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Peer-reviewed articles

2024

 

  • [40] Decarsin R, Guillemot J, Le Maire G, Meredieu C, Achard E, Bonal D, Cochard H, Corso D, Delzon S, Doucet Z, Druel A, Grossiord C, Torres-Ruiz JM, Baeten L, Bauhus J, Blondeel H, Hajek P, Jactel H, Mereu S, Ponette Q, Rewald B, Ruffault J, Sandén H, Scherer-Lorenzen M, Serrano-León H, Simioni G, Verheyen K and Martin-StPaul NK (2024). Tree diversity marginally influences hydraulic risk during an extreme drought in Europe. Global Change Biology, in press

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  • [39] Moreno M, Limousin JM, Simioni G, Badel E, Rodríguez-Calcerrada J, Cochard H, Torres-Ruiz JM, Dupuy JL, Ruffault J, Ormeño E, Delzon S, Fernandez C, Ourcival JM and Martin-StPaul NK (2024). Hydraulic plasticity and water use regulation act to maintain the hydraulic safety margins of Mediterranean trees in rainfall exclusion experiments. Plant, Cell & Environment, Early view

https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.15066

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  • [38] Moreno M, Simioni G, Cochard H, Doussan C, Guillemot J, Decarsin R, Fernandez-Conradi P, Dupuy JL, Trueba S, Pimont F, Ruffault J, Jean F, Marloie O and Martin-StPaul NK (2024). Isohydricity and hydraulic isolation explain reduced hydraulic failure risk in an experimental tree species mixture. Plant Physiology, 195 (4):2668–2682.

https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.19463

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  • [37] Belmys Cakpo C†, Ruffault J†, Dupuy J-L, Pimont F, Jean N, Doussan C, Jean F, Burlett R, Delzon S, Torres-Ruiz JM, Cochard H and Martin-StPaul NK (2024). Exploring the role of plant hydraulics in canopy fuel moisture content: insights from an experimental drought study. Annals of Forest Science, 81(26).

† Égale contribution

https://doi.org/10.1186/s13595-024-01244-9

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  • [36] Torres-Ruiz JM, Cochard H, Delzon S, Boivin T, Burlett R, Cailleret M, Corso D, Delmas C, De Caceres M, Diaz-Espejo A, Fernández-Conradi P, Guillemot J, Lamarque J, Limousin JM, Mantova M, Mencuccini M, Morin X, Pimont F, Resco De Dios V, Ruffault J, Trueba S, Martin-StPaul NK (2024). Xylem hydraulics at the heart of plant, crops and ecosystem functions in the face of climate change. New phytologist, 241: 984-999.

https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.19463

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2023

 

  • [35] Jean F, Davi H, Oddou-Muratorio S, Fady B, Scotti I, Scotti-Saintagne C, Ruffault J, Journe V, Clastre P, Marloie O, Brunetto W, Correard M, Gilg O, Pringarve M, Rei F, Thevenet J, Turion N and Pichot C.  A 14-year series of leaf phenological data collected for European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) and silver fir (Abies alba Mill.) from their geographic range margins in south-eastern France. Annals of Forest Science, 80(1), 35.

 

https://doi.org/10.1186/s13595-023-01193-9

  

  • [34] Galizia LF, Barbero R, Rodrigues M, Ruffault J, Pimont F and Curt T. Global warming reshapes European pyroregions, Earth's Future, 11(5), e2022EF003182.

https://doi.org/10.1029/2022EF003182

   

  • [33] Ruffault J, Limousin J-M, Pimont F, Dupuy J-L, De Caceres M, Cochard H, Mouillot F, Blackman C J, Torres-Ruiz JM, Parsons RA, Moreno M, Olioso A, Delzon S and Martin-StPaul N (2023). Plant hydraulic modelling of leaf and canopy fuel moisture content reveals increasing vulnerability of a Mediterranean forest to wildfires under extreme drought. New Phytologist, 237, 1256-1269.

 https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.18614

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  • [32] Rodrigues M, Camprubí ÀC, Balaguer-Romano R, Coco Megía CJ, Castañares F, Ruffault J, Fernandes PM and Resco de Dios V (2023). Drivers and implications of the extreme 2022 wildfire season in Southwest Europe. Science of The Total Environment, 859(2).

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160320

 

2022

 

  • [31] Pimont F, Ruffault J,  Opitz T,  Fargeon H, Barbero R, Castel-Clavera J, Martin-StPaul N, Rigolot E and Dupuy J-L (2022). Expansion, lengthening and intensification of fire activities under climate change in Southeastern France. International Journal of Wildland Fire, In press

https://doi.org/10.1071/WF22103

 

  • [30] Castel-Clavera J, Pimont F, Opitz T, Ruffault J, Riviere M and Dupuy J-L (2022). Disentangling the factors of spatio-temporal patterns of wildfire activity in South-eastern France. International Journal of Wildland Fire, In press

https://doi.org/10.1071/WF22086

  

  • [29] Ruffault J, Pimont F, Cochard H, Dupuy J-L and Martin-StPaul N (2022). A trait-based plant hydraulics model for simulations of plant water status and drought-induced mortality at the ecosystem level. Geoscientific Model Development, 15(14), 5593-5626.

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-5593-2022

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  • [28] Linley GD, Jolly CJ, Doherty TS, Geary WL, Armenteras, D., Belcher, C.M., Bliege Bird, R., Duane, A., Fletcher M, Giorgis MA, Haslem A, Jones GM, Kelly LT, Lee CKF, Nolan RH, Parr CL, Pausas JG, Price JN, Regos A, Ritchie EG, Ruffault J, Williamson GJ, Wu Q and Nimmo DG (2022). What do you mean, ‘megafire’? Global Ecology and Biogeography, 13499

https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13499

 

  • [27] Rivière M, Pimont F, Delacote P, Caurla S, Ruffault J, Lobianco A, Optiz T and Dupuy J-L (2022). A Bioeconomic Projection of Climate-induced Wildfire Risk in the Forest Sector. Earth's Future, 10 (4) e2021EF002433

https://doi.org/10.1029/2021EF002433

 

2021

  

  • [26] Cochard H, Pimont F, Ruffault J, and Martin St-Paul N (2021). SurEau: a mechanistic model of plant water relations under extreme drought. Annals of Forest Sciences, 78, 55

https://doi.org/10.1007/s13595-021-01067-y

  

  • [25] Moreno M, Simioni G, Cailleret M, Ruffault J, Badel E, Carrière S, Davi H, Gavinet J, Huc R, Limousin J-M, Marloie O, Martin L, Rodríguez-Calcerrada J, Vennetier M and Martin-StPaul N (2021). Consistently lower transpiration, tree conductance and growth over nine years of rainfall exclusion in a Mediterranean mixed pine-oak forest. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 308, 108472.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2021.108472

  

  • [24] Pimont F, Fargeon H, Opitz T,  Ruffault J,  Barbero R, Martin-StPaul N, Rigolot E, Riviere M and Dupuy J-L (2021). Prediction of regional wildfire activity in the probabilistic Bayesian framework of Firelihood. Ecological Applications, 31(5) e02316

https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2316

 

  • [23] Fady B, Davi H, Martin-StPaul N and Ruffault J (2021). Caution needed with the EU forest plantation strategy for offsetting carbon emissions. New Forests

https://doi.org/10.1007/s11056-020-09830-1

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2020

 

  • [22] Ruffault J, Curt T, Moron V, Trigo RM, Mouillot F, Koutsias N, Pimont F, Martin-StPaul NK, Barbero R, Dupuy J-L, Russo A and Belhadj-Kheder C (2020). Increased likelihood of heat-induced large wildfires in the Mediterranean Basin. Scientific Reports, 10, 13790.

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-70069-z​​

 

  • [21] Carriere S, Ruffault J, Belmys Cakpo C, Olioso A, Doussan C, Simioni G, Chalikakis K, Patris N, Davi H, Martin St-Paul N (2020). Intra-specific variability in deep water extraction between trees growing on a Mediterranean karst. Journal of Hydrology, 591, 125428

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.125428

 

  • [20] Ormeño E, Ruffault J, Gutigny C, Madrigal J, Guijarro M, Hernando C, and Ballini C (2020). Increasing cuticular wax concentrations in a drier climate promote litter flammability. Forest Ecology and Management, 473, 118242.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118242

 

  • [19] Barbero R, Abatzoglou J T, Pimont F, Ruffault J and Curt T (2020). Attributing increases in fire weather to anthropogenic climate change over France. Frontiers in Earth Science

https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2020.00104

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  • [18] Dupuy JL, Fargeon H, Martin-StPaul N, Pimont F, Ruffault J, Guijarro M, Hernando C, Madrigal J and Fernandes P (2020). Climate change impact on wildfire danger and activity in southern Europe: a review. Annals of Forest Science, 77, 35.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s13595-020-00933-5

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  • [17] Fargeon H, Pimont F, Martin-StPaul N, De Caceres M, Ruffault J, Barbero R and Dupuy JL (2020). Projections of fire danger under climate change over France: where do the greatest uncertainties lie? Climatic Change,

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-019-02629

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  • [16] Hashoum H, Saatkamp A, Gauquelin T, Ruffault J, Fernandez C and Bousquet-Mélou A (2020). Mediterranean woody plant specialized metabolites affect germination of Linum perenne at its dry and upper thermal limits. Plant and Soil, 446 291–305.

https://doi:10.1007/s11104-019-04366-6

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  • [15] Carriere S, Ruffault  J, Pimont F, Simioni G, Doussan C, Limousin J, Chalikakis K, Courdier F, Cakpo C, Davi H, and Martin StPaul NK. 2020 Impact of local soil and subsoil conditions on inter-individual variations in tree responses to drought: insights from Electrical Resistivity Tomography. Science of The Total Environment, 134247.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134247

 

2019

 

  • [14] Pimont F, Ruffault J, Martin-StPaul N and Dupuy JL (2019). A Cautionary note regarding the use of cumulative burnt areas for the determination of fire danger Index breakpoints. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 28(3) 254-258.

https://doi.org/10.1071/WF18056

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  • [13] Pimont F, Ruffault J, Martin-StPaul N and Dupuy JL (2019).Why is the Effect of Live Fuel Moisture Content on Fire Rate of Spread Underestimated in Field Experiments in Shrublands? International Journal of Wildland Fire, 28(2) 127-137

https://doi.org/10.1071/WF18091

 

2018

 

  • [12] Ruffault J, Martin-StPaul NK, Pimont F and Dupuy JL (2018). How well do meteorological drought indices predict live fuel moisture content (LFMC)? An assessment for wildfire research and operations in Mediterranean ecosystems. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 262, 391-401.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2018.07.031

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  • [11] Martin-StPaul NK, Pimont F, Dupuy JL, Rigolot, E, Ruffault J, Fargeon H, Cabanne E, Duché, Y, Savazzi R, and Toutchkov M (2018). Multisite and multispecies live fuel moisture content (LFMC) series in the French Mediterranean since 1996. Annals of Forest Science 75:57

https://doi.org/10.1007/s13595-018-0729-3

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  • [10] Ruffault J, Curt T, Martin StPaul N, Moron V and Trigo RM (2018). Extreme wildfire events are linked to global-change-type droughts in the northern Mediterranean. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences.

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-847-2018

 

2017

 

  • [9] Ruffault J and Mouillot F (2017). Contribution of human and biophysical factors to the spatial distribution of forest fire ignitions and large wildfires in a French Mediterranean region. International Journal of Wildland Fires 26(6) 498-508.

https://doi.org/10.1071/WF16181

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  • [8] Ruffault J, Moron V, Trigo RM and Curt T (2017). Daily synoptic conditions associated with large fire occurrence in Mediterranean France: evidence for a wind-driven fire regime. International Journal of Climatology 37:524–533.

https://doi.rog/10.1002/joc.4680

 

2016

 

  • [7] Lempereur M,  Limousin JM, Guibal F, Ourcival JM, Rambal S, Ruffault J and Mouillot F (2016). Recent climate hiatus revealed dual control by temperature and drought on the stem growth of Mediterranean Quercus ilex. Global Change Biology

https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13495

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  • [6] Ruffault J, Moron V, Trigo RM and Curt T (2016). Objective identification of multiple large fire climatologies: an application to a Mediterranean ecosystem. Environmental Research Letters 11:75006.

https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/11/7/075006

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  • [5] Nogueira JMP, Ruffault J, Chuvieco E  and Mouillot F (2016). Can We Go Beyond Burned Area in the Assessment of Global Remote Sensing Products with Fire Patch Metrics ? Remote Sensing

https://doi.org/10.3390/rs9010007

 

2015

 

  • [4] Ruffault J and Mouillot F (2015). How a new fire-suppression policy can abruptly reshape the fire-weather relationship. Ecosphere 6:1–19.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/ES15-00182.1

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2014

 

  • [3] Ruffault J, Martin-StPaul NK, Duffet C, Goge F and Mouillot F (2014). Projecting future drought in Mediterranean forests: bias correction of climate models matters! Theoretical and Applied Climatology 117:113–122.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-013-0992-z

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2013

 

  • [2] Ruffault J, Martin-StPaul NK, Rambal S and Mouillot F (2013) Differential regional responses in drought length, intensity, and timing to recent climate changes in a M[[editerranean forested ecosystem. Climatic Change 117:103–117.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-012-0559-5

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2012

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  • [1] Martin StPaul NK, Limousin JM, Rodríguez-Calcerrada J, Ruffault J, Rambal S, Letts MG, and Misson L (2012) Photosynthetic sensitivity to drought varies among populations of Quercus ilex along a rainfall gradient. Functional Plant Biology 39:25.

https://doi.org/10.1071/FP11090

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Non peer-reviewed articles

 

  • Fady B, Davi H, Martin-StPaul N, Ricodeau N and Ruffault J (2021). Quelle stratégie de plantation forestière pour l'Union européenne et la France ? Forêt entreprise, Forêt Privée Française, 58-62. (in French)

  

  • Martin-StPaul N, Ruffault J, Moreno M, Marloie M and Simioni G (2020). La plateforme expérimentale de Font-Blanche - Un site dédié au suivi à long termedu bilan de carbone et d’eau d’une forêt mixte méditerranéenne de pin d’Alep et de chêne vert. Forêt méditerranéenne, t. XL, 4, 275-281. (in French)

 

  • Rigolot E, Dupuy JL, Pimont F and Ruffault J (2020). Les incendies de forêt catastrophiques. In Annales des Mines-Responsabilité et environnement, 2, 29-35. (in French)

https://www.cairn.info/revue-responsabilite-et-environnement-2020-2-page-29.htm

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Books

 

  • Curt T, Barbero R, Dupuy JL, Hély C, Mouillot F and Ruffault J (2022). Feux de végétation –Comprendre leur diversité et leur évolution – Editions QUAE, 136 pages, in Press (in French)

https://www.quae.com/produit/1741/9782759235063

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Book chapters

 

  • Le Parc naturel régional du Luberon à l’épreuve du changement climatique, cahier territorial GREC-SUD, July2020, 52 pages (in French)

 

  • Adaptation du Parc national des Cévennes au changement climatique et à ses impacts, cahier territorial GREC-SUD, September 2020, 56 pages (in French)

 

  • Le Parc naturel régional du Verdon face aux défis du changement climatique, cahier territorial GREC-SUDJuly 2021, 64 pages (in French)

 

  •  La santé face au changements climatique en région Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, cahier thématique GREC-SUD, 2019 (in French)

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