Frank Berninger

11.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
192 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

Frank Berninger is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Frank Berninger has authored 192 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 131 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 80 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 79 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Frank Berninger's work include Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (91 papers), Forest ecology and management (58 papers) and Tree-ring climate responses (50 papers). Frank Berninger is often cited by papers focused on Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (91 papers), Forest ecology and management (58 papers) and Tree-ring climate responses (50 papers). Frank Berninger collaborates with scholars based in Finland, Canada and China. Frank Berninger's co-authors include Jukka Pumpanen, Eero Nikinmaa, Kajar Köster, Yves Bergeron, Jianguo Huang, Bernhard Denneler, Annikki Mäkelä, Pertti Hari, Jacques Tardif and Chunyang Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Frank Berninger

183 papers receiving 6.1k citations

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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.

Global analysis of soil bacterial genera and diversity in response to pH

2024 50 citations Xuan Zhou, Teemu Tahvanainen et al. Soil Biology and Biochemistry profile →

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Countries citing papers authored by Frank Berninger

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Frank Berninger

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	A Meta‐Regression of 18 Wildfire Chronosequences Reveals Key Environmental Drivers and Knowledge Gaps in the Boreal Nitrogen Balance 2025 ·Global Change Biology ·(unknown), Frank Berninger, Han Y. H. Chen, Nicole J. Fenton, Mélanie Jean, Kajar Köster, Markku Larjavaara, Michelle C. Mack, Marie‐Charlotte Nilsson, Marjo Palviainen, Anatoly Prokushkin, Jukka Pumpanen, Meelis Seedre, M. Simard, Michael J. Gundale	1
2	Short-term effects of low-intensity surface fires on dissolved organic matter from boreal forest soils 2025 ·Journal of Soils and Sediments ·(unknown), Lukas Kohl, Egle Köster, Markku Keinänen, Frank Berninger, Kajar Köster	0
3	Navigating climate threats in forestry across five European regions: Stakeholder's adaptive management and policy strategies to resilience 2025 ·Journal of Environmental Management ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Gediminas Brazaitis, Blas Mola‐Yudego, Henrik Hartmann, Alexandru Lucian Curtu, Aureliu-Florin Hălălișan, Žaklina Marjanović, Leena Leskinen, Anastasia Pantera, (unknown), Rasoul Yousefpour, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Zhun Mao, Jo Van Brusselen, Frank Berninger	1
4	Global analysis of soil bacterial genera and diversity in response to pH breakdown → 2024 ·Soil Biology and Biochemistry ·Xuan Zhou, Teemu Tahvanainen, Lucie Malard, (unknown), (unknown), Frank Berninger	50
5	Several Mechanisms Drive the Heterogeneity in Browning Across a Boreal Stream Network 2024 ·Water Resources Research ·(unknown), Frank Berninger, Liang Chen, (unknown), Ryan A. Sponseller, Hjalmar Laudon	0
6	Determinants of tree planting and retention behaviour of homeowners in built-up urban areas of Ghana 2023 ·Trees Forests and People ·(unknown), Ari Pappinen, Frank Berninger	9
7	Immediate and carry‐over effects of late‐spring frost and growing season drought on forest gross primary productivity capacity in the Northern Hemisphere 2023 ·Global Change Biology ·Liang Chen, Sarita Keski‐Saari, Sari Kontunen‐Soppela, (unknown), Xuan Zhou, Heikki Hänninen, Jukka Pumpanen, Blas Mola‐Yudego, (unknown), Frank Berninger	8
8	The role of terrestrial productivity and hydrology in regulating aquatic dissolved organic carbon concentrations in boreal catchments 2022 ·Global Change Biology ·(unknown), Liang Chen, Jukka Pumpanen, Anne Ojala, John M. Zobitz, Xuan Zhou, Hjalmar Laudon, Marjo Palviainen, Kimmo Neitola, Frank Berninger	20
9	The effects of glucose addition and water table manipulation on peat quality of drained peatland forests with different management practices 2022 ·Soil Science Society of America Journal ·Heidi Aaltonen, (unknown), (unknown), Ari Laurén, Marjo Palviainen, Mari Könönen, Elina Peltomaa, Frank Berninger, Kajar Köster, Anne Ojala, Jukka Pumpanen	4
10	Comparing an exponential respiration model to alternative models for soil respiration components in a Canadian wildfire chronosequence (FireResp v1.0) 2021 ·Geoscientific model development ·John M. Zobitz, Heidi Aaltonen, Xuan Zhou, Frank Berninger, Jukka Pumpanen, Kajar Köster	2
11	Climate warming prolongs the time interval between leaf‐out and flowering in temperate trees: Effects of chilling, forcing and photoperiod 2020 ·Journal of Ecology ·Qianqian Ma, Jian‐Guo Huang, Heikki Hänninen, Xiaobo Li, Frank Berninger	27
12	Decadal‐Scale Recovery of Carbon Stocks After Wildfires Throughout the Boreal Forests 2020 ·Global Biogeochemical Cycles ·Marjo Palviainen, Ari Laurén, Jukka Pumpanen, Yves Bergeron, Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Markku Larjavaara, Daniel M. Kashian, Kajar Köster, Anatoly Prokushkin, Han Y. H. Chen, Meelis Seedre, David A. Wardle, Michael J. Gundale, Marie‐Charlotte Nilsson, Chuan Kuan Wang, Frank Berninger	25
13	Forest fires in Canadian permafrost region: the combined effects of fire and permafrost dynamics on soil organic matter quality 2019 ·Biogeochemistry ·Heidi Aaltonen, Kajar Köster, Egle Köster, Frank Berninger, Xuan Zhou, Kristiina Karhu, Christina Biasi, Viktor J. Bruckman, Marjo Palviainen, Jukka Pumpanen	36
14	Thinning and species mixing in Chinese fir monocultures improve carbon sequestration in subtropical China 2019 ·European Journal of Forest Research ·Hui Zhang, Guomo Zhou, Yixiang Wang, Shangbin Bai, Zhibin Sun, Frank Berninger, (unknown), Petri Penttinen	29
15	Underestimation of the Tambora effects in North American taiga ecosystems 2018 ·Environmental Research Letters ·Fabio Gennaretti, Étienne Boucher, Antoine Nicault, Guillermo Gea‐Izquierdo, Dominique Arseneault, Frank Berninger, Martine M. Savard, Christian Bégin, Joël Guiot	8
16	Effects of forest regeneration practices on the flux of soil CO2 after clear-cutting in subtropical China 2018 ·Journal of Environmental Management ·Yixiang Wang, (unknown), Shangbin Bai, (unknown), (unknown), Yujie You, Minjuan Wu, Frank Berninger, Zhibin Sun, Hui Zhang, Xiaohong Zhang	20
17	Validation of 3D-CMCC Forest Ecosystem Model (v.5.1) against eddy covariance data for 10 European forest sites 2016 ·Geoscientific model development ·Alessio Collalti, Sergio Marconi, Andreas Ibrom, Carlo Trotta, Alessandro Anav, Ettore D’Andrea, Gioṙgio Matteucci, Leonardo Montagnani, Bert Gielen, Ivan Mammarella, Thomas Grünwald, Alexander Knohl, Frank Berninger, Yan Zhao, Riccardo Valentini, Monia Santini	38
18	Modeling Jack Pine (Pinus banksiana) Foliage Density Distribution 2011 ·Forest Science ·Robert Schneider, Mathieu Fortin, Frank Berninger, Chhun-Huor Ung, D. Edwin Swift, (unknown)	1
19	Growth, allocation and leaf gas exchanges of hybrid poplar plants in their establishment phase on previously forested sites: effect of different vegetation management techniques 2007 ·Archipelago (Université du Québec à Montréal) ·Lluís Coll, Christian Messier, Sylvain Delagrange, Frank Berninger	2
20	Leaf morphological and physiological responses of Quercus aquifolioides along an altitudinal gradient 2006 ·Silva Fennica ·Chunyang Li, (unknown), Xingliang Liu, Olavi Luukkanen, Frank Berninger	62

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