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D-Index
90
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32294
World Ranking
469
National Ranking
17

Serge Rambal publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Serge Rambal sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 221 publications — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Serge Rambal D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Serge Rambal sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 90 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Serge Rambal is affiliated with the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) in France. Their research spans multiple aspects of environmental science, focusing on interactions between climate, vegetation, and water dynamics in terrestrial ecosystems. Rambal's work contributes to understanding how drought and climate variability affect plant physiology, ecosystem functions, and water use efficiencies, especially in Mediterranean environments.

Their recent publications cover a range of topics within environmental sciences and earth and planetary sciences. Notable papers include:

  • Consequences of drought severity for tropical live oak (Quercus oleoides) in Mesoamerica, 2020, Ecological Applications
  • A multi-scale analysis of drought effects on intrinsic water use efficiency in a Mediterranean evergreen oak forest, 2024, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • A Multi-Scale Analysis of Drought Effects on Intrinsic Water Use Efficiency in a Mediterranean Evergreen Oak Forest, 2024, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Enhanced spring warming in a Mediterranean mountain by atmospheric circulation, 2022, Scientific Reports
  • Rainfall manipulation experiments as simulated by terrestrial biosphere models: Where do we stand?, 2020, Global Change Biology

Rambal's research areas are reflected in their main fields of study:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Within these broader fields, their subfields of study include:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Water Science and Technology
  • Soil Science
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation

The scientist's primary research topics entail:

  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Climate variability and models
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Hydrology and Drought Analysis
  • Irrigation Practices and Water Management
  • Tree-ring climate responses

Their work has been published in various scientific journals, with frequent appearances in:

  • Global Change Biology
  • Scientific Reports
  • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • Ecological Applications
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Rambal collaborates with several researchers across these topics and venues. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Jeannine Cavender-Bares
  • Enora Bruley
  • Florent Mouillot
  • Thomas Lauvaux
  • Jean-Marc Limousin

Best Publications

  • Europe-wide reduction in primary productivity caused by the heat and drought in 2003

    Ph. Ciais;M. Reichstein;N. Viovy;A. Granier

  • On the Separation of Net Ecosystem Exchange into Assimilation and Ecosystem Respiration: Review and Improved Algorithm

    Markus Reichstein;Eva Falge;Dennis Baldocchi;Dario Papale

  • Towards a standardized processing of Net Ecosystem Exchange measured with eddy covariance technique: algorithms and uncertainty estimation

    Dario Papale;Markus Reichstein;Marc Aubinet;Eleonora Canfora

  • The FLUXNET2015 dataset and the ONEFlux processing pipeline for eddy covariance data

    Gilberto Pastorello;Carlo Trotta;Eleonora Canfora;Housen Chu

  • Modeling temporal and large‐scale spatial variability of soil respiration from soil water availability, temperature and vegetation productivity indices

    Markus Reichstein;Ana Rey;Annette Freibauer;John Tenhunen

  • Evidence for Soil Water Control on Carbon and Water Dynamics in European Forests during the Extremely Dry Year: 2003

    A. Granier;M. Reichstein;N. Bréda;I.A. Janssens

  • Severe drought effects on ecosystem CO2 and H2O fluxes at three Mediterranean evergreen sites: revision of current hypotheses?

    Markus Reichstein;John D. Tenhunen;Olivier Roupsard;Jean-marc Ourcival

  • Land management and land-cover change have impacts of similar magnitude on surface temperature

    Sebastiaan Luyssaert;Mathilde Jammet;Paul C. Stoy;Stephen Estel

  • Reduction Of Ecosystem Productivity And Respiration During The European Summer 2003 Climate Anomaly: A Joint Flux Tower, Remote Sensing And Modelling Analysis

    M. Reichstein;M. Reichstein;Philippe Ciais;D. Papale;R. Valentini

  • Evaluation of the potential of MODIS satellite data to predict vegetation phenology in different biomes: An investigation using ground-based NDVI measurements

    G. Hmimina;E. Dufrêne;J.-Y. Pontailler;N. Delpierre

  • How Tree Cover Influences the Water Balance of Mediterranean Rangelands

    Richard Joffre;Serge Rambal

  • The dehesa system of southern Spain and Portugal as a natural ecosystem mimic

    R. Joffre;S. Rambal;J. P. Ratte

  • Ecosystem respiration in two Mediterranean evergreen Holm Oak forests: drought effects and decomposition dynamics

    Markus Reichstein;John D. Tenhunen;Olivier Roupsard;Jean-Marc Ourcival

  • Simulating climate change impacts on fire frequency and vegetation dynamics in a Mediterranean‐type ecosystem

    Florent Mouillot;Serge Rambal;Richard Joffre

  • Quality control of CarboEurope flux data. Part 1: Coupling footprint analyses with flux data quality assessment to evaluate sites in forest ecosystems

    Mathias Göckede;Mathias Göckede;Thomas Foken;Marc Aubinet;Mika Aurela

  • Soil water improvement by trees in the rangelands of southern Spain

    R. Joffre;S. Rambal

  • Quality analysis applied on eddy covariance measurements at complex forest sites using footprint modelling

    Corinna Rebmann;Mathias Göckede;Thomas Foken;Marc Aubinet

  • Ground-based Network of NDVI measurements for tracking temporal dynamics of canopy structure and vegetation phenology in different biomes

    K. Soudani;G. Hmimina;N. Delpierre;J.-Y. Pontailler

  • Mediterranean terrestrial ecosystems: research priorities on global change effects

    Sandra Lavorel;Josep Canadell;Serge Rambal;Jaume Terradas

  • Impacts of droughts and extreme-temperature events on gross primary production and ecosystem respiration: a systematic assessment across ecosystems and climate zones

    Jannis von Buttlar;Jannis von Buttlar;Jakob Zscheischler;Jakob Zscheischler;Anja Rammig;Sebastian Sippel

  • Drought controls over conductance and assimilation of a Mediterranean evergreen ecosystem: scaling from leaf to canopy

    Serge Rambal;Jean-Marc Ourcival;Richard Joffre;Florent Mouillot

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard Joffre
Richard Joffre Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Jean-Marc Ourcival
Jean-Marc Ourcival Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Markus Reichstein
Markus Reichstein Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Jean-Marc Limousin
Jean-Marc Limousin Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Timo Vesala
Timo Vesala University of Helsinki
Alexander Knohl
Alexander Knohl University of Göttingen
Florent Mouillot
Florent Mouillot Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
André Granier
André Granier INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Dario Papale
Dario Papale Tuscia University
Leonardo Montagnani
Leonardo Montagnani Free University of Bozen-Bolzano

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