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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
31
Citations
4345
World Ranking
9650
National Ranking
125

Overview

What is she best known for?

The fields of study she is best known for:

  • Ecology
  • Biodiversity
  • Ecosystem

Sandrine Godefroid mainly investigates Ecology, Introduced species, Rare species, Species richness and Species diversity. Sandrine Godefroid undertakes multidisciplinary studies into Ecology and Light intensity in her work. Her Introduced species research incorporates themes from Plant species and Species translocation.

The various areas that she examines in her Rare species study include Old-growth forest, Pioneer species, Deciduous, Vascular plant and Urban forest. Her study in Species richness is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both High forest, Fagus sylvatica, Canopy and Quercus robur. Her Species diversity research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Abundance, Global biodiversity, Biodiversity, Habitat and Flora.

Her most cited work include:

  • How successful are plant species reintroductions (350 citations)
  • How successful are plant species reintroductions (350 citations)
  • Urban plant species patterns are highly driven by density and function of built-up areas (156 citations)

What are the main themes of her work throughout her whole career to date?

Her main research concerns Ecology, Flora, Agroforestry, Vegetation and Germination. All of her Ecology and Species richness, Species diversity, Introduced species, Biodiversity and Woodland investigations are sub-components of the entire Ecology study. Her work deals with themes such as Taxonomic rank, Rare species, Indicator value and Community structure, which intersect with Species diversity.

Her Introduced species study combines topics in areas such as Environmental resource management and Invasive species. Sandrine Godefroid has included themes like Pioneer species and Deciduous in her Flora study. In her research, Soil classification is intimately related to Soil compaction, which falls under the overarching field of Vegetation.

She most often published in these fields:

  • Ecology (60.83%)
  • Flora (24.17%)
  • Agroforestry (19.17%)

What were the highlights of her more recent work (between 2016-2020)?

  • Germination (18.33%)
  • Agronomy (10.83%)
  • Endangered species (13.33%)

In recent papers she was focusing on the following fields of study:

Sandrine Godefroid spends much of her time researching Germination, Agronomy, Endangered species, Agroforestry and Ex situ conservation. Her research investigates the connection with Germination and areas like Plant traits which intersect with concerns in Plant species. Her research in Agronomy intersects with topics in Restoration ecology, Deserts and xeric shrublands, Calcareous and Genetic erosion.

Her biological study deals with issues like Genetic diversity, which deal with fields such as Extinct in the wild and Habitat. Her research investigates the link between Extinct in the wild and topics such as Biodiversity that cross with problems in Herbarium. Her work in Ex situ conservation addresses subjects such as Botany, which are connected to disciplines such as Eutrophication.

Between 2016 and 2020, her most popular works were:

  • Ex situ collections and their potential for the restoration of extinct plants. (23 citations)
  • Ex situ collections and their potential for the restoration of extinct plants. (23 citations)
  • Alien plant species do have a clear preference for different land uses within urban environments (14 citations)

Best Publications

  • How successful are plant species reintroductions

    Sandrine Godefroid;Sandrine Godefroid;Carole Piazza;Graziano Rossi;Stéphane Buord

  • Urban plant species patterns are highly driven by density and function of built-up areas

    Sandrine Godefroid;Nico Koedam

  • Temporal analysis of the Brussels flora as indicator for changing environmental quality

    Sandrine Godefroid

  • How important are large vs. small forest remnants for the conservation of the woodland flora in an urban context

    Sandrine Godefroid;Nico Koedam

  • Distribution pattern of the flora in a peri-urban forest: an effect of the city–forest ecotone

    Sandrine Godefroid;Nico Koedam

  • The impact of forest paths upon adjacent vegetation: effects of the path surfacing material on the species composition and soil compaction

    Sandrine Godefroid;Nico Koedam

  • Ecological factors controlling the abundance of non-native invasive black cherry (Prunus serotina) in deciduous forest understory in Belgium

    Sandrine Godefroid;Shyam Singh Phartyal;Gisèle Weyembergh;Nico Koedam

  • The role of soil and microclimatic variables in the distribution patterns of urban wasteland flora in Brussels, Belgium

    Sandrine Godefroid;Dennis Monbaliu;Nico Koedam

  • Interspecific variation in soil compaction sensitivity among forest floor species

    Sandrine Godefroid;Nico Koedam

  • Depth distribution and composition of seed-banks under different tree layers in a managed temperate forest ecosystem

    Sandrine Godefroid;Shyam S.S. Phartyal;Nico Koedam

  • Ex situ collections and their potential for the restoration of extinct plants.

    Thomas Abeli;Sarah Dalrymple;Sandrine Godefroid;Sandrine Godefroid;Andrea Mondoni

  • Germination capacity and viability of threatened species collections in seed banks

    Sandrine Godefroid;Sandrine Godefroid;Ann Van de Vyver;Thierry Vanderborght

  • Spatial variability of summer microclimates and plant species response along transects within clearcuts in a beech forest

    Sandrine Godefroid;Sonja Rucquoij;Nico Koedam

  • Can Ellenberg’s indicator values for Mediterranean plants be used outside their region of definition?

    Sandrine Godefroid;Elías D. Dana

  • Plant reintroductions: the need for a global database.

    Sandrine Godefroid;Sandrine Godefroid;Thierry Vanderborght

  • Ex situ conservation of rare and valuable forest tree species through seed-gene bank

    Shyam S. Phartyal;R. C. Thapliyal;Nico Koedam;Sandrine Godefroid

  • To what extent do forest herbs recover after clearcutting in beech forest

    Sandrine Godefroid;Sonja Rucquoij;Nico Koedam

  • Identifying indicator plant species of habitat quality and invasibility as a guide for peri-urban forest management

    Sandrine Godefroid;Nico Koedam

  • To what extent are threatened European plant species conserved in seed banks

    Sandrine Godefroid;Sandrine Godefroid;Stéphane Rivière;Steve Waldren;Nikolaos Boretos

  • Patterns of native and exotic species richness in the urban flora of Brussels: rejecting the ‘rich get richer’ model

    Carlo Ricotta;Sandrine Godefroid;Duccio Rocchini

Frequent Co-Authors

Carlo Ricotta
Carlo Ricotta Sapienza University of Rome
Grégory Mahy
Grégory Mahy Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech
Nico Koedam
Nico Koedam Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Farid Dahdouh-Guebas
Farid Dahdouh-Guebas Université Libre de Bruxelles
Stefano Mazzoleni
Stefano Mazzoleni University of Naples Federico II
Thomas Wohlgemuth
Thomas Wohlgemuth Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
James G. Kairo
James G. Kairo Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Duccio Rocchini
Duccio Rocchini University of Bologna
Graziano Rossi
Graziano Rossi University of Pavia
Milan Chytrý
Milan Chytrý Masaryk University

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