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Pieter De Frenne

Ghent University · BE
Area of research
Nature and Landscape Conservation · Ecological Modeling
Research interest
Research interests include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Plant and animal studies, and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics.
h-index
64
citations
16,109
works
424
NIH funding
primary concept
Biology
email

Recent publications

Influence of forest canopy structure on temperature buffering in young planted forests with varied tree species compositions revealed by terrestrial laser scanning
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 2025cited by 5position: middledoi
Microclimate, an important part of ecology and biogeography
Global Ecology and Biogeography 2024cited by 147position: lastdoi
Unexpected westward range shifts in European forest plants link to nitrogen deposition
Science 2024cited by 43position: lastdoi
<scp>ReSurveyEurope</scp>: A database of resurveyed vegetation plots in Europe
Journal of Vegetation Science 2024cited by 41position: middledoi
Proximal microclimate: Moving beyond spatiotemporal resolution improves ecological predictions
Global Ecology and Biogeography 2024cited by 37position: middledoi
Ten practical guidelines for microclimate research in terrestrial ecosystems
Methods in Ecology and Evolution 2024cited by 32position: firstdoi
Long-term nitrogen deposition reduces the diversity of nitrogen-fixing plants
Science Advances 2024cited by 18position: middledoi
Microclimate reveals the true thermal niche of forest plant species
Ecology Letters 2023cited by 78position: middledoi
Urban tree canopies drive human heat stress mitigation
Urban forestry & urban greening 2023cited by 59position: middledoi
<scp>ForestClim</scp>—Bioclimatic variables for microclimate temperatures of European forests
Global Change Biology 2023cited by 47position: middledoi
Forests are chill: The interplay between thermal comfort and mental wellbeing
Landscape and Urban Planning 2023cited by 44position: middledoi
The European Forest Plant Species List (EuForPlant): Concept and applications
Journal of Vegetation Science 2022cited by 78position: middledoi
Forest structure and composition alleviate human thermal stress
Global Change Biology 2022cited by 66position: middledoi
Litter quality and stream physicochemical properties drive global invertebrate effects on instream litter decomposition
Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 2022cited by 60position: middledoi
Effects of snow cover-induced microclimate warming on soil physicochemical and biotic properties
Geoderma 2022cited by 47position: middledoi
Forest microclimates and climate change: Importance, drivers and future research agenda
Global Change Biology 2021cited by 939position: firstdoi
Global maps of soil temperature
Global Change Biology 2021cited by 307position: middledoi
Global patterns and drivers of rainfall partitioning by trees and shrubs
Global Change Biology 2021cited by 164position: middledoi
On the measurement of microclimate
Methods in Ecology and Evolution 2021cited by 158position: middledoi
ForestTemp – Sub‐canopy microclimate temperatures of European forests
Global Change Biology 2021cited by 147position: middledoi
Maintaining forest cover to enhance temperature buffering under future climate change
The Science of The Total Environment 2021cited by 137position: lastdoi
Benchmarking plant diversity of Palaearctic grasslands and other open habitats
Journal of Vegetation Science 2021cited by 88position: middledoi
SoilTemp: A global database of near‐surface temperature
Global Change Biology 2020cited by 236position: middledoi
Plant diversity in hedgerows and road verges across Europe
Journal of Applied Ecology 2020cited by 87position: lastdoi
Drivers of carbon stocks in forest edges across Europe
The Science of The Total Environment 2020cited by 58position: lastdoi
High ecosystem service delivery potential of small woodlands in agricultural landscapes
Journal of Applied Ecology 2019cited by 91position: middledoi
Functional trait variation of forest understorey plant communities across Europe
Basic and Applied Ecology 2018cited by 52position: lastdoi
Impact of an invasive alien plant on litter decomposition along a latitudinal gradient
Ecosphere 2018cited by 43position: middledoi
Global environmental change effects on plant community composition trajectories depend upon management legacies
Global Change Biology 2017cited by 138position: middledoi
Biotic and abiotic drivers of intraspecific trait variation within plant populations of three herbaceous plant species along a latitudinal gradient
BMC Ecology 2017cited by 70position: middledoi

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Frequent collaborators

Kris Verheyen · Service Public de Wallonie17 papers (2012–2025)Jonathan Lenoir · Canadian Nautical Research Society13 papers (2013–2023)Jörg Brunet · Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences10 papers (2012–2020) · 9 papers (2012–2018)Guillaume Decocq · Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Amiens-Picardie9 papers (2012–2021) · 9 papers (2012–2020)Martin Hermy · KU Leuven9 papers (2012–2018) · 9 papers (2012–2020)Koenraad Van Meerbeek · KU Leuven7 papers (2020–2023) · 7 papers (2012–2020)Jan Plue · KU Leuven6 papers (2013–2020)Monika Wulf · Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg5 papers (2013–2020)Bart Muys · KU Leuven5 papers (2012–2023) · 5 papers (2013–2020) · 5 papers (2018–2021) · 5 papers (2012–2016)Pieter Vangansbeke · Research Institute for Nature and Forest5 papers (2015–2021)Loïc Gillerot · KU Leuven4 papers (2022–2025)Jonas J. Lembrechts · Utrecht University4 papers (2021–2023) · 4 papers (2020–2021)