Publications

Meeussen C, De Pauw K, Sanczuk P, Brunet J, Cousins SAO, Gasperini C, Hedwall PO, Iacopetti G, Lenoir J, Plue J, Selvi F, Spicher F, Uria Diez J, Verheyen K, Vangansbeke P, De Frenne P (2022)
Initial oak regeneration responses to experimental warming along microclimatic and macroclimatic gradients
Plant Biology
DOI: 10.1111/plb.13412

Depauw L, Dhungana KS, Graae B, Govaert S, Meeussen C, Vangansbeke P, De Frenne P (2022)
Functional trait variation of Anemone nemorosa along macro- and microclimatic gradients close to the northern range edge
Nordic Journal of Botany
DOI: 10.1111/njb.03471

Meeussen C, Govaert S, Vanneste T, Bollmann K, Brunet J, Calders K, Cousins S, De Pauw K, Diekmann M, Gasperini C, Hedwall P-O, Hylander K, Iacopetti G, Lenoir J, Lindmok S, Orczewska A, Ponette Q, Plue J, Sanczuk P, Selvi F, Spicher F, Verbeeck H, Zellweger F, Verheyen K, Vangansbeke P, & De Frenne P (2021)
Microclimatic edge-to-interior gradients of European deciduous forests
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2021.108699

Sanczuk P, De Lombaerde E, Haesen E, Van Meerbeek K, Van der Veken B, Hermy M, Verheyen K, Vangansbeke P, De Frenne P (2022)
Species distribution models and a 60-year-old transplant experiment reveal inhibited forest plant range shifts under climate change
Journal of Biogeography
DOI: 10.1111/jbi.14325

Lembrechts J, van den Hoogen J, Aalto J, Ashcroft MB, De Frenne P, Kemppinen J, Kopecký M, Luoto M, Maclean IMD, Crowther TW, …, Nys I, Lenoir J (2022)
Global maps of soil temperature
Global Change Biology
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16060

De Lombaerde E, Vangansbeke P, Lenoir J, Van Meerbeek K, Lembrechts J, Rodríguez-Sánchez F, Luoto M, Scheffers B, Haesen S, Aalto J, Christiansen DM, De Pauw K, Depauw L, Govaert S, Greiser C, Hampe A, Hylander K, Klinges D, Koelemeijer I, Meeussen C, Ogée J, Sanczuk P, Vanneste T, Zellweger F, Baeten L & De Frenne P (2021)
Maintaining forest cover to enhance temperature buffering under future climate change
Science of the Total Environment
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151338

Meeussen C, Govaert S, Vanneste T, Bollmann K, Brunet J, Calders K, Cousins S, De Pauw K, Diekmann M, Gasperini C, Hedwall P-O, Hylander K, Iacopetti G, Lenoir J, Lindmok S, Orczewska A, Ponette Q, Plue J, Sanczuk P, Selvi F, Spicher F, Verbeeck H, Zellweger F, Verheyen K, Vangansbeke P, & De Frenne P (2021)
Microclimatic edge-to-interior gradients of European deciduous forests
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2021.108699

Naqinezhad A, De Lombaerde E, Gholizadeh H, Wasof S, Perring MP, Meeussen C, De Frenne P & Verheyen K (2021)
The combined effects of climate and canopy cover changes on understorey plants of the Hyrcanian forest biodiversity hotspot in northern Iran
Global Change Biology
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15946

De Pauw K, Sanczuk P, Meeussen C, Depauw L, De Lombaerde E, Govaert S, Vanneste T, Brunet J, Cousins S, Gasperini C , Hedwall P-O, Iacopetti G, Lenoir J, Plue J, Selvi F, Spicher F, Uria-Diez J, Verheyen K, Vangansbeke P & De Frenne P (2021)
Forest understorey communities respond strongly to light in interaction with forest structure, but not to microclimate warming
New Phytologist
DOI: 10.1111/nph.17803

Haesen S, Lembrechts J, De Frenne P, Lenoir J, Aalto J, Ashcroft M, Kopecký M, Luoto M, Maclean I, Nijs I, Niittynen P, van den Hoogen J, Arriga N, Brůna J, Buchmann N, Čiliak M, Collalti A, De Lombaerde E, Descombes P, Gharun M, Goded I, Govaert S, Greiser C, Grelle A, Gruening C, Hederová L, Hylander K, Kreyling J, Kruijt B, Macek M, Máliš F, Man M, Manca G, Matula R, Meeussen C, Merinero S, Minerbi S, Montagnani L, Muffler L, Ogaya R, Penuelas J, Plichta R, Portillo-Estrada M, Schmeddes J, Shekhar A, Spicher F, Ujházyová M, Vangansbeke P, Weigel R, Wild J, Zellweger F & Van Meerbeek K (2021)
ForestTemp – Sub-canopy microclimate temperatures of European forests
Global Change Biology
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15892

Govaert S, Vangansbeke P, Blondeel H, De Lombaerde E, Verheyen K & De Frenne P (2021)
Forest understorey plant responses to long-term experimental warming, light and nitrogen addition
Plant Biology
DOI: 10.1111/plb.13330

Caron MM, Zellweger F, Verheyen K, Baeten L, Hédl R, Bernhardt- Römermann M, Berki I, Brunet J, Decocq G, Díaz S, Dirnböck T, Durak T, Heinken T, Jaroszewicz B, Kopecký M, Lenoir J, Macek M, Malicki M, Máliš F, Nagel T, Perring M, Petřík P, Reczyńska K, Pielech R, Schmidt W, Świerkosz K, Teleki B, Wulf M & De Frenne P (2021)
Thermal differences between juveniles and adults increased over time in European forest trees
Global Change Biology
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.13773

Vanneste T, Van Den Berge S, Brunet J, Hedwall P-O, Verheyen K & De Frenne P
Temperature effects on forest understorey plants in hedgerows: a combined warming and transplant experiment
Annals of Botany
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcab064

Gasperini C, Carrari E, Govaert S, Meeussen C, De Pauw K, Plue, J, Sanczuk P, Vanneste T, Vangansbeke P, Jacopetti G, De Frenne P & Selvi F (2021)
Edge effects on the realised soil seed bank along microclimatic gradients in temperate European forests
Science of the Total Environment
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149373

De Pauw K, Meeussen C, Govaert S, Sanczuk P, Vanneste T, Bernhardt-Römermann M, Bollmann K, Brunet J, Calders K, Cousins S, Diekmann D, Hedwall P-O, Iacopetti G, Lenoir J, Lindmo S, Orczewska A, Ponette Q, Plue J, Selvi F, Spicher F, Verbeeck H, Vermeir P, Zellweger F, Verheyen K, Vangansbeke P & De Frenne P (2021)
Taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional diversity of understorey plants respond differently to environmental conditions in European forest edges
Journal of Ecology
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.13671

Pieters O, Deprost E, Van Der Donckt J, Brosens L, Sanczuk P, Vangansbeke P, De Swaef T, De Frenne P & Wyffels F (2021)
MIRRA: A Modular and Cost-Effective Microclimate Monitoring System for Real-Time Remote Applications
Sensors
DOI: 10.3390/s21134615

Vangansbeke P, Máliš F, Hédl R, Chudomelová M, Vild O, Wulf M, Jahn U, Welk E, Rodríguez-Sánchez F & De Frenne P (2021)
ClimPlant: Realized climatic niches of vascular plants in European forest understoreys
Global Ecology and Biogeography
DOI: 10.1111/geb.13303

Lembrechts J, Lenoir J, Scheffers B & De Frenne (2021)
Designing countrywide and regional microclimate networks
Global Ecology and Biogeography
DOI: 10.1111/geb.13290

Govaert S, Vangansbeke P, Blondeel H, Verheyen K & De Frenne P (2021)
Rapid thermophilization of understorey plant communities in a 9 year-long temperate forest experiment
Journal of Ecology
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.13653

De Frenne P, Lenoir J, Luoto M, Scheffers B R, Zellweger F, Aalto J, Ashcroft M B, Christiansen D M, Decocq G, De Pauw, K, Govaert S, Greiser C, Gril E, Hampe A, Jucker T, Klinges D, Koelemeijker I A, Lembrechts J J, Marrec R, Meeussen C, Ogee J, Tyystjärvi V, Vangansbeke P & Hylander K (2021)
Forest microclimates and climate change: importance, drivers and future research agenda
Global Change Biology
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15569

Meeussen C, Govaert S, Vanneste T, Bollmann K, Brunet J, Calders K, Cousins S A O, Diekmann M, Graae B J, Hedwall PO, Iacopetti G, Lenoir J, Lindmo S, Orczewska A, Ponette Q, Plue J, Selvi F, Spicher F, Verbeeck H, Vermeir P, Verheyen K, Vangansbeke P & De Frenne P (2021)
Drivers of carbon stocks in forest edge across Europe
Science of the Total Environment 759 143497
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143497

Sanczuk P, Govaert S, Meeussen C, De Pauw K, Vanneste T, Depauw L, Moreira X, Schoelynck J, De Boevre M, De Saeger S, Bollmann K, Brunet J, Cousins S A O, Plue J, Diekmann M, Graae B J, Hedwall PO, Iacopetti G, Lenoir J, Orczewska A, Ponette Q, Selvi F, Spicher F, Vermeir P, Calders K, Verbeek H, Verheyen K, Vangansbeke P, De Frenne P (2021)
Small scale environmental variation modulates plant defence syndromes of understorey plants in deciduous forests of Europe
Global Ecology and Biogeography, 30:205-219
DOI: 10.1111/geb.13216

Lembrechts JJ, Aalto J, Ashcroft MB, De Frenne P, Kopecky M, Lenoir J, Luoto M, Maclean IMD, Roupsard O, Fuentes-Lillo E, Garcia RA, Pellissier L, Pitteloud C, …, Nijs I (2020)
SoilTemp: A global database of near-surface temperature
Global Change Biology
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15123

Zellweger F, De Frenne P, Lenoir J, Vangansbeke P, Verheyen K, Bernhardt-Römermann M, Baeten L, Hédl R, Berki I, Brunet J, Van Calster H, Chudomelová M, Dirnböck T, Durak T, Heinken T, Jaroszewicz B, Kopecký M, Máliš F, Macek M, Marek M, Naaf T, Nagel T A, Ortmann-Ajkai A, Petřík P, Pielech R, Reczyńska K, Schmidt W, Standovár T, Świerkosz K, Teleki B, Vild O, Wulf M, Coomes D (2020)
Forest microclimate dynamics drive plant responses to warming.
Science, 368
DOI: 10.1126/science.aba6880

Staude I R, Waller D M, Bernhardt-Romermann M, Bjorkman A D, Brunet J, De Frenne P, Hedl R, Jandt U, Lenoir J, Malis F, Verheyen K, Wulf M, Pereira H M, Vangansbeke P, Ortmann-Ajkai A, Pielech R, Berki I, Chudomelova M, Decocq G, Dirnbock T, Durak T, Heinken T, Jaroszewicz B, Kopecky M, Macek M, Malicki M, Naaf T, Nagel T A, Petrik P, Reczynska K, Schei F H, Schmidt W, Standovar T, Swierkosz K, Teleki B, Van Calster H, Vild O, Baeten L (2020)
Replacements of small- by large-ranged species scale up to diversity loss in Europe’s temperate forest biome.
Nature Ecology & Evolution, 4
DOI: 10.1038/s41559-020-1176-8

Meeussen C, Govaert S, Vanneste T, Calders C, Bollmann K, Brunet J, Cousins S A O, Diekmann M, Graae B J, Hedwall PO, Moorthy S M K, Iacopetti G, Lenoir J, Lindmo S, Orczewska A, Ponette Q, Plue J, Selvi F, Spicher F, Tolosano M, Verbeeck H, Verheyen K, Vangansbeke P, De Frenne P (2020)
Structural variation of forest edges across Europe.
Forest Ecology & Management, 462
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2020.117929

Govaert S, Meeussen C, Vanneste T, Bollmann K, Brunet J, Cousins S A O, Diekmann M, Graae B J, Hedwall PO, Heinken T, Iacopetti G, Lenoir J, Lindmo S, Orczewska A, Perring M P, Ponette Q, Plue J, Selvi F, Spicher F, Tolosano M, Vermeir P, Zellweger F, Verheyen K, Vangansbeke P, De Frenne P (2020)
Edge influence on understorey plant communities depends on forest management.
Journal of Vegetation Science, 31
DOI: 10.1111/jvs.12844

Vanneste T, Govaert S, Spicher F, Brunet J, Cousins SAO, Decocq G, Diekmann M, Graae BJ, Hedwall PO, Kapas R, Lenoir J, Liira J, Lindmo S, Litza K, Naaf T, Orczewska A, Plue J, Wulf M, Verheyen K, De Frenne P (2020)
Contrasting microclimates among hedgerows and woodlands across temperate Europe.
Agricultural & Forest Meteorology, 281
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2019.107818

Zellweger F, Coomes D, Lenoir J, Depauw L, Maes S L, Wulf M, Keith J. Kirby K J, Brunet J, Kopecký M, Máliš F, Schmidt W, Heinrichs S, den Ouden J, Jaroszewicz B, Buyse G, Spicher F, Verheyen K, De Frenne (2019)
Seasonal drivers of understorey temperature buffering in temperate deciduous forests across Europe.
Global Ecology & Biogeography
DOI: 10.1111/geb.12991

De Frenne P, Zellweger F, Rodríguez-Sánchez F, Scheffers BR, Hylander K, Luoto M, Vellend M, Verheyen K, Lenoir J (2019)
Global buffering of temperatures under forest canopies.
Nature Ecology & Evolution, 3, 744–749
DOI: 10.1038/s41559-019-0842-1

Zellweger F, De Frenne P, Lenoir J, Rocchini D, Coomes DA (2019)
Advances in microclimate ecology arising from remote sensing.
Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 34 (4), 327-341
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2018.12.012

Bramer I, Anderson B, Bennie J, Bladon A, De Frenne P, Hemming D, Hill R, Kearney MR, Korner C, Korstjens AH, Lenoir J, Maclean I, Marsh CM, Morecroft MD, Ohlemuller R, Slater HD, Suggitt AJ, Zellweger F, Gillingham PK (2018)
Advances in monitoring and modelling climates at ecologically relevant scales.
Advances in Ecological Research, 58, 101-161
DOI: 10.1016/bs.aecr.2017.12.005

Ma S, Verheyen K, Props R, Wasof S, Vanhellemont M, Boeckx P, Boon N, De Frenne P (2018)
Plant and soil microbe responses to light, warming and nitrogen addition in temperate forests.
Functional Ecology, 32, 1293-1303
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13061