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Overview

Roeland Samson is affiliated with the University of Antwerp in Belgium and focuses their research primarily within the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work encompasses subfields such as Plant Science, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Global and Planetary Change, and Environmental Engineering.

The scientist's research topics cover diverse areas including Urban Green Space and Health, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Plant and Animal Studies, Air Quality and Health Impacts, Plant Responses to Elevated CO2, Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies, and Urban Heat Island Mitigation.

Roeland Samson has contributed to several peer-reviewed articles, some of the most cited being:

  • Citizen science and sustainability transitions, 2020, Research Policy
  • Modes of Action of Microbial Biocontrol in the Phyllosphere, 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Urban heat stress mitigation potential of green walls: A review, 2020, Urban forestry & urban greening
  • Green walls for mitigating urban particulate matter pollution-A review, 2021, Urban forestry & urban greening
  • How wild bees find a way in European cities: Pollen metabarcoding unravels multiple feeding strategies and their effects on distribution patterns in four wild bee species, 2021, Journal of Applied Ecology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Roeland Samson include:

  • Karen Wuyts
  • Pedro Pinho
  • Marco Moretti
  • Joan Casanelles-Abella
  • Lauri Laanisto

Most publications by Roeland Samson appear in the following venues:

  • Environmental Pollution
  • Urban forestry & urban greening
  • Environmental Science and Pollution Research
  • Basic and Applied Ecology
  • Microbiology Spectrum

Best Publications

  • Random forests as a tool for ecohydrological distribution modelling

    Jan Peters;Bernard De Baets;Niko E.C. Verhoest;Roeland Samson

  • The Science of citizen science

    Katrin Vohland;Anne Land-zandstra;Luigi Ceccaroni;Rob Lemmens

  • Functional traits of urban trees: air pollution mitigation potential

    Ruediger Grote;Roeland Samson;Rocio Alonso;Jorge Humberto Amorim

  • Citizen science and sustainability transitions

    Henry Sauermann;Henry Sauermann;Katrin Vohland;Vyron Antoniou;Bálint Balázs

  • Plant-water relationships and growth strategies of Jatropha curcas L. seedlings under different levels of drought stress

    Wouter Maes;Wouter Mj Achten;Bert Reubens;Dirk Raes

  • Phytoavailability assessment of heavy metals in soils by single extractions and accumulation by Phaseolus vulgaris

    Erik Meers;R Samson;Filip Tack;A Ruttens

  • PHOTOSYNTHETIC GAS EXCHANGE CHARACTERISTICS IN THREE DIFFERENT ALMOND SPECIES DURING DROUGHT STRESS AND SUBSEQUENT RECOVERY

    V. Rouhi;R. Samson;R. Lemeur;P. Van Damme

  • Modes of Action of Microbial Biocontrol in the Phyllosphere.

    Marie Legein;Wenke Smets;Wenke Smets;Dieter Vandenheuvel;Tom Eilers

  • Assessing urban habitat quality based on specific leaf area and stomatal characteristics of Plantago lanceolata L.

    F. Kardel;K. Wuyts;M. Babanezhad;U.W.A. Vitharana

  • Biomonitoring of urban habitat quality by anatomical and chemical leaf characteristics

    B.L.W.K. Balasooriya;B.L.W.K. Balasooriya;R. Samson;F. Mbikwa;U.W.A. Vitharana

  • Spatial distribution assessment of particulate matter in an urban street canyon using biomagnetic leaf monitoring of tree crown deposited particles

    Jelle Hofman;Ines Stokkaer;Lies Snauwaert;Roeland Samson

  • Parameter sensitivity and uncertainty of the forest carbon flux model FORUG: a Monte Carlo analysis.

    Hans Verbeeck;Roeland Samson;Frederik Verdonck;Raoul Lemeur

  • Urban heat stress mitigation potential of green walls: A review

    Kyra Koch;Tess Ysebaert;Siegfried Denys;Roeland Samson

  • Comparison of different methods to measure and model actual evapotranspiration rates for a wet sloping grassland

    Valentijn R.N. Pauwels;Roeland Samson

  • Leaf saturation isothermal remanent magnetization (SIRM) as a proxy for particulate matter monitoring: inter-species differences and in-season variation

    Fatemeh Kardel;Karen Wuyts;Karen Wuyts;Barbara Maher;Ruth Hansard

  • Carbon stock changes and carbon sequestration potential of Flemish cropland soils

    Steven Sleutel;Stefaan De Neve;Georges Hofman;Pascal Boeckx

  • Bidirectional sun-induced chlorophyll fluorescence emission is influenced by leaf structure and light scattering properties — A bottom-up approach

    Shari Van Wittenberghe;Luis Alonso;Jochem Verrelst;José Moreno

  • Chlorophyll fluorescence performance of sweet almond [Prunus dulcis (Miller) D. Webb] in response to salinity stress induced by NaCl

    A. Ranjbarfordoei;R. Samson;P. Van Damme

  • Upward and downward solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence yield indices of four tree species as indicators of traffic pollution in Valencia

    Shari Van Wittenberghe;Luis Alonso;Jochem Verrelst;Inge Hermans

  • Biomagnetic Monitoring of Atmospheric Pollution: A Review of Magnetic Signatures from Biological Sensors.

    Jelle Hofman;Barbara Ann Maher;Adrian R. Muxworthy;Karen Wuyts

  • Ethnic differences in use value and use patterns of baobab (**Adansonia digitata** L.) in northern Benin

    E. De Caluwé;S. De Smedt;A. E. Assogbadjo;R. Samson

  • Citizen Science and Sustainability Transitions

    Katrin Vohland;Henry Sauermann;Vyron Antoniou;Bálint Balázs

Frequent Co-Authors

Pascal Boeckx
Pascal Boeckx Ghent University
Kris Verheyen
Kris Verheyen Ghent University
Jeroen Staelens
Jeroen Staelens Flanders Environment Agency
Filip Tack
Filip Tack Ghent University
Hans Verbeeck
Hans Verbeeck Ghent University
Patrick Van Damme
Patrick Van Damme Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
Niko E. C. Verhoest
Niko E. C. Verhoest Ghent University
P. Van Damme
P. Van Damme Ghent University
Jochem Verrelst
Jochem Verrelst University of Valencia
Erik Meers
Erik Meers Ghent University

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