Dr. Yann Vitasse
Function
scientific staff member
Contact
Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL
Zürcherstrasse 111
8903 Birmensdorf
Site
Birmensdorf Bi LH C 25
FURTHER INFORMATION
Publications WSL
Scientific publication article peer reviewed
Zohner, C.M.; Strauß, A.F.T.; 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.; 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
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
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.; 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Further scientific publications
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
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.