Gérard Balent

1.7k total citations
41 papers, 737 citations indexed

About

Gérard Balent is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Gérard Balent has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 737 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 16 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 12 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Gérard Balent's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (15 papers), Agriculture and Rural Development Research (15 papers) and French Urban and Social Studies (11 papers). Gérard Balent is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (15 papers), Agriculture and Rural Development Research (15 papers) and French Urban and Social Studies (11 papers). Gérard Balent collaborates with scholars based in France, Morocco and Réunion. Gérard Balent's co-authors include Sébastien Bonthoux, Céline Pelosi, Michel Goulard, Sylvie Ladet, David Sheeren, Veronique V. Cheret, Marc Deconchat, Annick Gibon, Claude Monteil and Didier Alard and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment and International Journal of Remote Sensing.

In The Last Decade

Gérard Balent

38 papers receiving 706 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Gérard Balent France 15 354 276 229 156 119 41 737
Alison R. Holt United Kingdom 14 344 1.0× 391 1.4× 282 1.2× 166 1.1× 166 1.4× 20 902
R.H.G. Jongman Netherlands 12 452 1.3× 314 1.1× 209 0.9× 75 0.5× 127 1.1× 28 781
Carmen Josse United States 10 361 1.0× 307 1.1× 303 1.3× 108 0.7× 145 1.2× 17 790
Florencia Pulhin Philippines 15 310 0.9× 139 0.5× 156 0.7× 90 0.6× 80 0.7× 36 586
Maarten J. van Strien Switzerland 17 487 1.4× 413 1.5× 163 0.7× 126 0.8× 129 1.1× 37 1.1k
Riho Marja Estonia 12 672 1.9× 393 1.4× 286 1.2× 205 1.3× 98 0.8× 27 1.1k
Anders Bryn Norway 17 378 1.1× 331 1.2× 255 1.1× 96 0.6× 263 2.2× 52 829
Susana Rodríguez‐Buriticá Colombia 11 324 0.9× 363 1.3× 243 1.1× 112 0.7× 138 1.2× 28 753
Andreas Fischlin Switzerland 18 635 1.8× 230 0.8× 406 1.8× 157 1.0× 107 0.9× 39 1.1k
Karyn Tabor United States 14 410 1.2× 243 0.9× 145 0.6× 156 1.0× 139 1.2× 21 743

Countries citing papers authored by Gérard Balent

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Fields of papers citing papers by Gérard Balent

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gérard Balent

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Gérard Balent. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Gérard Balent based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Gérard Balent. Gérard Balent is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Barnagaud, Jean‐Yves, Olivier Flores, Gérard Balent, Jacques Tassin, & Luc Barbaro. (2023). Trait‐independent habitat associations explain low co‐occurrence in native and exotic birds on a tropical volcanic island. Ecology and Evolution. 13(7). e10322–e10322. 1 indexed citations
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Gaüzère, Pierre, Luc Barbaro, François Calatayud, et al.. (2019). Long-term effects of combined land-use and climate changes on local bird communities in mosaic agricultural landscapes. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 289. 106722–106722. 31 indexed citations
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Bonthoux, Sébastien, et al.. (2017). Geographical generality of bird‐habitat relationships depends on species traits. Diversity and Distributions. 23(11). 1343–1352. 10 indexed citations
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Halder, Inge van, Annie Ouin, Frédéric Archaux, et al.. (2016). Trait‐driven responses of grassland butterflies to habitat quality and matrix composition in mosaic agricultural landscapes. Insect Conservation and Diversity. 10(1). 64–77. 19 indexed citations
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Balent, Gérard, et al.. (2015). Quelles perspectives d'intensification écologique des services fourragers rendus par des prairies de moyenne montagne française ? Une analyse comparative. 2 indexed citations
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Bonthoux, Sébastien, Andrés Baselga, & Gérard Balent. (2013). Assessing Community-Level and Single-Species Models Predictions of Species Distributions and Assemblage Composition after 25 Years of Land Cover Change. PLoS ONE. 8(1). e54179–e54179. 14 indexed citations
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Jacquin, Anne, Veronique V. Cheret, David Sheeren, & Gérard Balent. (2011). Détermination du régime des feux en milieu de savane à Madagascar à partir de séries temporelles d'images MODIS. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 32(24). 9219–9242. 5 indexed citations
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Gibon, Annick, David Sheeren, Claude Monteil, Sylvie Ladet, & Gérard Balent. (2010). Modelling and simulating change in reforesting mountain landscapes using a social-ecological framework. Landscape Ecology. 25(2). 267–285. 69 indexed citations
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Sheeren, David, et al.. (2009). Discriminating small wooded elements in rural landscape from aerial photography: a hybrid pixel/object-based analysis approach. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 30(19). 4979–4990. 49 indexed citations
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Martin, Guillaume, Pablo Cruz, Jean‐Pierre Theau, et al.. (2008). A multi-site study to classify semi-natural grassland types. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 129(4). 508–515. 20 indexed citations
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Deconchat, Marc, Annick Gibon, Alain Cabanettes, et al.. (2007). How to Set Up a Research Framework to Analyze Social–Ecological Interactive Processes in a Rural Landscape. Ecology and Society. 12(1). 11 indexed citations
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Deconchat, Marc, et al.. (2006). From farm forestry to farm and forestry in south-western France as a result of changes in a ‘house-centred’ social structure. Small-scale Forestry. 5(1). 127–144. 10 indexed citations
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Deconchat, Marc & Gérard Balent. (2004). Critères et indicateurs de gestion durable des forêts : la biodiversité. Revue Forestière Française. 419–419. 3 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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Balent, Gérard & Annick Gibon. (1992). Transformation des pratiques collectives dans les systèmes pastoraux des Pyrénées centrales. 1 indexed citations
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Balent, Gérard, et al.. (1986). Pratiques pastorales et strategies foncieres dans le processus de deprise de l’elevage montagnard en vallee d'0O (Pyrenees centrales). HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 57(3). 403–447. 4 indexed citations
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Balent, Gérard, et al.. (1986). Activité alimentaire des brebis sur les pâturages naturels des Pyrénées pendant la période hivernale. annales de biologie animale biochimie biophysique. 26(1B). 267–268. 2 indexed citations
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