Staff Directory

Valentina Buttò

Professeure

Institut de recherche sur les forêts (IRF)

Campus de Rouyn-Noranda

Room :: F-215
Phone :: 819 762-0971 ext 2153 (opens in a new tab)
Toll-free :: +1 877 870-8728 ext 2153 (opens in a new tab)

Email :: valentina.butto@uqat.ca (opens in a new tab)

Areas of expertise

Phénologie
Anatomie du bois
Écophysiologie
Modélisation
Biostatistiques

Publications

Source: ORCID (opens in a new tab)

2026

Resource utilization strategies and longevity of<i> Thuja</i><i> occidentalis</i> across contrasting substrates: Insights from morphological and physiological traits

Journal article
DENDROCHRONOLOGIA

DOI: 10.1016/J.DENDRO.2026.126484 (opens in a new tab)

2025

From division to ‘divergence’: to understand wood growth across timescales, we need to (learn to) manipulate it

Journal article
New Phytologist

DOI: 10.1111/nph.20390 (opens in a new tab)
Local conditions have greater influence than provenance on sugar maple (Acer saccharum Marsh.) frost hardiness at its northern range limit

Journal article
Tree Physiology

DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpae167 (opens in a new tab)
Soil nitrogen drives inverse acclimation of xylem growth cessation to rising temperature in Northern Hemisphere conifers

Journal article
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2421834122 (opens in a new tab)

2024

Climatic conditions at provenance origin influence growth stability to changes in climate in two major tree species

Journal article
Frontiers in Forests and Global Change

DOI: 10.3389/ffgc.2024.1422165 (opens in a new tab)
High preseason temperature variability drives convergence of xylem phenology in the Northern Hemisphere conifers

Journal article
Current Biology

DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.01.039 (opens in a new tab)
Partial asynchrony of coniferous forest carbon sources and sinks at the intra-annual time scale

Journal article
Nature Communications

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-49494-5 (opens in a new tab)

2023

Spatial patterns and climatic drivers of leaf spring phenology of maple in eastern North America

Journal article
Science of The Total Environment

DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159064 (opens in a new tab)
A longer wood growing season does not lead to higher carbon sequestration

Journal article
Scientific Reports

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-31336-x (opens in a new tab)
Hydraulic architecture of crown in three Brazilian species

Journal article
IAWA Journal

DOI: 10.1163/22941932-bja10118 (opens in a new tab)
Plasticity plays a dominant role in regulating the phenological variations of sugar maple populations in Canada

Journal article
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2023.1217871 (opens in a new tab)
The Role of Organ and Leaf Habit on the Secondary Xylem Anatomy Variation across 15 Species from Brazilian Cerrado

Journal article
Forests

DOI: 10.3390/f14020269 (opens in a new tab)

2022

Auxin concentration and xylem production of Pinus massoniana in a subtropical forest in south China

Journal article
Tree Physiology

DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpab110 (opens in a new tab)
The early bud gets the cold: Diverging spring phenology drives exposure to late frost in a Picea mariana [(Mill.) BSP] common garden

Journal article
Physiologia Plantarum

DOI: 10.1111/ppl.13798 (opens in a new tab)
Upscaling xylem phenology: sample size matters

Journal article
Annals of Botany

DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcac110 (opens in a new tab)

2021

Contrasting Carbon Allocation Strategies of Ring-Porous and Diffuse-Porous Species Converge Toward Similar Growth Responses to Drought

Journal article
Frontiers in Plant Science

DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.760859 (opens in a new tab)
Cold acclimation and deacclimation in wild blueberry: Direct and indirect influence of environmental factors and non-structural carbohydrates

Journal article
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2021.108349 (opens in a new tab)
Environmental and developmental factors driving xylem anatomy and micro-density in black spruce

Journal article
New Phytologist

DOI: 10.1111/nph.17223 (opens in a new tab)
Phenological Plasticity and Adaptive Potential of Sugar Maple Populations

Other
Research Square

DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-627097/v1 (opens in a new tab)
Regionwide temporal gradients of carbon allocation allow for shoot growth and latewood formation in boreal black spruce

Journal article
Global Ecology and Biogeography

DOI: 10.1111/geb.13340 (opens in a new tab)

2020

Calibrating PhenoCam Data with Phenological Observations of a Black Spruce Stand

Journal article
Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

DOI: 10.1080/07038992.2020.1761251 (opens in a new tab)
How plant allometry influences bud phenology and fruit yield in two Vaccinium species

Journal article
Annals of Botany

DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcaa083 (opens in a new tab)
Comparing the Cell Dynamics of Tree-Ring Formation Observed in Microcores and as Predicted by the Vaganov–Shashkin Model

Journal article
Frontiers in Plant Science

DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.01268 (opens in a new tab)
Intra-annual stem size variations converge across marginal populations of European beech

Journal article
Trees Structure and Function

DOI: 10.1007/s00468-019-01915-5 (opens in a new tab)
The role of plant hormones in tree-ring formation

Journal article
Trees Structure and Function

DOI: 10.1007/s00468-019-01940-4 (opens in a new tab)

2019

Is size an issue of time? Relationship between the duration of xylem development and cell traits

Journal article
Annals of Botany

DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcz032 (opens in a new tab)
Linking phenocam derived phenology with field observations in the boreal forest

Conference paper
2019 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for Agriculture and Forestry Metroagrifor 2019 Proceedings

DOI: 10.1109/MetroAgriFor.2019.8909272 (opens in a new tab)
The seasonal cycle of stem variations in beech populations is affected by interannual fluctuation of climatic conditions more than by the tree origin

Conference paper
2019 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for Agriculture and Forestry Metroagrifor 2019 Proceedings

DOI: 10.1109/MetroAgriFor.2019.8909254 (opens in a new tab)

Valentina Buttò

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Resource utilization strategies and longevity of<i> Thuja</i><i> occidentalis</i> across contrasting substrates: Insights from morphological and physiological traits

From division to ‘divergence’: to understand wood growth across timescales, we need to (learn to) manipulate it

Local conditions have greater influence than provenance on sugar maple (Acer saccharum Marsh.) frost hardiness at its northern range limit

Soil nitrogen drives inverse acclimation of xylem growth cessation to rising temperature in Northern Hemisphere conifers

Climatic conditions at provenance origin influence growth stability to changes in climate in two major tree species

High preseason temperature variability drives convergence of xylem phenology in the Northern Hemisphere conifers

Partial asynchrony of coniferous forest carbon sources and sinks at the intra-annual time scale

Spatial patterns and climatic drivers of leaf spring phenology of maple in eastern North America

A longer wood growing season does not lead to higher carbon sequestration

Hydraulic architecture of crown in three Brazilian species

Plasticity plays a dominant role in regulating the phenological variations of sugar maple populations in Canada

The Role of Organ and Leaf Habit on the Secondary Xylem Anatomy Variation across 15 Species from Brazilian Cerrado

Auxin concentration and xylem production of Pinus massoniana in a subtropical forest in south China

The early bud gets the cold: Diverging spring phenology drives exposure to late frost in a Picea mariana [(Mill.) BSP] common garden

Upscaling xylem phenology: sample size matters

Contrasting Carbon Allocation Strategies of Ring-Porous and Diffuse-Porous Species Converge Toward Similar Growth Responses to Drought

Cold acclimation and deacclimation in wild blueberry: Direct and indirect influence of environmental factors and non-structural carbohydrates

Environmental and developmental factors driving xylem anatomy and micro-density in black spruce

Phenological Plasticity and Adaptive Potential of Sugar Maple Populations

Regionwide temporal gradients of carbon allocation allow for shoot growth and latewood formation in boreal black spruce

Calibrating PhenoCam Data with Phenological Observations of a Black Spruce Stand

How plant allometry influences bud phenology and fruit yield in two Vaccinium species

Comparing the Cell Dynamics of Tree-Ring Formation Observed in Microcores and as Predicted by the Vaganov–Shashkin Model

Intra-annual stem size variations converge across marginal populations of European beech

The role of plant hormones in tree-ring formation

Is size an issue of time? Relationship between the duration of xylem development and cell traits

Linking phenocam derived phenology with field observations in the boreal forest

The seasonal cycle of stem variations in beech populations is affected by interannual fluctuation of climatic conditions more than by the tree origin