Publications
2026
Volaire, F., Gleason, S. M., Carminati, A., Griffin-Nolan, R. J., Mencuccini, M., Barkaoui, K., Bucci, S., Carriquí, M., Comas, L., Coupel-Ledru, A., Leverett, A., Marks, R., Martinez-Vilalta, J., Rowland, L., Stewart, J. J., & Vadez, V. 2026. From growth potential to drought survival: A trait- and time-based framework for plant water economics across vascular species. New Phytologist, 250(1), 21–40. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.70922
Evolutionary trade-offs under stochastic water stress shape xylem vulnerability to drought
Deans, R. M., Meir, P., Dewar, R. C., & Mencuccini, M. 2026. Evolutionary trade-offs under stochastic water stress shape xylem vulnerability to drought. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 123(10), e2516579123. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2516579123
Pinosio, S., Bagnoli, F., Avanzi, C., Castellani, M. B., Frascella, A., McEvoy, S. L., Olsson, S., Spanu, I., Vajana, E., Consortium, the F., González-Martínez, S. C., Pyhäjärvi, T., Scotti, I., Vendramin, G. G., & Piotti, A. (2026). The FORGENIUS Genomic Resources: New Genotyping Tools and Genomic Data for 23 Forest Tree Species and Their Genetic Conservation Units. Molecular Ecology Resources, 26(3), e70115. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.70115
2025
Postic, T., de Coligny, F., Chuine, I., Devresse, L., Berveiller, D., Cochard, H., Cuntz, M., Delpierre, N., Joetzjer, É., Limousin, J.-M., Ourcival, J.-M., Pimont, F., Ruffault, J., Simioni, G., Martin-StPaul, N. K., & Morin, X. (2025). PHOREAU v1.0: A new process-based model to predict forest functioning, from tree ecophysiology to forest dynamics and biogeography. Geoscientific Model Development, 18(20), 7603–7679. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-18-7603-2025
Genomic Signatures of Climate-Driven (Mal)Adaptation in an Iconic Conifer, the English Yew (Taxus baccata L.)
Francisco, T., Mayol, M., Vajana, E., Riba, M., Westergren, M., Cavers, S., Pinosio, S., Bagnoli, F., Marchi, M., Aravanopoulos, F. A., Farsakoglou, A.-M., Scotti, I., Fady, B., Vendramin, G. G., Archambeau, J., Piotti, A., & González-Martínez, S. C., 2025. Genomic signatures of climate-sriven (mal)adaptation in an iconic conifer, the English yew (Taxus baccata L.). Evolutionary Applications, 18(10), e70160. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.70160
Enhanced structural diversity increases European forest resilience and potentially compensates for climate-driven declines
Pickering, M., Elia, A., Oton, G., Piccardo, M., Ceccherini, G., Forzieri, G., Migliavacca, M., Cescatti, A., & Girardello, M., 2025. Enhanced structural diversity increases European forest resilience and potentially compensates for climate-driven declines. Communications Earth & Environment, 6(1), 852. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02592-8
Allometric Relationships of Branch Water-Storage Capacity and Capacitance in Four European Trees Species
Hernando, S., Binks, O. J., Martínez-Vilalta, J., Martin-StPaul, N. K., Delzon, S., & Mencuccini, M., 2025. Allometric relationships of branch water-storage capacity and capacitance in four European trees species. Plant, Cell & Environment, 48(6), 4011–4025. https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.15409
De Novo transcriptome assembly and annotation of the wild service tree Sorbus torminalis (L.) Crantz
Pinosio, S., Avanzi, C., Bagnoli, F., Spanu, I., Vendramin, G.G., Piotti, A., 2025. BMC Res Notes 18, 139. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-025-07163-w
Assessing evapotranspiration dynamics across central Europe in the context of land–atmosphere drivers
Fluhrer, A., Baur, M.J., Piles, M., Bayat, B., Rahmati, M., Chaparro, D., Dubois, C., Hellwig, F.M., Montzka, C., Kübert, A., Mueller, M.M., Augscheller, I., Jonard, F., Schellenberg, K., Jagdhuber, T. Biogeosciences, 2025. 22, 3721–3746. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-3721-2025
Limited plastic responses in safety traits support greater hydraulic risk under drier conditions
Ramírez-Valiente, J.A., Poyatos, R., Blackman, C.J., Cabon, A., Castells, E., Cochard, H., Creek, D., Delzon, S., García-Valdés, R., Limousin, J.-M., López, R., Martin-StPaul, N., Moreno, M., Rowland, L., Santiago, L.S., Schuldt, B., Torres-Ruiz, J.M., Valade, A., Martínez-Vilalta, J., Mencuccini, M., 2025. Nat Ecol Evol 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-025-02830-4
Enhancing environmental models with a new downscaling method for global radiation in complex terrain
Druel, A., Ruffault, J., Davi, H., Chanzy, A., Marloie, O., De Cáceres, M., Olioso, A., Mouillot, F., François, C., Soudani, K., and Martin-StPaul, N. K., 2025. Enhancing environmental models with a new downscaling method for global radiation in complex terrain, Biogeosciences, 22, 1–18, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-1-2025
2024
Decarsin, R., Guillemot, J., le Maire, G., Blondeel, H., Meredieu, C., Achard, E., Bonal, D., Cochard, H., Corso, D., Delzon, S., Doucet, Z., Druel, A., Grossiord, C., Torres-Ruiz, J. M., Bauhus, J., Godbold, D. L., Hajek, P., Jactel, H., Jensen, J., … Martin-StPaul, N. 2024. Tree drought–mortality risk depends more on intrinsic species resistance than on stand species diversity. Global Change Biology, 30(9), e17503. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17503
Maritime pine genetic resources : geographical variability, selection pressures and future adaptation
Adélaïde Theraroz. Maritime pine genetic resources : geographical variability, selection pressures and future adaptation. Silviculture, forestry. Université de Bordeaux, 2024. English. ⟨NNT : 2024BORD0245⟩. ⟨tel-04819685⟩
A Theoretical Framework to Quantify Ecosystem Pressure-Volume Relationships
Binks, O., Meir, P., Konings, A.G., Cernusak, L., Christoffersen, B.O., Anderegg, W.R.L., Wood, J., Sack, L., Martinez-Vilalta, J. and Mencuccini, M., 2024. A Theoretical Framework to Quantify Ecosystem Pressure-Volume Relationships. Glob Change Biol, 30: e17567. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17567
Dealing With the Complexity of Effective Population Size in Conservation Practice
Fedorca, A., Mergeay, J., Akinyele, A.O., Albayrak, T., Biebach, I., Brambilla, A., Burger, P.A., Buzan, E., Curik, I., Gargiulo, R., Godoy, J.A., González-Martínez, S.C., Grossen, C., Heuertz, M., Hoban, S., Howard-McCombe, J., Kachamakova, M., Klinga, P., Köppä, V., Neugebauer, E., Paz-Vinas, I., Pearman, P.B., Pérez-Sorribes, L., Rinkevich, B., Russo, I.-R.M., Theraroz, A., Thomas, N.E., Westergren, M., Winter, S., Laikre, L. and Kopatz, A., 2024. Dealing With the Complexity of Effective Population Size in Conservation Practice. Evol Appl, 17: e70031. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.70031
The genetic consequences of population marginality: A case study in maritime pine
Theraroz, A., Guadaño-Peyrot, C., Archambeau, J., Pinosio, S., Bagnoli, F., Piotti, A., Avanzi, C., Vendramin, G. G., Alía, R., Grivet, D., Westergren, M., & González-Martínez, S. C. 2024. The genetic consequences of population marginality: A case study in maritime pine. Diversity and Distributions, 30, e13910. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13910
Resilience of genetic diversity in forest trees over the Quaternary
Milesi, P., Kastally, C., Dauphin, B., Cervantes, S., Bagnoli, F., Budde, K.B., Cavers, S., Fady, B., Faivre-Rampant, P., González-Martínez, S.C., Grivet, D., Gugerli, F., Jorge, V., Lesur Kupin, I., Ojeda, D.I., Olsson, S., Opgenoorth, L., Pinosio, S., Plomion, C., Rellstab, C., Rogier, O., Scalabrin, S., Scotti, I., Vendramin, G.G., Westergren, M., Lascoux, M., Pyhäjärvi, T., 2024. Resilience of genetic diversity in forest trees over the Quaternary. Nature communications, 15(1), p.8538. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-52612-y
Evaluating genomic offset predictions in a forest tree with high population genetic structure
Archambeau, J., Benito-Garzón, M., de-Miguel, M., Changenet, A., Bagnoli, F., Barraquand, F., Marchi, M., Vendramin, G., Cavers, S., Perry, A. and González-Martínez, S.C., 2024. Evaluating genomic offset predictions in a forest tree with high population genetic structure. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.05.17.594631 (Forthcoming in American Naturalist) .
Rolling down that mountain: microgeographical adaptive divergence during a fast population expansion along a steep environmental gradient in European beech
Modica, A., Lalagüe, H., Muratorio, S. and Scotti, I., 2024. Rolling down that mountain: microgeographical adaptive divergence during a fast population expansion along a steep environmental gradient in European beech. Heredity, pp.1-14. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41437-024-00696-z
A new empirical framework to quantify the hydraulic effects of soil and atmospheric drivers on plant water status
Mencuccini, M., Anderegg, W.R., Binks, O., Knipfer, T., Konings, A.G., Novick, K., Poyatos, R. and Martínez‐Vilalta, J., 2024. A new empirical framework to quantify the hydraulic effects of soil and atmospheric drivers on plant water status. Global Change Biology, 30(3), p.e17222. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17222
Plant hydraulics at the heart of plant, crops and ecosystem functions in the face of climate change
Torres-Ruiz, J.M., Cochard, H., Delzon, S., Boivin, T., Burlett, R., Cailleret, M., Corso, D., Delmas, C.E.L., De Caceres, M., Diaz-Espejo, A., Fernández-Conradi, P., Guillemot, J., Lamarque, L.J., Limousin, J.-M., Mantova, M., Mencuccini, M., Morin, X., Pimont, F., De Dios, V.R., Ruffault, J., Trueba, S., Martin-StPaul, N.K., 2024. Plant hydraulics at the heart of plant, crops and ecosystem functions in the face of climate change. New Phytologist 241(3),pp. 984–999. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.19463
2023
Assisted tree migration can reduce but not avert the decline of forest ecosystem services in Europe
Mauri, A., Girardello, M., Forzieri, G., Manca, F., Beck, P.S., Cescatti, A. and Strona, G., 2023. Assisted tree migration can reduce but not avert the decline of forest ecosystem services in Europe. Global Environmental Change, 80, p.102676. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2023.102676
Low but significant evolutionary potential for growth, phenology and reproduction traits in European beech
Westergren, M., Archambeau, J., Bajc, M., Damjanić, R., Theraroz, A., Kraigher, H., Oddou‐Muratorio, S. and González‐Martínez, S.C., 2023. Low but significant evolutionary potential for growth, phenology and reproduction traits in European beech. Molecular ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17196
How woody plants adjust above‐and below‐ground traits in response to sustained drought
Rowland, L., Ramírez‐Valiente, J.A., Hartley, I.P. and Mencuccini, M., 2023. How woody plants adjust above‐and below‐ground traits in response to sustained drought. New Phytologist, 239(4), pp.1173-1189. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.19000
Reduced within-population quantitative genetic variation is associated with climate harshness in maritime pine
Archambeau, J., Benito Garzón, M., de Miguel, M., Brachi, B., Barraquand, F. and González-Martínez, S.C., 2023. Reduced within-population quantitative genetic variation is associated with climate harshness in maritime pine. Heredity, 131(1), pp.68-78. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41437-023-00622-9
Growth plasticity of conifers did not avoid declining resilience to soil and atmospheric droughts during the 20th century
Zheng, T., Martínez-Vilalta, J., García-Valdés, R., Gazol, A., Camarero, J.J., Mu, C., Mencuccini, M., 2023. Growth plasticity of conifers did not avoid declining resilience to soil and atmospheric droughts during the 20th century. Forest Ecosystems 10, 100107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fecs.2023.100107
2022
Combining Climatic and Genomic Data Improves Range-Wide Tree Height Growth Prediction in a Forest Tree
Archambeau, J., Benito Garzón, M., Barraquand, F., de Miguel, M., Plomion, C., González-Martínez, S.C., 2022. Combining Climatic and Genomic Data Improves Range-Wide Tree Height Growth Prediction in a Forest Tree. The American Naturalist 200, E141–E159. https://doi.org/10.1086/720619
EU-Trees4F, a dataset on the future distribution of European tree species
Mauri, A., Girardello, M., Strona, G., Beck, P.S.A., Forzieri, G., Caudullo, G., Manca, F., Cescatti, A., 2022. EU-Trees4F, a dataset on the future distribution of European tree species. Sci Data 9, 37. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01128-5
Marginality indices for biodiversity conservation in forest trees
Picard, N., Marchi, M., Serra-Varela, M.J., Westergren, M., Cavers, S., Notivol, E., Piotti, A., Alizoti, P., Bozzano, M., González-Martínez, S.C., Grivet, D., Aravanopoulos, F.A., Vendramin, G.G., Ducci, F., Fady, B., Alía, R., 2022. Marginality indices for biodiversity conservation in forest trees. Ecological Indicators 143, 109367. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2022.109367
On the feasibility of estimating contemporary effective population size (Ne) for genetic conservation and monitoring of forest trees
Santos-del-Blanco, L., Olsson, S., Budde, K.B., Grivet, D., González-Martínez, S.C., Alía, R., Robledo-Arnuncio, J.J., 2022. On the feasibility of estimating contemporary effective population size (Ne) for genetic conservation and monitoring of forest trees. Biological Conservation 273, 109704. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.BIOCON.2022.109704
2021
Empirical Approach for Modelling Tree Phenology in Mixed Forests Using Remote Sensing
Noumonvi, K.D., Oblišar, G., Žust, A., Vilhar, U., 2021. Empirical Approach for Modelling Tree Phenology in Mixed Forests Using Remote Sensing. Remote Sensing 13, 3015. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13153015
Tree Mortality Risks Under Climate Change in Europe: Assessment of Silviculture Practices and Genetic Conservation Networks
Petit-Cailleux, C., Davi, H., Lefèvre, F., Verkerk, P.J., Fady, B., Lindner, M., Oddou-Muratorio, S., 2021. Tree Mortality Risks Under Climate Change in Europe: Assessment of Silviculture Practices and Genetic Conservation Networks. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9, 582. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.706414