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Dr. Yann Vitasse
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Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL
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Grossiord, C.; Bachofen, C.; Gisler, J.; Mas, E.; Vitasse, Y.; Didion‐Gency, M., 2022: Warming may extend tree growing seasons and compensate for reduced carbon uptake during dry periods. Journal of Ecology, 110, 7: 1575-1589. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.13892
Etzold, S.; Sterck, F.; Bose, A.K.; Braun, S.; Buchmann, N.; Eugster, W.; Gessler, A.; Kahmen, A.; Peters, R.L.; Vitasse, Y.; Walthert, L.; Ziemińska, K.; Zweifel, R., 2022: Number of growth days and not length of the growth period determines radial stem growth of temperate trees. Ecology Letters, 25, 2: 427-439. doi: 10.1111/ele.13933
Frei, E.R.; Gossner, M.M.; Vitasse, Y.; Queloz, V.; Dubach, V.; Gessler, A.; Ginzler, C.; Hagedorn, F.; Meusburger, K.; Moor, M.; Samblàs Vives, E.; Rigling, A.; Uitentuis, I.; Von Arx, G.; Wohlgemuth, T., 2022: European beech dieback after premature leaf senescence during the 2018 drought in northern Switzerland. Plant Biology, doi: 10.1111/plb.13467
Klesse, S.; Wohlgemuth, T.; Meusburger, K.; Vitasse, Y.; Von Arx, G.; Lévesque, M.; Neycken, A.; Braun, S.; Dubach, V.; Gessler, A.; Ginzler, C.; Gossner, M.M.; Hagedorn, F.; Queloz, V.; Samblás Vives, E.; Rigling, A.; Frei, E.R., 2022: Long-term soil water limitation and previous tree vigor drive local variability of drought-induced crown dieback in Fagus sylvatica. Science of the Total Environment, 851: 157926 (12 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157926
Shen, M.; Wang, S.; Jiang, N.; Sun, J.; Cao, R.; Ling, X.; Fang, B.; Zhang, L.; Zhang, L.; Xu, X.; Lv, W.; Li, B.; Sun, Q.; Meng, F.; Jiang, Y.; Dorji, T.; Fu, Y.; Iler, A.; Vitasse, Y.; ... Fu, B., 2022: Plant phenology changes and drivers on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, doi: 10.1038/s43017-022-00317-5
Ren, S.; Vitasse, Y.; Chen, X.; Peichl, M.; An, S., 2022: Assessing the relative importance of sunshine, temperature, precipitation, and spring phenology in regulating leaf senescence timing of herbaceous species in China. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 313: 108770 (9 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2021.108770
Charlet de Sauvage, J.; Vitasse, Y.; Meier, M.; Delzon, S.; Bigler, C., 2022: Temperature rather than individual growing period length determines radial growth of sessile oak in the Pyrenees. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 317: 108885 (13 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2022.108885
Geng, X.; Fu, Y.H.; Piao, S.; Hao, F.; De Boeck, H.J.; Zhang, X.; Chen, S.; Guo, Y.; Prevéy, J.S.; Vitasse, Y.; Peñuelas, J.; Janssens, I.A.; Stenseth, N.Chr., 2022: Higher temperature sensitivity of flowering than leaf-out alters the time between phenophases across temperate tree species. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 31, 5: 901-911. doi: 10.1111/geb.13463
Wu, Z.; Lin, C.F.; Wang, S.; Gong, Y.; Zhao, Y.P.; Tang, J.; De Boeck, H.J.; Vitasse, Y.; Fu, Y.H., 2022: The sensitivity of ginkgo leaf unfolding to the temperature and photoperiod decreases with increasing elevation. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 315: 108840 (8 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2022.108840
Wu, Z.; Chen, S.; De Boeck, H.J.; Stenseth, N.C.; Tang, J.; Vitasse, Y.; Wang, S.; Zohner, C.; Fu, Y.H., 2021: Atmospheric brightening counteracts warming-induced delays in autumn phenology of temperate trees in Europe. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 30, 12: 2477-2487. doi: 10.1111/geb.13404
Meier, M.; Vitasse, Y.; Bugmann, H.; Bigler, C., 2021: Phenological shifts induced by climate change amplify drought for broad-leaved trees at low elevations in Switzerland. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 307: 108485 (13 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2021.108485
Vitasse, Y.; Baumgarten, F.; Zohner, C.M.; Kaewthongrach, R.; Fu, Y.H.; Walde, M.; Moser, B., 2021: Impact of microclimatic conditions and resource availability on spring and autumn phenology of temperate tree seedlings. New Phytologist, 232, 2: 537-550. doi: 10.1111/nph.17606
Bigler, C.; Vitasse, Y., 2021: Premature leaf discoloration of European deciduous trees is caused by drought and heat in late spring and cold spells in early fall. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 307: 108492 (15 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2021.108492
Muffler, L.; Schmeddes, J.; Weigel, R.; Barbeta, A.; Beil, I.; Bolte, A.; Buhk, C.; Holm, S.; Klein, G.; Klisz, M.; Löf, M.; Peñuelas, J.; Schneider, L.; Vitasse, Y.; Kreyling, J., 2021: High plasticity in germination and establishment success in the dominant forest tree Fagus sylvatica across Europe. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 30, 8: 1583-1596. doi: 10.1111/geb.13320
Vitasse, Y.; Ursenbacher, S.; Klein, G.; Bohnenstengel, T.; Chittaro, Y.; Delestrade, A.; Monnerat, C.; Rebetez, M.; Rixen, C.; Strebel, N.; Schmidt, B.R.; Wipf, S.; Wohlgemuth, T.; Yoccoz, N.G.; Lenoir, J., 2021: Phenological and elevational shifts of plants, animals and fungi under climate change in the European Alps. Biological Reviews, 96, 5: 1816-1835. doi: 10.1111/brv.12727
Martínez-Sancho, E.; Rellstab, C.; Guillaume, F.; Bigler, C.; Fonti, P.; Wohlgemuth, T.; Vitasse, Y., 2021: Post-glacial re-colonization and natural selection have shaped growth responses of silver fir across Europe. Science of the Total Environment, 779: 146393 (11 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146393
Baumgarten, F.; Zohner, C.M.; Gessler, A.; Vitasse, Y., 2021: Chilled to be forced: the best dose to wake up buds from winter dormancy. New Phytologist, 230, 4: 1366-1377. doi: 10.1111/nph.17270
Fang, O.; Zhang, Q.; Vitasse, Y.; Zweifel, R.; Cherubini, P., 2021: The frequency and severity of past droughts shape the drought sensitivity of juniper trees on the Tibetan plateau. Forest Ecology and Management, 486: 118968 (7 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2021.118968
Zohner, C.M.; Strauß, A.F.T.; Baumgarten, F.; Vitasse, Y.; Renner, S.S., 2020: Rising air humidity during spring does not trigger leaf‐out timing in temperate woody plants. New Phytologist, 225: 16-20. doi: 10.1111/nph.16182
Schuldt, B.; Buras, A.; Arend, M.; Vitasse, Y.; Beierkuhnlein, C.; Damm, A.; Gharun, M.; Grams, T.E.E.; Hauck, M.; Hajek, P.; Hartmann, H.; Hiltbrunner, E.; Hoch, G.; Holloway-Phillips, M.; Körner, C.; Larysch, E.; Lübbe, T.; Nelson, D.B.; Rammig, A.; ... Kahmen, A., 2020: A first assessment of the impact of the extreme 2018 summer drought on Central European forests. Basic and Applied Ecology, 45: 86-103. doi: 10.1016/j.baae.2020.04.003
Scherrer, D.; Vitasse, Y.; Guisan, A.; Wohlgemuth, T.; Lischke, H., 2020: Competition and demography rather than dispersal limitation slow down upward shifts of trees' upper elevation limits in the Alps. Journal of Ecology, 108, 6: 2416-2430. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.13451
Geng, X.; Fu, Y.H.; Hao, F.; Zhou, X.; Zhang, X.; Yin, G.; Vitasse, Y.; Piao, S.; Niu, K.; De Boeck, H.J.; Menzel, A.; Peñuelas, J., 2020: Climate warming increases spring phenological differences among temperate trees. Global Change Biology, 26: 5979-5987. doi: 10.1111/gcb.15301
Frei, E.R.; Schnell, L.; Vitasse, Y.; Wohlgemuth, T.; Moser, B., 2020: Assessing the effectiveness of in-situ active warming combined with open top chambers to study plant responses to climate change. Frontiers in Plant Science, 11: 539584 (14 pp.). doi: 10.3389/fpls.2020.539584
Wohlgemuth, T.; Kistler, M.; Aymon, C.; Hagedorn, F.; Gessler, A.; Gossner, M.M.; Queloz, V.; Vögtli, I.; Wasem, U.; Vitasse, Y.; Rigling, A., 2020: Früher Laubfall der Buche während der Sommertrockenheit 2018: Resistenz oder Schwächesymptom?. Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Forstwesen, 171, 5: 257-269. doi: 10.3188/szf.2020.0257
Kaewthongrach, R.; Chidthaisong, A.; Charuchittipan, D.; Vitasse, Y.; Sanwangsri, M.; Varnakovida, P.; Diloksumpun, S.; Panuthai, S.; Pakoktom, T.; Suepa, T.; LeClerc, M.Y., 2020: Impacts of a strong El Niño event on leaf phenology and carbon dioxide exchange in a secondary dry dipterocarp forest. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 287: 107945 (11 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2020.107945
Zohner, C.M.; Mo, L.; Renner, S.S.; Svenning, J.; Vitasse, Y.; Benito, B.M.; Ordonez, A.; Baumgarten, F.; Bastin, J.; Sebald, V.; Reich, P.B.; Liang, J.; Nabuurs, G.; De-Miguel, S.; Alberti, G.; Antón-Fernández, C.; Balazy, R.; Brändli, U.; Chen, H.Y.H.; ... Crowther, T.W., 2020: Late-spring frost risk between 1959 and 2017 decreased in North America but increased in Europe and Asia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America PNAS, 117, 22: 12192-12200. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1920816117
Wenden, B.; Mariadassou, M.; Chmielewski, Frank-M.; Vitasse, Y., 2020: Shifts in the temperature-sensitive periods for spring phenology in European beech and pedunculate oak clones across latitudes and over recent decades. Global Change Biology, 26, 3: 1808-1819. doi: 10.1111/gcb.14918
Fu, Y.H.; Zhang, X.; Piao, S.; Hao, F.; Geng, X.; Vitasse, Y.; Zohner, C.; Peñuelas, J.; Janssens, I.A., 2019: Daylength helps temperate deciduous trees to leaf‐out at the optimal time. Global Change Biology, 25, 7: 2410-2418. doi: 10.1111/gcb.14633
Fu, Y.H.; Geng, X.; Hao, F.; Vitasse, Y.; Zohner, C.M.; Zhang, X.; Zhou, X.; Yin, G.; Peñuelas, J.; Piao, S.; Janssens, I.A., 2019: Shortened temperature‐relevant period of spring leaf‐out in temperate‐zone trees. Global Change Biology, 25, 12: 4282-4290. doi: 10.1111/gcb.14782
Fu, Y.H.; Piao, S.; Zhou, X.; Geng, X.; Hao, F.; Vitasse, Y.; Janssens, I.A., 2019: Short photoperiod reduces the temperature sensitivity of leaf-out in saplings of Fagus sylvatica but not in horse chestnut. Global Change Biology, 25, 5: 1696-1703. doi: 10.1111/gcb.14599
Kaewthongrach, R.; Vitasse, Y.; Lamjiak, T.; Chidthaisong, A., 2019: Impact of severe drought during the strong 2015/2016 El Nino on the phenology and survival of secondary dry dipterocarp species in western Thailand. Forests, 10, 11: 967 (19 pp.). doi: 10.3390/f10110967
Vitasse, Y.; Bottero, A.; Rebetez, M.; Conedera, M.; Augustin, S.; Brang, P.; Tinner, W., 2019: What is the potential of silver fir to thrive under warmer and drier climate?. European Journal of Forest Research, 138, 4: 547-560. doi: 10.1007/s10342-019-01192-4
Vitasse, Y.; Bottero, A.; Cailleret, M.; Bigler, C.; Fonti, P.; Gessler, A.; Lévesque, M.; Rohner, B.; Weber, P.; Rigling, A.; Wohlgemuth, T., 2019: Contrasting resistance and resilience to extreme drought and late spring frost in five major European tree species. Global Change Biology, 25, 11: 3781-3792. doi: 10.1111/gcb.14803
Ettinger, A.K.; Chuine, I.; Cook, B.I.; Dukes, J.S.; Ellison, A.M.; Johnston, M.R.; Panetta, A.M.; Rollinson, C.R.; Vitasse, Y.; Wolkovich, E.M., 2019: How do climate change experiments alter plot-scale climate?. Ecology Letters, 22, 4: 748-763. doi: 10.1111/ele.13223
Bigler, C.; Vitasse, Y., 2019: Daily maximum temperatures induce lagged effects on leaf unfolding in temperate woody species across large elevational gradients. Frontiers in Plant Science, 10: 398 (13 pp.). doi: 10.3389/fpls.2019.00398
Vitasse, Y.; Schneider, L.; Rixen, C.; Christen, D.; Rebetez, M., 2018: Increase in the risk of exposure of forest and fruit trees to spring frosts at higher elevations in Switzerland over the last four decades. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 248: 60-69. doi: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2017.09.005
Sanginés de Cárcer, P.; Vitasse, Y.; Peñuelas, J.; Jassey, V.E.J.; Buttler, A.; Signarbieux, C., 2018: Vapor-pressure deficit and extreme climatic variables limit tree growth. Global Change Biology, 24, 3: 1108-1122. doi: 10.1111/gcb.13973
Asse, D.; Chuine, I.; Vitasse, Y.; Yoccoz, N.G.; Delpierre, N.; Badeau, V.; Delestrade, A.; Randin, C.F., 2018: Warmer winters reduce the advance of tree spring phenology induced by warmer springs in the Alps. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 252: 220-230. doi: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2018.01.030
Vitasse, Y.; Signarbieux, C.; Fu, Y.H., 2018: Global warming leads to more uniform spring phenology across elevations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America PNAS, 115, 5: 1004-1008. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1717342115
Vitasse, Y.; Rebetez, M.; Augustin, S.; Brang, P., 2018: Quel avenir pour le sapin blanc en Suisse sous les effets des changements climatiques?. Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Forstwesen, 169, 3: 131-142. doi: 10.3188/szf.2018.0131
Klein, G.; Rebetez, M.; Rixen, C.; Vitasse, Y., 2018: Unchanged risk of frost exposure for subalpine and alpine plants after snowmelt in Switzerland despite climate warming. International Journal of Biometeorology, 62, 9: 1755-1762. doi: 10.1007/s00484-018-1578-3
Vitasse, Y.; Rebetez, M., 2018: Unprecedented risk of spring frost damage in Switzerland and Germany in 2017. Climatic Change, 149, 2: 233-246. doi: 10.1007/s10584-018-2234-y
Vitasse, Y.; Klein, G.; Kirchner, J.W.; Rebetez, M., 2017: Intensity, frequency and spatial configuration of winter temperature inversions in the closed La Brevine valley, Switzerland. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 130, 3-4: 1073-1083. doi: 10.1007/s00704-016-1944-1
Vitasse, Y.; Rebetez, M.; Filippa, G.; Cremonese, E.; Klein, G.; Rixen, C., 2017: 'Hearing' alpine plants growing after snowmelt: ultrasonic snow sensors provide long-term series of alpine plant phenology. International Journal of Biometeorology, 61, 2: 349-361. doi: 10.1007/s00484-016-1216-x
Vitra, A.; Lenz, A.; Vitasse, Y., 2017: Frost hardening and dehardening potential in temperate trees from winter to budburst. New Phytologist, 216, 1: 113-123. doi: 10.1111/nph.14698
Signarbieux, C.; Toledano, E.; Sanginés de Carcer, P.; Fu, Y.H.; Schlaepfer, R.; Buttler, A.; Vitasse, Y., 2017: Asymmetric effects of cooler and warmer winters on beech phenology last beyond spring. Global Change Biology, 23, 11: 4569-4580. doi: 10.1111/gcb.13740
Klein, G.; Vitasse, Y.; Rixen, C.; Marty, C.; Rebetez, M., 2016: Shorter snow cover duration since 1970 in the Swiss Alps due to earlier snowmelt more than to later snow onset. Climatic Change, 139, 3-4: 637-649. doi: 10.1007/s10584-016-1806-y
Klein, T.; Vitasse, Y.; Hoch, G., 2016: Coordination between growth, phenology and carbon storage in three coexisting deciduous tree species in a temperate forest. Tree Physiology, 36, 7: 847-855. doi: 10.1093/treephys/tpw030
Lenz, A.; Hoch, G.; Körner, C.; Vitasse, Y., 2016: Convergence of leaf-out towards minimum risk of freezing damage in temperate trees. Functional Ecology, 30, 9: 1480-1490. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.12623
Körner, C.; Basler, D.; Hoch, G.; Kollas, C.; Lenz, A.; Randin, C.F.; Vitasse, Y.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2016: Where, why and how? Explaining the low-temperature range limits of temperate tree species. Journal of Ecology, 104, 4: 1076-1088. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.12574
Delpierre, N.; Vitasse, Y.; Chuine, I.; Guillemot, J.; Bazot, S.; Rutishauser, T.; Rathgeber, C.B.K., 2016: Temperate and boreal forest tree phenology: from organ-scale processes to terrestrial ecosystem models. Annals of Forest Science, 73, 1: 5-25. doi: 10.1007/s13595-015-0477-6
Fu, Y.H.; Zhao, H.; Piao, S.; Peaucelle, M.; Peng, S.; Zhou, G.; Ciais, P.; Huang, M.; Menzel, A.; Peñuelas, J.; Song, Y.; Vitasse, Y.; Zeng, Z.; Janssens, I.A., 2015: Declining global warming effects on the phenology of spring leaf unfolding. Nature, 526, 7571: 104-107. doi: 10.1038/nature15402
Fu, Y.H.; Piao, S.; Vitasse, Y.; Zhao, H.; De Boeck, H.J.; Liu, Q.; Yang, H.; Weber, U.; Hänninen, H.; Janssens, I.A., 2015: Increased heat requirement for leaf flushing in temperate woody species over 1980-2012: effects of chilling, precipitation and insolation. Global Change Biology, 21, 7: 2687-2697. doi: 10.1111/gcb.12863
Further scientific publications
Frei, E.R.; Gossner, M.M.; Vitasse, Y.; Queloz, V.; Wohlgemuth, T., 2022: Laubfall im Sommer als Indiz für späteres Buchensterben. Wald und Holz, 103, 9: 10-12.
Vitasse, Y.; Baumgarten, F.; Zohner, C.M.; Rutishauser, T.; Pietragalla, B.; Gehrig, R.; Dai, J.; Wang, H.; Aono, Y.; Sparks, T.H., 2022: The great acceleration of plant phenological shifts. Nature Climate Change, 12, 4: 300-302. doi: 10.1038/s41558-022-01283-y
Prevéy, J.S.; Vitasse, Y.; Fu, Y., 2021: Editorial: Experimental manipulations to predict future plant phenology. Frontiers in Plant Science, 11: 637156 (3 pp.). doi: 10.3389/fpls.2020.637156
Baumgarten, F.; Vitasse, Y.; Rutishauser, T., 2020: Waldphänologie - Wie sich Klimaänderungen im Wald bemerkbar machen. In: Rutishauser, T. (eds), 2020: Klimawandel und Jahreszeiten. Bern, Geographica Bernensia. 8-9.
Gehrig, R.; Pietragalla, B.; Baumgarten, F.; Vitasse, Y.; Rutishauser, T., 2020: Pflanzenkalender dokumentieren den Rhythmus der Jahreszeiten. In: Rutishauser, T. (eds), 2020: Klimawandel und Jahreszeiten. Bern, Geographica Bernensia. 4-7.
Fu, Y.H.; Piao, S.; Ciais, P.; Huang, M.; Menzel, A.; Peaucelle, M.; Peng, S.; Song, Y.; Vitasse, Y.; Zeng, Z.; Zhao, H.; Zhou, G.; Peñuelas, J.; Janssens, I.A., 2016: Long-term linear trends mask phenological shifts. International Journal of Biometeorology, 60, 11: 1611-1613. doi: 10.1007/s00484-016-1253-5
Magazine article and brochures
Frei, E.R.; Gossner, M.M.; Queloz, V.; Vitasse, Y.; Wohlgemuth, T., 2022: La chute prématurée du feuillage présage un futur dépérissement. Forêt, 75, 7-8: 8-10.
Wohlgemuth, T.; Forster, B.; Gessler, A.; Ginzler, C.; Queloz, V.; Vitasse, Y.; Rigling, A., 2018: Sommertrockenheit. Zunehmend eine Herausforderung für den Wald. Wald und Holz, 99, 9: 18-19.