Pieter De Frenne

Pieter De Frenne

Universiteit Gent

H-index: 54

Europe-Belgium

About Pieter De Frenne

Pieter De Frenne, With an exceptional h-index of 54 and a recent h-index of 47 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Universiteit Gent, specializes in the field of climate change, plants, global change ecology, biodiversity, seed ecology.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Evaluating plant lineage losses and gains in temperate forest understories: a phylogenetic perspective on climate change and nitrogen deposition

Unpunctual in diversity: The effect of stand species richness on spring phenology of deciduous tree stands varies among species and years

Using warming tolerances to predict understory plant responses to climate change

Microclimate mapping using novel radiative transfer modelling

Forest understorey flowering phenology responses to experimental warming and illumination

Responses of the soil microbial community structure to multiple interacting global change drivers in temperate forests

Declining potential nectar production of the herb layer in temperate forests under global change

Nutrient‐demanding and thermophilous plants dominate urban forest‐edge vegetation across temperate Europe

Pieter De Frenne Information

University

Position

Forest & Nature Lab Department of Environment

Citations(all)

11074

Citations(since 2020)

8345

Cited By

5185

hIndex(all)

54

hIndex(since 2020)

47

i10Index(all)

147

i10Index(since 2020)

137

Email

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Pieter De Frenne Skills & Research Interests

climate change

plants

global change ecology

biodiversity

seed ecology

Top articles of Pieter De Frenne

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Evaluating plant lineage losses and gains in temperate forest understories: a phylogenetic perspective on climate change and nitrogen deposition

New Phytologist

Josep Padullés Cubino

Jonathan Lenoir

Daijiang Li

Flavia A Montaño‐Centellas

Javier Retana

...

2024

Unpunctual in diversity: The effect of stand species richness on spring phenology of deciduous tree stands varies among species and years

Global Change Biology

Thilo Heinecke

Pieter De Frenne

Kris Verheyen

Ivan Nijs

Erik Matthysen

...

2024/4

Using warming tolerances to predict understory plant responses to climate change

Global Change Biology

Liping Wei

Pieter Sanczuk

Karen De Pauw

Maria Mercedes Caron

Federico Selvi

...

2024/1

Microclimate mapping using novel radiative transfer modelling

Biogeosciences

Florian Zellweger

Eric Sulmoni

Johanna T Malle

Andri Baltensweiler

Tobias Jonas

...

2024/1/29

Forest understorey flowering phenology responses to experimental warming and illumination

New Phytologist

Eline Lorer

Kris Verheyen

Haben Blondeel

Karen De Pauw

Pieter Sanczuk

...

2024/2

Responses of the soil microbial community structure to multiple interacting global change drivers in temperate forests

Plant and Soil

Jie Yang

Haben Blondeel

Pascal Boeckx

Kris Verheyen

Pieter De Frenne

2024/3

Declining potential nectar production of the herb layer in temperate forests under global change

Journal of Ecology

Wim De Schuyter

Emiel De Lombaerde

Leen Depauw

Pallieter De Smedt

Alina Stachurska‐Swakoń

...

2024/4

Nutrient‐demanding and thermophilous plants dominate urban forest‐edge vegetation across temperate Europe

Journal of Vegetation Science

Karen De Pauw

Leen Depauw

Kim Calders

Sara AO Cousins

Guillaume Decocq

...

2024/1

Novel light regimes in European forests

Pieter De Frenne

2024/2

Trade-offs in biodiversity and ecosystem services between edges and interiors in European forests

Nature Ecology & Evolution

Thomas Vanneste

Leen Depauw

Emiel De Lombaerde

Camille Meeussen

Sanne Govaert

...

2024/2/29

Tree species diversity affects litter decomposition via modification of the microenvironment

Ecosystems

Shengmin Zhang

Dries Landuyt

Els Dhiedt

Pieter De Frenne

Kris Verheyen

2024/3/4

Dataset for" Urban tree canopies drive human heat stress mitigation" in Urban Forestry & Urban Greening

Loïc Gillerot

Dries Landuyt

Pieter De Frenne

Bart Muys

Kris Verheyen

2024

Trait–micro‐environment relationships of forest herb communities across Europe

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Sanne Govaert

Camille Meeussen

Thomas Vanneste

Kurt Bollmann

Jörg Brunet

...

2024/2

Impact of coppicing on microclimate and understorey vegetation diversity in an ancient Mediterranean oak forest

Science of the Total Environment

Ilaria Santi

Elisa Carrari

Pieter De Frenne

Mercedes Valerio

Cristina Gasperini

...

2024/2/2

Macroclimate and canopy characteristics regulate forest understory microclimatic temperature offsets across China

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Siying Chen

Pieter De Frenne

Koenraad Van Meerbeek

Qiqian Wu

Yan Peng

...

2024/5

ReSurveyEurope: A database of resurveyed vegetation plots in Europe

Journal of Vegetation Science

Ilona Knollová

Milan Chytrý

Helge Bruelheide

Stefan Dullinger

Ute Jandt

...

2024/3

Taking sides? Aspect has limited influence on soil environment or litter decomposition in pan-European study of roadside verges

Pedobiologia

A Amstutz

LB Firth

JI Spicer

P De Frenne

L Gómez-Aparicio

...

2024/1/1

Forests are chill: The interplay between thermal comfort and mental wellbeing

Landscape and Urban Planning

Loïc Gillerot

Kevin Rozario

Pieter De Frenne

Rachel Oh

Quentin Ponette

...

2024/2/1

Limited effects of population age on the genetic structure of spatially isolated forest herb populations in temperate Europe

Ecology and Evolution

Siyu Huang

Jannis Till Feigs

Stephanie IJ Holzhauer

Katja Kramp

Jörg Brunet

...

2024/2

Intraspecific variability of leaf form and function across habitat types

Ecology Letters

Giacomo Puglielli

Alessandro Bricca

Stefano Chelli

Francesco Petruzzellis

Alicia TR Acosta

...

2024/3

See List of Professors in Pieter De Frenne University(Universiteit Gent)

Co-Authors

H-index: 94
Martin Hermy

Martin Hermy

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

H-index: 89
Kris Verheyen

Kris Verheyen

Universiteit Gent

H-index: 64
Jonathan Lenoir

Jonathan Lenoir

Université de Picardie Jules Verne

H-index: 50
Guillaume DECOCQ

Guillaume DECOCQ

Université de Picardie Jules Verne

H-index: 50
Sara A. O. Cousins

Sara A. O. Cousins

Stockholms universitet

H-index: 49
Lander Baeten

Lander Baeten

Universiteit Gent

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