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DOMEC Jean-Christophe

DOMEC Jean-Christophe

Professor in sustainable forestry

Interactions Soil Plant Atmosphere

Subjects

Forestry, Wood Science, Plant Physiology, Forest Ecology, Trees and Climate Change.

Keywords

roots-trunk-branches-leaves, forets, water and carbon cycle, climate change, CO2, plant anatomy.

Biography

Education

  • 1994 : Bordeaux Sciences Agro (formerly known as ENITA Bordeaux)
  • 1995 : D.E.A. Sciences du Bois (Msc. In wood science and technology)
  • 2002 : Ph.D., Oregon State University

I am interested in a variety of topics associated with physiology and ecology of forested ecosystems, such as the discovery of knowledge in plant water relations, ecosystem ecology and ecohydrology, with special focus on 1) Drought tolerance and avoidance, and 2) Patterns of changes in structural and functional traits within individual plants.

My goal as a researcher is to improve the fundamental science understanding of how plants and terrestrial ecosystems respond to climate changes, and to provide tree breeders with policy-relevant information. I have carried out research on interactions between soil water and plant water use in contrasting ecosystems, in cooperation with scientists at INRA, Duke University, Oregon State University, N.C. State University and the USDA Forest Service.

Publications

2026

  1. Bridging the Energy Balance Gap in Eddy‐Covariance Measurements: Insights From Standardized Network DataGiacomo Nicolini, David Durden, Luca Di Fiore, Christopher Florian, Simone Sabbatini, et al., Global Change Biology, 2026 (Scientific article). Read on HAL DOI : 10.1111/gcb.70892
  2. Increasing pathlength resistance and within-canopy shading similarly attenuate transpiration in accruing collocated stands of five pine speciesChainey Boroski, Chris Maier, Sari Palmroth, Jean-Christophe Domec, Yi Wang, et al., Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 2026 (Scientific article). Read on HAL DOI : 10.1016/j.agrformet.2025.110928

2025

  1. Translating soil salinity to agricultural salt stress: Key salt-tolerance mechanisms for agrohydrologic modelsJosh Gottlieb, Dvir Ochman, Cheng-Wei Huang, Jean-Christophe Domec, Nimrod Schwartz, et al., iScience, 2025 (Scientific article). Read on HAL DOI : 10.1016/j.isci.2025.113139
  2. Optimisation of forest management under climate change in the French maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Aiton) forestsLucile Ansaldi, Clémence Labarre, David Makowski, Jean-Christophe Domec, Denis Loustau, Annals of Forest Science, 2025 (Scientific article). Read on HAL DOI : 10.1186/s13595-025-01300-y
  3. Long‐term water dynamics in the Lascaux cave karst: Impact of tree removalMarie Larcanché, Colette Sirieix, Jean‐christophe Domec, Cécile Verdet, Fabien Salmon, et al., Vadose Zone Journal, 2025 (Scientific article). Read on HAL DOI : 10.1002/vzj2.70032
  4. Xylem Hydraulic Properties of Five Pinus Species Grown in Common Environment Vary From Needles to Roots With Needle Length and Native‐Range ClimateNa Wang, Jean‐Christophe Domec, Sari Palmroth, Christopher Maier, Lulu Xie, et al., Plant, Cell and Environment, 2025 (Scientific article). Read on HAL DOI : 10.1111/pce.70015
  5. The global spectrum of tree crown architectureTommaso Jucker, Fabian Jörg Fischer, Jérôme Chave, David A Coomes, John Caspersen, et al., Nature Communications, 2025 (Scientific article). Read on HAL DOI : 10.1038/s41467-025-60262-x
  6. Similar response of canopy conductance to increasing vapor pressure deficit and decreasing soil conductivity with drought among five morphologically contrasting but co-occurring pine speciesHaoyu Zhang, Jean-Christophe Domec, Christopher Maier, Chainey Boroski, Na Wang, et al., Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 2025 (Scientific article). Read on HAL DOI : 10.1016/j.agrformet.2025.110479
  7. A leaf-level field physiological tool linking non-invasive leaf gas exchange and chlorophyll fluorescence measurements applicable at larger ecophysiological scalesJean-Christophe Domec, Daniel Johnson, Jennifer Swenson, Tree Physiology, 2025 (Scientific article). Read on HAL DOI : 10.1093/treephys/tpae171
  8. Improving forest decision-making through complex system representation: A viability theory perspectiveClémence Labarre, Jean‐christophe Domec, Pablo Andrés-Domenech, Kai Bödeker, Logan Bingham, et al., Forest Policy and Economics, 2025 (Scientific article). Read on HAL DOI : 10.1016/j.forpol.2024.103384
  9. One decade of monitoring the consequences of different forest management alternatives on ecosystem functioning in young plantationsLaurent Augusto, Frédéric Bernier, Jean‐christophe Domec, Denis Loustau, Pierre Anschutz, et al., 2025. Read on HAL

2024

  1. Dynamic interactions between groundwater level and discharge by phreatophytesCheng-Wei Huang, Jean-Christophe Domec, Thomas O’halloran, Samantha Hartzell, Advances in Water Resources, 2024 (Scientific article). Read on HAL DOI : 10.1016/j.advwatres.2024.104814
  2. Phenology Across Scales: An Intercontinental Analysis of Leaf‐Out Dates in Temperate Deciduous Tree CommunitiesNicolas Delpierre, Suzon Garnier, Hugo Treuil‐dussouet, Koen Hufkens, Jianhong Lin, et al., Global Ecology and Biogeography, 2024 (Scientific article). Read on HAL DOI : 10.1111/geb.13910
  3. Assisted migration in a warmer and drier climate: less climate buffering capacity, less facilitation and more fires at temperate latitudes?Richard Michalet, Christopher Carcaillet, Florian Delerue, Jean‐Christophe Domec, Jonathan Lenoir, Oikos, 2024 (Scientific article). Read on HAL DOI : 10.1111/oik.10248
  4. Water use of co‐occurring loblolly ( Pinus taeda ) and shortleaf ( Pinus echinata ) in a loblolly pine plantation in the PiedmontJohnny Boggs, Ge Sun, Jean‐Christophe Domec, Steve Mcnulty, Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 2024 (Scientific article). Read on HAL DOI : 10.1111/1752-1688.13218
  5. Toward spectrally truthful models for gap-filling soil respiration and methane fluxes. A case study in coastal forested wetlands in North CarolinaBhaskar Mitra, Kevan Minick, Michael Gavazzi, Prajaya Prajapati, Maricar Aguilos, et al., Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 2024 (Scientific article). Read on HAL DOI : 10.1016/j.agrformet.2024.110038
  6. Bilan hydrique et suivi du cycle de l’eau à l’échelle de l’écosystème forestier: les mesures du réseau ICOS FranceJean‐marc Limousin, Nicolas Delpierre, Emilie Joetzjer, Jean-Christophe Domec, Sebastien Lafont, et al., Forêt Méditerranéenne, 2024 (Scientific article). Read on HAL
  7. Linking the Water and Carbon Economies of Plants in a Drying and Warming ClimateMazen Nakad, Sanna Sevanto, Jean‐christophe Domec, Gabriel Katul, Current Forestry Reports, 2024 (Scientific article). Read on HAL DOI : 10.1007/s40725-023-00202-4
  8. Carbon assimilation limitations during and after the European 2022 drought and heat waveEmilie Joetzjer, Sebastien Lafont, Matthias Cuntz, Benjamin Loubet, Pedro Herig Coimbra, et al., 2024. Read on HAL DOI : 10.5194/egusphere-egu24-13116

2023

  1. Merging flux-variance with surface renewal methods in the roughness sublayer and the atmospheric surface layerMilan Fischer, Gabriel Katul, Asko Noormets, Gabriela Pozníková, Jean-Christophe Domec, et al., Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 2023 (Scientific article). Read on HAL DOI : 10.1016/j.agrformet.2023.109692
  2. Sucrose transport inside the phloem: Bridging hydrodynamics and geometric characteristicsMazen Nakad, Jean-Christophe Domec, Sanna Sevanto, Gabriel Katul, Physics of Fluids, 2023 (Scientific article). Read on HAL DOI : 10.1063/5.0151644
  3. Toward a Realistic Representation of Sucrose Transport in the Phloem of PlantsMazen Nakad, Jean‐christophe Domec, Sanna Sevanto, Gabriel Katul, Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 2023 (Scientific article). Read on HAL DOI : 10.1029/2022JG007361
  4. Responses of European forest fluxes to the 2022 heatwave and drought recorded by ICOS Eddy-covariance stationsEmilie Joetzjer, Sebastien Lafont, Benjamin Loubet, Gabriel Destouet, Adrien Jacotot, et al., 2023 (Communication). Read on HAL DOI : 10.5194/egusphere-egu23-14228
  5. Expertise collective CRREF « Coupes Rases et REnouvellement des peuplements Forestiers en contexte de changement climatique »Guy Landmann, Laurent Bergès, Catherine Collet, Philippe Deuffic, Marion Gosselin, et al., 2023 (Report). Read on HAL
  6. Expertise collective CRREF « Coupes Rases et Renouvellement des peuplements Forestiers en contexte de changement climatique »: Rapport scientifique de l’expertiseGuy Landmann, Morgane Delay, Garance Marquet, Laurent Bergès, Catherine Collet, et al., 2023 (Report). Read on HAL
  7. A Viability-based optimization to aid adaptive forest management under global changeClémence Labarre, Jean-Christophe Domec, Denis Loustau, 2023. Read on HAL
  8. Phenology across scales: an intercontinental analysis of leaf-out dates in temperate deciduous tree communitiesNicolas Delpierre, Suzon Garnier, Hugo Treuil-Dussouet, Koen Hufkens, Jianhong Lin, et al., 2023. Read on HAL DOI : 10.1101/2023.11.21.568089
  9. Viabilité du pin maritime Massif des Landes de GascogneClémence Labarre, Denis Loustau, Jean-Christophe Domec, 2023. Read on HAL

2022

  1. Native and invasive seedling drought-resistance under elevated temperature in common gorse populationsMathias Christina, Céline Gire, Mark R Bakker, Alan Leckie, Jianming Xue, et al., Journal of Plant Ecology, 2022 (Scientific article). Read on HAL DOI : 10.1093/jpe/rtac097
  2. Quantifying canopy conductance in a pine forest during drought from combined sap flow and canopy surface temperature measurementsTom Taborski, Jean-Christophe Domec, Christophe Chipeaux, Nicolas Devert, Sébastien Lafont, et al., Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 2022 (Scientific article). Read on HAL DOI : 10.1016/j.agrformet.2022.108997
  3. Catastrophic hydraulic failure and tipping points in plantsDaniel M Johnson, Gabriel Katul, Jean‐christophe Domec, Plant, Cell and Environment, 2022 (Scientific article). Read on HAL DOI : 10.1111/pce.14327
  4. Radial-axial transport coordination enhances sugar translocation in the phloem vasculature of plantsMazen Nakad, Jean‐christophe Domec, Sanna Sevanto, Gabriel Katul, 2022 (Scientific article). Read on HAL DOI : 10.1093/plphys/kiac231
  5. Variations in leaf water status and drought tolerance of dominant tree species growing in multi-aged tropical forests in ThailandWeerapong Unawong, Siriphong Yaemphum, Anuttara Nathalang, Yajun Chen, Jean-Christophe Domec, et al., Scientific Reports, 2022 (Scientific article). Read on HAL DOI : 10.1038/s41598-022-10988-1
  6. Spatial variability in tree-ring carbon isotope discrimination in response to local drought across the entire loblolly pine natural rangeWen Lin, Asko Noormets, John S King, John Marshall, Madison Akers, et al., Tree Physiology, 2022 (Scientific article). Read on HAL DOI : 10.1093/treephys/tpab097
  7. Tallo: A global tree allometry and crown architecture databaseTommaso Jucker, Fabian Jörg Fischer, Jérôme Chave, David Coomes, John Caspersen, et al., Global Change Biology, 2022 (Scientific article). Read on HAL DOI : 10.1111/gcb.16302
  8. Beyond carbon flux partitioning: Carbon allocation and nonstructural carbon dynamics inferred from continuous fluxesGuofang Miao, Asko Noormets, Michael Gavazzi, Bhaskar Mitra, Jean‐christophe Domec, et al., Ecological Applications, 2022 (Scientific article). Read on HAL DOI : 10.1002/eap.2655
  9. Potassium supply modulates Eucalyptus leaf water-status under PEG-induced osmotic stress: integrating leaf gas exchange, carbon and nitrogen isotopic composition and plant growthNikolas de Souza Mateus, Eric Victor Oliveira Ferreira, Antonio Leite Florentino, Alexandre Vicente Ferraz, Jean-Christophe Domec, et al., Tree Physiology, 2022 (Scientific article). Read on HAL DOI : 10.1093/treephys/tpab095
  10. The xylem of anisohydric Quercus alba L. is more vulnerable to embolism than isohydric codominantsMichael Benson, Chelcy Miniat, Andrew c. Oishi, Sander Denham, Jean‐christophe Domec, et al., Plant, Cell and Environment, 2022 (Scientific article). Read on HAL DOI : 10.1111/pce.14244
  11. Native and invasive seedling drought-resistance under elevated temperature in common gorse populationsMathias Christina, Celine Gire, Mark Bakker, Alan Leckie, Jianming Xue, et al., 2022. Read on HAL

2021

  1. Evidence for distinct isotopic compositions of sap and tissue water in tree stems: consequences for plant water source identificationAdrià Barbeta, Régis Burlett, Paula Martín‐gómez, Bastien Fréjaville, Nicolas Devert, et al., New Phytologist, 2021 (Scientific article). Read on HAL DOI : 10.1111/nph.17857
  2. Understorey-overstorey biotic and nutrient interactions are key factors for Pinus pinaster growth and development under oligotrophic conditionsDavid Vidal, Laurent Augusto, Mark Bakker, Pierre Trichet, Luc Puzos, et al., Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research, 2021 (Scientific article). Read on HAL DOI : 10.1080/02827581.2021.1992002
  3. Variability of tree transpiration across three zones in a southeastern U.S. Piedmont watershedJohnny Boggs, Ge Sun, Jean‐christophe Domec, Steven Mcnulty, Hydrological Processes, 2021 (Scientific article). Read on HAL DOI : 10.1002/hyp.14389
  4. Ecosystem productivity and evapotranspiration are tightly coupled in Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda L.) plantations along the coastal plain of the southeastern U.S.Maricar Aguilos, Ge Sun, Asko Noormets, Jean-Christophe Domec, Steven Mcnulty, et al., Forests, 2021 (Scientific article). Read on HAL DOI : 10.3390/f12081123
  5. Sap flow disruption in grapevine is the early signal predicting the structural, functional, and genetic responses to esca diseaseLoris Ouadi, Emilie Bruez, Sylvie Bastien, Amira Yacoub, Cindy Coppin, et al., Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021 (Scientific article). Read on HAL DOI : 10.3389/fpls.2021.695846
  6. The roles of conduit redundancy and connectivity in xylem hydraulic functionsAssaad Mrad, Daniel M. Johnson, David M. Love, Jean‐christophe Domec, New Phytologist, 2021 (Scientific article). Read on HAL DOI : 10.1111/nph.17429
  7. Effects of land-use change and drought on decadal evapotranspiration and water balance of natural and managed forested wetlands along the southeastern US lower coastal plainMaricar Aguilos, Ge Sun, Asko Noormets, Jean-Christophe Domec, Steve Mcnulty, et al., Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 2021 (Scientific article). Read on HAL DOI : 10.1016/j.agrformet.2021.108381
  8. Global transpiration data from sap flow measurements: the SAPFLUXNET databaseRafael Poyatos, Víctor Granda, Víctor Flo, Mark A Adams, Balázs Adorján, et al., Earth System Science Data, 2021 (Scientific article). Read on HAL DOI : 10.5194/essd-13-2607-2021
  9. Extensive variation in drought-induced gene expression changes between loblolly pine genotypesJingjia Li, Jason B West, Alexander Hart, Jill L Wegrzyn, Matthew A Smith, et al., Frontiers in Genetics, 2021 (Scientific article). Read on HAL DOI : 10.3389/fgene.2021.661440
  10. Aquaporins, and not changes in root structure, provide new insights into physiological responses to drought, flooding, and salinityJean-Christophe Domec, John King, Mary Carmichael, Anna Treado Overby, Remi Wortemann, et al., Journal of Experimental Botany, 2021 (Scientific article). Read on HAL DOI : 10.1093/jxb/erab100
  11. Taylor dispersion in osmotically driven laminar flows in phloemM. Nakad, T. Witelski, Jean-Christophe Domec, S. Sevanto, G. Katul, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2021 (Scientific article). Read on HAL DOI : 10.1017/jfm.2021.56