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Researcher
Sybryn Maes
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27
Results
2025
Site-specific nutrient data reveal the importance of soils in driving the mycorrhizal make-up of woody vegetation worldwide
Xiaobin Hua
Christopher H. Lusk
Ian A. Dickie
Stephen Adu‐Bredu
Kathryn J. Allen
Viviana Araus
Laurent Augusto
Pavel Barsukov
David Bauman
Félix Brédoire
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY
2025
2024
Explore before you restore : incorporating complex systems thinking in ecosystem restoration
Sybryn Maes
M. P. Perring
R. Cohen
F. K. Akinnifesi
A. Bargues-Tobella
J. -f. Bastin
Marijn Bauters
P. N. Bernardino
P. H. S. Brancalion
J. M. Bullock
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY
2024
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
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
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 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
Distinct growth responses to drought for oak and beech in temperate mixed forests
Margot Vanhellemont
Rita Sousa-Silva
Sybryn Maes
Jan Van den Bulcke
Lionel Hertzog
Stefanie De Groote
Joris Van Acker
Dries Bonte
An Martel
Luc Lens
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
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
Global environmental change effects on soil properties, tree growth, and understorey communities in temperate deciduous forests across Europe
Sybryn Maes
Kris Verheyen
Michael Perring
Dissertation
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
The functional role of temperate forest understorey vegetation in a changing world
Dries Landuyt
Emiel De Lombaerde
Michael Perring
Lionel Hertzog
Evy Ampoorter
Sybryn Maes
Pieter De Frenne
Shiyu Ma
Willem Proesmans
Haben Blondeel
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
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
Using X-ray CT based tree-ring width data for tree growth trend analysis
Astrid Vannoppen
Sybryn Maes
Vincent Kint
Tom De Mil
Quentin Ponette
Joris Van Acker
Jan Van den Bulcke
Kris Verheyen
Bart Muys
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
Effects of enhanced nitrogen inputs and climate warming on a forest understorey plant assessed by transplant experiments along a latitudinal gradient
Sybryn Maes
Pieter De Frenne
Jörg Brunet
Eduardo de la Pena
Olivier Chabrerie
Sara AO Cousins
Guillaume Decocq
Martin Diekmann
Robert Gruwez
Martin Hermy
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
PLANT ECOLOGY
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