Dr. Yann Vitasse

Function

Scientific staff member

Forest Dynamics

Research Programs

Ecosystem Ecology

Prog. SwissForestLab

Contact

yann.vitasse(at)wslto make life hard for spam bots.ch

+41 44 739 20 73+41 44 739 20 73

Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL
Zürcherstrasse 111
8903 Birmensdorf

Site

Birmensdorf Bi LH C 25

FURTHER INFORMATION

Projects

SwissPhenocam: country-scale automated phenology tracking from imagery

The objective of the SwissPhenocam project is to develop and implement an automated phenology monitoring tool that will deliver added-value climate services regarding plant phenological responses to ongoing climate change and the carbon and water cycles.

PhenoMast

This project aims to integrate the recording of standardized mast observation into existing phenology networks (e.g. PhaenoNet, Phenowald, PhenoRanger) and field surveys. The recorded data will be made publicly available on the already established platform of MastWeb hosted at WSL.

COMMON-RING SwissForestLab Project

Accounting for evolutionary responses based on tree-ring traits will allow reducing uncertainties in the spatial distributions of European trees species under forthcoming climate change scenarios

PhenoRangers

"PhenoRangers" aims to establish interactions between current research on the impact of climate change on the forest and the public, using phenology as the main tool.

Polytunnel Greenhouse Experiment

Das Projekt untersucht, wie gut zukunftsfähige Baumarten während der Verjüngungsphase in einem Klima mit wärmeren Wintern und heiss-trockenen Sommermonaten wachsen, wie sie sich gegenseitig beeinflussen und welche Auswirkungen ihre Präsenz auf den Boden und die darin lebenden Organismen hat.

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Publications WSL

Scientific publication article peer reviewed

McFadden, I.R.; Sendek, A.; Brosse, M.; Bach, P.M.; Baity‐Jesi, M.; Bolliger, J.; Bollmann, K.; Brockerhoff, E.G.; Donati, G.; Gebert, F.; Ghosh, S.; Ho, H.; Khaliq, I.; Lever, J.J.; Logar, I.; Moor, H.; Odermatt, D.; Pellissier, L.; De Queiroz, L.J.; ... Narwani, A., 2023: Linking human impacts to community processes in terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems. Ecology Letters, 26, 2: 203-218. doi: 10.1111/ele.14153

Baumgarten, F.; Gessler, A.; Vitasse, Y., 2022: No risk—no fun: penalty and recovery from spring frost damage in deciduous temperate trees. Functional Ecology, doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.14243

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

Walde, M.G.; Wu, Z.; Fox, T.; Baumgarten, F.; Fu, Y.H.; Wang, S.; Vitasse, Y., 2022: Higher spring phenological sensitivity to forcing temperatures of Asian compared to European tree species under low and high pre-chilling conditions. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 5: 1063127 (13 pp.). doi: 10.3389/ffgc.2022.1063127

Fu, Y.H.; Geng, X.; Chen, S.; Wu, H.; Hao, F.; Zhang, X.; Wu, Z.; Zhang, J.; Tang, J.; Vitasse, Y.; Zohner, C.M.; Janssens, I.; Stenseth, N.Chr.; Peñuelas, J., 2022: Global warming is increasing the discrepancy between green (actual) and thermal (potential) seasons of temperate trees. Global Change Biology, doi: 10.1111/gcb.16545

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Further scientific publications

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

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Magazine article and brochures

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.

Frei, E.R.; Gossner, M.M.; Queloz, V.; Vitasse, Y.; Wohlgemuth, T., 2022: La chute prématurée du feuillage présage un futur dépérissement. La 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.

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