Nils Bourland

1.8k total citations
66 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Nils Bourland is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Forestry and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Nils Bourland has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 27 papers in Forestry and 21 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Nils Bourland's work include African Botany and Ecology Studies (27 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (26 papers) and Forest ecology and management (21 papers). Nils Bourland is often cited by papers focused on African Botany and Ecology Studies (27 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (26 papers) and Forest ecology and management (21 papers). Nils Bourland collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Indonesia. Nils Bourland's co-authors include Jean‐Louis Doucet, Adeline Fayolle, Jean‐François Gillet, Kasso Daïnou, Olivier J. Hardy, Philippe Lejeune, Hans Beeckman, Dakis‐Yaoba Ouédraogo, Gilles Dauby and Joris Van Acker and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Global Change Biology and Journal of Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Nils Bourland

59 papers receiving 992 citations

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nils Bourland Belgium 19 534 293 289 247 152 66 1.0k
Philippe Birnbaum France 17 452 0.8× 95 0.3× 195 0.7× 341 1.4× 262 1.7× 40 896
James Grogan United States 21 527 1.0× 177 0.6× 448 1.6× 230 0.9× 166 1.1× 32 1.0k
Alexandre F. Souza Brazil 22 663 1.2× 148 0.5× 268 0.9× 426 1.7× 222 1.5× 51 1.0k
Dethardt Goetze Germany 15 359 0.7× 223 0.8× 292 1.0× 323 1.3× 177 1.2× 23 830
Marie-Françoise Prévost France 11 554 1.0× 117 0.4× 257 0.9× 314 1.3× 212 1.4× 18 910
José Eduardo Lahoz da Silva Ribeiro Brazil 12 986 1.8× 114 0.4× 642 2.2× 577 2.3× 371 2.4× 22 1.5k
Laura Warman Australia 7 729 1.4× 54 0.2× 365 1.3× 427 1.7× 225 1.5× 8 1.1k
Kasso Daïnou Belgium 22 472 0.9× 378 1.3× 207 0.7× 445 1.8× 202 1.3× 68 1.2k
Anne Blach‐Overgaard Denmark 13 383 0.7× 123 0.4× 142 0.5× 339 1.4× 198 1.3× 17 833
M. N. Nur Supardi Malaysia 10 779 1.5× 82 0.3× 493 1.7× 291 1.2× 161 1.1× 15 1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nils Bourland

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All Works

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Bourland, Nils, Hans Beeckman, Paolo Cerutti, et al.. (2025). The potential of native tree species for forest restoration in the Central Congo Basin. Ecological Engineering. 217. 107662–107662.
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Ligot, Gauthier, Achille Bernard Biwôlé, Nils Bourland, et al.. (2025). Survival and growth of high-value timber species planted in Central African rainforest logging gaps. Forest Ecology and Management. 590. 122790–122790.
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Beeckman, Hans, Corneille E. N. Ewango, Kolawolé Valère Salako, et al.. (2024). Light-demanding canopy tree species do not indicate past human disturbance in the Yangambi rainforest (Democratic Republic of the Congo). Annals of Forest Science. 81(1).
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Beeckman, Hans, Nils Bourland, Bhély Angoboy Ilondea, et al.. (2024). Natural forest regeneration through fire protection is a less imminent threat for truly stable savannas than afforestation. Global Change Biology. 30(6). e17370–e17370. 4 indexed citations
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Beeckman, Hans, Nils Bourland, Bhély Angoboy Ilondea, et al.. (2024). Protecting an artificial savanna as a nature‐based solution to restore carbon and biodiversity in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Global Change Biology. 30(1). e17154–e17154. 4 indexed citations
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Kearsley, Elizabeth, et al.. (2024). Growth periodicity in semi‐deciduous tropical tree species from the Congo Basin. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(3). e10144–e10144. 1 indexed citations
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Hubau, Wannes, Kolawolé Valère Salako, Christian Amani, et al.. (2021). Spatial patterns of light‐demanding tree species in the Yangambi rainforest (Democratic Republic of Congo). Ecology and Evolution. 11(24). 18691–18707. 10 indexed citations
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Yakusu, Emmanuel Kasongo, Nils Bourland, Olivier J. Hardy, et al.. (2021). Entandrophragma: taxonomy and ecology of a genus of African tree species with economic importance. A review. BASE. 140–153. 4 indexed citations
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Duminil, Jérôme, Emmanuel Kasongo Yakusu, Hans Beeckman, et al.. (2018). The African timber tree Entandrophragma congoense (Pierre ex De Wild.) A.Chev. is morphologically and genetically distinct from Entandrophragma angolense (Welw.) C.DC. Tree Genetics & Genomes. 14(5). 9 indexed citations
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Yakusu, Emmanuel Kasongo, Nils Bourland, Olivier J. Hardy, et al.. (2018). Le genre Entandrophragma (Meliaceae) : taxonomie et écologie d’arbres africains d’intérêt économique (synthèse bibliographique). BASE. 113–127. 6 indexed citations
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Bourland, Nils, et al.. (2012). Ecology and management of Pericopsis elata (Harms) Meeuwen (Fabaceae) populations: a review. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 13 indexed citations
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Micheneau, Claire, et al.. (2011). Development and characterization of microsatellite loci in Pericopsis elata (Fabaceae) using a cost‐efficient approach. American Journal of Botany. 98(10). e268–70. 31 indexed citations
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Duminil, Jérôme, Myriam Heuertz, Jean‐Louis Doucet, et al.. (2010). CpDNA-based species identification and phylogeography: application to African tropical tree species. Molecular Ecology. 19(24). 5469–5483. 40 indexed citations
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Bourland, Nils, et al.. (2005). La forêt wallonne au début du 21ème siècle : bref état des lieux. Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège). 1 indexed citations
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Rondeux, Jacques, et al.. (2005). Production ligneuse de la forêt wallonne, l'apport de l'inventaire permanent régional. Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège). 1 indexed citations
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Rondeux, Jacques, et al.. (2002). Importance et dispersion de la maladie du hêtre en Région wallonne. Premier résultats d'un inventaire spécifique. Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège). 1 indexed citations

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