Élise Buisson

7.3k total citations · 5 hit papers
128 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Élise Buisson is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Élise Buisson has authored 128 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 86 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 44 papers in Plant Science and 38 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Élise Buisson's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (83 papers), Plant and animal studies (30 papers) and Rangeland and Wildlife Management (20 papers). Élise Buisson is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (83 papers), Plant and animal studies (30 papers) and Rangeland and Wildlife Management (20 papers). Élise Buisson collaborates with scholars based in France, Brazil and United States. Élise Buisson's co-authors include Thierry Dutoit, Soizig Le Stradic, Giselda Durigan, Geraldo Wilson Fernandes, Gerhard E. Overbeck, Joseph W. Veldman, William J. Bond, Grégory Mahy, Renaud Jaunatre and Daniel Negreiros and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Élise Buisson

124 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

Toward an old‐growth conc... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 2015 2016 2018 2022 100 200 300
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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. Toward an old‐growth concept for grasslands, savannas, and woodlands
    2015 373 citations Joseph W. Veldman, Élise Buisson et al. profile →
  2. Where Tree Planting and Forest Expansion are Bad for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
    2015 334 citations Joseph W. Veldman, Gerhard E. Overbeck et al. profile →
  3. Linking plant phenology to conservation biology
    2016 289 citations Élise Buisson et al. profile →
  4. Resilience and restoration of tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and grassy woodlands
    2018 234 citations Élise Buisson, Soizig Le Stradic et al. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society profile →
  5. Ancient grasslands guide ambitious goals in grassland restoration
    2022 144 citations Élise Buisson et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Élise Buisson 2.4k 1.4k 1.3k 1.2k 1.1k 128 4.1k
Gerhard E. Overbeck 2.6k 1.1× 1.4k 1.0× 1.8k 1.4× 1.4k 1.2× 1.0k 0.9× 144 4.8k
Rachel J. Standish 2.2k 0.9× 1.6k 1.1× 1.7k 1.3× 897 0.8× 1.0k 0.9× 126 4.6k
Ana M. Cingolani 2.3k 1.0× 1.4k 1.0× 1.0k 0.8× 947 0.8× 816 0.7× 95 3.7k
Marcelo Sternberg 2.4k 1.0× 1.4k 1.0× 1.2k 0.9× 1.2k 1.0× 1.2k 1.1× 94 4.4k
Orsolya Valkó 2.1k 0.9× 1.7k 1.2× 801 0.6× 904 0.8× 1.4k 1.2× 149 3.8k
Balázs Déak 2.0k 0.8× 1.7k 1.2× 924 0.7× 842 0.7× 1.2k 1.1× 138 3.7k
Yann Hautier 2.1k 0.9× 1.4k 1.0× 911 0.7× 1.3k 1.1× 1.2k 1.1× 72 3.9k
Péter Török 3.1k 1.3× 2.3k 1.6× 1.2k 0.9× 1.4k 1.2× 2.0k 1.8× 174 5.4k
Nicolas Gross 2.8k 1.2× 1.5k 1.0× 1.6k 1.2× 1.8k 1.5× 1.2k 1.1× 60 5.0k
Martı́n R. Aguiar 2.8k 1.2× 1.7k 1.2× 1.4k 1.1× 1.1k 0.9× 933 0.8× 91 4.2k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Tölgyesi, Csaba, Vicky M. Temperton, Élise Buisson, et al.. (2025). Limited carbon sequestration potential from global ecosystem restoration. Nature Geoscience. 18(8). 761–768. 2 indexed citations
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Buisson, Élise, et al.. (2025). Burn them all? Use and efficacy of fire as a tool for grassland restoration. Restoration Ecology. 33(7). 1 indexed citations
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Buisson, Élise, et al.. (2024). Systematic review of field research reveals critical shortfalls for restoration of tropical grassy biomes. Journal of Applied Ecology. 61(6). 1174–1186. 9 indexed citations
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Parra, Santiago, Élise Buisson, Ana Belén Robles Cruz, et al.. (2024). How Transhumance and Pastoral Commons Shape Plant Community Structure and Composition. Rangeland Ecology & Management. 98. 269–282. 2 indexed citations
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Buisson, Élise, et al.. (2024). Ecological restoration and rewilding: two approaches with complementary goals?. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 99(3). 820–836. 24 indexed citations
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Lyons, Kelly G., Péter Török, Julia‐Maria Hermann, et al.. (2023). Challenges and opportunities for grassland restoration: A global perspective of best practices in the era of climate change. Global Ecology and Conservation. 46. e02612–e02612. 54 indexed citations
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Jaunatre, Renaud, et al.. (2023). Persisting effects of seed bed preparation and early grazing on plant communities in grassland restoration. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 11. 1 indexed citations
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Bischoff, Armin, et al.. (2023). Using priority effects for grassland restoration: Sequential sowing can promote subordinate species. Applied Vegetation Science. 26(4). 2 indexed citations
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Renault, David, Manon C.M. Hess, Ross N. Cuthbert, et al.. (2022). Advancing biological invasion hypothesis testing using functional diversity indices. The Science of The Total Environment. 834. 155102–155102. 44 indexed citations
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Mazzia, Christophe, et al.. (2021). Impacts of the removal of invasive Carpobrotus on spider assemblage dynamics. Biodiversity and Conservation. 30(2). 497–518. 7 indexed citations
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Buisson, Élise, et al.. (2021). Beetle assemblage dynamics after invasive ice plant (Carpobrotus) removal on a small Mediterranean island. Restoration Ecology. 29(5). 2 indexed citations
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Arruda, André Jardim, Fernanda Vieira da Costa, Tadeu J. Guerra, et al.. (2020). Topsoil disturbance reshapes diaspore interactions with ground‐foraging animals in a megadiverse grassland. Journal of Vegetation Science. 31(6). 1039–1052. 7 indexed citations
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Temperton, Vicky M., Nina Buchmann, Élise Buisson, et al.. (2019). Step back from the forest and step up to the Bonn Challenge: how a broad ecological perspective can promote successful landscape restoration. Restoration Ecology. 27(4). 705–719. 118 indexed citations
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Affre, Laurence, et al.. (2015). Résilience de la flore indigène après éradication des griffes de sorcière (Carpobrotus sp.) sur une île méditerranéenne. Revue d Écologie (La Terre et La Vie). 70. 80–90. 3 indexed citations
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Jaunatre, Renaud, Élise Buisson, & Thierry Dutoit. (2012). First-year results of a multi-treatment steppe restoration experiment in La Crau (Provence, France). Plant Ecology and Evolution. 145(1). 13–23. 22 indexed citations
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Henry, Frédéric, et al.. (2008). Consequences of the cessation of 3000 years of grazing on dry Mediterranean grassland ground-active beetle assemblages. Comptes Rendus Biologies. 331(7). 532–546. 22 indexed citations
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Dutoit, Thierry, Estelle Forey, Christine Römermann, et al.. (2005). Rémanence des utilisations anciennes et gestion conservatoire des pelouses calcicoles en France. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4 indexed citations

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