Didier Alard

4.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
83 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Didier Alard is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Didier Alard has authored 83 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 30 papers in Plant Science and 25 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Didier Alard's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (48 papers), Botany and Plant Ecology Studies (21 papers) and Land Use and Ecosystem Services (15 papers). Didier Alard is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (48 papers), Botany and Plant Ecology Studies (21 papers) and Land Use and Ecosystem Services (15 papers). Didier Alard collaborates with scholars based in France, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Didier Alard's co-authors include Thierry Dutoit, Michaël Aubert, Isabelle Poudevigne, Emmanuel Corcket, Allan Watt, Juliette Young, Jari Niemelä, Klaus Henle, D. I. McCracken and Fabrice Bureau and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Didier Alard

82 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Identifying and managing the conflicts between agriculture and biodiversity conservation in Europe–A review

2007 538 citations Didier Alard et al. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Didier Alard France	33	1.7k	1.3k	1.2k	1.0k	834	83	3.7k
Rachel J. Standish Australia	34	2.2k 1.3×	1.6k 1.2×	1.7k 1.5×	1.0k 1.0×	897 1.1×	126	4.6k
Carlos Augusto Klink Brazil	20	1.7k 1.0×	1.4k 1.1×	1.5k 1.3×	748 0.7×	1.1k 1.3×	25	4.2k
Chris Stoate United Kingdom	24	1.2k 0.7×	1.5k 1.1×	857 0.7×	579 0.6×	803 1.0×	69	3.6k
Jennifer Firn Australia	26	1.3k 0.8×	1.5k 1.1×	924 0.8×	907 0.9×	660 0.8×	83	3.5k
Yann Hautier Netherlands	26	2.1k 1.2×	1.4k 1.0×	911 0.8×	1.2k 1.2×	1.3k 1.5×	72	3.9k
Werner Härdtle Germany	42	2.9k 1.7×	1.2k 0.9×	1.9k 1.7×	1.1k 1.1×	1.1k 1.3×	144	4.9k
Vicky M. Temperton Germany	38	2.2k 1.3×	1.4k 1.0×	1.3k 1.1×	1.7k 1.7×	1.0k 1.3×	99	5.2k
K. Blake Suttle United States	20	1.4k 0.8×	1.5k 1.2×	1.2k 1.0×	610 0.6×	894 1.1×	28	3.9k
Viki A. Cramer Australia	17	1.9k 1.1×	1.5k 1.1×	1.5k 1.3×	604 0.6×	652 0.8×	30	3.6k
Patricia M. Holmes South Africa	27	2.1k 1.2×	1.5k 1.1×	983 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	634 0.8×	54	3.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Didier Alard

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Alard, Didier, Olivier Chabrerie, Sylvain Diquélou, et al.. (2025). Plant evenness improves forage mineral content in semi-natural grasslands. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 387. 109622–109622.

Bonis, Anne, Didier Alard, Manuella Catterou, et al.. (2024). Identifying generic proxies for assessing ecosystem properties and conservation status of semi-natural grasslands. Ecological Indicators. 158. 111586–111586. 1 indexed citations

Benot, Marie‐Lise, et al.. (2023). Processes underlying the assembly of plant communities: The role of environmental filtering heterogeneity in a competition–dispersal experiment. Journal of Vegetation Science. 34(2). 1 indexed citations

Fried, Guillaume, Cécile Blanchet, Elena Kazakou, et al.. (2022). Consistent response of weeds according to Grime's CSR strategies along disturbance and resource gradients in Bordeaux vineyards. Weed Research. 62(5). 347–359. 15 indexed citations

Bourgeois, Bérenger, et al.. (2020). Native plant turnover and limited exotic spread explain swamp biotic differentiation with urbanization. Applied Vegetation Science. 24(1). 5 indexed citations

Corcket, Emmanuel, Didier Alard, Inge van Halder, et al.. (2020). Canopy composition and drought shape understorey plant assemblages in a young tree diversity experiment. Journal of Vegetation Science. 31(5). 803–816. 12 indexed citations

Alard, Didier, et al.. (2019). The effects of management on vegetation trajectories during the early‐stage restoration of previously arable land after hay transfer. Ecology and Evolution. 9(24). 13776–13786. 5 indexed citations

Belyazid, Salim, Jean‐Claude Gégout, Manuel Nicolas, et al.. (2016). Modelling the impact of climate change and atmospheric N deposition on French forests biodiversity. Environmental Pollution. 213. 1016–1027. 14 indexed citations

Bottin, Marius, Janne Soininen, Didier Alard, & Juliette Tison‐Rosebery. (2016). Diatom Cooccurrence Shows Less Segregation than Predicted from Niche Modeling. PLoS ONE. 11(4). e0154581–e0154581. 25 indexed citations

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Stevens, Carly, Edu Dorland, Cassandre Gaudnik, et al.. (2011). Changes in species composition of European acid grasslands observed along an international gradient of nitrogen deposition. Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University). 2 indexed citations

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Stevens, Carly, David Gowing, Didier Alard, et al.. (2011). Addressing the Impact of Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition on Western European Grasslands. Environmental Management. 48(5). 885–894. 27 indexed citations

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Stevens, Carly, Cecilia Duprè, Edu Dorland, et al.. (2010). Nitrogen deposition threatens species richness of grasslands across Europe. Environmental Pollution. 158(9). 2940–2945. 299 indexed citations

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Ernoult, Aude, et al.. (2006). Are similar landscapes the result of similar histories?. Landscape Ecology. 21(5). 631–639. 24 indexed citations

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Aubert, Michaël, Mickaël Hedde, Thibaud Decaëns, et al.. (2004). Facteurs contrôlant la variabilité spatiale de la macrofaune du sol dans une hêtraie pure et une hêtraie–charmaie. Comptes Rendus Biologies. 328(1). 57–74. 12 indexed citations

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Dutoit, Thierry, Élise Buisson, Philip Roche, & Didier Alard. (2003). Land use history and botanical changes in the calcareous hillsides of Upper-Normandy (north-western France): new implications for their conservation management. Biological Conservation. 115(1). 1–19. 33 indexed citations

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Dutoit, Thierry, et al.. (2001). Recherche prospective sur la dualité entre caractéristiques morphologiques et capacités de compétition des végétaux : le cas des espèces adventices et du blé. Comptes Rendus de l Académie des Sciences - Series III - Sciences de la Vie. 324(3). 261–272. 8 indexed citations

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Poudevigne, Isabelle, et al.. (2001). Turbidity and nitrate transfer in karstic aquifers in rural areas: The Brionne Basin case-study. Journal of Environmental Management. 62(4). 389–398. 14 indexed citations

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Balent, Gérard, Didier Alard, Vincent Blanfort, & Isabelle Poudevigne. (1999). Pratiques de gestion, biodiversité floristique et durabilité des prairies. Agritrop (Cirad). 5 indexed citations

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Decaëns, Thibaud, Thierry Dutoit, & Didier Alard. (1997). Earthworm community characteristics during afforestation of abandoned chalk grasslands (Upper Normandy, France). European Journal of Soil Biology. 33(1). 1–11. 19 indexed citations

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Dutoit, Thierry & Didier Alard. (1995). Mécanisme d'une succession végétale secondaire en pelouse calcicole: une approche historique. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 4 indexed citations

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