René van der Wal

11.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
178 papers, 7.3k citations indexed

About

René van der Wal is a scholar working on Ecology, Atmospheric Science and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, René van der Wal has authored 178 papers receiving a total of 7.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 91 papers in Ecology, 40 papers in Atmospheric Science and 39 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in René van der Wal's work include Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (38 papers), Climate change and permafrost (35 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (31 papers). René van der Wal is often cited by papers focused on Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (38 papers), Climate change and permafrost (35 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (31 papers). René van der Wal collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Sweden and Norway. René van der Wal's 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 and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, PLoS ONE and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

René van der Wal

176 papers receiving 6.8k citations

Hit Papers

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Peers

René van der Wal
Erle C. Ellis United States
Colby Loucks United States
Michael C. Runge United States
Chris S. Elphick United States
David A. Norton New Zealand
Jörn P. W. Scharlemann United Kingdom
Anne Larigauderie United States
Janneke HilleRisLambers United States
Valerie Kapos United Kingdom
Jeff Price United Kingdom
Erle C. Ellis United States
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Countries citing papers authored by René van der Wal

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Fields of papers citing papers by René van der Wal

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of René van der Wal

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

All Works

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Dwinnell, Samantha P. H., et al.. (2025). Waterlogging of soil induces diverging rates of senescence in Svalbard reindeer forage plants. Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research. 57(1).
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Dwinnell, Samantha P. H., Larissa T. Beumer, René van der Wal, et al.. (2024). Get it while it's hot: Benefits of a large herbivore exploiting stochastic resource pulses in a time of food scarcity. Ecosphere. 15(12). 1 indexed citations
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Bon, Matteo Petit, Brage Bremset Hansen, Maarten J. J. E. Loonen, et al.. (2023). Long‐term herbivore removal experiments reveal how geese and reindeer shape vegetation and ecosystem CO2‐fluxes in high‐Arctic tundra. Journal of Ecology. 111(12). 2627–2642. 4 indexed citations
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Schmidt, Niels Martin, Lærke Stewart, René van der Wal, et al.. (2023). Consistent imprints of elevation, soil temperature and moisture on plant and arthropod communities across two subarctic landscapes. Insect Conservation and Diversity. 16(5). 684–700. 2 indexed citations
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Peterson, Jesse, Dick Kasperowski, & René van der Wal. (2023). Bringing Together Species Observations: A Case Story of Sweden’s Biodiversity Informatics Infrastructures. Minerva. 61(2). 265–289. 4 indexed citations
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Jönsson, Mari, Dick Kasperowski, Stephen J. Coulson, et al.. (2023). Inequality persists in a large citizen science programme despite increased participation through ICT innovations. AMBIO. 53(1). 126–137. 10 indexed citations
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Wedegärtner, Ronja E. M., et al.. (2022). Hiking trails shift plant species' realized climatic niches and locally increase species richness. Diversity and Distributions. 28(7). 1416–1429. 11 indexed citations
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Ewing, Steven R., Jeremy D. Wilson, James Gordon, et al.. (2020). Clinging on to alpine life: Investigating factors driving the uphill range contraction and population decline of a mountain breeding bird. Global Change Biology. 26(7). 3771–3787. 4 indexed citations
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Wal, René van der, et al.. (2017). New Technological Interventions in Conservation Conflicts: Countering Emotions and Contested Knowledge. Human Ecology. 45(5). 683–695. 4 indexed citations
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Siddharthan, Advaith, et al.. (2013). Tag2Blog: Narrative Generation from Satellite Tag Data. Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics. 169–174. 9 indexed citations
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Siddharthan, Advaith, Matthew Green, Kees van Deemter, Chris Mellish, & René van der Wal. (2012). Blogging birds: Generating narratives about reintroduced species to promote public engagement. Aberdeen University Research Archive (Aberdeen University). 120–124. 5 indexed citations
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Siddharthan, Advaith, Hien Nguyen, Nirwan Sharma, et al.. (2012). Natural Language Generation for Nature Conservation: Automating Feedback to Help Volunteers Identify Bumblebee Species. Aberdeen University Research Archive (Aberdeen University). 311–324. 13 indexed citations
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Tintarev, Nava, Yolanda Melero, Somayajulu Sripada, et al.. (2012). MinkApp: Generating Spatio-temporal Summaries for Nature Conservation Volunteers. Open Access Institutional Repository at Robert Gordon University (Robert Gordon University). 17–21. 4 indexed citations
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Sjögersten, Sofie, René van der Wal, & Sarah J. Woodin. (2008). HABITAT TYPE DETERMINES HERBIVORY CONTROLS OVER CO2FLUXES IN A WARMER ARCTIC. Ecology. 89(8). 2103–2116. 59 indexed citations
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Skarpe, Christina & René van der Wal. (2002). Effects of Simulated Browsing and Length of Growing Season on Leaf Characteristics and Flowering in a Deciduous Arctic Shrub, Salix polaris. Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research. 34(3). 282–286. 14 indexed citations
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Dormann, Carsten F. & René van der Wal. (2001). Impact of soil nematodes on salt-marsh plants: a pilot experiment. Journal of Coastal Research. 17(2). 383–388. 3 indexed citations
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Wal, René van der, et al.. (1999). The impact of herbivores on nitrogen mineralization rate. Oecologia. 118(2). 4 indexed citations
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Bakker, Elisabeth S., René van der Wal, Peter Esselink, & Adam Siepel. (1999). Exploitation of a new staging area in the Dutch Wadden Sea by Greylag Geese Anser anser: the importance of food-plant dynamics. Ardea. 87(1). 1–13. 7 indexed citations

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