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D-Index
59
Citations
11543
World Ranking
1285
National Ranking
31

Patrick Fonti publication distribution in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Patrick Fonti sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 181 publications — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 467 publications or more.

Patrick Fonti D-index placement in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Patrick Fonti sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 59 D-Index — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 109 D-Index or more.

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Ecology
  • Botany
  • Climate change

Patrick Fonti focuses on Ecology, Dendrochronology, Growing season, Xylem and Botany. His Ecology study frequently intersects with other fields, such as Agronomy. His Dendrochronology study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Taxon, Climate change, Global change, Anatomy and Field.

His Growing season research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Larch, Cambium, Atmospheric sciences and Phenology. In his work, Tracheid, Plant science, Dendroclimatology and Pinophyta is strongly intertwined with Northern Hemisphere, which is a subfield of Xylem. His work deals with themes such as Organic matter, Soil water and Water cycle, which intersect with Botany.

His most cited work include:

  • Studying global change through investigation of the plastic responses of xylem anatomy in tree rings (333 citations)
  • Timing and duration of European larch growing season along altitudinal gradients in the Swiss Alps. (188 citations)
  • Drought-induced adaptation of the xylem in Scots pine and pubescent oak. (172 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His primary areas of study are Ecology, Dendrochronology, Xylem, Botany and Tracheid. His Ecology research incorporates elements of Northern Hemisphere and Atmospheric sciences. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Larch, Fagaceae, Physical geography and Anatomy.

In his study, which falls under the umbrella issue of Xylem, Phenology, Cambium and Transect is strongly linked to Growing season. His study on Coppicing is often connected to Shake, Ring and Cell Enlargement as part of broader study in Botany. His Tracheid research incorporates themes from Larix sibirica, Picea abies, Mediterranean climate and Pinus .

He most often published in these fields:

  • Ecology (32.12%)
  • Dendrochronology (29.20%)
  • Xylem (27.01%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2018-2021)?

  • Ecology (32.12%)
  • Dendrochronology (29.20%)
  • Xylem (27.01%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Patrick Fonti mostly deals with Ecology, Dendrochronology, Xylem, Tracheid and Phenology. His work on Forest ecology and Phenotypic plasticity as part of general Ecology research is often related to Phenotypic integration, thus linking different fields of science. The Dendrochronology study combines topics in areas such as European Larch, Larch, δ13C, Adaptation and Tree species.

His Cambium study, which is part of a larger body of work in Xylem, is frequently linked to Radial direction, bridging the gap between disciplines. His Tracheid study necessitates a more in-depth grasp of Botany. His Phenology research integrates issues from Beech, Climate change, Temperate climate and Northern Hemisphere.

Between 2018 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • The GenTree Dendroecological Collection: tree-ring and wood density data from seven tree species across Europe (113 citations)
  • Contrasting resistance and resilience to extreme drought and late spring frost in five major European tree species. (40 citations)
  • Chilling and forcing temperatures interact to predict the onset of wood formation in Northern Hemisphere conifers (28 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Ecology
  • Botany
  • Climate change

Patrick Fonti mainly focuses on Picea abies, Atmospheric sciences, Ecology, Phenology and Tracheid. Within one scientific family, Patrick Fonti focuses on topics pertaining to Temperate climate under Picea abies, and may sometimes address concerns connected to Horticulture, Cambium and Xylem. The concepts of his Atmospheric sciences study are interwoven with issues in Pinus and Climate change, Tree line.

His Ecology research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Phloem and Phloem transport. His work carried out in the field of Tracheid brings together such families of science as Plant stem, Abiotic component and Phenotypic plasticity. His work in Forest ecology addresses subjects such as Resistance, which are connected to disciplines such as Dendrochronology.

Best Publications

  • Studying global change through investigation of the plastic responses of xylem anatomy in tree rings

    Patrick Fonti;Georg von Arx;Ignacio García‐González;Britta Eilmann

  • The GenTree Dendroecological Collection: tree-ring and wood density data from seven tree species across Europe

    Elisabet Martínez-Sancho;Lenka Slámová;Sandro Morganti;Claudio Grefen

  • Woody biomass production lags stem-girth increase by over one month in coniferous forests

    Henri E. Cuny;Henri E. Cuny;Cyrille B. K. Rathgeber;Cyrille B. K. Rathgeber;David Frank;Patrick Fonti

  • Timing and duration of European larch growing season along altitudinal gradients in the Swiss Alps.

    Lea Moser;Patrick Fonti;Ulf Büntgen;Jan Esper

  • Drought-induced adaptation of the xylem in Scots pine and pubescent oak.

    Britta Eilmann;Roman Zweifel;Nina Buchmann;Patrick Fonti

  • Kinetics of tracheid development explain conifer tree-ring structure.

    Henri E. Cuny;Cyrille B. K. Rathgeber;David Frank;Patrick Fonti

  • Pattern of xylem phenology in conifers of cold ecosystems at the Northern Hemisphere

    Sergio Rossi;Sergio Rossi;Tommaso Anfodillo;Katarina Čufar;Henri E. Cuny

  • Contrasting resistance and resilience to extreme drought and late spring frost in five major European tree species.

    Yann Vitasse;Alessandra Bottero;Maxime Cailleret;Christof Bigler

  • Biological Basis of Tree-Ring Formation: A Crash Course

    Cyrille B. K. Rathgeber;Henri E. Cuny;Patrick Fonti

  • Seasonal transfer of oxygen isotopes from precipitation and soil to the tree ring: source water versus needle water enrichment.

    Kerstin Treydte;Sonja Boda;Elisabeth Graf Pannatier;Patrick Fonti

  • Suitability of chestnut earlywood vessel chronologies for ecological studies

    Patrick Fonti;Ignacio García-González

  • Cell size and wall dimensions drive distinct variability of earlywood and latewood density in Northern Hemisphere conifers

    Jesper Björklund;Kristina Seftigen;Kristina Seftigen;Kristina Seftigen;Fritz Schweingruber;Patrick Fonti

  • Photoperiod and temperature as dominant environmental drivers triggering secondary growth resumption in Northern Hemisphere conifers

    Jian-Guo Huang;Qianqian Ma;Sergio Rossi;Sergio Rossi;Franco Biondi

  • Earlywood vessels of Castanea sativa record temperature before their formation

    Patrick Fonti;Natalie Solomonoff;Ignacio García-González

  • Climatic drivers of hourly to yearly tree radius variations along a 6 °C natural warming gradient

    Gregory King;Patrick Fonti;Daniel Nievergelt;Ulf Büntgen

  • Turgor - a limiting factor for radial growth in mature conifers along an elevational gradient.

    Richard L. Peters;Richard L. Peters;Richard L. Peters;Kathy Steppe;Henri E. Cuny;Henri E. Cuny;Dirk J.W. De Pauw

  • Global transpiration data from sap flow measurements: the SAPFLUXNET database

    Rafael Poyatos;Víctor Granda;Víctor Flo;Mark A. Adams;Mark A. Adams

  • The 2018 European heatwave led to stem dehydration but not to consistent growth reductions in forests

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  • Tree growth response along an elevational gradient: climate or genetics?

    Gregory M. King;Gregory M. King;Felix Gugerli;Patrick Fonti;David C. Frank;David C. Frank

  • A meta-analysis of cambium phenology and growth: linear and non-linear patterns in conifers of the northern hemisphere

    Sergio Rossi;Tommaso Anfodillo;Katarina Čufar;Henri E. Cuny

  • Scientific merits and analytical challenges of tree-ring densitometry

    J. Björklund;J. Björklund;J. Björklund;G. von Arx;D. Nievergelt;R. Wilson;R. Wilson

  • Earlywood vessel size of oak as a potential proxy for spring precipitation in mesic sites

    Patrick Fonti;Ignacio García-González

  • Using a retrospective dynamic competition index to reconstruct forest succession

    Pascale Weber;Harald Bugmann;Patrick Fonti;Andreas Rigling

  • Xylem plasticity in response to climate

    Patrick Fonti;Steven Jansen

Frequent Co-Authors

David Frank
David Frank University of Arizona
Alexander V. Kirdyanov
Alexander V. Kirdyanov University of Cambridge
Sergio Rossi
Sergio Rossi Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
Ulf Büntgen
Ulf Büntgen University of Cambridge
Eugene A. Vaganov
Eugene A. Vaganov Siberian Federal University
Jožica Gričar
Jožica Gričar Slovenian Forestry Institute
Rolf T. W. Siegwolf
Rolf T. W. Siegwolf Paul Scherrer Institute
Annie Deslauriers
Annie Deslauriers Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
Matthias Saurer
Matthias Saurer Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research

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