Aurélie Thébault

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Aurélie Thébault is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Aurélie Thébault has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 7 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 7 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Aurélie Thébault's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (12 papers), Plant and animal studies (6 papers) and Tree-ring climate responses (2 papers). Aurélie Thébault is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (12 papers), Plant and animal studies (6 papers) and Tree-ring climate responses (2 papers). Aurélie Thébault collaborates with scholars based in France, Switzerland and United Kingdom. Aurélie Thébault's co-authors include Sandra Lavorel, Fabien Quétier, Karl Grigulis, S. McIntyre, Anne Bonis, Josh Dorrough, D. L. Garden, Nick Williams, Alexandre Buttler and Pierre Mariotte and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Ecology, Oecologia and Ecological Monographs.

In The Last Decade

Aurélie Thébault

15 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Assessing functional diversity in the field – methodology... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 200 400 600
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Assessing functional diversity in the field – methodology matters!
    2007 740 citations Sandra Lavorel, Karl Grigulis et al. Functional Ecology profile →

Peers

Aurélie Thébault
Heike Culmsee Germany
Melisa A. Giorgis Argentina
Giandiego Campetella Italy
Arántzazu L. Luzuriaga Spain
André T. C. Dias Brazil
Sandra Díaz Argentina
Stefano Chelli Italy
Julie E. Larson United States
Sándor Bartha Hungary
Patricio von Hildebrand Colombia
Heike Culmsee Germany
Aurélie Thébault
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Aurélie Thébault

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All Works

15 of 15 papers shown
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Thébault, Aurélie, Jean‐Christophe Clément, Sébastien Ibanez, et al.. (2014). Nitrogen limitation and microbial diversity at the treeline. Oikos. 123(6). 729–740. 72 indexed citations
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Thébault, Aurélie, Pierre Mariotte, Christopher J. Lortie, & Andrew S. MacDougall. (2014). Land management trumps the effects of climate change and elevated CO2 on grassland functioning. Journal of Ecology. 102(4). 896–904. 37 indexed citations
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Bayon, Renée‐Claire Le, et al.. (2014). Carbon storage and soil organic matter stabilisation in near-natural, restored and embanked Swiss floodplains. Geoderma. 228-229. 122–131. 28 indexed citations
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Mariotte, Pierre, et al.. (2012). Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi reduce the differences in competitiveness between dominant and subordinate plant species. Mycorrhiza. 23(4). 267–277. 39 indexed citations
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Thébault, Aurélie, Peter Stoll, & Alexandre Buttler. (2012). Complex interactions between spatial pattern of resident species and invasiveness of newly arriving species affect invasibility. Oecologia. 170(4). 1133–1142. 5 indexed citations
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Spiegelberger, Thomas, François Gillet, Bernard Amiaud, et al.. (2012). How do plant community ecologists consider the complementarity of observational, experimental and theoretical modelling approaches?. Plant Ecology and Evolution. 145(1). 4–12. 8 indexed citations
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Mariotte, Pierre, Alexandre Buttler, David Johnson, Aurélie Thébault, & Charlotte Vandenberghe. (2012). Exclusion of root competition increases competitive abilities of subordinate plant species through root–shoot interactions. Journal of Vegetation Science. 23(6). 1148–1158. 19 indexed citations
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Quétier, Fabien, Sandra Lavorel, Pierre Liancourt, Aurélie Thébault, & Ian D. Davies. (2011). Assessing long-term land-use legacies in subalpine grasslands by using a plant trait-based generic modelling framework. Plant Ecology & Diversity. 4(4). 391–402. 6 indexed citations
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Lavorel, Sandra, Francesco de Bello, Karl Grigulis, et al.. (2011). Response of herbaceous vegetation functional diversity to land use change across five sites in Europe and Israel. Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution. 57(1-2). 53–72. 20 indexed citations
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Thébault, Aurélie, Beat Frey, Edward A. D. Mitchell, & Alexandre Buttler. (2010). Species-specific effects of polyploidisation and plant traits of Centaurea maculosa and Senecio inaequidens on rhizosphere microorganisms. Oecologia. 163(4). 1011–1020. 9 indexed citations
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Thébault, Aurélie, François Gillet, Heinz Müller‐Schärer, & Alexandre Buttler. (2010). Polyploidy and invasion success: trait trade-offs in native and introduced cytotypes of two Asteraceae species. Plant Ecology. 212(2). 315–325. 36 indexed citations
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Thébault, Aurélie. (2009). Resistance of plant communities to invasive species : disentangling invasiveness from invasibility. Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne). 1 indexed citations
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Lavorel, Sandra, Karl Grigulis, S. McIntyre, et al.. (2007). Assessing functional diversity in the field – methodology matters!. Functional Ecology. 22(1). 134–147. 740 indexed citations breakdown →
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Quétier, Fabien, Aurélie Thébault, & Sandra Lavorel. (2007). PLANT TRAITS IN A STATE AND TRANSITION FRAMEWORK AS MARKERS OF ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE TO LAND-USE CHANGE. Ecological Monographs. 77(1). 33–52. 219 indexed citations
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Thébault, Aurélie. (2004). Etude du fonctionnement écologique de prairies et de sa contribution à la diversité des usages dont elles font l"objet - Villar d"Arène, France. Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne). 1 indexed citations

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