List of works - Pascal Vittoz

21st century climate change threatens mountain flora unequally across Europe

article

A Better Understanding of the Ecological Conditions for Leontopodium alpinum Cassini in the Swiss Alps

article

A common soil temperature threshold for the upper limit of alpine grasslands in European mountains

scientific article published in 2021

A matter of scale: apparent niche differentiation of diploid and tetraploid plants may depend on extent and grain of analysis

scientific article

A study of the cambial zone and conductive phloem of common beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) using an image analysis method

article by Pierre Vollenweider et al published December 1994 in Trees

Accelerated increase in plant species richness on mountain summits is linked to warming

scientific article published on 4 April 2018

Assessing and predicting shifts in mountain forest composition across 25 years of climate change

article

Assessment of climate change effects on mountain ecosystems through a cross-site analysis in the Alps and Apennines

scholarly article by M. Rogora et al published 15 May 2018 in Science of the Total Environment

Biomass production of the last remaining fen with Saxifraga hirculus in Switzerland is controlled by nitrogen availability

scientific article published in December 2008

Building the niche through time: using 13,000 years of data to predict the effects of climate change on three tree species in Europe

article

Cadmium Hyperaccumulation and Reproductive Traits in Natural Thlaspi caerulescens Populations

scientific article published on 01 January 2006

Climate change impacts on biodiversity in Switzerland: A review

article

Clonal growth and demography of a hemicryptophyte alpine plant: Leontopodium alpinum Cassini

article

Community-level relaxation of plant defenses against herbivores at high elevation

article

Continent-wide response of mountain vegetation to climate change

article by Michael Gottfried et al published 10 January 2012 in Nature Climate Change

Contrasting impacts of climate change on the vegetation of windy ridges and snowbeds in the Swiss Alps

scientific article published in 2019

Cross-scale analysis of the region effect on vascular plant species diversity in southern and northern European mountain ranges

scientific article

Decoupling of topsoil and subsoil controls on organic matter dynamics in the Swiss Alps

article

Diaspore traits discriminate good from weak colonisers on high-elevation summits

scientific article published in 2009

Disjunct populations of European vascular plant species keep the same climatic niches

article

Early stage litter decomposition across biomes

scientific article published in July 2018

Earthquake impacts in old-growthNothofagusforests in New Zealand

article

Ecological assembly rules in plant communities--approaches, patterns and prospects

scientific article published on 21 June 2011

Ecological conditions for Saxifraga hirculus in Central Europe: A better understanding for a good protection

scholarly article by Pascal Vittoz et al published September 2006 in Biological Conservation

Effects of Climate and Land-Use Change on the Establishment and Growth of Cembran Pine (Pinus cembra L.) over the Altitudinal Treeline Ecotone in the Central Swiss Alps

article

Elevation gradient of successful plant traits for colonizing alpine summits under climate change

article

Emergent geomorphic-vegetation interactions on a subalpine alluvial fan

scientific article published in 2015

Extinction debt of high-mountain plants under twenty-first-century climate change

article

Generalized food-deceptive orchid species flower earlier and occur at lower altitudes than rewarding ones

scientific article published in 2010

Global maps of soil temperature

scientific article published on 30 December 2021

Going against the flow: potential mechanisms for unexpected downslope range shifts in a warming climate

article

Higher spatial than seasonal beta diversity of soil protists along elevation gradients

scientific article published on 8 August 2024

How reliable is the monitoring of permanent vegetation plots? A test with multiple observers

Impact of free-range pigs on mountain pastures in the Swiss Jura

article

Importance of abiotic stress as a range-limit determinant for European plants: insights from species responses to climatic gradients

article

Improving the prediction of plant species distribution and community composition by adding edaphic to topo-climatic variables

article

Introduction of Snow and Geomorphic Disturbance Variables into Predictive Models of Alpine Plant Distribution in the Western Swiss Alps

article

Land use improves spatial predictions of mountain plant abundance but not presence-absence

article

Learning from model errors: Can land use, edaphic and very high-resolution topo-climatic factors improve macroecological models of mountain grasslands?

Les pelouses à Festuca paniculata du Tessin (Suisse) dans un contexte Alpin

scientific article published in 2005

Low impact of climate change on subalpine grasslands in the Swiss Northern Alps

article

Monitoring and distribution modelling of invasive species along riverine habitats at very high resolution

article

Of niches and distributions: range size increases with niche breadth both globally and regionally but regional estimates poorly relate to global estimates

article

Past climate-driven range shifts and population genetic diversity in arctic plants

article

Permanent.Plot.ch – a database for Swiss permanent vegetation plots

article

Phylogenetic plant community structure along elevation is lineage specific

scientific article (publication date: December 2013)

Plant functional and phylogenetic turnover correlate with climate and land use in the Western Swiss Alps

article

Plant traits co-vary with altitude in grasslands and forests in the European Alps

article

Pollen productivity estimates and relevant source area of pollen for selected plant taxa in a pasture woodland landscape of the Jura Mountains (Switzerland)

scholarly article by Florence Mazier et al published 30 January 2008 in Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Predicting current and future spatial community patterns of plant functional traits

article

Predicting future distributions of mountain plants under climate change: does dispersal capacity matter?

article

Prediction of plant species distributions across six millennia

scientific article

Rarity types among plant species with high conservation priority in Switzerland

article

ReSurveyEurope: A database of resurveyed vegetation plots in Europe

scientific article published in March 2024

Recent changes in the plant composition of wetlands in the Jura Mountains

article

Recent plant diversity changes on Europe's mountain summits

scientific article

Reproducibility of species lists, visual cover estimates and frequency methods for recording high-mountain vegetation

article

Scale decisions can reverse conclusions on community assembly processes

scientific article

Seed dispersal distance classes and dispersal modes for the European flora

scientific article published in 2023

Seed dispersal distances: a typology based on dispersal modes and plant traits

article

Snowbeds are more affected than other subalpine-alpine plant communities by climate change in the Swiss Alps

scientific article

Soil filtration‐sedimentation improves shelled protist recovery in eukaryotic <scp>eDNA</scp> surveys

scientific article published on 8 May 2023

Spatial pattern of floral morphology: possible insight into the effects of pollinators on plant distributions

article

Spatial predictions of land-use transitions and associated threats to biodiversity: the case of forest regrowth in mountain grasslands

article published in 2012

Species distribution models reveal apparent competitive and facilitative effects of a dominant species on the distribution of tundra plants

article

Subalpine-nival gradient of species richness for vascular plants, bryophytes and lichens in the Swiss Inner Alps

article

The Abundance, Diversity, and Metabolic Footprint of Soil Nematodes Is Highest in High Elevation Alpine Grasslands

scientific article published in 2016

The Alps Vegetation Database – a geo-referenced community-level archive of all terrestrial plants occurring in the Alps

article

The accuracy of plant assemblage prediction from species distribution models varies along environmental gradients

article

The rich sides of mountain summits - a pan-European view on aspect preferences of alpine plants

article

Thermal niches are more conserved at cold than warm limits in arctic-alpine plant species

scientific article

Tree cover at fine and coarse spatial grains interacts with shade tolerance to shape plant species distributions across the Alps

scientific article published on June 2015

Uneven rate of plant turnover along elevation in grasslands

article

Variation in Soil Respiration across Soil and Vegetation Types in an Alpine Valley

scientific article

Very high-resolution digital elevation models: are multi-scale derived variables ecologically relevant?

scientific article published in 2015

List of works by Pascal Vittoz

21st century climate change threatens mountain flora unequally across Europe

A Better Understanding of the Ecological Conditions for Leontopodium alpinum Cassini in the Swiss Alps

A common soil temperature threshold for the upper limit of alpine grasslands in European mountains

A matter of scale: apparent niche differentiation of diploid and tetraploid plants may depend on extent and grain of analysis

A study of the cambial zone and conductive phloem of common beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) using an image analysis method

Accelerated increase in plant species richness on mountain summits is linked to warming

Assessing and predicting shifts in mountain forest composition across 25 years of climate change

Assessment of climate change effects on mountain ecosystems through a cross-site analysis in the Alps and Apennines

Biomass production of the last remaining fen with Saxifraga hirculus in Switzerland is controlled by nitrogen availability

Building the niche through time: using 13,000 years of data to predict the effects of climate change on three tree species in Europe

Cadmium Hyperaccumulation and Reproductive Traits in Natural Thlaspi caerulescens Populations

Climate change impacts on biodiversity in Switzerland: A review

Clonal growth and demography of a hemicryptophyte alpine plant: Leontopodium alpinum Cassini

Community-level relaxation of plant defenses against herbivores at high elevation

Continent-wide response of mountain vegetation to climate change

Contrasting impacts of climate change on the vegetation of windy ridges and snowbeds in the Swiss Alps

Cross-scale analysis of the region effect on vascular plant species diversity in southern and northern European mountain ranges

Decoupling of topsoil and subsoil controls on organic matter dynamics in the Swiss Alps

Diaspore traits discriminate good from weak colonisers on high-elevation summits

Disjunct populations of European vascular plant species keep the same climatic niches

Early stage litter decomposition across biomes

Earthquake impacts in old-growthNothofagusforests in New Zealand

Ecological assembly rules in plant communities--approaches, patterns and prospects

Ecological conditions for Saxifraga hirculus in Central Europe: A better understanding for a good protection

Effects of Climate and Land-Use Change on the Establishment and Growth of Cembran Pine (Pinus cembra L.) over the Altitudinal Treeline Ecotone in the Central Swiss Alps

Elevation gradient of successful plant traits for colonizing alpine summits under climate change

Emergent geomorphic-vegetation interactions on a subalpine alluvial fan

Extinction debt of high-mountain plants under twenty-first-century climate change

Generalized food-deceptive orchid species flower earlier and occur at lower altitudes than rewarding ones

Global maps of soil temperature

Going against the flow: potential mechanisms for unexpected downslope range shifts in a warming climate

Higher spatial than seasonal beta diversity of soil protists along elevation gradients

How reliable is the monitoring of permanent vegetation plots? A test with multiple observers

Impact of free-range pigs on mountain pastures in the Swiss Jura

Importance of abiotic stress as a range-limit determinant for European plants: insights from species responses to climatic gradients

Improving the prediction of plant species distribution and community composition by adding edaphic to topo-climatic variables

Introduction of Snow and Geomorphic Disturbance Variables into Predictive Models of Alpine Plant Distribution in the Western Swiss Alps

Land use improves spatial predictions of mountain plant abundance but not presence-absence

Learning from model errors: Can land use, edaphic and very high-resolution topo-climatic factors improve macroecological models of mountain grasslands?

Les pelouses à Festuca paniculata du Tessin (Suisse) dans un contexte Alpin

Low impact of climate change on subalpine grasslands in the Swiss Northern Alps

Monitoring and distribution modelling of invasive species along riverine habitats at very high resolution

Of niches and distributions: range size increases with niche breadth both globally and regionally but regional estimates poorly relate to global estimates

Past climate-driven range shifts and population genetic diversity in arctic plants

Permanent.Plot.ch – a database for Swiss permanent vegetation plots

Phylogenetic plant community structure along elevation is lineage specific

Plant functional and phylogenetic turnover correlate with climate and land use in the Western Swiss Alps

Plant traits co-vary with altitude in grasslands and forests in the European Alps

Pollen productivity estimates and relevant source area of pollen for selected plant taxa in a pasture woodland landscape of the Jura Mountains (Switzerland)

Predicting current and future spatial community patterns of plant functional traits

Predicting future distributions of mountain plants under climate change: does dispersal capacity matter?

Prediction of plant species distributions across six millennia

Rarity types among plant species with high conservation priority in Switzerland

ReSurveyEurope: A database of resurveyed vegetation plots in Europe

Recent changes in the plant composition of wetlands in the Jura Mountains

Recent plant diversity changes on Europe's mountain summits

Reproducibility of species lists, visual cover estimates and frequency methods for recording high-mountain vegetation

Scale decisions can reverse conclusions on community assembly processes

Seed dispersal distance classes and dispersal modes for the European flora

Seed dispersal distances: a typology based on dispersal modes and plant traits

Snowbeds are more affected than other subalpine-alpine plant communities by climate change in the Swiss Alps

Soil filtration‐sedimentation improves shelled protist recovery in eukaryotic <scp>eDNA</scp> surveys

Spatial pattern of floral morphology: possible insight into the effects of pollinators on plant distributions

Spatial predictions of land-use transitions and associated threats to biodiversity: the case of forest regrowth in mountain grasslands

Species distribution models reveal apparent competitive and facilitative effects of a dominant species on the distribution of tundra plants

Subalpine-nival gradient of species richness for vascular plants, bryophytes and lichens in the Swiss Inner Alps

The Abundance, Diversity, and Metabolic Footprint of Soil Nematodes Is Highest in High Elevation Alpine Grasslands

The Alps Vegetation Database – a geo-referenced community-level archive of all terrestrial plants occurring in the Alps

The accuracy of plant assemblage prediction from species distribution models varies along environmental gradients

The rich sides of mountain summits - a pan-European view on aspect preferences of alpine plants

Thermal niches are more conserved at cold than warm limits in arctic-alpine plant species

Tree cover at fine and coarse spatial grains interacts with shade tolerance to shape plant species distributions across the Alps

Uneven rate of plant turnover along elevation in grasslands

Variation in Soil Respiration across Soil and Vegetation Types in an Alpine Valley

Very high-resolution digital elevation models: are multi-scale derived variables ecologically relevant?