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Project

Climate change in cities: impact of the urban heat island on microclimate, biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in urban forests

Outputs and Outcomes

Publications

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

Karen De PauwLeen DepauwKim CaldersSara A. O. CousinsGuillaume DecocqEmiel De LombaerdeMartin DiekmannDavid FreyJonathan LenoirCamille MeeussenAnna OrczewskaJan PlueFabien SpicherFlorian ZellwegerPieter VangansbekeKris VerheyenPieter De Frenne et al.

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

The urban heat island accelerates litter decomposition through microclimatic warming in temperate urban forests

Karen De PauwLeen DepauwSara A. O. CousinsEmiel De LombaerdeMartin DiekmannDavid FreyKatarzyna KwietniowskaJonathan LenoirCamille MeeussenAnna OrczewskaJan PlueFabien SpicherThomas VannesteFlorian ZellwegerKris VerheyenPieter VangansbekePieter De Frenne et al.

A1 Journal Article in URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Forest understorey flowering phenology responses to experimental warming and illumination

Eline LorerKris VerheyenHaben BlondeelKaren De PauwPieter SanczukPieter De FrenneDries Landuyt

A1 Journal Article in NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Using warming tolerances to predict understory plant responses to climate change

Liping WeiPieter SanczukKaren De PauwMaria Mercedes CaronFederico SelviPer‐Ola HedwallJörg BrunetSara A. O. CousinsJan PlueFabien SpicherCristina GasperiniGiovanni IacopettiAnna OrczewskaJaime Uria‐DiezJonathan LenoirPieter VangansbekePieter De Frenne et al.

A1 Journal Article in GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Understorey biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in rural and urban forest edges across temperate Europe

Karen De PauwPieter De FrennePieter VangansbekeKris VerheyenLeen Depauw

Urban forest microclimates across temperate Europe are shaped by deep edge effects and forest structure

Karen De PauwLeen DepauwKim CaldersSteven CaluwaertsSara A.O. CousinsEmiel De LombaerdeMartin DiekmannDavid FreyJonathan LenoirCamille MeeussenAnna OrczewskaJan PlueFabien SpicherFlorian ZellwegerPieter VangansbekeKris VerheyenPieter De Frenne et al.

A1 Journal Article in AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

Wat is biodiversiteit? Een blik door de ogen van een bioloog

Historical forest microclimates

Emiel De LombaerdeKaren De PauwPallieter De SmedtJonathan LenoirCamille MeeussenThomas VannesteKris VerheyenFlorian ZellwegerPieter De Frenne

Bookchapter in Historical ecology : learning from the past to understand the present and forecast the future of ecosystems

Forest understorey communities respond strongly to light in interaction with forest structure, but not to microclimate warming

Karen De PauwPieter SanczukCamille MeeussenLeen DepauwEmiel De LombaerdeSanne GovaertThomas VannesteJorg BrunetSara A. O. CousinsCristina GasperiniPer-Ola HedwallGiovanni IacopettiJonathan LenoirJan PlueFederico SelviFabien SpicherJaime Uria-DiezKris VerheyenPieter VangansbekePieter De Frenne et al.

A1 Journal Article in NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Maintaining forest cover to enhance temperature buffering under future climate change

Emiel De LombaerdePieter VangansbekeJonathan LenoirKoenraad Van MeerbeekJonas LembrechtsFrancisco Rodríguez-SánchezMiska LuotoBrett ScheffersStef HaesenJuha AaltoDitte Marie ChristiansenKaren De PauwLeen DepauwSanne GovaertCaroline GreiserArndt HampeKristoffer HylanderDavid KlingesIrena KoelemeijerCamille MeeussenJerome OgéePieter SanczukThomas VannesteFlorian ZellwegerLander BaetenPieter De Frenne et al.

A1 Journal Article in SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Small scale environmental variation modulates plant defence syndromes of understorey plants in deciduous forests of Europe

Pieter SanczukSanne GovaertCamille MeeussenKaren De PauwThomas VannesteLeen DepauwXoaquín MoreiraJonas SchoelynckMarthe De BoevreSarah De SaegerKurt BollmannJörg BrunetSara A. O. CousinsJan PlueMartin DiekmannBente J. GraaePer‐Ola HedwallGiovanni IacopettiJonathan LenoirAnna OrczewskaQuentin PonetteFederico SelviFabien SpicherPieter VermeirKim CaldersHans VerbeeckKris VerheyenPieter VangansbekePieter De Frenne et al.

A1 Journal Article in GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY