Andrey Lessa Derci Augustynczik

  • Growth resistance and resilience of mixed silver fir and Norway spruce forests in central Europe: Contrasting responses to mild and severe droughts.

    Alessandra Bottero;David I Forrester;David I Forrester;Maxime Cailleret;Ulrich Kohnle

  • Forest carbon allocation modelling under climate change.

    Katarína Merganičová;Ján Merganič;Aleksi Lehtonen;Giorgio Vacchiano

  • An ecosystem service-dominant logic? - Integrating the ecosystem service approach and the service-dominant logic

    Brent D. Matthies;Dalia D'Amato;Sami Berghäll;Tommi Ekholm

  • A framework for modeling adaptive forest management and decision making under climate change

    Rasoul Yousefpour;Christian Temperli;Jette Bredahl Jacobsen;Bo Jellesmark Thorsen

  • Land-use and land-cover change carbon emissions between 1901 and 2012 constrained by biomass observations

    Wei Li;Philippe Ciais;Shushi Peng;Shushi Peng;Chao Yue

  • How do people's perceptions and climatic disaster experiences influence their daily behaviors regarding adaptation to climate change? - A case study among young generations.

    Ying Deng;Ming Wang;Rasoul Yousefpour

  • Evaluating the effectiveness of retention forestry to enhance biodiversity in production forests of Central Europe using an interdisciplinary, multi-scale approach.

    Ilse Storch;Johannes Penner;Thomas Asbeck;Marco Basile

  • Accuracy, realism and general applicability of European forest models

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  • Available and missing data to model impact of climate change on European forests

    Paloma Ruiz-Benito;Giorgio Vacchiano;Emily R. Lines;Christopher P.O. Reyer

  • Modelling of forest conversion planning with an adaptive simulation-optimization approach and simultaneous consideration of the values of timber, carbon and biodiversity

    Rasoul Yousefpour;Marc Hanewinkel

  • Realizing Mitigation Efficiency of European Commercial Forests by Climate Smart Forestry

    Rasoul Yousefpour;Andrey Lessa Derci Augustynczik;Christopher P. O. Reyer;Petra Lasch-Born

  • Evaluating the Suitability of Management Strategies of Pure Norway Spruce Forests in the Black Forest Area of Southwest Germany for Adaptation to or Mitigation of Climate Change

    Rasoul Yousefpour;Marc Hanewinkel;Gilles Le Moguédec

  • Climate Change and Decision-Making Under Uncertainty

    Rasoul Yousefpour;Marc Hanewinkel

  • Diversification of forest management regimes secures tree microhabitats and bird abundance under climate change.

    Andrey Lessa Derci Augustynczik;Thomas Asbeck;Marco Basile;Jürgen Bauhus

  • Forestry professionals’ perceptions of climate change, impacts and adaptation strategies for forests in south-west Germany

    Rasoul Yousefpour;Marc Hanewinkel;Marc Hanewinkel

  • Productivity of Fagus sylvatica under climate change – A Bayesian analysis of risk and uncertainty using the model 3-PG

    Andrey L.D. Augustynczik;Florian Hartig;Florian Hartig;Francesco Minunno;Hans-Peter Kahle

  • Impact of vegetative emissions on urban ozone and biogenic secondary organic aerosol: Box model study for Berlin, Germany

    Boris Bonn;Erika von Schneidemesser;Tim Butler;Galina Churkina

  • Updating beliefs and combining evidence in adaptive forest management under climate change: A case study of Norway spruce (Picea abies L. Karst) in the Black Forest, Germany

    Rasoul Yousefpour;Christian Temperli;Harald Bugmann;Che Elkin

Frequent Co-Authors

Marc Hanewinkel
Marc Hanewinkel University of Freiburg
Bo Jellesmark Thorsen
Bo Jellesmark Thorsen University of Copenhagen
Christopher P.O. Reyer
Christopher P.O. Reyer Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Harald Bugmann
Harald Bugmann ETH Zurich
Julia Pongratz
Julia Pongratz Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Jürgen Bauhus
Jürgen Bauhus University of Freiburg
Julia E. M. S. Nabel
Julia E. M. S. Nabel Max Planck Society
Rüdiger Grote
Rüdiger Grote Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Jürgen Kreuzwieser
Jürgen Kreuzwieser University of Freiburg
Ilse Storch
Ilse Storch University of Freiburg

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