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CIRAD - RU Forests and Societies
hosted by University Marien Ngouabi

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Journal Papers (Google scholar, Research Gate)

Kaçamak, B., Réjou-Méchain, M., Rowe, N., et al., Local Forest Structure and Host Specificity Influence Liana Community Composition in a Moist Central African Forest. Ecol Evol, 15: e71075 (2025)

Gorel, A.-P., Fayolle, A., Ligot, G., et al.,Leaf habit, maximum height and wood density of tropical woody flora in Africa: Phylogenetic constraints, covariation and responses to seasonal drought. Journal of Ecology, 00, 1–16 (2025)

Dupuis, C., Ligot, G., Bastin, J.F., et al.,Scaling up the assessment of logging's impact on forest structure in Central Africa using field and UAV data. Environ. Res. Lett., 20:014018 (2025)

Bénédet, F., Gourlet-Fleury, S., Allah-Barem, F. et al., 40 years of forest dynamics and tree demography in an intact tropical forest at M’Baïki in central Africa. Sci Data 11, 734 (2024)

Dejean, A., Rossi, V., Compin, A., et al.,Rainfall during Multiyear La Niñas Caused the Decline of Social Wasps in Northeastern Amazonia.. Ecology 105(11): e4433 (2024)

Leumbe,F., Mortier, F., Takam, P., et al.,Disentangling the impact of nested sources of variability on species growth processes: A mixture of multilevel mixed model approach. Stat, 13(2), e695 (2024)  (pdf)

Nyobe S, Campillo F., Moto S., Rossi V., The one step fixed-lag particle smoother as a strategy to improve the prediction step of particle filtering. Arima, Vol 39, e10784 (2023)

Gourlet-Fleury, S., Rossi, V., Forni, E., et al., Competition and site weakly explain tree growth variability in undisturbed Central African moist forests. Journal of Ecology, 111, 1950–1967 (2023)

Dejean, A., Azémar, F., Naskrecki, P., et al., Mutualistic interactions between ants and fungi: A review. Ecology and Evolution, 13, e10386 (2023)

Dejean A, Rossi V, Azémar F, et al., Host-Tree Selection by the Ant Garden-Initiating Arboreal Ponerine Neoponera goeldii. Ecology 104( 1): e3843 (2023)

Penel B, Freycon V, Marcon et al., Macrotermes termite mounds influence the spatial pattern of tree species in two African rainforest sites, in northern Congo. But were they really forests in the past? Journal of Tropical Ecology 38(5), 267-274 (2022) (pdf)

Kaçamak B., Barbier N., Aubry-Kientz M. et al., Linking Drone and Ground-Based Liana Measurements in a Congolese Forest,
Front. For. Glob. Change 5:803194 (2022)

Ligot G., Gourlet-Fleury S., Daïnou K. et al.,
Tree growth and mortality of 42 timber species in central Africa, Forest Ecology and Management, 505:119889 (2022) (pdf)

Dejean A., Petitclerc F., Azémar F., Rossi V., Nutrient provisioning of its host myrmecophytic tree by a temporary social parasite of a plant-ant, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, Vol. 133, 3: 744–750 (2021) (pdf)

Mankou, G., Ligot G., Loubota G. et al., Tropical tree allometry and crown allocation, and their relationship with species traits in central Africa, Forest Ecology and Management, Vol. 493 (2021) (pdf)

Masimo J., Adipalina B., Ngenda Okito E., et al. Suivi de l’anthropisation du paysage dans la région forestière de Babagulu, République Démocratique du Congo. VertigO, vol 20, n°2 (2020)

Ploton, P., Mortier, F., Réjou-Méchain, M. et al. Spatial validation reveals poor predictive performance of large-scale ecological mapping models. Nat Commun 11, 4540 (2020).

Ploton, P., Mortier, F., Barbier, N. et al. A map of African humid tropical forest aboveground biomass derived from management inventories. Sci Data 7, 221 (2020)

Momo, S.T., Ploton, P., Martin-Ducup, O. et al. Leveraging Signatures of Plant Functional Strategies in Wood Density Profiles of African Trees to Correct Mass Estimations From Terrestrial Laser Data. Sci Rep 10, 2001 (2020).

Aubry-Kientz, M., Rossi, V., Cornu, G., et al. Temperature rising would slow down tropical forest dynamic in the Guiana Shield. Sci Rep 9, 10235 (2019)

Forni E., Rossi V., Gillet J.-F., et al.. Dispositifs permanents de nouvelle génération pour le suivi de la dynamique forestière en Afrique centrale : bilan en  République du Congo. Bois et Forêts des Tropiques, 341 : 55-70 (2019)

Biwolé A. B., Ouédraogo D.-Y., Betti J. L., et al.. Dynamique des populations d’azobé, Lophira alata Banks ex C. F. Gaertn., et implications pour sa gestion durable au Cameroun. Bois et Forêts des Tropiques, 342 :55-68 (2019)

Fayolle, A., Ngomanda, A., Mbasi, M, et al., A regional allometry for the Congo basin forests based on the largest ever destructive sampling, Forest Ecology and Management, 430: 228-240 (2018) (pdf)

Takougoum Sagang, L.B., Momo, S.,  Libalah, M. et al. Using volume-weighted average wood specific gravity of trees reduces bias in aboveground biomass predictions from forest volume data, Forest Ecology and Management, 424: 519-528 (2018) (pdf)

Lontsi Djimeli, C., Tamsa Arfao, A., Noah, E. et al. Assessment of the adsorption of Aeromonas Hydrophila on polythene in sodium hypochlorite and hydrogen peroxide treated water, Journal of Water and Environmental Sciences, 2 (1) : 270-287 (2018)

Rossi, V., Claeys, F., Bastin, D., et al. Could REDD+ mechanisms induce logging companies to reduce forest degradation in Central Africa ?.  Journal of Forest Economics, 29 (Part B.) : 107-117 (2017) (pdf)

Wagner, F., Herault, B., Rossi, V.et al. Climate drivers of the Amazon forest greening. PloS One, 12 (7), e0180932 (15 p.)  (2017)

Fonton, N., Medjibé, V.,  Djomo, A., et al. Analyzing Accuracy of the Power Functions for Modeling Aboveground Biomass Prediction in Congo Basin Tropical Forests, Open Journal of Forestry, 7, 388-402 (2017)

Hélène, F., Aubry-Kientz, M., Brunaux, O. et al. Vulnerability of commercial tree species to water Stress in logged forests of the Guiana Shield. Forests , 7 (5) , e105  (2016)

Lontsi Djimeli, C., Tamsa Arfao, A., Rossi, V. et al. Impact of two disinfectants on detachment of Enterococcus faecalis from polythene in aquatic microcosm, Research in Biotechnology, 7: 28-42, (2016)

Wagner F., Hérault, B., Bonal, D. et al., Climate seasonality limits carbon assimilation and storage in tropical forestsBiogeosciences, 13, 2537-2562, (2016)

Ploton, P., Barbier, N., Momo, S., et al..,  Closing a gap in tropical forest biomass estimation: accounting for crown mass variation in pantropical allometriesBiogeosciences, 13, 1571-1585, (2016)

Rossi, V., Dolley, T.,  Guitet, S., Hérault, B., GuyaSim : un outil d’aide à la décision pour l’aménagement d’un territoire forestier, la Guyane, Bois et Forêts des Tropiques, 326(4): 67-78 (2015) (pdf)

Aubry-Kientz, M., Rossi, V.,  Wagner, F., Hérault, B. Identifying climatic drivers of tropical forest dynamics, Biogeosciences, 12, 5583-5596, (2015)

Aubry-Kientz, M., Rossi, V., Boreux, J.J.,  Hérault, B. A joint individual-based model coupling growth and mortality reveals that tree vigour is a key component of tropical forest dynamics, Ecology and Evolution, 5(12): 2457-2465 (2015)

Dejean, A., Céréghino, R., Leponce, M., et al. The fire ant Solenopsis saevissima and habitat disturbance alter ant communities, Biological Conservation, 187, 145-153 (2015) (preprint)

Le Guen, R., Corbara B., Rossi, V., Dejean, A. Reciprocal protection from natural enemies in an ant-wasp association. Comptes rendus Biologies, 338(4): 255-259 (2015) (preprint)

Mermoz, S., Rejou-Mechain, M., Villard, L., et al. Decrease of L-band SAR backscatter with biomass of dense forests, Remote Sensing of Environment, 159, 307-317 (2015) (preprint)

Picard, N., Boyemba Bosela, F., Rossi, V. Reducing the error in biomass estimates strongly depends on model selection, Annals of Forest Science,  72(6): 811-823 (2015) (preprint)

Lachenaud, P., Rossi, V., Thevenin, J.M., Doaré, F. The “Guiana” genetic group: A new source of resistance to cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) black pod rot caused by Phytophthora capsici, Crop Protection 67, 91-95 (2015) (preprint)

Sist, P., Rutishauser, E., & al., The Tropical managed Forests Observatory: a research network addressing the future of tropical logged forests, Journal of Vegetation Science, 18(1): 171-174 (2015) (preprint)

Dejean, A., Corbara, B., Céréghino, R., et al. Traits allowing some ant species to nest syntopically with the fire ant Solenopsis saevissima in its native range, Insect Science, 22(2):289-294 (2015) (preprint)

Wagner, F., Rossi, V., Baraloto, C., et al. Are commonly measured functional traits involved in tropical tree responses to climate ?, International Journal of Ecology, vol. 2014, Article ID 389409, 10 pages (2014)

Molto, Q., Hérault, B., Boreux, J.J., et al. Predicting Tree Heights for Biomass Estimates in Tropical ForestsBiogeosciences, 11, 3121-3130 (2014)

Wagner, F., Rossi, V., Aubry-Kientz, M., et al. Pan-tropical analysis of climate effects on seasonal tree growth, PLoS ONE 9(3): e92337 (2014)

Marcon, E., Scotti, I., Hérault, B. et al. Generalization of the partitioning of Shannon diversity, PLoS ONE 9(3): e90289 (2014)

Wagner, F., Rossi, V., Stahl, C., et al. Asynchronism in leaf and wood production in tropical forests: a study combining satellite and ground-based measurements, Biogeosciences, 10: 7307-7321 (2013)

Aubry-Kientz, M., Hérault, B., Ayotte-Trépanier, C., et al. Toward trait-based mortality models for tropical forests?, PLoS ONE 8(5): e63678 (2013)

Roux, O., Rossi, V., Céréghino, R.,et al.How to coexist with fire ants: the roles of behaviour and cuticular compounds, Behavioural Processes, 98: 51-57 (2013)  (preprint)

Stahl, C., Hérault, B., Rossi, V., et al. Deep water uptake by tropical rainforest trees during dry periods: does tree dimension matter ?,  Oecologia, 173(4): 1191-1201 (2013)  (preprint)

Mortier, F., Rossi, V., Guillot, G., et al. Population dynamics of species-rich ecosystems: the mixture of matrix population models approach, Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 4(4): 316–326 (2013),  (preprint)

Déjean, A., Orivel, J., Rossi, V., et al. Predation success by a plant-ant indirectly favours the growth and fitness of its host myrmecophyte, PLoS ONE 8(3): e59405 (2013)

Molto, Q., Rossi, V., Blanc, L. Error propagation in biomass estimation in tropical forests, Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 4(2): 175–183 (2013)  (preprint)

Thevenin, J.M., Rossi, V., Ducamp, M., Lachenaud, P. Numerous clones resistant to Phytophthtora palmivora in the "Guiana" genetic group of Theobroma cacao L, PLoS ONE 7(7): e40915 (2012)

Wagner, F., Rossi, V., Stahl, C., et al. Water availability is the main climate driver of neotropical tree growth, PLoS ONE 7(4):e34074 (2012)

Déjean, A., Céréghino, R., Carpenter, J.M., et al. Climate change impact on Neotropical social wasps, PLoS ONE 6(6):e27004 (2011)

Hérault, B., Bachelot, B., Poorter, L, et al. Functional traits shape ontogenetic growth trajectories of rain forest tree species, Journal of  Ecology,  99(6): 1431-1440 (2011)  (preprint)

Wagner, F., Hérault, B., Stahl, C., et al. Modeling water availability for trees in tropical forests, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 151(9): 1202-1213 (2011)  (preprint)

Gourlet-Fleury, S., Rossi, V., Rejou-Mechain, M., et al. Environmental filtering of dense-wooded species controls above-ground biomass stored in African moist forests, Journal of  Ecology, 99(4): 981-990 (2011) (preprint)

Dejean, A., Corbara, B., Leroy, C., et al. Inherited biotic protection in a Neotropical pioneer plant, PLoS ONE 6(3): e18071  (2011) 

Wernsdörfer, H., Caron, H., Gerber, S., et al. Relationships between demography and gene flow and their importance for the conservation of tree populations in tropical forests under selective felling regimes, Conservation Genetics, vol. 12, n°1, 15-29  (2011) (preprint)

Dejean, A., Leroy, C., Corbara, B., et al. A temporary social parasite of tropical plant-ants improves the fitness of a myrmecophyte, Naturwissenschaften, vol. 97, n°10, 925-934  (2010) (preprint)

Picard, N., Mortier, F., Rossi, V., Gourlet-Fleury, S. Clustering species using a model of population dynamics and aggregation theory, Ecological Modeling, 221: 152-160 (2010) (preprint)

Campillo, F., Rossi, V. Convolution Particle Filter for Parameter Estimation in General State-Space Models, IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, vol.45, n°3, p1063-1072 (2009) (preprint)

Campillo, F., Rakotozafy, R., Rossi, V. Parallel and interacting Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithm, Mathematics and Computers in Simulation 79: 3424–3433  (2009)  (preprint)

Florès, O., Rossi, V., Mortier, F. Bayesian Models of local density in tropical saplings: autocorrelation balances zero-inflation, Ecological Modelling, 220: 1797-1809  (2009) (preprint)

Campillo, F., Rakotozafy, R., Rossi, V. Computational probability modeling and Bayesian inference. revue Africaine de la Recherche en Informatique et Mathématiques Appliquées, vol.9 p123-143 (2008)   (preprint)

Wernsdörfer, H., Rossi, V., Cornu, G., et al. Impact of uncertainty in tree mortality on the predictions of a tropical forest dynamics model, Ecological Modelling  218 (3-4) : 290-306 (2008) (preprint)

Cantet, P., Campillo, F., Rakotozafy, R., Rossi, V. Méthodes MCMC en interaction pour l'évaluation de ressources naturelles. revue Africaine de la Recherche en Informatique et Mathématiques Appliquées, vol.8, p64-80 (2008)  (preprint)

Rossi, V., Vila, J.P. Bayesian Selection of Multiresponse  Nonlinear Regression Model. Statistics, 42:4,291-311 (2008) (preprint)

Gimenez, O., Rossi, V., Choquet, R., et al. State-space modelling of data on marked individuals. Ecological Modelling. 206: 431-438. (2007) (preprint)

Hilgert, N., Rossi, V., Vila, J.P., Wagner, V. Identification, estimation and control of uncertain dynamic systems : a nonparametric approach. Communications in Statistics: Theory and Methods, vol. 36, n°14, p2509-2525 (2007).  (preprint)

Rossi, V., Vila, J.P.  Nonlinear filtering in discrete time : A particle convolution approach.  Ann. I.SU.P., vol.50, n°3, p71-102 (2006).  (preprint)

Rossi, V., Vila, J.P.  Bayesian Multioutput Feedforward Neural Network Selection : A Conjugate Prior Approach. IEEE Transaction on Neural Networks, vol.17, n°1, p35-47 (2006). (preprint)

Rossi, V., Vila, J.P.  C.  R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Ser. I 340, p759-764 (2005). (preprint)

Rossi, V., Vila, J.P.  Filtrage de bioprocédé de dépollution. Approche par convolution particulairee-STA. vol. 2, n.1, (2005). (preprint)


Book chapters, conference proceedings and technical reports selection

Rossi, V. Développement des scénarios de référence dans la zone du projet Pilote REDD Géographiquement Intégré de Mambasa. Yaoundé : CIRAD, 100 p. janvier 2016

Rossi, V., Mortier, F., Picard, N.  Les dispositifs expérimentaux : choix, mise en place, analyse. In : Mémento du forestier tropical. Mille Gilles (ed.), Louppe Dominique (ed.). Versailles : Ed. Quae, 448-459. ISBN 978-2-7592-2340-4 , 2015

Sonké, B., Gonmadje, C., Renard, Q., Gourlet-Fleury, S., Rossi, V.  Proposition pour la mise en place d'un réseau régional de parcelles permanentes dans les forêts du bassin du Congo : Projet « Systèmes de surveillance et de MNV nationaux avec une approche régionale pour les pays du bassin du Congo ». , Rome : FAO, 35p., septembre 2014

Rossi, V. GuyaSim 2011-2014 : un simulateur pour explorer l'impact des scénarios de développement de la Guyane sur les services des écosystèmes forestiers. Rapport final projet PO Feder GuyaSim, 219p, Cirad Montpellier , aout 2014

Rossi, V. Modélisation des forêts tropicales en intégrant leur diversité spécifique et structurelle. Pointe-à-Pitre : UAG, 101 p. Habilitation à diriger des recherches : Université des Antilles et de la Guyane, 2013

Joannides, M., Larramendy–Valverde, I., Rossi, V., Monte–Carlo Observer for a Stochastic Model of Bioreactors. In  Recent Advances in Stochastic Modelling and Data Analysis, Ed. Christos H. Skiadas,World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd, p605-612, 2007.

Rossi, V.  Filtrage non linéaire par noyaux de convolution. Application à un procédé de dépollution biologique.  Ph.D in Science, Ecole Nationale Supérieure Agronomique de Montpellier, december 2004.  (pdf)