Yann Vitasse

12.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
108 papers, 7.8k citations indexed

About

Yann Vitasse is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Yann Vitasse has authored 108 papers receiving a total of 7.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 84 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 52 papers in Atmospheric Science and 44 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Yann Vitasse's work include Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (80 papers), Tree-ring climate responses (49 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (37 papers). Yann Vitasse is often cited by papers focused on Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (80 papers), Tree-ring climate responses (49 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (37 papers). Yann Vitasse collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, China and France. Yann Vitasse's co-authors include Sylvain Delzon, Antoine Kremer, Yongshuo H. Fu, Armando Lenz, Richard Michalet, Günter Hoch, Christian Körner, David Basler, Shilong Piao and Martine Rebetez and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Yann Vitasse

104 papers receiving 7.6k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Declining global warming effects on the phenology of spring leaf unfolding

2015 730 citations Yongshuo H. Fu, Shilong Piao et al. profile →
Phenological and elevational shifts of plants, animals and fungi under climate change in the European Alps

2021 153 citations Yann Vitasse, Geoffrey Klein et al. profile →
Effect of climate warming on the timing of autumn leaf senescence reverses after the summer solstice

2023 83 citations Constantin M. Zohner, Yann Vitasse et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yann Vitasse Switzerland	47	4.9k	3.0k	2.9k	2.6k	2.1k	108	7.8k
Jüergen Kreyling Germany	49	3.1k 0.6×	2.8k 0.9×	2.1k 0.7×	1.6k 0.6×	1.8k 0.9×	136	7.1k
Miguel Á. Zavala Spain	47	3.9k 0.8×	5.1k 1.7×	1.6k 0.5×	1.5k 0.6×	1.4k 0.7×	131	7.4k
Alison K. Macalady United States	11	6.9k 1.4×	3.9k 1.3×	2.1k 0.7×	3.6k 1.4×	1.6k 0.8×	16	8.8k
Michael E. Loik United States	36	3.5k 0.7×	2.3k 0.8×	1.8k 0.6×	1.1k 0.4×	1.7k 0.8×	85	6.2k
Heikki Hänninen China	34	3.0k 0.6×	1.7k 0.6×	1.4k 0.5×	1.4k 0.5×	1.8k 0.9×	103	5.0k
David A. Orwig United States	43	3.1k 0.6×	2.6k 0.9×	3.6k 1.3×	1.0k 0.4×	1.0k 0.5×	97	6.7k
M. Vennetier France	20	5.0k 1.0×	3.2k 1.1×	1.4k 0.5×	2.6k 1.0×	1.3k 0.6×	53	6.8k
Frank J. Sterck Netherlands	48	4.6k 0.9×	4.9k 1.6×	936 0.3×	2.0k 0.8×	2.4k 1.2×	163	8.3k
Alistair S. Jump United Kingdom	40	3.7k 0.8×	4.2k 1.4×	1.5k 0.5×	2.6k 1.0×	1.5k 0.7×	97	7.8k
Jean‐Claude Gégout France	36	1.7k 0.4×	3.4k 1.1×	1.4k 0.5×	1.1k 0.4×	810 0.4×	79	5.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yann Vitasse

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Svoboda, Jan, Christoph Marty, Yann Vitasse, et al.. (2025). Snow Height Sensors Reveal Phenological Advance in Alpine Grasslands. Global Change Biology. 31(5). e70195–e70195. 2 indexed citations

Luo, Yunpeng, Constantin M. Zohner, Thomas W. Crowther, et al.. (2024). Internal physiological drivers of leaf development in trees: Understanding the relationship between non‐structural carbohydrates and leaf phenology. Functional Ecology. 4 indexed citations

Du, Yanjun, et al.. (2023). Untangling winter chilling and spring forcing effects on spring phenology of subtropical tree seedlings. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 335. 109456–109456. 7 indexed citations

Vitasse, Yann, et al.. (2023). Leaf phenology as an indicator of ecological integrity. Ecosphere. 14(5). 7 indexed citations

Frei, Esther R., Martin M. Goßner, Yann Vitasse, et al.. (2022). European beech dieback after premature leaf senescence during the 2018 drought in northern Switzerland. Plant Biology. 24(7). 1132–1145. 66 indexed citations

Grossiord, Charlotte, et al.. (2022). Warming may extend tree growing seasons and compensate for reduced carbon uptake during dry periods. Journal of Ecology. 110(7). 1575–1589. 34 indexed citations

Vitasse, Yann, et al.. (2022). Temperature rather than individual growing period length determines radial growth of sessile oak in the Pyrenees. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 317. 108885–108885. 15 indexed citations

Vitasse, Yann, Frederik Baumgarten, Constantin M. Zohner, et al.. (2022). The great acceleration of plant phenological shifts. Nature Climate Change. 12(4). 300–302. 76 indexed citations

Vitasse, Yann, et al.. (2021). Phenological shifts induced by climate change amplify drought for broad-leaved trees at low elevations in Switzerland. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 307. 108485–108485. 34 indexed citations

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Bigler, Christof & Yann Vitasse. (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. 108492–108492. 55 indexed citations

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Chidthaisong, Amnat, et al.. (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. 107945–107945. 10 indexed citations

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Scherrer, Daniel, Yann Vitasse, Antoine Guisan, Thomas Wohlgemuth, & Heike Lischke. (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. 45 indexed citations

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Fu, Yongshuo H., Xuan Zhang, Shilong Piao, et al.. (2019). Daylength helps temperate deciduous trees to leaf‐out at the optimal time. Global Change Biology. 25(7). 2410–2418. 96 indexed citations

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Fu, Yongshuo H., Shilong Piao, Xuancheng Zhou, et al.. (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. 72 indexed citations

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Fu, Yongshuo H., Xiaojun Geng, Fanghua Hao, et al.. (2019). Shortened temperature‐relevant period of spring leaf‐out in temperate‐zone trees. Global Change Biology. 25(12). 4282–4290. 21 indexed citations

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Wenden, Bénédicte, Mahendra Mariadassou, Frank‐M. Chmielewski, & Yann Vitasse. (2019). 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. 40 indexed citations

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Wohlgemuth, Thomas, Beat Forster, Arthur Geßler, et al.. (2018). Sommertrockenheit. Zunehmend eine Herausforderung für den Wald. DORA WSL (Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research). 18–19. 1 indexed citations

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Vitasse, Yann & Martine Rebetez. (2018). Unprecedented risk of spring frost damage in Switzerland and Germany in 2017. Climatic Change. 149(2). 233–246. 73 indexed citations

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Vitasse, Yann, Geoffrey Klein, James W. Kirchner, & Martine Rebetez. (2016). 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. 37 indexed citations

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Delpierre, Nicolas, Yann Vitasse, Isabelle Chuine, et al.. (2015). Temperate and boreal forest tree phenology: from organ-scale processes to terrestrial ecosystem models. Annals of Forest Science. 73(1). 5–25. 217 indexed citations

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