Sandra Lavorel

89.8k total citations · 18 hit papers
306 papers, 47.5k citations indexed

About

Sandra Lavorel is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Sandra Lavorel has authored 306 papers receiving a total of 47.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 172 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 138 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 103 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Sandra Lavorel's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (169 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (102 papers) and Plant and animal studies (81 papers). Sandra Lavorel is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (169 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (102 papers) and Plant and animal studies (81 papers). Sandra Lavorel collaborates with scholars based in France, Australia and Germany. Sandra Lavorel's co-authors include Éric Garnier, Wilfried Thuiller, S. McIntyre, Miguel B. Araújo, Karl Grigulis, Sandra Dı́az, F. Stuart Chapin, David U. Hooper, Francesco de Bello and Fabien Quétier and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Sandra Lavorel

299 papers receiving 45.4k citations

Hit Papers

EFFECTS OF BIODIVERSITY ON ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING: A CONSE... 1995 2026 2005 2015 2005 2003 2000 2002 2005 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k 5.0k
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. EFFECTS OF BIODIVERSITY ON ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING: A CONSENSUS OF CURRENT KNOWLEDGE
    2005 5.7k citations David U. Hooper, F. Stuart Chapin et al. profile →
  2. A handbook of protocols for standardised and easy measurement of plant functional traits worldwide
    2003 3.1k citations Sandra Lavorel, Éric Garnier et al. profile →
  3. Consequences of changing biodiversity
    2000 3.0k citations F. Stuart Chapin, David U. Hooper et al. profile →
  4. Predicting changes in community composition and ecosystem functioning from plant traits: revisiting the Holy Grail
    2002 2.5k citations Sandra Lavorel, Éric Garnier profile →
  5. Climate change threats to plant diversity in Europe
    2005 1.9k citations Wilfried Thuiller, Sandra Lavorel et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  6. Mechanisms underlying the impacts of exotic plant invasions
    2003 1.4k citations Karl Grigulis, Sandra Lavorel et al. profile →
  7. Incorporating plant functional diversity effects in ecosystem service assessments
    2007 1.3k citations Sandra Dı́az, Sandra Lavorel et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  8. Scaling environmental change through the community‐level: a trait‐based response‐and‐effect framework for plants
    2008 934 citations Katharine N. Suding, Sandra Lavorel et al. Global Change Biology profile →
  9. Plant trait responses to grazing – a global synthesis
    2006 883 citations Sandra Dı́az, Sandra Lavorel et al. Global Change Biology profile →
  10. Plant functional classifications: from general groups to specific groups based on response to disturbance
    1997 851 citations Sandra Lavorel, S. McIntyre et al. profile →
  11. Towards an assessment of multiple ecosystem processes and services via functional traits
    2010 747 citations Francesco de Bello, Sandra Lavorel et al. profile →
  12. Assessing functional diversity in the field – methodology matters!
    2007 740 citations Sandra Lavorel, Karl Grigulis et al. profile →
  13. Rare Species Support Vulnerable Functions in High-Diversity Ecosystems
    2013 681 citations Sandra Lavorel, Wilfried Thuiller et al. profile →
  14. Using plant functional traits to understand the landscape distribution of multiple ecosystem services
    2010 509 citations Sandra Lavorel, Karl Grigulis et al. Journal of Ecology profile →
  15. Intraspecific functional variability: extent, structure and sources of variation
    2010 495 citations Cécile H. Albert, Wilfried Thuiller et al. Journal of Ecology profile →
  16. Plant Life-History Attributes: Their Relationship to Disturbance Response in Herbaceous Vegetation
    1995 434 citations S. McIntyre, Sandra Lavorel et al. Journal of Ecology profile →
  17. Unpacking ecosystem service bundles: Towards predictive mapping of synergies and trade-offs between ecosystem services
    2017 271 citations Émilie Crouzat, Sandra Lavorel et al. profile →
  18. Functional trait effects on ecosystem stability: assembling the jigsaw puzzle
    2021 167 citations Francesco de Bello, Sandra Lavorel et al. profile →

Peers

Sandra Lavorel
Michel Loreau France
Richard J. Hobbs Australia
Mark Westoby Australia
David M. Richardson South Africa
Sandra Dı́az Argentina
Osvaldo E. Sala United States
Gregory P. Asner United States
David A. Wardle Sweden
William J. Bond South Africa
Harold A. Mooney United States
Michel Loreau France
Sandra Lavorel
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sandra Lavorel

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

All Works

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Locatelli, Bruno, David Makowski, Améline Vallet, et al.. (2025). Uncertainties in future ecosystem services under land and climate scenarios: The case of erosion in the Alps. Ecological Modelling. 502. 111041–111041. 2 indexed citations
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Colloff, Matthew J., Russell Gorddard, Claudia Múnera‐Roldán, et al.. (2025). Changing the decision context to enable social learning for climate adaptation. People and Nature. 7(6). 1425–1442. 1 indexed citations
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Tylianakis, Jason M., Dean P. Anderson, Andrea Larissa Boesing, et al.. (2025). Mobile species’ responses to surrounding land use generate trade-offs and synergies among nature’s contributions to people. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(45). e2505401122–e2505401122.
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Anderson, Dean P., et al.. (2024). Landscape patterns drive provision of nature's contributions to people by mobile species. Journal of Applied Ecology. 61(11). 2666–2678. 2 indexed citations
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Richards, Daniel R., Thomas R. Etherington, Alexander Herzig, & Sandra Lavorel. (2024). The Importance of Spatial Configuration When Restoring Intensive Production Landscapes for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Multifunctionality. Land. 13(4). 460–460. 3 indexed citations
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Lavorel, Sandra, Sandrine Anquetin, & Nicolas Buclet. (2023). Trajectories of socio-ecological change in mountains. Regional Environmental Change. 23(2). 3 indexed citations
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Day, Nicola J., B.I.P. Barratt, Timothy J. Curran, et al.. (2023). Predicting ecological change in tussock grasslands of Aotearoa New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Ecology. 1 indexed citations
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Meacham, Megan, Albert V. Norström, Garry Peterson, et al.. (2022). Advancing research on ecosystem service bundles for comparative assessments and synthesis. Ecosystems and People. 18(1). 99–111. 42 indexed citations
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Locatelli, Bruno, E. Pramova, Améline Vallet, et al.. (2022). In people’s minds and on the ground: Values and power in climate change adaptation. Environmental Science & Policy. 137. 75–86. 5 indexed citations
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Qiu, Jiangxiao, Cibele Queiroz, Elena M. Bennett, et al.. (2021). Land-use intensity mediates ecosystem service tradeoffs across regional social-ecological systems. Ecosystems and People. 17(1). 264–278. 34 indexed citations
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Bruley, Enora, et al.. (2021). Actions and leverage points for ecosystem-based adaptation pathways in the Alps. Environmental Science & Policy. 124. 567–579. 19 indexed citations
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Palomo, Ignacio, Bruno Locatelli, Iago Otero, et al.. (2021). Assessing nature-based solutions for transformative change. One Earth. 4(5). 730–741. 113 indexed citations
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Legay, Nicolas, et al.. (2012). Temporal variation in the nitrogen uptake competition between plant community and soil microbial community. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 7413. 6 indexed citations
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Mouhamadou, Bello, Florence Baptist, Lucile Sage, et al.. (2011). Differences in fungal communities associated to Festuca paniculata roots in subalpine grasslands. Fungal Diversity. 47(1). 55–63. 25 indexed citations
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Lavorel, Sandra, Karl Grigulis, Pénélope Lamarque, et al.. (2010). Using plant functional traits to understand the landscape distribution of multiple ecosystem services. Journal of Ecology. 99(1). 135–147. 509 indexed citations breakdown →
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Albert, Cécile H., Wilfried Thuiller, Nigel G. Yoccoz, et al.. (2010). Intraspecific functional variability: extent, structure and sources of variation. Journal of Ecology. 98(3). 604–613. 495 indexed citations breakdown →
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Suding, Katharine N., Sandra Lavorel, F. Stuart Chapin, et al.. (2008). Scaling environmental change through the community‐level: a trait‐based response‐and‐effect framework for plants. Global Change Biology. 14(5). 1125–1140. 934 indexed citations breakdown →
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Dı́az, Sandra, Sandra Lavorel, Francesco de Bello, et al.. (2007). Incorporating plant functional diversity effects in ecosystem service assessments. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(52). 20684–20689. 1250 indexed citations breakdown →
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Dı́az, Sandra, Sandra Lavorel, S. McIntyre, et al.. (2006). Plant trait responses to grazing – a global synthesis. Global Change Biology. 13(2). 313–341. 883 indexed citations breakdown →
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Prieur‐Richard, Anne‐Hélène & Sandra Lavorel. (2000). Do more diverse plant communities have greater resistance to invasions. Revue d Écologie (La Terre et La Vie). 37–51. 5 indexed citations

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