Publications

Publications in peer-reviewed journals

31- Maliniemi T., Kiilunen P., Bråthen K.A., Kapfer J., Bockelie Rosendal T., Grytnes J.A., Saccone P. & Virtanen R. (in press) Long-term homogenization of vascular plant and lichen communities across Fennoscandian heathlands and tundra is connected to the expansion of an allelopathic dwarf shrub. Ecography doi: 10.1002/ecog.0792,1 preprint : https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.12.27.630519 

30- Rosbakh S., Porro F., …, Saccone P., … & Mondoni A. (2025) Understanding long-term abundance shifts in European alpine plants through the lenses of functional seed trait ecology. Diversity and Distribution doi: 10.1111/ddi.70047 pdf

29- Gould et al. [ManiEcoEvo consortium, including Saccone P.] (2025) Same data, different analysts: variation in effect sizes due to analytical decisions in ecology and evolutionary biology. BMC Biology 23:35 doi: 10.1186/s12915-024-02101-x pdf

28- Michalet R., Gresse J., Randé H., Reis M., Saccone P. & Touzard B. (2024) Differences in species composition between calcareous and siliceous herbaceous communities are primarily explained by competition in favourable climates. Oikos doi:10.1111/oik.10723 pdf

27- Helm N. et al. [MicroClim members, including Saccone P.] (2024) Fine-scale alpine plant community assembly: Relative roles of environmental sorting, dispersal processes and species interactions. Journal of Ecology doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.14401 pdf

26- Malanson G., Dullinger S., Pauli H., Winkler M., Saccone P. & Jiménez-Alfaro B. (2024) Species richness responds to buffer effectiveness and inertia in simulations of alpine microrefugia. Journal of Biogeography doi: 10.1111/jbi.14858 pdf

25- Kemppinen J. et al. [97 authors from SoilTemp network, including Saccone P. as section leader] (2024) Microclimate, an important part of global ecology and biogeography. Globla Ecology & Biogeography, 33, e13834. doi: 10.1111/geb.13834 pdf

24- Chytrý K. et al. [MicroClim members, including Saccone P.] (2024) Limited impact of microtopography on alpine plant distribution. Ecography, 2024: e06744. doi: 10.1111/ecog.06744 pdf

23- Bardy-Durchhalter M. et al. [IGF members, including Saccone P.] (2022) Joint Endeavor Toward Sustainable Mountain Development: Research at the Institute for Interdisciplinary Mountain Research of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. Mountain Research and Development, doi: 10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-22-00002.1 pdf

22- Lembrechts J. et al. [SoilTemp newtwork, including Saccone P.] (2021) Global maps of soil temperature. Global Change Biology, doi: 10.1111/gcb.16060 pdf

21- Jílková V., Devetter M., Bryndová M., Hájek T., Kotas P., Luláková P., Meador T., Navrátilová D., Saccone P. & Macek P. (2021) Carbon sequestration related to soil physical and chemical properties in the high Arctic. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, doi:10.1029/2020GB006877 pdf

20- Roy J., Bonneville J.M., Saccone P., Ibanez S., Albert H. C., Boleda M., Gueguen M., Ohlman M., Rioux D., Clément J.C., Lavergne S. & Geremia R. (2018) Differences in the fungal communities nursed by two genetic groups of the alpine cushion plant, Silene acaulis. Ecology and Evolution, 8: 11568-11581 pdf 

19- Maliniemi T., Kapfer J., Saccone P., Skog A. & Virtanen R. (2018) Long-term vegetation changes of treeless heath communities in northern Fennoscandia: links to climate change trends and reindeer grazing. Journal of Vegetation Science, 29: 469-479 pdf

18-Saccone P., Hoikka K. & Virtanen R. (2017) What if Plant Functional Types conceal species-specific responses to environment? Study on arctic dwarf shrub communities. Ecology, 98: 1600-1612 pdf

17- Eskelinen A., Saccone P., Spasojevic M. J. & Virtanen R. (2016) Herbivory mediates long-term recruitment limitation. Journal of Ecology, 104: 1326-1334    pdf

16- Jusselme M.D., Saccone P., Zinger L., Faure M., Guillaumaud N., Clément J.C. & Poly F. (2016) Variations in snow depth modify N-related soil microbial abundances and functioning during winter in subalpine grassland. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 92: 27-37 pdf

15- Saccone P. & Virtanen R. (2016) Extrapolating multi-decadal plant community changes based on medium-term experiments can be risky: evidence from high-latitude tundra. Oikos 125: 76-85 pdf

14- Saccone P., Pyykkonen T., Eskelinen A. & Virtanen R. (2014) Environmental perturbation, grazing pressure and soil wetness jointly drive mountain tundra toward alternative states. Journal of Ecology, 102: 1661-1672 pdf

13- Obojes N., Bahn M., Tasser E., Walde J., Inauen N., Hiltbrunner E., Saccone P., Lochet J., Clément J.C., Lavorel S., Tappeiner U. & Körner C. (2014) Vegetation effects on the water balance of mountain grasslands depend on climatic conditions. Ecohydrology, 8: 552-569 pdf

12- Benot M.L., Saccone P., Pautrat E., Vicente R., Colace M.P., Grigulis K., Clément J.C. & Lavorel S. (2014) Stronger short-term effects of mowing than extreme summer weather on a subalpine grassland. Ecosystems 17: 458-472 pdf

11- Benot M.L., Saccone P., Vicente R., Pautrat E., Morvan-Bertrand A., Decau M.L., Grigulis K., Prud’homme M.P. & Lavorel S. (2013) How extreme summer weather may limit control of Festuca paniculata by mowing in subalpine grasslands. Plant Diversity & Ecology 6: 393-404 pdf

10- Roy J., Albert C.H., Ibanez S., Saccone P., Zinger L., Choler P., Clément J.C., Lavergne S. & Geremia R. (2013) Microbes on the cliff: alpine cushion plants structure bacterial and fungal communities. Frontiers in Terrestrial Microbiology 4: 64 pdf

9- Saccone P., Girel J., Pagès J.P., Brun J.J. & Michalet R. (2013) Ecological resistance to Acer negundo invasion in a European riparian forest: relative importance of environmental and biotic drivers. Applied Vegetation Science 16:184-192 pdf

8- Saccone P., Morin S., Baptist F., Bonneville J.M., Colace M.P., Domine F., Faure M., Geremia R., Lochet J., Poly F., Lavorel S. & Clément J.C. (2013) The effects of snowpack properties and plant strategies on litter decomposition during winter in subalpine meadows. Plant Soil 363:215-229 pdf

7- Clément J.C., Robson M.T., Guillemin R., Saccone P., Lochet J., Aubert S. & Lavorel S. (2012). The effects of snow-N deposition and snowmelt dynamics on soil N-cycling in marginal terraced grasslands in the French Alps. Biogeochemistry 108: 297-315 pdf

6- Saccone P., Brun J.J. & Michalet R. (2010) Challenging growth-survival trade-off : a key for Acer negundo invasion in European floodplains? Canadian Journal Forest Research 40: 1879-1886 pdf

5- Saccone P., Pagès J.P., Girel J., Brun J.J. & Michalet R. (2010) Acer negundo invasion along a successional gradient: direct facilitation by natives pioneers and indirect facilitation by conspecifics. New Phytologist 187: 831-842 pdf

4- Albert C.H., Thuiller W., Yoccoz N.G., Soudan A., Boucher F., Saccone P. & Lavorel S. (2010) Intraspecific functional variability: extent, structure and sources of variation. Journal of Ecology 98: 604-613 pdf

3- Saccone P., Delzon S., Pagès J.P., Brun J.J. & Michalet R. (2009). The role of biotic interactions in altering tree seedling responses to an extreme climate event. Journal of Vegetation Science 20: 403-414 pdf

2- Brooker R.W., Maestre F., Callaway R.M., Lortie C.L., Cavieres L.A., Kunstler G., Liancourt P., Tielbörger K., Travis J.M., Anthelme F., Armas C., Coll L., Corcket E., Delzon S., Forey E., Kikvidze Z., Olofsson J., Pugnaire F., Quiroz C.L., Saccone P., Schiffer K., Seifan M., Touzard B. and Michalet R . (2008). Facilitation in plant communities: the past, the present and the future. Journal of Ecology 96: 18-34 pdf

1- Michalet R., Pagès J.P., Saccone P. & Brun J.J. (2008) Les interactions entre espèces d'arbres dans les mélanges illustrées par le cas des feuillus et des conifères dans les forêts de montagnes. Revue Forestière Française 60: 139-153 pdf

Symposium proceedings

3- Pauli H., Bardy-Durchhalter M., Euller K., Kagerl, K. Lamprecht A., Saccone P. & Winkler M. (2023) Alpine plant diversity monitoring in protected areas: The GLORIA observation network after 20 years of operation. In Wrbka, T. & Egger, A. (eds.). 7th International Symposium for Research in Protected Areas 7-9 Sept. 2022, Vienna, Austria. Conference Volume: 201-205. Nationalparks Austria, Orth an der Donau. ISBN: 978-3-200-08898-6 pdf

2- Saccone P., Brun J.J., Pagès J.P. & Michalet R. (2003) Installation et maintien d’espèces forestières feuillues dans les paysages agricoles en déprises: Approche expérimentale de l’importance des facteurs environnementaux. Proceeding of IALE France Symposium, Gap, 8-10 Oct. 2003: 123-129 pdf

1- Hullé M., Pannetier D., Maurice D., Courmont L., Chaillon C., Chaillon P.E., Saccone P., Hébert C., Gracia M., Buffin J., Simon J.C. and Frenot Y. (2003) Aphids from Kerguelen and Crozet Islands, Subantarctic. In Antarctic Biology in a Global Context. Huiskes A. H. L. Gieskes W. W. C. Rozema J. Schorno R. M. L. van der Vies S. M. Wolf W. J. (Eds) Backhuys Publishers Leiden the Netherlands, pp.308-312 pdf

PhD Dissertation (in French)

Saccone P. (2007) Rôles des interactions entre plantes et place des espèces à stratégie dispendieuse dans les dynamiques forestières sous l’influence des changements globaux : cas d’un système montagnard et d’un système alluvial. PhD Thesis University of Grenoble; 236 p. pdf