René van der Wal

11.4k citations
178 papers · 7.3k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 45
Topics
Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (38 papers)Climate change and permafrost (35 papers)Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (31 papers)

In The Last Decade

René van der Wal

176 papers receiving 6.8k citations

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René van der Wal
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  • Ecology 3.7k
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation 1.6k
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1.4k
  • Atmospheric Science 1.4k
  • Global and Planetary Change 1.0k
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of René van der Wal

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All Works

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Tag2Blog: Narrative Generation from Satellite Tag Data
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Blogging birds: Generating narratives about reintroduced species to promote public engagement
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Natural Language Generation for Nature Conservation: Automating Feedback to Help Volunteers Identify Bumblebee Species
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MinkApp: Generating Spatio-temporal Summaries for Nature Conservation Volunteers
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Impact of soil nematodes on salt-marsh plants: a pilot experiment
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The impact of herbivores on nitrogen mineralization rate
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Exploitation of a new staging area in the Dutch Wadden Sea by Greylag Geese Anser anser: the importance of food-plant dynamics
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About René van der Wal

René van der Wal is a scholar working on Ecological Modeling, Ecology and Nature and Landscape Conservation, having authored 178 papers that have together received 7.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (38 papers), Climate change and permafrost (35 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (31 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Ecological Modeling (812 citations), Ecology (3.7k citations) and Nature and Landscape Conservation (1.6k citations). René van der Wal has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, Sweden and Norway. Frequent co-authors include Sarah J. Woodin, Anne‐Wil Harzing, Anke Fischer, Rob W. Brooker, Koen Arts, Ingibjörg S. Jónsdóttir, Imogen S. K. Pearce, Audun Stien, J. Graveland and Graham H. R. Osler. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, PLoS ONE and Ecology.

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