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François Gillet
Ecological Systems Laboratory
Dr
nationality: French

office(s): GRB2387
phone(s): [+41 21 69] 33745
MISSION
Teaching: Numerical Ecology (Master SIE), Landscape Ecology and Biodiversity Management (Master SIE, AR, GC), student projects (SIE, ENAC and Master).
Research: supervising of PhD projects, publication of research results. PI in CCES project Mountland.
Administration: computer manager.
BIOGRAPHY
One of the authors, with B. de Foucault and P. Julve, of an original method for vegetation analysis at different levels of organization: the integrated synusial phytosociology.
Development of relational databases for vegetation classification and monitoring.
Methodological research on sampling techniques and numerical ecology.
Dynamic modelling of various ecological systems.
Studied ecosystems: wooded pastures, temperate and tropical forests, flood plains, peat bogs.
MAIN PUBLICATIONS

Ecological models of plant competition
F. Gillet
in Encyclopedia of Ecology, Amsterdam : Elsevier, 2008
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The Swiss mountain wooded pastures: patterns and processes
A. Buttler, F. Kohler and F. Gillet
in Agroforestry in Europe,  : Springer, 2008
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Determinants for the conservation of a vulnerable fire-dependent species at its marginal range
M. Moretti, C. Staehli and F. Gillet
accepted to Plant Ecology (2008)
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Ecological determinants of fungal diversity on dead wood in European forests
N. Küffer, F. Gillet, B. Senn-Irlet, M. Aragno and D. Job
accepted to Fungal Diversity (2008)
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Succession secondaire et perte de diversité végétale après réduction du broutage dans un pâturage boisé des Alpes centrales suisses
F. Freléchoux, M. Meisser and F. Gillet
Botanica Helvetica, 114, 37-56 (2007)
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Simulation modelling of ecological hierarchies in constructive dynamical systems
C. Ratzé, F. Gillet, J.-P. Müller and K. Stoffel
Ecological Complexity, 4(1-2), 13-25 (2007)
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Effect of cattle activities on gap colonisation in mountain pastures
F. Kohler, F. Gillet, J.-M. Gobat and A. Buttler
Folia Geobotanica, 41(3), 289-304 (2006)
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Spatial and seasonal patterns of cattle habitat use in a mountain wooded pasture
F. Kohler, F. Gillet, S. Reust, H.H. Wagner, F. Gadallah, J.-M. Gobat and A. Buttler
Landscape Ecology, 21(2), 281-295 (2006)
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Effect of cattle activities on gap colonisation in mountain pastures
F. Kohler, F. Gillet, J.-M. Gobat and A. Buttler
Folia Geobotanica, 41(3), 289-304 (2006)
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How elevated pCO2 modifies total and metabolically active bacterial communities in the rhizosphere of two perennial grasses grown under field conditions
M. Jossi, N. Fromin, S. Tarnawski, F. Kohler, F. Gillet, M. Aragno and J. Hamelin
FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 55(3), 339-350 (2006)
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Modelling vegetation dynamics in heterogeneous pasture-woodland landscapes
F. Gillet
Proceedings ECEM05, 60-61 (2005)
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Spatial dependence and seasonal patterns of cattle activity
A. Buttler, F. Kohler, H.H. Wagner and F. Gillet
in Sylvopastoralism and Sustainable Land Management, Oxfordshire : CABI Publishing, 2005
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Is plant diversity related to topographic complexity in wooded pastures ?
A. Dufour, Z. Gadallah, H. Wagner, F. Gillet, R. Caloz, A. Guisan and A. Buttler
NCCR Plant Survival International Conference (2005)
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Soil microbial community changes in wooded mountain pastures due to simulated effects of cattle grazing
F. Kohler, J. Hamelin, F. Gillet, J.M. Gobat and A. Buttler
Plant and Soil, 278(1-2), 327-340 (2005)
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Spatial dependence and seasonal patterns of cattle activity
A. Buttler, F. Kohler, H.H. Wagner and F. Gillet
Sylvopastoralism and Sustainable Land Management (2005)
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Is there a future for wild grapevine (Vitis vinifera subsp. silvestris) in the Rhine Valley?
C. Arnold, A. Schnitzler, A. Douard, R. Peter and F. Gillet
Biodiversity and Conservation, 14(6), 1507-1523 (2005)
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Modeling and simulating hierarchies using an agent-based approach
J.-P. Müller, C. Ratzé, F. Gillet and K. Stoffel
MODSIM05 Proceedings, 1631-1638 (2005)
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Vegetation changes in mountain pastures due to simulated effects of cattle activity
F. Kohler, F. Gillet, J.-M. Gobat and A. Buttler
Eco-complexity and dynamics of the cultural landscape, 34 (2004)
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Seasonal dynamics of plant species at fine scale in wooded pastures
F. Kohler, F. Gillet, M.-A. Progin, J.-M. Gobat and A. Buttler
Community Ecology, 5(1), 7-17 (2004)
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Observed spatial and seasonal patterns of cattle activity versus simulated effects in an exclosure experiment
A. Buttler, F. Kohler, H. Wagner and F. Gillet
Proceedings of the 20th General Meeting of the European Grassland Federation, 578-580 (2004)
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Seasonal vegetation changes in mountain pastures due to simulated effects of cattle grazing
F. Kohler, F. Gillet, J.M. Gobat and A. Buttler
Journal of Vegetation Science, 15(2), 143-150 (2004)
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Seasonal fluctuations of species richness at fine scale in wooded pastures
F. Kohler, M.-A. Progin, J.-M. Gobat, A. Buttler and F. Gillet
Biodiversity - from pattern to process, 33, 87 (2003)
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A cell-grid method for short-term and fine-scale monitoring of vegetation dynamics in pastures
F. Kohler, M.-A. Progin, J.-M. Gobat, A. Buttler and F. Gillet
State of the Art in Vegetation Monitoring Approaches, 25 (2003)
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Monitoring of vegetation dynamics in Swiss floodplains: a particular method for a highly dynamic system
F. Kohler, C. Roulier, S. Lussi, J.-M. Gobat and F. Gillet
State of the Art in Vegetation Monitoring Approaches, 44 (2003)
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Safe sites and adequate stand structure are critical for tree establishment in wooded pastures dominated by Picea abies
D. Béguin, C. Smit, F. Gillet and A. Buttler
33rd GfÖ annual conference (2003)
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Succession from bog pine (Pinus uncinata var. rotundata) to Norway spruce (Picea abies) stands in relation to anthropic factors in Les Saignolis bog, Jura Mountains, Switzerland
F. Frelechoux, A. Buttler, F. Gillet, J.M. Gobat and F.H. Schweingruber
Annals of Forest Science, 60(4), 347-356 (2003)
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Statistical analysis of denaturing gel electrophoresis (DGE) fingerprinting patterns
N. Fromin, J. Hamelin, S. Tarnawski, D. Roesti, K. Jourdain-Miserez, N. Forestier, S. Teyssier-Cuvelle, F. Gillet, M. Aragno and P. Rossi
Environmental Microbiology, 4(11), 634-643 (2002)
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PATUMOD: a compartment model of vegetation dynamics in wooded pastures
F. Gillet, O. Besson and J.M. Gobat
Ecological Modelling, 147(3), 267-290 (2002)
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Végétation et flore
A. Buttler, F. Gillet and J.-M. Gobat
in Le Jura - les paysages, la vie sauvage, les terroirs, Paris : Delachaux & Niestlé, 2001
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Dynamics of bog-pine-dominated mires in the Jura Mountains, Switzerland: A tentative scheme based on synusial phytosociology
F. Frelechoux, A. Buttler and F. Gillet
Folia Geobotanica, 35(3), 273-288 (2000)
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Dynamique de la végétation des zones alluviales : exploration de différentes méthodes pour le suivi
F. Kohler, F. Gillet, C. Roulier and F. Teuscher
Saussurea, 31, 79-95 (2000)
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Influence of tree cover on the diversity of herbaceous communities in subalpine wooded pastures
F. Gillet, B. Murisier, A. Buttler, J.D. Gallandat and J.M. Gobat
Applied Vegetation Science, 2, 47-54 (1999)
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Le pâturage boisé jurassien
J.-D. Gallandat and F. Gillet
Bulletin de la Société Neuchâteloise des Sciences Naturelles, 122, 5-25 (1999)
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Occurrence of the wild vine Vitis vinifera ssp. silvestris in Europe
C. Arnold, F. Gillet and J.M. Gobat
Vitis, 37(4), 159-170 (1998)
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Réflexions sur les relations sol-végétation : trois exemples du Jura sur matériel allochtone
E. Havlicek, J.-M. Gobat and F. Gillet
Ecologie, 29(4), 535-546 (1998)
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Analyse de l’organisation spatiale des phytocénoses de pâturages boisés
F. Gillet, R. Douard, E. Havlicek and J.-D. Gallandat
Ecologie, 29(1-2), 289-295 (1998)
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Wooded pastures of the Jura mountains
F. Gillet and J.-D. Gallandat
in Western European Silvopastoral Systems, Paris : INRA Editions, 1996
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Integrated synusial phytosociology: Some notes on new, multiscalar approach to vegetation analysis
F. Gillet and J.D. Gallandat
Journal of Vegetation Science, 7(1), 13-18 (1996)
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Végétation des lapiés du Muotatal; in: Compte-rendu de la 2ème excursion internationale de phytosociologie en Suisse (Ed. Gallandat, J.-D. & Landolt, E.)
F. Gillet, J.-P. Theurillat, A. Dutoit, E. Havlicek, E. Bueche and A. Buttler
Veröff. Geobot. Inst. ETH, Stiftung Rübel, Zürich, 119, 60-100 (1994)
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La phytosociologie synusiale intégrée : objets et concepts
F. Gillet, B. de Foucault and P. Julve
Candollea, 46, 315-340 (1991)
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Etude phytosociologique du marais de Porsel
F. Gillet and C. Guenat
Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles, 76(3), 257-279 (1983)
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Skills
Dynamic modelling of ecological systems
Community ecology
Vegetation science
Numerical ecology
Management of sylvopastoral ecosystems
Phd Students
Gavazov Konstantin
Lannas Kathryn


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