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F. van der Plas

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h-index: 42
Works: 125
Citations: 11K

Most-cited papers

Forest biodiversity, ecosystem functioning and the provision of ecosystem services
E. Brockerhoff, L. Barbaro, B. Castagneyrol, D. Forrester +9 more
2017Biodiversity and Conservation1,080 citations Open access
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Redefining ecosystem multifunctionality
P. Manning, F. van der Plas, S. Soliveres, E. Allan +4 more
2018Nature Ecology & Evolution992 citations Open access
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The fungal collaboration gradient dominates the root economics space in plants
J. Bergmann, A. Weigelt, F. van der Plas, D. Laughlin +16 more
2020Science Advances904 citations Open access
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Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in naturally assembled communities
F. van der Plas
2019Biological Reviews of The Cambridge Philosophical Society697 citations
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Integrated global assessment of the natural forest carbon potential
L. Mo, C. Zohner, P. Reich, Jingjing Liang +228 more
2023Nature420 citations Open access
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An integrated framework of plant form and function: The belowground perspective.
A. Weigelt, L. Mommer, K. Andraczek, C. Iversen +19 more
2021New Phytologist405 citations Open access
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Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning relations in European forests depend on environmental context.
S. Ratcliffe, C. Wirth, T. Jucker, F. van der Plas +53 more
2017Ecology Letters362 citations Open access
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Multiple forest attributes underpin the supply of multiple ecosystem services
M. Felipe-Lucia, S. Soliveres, C. Penone, P. Manning +34 more
2018Nature Communications324 citations Open access
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The number of tree species on Earth
Roberto Cazzolla Gatti, P. Reich, Javier G. P. Gamarra, T. Crowther +144 more
2022Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America217 citations Open access
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Plant traits alone are poor predictors of ecosystem properties and long-term ecosystem functioning
F. van der Plas, Thomas Schröder-Georgi, A. Weigelt, K. Barry +29 more
2020Nature Ecology & Evolution191 citations Open access
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Global Root Traits (GRooT) Database
Nathaly R. Guerrero-Ramírez, L. Mommer, G. Freschet, C. Iversen +45 more
2020bioRxiv186 citations Open access
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The results of biodiversity–ecosystem functioning experiments are realistic
M. Jochum, M. Fischer, F. Isbell, C. Roscher +34 more
2019bioRxiv168 citations Open access
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Tree diversity is key for promoting the diversity and abundance of forest‐associated taxa in Europe
E. Ampoorter, L. Barbaro, H. Jactel, L. Baeten +23 more
2020Oikos164 citations Open access
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Contrasting responses of above- and belowground diversity to multiple components of land-use intensity
G. le Provost, J. Thiele, C. Westphal, C. Penone +55 more
2021Nature Communications159 citations Open access
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Specialisation and diversity of multiple trophic groups are promoted by different forest features.
C. Penone, E. Allan, S. Soliveres, M. Felipe-Lucia +28 more
2018Ecology Letters143 citations Open access
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Root traits explain plant species distributions along climatic gradients yet challenge the nature of ecological trade-offs
D. Laughlin, L. Mommer, Francesco Maria Sabatini, H. Bruelheide +37 more
2021Nature Ecology & Evolution139 citations Open access
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A multitrophic perspective on biodiversity–ecosystem functioning research
N. Eisenhauer, H. Schielzeth, A. Barnes, K. Barry +38 more
2019Advances in Ecological Research135 citations Open access
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Co-limitation towards lower latitudes shapes global forest diversity gradients
Jing-Jing Liang, Javier G. P. Gamarra, N. Picard, Mo Zhou +245 more
2022Nature Ecology & Evolution118 citations Open access
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Continental mapping of forest ecosystem functions reveals a high but unrealised potential for forest multifunctionality.
F. van der Plas, S. Ratcliffe, P. Ruiz-Benito, M. Scherer-Lorenzen +67 more
2017Ecology Letters116 citations Open access
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Plant diversity maintains multiple soil functions in future environments
N. Eisenhauer, J. Hines, F. Isbell, F. van der Plas +9 more
2018eLife102 citations Open access
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Native diversity buffers against severity of non-native tree invasions
C. Delavaux, T. W. Crowther, C. Zohner, Niamh M Robmann +222 more
2023Nature97 citations Open access
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Effects of large herbivores on fire regimes and wildfire mitigation
Julia Rouet‐Leduc, G. Pe'er, F. Moreira, A. Bonn +4 more
2021Journal of Applied Ecology89 citations Open access
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The global distribution and drivers of wood density and their impact on forest carbon stocks
Li-Dong Mo, T. Crowther, D. Maynard, J. van den Hoogen +232 more
2024Nature Ecology & Evolution88 citations Open access
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Dimensions of invasiveness: Links between local abundance, geographic range size, and habitat breadth in Europe’s alien and native floras
Trevor S. Fristoe, M. Chytrý, W. Dawson, F. Essl +55 more
2021Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America85 citations Open access
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Enhancing the structural diversity between forest patches—A concept and real‐world experiment to study biodiversity, multifunctionality and forest resilience across spatial scales
J. Müller, O. Mitesser, M. Cadotte, F. van der Plas +26 more
2022Global Change Biology73 citations Open access
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The global biogeography of tree leaf form and habit
Haozhi Ma, T. Crowther, L. Mo, D. Maynard +228 more
2023Nature Plants71 citations Open access
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Global beta-diversity of angiosperm trees is shaped by Quaternary climate change
Wubing Xu, Wen-Yong Guo, J. Serra-Diaz, F. Schrodt +55 more
2023Science Advances66 citations Open access
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The importance of trait selection in ecology
A. Weigelt, L. Mommer, K. Andraczek, C. Iversen +18 more
2023Nature55 citations Open access
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Assessing the impact of grassland management on landscape multifunctionality
M. Neyret, M. Fischer, E. Allan, N. Hölzel +19 more
2020bioRxiv55 citations Open access
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Evenness mediates the global relationship between forest productivity and richness
Iris Hordijk, D. Maynard, Simon P. Hart, L. Mo +217 more
2023Journal of Ecology53 citations Open access
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Universal beta-diversity-functioning relationships are neither observed nor expected.
F. van der Plas, J. Hennecke, J. Chase, J. van Ruijven +1 more
2023Trends in Ecology & Evolution48 citations
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High exposure of global tree diversity to human pressure
Wen-Yong Guo, J. Serra-Diaz, F. Schrodt, W. L. Eiserhardt +53 more
2022Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America48 citations Open access
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Scale‐dependent diversity–biomass relationships can be driven by tree mycorrhizal association and soil fertility
Zikun Mao, F. van der Plas, A. Corrales, K. Anderson-Teixeira +17 more
2023Ecological Monographs43 citations Open access
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Above‐ and below‐ground complementarity rather than selection drive tree diversity–productivity relationships in European forests
Xin Jing, B. Muys, H. Bruelheide, Ellen Desie +13 more
2021Functional Ecology39 citations Open access
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Hill-Chao numbers allow decomposing gamma multifunctionality into alpha and beta components.
A. Chao, Chun‐Huo Chiu, Kai-Hsiang Hu, F. van der Plas +15 more
2023Ecology Letters34 citations Open access
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Dominant species determine grazing effects on the stability of herbaceous community production at multiple scales in drylands
X. Zuo, E. Gornish, S. Koerner, F. van der Plas +2 more
2023Journal of Applied Ecology33 citations
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Atmospheric nitrogen deposition is related to plant biodiversity loss at multiple spatial scales
F. van der Plas, Y. Hautier, Tobias Ceulemans, Didier Alard +7 more
2024Global Change Biology30 citations Open access
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Biotic predictors complement models of bat and bird responses to climate and tree diversity in European forests
L. Barbaro, E. Allan, E. Ampoorter, B. Castagneyrol +15 more
2019Proceedings of the Royal Society B27 citations Open access
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Status, trends and future dynamics of biodiversity and ecosystems underpinning nature's contributions to people
P. Visconti, V. Elias, I. Pinto, M. Fischer +70 more
201826 citations
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Topographical factors related to flooding frequency promote ecosystem multifunctionality of riparian floodplains
A. Sendek, L. Kretz, F. van der Plas, Carolin Seele‐Dilbat +5 more
2021Ecological Indicators22 citations Open access
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Community assembly in Lake Tanganyika cichlid fish: quantifying the contributions of both niche‐based and neutral processes
Thijs Janzen, A. Alzate, M. Muschick, M. Maan +2 more
2017Ecology and Evolution21 citations Open access
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Positive feedbacks and alternative stable states in forest leaf types
Yibiao Zou, C. Zohner, C. Averill, Haozhi Ma +237 more
2024Nature Communications19 citations Open access
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Tree growth is better explained by absorptive fine root traits than by transport fine root traits
A. Sanaei, F. van der Plas, Hongmei Chen, Sophie Davids +8 more
2024bioRxiv18 citations Open access
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Phylogenetic diversity and community wide-trait means offer different insights into mechanisms regulating aboveground carbon storage.
S. Mensah, K. Dimobe, F. Noulèkoun, F. van der Plas +1 more
2023Science of the Total Environment18 citations Open access
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Rooting for function: community‐level fine‐root traits relate to many ecosystem functions
Kathryn E. Barry, J. Hennecke, A. Weigelt, J. Bergmann +17 more
2025New Phytologist17 citations Open access
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Dominance and rarity in tree communities across the globe: Patterns, predictors and threats
Iris Hordijk, Lalasia Bialic‐Murphy, Thomas Lauber, D. Routh +219 more
2024Global Ecology and Biogeography17 citations Open access
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Increasing plant species richness by seeding has marginal effects on ecosystem functioning in agricultural grasslands
M. Freitag, N. Hölzel, L. Neuenkamp, F. van der Plas +17 more
2023Journal of Ecology17 citations Open access
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Plant structural diversity alters sediment retention on and underneath herbaceous vegetation in a flume experiment
L. Kretz, K. Koll, Carolin Seele‐Dilbat, F. van der Plas +2 more
2021PLoS ONE17 citations Open access
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Effect of climate on traits of dominant and rare tree species in the world’s forests
Iris Hordijk, L. Poorter, Jingjing Liang, P. Reich +216 more
2025Nature Communications16 citations Open access
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Effects of grazing on the relationship between plant functional diversity and soil carbon sequestration are regulated by livestock species
S. Ding, F. van der Plas, Jie Li, Bai Liu +6 more
2024Journal of Plant Ecology16 citations Open access
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