Publications :

2007 :

Robson, M.T., Lavorel, S., Clement, J.C. & Le Roux, X. 2007. Neglect of mowing and manuring leads to slower nitrogen cycling in subalpine grasslands. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 39, 930-941.     PDF

2005 :

Grigulis K, Lavorel S, Davies ID, et al. (2005) Landscape-scale positive feedbacks between fire and expansion of the large tussock grass, Ampelodesmos mauritanica, in Catalan shrublands. Global Change Biology 11, 1042-1053.

Hooper DU, Ewel JJ, Hector A, et al. (2005) Effects of biodiversity on ecosystem functioning: a consensus of current knowledge and needs for future research. Ecological Monographs 75, 3-35.

Hooper, D.U., Ewel, J.J., Hector, A., et al. (2005) Effects of biodiversity on ecosystem functioning: Implications for ecosystem management. ESA Position Statement.

Schröter, D., Cramer, W., Leemans, R., et al. (2005) Ecosystem Service Supply and Vulnerability to Global Change in Europe. Science, 310, 1333-1337.

Thuiller W, Lavorel S, Araujo MB (2005) Niche properties and geographic extent as predictors of species sensitivities to climate change. Global Ecology and Biogeography 14, 347-357.

Thuiller W, Lavorel S, Araujo MB, Sykes MT, Prentice IC (2005) Climate change threats to plant diversity in Europe. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 102, 8245-8250.

Vile D, Garnier E, Shipley B, et al. (2005) Specific Leaf Area and Dry Matter Content Estimate Thickness in Laminar Leaves. Annals of Botany sous presse.

2004 :

Keane RE, Cary GJ, Davies ID, et al. (2004) A classification of Landscape Fire Succession Models: Spatially explicit simulations of fire and vegetation dynamics. Ecological Modelling 179, 3-27.

Lavorel S, Quétier F, Gaucherand S, Choler P (2004) Apports des traits fonctionnels végétaux pour l'évaluation écologique des trajectoires de gestion en milieux prairiaux. Fourrages 178, 179-191.

Lavorel S, Steffen W (2004) Cascading impacts of land use through time: the Canberra bushfire disaster. In: Global Change and the Earth System: A Planet Under Pressure (eds. Steffen W, Sanderson A, Tyson P, et al.), pp. 186-188. Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg New York.

Thuiller W, Araujo MB, Lavorel S (2004) Do we need land-use to model species distributions in Europe? Journal of Biogeography 31, 353-361.

Thuiller W, Araújo MB, Pearson RG, et al. (2004) Uncertainty in predictions of extinction risk. Nature 430, 34-35.

Thuiller W, Brotons L, Araujo MB, Lavorel S (2004) Effects of restricting environmental range of data to project current and future species distributions. Ecography 27, 165-172.

Thuiller W, Lavorel S, Midgley GF, Lavergne S (2004) A new approach to relate plant traits and species distributions along bioclimatic gradients: an application for 88 Leucadendron species in the Cape Floristic region. Ecology 85, 1688-1699.

2003 :

Cornelissen JHC, Lavorel S, Garnier E, et al. (2003) Handbook of protocols for standardised and easy measurement of plant functional traits worldwide. Australian Journal of Botany 51, 335-380.

Cousins S, Lavorel S, Davies ID (2003) Modelling the effects of landscape pattern and grazing regimes on the persistence of plant species with high conservation value in grasslands in south-eastern Sweden. Landscape Ecology 18, 315-332.

Gondard H, Jauffret S, Aronson J, Lavorel S (2003) Plant functional types: a promising tool for management and restoration of degraded lands. Applied Vegetation Science 6, 223-234.

Higgins SI, Clark JS, Nathan R, et al. (2003) Forecasting plant migration rates: managing uncertainty for risk assessment. Journal of Ecology 91, 341-347.

Higgins SI, Lavorel S, Revilla E (2003) Estimating plant migration rates under habitat loss and fragmentation. Oikos 101, 354-366.

Higgins SI, Lavorel S, Tackenberg O (2003) Plant dispersal and habitat loss synergies. In: Climate Change and Biodiversity: Synergistic Impacts (eds. Lovejoy TE, Hannah L), pp. 71-76. Yale University Press.

Jauffret S, Lavorel S (2003) Plant Functional Types: relevant to describe degradation in steppes of arid southern Tunisia ? Journal of Vegetation Science 14, 399-408.

Lavorel S (2003) Global change, fire, society and the planet. Global Change Newsletter (IGBP) 53, 2-6.

Levine JM, Vilà M, D'Antonio CM, et al. (2003) Mechanisms underlying the impacts of exotic plant invasions. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 270, 775-781.

Moran EF, Lavorel S, Ojima D, Graumlich L (2003) News on the Land Project for the new combined IGBP and IHDP activities. Global Change Newsletter (IGBP) 54, 18-20.

Pausas J, Lavorel S (2003) A hierarchical deductive approach for functional types in disturbed ecosystems. Journal of Vegetation Science 14, 409-416.

Thuiller W, Araujo MB, Lavorel S (2003) Generalised Models versus Classification Tree Analysis: a comparative study for predicting spatial distributions of plant species at different scales. Journal of Vegetation Science 14, 669-680.

Thuiller W, Vayreda J, Pino J, et al. (2003) Large-scale environmental correlates of forest tree distributions in Catalonia (NE Spain). Global Ecology and Biogeography 12, 313-325.