Valentina Buttò - Staff Member Profile

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)

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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