Pierre Couteron

3.5k total citations
64 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Pierre Couteron is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Pierre Couteron has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 37 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 17 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Pierre Couteron's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (43 papers), Ecosystem dynamics and resilience (20 papers) and Land Use and Ecosystem Services (16 papers). Pierre Couteron is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (43 papers), Ecosystem dynamics and resilience (20 papers) and Land Use and Ecosystem Services (16 papers). Pierre Couteron collaborates with scholars based in France, Cameroon and Belgium. Pierre Couteron's co-authors include Nicolas Barbier, Olivier Lejeune, Vincent Deblauwe, Jan Bogaert, Raphaël Pélissier, R. Leféver, Mustapha Tlidi, Kouami Kokou, Jean Lejoly and Pierre Ploton and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Pierre Couteron

63 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Pierre Couteron France 23 1.3k 1.3k 589 419 411 64 2.1k
Vivien Rossi France 22 1.0k 0.8× 950 0.7× 573 1.0× 476 1.1× 271 0.7× 76 2.1k
Stephan Getzin Germany 24 1.6k 1.2× 1.2k 0.9× 795 1.3× 404 1.0× 561 1.4× 42 2.5k
Yolanda Pueyo Spain 23 1.0k 0.8× 1.2k 0.9× 583 1.0× 225 0.5× 406 1.0× 64 2.2k
Maxime Réjou‐Méchain France 23 978 0.7× 697 0.5× 790 1.3× 758 1.8× 306 0.7× 42 2.1k
Nicolas Barbier France 26 1.5k 1.1× 1.8k 1.4× 1.3k 2.2× 1.1k 2.6× 266 0.6× 86 3.1k
Marina Hirota Brazil 19 1.2k 0.9× 2.3k 1.8× 805 1.4× 274 0.7× 287 0.7× 45 3.0k
Nicolas Picard France 28 2.1k 1.6× 1.5k 1.2× 595 1.0× 735 1.8× 381 0.9× 130 3.4k
Matthew B. Dickinson United States 29 679 0.5× 1.8k 1.4× 716 1.2× 231 0.6× 233 0.6× 78 2.3k
Benoı̂t Courbaud France 24 1.4k 1.1× 1.0k 0.8× 316 0.5× 152 0.4× 391 1.0× 56 1.9k
Karen A. Harper Canada 27 1.7k 1.3× 1.4k 1.1× 1.0k 1.8× 187 0.4× 724 1.8× 83 3.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Pierre Couteron

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pierre Couteron

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Pierre Couteron. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Pierre Couteron 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 Pierre Couteron. Pierre Couteron is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ploton, Pierre, Moses B. Libalah, Gilles Dauby, et al.. (2024). Interactions between soil and other environmental variables modulate forest expansion and ecotone dynamics in humid savannas of Central Africa. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 291(2033). 20241120–20241120. 1 indexed citations
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Higgins, Steven I., Mara Baudena, David M. J. S. Bowman, et al.. (2024). Reassessing the alternative ecosystem states proposition in the African savanna‐forest domain. New Phytologist. 243(5). 1660–1669. 5 indexed citations
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Viennois, Gaëlle, François Bétard, Vincent Freycon, Nicolas Barbier, & Pierre Couteron. (2022). Automated landform classification and mapping using a combined textural-morphometric approach: the Congo basin and surroundings. Agritrop (Cirad). 5 indexed citations
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Pillot, Benjamin, Thibault Catry, Laurent Demagistri, et al.. (2021). Fast Unsupervised Multi-Scale Characterization of Urban Landscapes Based on Earth Observation Data. Remote Sensing. 13(12). 2398–2398. 3 indexed citations
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Couteron, Pierre, et al.. (2021). Composition and structure of a stretch of tropical forest in the Eastern Amazon. Ciência Rural. 51(4). 2 indexed citations
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Picard, Nicolas, Frédéric Mortier, Pierre Ploton, et al.. (2021). Using Model Analysis to Unveil Hidden Patterns in Tropical Forest Structures. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 9. 4 indexed citations
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Libalah, Moses B., Vincent Droissart, Bonaventure Sonké, et al.. (2020). Additive influences of soil and climate gradients drive tree community composition of Central African rain forests. Journal of Vegetation Science. 31(6). 1154–1167. 5 indexed citations
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Réjou‐Méchain, Maxime, Nicolas Barbier, Pierre Couteron, et al.. (2019). Upscaling Forest Biomass from Field to Satellite Measurements: Sources of Errors and Ways to Reduce Them. Surveys in Geophysics. 40(4). 881–911. 88 indexed citations
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Couteron, Pierre, et al.. (2016). An impulsive modelling framework of fire occurrence in a size-structured model of tree–grass interactions for savanna ecosystems. Journal of Mathematical Biology. 74(6). 1425–1482. 15 indexed citations
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Dumont, Yves, et al.. (2016). Tree–grass interaction dynamics and pulsed fires: Mathematical and numerical studies. Applied Mathematical Modelling. 40(11-12). 6165–6197. 11 indexed citations
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Munoz, François, et al.. (2013). Do Spatially-Implicit Estimates of Neutral Migration Comply with Seed Dispersal Data in Tropical Forests?. PLoS ONE. 8(8). e72497–e72497. 5 indexed citations
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Deblauwe, Vincent, et al.. (2012). Testing Pairwise Association between Spatially Autocorrelated Variables: A New Approach Using Surrogate Lattice Data. PLoS ONE. 7(11). e48766–e48766. 23 indexed citations
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Couteron, Pierre, Nicolas Barbier, Christophe Proisy, Raphaël Pélissier, & Grégoire Vincent. (2012). Linking remote-sensing information to tropical forest structure : the crucial role of modelling. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 5 indexed citations
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Ploton, Pierre, et al.. (2011). Assessing aboveground tropical forest biomass using Google Earth canopy images. Ecological Applications. 22(3). 993–1003. 81 indexed citations
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Barbier, Nicolas, et al.. (2010). Multiscale comparison of spatial patterns using two-dimensional cross-spectral analysis: application to a semi-arid (gapped) landscape. Landscape Ecology. 25(6). 889–902. 10 indexed citations
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Leféver, R., Nicolas Barbier, Pierre Couteron, & Olivier Lejeune. (2009). Deeply gapped vegetation patterns: On crown/root allometry, criticality and desertification. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 261(2). 194–209. 67 indexed citations
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Barbier, Nicolas, Pierre Couteron, R. Leféver, Vincent Deblauwe, & Olivier Lejeune. (2008). SPATIAL DECOUPLING OF FACILITATION AND COMPETITION AT THE ORIGIN OF GAPPED VEGETATION PATTERNS. Ecology. 89(6). 1521–1531. 128 indexed citations
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Leféver, R., Nicolas Barbier, Pierre Couteron, Vincent Deblauwe, & Olivier Lejeune. (2002). Les paysages tigrés et tachetés. Dépôt institutionnel de l'Université libre de Bruxelles (Université Libre de Bruxelles). 44. 2–5. 1 indexed citations
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Lejeune, Olivier, Mustapha Tlidi, & Pierre Couteron. (2002). Localized vegetation patches: A self-organized response to resource scarcity. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 66(1). 10901–10901. 187 indexed citations
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