Pascal Vittoz
Dr. Pascal VittozMaître d'enseignement et de recherche
Institut des dynamiques de la surface terrestre, IDYST
Université de Lausanne
Géopolis
CH-1015 Lausanne
Switzerland
Phone: +41 (0) 24 692 43 67
Phone2: +41 (0) 21 692 35 30
Fax: +41 (0) 21 692 35 05
E-mail: pascal.vittoz(at)unil.ch
URL Institution: www.unil.ch/idyst
Programs in which Pascal Vittoz holds an official function:
| Swiss-Biodiversity-Forum | scientific steering committee | 2011 - |
Additional functions:
Coordinator of the PERMANENT.PLOT.CH project: databank for Swiss vegetation permanent plots (Swiss Agency for Environment, forests and Landscape)
Coordinator for the preparation of a checklist of Swiss vegetation communities (phytosociology)
Member of the scientific committee of the Parc jurassien vaudois
Key Publications of Pascal Vittoz (up to ten) :
BÜRLI S., THEURILLAT J.-P., WINKLER M., LAMPRECHT A., PAULI H., ... & VITTOZ P. (2021). A common soil temperature threshold for the upper limit of alpine grasslands in European mountains. Alpine Botany 131(1): 41-52. DOI: 10.1007/s00035-021-00250-1
VITTOZ P., PELLACANI F., ROMANENS R., MAINGA A., VERRECCHIA E.P. & FYNN R.W.S. (2020). Plant community diversity in the Chobe Enclave, Botswana: Insights for functional habitat heterogeneity for herbivores. Koedoe 62(1): a1604. DOI: 10.4102/koedoe.v62i1.1604
LIBERATI L., MESSERLI S., MATTEODO M. & VITTOZ P. (2019). Contrasted impact of climate change on the vegetation of windy ridges and snowbeds in the Alps (Switzerland). Alpine Botany 129(2): 95-105. DOI: 10.1007/s00035-019-00223-5
RION V., J.-D. GALLANDAT, J.-M. GOBAT & P. VITTOZ (2018). Recent changes in the plant composition of wetlands in the Jura Mountains. Applied Vegetation Science 21: 121-131. DOI: 10.1111/avsc.12338
MATTEODO M., K. AMMANN, E. VERRECCHIA & P. VITTOZ (2016). Snowbeds are more affected than other subalpine-alpine plant communities by climate change in the Swiss Alps. Ecology and Evolution 6(19): 6969-6982. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.2354
ISCHER, M., A. DUBUIS, R. KELLER & P. VITTOZ (2014). A better understanding of ecological conditions for Leontopodium alpinum Cassini in the Swiss Alps. Folia Geobotanica 49: 541-558. DOI: 10.1007/s12224-014-9190-8
MATTEODO M., WIPF S., STÖCKLI V., RIXEN C. & VITTOZ P. (2013). Elevation gradient of successful plant traits for colonizing alpine summits under climate change. Environmental Research Letters 8: 024043. DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/8/2/024043.
VITTOZ, P., D. CHERIX, Y. GONSETH, V. LUBINI, R. MAGGINI, N. ZBINDEN & S. ZUMBACH (2013). Climate change impact on biodiversity in Switzerland: a review. Journal for Nature Conservation 21: 154-162. Doi: 10.1016/j.jnc.2012.12.002.
VITTOZ, P., C. RANDIN, A. DUTOIT, F. BONNET & O. HEGG (2009). Low impact of climate change on subalpine grasslands in the the Swiss Northern Alps? Global Change Biology 15: 209-220.
VITTOZ, P. & R. ENGLER (2007). Seed dispersal distances: a typology based on dispersal modes and plant traits. Botanica Helvetica 117 (2): 109-124.
Expertise of Pascal Vittoz:
| Expertise Category | Specific Expertise |
|---|---|
| Expert Type | Scientific / Fundamental Research |
| Scope | Impact of Change |
| Vulnerability to Change | |
| Topic Biosphere | Plants |
| Biodiversity | |
| Topic Ecosystems | Terrestrial Ecosystems |
| Spatial Zones | Mountain / Highland |
| Lowland | |
| Spatial Scale | Regional |
| National / Cultural | |
| Time Frame | Recent / Today |
Specialties of Pascal Vittoz:
Vegetation communities in Switzerland, studied for example with permanent plots
Monitoring of permanent vegetation plots
I maintain a data base with permanent plots for vegetation (inventoried plots marked on the field with possibility of new inventories). I monitore some of these plots to record changes due to climate and other human influences. Most of the data are from the alpine belt, but I try to extend the available old data in lower altitudes.
Permanent.Plot.ch on the web: http://www.unil.ch/ppch
Last update: 1/9/24
Source of data: ProClim- Research InfoSystem (1993-2024)
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