Dirk Maes

6.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
124 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Dirk Maes is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecological Modeling. According to data from OpenAlex, Dirk Maes has authored 124 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 53 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 50 papers in Ecological Modeling. Recurrent topics in Dirk Maes's work include Species Distribution and Climate Change (50 papers), Plant and animal studies (48 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (48 papers). Dirk Maes is often cited by papers focused on Species Distribution and Climate Change (50 papers), Plant and animal studies (48 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (48 papers). Dirk Maes collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Netherlands and United Kingdom. Dirk Maes's co-authors include Hans Van Dyck, Chris van Swaay, Dries Bonte, Tim Adriaens, A. van Strien, Wouter Vanreusel, Irma Wynhoff, Gilles San Martin, M. S. Warren and Philippe Goffart and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and The American Naturalist.

In The Last Decade

Dirk Maes

117 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

The decline of butterflies in Europe: Problems, significance, and possible solutions

2021 251 citations M. S. Warren, Dirk Maes et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Dirk Maes	1.8k	1.7k	1.5k	1.0k	852	124	3.7k
Morgane Barbet‐Massin	1.3k 0.7×	1.8k 1.1×	3.1k 2.1×	2.7k 2.6×	763 0.9×	34	4.9k
Boris Leroy	1.3k 0.7×	1.8k 1.1×	1.8k 1.2×	2.8k 2.7×	1.1k 1.3×	75	5.3k
Ian S. Pearse	1.9k 1.0×	1.7k 1.0×	693 0.5×	1.8k 1.7×	897 1.1×	126	3.7k
Jens Roland	1.8k 1.0×	1.5k 0.9×	575 0.4×	1.5k 1.4×	1.2k 1.4×	94	3.6k
Sarah C. Elmendorf	1.2k 0.7×	1.7k 1.0×	924 0.6×	1.5k 1.4×	287 0.3×	34	3.3k
Petr Keil	838 0.5×	1.1k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	1.1k 1.1×	389 0.5×	54	2.5k
Louis‐Félix Bersier	1.9k 1.0×	1.2k 0.7×	374 0.3×	1.0k 1.0×	504 0.6×	70	3.0k
Nicolas Schtickzelle	1.5k 0.8×	1.6k 0.9×	907 0.6×	1.6k 1.5×	203 0.2×	86	3.3k
Björn C. Rall	1.8k 1.0×	1.4k 0.8×	755 0.5×	2.2k 2.2×	370 0.4×	51	4.2k
Claudia E. Moreno	1.3k 0.7×	1.3k 0.8×	831 0.6×	1.3k 1.3×	407 0.5×	114	3.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dirk Maes

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20 of 20 papers shown

Maes, Dirk, et al.. (2025). Strong gene flow across an urbanised coastal landscape in a dune specialist digger wasp. Landscape Ecology. 40(3). 1 indexed citations

Schweiger, Oliver, Josef Settele, Martin Wiemers, et al.. (2024). Connectivity and climate influence diversity–stability relationships across spatial scales in European butterfly metacommunities. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 33(10). 2 indexed citations

Adriaens, Tim, Dirk Maes, Angeliki F. Martinou, et al.. (2024). Beetlehangers.org: harmonizing host–parasite records of Harmonia axyridis and Hesperomyces harmoniae. Arthropod-Plant Interactions. 18(4). 665–679. 6 indexed citations

Bourn, Nigel A. D., Dirk Maes, Philippe Goffart, et al.. (2024). The history, science and preliminary results from the reintroduction of the Chequered Skipper, Carterocephalus palaemon into Rockingham Forest, England. Journal of Insect Conservation. 28(5). 1063–1078. 5 indexed citations

Maes, Dirk, et al.. (2024). Integrating citizen science and multispectral satellite data for multiscale habitat management. Biodiversity and Conservation. 33(4). 1479–1501. 3 indexed citations

Smedt, Pallieter De, et al.. (2022). A Red List of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea) in Flanders (northern Belgium) and its implications for conservation. Journal of Insect Conservation. 26(4). 525–535. 2 indexed citations

Warren, M. S., Dirk Maes, Chris van Swaay, et al.. (2021). The decline of butterflies in Europe: Problems, significance, and possible solutions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(2). 251 indexed citations breakdown →

Broeck, An Vanden, Dirk Maes, Irma Wynhoff, et al.. (2017). Gene flow and effective population sizes of the butterfly Maculinea alcon in a highly fragmented, anthropogenic landscape. Biological Conservation. 209. 89–97. 33 indexed citations

Maes, Dirk, Kris Decleer, Luc De Keersmaeker, Jan Van Uytvanck, & Gerald Louette. (2017). Intensified habitat management to mitigate negative effects of nitrogen pollution can be detrimental for faunal diversity: A comment on Jones et al. (2017). Biological Conservation. 212. 493–494. 9 indexed citations

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Titeux, Nicolas, Dirk Maes, Toon Van Daele, et al.. (2017). The need for large‐scale distribution data to estimate regional changes in species richness under future climate change. Diversity and Distributions. 23(12). 1393–1407. 36 indexed citations

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Thomaes, Arno, et al.. (2015). Rode Lijst van de houtbewonende bladsprietkevers: soorten van holle bomen meest bedreigd. 14. 100–106.

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Carvalheiro, Luísa G., William E. Kunin, Petr Keil, et al.. (2013). Species richness declines and biotic homogenisation have slowed down for NW ‐European pollinators and plants. Ecology Letters. 16(7). 870–878. 280 indexed citations

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Maes, Dirk, et al.. (2011). Nieuwe Rode Lijstcategorieën en -criteria voor Vlaanderen: een aanpassing aan de internationale IUCN-standaarden. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 10(2). 54–61. 2 indexed citations

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Maes, Dirk, et al.. (2011). Een nieuwe Rode Lijst dagvlinders: De IUCN-criteria toegepast in Vlaanderen. 10(2). 62–71.

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Swaay, Chris van, Annabelle Cuttelod, Sue Collins, et al.. (2010). European Red List of Butterflies. 146 indexed citations

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Eggers, Jeannette, Alessandra Falcucci, Luigi Maiorano, et al.. (2009). Is biofuel policy harming biodiversity in Europe?. GCB Bioenergy. 1(1). 18–34. 71 indexed citations

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Ruan, Da, et al.. (2005). Cost estimations for large scale engineering projects under uncertainties. SCK CEN Institutional Repository. 955–960. 1 indexed citations

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Adriaens, Tim, Étienne Branquart, & Dirk Maes. (2003). The Multicoloured Asian Ladybird Harmonia axyridis Pallas (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), a threat for native aphid predators in Belgium?. Belgian journal of zoology. 133(2). 195–196. 57 indexed citations

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Maes, Dirk, Jean‐Pierre Maelfait, & Eckhart Kuijken. (1995). Rode lijsten: een onmisbaar instrument in het moderne Vlaamse natuurbehoud. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 5 indexed citations

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Desender, Konjev, et al.. (1995). Een gedocumenteerde rode lijst van de zandloopkevers en loopkevers van Vlaanderen. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 22 indexed citations

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