KEY PUBLICATIONS

Publications: Publications

2022

A NEW SNOW MODULE IMPROVES PREDICTIONS OF ISOTOPE-ENABLED MAIDENISO FOREST GROWTH MODEL

Hermoso de Mendoza, I., Boucher, E., Gennaretti, F., Lavergne, A., Andreu-Hayles, L. and Field, R. D. (2022) A new snow module improves predictions of isotope-enabled MAIDENiso forest growth model, Geoscientific Model Development, 15, 1931–1952, 10.5194/gmd-15-1931-2022

2022

GLOBAL DECADAL VARIABILITY OF PLANT CARBON ISOTOPE DISCRIMINATION AND ITS LINK TO GROSS PRIMARY PRODUCTION

Lavergne, A., Hemming, D., Prentice, I.C., Guerrieri, R., Oliver, R.J. and Graven, H. M. (2022) Global decadal variability of plant carbon isotope discrimination and its link to gross primary production, Global Change Biology, 28, 524–541, 10.1111/gcb.15924.

2021

TREE-RING CELLULOSE Δ18O RECORDS SIMILAR LARGE-SCALE CLIMATE INFLUENCES AS PRECIPITATION Δ18O IN THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES OF CANADA

Field, R. D., Andreu-Hayles, L., D’Arrigo, R.D., Oelkers, R., Luckman, B.H., Morimoto, D., Boucher, E., Gennaretti, F., Hermoso, I., Lavergne, A. and Levesque, M. (2021) Climate Dynamics, doi:10.1007/s00382-021-05932-4

2021

ECO-EVOLUTIONARY OPTIMALITY AS A MEANS TO IMPROVE VEGETATION AND LAND-SURFACE MODELS

Harrison, S.P., Cramer, W., Franklin, O., Prentice, I.C., Wang, H., Brännström, Å., de Boer, H., Dieckmann, U., Joshi, J., Keenan, T.F., Lavergne, A., Manzoni, S., Mengoli, G., Morfopoulos, C., Peñuelas, J., Pietsch, S., Rebel, K.T., Ryu, Y., Smith, N.G., Stocker, B.D. and Wright, I.J. (2021), Eco-evolutionary optimality as a means to improve vegetation and land-surface models. New Phytol. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.17558

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2021

DIFFERENCES IN CARBON ISOTOPE DISCRIMINATION BETWEEN ANGIOSPERM AND GYMNOSPERM WOODY PLANTS, AND THEIR SIGNIFICANCE OVER GEOLOGICAL TIMESCALES

Hare, V.J. & Lavergne, A. (2021) Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 300, 215-230, doi:10.1016/j.gca.2021.02.029

2020

IMPACTS OF SOIL WATER STRESS ON THE STOMATAL LIMITATION OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS: INSIGHTS FROM STABLE CARBON ISOTOPE DATA

Lavergne, A., Sandoval, D., Hare, V.J., Graven, H. and Prentice, I.C. (2020) Global Change Biology 26, 7158-7172, doi:10.1111/gcb.15364

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https://prenticeclimategroup.wordpress.com/2020/12/02/

2020

COMPILED RECORDS OF ATMOSPHERIC CO2 CONCENTRATION AND STABLE CARBON ISOTOPES TO RECONSTRUCT CLIMATE AND DERIVE PLANT ECOPHYSIOLOGICAL INDICES FROM TREE RINGS

Belmecheri, S. and Lavergne, A. (2020) Dendrochronologia 63, 125748, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dendro.2020.125748

2020

HISTORICAL CHANGES IN THE STOMATAL LIMITATION OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS: EMPIRICAL SUPPORT FOR AN OPTIMALITY PRINCIPLE

Lavergne, A., Voelker, S., Csank, A., Graven, H., de Boer, H.J., Daux, V., Robertson, I., Dorado-Linan, I., Martinez-Sancho, E., Battipaglia, G., Bloomfield, K.J., Meinzer, F.C., Camarero, J.J., Fang, Y., Clisby, R., Menzel, A., Still, C.J., Keen, R.M., Roden, J.S., Dawson, T.E. and Prentice, I.C. (2020) New Phytologist 225, 6, 10.1111/nph.16314.

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2019

OBSERVED AND MODELLED HISTORICAL TRENDS IN THE WATER USE EFFICIENCY OF PLANTS AND ECOSYSTEMS

Lavergne, A., Graven, H., De Kauwe, M.G., Keenan, F.T., Medlyn, B.E. and Prentice, I.C. (2019). Global Change Biology 25, 2242-2257, 10.1111/GCB.14634.

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https://prenticeclimategroup.wordpress.com/2019/05/15/

2019

CLIMATE CHANGE AND LAND: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES FOR THE UK

Brown, J., Diaz, S., Friedlingstein, P., Krebs, J, Lavergne, A., Mace, G. (Chair) and Malhi, Y. (2019) The Royal Society

Special report from Royal Society

2018

COMPARISONS OF THE PERFORMANCE OF D13C AND D18O OF F. SYLVATICA, P. SYLVESTRIS AND Q. PETRAEA IN THE RECORD OF PAST CLIMATE VARIATIONS

Daux, V., Michelot, A., Lavergne, A., Pierre, M., Stievenard, M., Bréda, N. and Damesin, C. (2018) Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences 123, 1-16, 10.1002/2017JG004203.

2018

PAST SUMMER TEMPERATURES INFERRED FROM DENDROCHRONOLOGICAL RECORDS OF FITZROYA CUPRESSOIDES ON THE EASTERN SLOPE OF THE NORTHERN PATAGONIAN ANDES

Lavergne, A., Daux, V., Pierre, M., Stievenard, M., Srur, A.M. and Villalba, R. (2018) Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences 123, 32-45, 10.1002/ 2017JG003989.

2018

A COMPARISON OF SOME SIMPLE METHODS USED TO DETECT UNSTABLE TEMPERATURE RESPONSES IN TREE-RING CHRONOLOGIES

Allen, K., Villalba, R., Lavergne, A., Palmer, J.G., Cook, E.C., Fenwick, P., Nichols, S.N., Drew, D.M., Turney, C.S.M. and Baker, P. (2018) Dendrochronologia 48, 52-73, 10.1016/j.dendro.2018.02.002.

2017

MODELLING TREE-RING CELLULOSE D18O VARIATIONS IN TWO TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE TREE SPECIES FROM NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA

Lavergne, A., Gennaretti, F., Risi, C., Daux, V., Boucher, E., Savard, M., Naulier, M., Villalba, R., Bégin, C. and Guiot, J. (2017) Climate of the Past 13, 1-12, doi:10.5194/cp-2017-93.

2017

IMPROVEMENT OF ISOTOPE-BASED CLIMATE RECONSTRUCTIONS IN PATAGONIA THROUGH A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF CLIMATE INFLUENCES ON ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION IN TREE RINGS

Lavergne, A., Daux, V., Villalba, R., Pierre, M., Stievenard, M. and Srur, A.M. (2017) Earth and Planetary Science Letters 459, 372-380, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2016.11.045.

2016

ARE THE OXYGEN ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS OF FITZROYA CUPRESSOIDES AND NOTHOFAGUS PUMILIO CELLULOSE PROMISING PROXIES FOR CLIMATE RECONSTRUCTIONS IN NORTHERN PATAGONIA?

Lavergne, A., Daux, V., Villalba, R., Pierre, M., Stievenard, M., Srur, A.M. and Vimeux, F. (2016) Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences 121, doi:10.1002/2015JG003260.

2015

TEMPORAL CHANGES IN CLIMATIC LIMITATION OF TREE-GROWTH AT UPPER TREELINE FORESTS: CONTRASTED RESPONSES ALONG THE WEST-TO-EAST HUMIDITY GRADIENT IN NORTHERN PATAGONIA

Lavergne, A., Daux, V., Villalba and Barichivich, J. (2015) Dendrochronologia 36, 49-59, doi:10.1016/j.dendro.2015.09.001.