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Rien Aerts

Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience ORCID

296

Works

34,734

Citations

87

h-index

208

i10-index

Research Topics

Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Climate change and permafrost

Affiliations

Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience2025–2025

Utrecht University1988–2003

Institute of Forest Ecology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences2007–2008

Netherlands Institute of Ecology2005–2010

Univé (Netherlands)2003–2003

Top Works

The Mineral Nutrition of Wild Plants Revisited: A Re-evaluation of Processes and Patterns

Rien Aerts,F. Stuart Chapin

19992,880 citations

Botany and Plant Ecology Studies

Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics

Plant species traits are the predominant control on litter decomposition rates within biomes worldwide

William K. Cornwell,Johannes H. C. Cornelissen,et al.

20082,767 citations

Climate, Leaf Litter Chemistry and Leaf Litter Decomposition in Terrestrial Ecosystems: A Triangular Relationship

19971,755 citations

Nutrient Resorption from Senescing Leaves of Perennials: Are there General Patterns?

19961,246 citations

A global study of relationships between leaf traits, climate and soil measures of nutrient fertility

Jenny Ordóñez,Peter M. van Bodegom,et al.

20081,058 citations

Consequences of biodiversity loss for litter decomposition across biomes

I. Tanya Handa,Rien Aerts,et al.

2014803 citations

Carbon respiration from subsurface peat accelerated by climate warming in the subarctic

Ellen Dorrepaal,Sylvia Toet,et al.

2009767 citations

Methane Feedbacks to the Global Climate System in a Warmer World

Joshua Dean,Jack J. Middelburg,et al.

2018639 citations

Evidence of the ‘plant economics spectrum’ in a subarctic flora

Grégoire T. Freschet,Johannes H. C. Cornelissen,et al.

2009619 citations