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Leen Depauw
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2024
Combining multiple investigative approaches to unravel functional responses to global change in the understorey of temperate forests
Dries Landuyt
Michael Perring
Haben Blondeel
Emiel De Lombaerde
Leen Depauw
Eline Lorer
Sybryn L. Maes
Lander Baeten
Laurent Bergès
Markus Bernhardt‐Römermann
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
2024
Declining potential nectar production of the herb layer in temperate forests under global change
Wim De Schuyter
Emiel De Lombaerde
Leen Depauw
Pallieter De Smedt
Alina Stachurska‐Swakoń
Anna Orczewska
Balázs Teleki
Bogdan Jaroszewicz
Déborah Closset
František Máliš
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY
2024
Enhancing tree performance through species mixing : review of a quarter-century of TreeDivNet experiments reveals research gaps and practical insights
Leen Depauw
Emiel De Lombaerde
Els Dhiedt
Haben Blondeel
Luis Abdala-Roberts
Harald Auge
Nadia Barsoum
Juergen Bauhus
Chengjin Chu
Abebe Damtew
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
CURRENT FORESTRY REPORTS
2024
Forest canopies as nature-based solutions to mitigate global change effects on people and nature
Kris Verheyen
Loïc Gillerot
Haben Blondeel
Pieter De Frenne
Karen De Pauw
Leen Depauw
Eline Lorer
Pieter Sanczuk
Jeroen Schreel
Thomas Vanneste
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY
2024
Nutrient‐demanding and thermophilous plants dominate urban forest‐edge vegetation across temperate Europe
Karen De Pauw
Leen Depauw
Kim Calders
Sara A. O. Cousins
Guillaume Decocq
Emiel De Lombaerde
Martin Diekmann
David Frey
Jonathan Lenoir
Camille Meeussen
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE
2024
Predicting trajectories of temperate forest understorey vegetation responses to global change
Bingbin Wen
Haben Blondeel
Lander Baeten
Michael Perring
Leen Depauw
Luc De Keersmaeker
Hans Van Calster
Monika Wulf
Tobias Naaf
Keith Kirby
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
2024
The urban heat island accelerates litter decomposition through microclimatic warming in temperate urban forests
Karen De Pauw
Leen Depauw
Sara A. O. Cousins
Emiel De Lombaerde
Martin Diekmann
David Frey
Katarzyna Kwietniowska
Jonathan Lenoir
Camille Meeussen
Anna Orczewska
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
URBAN ECOSYSTEMS
2024
Trade-offs in biodiversity and ecosystem services between edges and interiors in European forests
Thomas Vanneste
Leen Depauw
Emiel De Lombaerde
Camille Meeussen
Sanne Govaert
Karen De Pauw
Pieter Sanczuk
Kurt Bollmann
Jörg Brunet
Kim Calders
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
NATURE ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION
2024
2023
Microclimate and forest density drive plant population dynamics under climate change
Pieter Sanczuk
Karen De Pauw
Emiel De Lombaerde
Miska Luoto
Camille Meeussen
Sanne Govaert
Thomas Vanneste
Leen Depauw
Jörg Brunet
Sara A. O. Cousins
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE
2023
Understorey biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in rural and urban forest edges across temperate Europe
Karen De Pauw
Pieter De Frenne
Pieter Vangansbeke
Kris Verheyen
Leen Depauw
Dissertation
2023
Urban forest microclimates across temperate Europe are shaped by deep edge effects and forest structure
Karen De Pauw
Leen Depauw
Kim Calders
Steven Caluwaerts
Sara A.O. Cousins
Emiel De Lombaerde
Martin Diekmann
David Frey
Jonathan Lenoir
Camille Meeussen
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY
2023
2022
Even small forest patches can help fight climate change!
Leen Depauw
Camille Meeussen
Emiel De Lombaerde
Karen De Pauw
Kris Verheyen
Pieter De Frenne
A2
Journal Article
in
FRONTIERS FOR YOUNG MINDS
2022
Forest understorey communities respond strongly to light in interaction with forest structure, but not to microclimate warming
Karen De Pauw
Pieter Sanczuk
Camille Meeussen
Leen Depauw
Emiel De Lombaerde
Sanne Govaert
Thomas Vanneste
Jorg Brunet
Sara A. O. Cousins
Cristina Gasperini
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
NEW PHYTOLOGIST
2022
Functional trait variation of Anemone nemorosa along macro- and microclimatic gradients close to the northern range edge
Leen Depauw
Ri Hu
Khumanand S. Dhungana
Sanne Govaert
Camille Meeussen
Pieter Vangansbeke
Richard Strimbeck
Bente J. Graae
Pieter De Frenne
A1
Journal Article
in
NORDIC JOURNAL OF BOTANY
2022
Hoe jouw vakantiefoto de wetenschap vooruithelpt
Leen Depauw
Blog post
2022
Maintaining forest cover to enhance temperature buffering under future climate change
Emiel De Lombaerde
Pieter Vangansbeke
Jonathan Lenoir
Koenraad Van Meerbeek
Jonas Lembrechts
Francisco Rodríguez-Sánchez
Miska Luoto
Brett Scheffers
Stef Haesen
Juha Aalto
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
2022
The use of photos to investigate ecological change
Leen Depauw
Haben Blondeel
Emiel De Lombaerde
Karen De Pauw
Dries Landuyt
Eline Lorer
Pieter Vangansbeke
Thomas Vanneste
Kris Verheyen
Pieter De Frenne
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY
2022
2021
'Lianification' or liana invasion : is there a difference?
Michael Perring
Pieter De Frenne
Lionel R. Hertzog
Haben Blondeel
Leen Depauw
Sybryn Maes
Safaa Wasof
Hans Verbeeck
Kris Verheyen
[missing] forestREplot
A1
Journal Article
in
FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
2021
Evaluating structural and compositional canopy characteristics to predict the light-demand signature of the forest understorey in mixed, semi-natural temperate forests
Leen Depauw
Michael Perring
Dries Landuyt
Sybryn Maes
Haben Blondeel
Emiel De Lombaerde
Guntis Brūmelis
Jörg Brunet
Déborah Closset-Kopp
Guillaume Decocq
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
APPLIED VEGETATION SCIENCE
2021
Small scale environmental variation modulates plant defence syndromes of understorey plants in deciduous forests of Europe
Pieter Sanczuk
Sanne Govaert
Camille Meeussen
Karen De Pauw
Thomas Vanneste
Leen Depauw
Xoaquín Moreira
Jonas Schoelynck
Marthe De Boevre
Sarah De Saeger
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY
2021
2020
Drivers of above‐ground understorey biomass and nutrient stocks in temperate deciduous forests
Dries Landuyt
Sybryn Maes
Leen Depauw
Evy Ampoorter
Haben Blondeel
Michael Perring
Guntis Brūmelis
Jörg Brunet
Guillaume Decocq
Jan den Ouden
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY
2020
Global-change effects on understorey community trajectories in European temperate deciduous forests : the mediating role of land-use history and forest management
Leen Depauw
Kris Verheyen
Michael Perring
Dissertation
2020
Increasing liana frequency in temperate European forest understories is driven by ivy
Michael Perring
Pieter De Frenne
Lionel Hertzog
Haben Blondeel
Leen Depauw
Sybryn Maes
Safaa Wasof
Hans Verbeeck
Kris Verheyen
A1
Journal Article
in
FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
2020
Individualistic responses of forest herb traits to environmental change
Haben Blondeel
Michael Perring
Emiel De Lombaerde
Leen Depauw
Dries Landuyt
Sanne Govaert
Sybryn Maes
Pieter Vangansbeke
Pieter De Frenne
Kris Verheyen
A1
Journal Article
in
PLANT BIOLOGY
2020
Light and warming drive forest understorey community development in different environments
Haben Blondeel
Michael Perring
Leen Depauw
Emiel De Lombaerde
Dries Landuyt
Pieter De Frenne
Kris Verheyen
A1
Journal Article
in
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
2020
Light availability and land-use history drive biodiversity and functional changes in forest herb layer communities
Leen Depauw
Michael Perring
Dries Landuyt
Sybryn Maes
Haben Blondeel
Emiel De Lombaerde
Guntis Brūmelis
Jörg Brunet
Déborah Closset-Kopp
Janusz Czerepko
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY
2020
Light, temperature and understorey cover predominantly affect early life stages of tree seedlings in a multifactorial mesocosm experiment
Emiel De Lombaerde
Haben Blondeel
Lander Baeten
Dries Landuyt
Michael Perring
Leen Depauw
Sybryn Maes
Bin Wang
Kris Verheyen
A1
Journal Article
in
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
2020
Plant functional trait response to environmental drivers across European temperate forest understorey communities
Sybryn Maes
Michael Perring
Leen Depauw
M. Bernhardt‐Römermann
Haben Blondeel
G. Brūmelis
J. Brunet
G. Decocq
J. den Ouden
Sanne Govaert
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
PLANT BIOLOGY
2020
2019
A general framework for quantifying the effects of land-use history on ecosystem dynamics
Leen Depauw
Dries Landuyt
Michael Perring
Haben Blondeel
Sybryn Maes
Martin Kopecký
František Máliš
Margot Vanhellemont
Kris Verheyen
A1
Journal Article
in
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
2019
Context-dependency of agricultural legacies in temperate forest soils
Haben Blondeel
Michael Perring
Laurent Bergès
Jörg Brunet
Guillaume Decocq
Leen Depauw
Martin Diekmann
Dries Landuyt
Jaan Liira
Sybryn Maes
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
ECOSYSTEMS
2019
Environmental drivers interactively affect individual tree growth across temperate European forests
Sybryn Maes
Michael Perring
Margot Vanhellemont
Leen Depauw
Jan Van den Bulcke
Guntis Brūmelis
Jörg Brunet
Guillaume Decocq
Jan den Ouden
Werner Härdtle
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
2019
Interactive effects of past land use and recent forest management on the understorey community in temperate oak forests in South Sweden
Leen Depauw
Michael Perring
Jörg Brunet
Sybryn Maes
Haben Blondeel
Emiel De Lombaerde
Robbe De Groote
Kris Verheyen
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE
2019
Litter quality, land-use history, and nitrogen deposition effects on topsoil conditions across European temperate deciduous forests
Sybryn Maes
Haben Blondeel
Michael Perring
Leen Depauw
Guntis Brūmelis
Jörg Brunet
Guillaume Decocq
Jan den Ouden
Werner Härdtle
Radim Hédl
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
2019
Seasonal drivers of understorey temperature buffering in temperate deciduous forests across Europe
Florian Zellweger
David Coomes
Jonathan Lenoir
Leen Depauw
Sybryn Maes
Monika Wulf
Keith J. Kirby
Jörg Brunet
Martin Kopecký
František Máliš
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY
2019
2018
Global environmental change effects on plant community composition trajectories depend upon management legacies
Michael Perring
Markus Bernhardt-Römermann
Lander Baeten
Gabriele Midolo
Haben Blondeel
Leen Depauw
Dries Landuyt
Sybryn Maes
Emiel De Lombaerde
Maria Mercedes Carón
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
2018
2017
Combining biodiversity resurveys across regions to advance global change research
Kris Verheyen
Pieter De Frenne
Lander Baeten
Donald M Waller
Radim Hédl
Michael Perring
Haben Blondeel
Jörg Brunet
Markéta Chudomelová
Guillaume Decocq
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
BIOSCIENCE
2017
Evaluating the robustness of three ring-width measurement methods for growth release reconstruction
Sybryn Maes
Astrid Vannoppen
Jan Altman
Jan Van den Bulcke
Guillaume Decocq
Tom De Mil
Leen Depauw
Dries Landuyt
Michael Perring
Joris Van Acker
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
DENDROCHRONOLOGIA
2017
2016
Global environmental change effects on ecosystems: the importance of land-use legacies
Michael Perring
Pieter De Frenne
Lander Baeten
Sybryn Maes
Leen Depauw
Haben Blondeel
María Mercedes Carón
Kris Verheyen
A1
Journal Article
in
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
2016
2015
forestREplot : a global database of temperate forest herb layer resurvey plots
Leen Depauw
Sybryn Maes
A4
Journal Article
in
BRITISH ECOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN
2015
2014
Pastforward: development trajectories of temperate forest plant communities under global change: combining hindsight and forecasting
Leen Depauw
Sybryn Maes
Kris Verheyen
C3
Conference
2014
2013
Het belang van houtige vegetatiestroken voor de reductie van verkeersgeluid
Leen Depauw
Kris Verheyen
Timothy Van Renthergem
A4
Journal Article
in
BOSREVUE (MELLE)
2013