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Plant Science and Agronomy
France
2025

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
81
Citations
30052
World Ranking
781
National Ranking
29

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in France Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in France Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in France Leader Award

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Ecology
  • Botany
  • Ecosystem

His primary areas of investigation include Ecology, Botany, Xylem, Fagus sylvatica and Phenology. His study in the fields of Climate change, Woody plant and Interspecific competition under the domain of Ecology overlaps with other disciplines such as Tree. His Climate change study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Plant ecology, Biodiversity, Forest ecology and Environmental resource management.

Botany is closely attributed to Seasonality in his study. His Xylem research includes themes of Drought tolerance, Hydraulic conductivity, Water stress and Transpiration. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Quercus petraea and Temperate climate.

His most cited work include:

  • Climate change impacts, adaptive capacity, and vulnerability of European forest ecosystems (1280 citations)
  • Global convergence in the vulnerability of forests to drought (1256 citations)
  • Facilitation in plant communities: the past, the present, and the future (1224 citations)

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

Sylvain Delzon mostly deals with Ecology, Xylem, Botany, Phenology and Climate change. Ecology and Genetic variation are commonly linked in his work. His study in the field of Tracheid also crosses realms of Embolism.

In the field of Botany, his study on Stomatal conductance, Transpiration and Water stress overlaps with subjects such as Water transport. His Phenology study deals with Temperate climate intersecting with Reproductive success and Mediterranean climate. He has researched Climate change in several fields, including Environmental resource management, Biome and Forest ecology.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Ecology (71.07%)
  • Xylem (47.93%)
  • Botany (46.28%)

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

  • Ecology (71.07%)
  • Xylem (47.93%)
  • Quercus petraea (18.18%)

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

Sylvain Delzon spends much of his time researching Ecology, Xylem, Quercus petraea, Context and Resistance. The various areas that he examines in his Ecology study include Microevolution and Introgression. His study with Xylem involves better knowledge in Botany.

His work on Tracheid as part of general Botany research is frequently linked to Key innovation, thereby connecting diverse disciplines of science. The study incorporates disciplines such as Species distribution, Genetic variation, Germination and Seedling in addition to Quercus petraea. Sylvain Delzon has included themes like Wood production, Pinus pinaster, Tree species and Phenotypic plasticity in his Resistance study.

Between 2018 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Adaptive introgression as a driver of local adaptation to climate in European white oaks (26 citations)
  • No role for xylem embolism or carbohydrate shortage in temperate trees during the severe 2015 drought (20 citations)
  • Advanced vascular function discovered in a widespread moss. (12 citations)

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

  • Ecology
  • Botany
  • Ecosystem

Sylvain Delzon mainly focuses on Xylem, Botany, Cavitation, Resistance and Microcomputed tomography. His Xylem study often links to related topics such as Temperate climate. His Botany study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Hydraulic conductivity and Membrane thickness.

His studies link Soil science with Cavitation.

Best Publications

  • Global convergence in the vulnerability of forests to drought

    Brendan Choat;Steven Jansen;Tim J. Brodribb;Hervé Cochard;Hervé Cochard

  • Climate change impacts, adaptive capacity, and vulnerability of European forest ecosystems

    Marcus Lindner;Michael Maroschek;Sigrid Netherer;Antoine Kremer

  • Facilitation in plant communities: the past, the present, and the future

    Rob W. Brooker;Fernando T. Maestre;Ragan M. Callaway;Christopher L. Lortie

  • The human footprint in the carbon cycle of temperate and boreal forests

    Federico Magnani;Maurizio Mencuccini;Marco Borghetti;Paul Berbigier

  • Plant resistance to drought depends on timely stomatal closure.

    Nicolas Martin-StPaul;Sylvain Delzon;Hervé Cochard

  • Weak tradeoff between xylem safety and xylem-specific hydraulic efficiency across the world's woody plant species

    Sean M. Gleason;Sean M. Gleason;Mark Westoby;Steven Jansen;Brendan Choat

  • Climate change and European forests: What do we know, what are the uncertainties, and what are the implications for forest management?

    Marcus Lindner;Joanne B. Fitzgerald;Niklaus E. Zimmermann;Christopher Reyer

  • Xylem embolism threshold for catastrophic hydraulic failure in angiosperm trees

    Morgane Urli;Morgane Urli;Annabel J. Porté;Annabel J. Porté;Herve Cochard;Yann Guengant

  • Drought effects on damage by forest insects and pathogens: a meta-analysis

    Hervé Jactel;Jérôme Petit;Marie-Laure Desprez-Loustau;Sylvain Delzon

  • A synthesis of radial growth patterns preceding tree mortality

    Maxime Cailleret;Steven Jansen;Elisabeth M. R. Robert;Elisabeth M. R. Robert;Lucía Desoto

  • Methods for measuring plant vulnerability to cavitation: a critical review

    Hervé Cochard;Eric Badel;Stéphane Herbette;Sylvain Delzon

  • Leaf phenology sensitivity to temperature in European trees: do within-species populations exhibit similar responses?

    Yann Vitasse;Yann Vitasse;Sylvain Delzon;Sylvain Delzon;Eric Dufrêne;Eric Dufrêne;Jean-Yves Pontailler;Jean-Yves Pontailler

  • Assessing the effects of climate change on the phenology of European temperate trees

    Yann Vitasse;Christophe François;Christophe François;Nicolas Delpierre;Eric Dufrêne;Eric Dufrêne

  • Xylem function and growth rate interact to determine recovery rates after exposure to extreme water deficit.

    Tim J. Brodribb;David J. M. S. Bowman;Scott Nichols;Sylvain Delzon

  • Altitudinal differentiation in growth and phenology among populations of temperate-zone tree species growing in a common garden

    Yann VitasseY. Vitasse;Sylvain DelzonS. Delzon;Caroline C. BressonC.C. Bresson;Richard MichaletR. Michalet

  • Responses of canopy duration to temperature changes in four temperate tree species: relative contributions of spring and autumn leaf phenology.

    Yann Vitasse;Annabel Josée Porté;Antoine Kremer;Richard Michalet

  • Temperature response of parameters of a biochemically based model of photosynthesis. I. Seasonal changes in mature maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Ait.)

    B. E. Medlyn;B. E. Medlyn;D. Loustau;S. Delzon

  • Mechanism of water‐stress induced cavitation in conifers: bordered pit structure and function support the hypothesis of seal capillary‐seeding

    Sylvain Delzon;Sylvain Delzon;Cyril Douthe;Anna Sala;Herve Cochard

  • Reviewing the Science and Implementation of Climate Change Adaptation Measures in European Forestry

    Marja Kolström;Marcus Lindner;Terhi Vilén;Michael Maroschek

  • Quantifying phenological plasticity to temperature in two temperate tree species

    Yann Vitasse;Caroline C. Bresson;Antoine Kremer;Richard Michalet

  • How adaptable is the hydraulic system of European beech in the face of climate change‐related precipitation reduction?

    Bernhard Schuldt;Florian Knutzen;Sylvain Delzon;Steven Jansen

  • To what extent is altitudinal variation of functional traits driven by genetic adaptation in European oak and beech

    Caroline C. Bresson;Yann Vitasse;Antoine Kremer;Antoine Kremer;Sylvain Delzon;Sylvain Delzon

  • Age-related decline in stand water use: sap flow and transpiration in a pine forest chronosequence

    Sylvain Delzon;Denis Loustau

Frequent Co-Authors

Hervé Cochard
Hervé Cochard INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Antoine Kremer
Antoine Kremer University of Bordeaux
Régis Burlett
Régis Burlett University of Bordeaux
Steven Jansen
Steven Jansen University of Ulm
Brendan Choat
Brendan Choat Western Sydney University
Timothy J. Brodribb
Timothy J. Brodribb University of Tasmania
Yann Vitasse
Yann Vitasse Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
José M. Torres-Ruiz
José M. Torres-Ruiz INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Frederic Lens
Frederic Lens Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Richard Michalet
Richard Michalet University of Bordeaux

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