Sandra Lavorel
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Sandra Lavorel is a French ecologist specializing in functional ecology. She is a research director at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) where she works at the Alpine Ecology Laboratory in Grenoble, France. She has been a member of the French Academy of sciences since 2013 In 2020, she was honoured to be an international member of the National Academy of Sciences. In 2023, she was the recipient of the CNRS Gold Medal.
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Sandra Lavorel is a French ecologist specializing in functional ecology. She is a research director at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) where she works at the Alpine Ecology Laboratory in Grenoble, France. She has been a member of the French Academy of sciences since 2013 In 2020, she was honoured to be an international member of the National Academy of Sciences. In 2023, she was the recipient of the CNRS Gold Medal.
Affiliation
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Top Publications
- EFFECTS OF BIODIVERSITY ON ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING: A CONSENSUS OF CURRENT KNOWLEDGE (2005) - 8,165 citations
- New handbook for standardised measurement of plant functional traits worldwide (2013) - 4,342 citations
- Consequences of changing biodiversity (2000) - 4,330 citations
- A handbook of protocols for standardised and easy measurement of plant functional traits worldwide (2003) - 4,170 citations
- Predicting changes in community composition and ecosystem functioning from plant traits: revisiting the Holy Grail (2002) - 3,513 citations
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- Full name
- Sandra Lavorel
- ORCID
- 0000-0002-7300-2811
- OpenAlex ID
- https://openalex.org/A5083258082
Research interests
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Botany and Plant Ecology Studies, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Ecosystem dynamics and resilience
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- EFFECTS OF BIODIVERSITY ON ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING: A CONSENSUS OF CURRENT KNOWLEDGE ↗2005 · Ecological Monographs8,165OpenAlex citations
- New handbook for standardised measurement of plant functional traits worldwide ↗2013 · Australian Journal of Botany4,342OpenAlex citations
- Consequences of changing biodiversity ↗2000 · Nature4,330OpenAlex citations
- A handbook of protocols for standardised and easy measurement of plant functional traits worldwide ↗2003 · Australian Journal of Botany4,170OpenAlex citations
- 3,513OpenAlex citations
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- EFFECTS OF BIODIVERSITY ON ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING: A CONSENSUS OF CURRENT KNOWLEDGE ↗2005 · Ecological Monographs
- New handbook for standardised measurement of plant functional traits worldwide ↗2013 · Australian Journal of Botany
- Consequences of changing biodiversity ↗2000 · Nature
- A handbook of protocols for standardised and easy measurement of plant functional traits worldwide ↗2003 · Australian Journal of Botany
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