Publications on, or using, studies conducted at the Font-Blanche site
Peer-reviewed articles
Wang N, Yue Z, Liu Y, Tong Z, Liu Y, Lu Y, Shi Y. 2025. Variability and uncertainty in net ecosystem carbon exchange modeling: Systematic estimates at global flux sites via ensemble machine learning. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 374, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2025.110784.
Brown LA, Fernandes R, Verrelst J, Morris H, Djamai N, Reyes-Muñoz P, Kovács DD, Meier C. 2025. GROUNDED EO: Data-driven Sentinel-2 LAI and FAPAR retrieval using Gaussian processes trained with extensive fiducial reference measurements. Remote Sensing of Environment 326, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2025.114797.
Chebbi W, Rubio E, Markos N, Yakir D, García-Morote FA, Andres-Abellan M, Arquero-Escanuela R, Picazo-Cordoba MI, Rotenberg E, Radoglou K, Lopez-Serrano FR. 2025. Refinement of gross dry matter productivity (GDMP) product from Copernicus Land Monitoring Service (CLMS): An ecophysiological assessment of Mediterranean Evergreen forests. Remote Sensing of Environment 328, 114856. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2025.114856.
Hu K, Loiseau B, Carrière SD, Lesparre N, Champollion C, Martin-StPaul NK, Linde N, Jougnot D. 2025. Self-potential signals related to tree transpiration in a Mediterranean climate. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 29, 2997–3018. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-29-2997-2025.
Ullah A, Crétat J, Michel G, Mathieu O, Thevenot M, Dara A, Granat R, Wu Z, Bonnefoy-Claudet C, Capelle J, Cacot J, Kimball JS. 2025. Climate impact on mean annual cycle and interannual variability of CO2 fluxes in European deciduous broadleaf and evergreen needleleaf forests: insights from observations and state-of-the-art data-driven and process-based models, Biogeosciences, 22, 4135–4162. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-4135-2025.
Poppe Terán C, Naz BS, Vereecken H, Baatz R, Fisher RA, Franssen H-JH. 2025. Systematic underestimation of type-specific ecosystem process variability in the Community Land Model v5 over Europe. Geosci. Model Dev., 18, 287–317, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-18-287-2025.
Veuillen L, Prévosto B, Caraglio Y, Martin-St Paul N, Simioni G, Vennetier L, Cailleret M. 2025. Primary and secondary growth of Pinus halepensis are more sensitive to inter-annual drought variability than 14 years of rainfall exclusion in a Mediterranean forest. Ann Bot https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcaf036.
Williams TKE, Moreno Martínez A, Martinuzzi F, Mahecha D, Camps-Valls G. 2025. Sub-seasonal forest carbon dynamics lose persistence under extremes. Environ. Res. Lett. 20, 084052, https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ade8ff.
Moreno M, Limousin JM, Simioni G, Badel E, Rodriguez-Calcerrada J, Cochard H, Torres-Ruiz JM, Dupuy JL, Ruffault J, Ormeno E, Delzon S, Fernandez C, Ourcival JM, Martin-StPaul N. 2024. Hydraulic plasticity and water use regulation act to maintain the hydraulic safety margins of Mediterranean trees in rainfall exclusion experiments. Plant Cell Environ DOI: 10.1111/pce.15066.
Moreno M, Simioni G, Cochard H, Doussan C, Guillemot J, Decarsin R, fernandez-Conradi P, Dupuy J-L, Trueba S, Pimont F, Ruffaut J, Jean F, Marloie O, Martin-StPaul NK. 2024. Isohydricity and hydraulic isolation explain reducted hyraulic failure risk in an experimentl tree species mixture. Plant Physiol https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiae239.
Cranko Page J, Abramowitz G, De Kauwe MG, Pitman AJ. 2024. Are plant functional types fit for purpose? Geophysical Research Letters, 51, e2023GL104962. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL104962.
Bloomfield KJ, van Hoolst R, Balzarolo M, Janssens IA, Vicca S, Ghent D, Prentice IC. 2023. Towards a General Monitoring System for Terrestrial Primary Production: A Test Spanning the European Drought of 2018. Remote Sens. 15, 1693. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15061693.
Tang ACI, Flechard CR, Arriga N, Papale D, Stoy PC, Buchmann N, Cuntz M, Douros J, Fares S, Knohl A, Šigut L, Simioni G, Timmermans R, Grünwald T, Ibrom A, Loubet B, Mammarella I, Marchesini LB, Nilsson M, Peichl M, Rebmann C, Schmidt M, Bernhofer C, Berveiller D, Cremonese E, El-Madany TS, Gharun M, Gianelle D, Hörtnagl L, Roland M, Varlagin A, Fu Z, Heinesch B, Janssens I, Kowalska N, Dušek J, Gerosa G, Mölder M, Tuittila E-S, Loustau D. 2023. Detection and attribution of an anomaly in terrestrial photosynthesis in Europe during the COVID-19 lockdown. Science of the Total Environment 903, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166149.
van der Woude AM, Peters W, Joetzjer E et al. 2023. Temperature extremes of 2022 reduced carbon uptake by forests in Europe. Nat Commun 14, 6218. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-41851-0.
Limousin J-M, Roussel A, Rodríguez-Calcerrada J, Torres-Ruiz JM, Moreno M, Jalon LG, et al. 2022. Drought acclimation of Quercus ilex leaves improves tolerance to moderate drought but not resistance to severe water stress. Plant, Cell & Environment, 45, 1967–1984. https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.14326.
Shekhar A, Hörtnagl L, Buchmann N, Gharun M. 2022. Long-term changes in forest response to extreme atmospheric dryness. Global Change Biology 29:5379-5396. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16846.
Quer E, Pereira S, Michel T, Santonja M, Gauquelin T, Simioni G, Ourcival J-M, Joffre R, Limousin J-M, Aupic-Samain A, Lecareux C, Dupouyet S, Orts J-P, Bousquet-Mélou A, Gros R, Sagova-Mareckova M, Kopecky J, Fernandez C, Baldy V. 2022. Amplified drought alters leaf litter metabolome, slows down litter decomposition, and modifies home field (dis)advantage in three mediterranean forests. Plants, 11, 2582. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11192582.
Santonja M, Pereira S, Gauquelin T, Quer E, Simioni G, Limousin J-M, Ourcival J-M, Reiter IM, Fernandez C, Baldy V. 2022. Experimental Precipitation Reduction Slows Down Litter Decomposition but Exhibits Weak to No Effect on Soil Organic Carbon and Nitrogen Stocks in Three Mediterranean Forests of Southern France. Forests 13, 1485. https://doi.org/10.3390/f13091485.
Limousin J-M, Roussel A, Rodríguez-Calcerrada J, Torres-Ruiz JM, Moreno M, Garcia de Jalon L, Ourcival J-M, Simioni G, Cochard H, Martin-StPaul, N. 2022. Drought acclimation of Quercus ilex leaves improves tolerance to moderate drought but not resistance to severe water stress. Plant, Cell & Environment DOI : 10.1111/pce.14326.
Aupic-Samain A, Santonja M, Chomel M, Pereira S, Quer E, Lecareux C, Limousin J-M, Ourcival J-M, Simioni G, Gauquelin T, Fernandez C, Baldy V. 2021. Soil biota response to experimental rainfall reduction depends on the dominant tree species in mature northern Mediterranean forests. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 154, doi: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2020.108122.
Carrière SD, Martin-StPaul NK, Doussan C, Courbet F, Davi H, Simioni G. 2021. Electromagnetic induction is a fast and non-destructive approach to estimate the influence of subsurface heterogeneity on forest canopy structure. Water https://doi.org/10.3390/w13223218.
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, Martin-StPaul N. 2021. Consistently lower sap velocity and growth over nine years of rainfall exclusion in a Mediterranean mixed pine-oak forest. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 308-309. DOI:10.1016/j.agrformet.2021.108472.
Morin X, Bugmann H, de Coligny F, Martin-StPaul N, Cailleret M, Limousin J-M, Ourcival J-M, Prevosto B, Simioni G, Toigo M, Vennetier M, Catteau E, Guillemot J. 2021. Beyond forest succession: A gap model to study ecosystem functioning and tree community composition under climatechange. Functional Ecology, doi:10.1111/1365-2435.13760.
Ollivier C, Olioso A, Carrière SD, Boulet G, Chalikakis K, Chanzy A, Charlier J-B, Combemale D, Davi H, Emblanch C, Marloie O, Martin-StPaul N, Mazzilli N, Simioni G, Weiss M. 2021. An evapotranspiration model driven by remote sensing data for assessing groundwater resource in karst watershed. Science of the Total Environment 781, 146706, doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146706.
Pisek J, Erb A, Korhonen L, Biermann T, Carrara A, Cremonese E, Cuntz M, Fares S, Gerosa G, Grünwald T, Hase N, Heliasz M, Ibrom A, Knohl A, Kobler J, Kruijt B, Lange H, Leppänen L, Limousin J-M, Lopez Serrano FR, Loustau D, Lukeš P, Lundin L, Marzuoli R, Mölder M, Montagnani L, Neirynck J, Peichl M, Rebmann C, Rubio E, Santos-Reis M, Schaaf C, Schmidt M, Simioni G, Soudani K, Vincke C. 2021. Retrieval and validation of forest background reflectivity from daily Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) bidirectional reflectance distribution function (BRDF) data across European forests. Biogeosciences, 18, 621–635, doi:10.5194/bg-18-621-2021.
Viros J, Santonja M, Temime-Roussel B, Wortham H, Fernandez C, Ormeno E. 2021. Volatilome of Aleppo Pine litter over decomposition process. Ecol Evol. 11: 6862–6880. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7533
Simioni G, Marie G, Davi H, Martin-St Paul N, Huc R. 2020. Natural forest dynamics have more influence than climate change on the net ecosystem production of a mixed Mediterranean forest. Ecological Modelling, 416, doi:10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2019.108921.
Aupic-Samain A, Baldy V, Lecareux C, Fernandez C, Santonja M. 2019. Tree litter identity and predator density control prey and predator demographic parameters in a Mediterranean litter-based multi-trophic system. Pedobiologia, 73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedobi.2019.01.003
Pereira S, Burešová A, Kopecky J, Mádrová P, Aupic-Samain A, Fernandez C, Baldy V, Sagova-Mareckova M. 2019. Litter traits and rainfall reduction alter microbial litter decomposers: the evidence from three Mediterranean forests. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 95, https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiz168
Ruiz Daniels R, Taylor R, González-Martínez S, Vendramin G G, Fady B, Oddou-Muratorio S, Piotti A, Simioni G, Grivet D, Beaumont M. 2019. Looking for local adaptation: convergent microevolution in Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis). Genes 10:673, doi:10.3390/genes10090673.
Anav A, Liu Q, De Marco A, et al. 2018. The role of plant phenology in stomatal ozone flux modeling. Glob Change Biol. 24: 235–248. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13823.
Gea-Izquierdo G, Guibal F, Joffre R, Ourcival JM, Simioni G, Guiot J. 2015. Modelling the climatic drivers determining photosynthesis and carbon allocation in evergreen Mediterranean forests using multiproxy long time series. Biogeosciences 12:3695–3712.
Marie G, Simioni G. 2014. Extending the use of ecological models without sacrificing details: a generic and parsimonious meta-modelling approach. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 5:934-943, doi: 10.1111/2041-210X.12250.
Parazoo NC, Bowman K, Fisher JB, Frankenberg C, Jones DBA, Cescatti A, Pérez-Priego Ó, Wohlfahrt G, Montagnani L. 2014 Terrestrial gross primary production inferred from satellite fluorescence and vegetation models. Glob Change Biol, 20: 3103-3121. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12652
Simioni G, Durand-Gillmann M, Huc R. 2013. Asymmetric competition increases leaf inclination effect on light absorption in mixed canopies. Annals of Forest Science 70, 123–131. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13595-012-0246-8.
Girard F, Vennetier M, Guibal F, et al. 2012. Pinus halepensis Mill. crown development and fruiting declined with repeated drought in Mediterranean France. Eur J Forest Res 131:919–931, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10342-011-0565-6.
Girard F, Vennetier M, Ouarmim S, et al. 2011. Polycyclism, a fundamental tree growth process, decline with recent climate change: the example of Pinus halepensis Mill. in Mediterranean France. Trees 25:311–322. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00468-010-0507-9.
Data papers
Pohl F, Rakovec O, Rebmann C et al. 2023. Long-term daily hydrometeorological drought indices, soil moisture, and evapotranspiration for ICOS sites. Sci Data 10, 281. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02192-1.
Conferences
Hu K, Loiseau B, Carrière SD, Lesparre N, Champollion C, Martin-St Paul NK, Linde N, Jougnot D. 2025. Self-Potential Responses to Tree Transpiration: Insights from a One-Year Dataset in a Mediterranean Climate. EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 27 Apr–2 May, EGU25-5619, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu25-5619.
Raynaud-Schell B, Demarty J, Etchanchu J, Ollivier C, Collet L, Kempf J, Limousin J-marc, Marloie O, Olioso A, Ourcival J-M, Simioni G, Leonardi V (2025) Quantifying groundwater recharge in karstic mediterranean environments controlling surface water and energy transfers. ARPHA Conference Abstracts 8:e152534. https://doi.org/10.3897/aca.8.e152534.
Raynaud-Schell B, Demarty J, Etchanchu J, Ollivier C, Collet L, Kempf J, Limousin J-M, Marloie O, Olioso A, Ourcival J-M, Simioni G, Leonardi V. 2024. Modelling surface water and energy transfer in karstic mediterranean forests. EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 14–19 Apr, EGU24-10997, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-10997.
Cailleret M, Ostle M, Prévosto B, Veuillen L. 2023. Etat des lieux de la santé des forêts de pin d’Alep dans le Bassin Minier de Provence. Séminaire de l’OHM BMP et Transition énergétique en région Sud-PACA, Meyreuil, 9 et 10 Novembre.
Raynaud—Schell B, Demarty J, Etchanchu J, Ollivier C, Kempf J, et al. 2023 Modélisation des transferts d'énergie et d'eau à l'interface Surface-Atmosphère sur les sites ICOS de Puéchabon et Font-Blanche. Assemblée Scientifique et Technique ICOS-France, Montpellier, France.
Moreno M, Simioni G, Limousin J-M, Rodriguez-Calcerrada J, Ruffault J, Cochard H, Torres J, Delzon S, Tournant A, Dumas P-J, Davi H, Martin-St Paul N. 2021. Mediterranean trees vulnerability to climate change will not be minimized through hydraulic safety traits adjustments. 23rd EGU General Assembly, held online 19-30 April, id.EGU21-3850 DOI:10.5194/egusphere-egu21-3850.
Guibal F, Miramont C. 2016. Aleppo pines installed on coal mine waste dumps grow much
better than expected. International Conference on Ecological Sciences, Marseille, France.
Guibal F. 2015. Pin d’Alep : croissance des pins d’Alep sur différents milieux post-industriels du Bassin Minier de Provence. Séminaire de restitution de l’Observatoire Hommes-Milieux du Bassin Minier de Provence, 5 octobre, Trets.
Simioni G, Marie G, Huc R. 2015. Modéliser le stockage de carbone à long terme d’une forêt
mélangée en réponse au changement climatique : une approche par méta-modélisation. Innovations Agronomiques, Avignon, INRA, 47, pp.51-62, DOI:_x005F_xffff_10.15454/1.462268626911734E12_x005F_xffff_.
Thèses/rapports de stage
Martin-St Paul N. 2025. Vulnerability and adaptation of forests to climate change: towards a water-centred approach. Environmental Sciences. Habilitation à diriger des recherches, Aix Marseille Université.
Fortier M. 2024. Multimodal Deep Learning for Carbon Flux Modelling. Master thesis, Polytechnique Montréal. https://publications.polymtl.ca/59450/.
Loiseau B. 2024. Développement de l’hydrogéophysique pour l’étude des flux d’eau en milieu forestier. PhD thesis, Sorbonne Université, 2024.
Carrière SD. 2024. L’eau souterraine, une ressource en eau critique pour les forêts et les sociétés humaines en état de stress hydrique. Sciences de l'environnement. Habilitation à diriger des recherches, Sorbonne Université, 2024, 74 pages.
Lelandais L. 2023. Variabilité du CO2 atmosphérique dans la région SUD-PACA : caractérisation des émissions de Marseille. PhD thesis, Aix Marseille Université, 304 pages.
Viros J. 2020. Émissions de COVB de la litière d'espèces végétales en milieu forestier tempéré. PhD thesis, Aix-Marseille Université, 209 pages.
López García N. 2018. Assessing ecosystem functioning on Mediterranean forests in the context of Global Change: the case study of Mont Ventoux (France). Master thesis, University of Lleida, 57 pages.
Sarrazin F. 2018. Understanding the sensitivity of karst groundwater recharge to climate and land cover changes at a large-scale. PhD thesis, University of Bristol (UK), 239 pages.
Marie G. 2014. Modélisation du bilan carboné et hydrique d’une forêt méditerranéenne à structure complexe : de l'année au siècle. 2014. PhD thesis, Aix-Marseille Université.
Gillmann M. 2009. Caractérisation des paramètres d'interception du rayonnement par le pin d'Alep (Pinus halepensis Mill.). Master thesis.
Revues techniques/professionnelles
Cailleret M, Veuillen L, Audouard M, Bonal D, Guillemot J, Helluy M, Limousin J-M, Lopez J-M, Martin-St Paul NK, Moreno M, Morin X, Simioni G, Prévosto B. 2024. Éclaircir, mélanger les espèces, utiliser la migration assistée: Une évaluation de trois leviers de gestion pour adapter le pin d'Alep et le chêne vert aux sécheresses. Forêt Méditerranéenne, 45, n° spec Forêt, sol et eau, des alliés naturels : pp. 97-106.
Fady B, Boutte B, Davi H, Martin-St Paul N, Moreno M, Prevosto B, Rigolot E, Simioni G. 2020. Le pin d’Alep : évolution, acclimatation et adaptation au changement climatique. Forêt méditerranéenne XLI (1).
Tallieu C, Chaste E, Brèteau-Amores S, Veuillen L, Bréda N. 2023. Une vision pluridisciplinaire des sécheresses en forêt : comment les quantifier, évaluer leurs impacts et s’y adapter. Revue forestière française, 74 (2), « Ateliers ReGeFor 2020. Forêts en crise : relevons le défi ! », 307-321. https://doi.org/10.20870/revforfr.2023.7615.
Martin-StPaul N, Ruffault J, Moreno M, Olivier M, Simioni G. 2020. La plateforme expérimentale de Font-Blanche Un site dédié au suivi à long terme du bilan de carbone et d’eau d’une forêt mixte méditerranéenne de pin d’Alep et de chêne vert. Forêt Méditerranéenne, XLI (4), pp.275-280.
Gauquelin T. 2016. Le changement climatique : quelles conséquences sur la biodiversité et le fonctionnement des écosystèmes forestiers méditerranéens ? L’apport des stations expérimentales in natura. Forêt Méditerranéenne, XXXVII (4), pp.275-278. _x005F_xffff_
Simioni G, Huc R. 2011. Le site d'étude à long terme de Fontblanche. Forêt Méditerranéenne, XXXII (2), pp.133-134.
Vennetier M, Girard F, Didier C, Ouarmim S, Ripert C, et al. 2011. Adaptation phénologique du pin d'Alep au changement climatique. Forêt Méditerranéenne, XXXII (2), pp.151-166.
Revues transfer
Arfib B, Bergeot C, Cheylan G, Darmuzey T, Dolisi J-Y, et al. 2024. Le Parc naturel régional de la Sainte-Baume face au changement climatique. GREC Sud, 56 pages.
