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List of works by Yann Vitasse

'Hearing' alpine plants growing after snowmelt: ultrasonic snow sensors provide long-term series of alpine plant phenology.

scientific article

A first assessment of the impact of the extreme 2018 summer drought on Central European forests

scientific article published on 29 April 2020

Altitudinal differentiation in growth and phenology among populations of temperate-zone tree species growing in a common garden

Assessing the Effectiveness of <i>in-situ</i> Active Warming Combined With Open Top Chambers to Study Plant Responses to Climate Change

scientific article published on 20 November 2020

Assessing the effects of climate change on the phenology of European temperate trees

scholarly article by Yann Vitasse et al published July 2011 in Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Asymmetric effects of cooler and warmer winters on beech phenology last beyond spring.

scientific article

Atmospheric brightening counteracts warming‐induced delays in autumn phenology of temperate trees in Europe

scientific article published in 2021

Chilling and heat requirements for leaf unfolding in European beech and sessile oak populations at the southern limit of their distribution range

scientific article published on 23 January 2014

Climate warming increases spring phenological differences among temperate trees

scientific article published on 05 August 2020

Competition and demography rather than dispersal limitation slow down upward shifts of trees’ upper elevation limits in the Alps

scientific article published on 20 June 2020

Contrasting resistance and resilience to extreme drought and late spring frost in five major European tree species

scientific article published on 17 September 2019

Coordination between growth, phenology and carbon storage in three coexisting deciduous tree species in a temperate forest

scientific article published on 28 April 2016

Daily Maximum Temperatures Induce Lagged Effects on Leaf Unfolding in Temperate Woody Species Across Large Elevational Gradients

scientific article published on 28 March 2019

Daylength helps temperate deciduous trees to leaf-out at the optimal time

scientific article published on 29 April 2019

Declining global warming effects on the phenology of spring leaf unfolding

scientific article published on 23 September 2015

Do the elevational limits of deciduous tree species match their thermal latitudinal limits?

article

Earlier leaf-out rather than difference in freezing resistance puts juvenile trees at greater risk of damage than adult trees

scientific article published on 26 March 2014

Effect of climate warming on the timing of autumn leaf senescence reverses after the summer solstice

scientific article published on 06 July 2023

Elevational adaptation and plasticity in seedling phenology of temperate deciduous tree species.

scientific article

European deciduous trees exhibit similar safety margins against damage by spring freeze events along elevational gradients

article

Fast acclimation of freezing resistance suggests no influence of winter minimum temperature on the range limit of European beech.

scientific article published on 17 February 2016

Frost hardening and dehardening potential in temperate trees from winter to budburst

scientific article published on 24 July 2017

Genetic vs. non-genetic responses of leaf morphology and growth to elevation in temperate tree species

article

Global warming leads to more uniform spring phenology across elevations

scientific article published on 26 December 2017

Higher temperature sensitivity of flowering than leaf‐out alters the time between phenophases across temperate tree species

scientific article published in 2022

How accurately can minimum temperatures at the cold limits of tree species be extrapolated from weather station data?

scholarly article by Chris Kollas et al published January 2014 in Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Impact of microclimatic conditions and resource availability on spring and autumn phenology of temperate tree seedlings

scientific article published in 2021

Increase in the risk of exposure of forest and fruit trees to spring frosts at higher elevations in Switzerland over the last four decades

scientific article published on 24 September 2017

Increased heat requirement for leaf flushing in temperate woody species over 1980-2012: effects of chilling, precipitation and insolation

scientific article

Intensity, frequency and spatial configuration of winter temperature inversions in the closed La Brevine valley, Switzerland

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Is the use of cuttings a good proxy to explore phenological responses of temperate forests in warming and photoperiod experiments?

scientific article

Late-spring frost risk between 1959 and 2017 decreased in North America but increased in Europe and Asia

scientific article published on 11 May 2020

Leaf phenology as an indicator of ecological integrity

scientific article published in 2023

Leaf phenology sensitivity to temperature in European trees: Do within-species populations exhibit similar responses?

article

Long-term linear trends mask phenological shifts

scientific article

Monitoring elevation variations in leaf phenology of deciduous broadleaf forests from SPOT/VEGETATION time-series

scientific article published in 2011

Networking the forest infrastructure towards near real-time monitoring – A white paper

scientific article published in May 2023

No risk—no fun: Penalty and recovery from spring frost damage in deciduous temperate trees

scientific article published in 2023

Number of growth days and not length of the growth period determines radial stem growth of temperate trees

scientific article published on 09 December 2021

Ontogenic changes rather than difference in temperature cause understory trees to leaf out earlier ⬇️

scientific article published on January 25, 2013

Phenological and elevational shifts of plants, animals and fungi under climate change in the European Alps

scientific article published on 27 April 2021

Phenological shifts induced by climate change amplify drought for broad-leaved trees at low elevations in Switzerland

scientific article published in 2021

Quantifying phenological plasticity to temperature in two temperate tree species

article by Yann Vitasse et al published 8 July 2010 in Functional Ecology

Responses of canopy duration to temperature changes in four temperate tree species: relative contributions of spring and autumn leaf phenology

article

Rising air humidity during spring does not trigger leaf-out in temperate woody plants

scientific article published on 02 October 2019

Shifts in the temperature-sensitive periods for spring phenology in European beech and pedunculate oak clones across latitudes and over recent decades

scientific article published on 09 December 2019

Short photoperiod reduces the temperature sensitivity of leaf-out in saplings of Fagus sylvatica but not in horse chestnut

scientific article published on 19 March 2019

Shortened temperature-relevant period of spring leaf-out in temperate-zone trees

scientific article published on 28 August 2019

Shorter snow cover duration since 1970 in the Swiss Alps due to earlier snowmelt more than to later snow onset

article

Temperate and boreal forest tree phenology: from organ-scale processes to terrestrial ecosystem models

The frequency and severity of past droughts shape the drought sensitivity of juniper trees on the Tibetan plateau

scientific article published in 2021

The great acceleration of plant phenological shifts

scientific article published in 2022

The interaction between freezing tolerance and phenology in temperate deciduous trees

scientific article

The performance of growing degree day models to predict spring phenology of herbaceous species depends on the species' temporal niche

scientific article published on 9 March 2025

To what extent is altitudinal variation of functional traits driven by genetic adaptation in European oak and beech?

scientific article

Tracing the origin of Oriental beech stands across Western Europe and reporting hybridization with European beech – Implications for assisted gene flow

scientific article published in 2023

Tree recruitment of European tree species at their current upper elevational limits in the Swiss Alps

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Unchanged risk of frost exposure for subalpine and alpine plants after snowmelt in Switzerland despite climate warming

article

Unexpected role of winter precipitation in determining heat requirement for spring vegetation green-up at northern middle and high latitudes

scientific article published on 26 May 2014

Unrestricted quality of seeds in European broad-leaved tree species growing at the cold boundary of their distribution.

scientific article published on 7 December 2011

Vapor-pressure deficit and extreme climatic variables limit tree growth

scientific article

Variation in leaf flushing date influences autumnal senescence and next year's flushing date in two temperate tree species

scientific article

Warmer winters reduce the advance of tree spring phenology induced by warmer springs in the Alps

article

What is the potential of silver fir to thrive under warmer and drier climate?

scientific article published on 10 April 2019

What role for photoperiod in the bud burst phenology of European beech

article by Yann Vitasse & David Basler published 1 November 2012 in European Journal of Forest Research

Where, why and how? Explaining the low-temperature range limits of temperate tree species

article by Christian Körner et al published 8 April 2016 in Journal of Ecology

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