Publications and communications of Louis François

Book chapters or contributions to a collective book as author or co-author

Hambuckers, A., Paillet, M., Henrot, A.-J., Trolliet, F., Cheddadi, R., Fettweis, X., Dury, M., Porteman, K., & François, L. (2021). Afinación de los resultados de un modelo dinámico de vegetación (CARAIB): La importancia de los rasgos de las plantas para mejorar la precisión de la predicción a nivel de especies arbóreas. In F. O. Sarmiento & E. V. Sarmiento (Eds.), Flancos Andinos: Paleoecología, Biogeografía Crítica y Ecología Política en los Climas Cambiantes de los Bosques Neotropicales de Montaña (pp. 78-82). UNTRM FONDO EDITORIAL. doi:10.5281/zenodo.4961560

Cheddadi, R., Sarmiento, F., Hambuckers, A., Rhoujjati, A., Taberlet, P., Ficetola, F., Henrot, A.-J., François, L., Boyer, F., & Nourelbait, M. (2020). Chapter 4. Multidisciplinary approaches for conservation issues. In L. M. Frolich & F. Sarmiento (Ed.), The Elgar Companion to Geography, Transdisciplinarity and Sustainability (pp. 67-78). London, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing.

Pedersen, François, R., François, L., Alverson, K., & McManus, J. (2003). The Late Quaternary History of Biogeochemical Cycling of carbon. In K. D. Alverson, R. S. Bradley, ... T. F. Pedersen (Eds.), Paleoclimate, Global Change and the Future (pp. 63-79). Springer-Verlag.

François, L., & Goddéris, Y. (2001). Paleo-oceanography: Cenozoic oceans – carbon cycle models. In J. H. Steele, S. A. Thorpe, ... K. K. Turekian (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences (pp. 426-436). London, United Kingdom: Academic Press.

Gérard, J.-C., & François, L. (1995). Evolution du Climat et Paléoclimat : effet de serre et CO2. In Espace et environnement (pp. 15-19). Toulouse, France: Cepadues.

Warnant, P., François, L., Nemry, B., Hubert, B., Molitor, N., Collinet, G., & Gérard, J.-C. (1995). A new vegetation map and its inclusion in a global biosphere model. In Guyot, Photosynthesis and remote sensing (pp. 385-392). Paris, France: EARSel.

François, L., Gérard, J.-C., & Warnant, P. (1994). Carbon cycle modelling and remote sensing. In Space scientific research in Belgium, Vol. III, Earth Observation, Part 2 (pp. 235-243). Brussels, Belgium: Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs.

Munhoven, G., & François, L. (1994). Glacial-interglacial changes in continental weathering: possible implications for atmospheric CO2. In R. Zahn, T. F. Pedersen, M. A. Kaminski, ... L. Labeyrie (Eds.), Carbon Cycling in the Glacial Ocean: Constraints on the Ocean's Role in Global Change (pp. 39-58). Berlin, Heidelberg, Germany: Springer-Verlag.

Warnant, P., François, L., Strivay, D., & Robinet, F. (1994). Forcing of a global model of plant productivity with climatic and remote sensing data. In F. Veroustraete & R. Ceulemans (Eds.), Vegetation, modelling and climatic change effects (pp. 179-186). The Hague, Netherlands: SPB Academic Publishing bv.

François, L., Walker, J. C. G., & Opdyke, B. N. (1993). The history of global weathering and the chemical evolution of the ocean-atmosphere system. In E. Takahashi, R. Jeanloz, ... D. Rubie (Eds.), Evolution of the earth and planets (pp. 143-159). Washington, D. C, United States: American Geophysical Union.

Hunten, D. M., Gérard, J.-C., & François, L. (1991). The atmosphere's response to solar irradiation. In C. P. Sonnett, M. S. Giampapa, ... M. S. Matthews, The Sun in time (pp. 463-497). Tucson, United States: The University of Arizona Press.

Articles accepted in reviewed journal

Ugolotti, A., Anders, T., Lanssens, B., Hickler, T., François, L., & Tölle, M. H. (2023). Impact of bias correction on climate change signals over central Europe and the Iberian Peninsula. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 11. doi:10.3389/fenvs.2023.1116429

Hambuckers, A., Trolliet, F., Dury, M., Henrot, A.-J., Porteman, K., El Hasnaoui, Y., Van den Bulcke, J., De Mil, T., Remy, C. C., Cheddadi, R., & François, L. (2022). Towards a More Realistic Simulation of Plant Species with a Dynamic Vegetation Model Using Field-Measured Traits: The Atlas Cedar, a Case Study. Forests, 13 (3), 446. doi:10.3390/f13030446

Zabel, F., Müller, C., Elliott, J., Minoli, S., Jägermeyr, J., Schneider, J. M., Franke, J. A., Moyer, E., Dury, M., François, L., Folberth, C., Liu, W., Pugh, T. A. M., Olin, S., Rabin, S. S., Mauser, W., Hank, T., Ruane, A. C., & Asseng, S. (August 2021). Large potential for crop production adaptation depends on available future varieties. Global Change Biology, 27 (16), 3870 - 3882. doi:10.1111/gcb.15649

Müller, C., Franke, J., Jägermeyr, J., Ruane, A. C., Elliott, J., Moyer, E., Heinke, J., Falloon, P. D., Folberth, C., François, L., Hank, T., Izaurralde, R. C., Jacquemin, I., Liu, W., Olin, S., Pugh, T. A. M., Williams, K., & Zabel, F. (26 February 2021). Exploring uncertainties in global crop yield projections in a large ensemble of crop models and CMIP5 and CMIP6 climate scenarios. Environmental Research Letters, 16, 034040. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/abd8fc

Cheddadi, R., Carré, M., Nourelbait, M., François, L., Rhoujjati, A., Manay, R., Ochoa, D., & Schefuß, E. (2021). Early Holocene greening of the Sahara requires Mediterranean winter rainfall. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 118 (23). doi:10.1073/pnas.2024898118

Hambuckers, A., de Harenne, S., Rocha Ledezma, E., Zuniga Zeballos, L., & François, L. (2021). Predicting the Future Distribution of Ara rubrogenys, an Endemic Endangered Bird Species of the Andes, Taking Into Account Trophic Interactions. Diversity, 13 (94). doi:10.3390/d13020094

Jacquemin, I., Berckmans, J., Henrot, A.-J., Dury, M., Tychon, B., Hambuckers, A., Hamdi, R., & François, L. (2021). Using the CARAIB dynamic vegetation model to simulate crop yields in Belgium: validation and projections for the 2035 horizon. Geo-Eco-Trop: Revue Internationale de Géologie, de Géographie et d'Écologie Tropicales, 44 (4), 541-552.

Thiery, W., Lange, S., Rogelj, J., Schleussner, C.-F., Gudmundsson, L., Seneviratne, S. I., Andrijevic, M., Frieler, K., Emanuel, K., Geiger, T., Bresch, D. N., Zhao, F., Willner, S. N., Büchner, M., Volkholz, J., Bauer, N., Chang, J., Ciais, P., Dury, M., ... Wada, Y. (2021). Intergenerational inequities in exposure to climate extremes. Science, 374 (6564), 158-160. doi:10.1126/science.abi7339

Franke, J. A., Müller, C., Elliott, J., Ruane, A. C., Jägermeyr, J., Balkovic, J., Ciais, P., Dury, M., Falloon, P. D., Folberth, C., François, L., Hank, T., Hoffmann, M., Izaurralde, R. C., Jacquemin, I., Jones, C., Khabarov, N., Koch, M., Li, M., ... Moyer, E. J. (2020). The GGCMI Phase 2 experiment: Global gridded crop model simulations under uniform changes in CO2, temperature, water, and nitrogen levels (protocol version 1.0). Geoscientific Model Development, 13 (5), 2315-2336. doi:10.5194/gmd-13-2315-2020

Ito, A., Reyer, C. P. O., Gädeke, A., Ciais, P., Chang, J., Chen, M., François, L., Forrest, M., Hickler, T., Ostberg, S., Shi, H., Thiery, W., & Tian, H. (2020). Pronounced and unavoidable impacts of low-end global warming on northern high-latitude land ecosystems. Environmental Research Letters, 15 (4). doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ab702b

Kattge, J., Bönisch, G., Díaz, S., Lavorel, S., Prentice, I. C., Leadley, P., Tautenhahn, S., Werner, G. D. A., Aakala, T., Abedi, M., Acosta, A. T. R., Adamidis, G. C., Adamson, K., Aiba, M., Albert, C. H., Alcántara, J. M., Alcázar C, C., Aleixo, I., Ali, H., ... Wirth, C. (2020). TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access. Global Change Biology, 26 (1), 119-188. doi:10.1111/gcb.14904

Raghunathan, P., François, L., Cazetta, E., Pitance, J.-L., De Vleeschouwer, K., & Hambuckers, A. (2020). Deterministic modelling of seed dispersal based on observed behaviours of an endemic primate in Brazil. PLoS ONE, 15 (12), 0244220. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0244220

Utescher, T., Erdei, B., François, L., Henrot, A.-J., Mosbrugger, V., & Popova, S. (2020). Oligocene vegetation of Europe and western Asia—Diversity change and continental patterns reflected by plant functional types. Geological Journal. doi:10.1002/gj.3830

Minoli, S., Müller, C., Elliott, J., Ruane, A. C., Jägermeyr, J., Zabel, F., Dury, M., Folberth, C., François, L., Hank, T., Jacquemin, I., Liu, W., Olin, S., & Pugh, T. A. (30 September 2019). Global response patterns of major rainfed crops to adaptation by maintaining current growing periods and irrigation. Earth's Future, 7 (12), 1464-1480. doi:10.1029/2018EF001130

Bugmann, H., Seidl, R., Hartig, F., Bohn, F., Brůna, J., Cailleret, M., François, L., Heinke, J., Henrot, A.-J., Hickler, T., Hülsmann, L., Huth, A., Jacquemin, I., Kollas, C., Lasch-Born, P., Lexer, M. J., Merganič, J., Merganičová, K., Mette, T., ... Reyer, C. P. O. (2019). Tree mortality submodels drive simulated long-term forest dynamics: assessing 15 models from the stand to global scale. Ecosphere, 10 (2). doi:10.1002/ecs2.2616

Dury, M., Jacquemin, I., Henrot, A.-J., & François, L. (2019). Estimation of present and future soil water balance and its impacts on wheat yields in African regions north of the equator using a dynamic vegetation model. Geo-Eco-Trop: Revue Internationale de Géologie, de Géographie et d'Écologie Tropicales, 43 (3), 317-326.

Pinaya, J. L. D., Cruz, F. W., Ceccantini, G. C. T., Corrêa, P. L. P., Pitman, N., Vemado, F., Lopez, M. D. C. S., Pereira Filho, A. J., Grohmann, C. H., Chiessi, C. M., Stríkis, N. M., Horák-Terra, I., Pinaya, W. H. L., de Medeiros, V. B., Santos, R. D. A., Akabane, T. K., Silva, M. A., Cheddadi, R., Bush, M., ... De Oliveira, P. E. (2019). Brazilian montane rainforest expansion induced by Heinrich Stadial 1 event. Scientific Reports, 9 (1), 17912. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-53036-1

Popova, S., Utescher, T., Gromyko, D., Mosbrugger, V., & François, L. (2019). Dynamics and evolution of Turgay‐type vegetation in Western Siberia throughout the early Oligocene to earliest Miocene—a study based on diversity of plant functional types in the carpological record. Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 57 (2), 129-141. doi:10.1111/jse.12420

Raghunathan, P., François, L., Dury, M., & Hambuckers, A. (2019). Contrasting climate risks predicted by dynamic vegetation and ecological niche-based models applied to tree species in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Regional Environmental Change, 19, 219-232. doi:10.1007/s10113-018-1405-8

Schewe, J., Gosling, S. N., Reyer, C., Zhao, F., Ciais, P., Elliott, J., François, L., Huber, V., Lotze, H. K., Seneviratne, S. I., van Vliet, M. T. H., Vautard, R., Wada, Y., Breuer, L., Büchner, M., Carozza, D. A., Chang, J., Coll, M., Deryng, D., ... Warszawski, L. (2019). State-of-the-art global models underestimate impacts from climate extremes. Nature Communications, 10 (1), 1005. doi:10.1038/s41467-019-08745-6

Cantú, A. G., Frieler, K., Reyer, C. P. O., Ciais, P., Chang, J., Ito, A., Kazuya, N., François, L., Henrot, A.-J., Hickler, T., Steinkamp, J., Rafique, R., Zhao, F., Ostberg, S., Schaphoff, S., Tian, H., Pan, S., Yang, J., Morfopoulos, C., & Betts, R. (2018). Evaluating changes of biomass in global vegetation models: the role of turnover fluctuations and ENSO events. Environmental Research Letters. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/aac63c

Dury, M., Mertens, L., Fayolle, A., Verbeeck, H., Hambuckers, A., & François, L. (2018). Refining species traits in a dynamic vegetation model to project the impacts of climate change on tropical trees in Central Africa. Forests, 9 (11). doi:10.3390/f9110722

Fronzek, S., Pirttioja, N., Carter, T. R., Bindi, M., Hoffmann, H., Palosuo, T., Ruiz-Ramos, M., Tao, F., Trnka, M., Acutis, M., Asseng, S., Baranowski, P., Basso, B., Bodin, P., Buis, S., Cammarano, D., Deligios, P., Destain, M.-F., Dumont, B., ... Rötter, R. P. (2018). Classifying multi-model wheat yield impact response surfaces showing sensitivity to temperature and precipitation change. Agricultural Systems, 159, 209-224. doi:10.1016/j.agsy.2017.08.004

Tabet, S., Belhemra, M., François, L., & Arar, A. (2018). Evaluation by prediction of the natural range shrinkage of Quercus ilex L. in Eastern Algeria. Forestist, 68, 7 - 15. doi:10.5152/forestist.2018.002

Horemans, J. A., Henrot, A.-J., Delire, C., Kollas, C., Lasch-Born, P., Reyer, C., Suckow, F., François, L., & Ceulemans, R. (2017). Combining multiple statistical methods to evaluate the performance of process-based vegetation models across three forest stands. Central European Forestry Journal. doi:10.1515/forj-2017-0025

Wyard, C., Scholzen, C., Fettweis, X., Van Campenhout, J., & François, L. (April 2017). Decrease in climatic conditions favouring floods in the south-east of Belgium over 1959-2010 using the regional climate model MAR. International Journal of Climatology, 37 (5), 2782–2796. doi:10.1002/joc.4879

Chang, J., Ciais, P., Wang, X., Piao, S., Asrar, G., Betts, R., Chevallier, F., Dury, M., François, L., Frieler, K., Garcia Cantu Ros, A., Henrot, A.-J., Hickler, T., Ito, A., Morfopoulos, C., Munhoven, G., Nishina, K., Ostberg, S., Pan, S., ... Zhao, F. (2017). Benchmarking carbon fluxes of the ISIMIP2a biome models. Environmental Research Letters, 12, 045002. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/aa63fa

Cheddadi, R., Henrot, A.-J., François, L., Bush, M., Carré, M., Coissac, E., De Oliveira, P. E., Ficetola, F., Hambuckers, A., Huang, K., Lézine, A.-M., Nourelbait, M., Rouijati, A., Taberlet, P., Sarmiento, F., Abel-Schaad, D., Alba-Sánchez, F., & Zheng, Z. (2017). Microrefugia, climate change, and conservation of Cedrus atlantica in the Rif Mountains, Morocco. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 5. doi:10.3389/fevo.2017.00114

Chen, M., Rafique, R., Asrar, G. R., Bond-Lamberty, B., Ciais, P., Zhao, F., Reyer, C. P. O., Ostberg, S., Chang, J., Ito, A., Yang, J., Zeng, N., Kalnay, E., West, T., Leng, G., François, L., Munhoven, G., Henrot, A.-J., Tian, H., ... Hickler, T. (2017). Regional contribution to variability and trends of global gross primary productivity. Environmental Research Letters, 12 (10), 105005. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/aa8978

François, L., Bruch, A. A., Utescher, T., Spicer, R. A., & Spicer, T. (2017). Reconstructing Cenozoic vegetation from proxy data and models – A NECLIME synthesis (Editorial). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 467, 1-4. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.11.043

Henrot, A.-J., Utescher, T., Erdei, B., Dury, M., Hamon, N., Ramstein, G., Krapp, M., Herold, N., Goldner, A., Favre, E., Munhoven, G., & François, L. (2017). Middle Miocene climate and vegetation models and their validation with proxy data. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 467, 95-119. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.05.026

Ito, A., Nishina, K., Reyer, C. P. O., François, L., Henrot, A.-J., Munhoven, G., Jacquemin, I., Tian, H., Yang, J., Pan, S., Morfopoulos, C., Betts, R., Hickler, T., Steinkamp, J., Ostberg, S., Schaphoff, S., Ciais, P., Chang, J., Rafique, R., ... Zhao, F. (2017). Photosynthetic productivity and its efficiencies in ISIMIP2a biome models: benchmarking for impact assessment studies. Environmental Research Letters, 12 (8), 085001. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/aa7a19

Minet, J., Laloy, E., Tychon, B., & François, L. (2015). Bayesian inversions of a dynamic vegetation model at four European grassland sites. Biogeosciences, 12 (9), 2809-2829. doi:10.5194/bg-12-2809-2015

Pirttioja, N., Carter, T., Fronzek, S., Bindi, M., Hoffmann, H., Palosuo, T., RuizRamos, M., Trnka, M., Acutis, M., Asseng, S., Baranowski, P., Basso, B., Bodin, P., Buis, S., Cammarano, D., Deligios, P., Destain, M.-F., Doro, L., Dumont, B., ... Jacquemin, I. (2015). A crop model ensemble analysis of temperature and precipitation effects on wheat yield across a European transect using impact response surfaces". Climate Research, 65, 87-105. doi:10.3354/cr01322

Raghunathan, P., François, L., Huynen, M.-C., Oliveira, L., & Hambuckers, A. (2015). Modelling the distribution of key tree species used by lion tamarins in the Brazilian Atlantic forest under a scenario of future climate change. Regional Environmental Change, 15, 683-693. doi:10.1007/s10113-014-0625-9

Basu, A., Schultz, M. G., Schröder, S., François, L., Zhang, X., Lohmann, G., & Laepple, T. (2014). Analysis of the global atmospheric methane budget using ECHAM-MOZ simulations for present-day, pre-industrial time and the Last Glacial Maximum. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions, 14, 3193-3230. doi:10.5194/acpd-14-3193-2014

Calmels, D., Gaillardet, J., & François, L. (2014). Sensitivity of carbonate weathering to soil CO2 production by biological activity along a temperate climate transect. Chemical Geology, 390, 74-86. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2014.10.010

Fontaine, C., Dendoncker, N., De Vreese, R., Jacquemin, I., Marek, A., Van Herzele, A., Devillet, G., Mortelmans, D., & François, L. (2014). Towards Participatory Integrated Valuation and Modelling of Ecosystem Services under Land-use Change. Journal of Land Use Science, 9, 278-303. doi:10.1080/1747423X.2013.786150

Lehsten, L., Dullinger, S., Hülber, K., Schurgers, G., Cheddadi, R., Laborde, H., Lehsten, V., François, L., Dury, M., & Sykes, M. T. (January 2014). Modelling the Holocene migrational dynamics of Fagus sylvatica L. and Picea abies (L.) H. Karst. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 23, 658-668. doi:10.1111/geb.12145

Utescher, T., Bruch, A. A., Erdei, B., François, L., Ivanov, D., Jacques, F. M. B., Kern, A. K., Liu, Y.-S., Mosbrugger, V., & Spicer, R. A. (2014). The Coexistence Approach--theoretical background and practical considerations of using plant fossils for climate quantification. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 410, 58-73. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.05.031

Yuan, W., Cai, W., Xia, J., Chen, J., Liu, S., Dong, W., Merbold, L., Law, B., Arain, A., Beringer, J., Bernhofer, C., Black, A., Blanken, P. D., Cescatti, A., Chen, Y., François, L., Gianelle, D., Janssens, I. A., Jung, M., ... Wohlfahrt, G. (2014). Global comparison of light use efficiency models for simulating terrestrial vegetation gross primary production based on the LaThuile database. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 192-193, 108-120. doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2014.03.007

Diester-Haass, L., Billups, K., Jacquemin, I., Emeis, K. C., Lefebvre, V., & François, L. (2013). Paleoproductivity during the middle Miocene carbon isotope events: A data-model approach. Paleoceanography, 28, 334-346. doi:10.1002/palo.20033

Goddéris, Y., Brantley, S. L., François, L., Schott, J., Pollard, D., Déqué, M., & Dury, M. (January 2013). Rates of consumption of atmospheric CO2 through the weathering of loess during the next 100 yr of climate change. Biogeosciences, 10, 135-148. doi:10.5194/bg-10-135-2013

Popova, S., Utescher, T., Gromyko, D. V., Mosbrugger, V., Herzog, E., & François, L. (2013). Vegetation change in Siberia and the northeast of Russia during the Cenozoic cooling: a study based on diversity of plant functional types. PALAIOS, 28, 418-432. doi:10.2110/palo.2012.p12-096r

Reyer, C., Leuzinger, S., Ramming, A., Wolf, A., Bartholomeus, R. P., Bonfante, A., de Lorenzi, F., Dury, M., Gloning, P., Abou Jaoudé, R., Klein, T., Kuster, T. M., Martins, M., Niedrist, G., Riccardi, M., Wohlfahrt, G., de Angelis, P., de Dato, G., François, L., ... Pereira, M. (2013). A plant's perspective of extremes: Terrestrial plant responses to changing climatic variability. Global Change Biology, 19, 75-89. doi:10.1111/gcb.12023

Hamon, N., Sepulchre, P., Donnadieu, Y., Henrot, A.-J., François, L., Jaeger, J.-J., & Ramstein, G. (2012). Growth of subtropical forests in Miocene Europe: The roles of carbon dioxide and Antarctic ice volume. Geology, 40, 567-570. doi:10.1130/G32990.1

Niu, S., Fei, S., Yuan, W., Schimel, D., Ammann, C., Arain, A., Arneth, A., Aubinet, M., Barr, A., Beringer, J., Bernhofer, C., Black, T. A., Buchmann, N., Cescatti, A., Chen, J., Davis, K. J., Dellwik, E., Desai, A. R., Etzold, S., ... Gu, L. (2012). Thermal optimality of net ecosystem exchange of carbon dioxide and underlying mechanisms. New Phytologist, 194, 775-783. doi:10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04095.x

Schott, J., Oelkers, E. H., Bénézeth, P., Goddéris, Y., & François, L. (2012). Can accurate kinetic laws be created to describe chemical weathering ? Comptes Rendus Geoscience, 344, 568-585. doi:10.1016/j.crte.2012.10.005

Dury, M., Hambuckers, A., Warnant, P., Henrot, A., Favre, E., Ouberdous, M., & François, L. (2011). Responses of European forest ecosystems to 21(st) century climate: assessing changes in interannual variability and fire intensity. iForest: Biogeosciences and Forestry, 4, 82-99. doi:10.3832/ifor0572-004

François, L., Utescher, T., Favre, E., Henrot, A., Warnant, P., Micheels, A., Erdei, B., Suc, J.-P., Cheddadi, R., & Mosbrugger, V. (2011). Modelling Late Miocene vegetation in Europe: Results of the CARAIB model and comparison with palaeovegetation data. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 304 (3-4), 359-378. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.01.012

Hajar, L., François, L., Khater, C., Jomaa, I., Déqué, M., & Cheddadi, R. (2010). Cedrus libani (A. Rich) distribution in Lebanon: Past, present and future. Comptes Rendus Biologies, 333, 622-630. doi:10.1016/j.crvi.2010.05.003

Henrot, A., François, L., Favre, E., Butzin, M., Ouberdous, M., & Munhoven, G. (2010). Effects of CO2, continental distribution, topography and vegetation changes on the climate at the Middle Miocene: a model study. Climate of the Past, 6, 675-694. doi:10.5194/cp-6-675-2010

Huang, K., Zheng, Z., François, L., Guan, D., & Cheddadi, R. (2010). Plants bioclimatic affinity groups in China : observed vs. simulated ranges. Open Ecology Journal, 3, 24-42. doi:10.2174/1874213001003020024

Lefebvre, V., Servais, T., François, L., & Averbuch, O. (2010). Did a Katian Large Igneous Province trigger the Late Ordovician glaciation ? A hypothesis tested with a carbon cycle model. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 296, 310-319. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.04.010

Cheddadi, R., Fady, B., François, L., Hajar, L., Suc, J.-P., Huang, K., Demarteau, M., Vendramin, G. G., & Ortu, E. (2009). Putative glacial refugia of Cedrus atlantica deduced from Quaternary pollen records and modern genetic diversity. Journal of Biogeography, 36 (7), 1361-1371. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2008.02063.x

Diester-Haass, L., Billups, K., Groecke, D. R., François, L., Lefebvre, V., & Emeis, K. C. (2009). Mid-Miocene paleoproductivity in the Atlantic Ocean and implications for the global carbon cycle. Paleoceanography, 24. doi:10.1029/2008PA001605

Godderis, Y., Roelandt, C., Schott, J., Pierret, M.-C., & François, L. (2009). Towards an Integrated Model of Weathering, Climate, and Biospheric Processes. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, 70, 411-434. doi:10.2138/rmg.2009.70.9

Henrot, A., François, L., Brewer, S., & Munhoven, G. (2009). Impacts of land surface properties and atmospheric CO2 on the Last Glacial Maximum climate: a factor separation analysis. Climate of the Past, 5 (2), 183-202. doi:10.5194/cp-5-183-2009

Huang, K., Zheng, Z., François, L., Dongshen, G., Cheddadi, R., Yanwei, Z., Jinhui, W., & Qinghai, X. (2009). Bioclimate-based Plant Affinity Groups and Regional Biome Simulation of China (In Chinese). Quaternary Sciences, 29, 1-12.

François, L., & Probst, J.-L. (2008). Carbon cycle and hydrology in the palaeo-terrestrial environments. Global and Planetary Change, 61 (1-2), 1-2. doi:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2007.08.013

Galy, V., François, L., France-Lanord, C., Faure, P., Kudrass, H., Palhol, F., & Singh, S. K. (2008). C4 plants decline in the Himalayan basin since the Last Glacial Maximum. Quaternary Science Reviews, 27 (13-14), 1396-1409. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2008.04.005

Laurent, J.-M., François, L., Bar-Hen, A., Bel, L., & Cheddadi, R. (2008). European bioclimatic affinity groups: Data-model comparisons. Global and Planetary Change, 61 (1-2), 28-40. doi:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2007.08.017

Favre, E., François, L., Fluteau, F., Cheddadi, R., Thevenod, L., & Suc, J.-P. (2007). Messinian vegetation maps of the Mediterranean region using models and interpolated pollen data. Geobios, 40 (3), 433-443. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2006.12.002

Godderis, Y., Donnadieu, Y., Dessert, C., Dupre, B., Fluteau, F., François, L., Meert, J., Nedelec, A., & Ramstein, G. (2007). Coupled modeling of global carbon cycle and climate in the Neoproterozoic: links between Rodinia breakup and major glaciations. Comptes Rendus Geoscience, 339 (3-4), 212-222. doi:10.1016/j.crte.2005.12.002

Utescher, T., Erdei, B., François, L., & Mosbrugger, V. (2007). Tree diversity in the Miocene forests of western Eurasia. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 253 (1-2), 226-250. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.03.041

Cheddadi, R., Vendramin, G. G., Litt, T., François, L., Kageyama, M., Lorentz, S., Laurent, J.-M., de Beaulieu, J. L., Sadori, L., Jost, A., & Lunt, D. (2006). Imprints of glacial refugia in the modern genetic diversity of Pinus sylvestris. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 15 (3), 271-282. doi:10.1111/j.1466-822X.2006.00226.x

François, L., Ghislain, M., Otto, D., & Micheels, A. (2006). Late Miocene vegetation reconstruction with the CARAIB model. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 238 (1-4), 302-320. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.03.034

Godderis, Y., François, L., Probst, A., Schott, J., Moncoulon, D., Labat, D., & Viville, D. (2006). Modelling weathering processes at the catchment scale: The WITCH numerical model. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 70 (5), 1128-1147. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2005.11.018

Grard, A., François, L., Dessert, C., Dupre, B., & Godderis, Y. (2005). Basaltic volcanism and mass extinction at the Permo-Triassic boundary: Environmental impact and modeling of the global carbon cycle. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 234 (1-2), 207-221. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2005.02.027

Laurent, J.-M., Bar-Hen, A., François, L., Ghislain, M., & Cheddadi, R. (2004). Refining vegetation simulation models: From plant functional types to bioclimatic affinity groups of plants. Journal of Vegetation Science, 15 (6), 739-746. doi:10.1111/j.1654-1103.2004.tb02316.x

Longdoz, B., Aubinet, M., & François, L. (2004). Model Of Forest Carbon Sequestration Incorporating Aerial Wood Radiative Budget. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 125 (1-2), 83-104. doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2004.03.003

Dessert, C., Dupre, B., Gaillardet, J., François, L., & Allègre, C. J. (2003). Basalt weathering laws and the impact of basalt weathering on the global carbon cycle. Chemical Geology, 202 (3-4), 257-273. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2002.10.001

Dupre, B., Dessert, C., Oliva, P., Godderis, Y., Viers, J., François, L., Millot, R., & Gaillardet, J. (2003). Rivers, chemical weathering and Earth's climate. Comptes Rendus Geoscience, 335 (16), 1141-1160. doi:10.1016/j.crte.2003.09.015

Godderis, Y., Donnadieu, Y., Nedelec, A., Dupre, B., Dessert, C., Grard, A., Ramstein, G., & François, L. (2003). The Sturtian 'snowball' glaciation: fire and ice. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 211 (1-2), 1-12. doi:10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00197-3

François, L., Faure, H., & Probst, J. L. (2002). The global carbon cycle and its changes over glacial-interglacial cycles - Preface. Global and Planetary Change, 33 (1-2). doi:10.1016/S0921-8181(02)00056-5

Misson, L., Rasse, D., Vincke, C., Aubinet, M., & François, L. (2002). Predicting transpiration from forest stands in Belgium for the 21st century. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 111 (4), 265-282. doi:10.1016/S0168-1923(02)00039-4

Otto, D., Rasse, D., Kaplan, J., Warnant, P., & François, L. (2002). Biospheric carbon stocks reconstructed at the Last Glacial Maximum: comparison between general circulation models using prescribed and computed sea surface temperatures. Global and Planetary Change, 33 (1-2), 117-138. doi:10.1016/S0921-8181(02)00066-8

Toutain, J. P., Baubron, J. C., & François, L. (2002). Runoff control of soil degassing at an active volcano. The case of Piton de la Fournaise, Reunion Island. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 197 (1-2), 83-94. doi:10.1016/S0012-821X(02)00467-3

Dessert, C., Dupre, B., François, L., Schott, J., Gaillardet, J., Chakrapani, G., & Bajpai, S. (2001). Erosion of Deccan Traps determined by river geochemistry: impact on the global climate and the Sr-87/Sr-86 ratio of seawater. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 188 (3-4), 459-474. doi:10.1016/S0012-821X(01)00317-X

Godderis, Y., François, L., & Veizer, J. (2001). The early Paleozoic carbon cycle. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 190 (3-4), 181-196. doi:10.1016/S0012-821X(01)00377-6

Rasse, D. P., François, L., Aubinet, M., Kowalski, A. S., Vande Walle, I., Laitat, E., & Gérard, J.-C. (2001). Modelling short-term CO2 fluxes and long-term tree growth in temperate forests with ASPECTS. Ecological Modelling, 141 (1-3), 35-52. doi:10.1016/S0304-3800(01)00239-3

Veizer, J., Godderis, Y., & François, L. (2000). Evidence for decoupling of atmospheric CO2 and global climate during the Phanerozoic eon. Nature, 408 (6813), 698-701. doi:10.1038/35047044

François, L., Godderis, Y., Warnant, P., Ramstein, G., de Noblet, N., & Lorenz, S. (1999). Carbon stocks and isotopic budgets of the terrestrial biosphere at mid-Holocene and last glacial maximum times. Chemical Geology, 159 (1-4), 163-189. doi:10.1016/S0009-2541(99)00039-X

Gérard, J.-C., Nemry, B., François, L., & Warnant, P. (1999). The interannual change of atmospheric CO2: contribution of subtropical ecosystems? Geophysical Research Letters, 26 (2), 243-246. doi:10.1029/1998GL900269

Nemry, B., François, L., Gérard, J.-C., Bondeau, A., & Heimann, M. (1999). Comparing global models of terrestrial net primary productivity (NPP): analysis of the seasonal atmospheric CO2 signal. Global Change Biology, 5 (Suppl. 1), 65-76. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2486.1999.00008.x

François, L., Delire, C., Warnant, P., & Munhoven, G. (1998). Modelling the glacial-interglacial changes in the continental biosphere. Global and Planetary Change, 17, 37-52. doi:10.1016/S0921-8181(98)00005-8

François, L., & Godderis, Y. (1998). Isotopic constraints on the Cenozoic evolution of the carbon cycle. Chemical Geology, 145 (3-4), 177-212. doi:10.1016/S0009-2541(97)00143-5

Hubert, B., François, L., Warnant, P., & Strivay, D. (1998). Stochastic generation of meteorological variables and effects on global models of water and carbon cycles in vegetation and soils. Journal of Hydrology, 213 (1-4), 318-334. doi:10.1016/S0022-1694(98)00214-5

François, L., Gérard, J.-C., Nemry, B., Warnant, P., Delire, C., & Munhoven, G. (1997). A global model of the biosphere : validation and applications to present and past climatic conditions. Sciences Géologiques. Bulletin, 50 (1-4), 89-107.

Longdoz, B., & François, L. (1997). The faint young sun climatic paradox: Influence of the continental configuration and of the seasonal cycle on the climatic stability. Global and Planetary Change, 14 (3-4), 97-112. doi:10.1016/S0921-8181(96)00006-9

François, L., Nemry, B., Warnant, P., & Gérard, J.-C. (1996). Seasonal and interannual influences of the terrestrial ecosystems on atmospheric CO2: a model study. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 21, 537-544. doi:10.1016/s0079-1946(97)81154-8

Godderis, Y., & François, L. (1996). Balancing the Cenozoic carbon and alkalinity cycles: Constraints from isotopic records. Geophysical Research Letters, 23 (25), 3743-3746. doi:10.1029/96GL03575

Mouchet, A., & François, L. (1996). Sensitivity of a global oceanic carbon cycle model to the circulation and to the fate of organic matter: preliminary results. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 21, 511-516. doi:10.1016/s0079-1946(97)81150-0

Munhoven, G., & Francois, L. (1996). Glacial-interglacial variability of atmospheric CO2 due to changing continental silicate rock weathering: A model study. Journal of Geophysical Research, 101 (D16), 21423-21437. doi:10.1029/96JD01842

Nemry, B., François, L., Warnant, P., Robinet, F., & Gérard, J.-C. (1996). The seasonality of the CO2 exchange between the atmosphere and the land biosphere: A study with a global mechanistic vegetation model. Journal of Geophysical Research, 101 (D3), 7111-7125. doi:10.1029/95JD03656

Godderis, Y., & François, L. (1995). The Cenozoic evolution of the strontium and carbon cycles: Relative importance of continental erosion and mantle exchanges. Chemical Geology, 126 (2), 169-190. doi:10.1016/0009-2541(95)00117-3

Warnant, P., François, L., Strivay, D., & Gérard, J.-C. (1994). CARAIB - A global model of terrestrial biological productivity. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 8 (3), 255-270. doi:10.1029/94GB00850

François, L., & WALKER, J. C. G. (1992). MODELING THE PHANEROZOIC CARBON-CYCLE AND CLIMATE - CONSTRAINTS FROM THE SR-87-SR-86 ISOTOPIC RATIO OF SEAWATER. American Journal of Science, 292 (2), 81-135. doi:10.2475/ajs.292.2.81

Gérard, J.-C., Hauglustaine, D. A., & François, L. (1992). The faint young sun climatic paradox: A simulation with an interactive seasonal climate-sea ice model. Global and Planetary Change, 97 (3), 133-150. doi:10.1016/0921-8181(92)90008-X

François, L., WALKER, J. C. G., & KUHN, W. R. (1990). A NUMERICAL-SIMULATION OF CLIMATE CHANGES DURING THE OBLIQUITY CYCLE ON MARS. Journal of Geophysical Research, 95 (B9), 14761-14778. doi:10.1029/JB095iB09p14761

Gérard, J.-C., DELCOURT, D., & François, L. (1990). THE MAXIMUM-ENTROPY PRODUCTION PRINCIPLE IN CLIMATE MODELS - APPLICATION TO THE FAINT YOUNG SUN PARADOX. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 116 (495), 1123-1132. doi:10.1002/qj.49711649506

François, L. (1988). The effect of cloud parameterization and temperature profile on the climate sensitivity to ozone perturbations. Atmospheric Research, 21, 305-321.

François, L., & Gérard, J.-C. (1988). OZONE, CLIMATE AND BIOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT IN THE ANCIENT OXYGEN-POOR ATMOSPHERE. Planetary and Space Science, 36 (12), 1391-1414. doi:10.1016/0032-0633(88)90007-4

Gérard, J.-C., & François, L. (1988). A SENSITIVITY STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF SOLAR LUMINOSITY CHANGES ON THE EARTHS GLOBAL TEMPERATURE. Annales Geophysicae, 6 (1), 101-112.

François, L. (1987). Reducing power of ferrous iron in the Archean ocean. 2. Role of FeOH+ photooxidation. Paleoceanography, 2, 395-408. doi:10.1029/PA002i004p00395

Gérard, J.-C., & François, L. (1987). A MODEL OF SOLAR-CYCLE EFFECTS ON PALEOCLIMATE AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ELATINA FORMATION. Nature, 326 (6113), 577-580. doi:10.1038/326577a0

François, L. (1986). Extensive deposition of banded iron formations was possible without photosynthesis. Nature, 320, 352-354. doi:10.1038/320352a0

François, L., & Gérard, J.-C. (1986). Reducing Power of Ferrous Iron in the Archean Ocean, 1. Contribution of Photosynthetic Oxygen. Paleoceanography, 1, 355-368. doi:10.1029/PA001i004p00355

François, L., & Gérard, J.-C. (1986). A numerical model of the evolution of ocean sulfate and sedimentary sulfur during the last 800 million years. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 50, 2289-2302. doi:10.1016/0016-7037(86)90083-9

Articles accepted in journal without reviewing

François, L., & Hambuckers, A. (2020). Modeling past plant species distributions in mountainous areas: a way to improve our knowledge of future climate change impacts? Past Global Changes Magazine, 28 (1), 16-17.

Demarteau, M., François, L., Cheddadi, R., & Roche, E. (2007). Réponses de Cedrus atlantica aux changements climatiques passés et futurs. Geo-Eco-Trop: Revue Internationale de Géologie, de Géographie et d'Écologie Tropicales.

Gérard, J.-C., & François, L. (1996). CO2 atmosphérique et simulation de ses variations d'origine naturelle et anthropique. Revue de la Science et des Techniques, 14, 19-27.

Hubert, B., François, L., & Warnant, P. (1995). Stochastic generation of precipitation and effect on vegetation net primary production. Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment news, 5, 6.

Articles accepted in conference proceedings

Doutreloup, S., Wyard, C., Belleflamme, A., François, L., Fettweis, X., & Erpicum, M. (2017). Évaluation de la capacité du Modèle Atmosphérique Régional (MAR) à simuler la saison des pluies en Afrique Intertropicale. In S. Dahech & S. Charfi (Eds.), Actes du XXXe colloque de l'Association Internationale de Climatologie : CLIMAT, VILLE ET ENVIRONNEMENT (pp. 389-395).

Pirttioja, N., Carter, T., Fronzek, S., Bindi, M., Hoffmann, H., Palosuo, T., RuizRamos, M., Trnka, M., Acutis, M., Asseng, S., Baranowski, P., Basso, B., Bodin, P., Buis, S., Cammarano, D., Deligios, P., Destain, M.-F., Doro, L., Dumont, B., ... Rötter", R. (2015). Wheat yield sensitivity to climate change across a European transect for a large ensemble of crop models. In J.-F. Soussana (Ed.), Proceedings of the Climate Smart Agriculture 2015 conference.

Pirttioja, N., Fronzek, S., Bindi, M., Carter, T., Hoffmann, H., Palosuo, T., RuizRamos, M., Trnka, M., Acutis, M., Asseng, S., Baranowski, P., Basso, B., Bodin, P., Buis, S., Cammarano, D., Deligios, P., Destain, M.-F., Doro, L., Dumont, B., ... Rötter, R. (2014). Examining wheat yield sensitivity to temperature and precipitation changes for a large ensemble of crop models using impact response surfaces". In R. Rotter & F. Ewert (Eds.), Modelling climate change impacts on crop production for food security - Abstract book (pp. 18-19).

Bureau, M., Carignan, J., France-Lanord, C., & François, L. (2007). Tracking groundwater contribution to rivers by combining hydrogen isotopes and cation concentrations. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 71 (15), 134-A134.

Godderis, Y., Schott, J., François, L., Dessert, C., & Dupre, B. (2007). Modelling continental weathering: from the lab to the field. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 71 (15), 333-A333.

Palhol, F., Galy, V., France-Lanord, C., Faure, P., & François, L. (2006). Evolution of paleoclimatic conditions and vegetation change in Himalaya from compound specific hydrogen and carbon analyses. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 70 (18), 468-A468. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2006.06.1398

François, L., Grard, A., & Goddéris, Y. (2005). Modelling atmospheric CO2 changes at geological timescales. Carnets de Géologie, M02/02 (Memoir 2005/02), 11-14.

François, L., Bureau, M., Carignan, J., Dambrine, E., France-Lanord, C., Schott, J., Pokrovsky, O., & Godderis, Y. (2004). Interactions between vegetation and rock chemical weathering: A study with a coupled hydrological and biogeochemical model. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 68 (11), 437-A437.

Godderis, Y., François, L., Probst, A., & Schott, J. (2004). Numerical modelling of weathering at the catchment scale. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 68 (11), 425-A425.

Dupre, B., Dessert, C., Grard, A., François, L., Godderis, Y., Allegre, C. J., & Gaillardet, J. (2002). The role of basalt chemical weathering on the CO2 cycle. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 66 (15A), 202-A202.

François, L., Gaillardet, J., & Godderis, Y. (2002). Modelling the Cenozoic evolution of atmospheric CO2. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 66 (15A), 243-A243.

Godderis, Y., Nedelec, A., Donnadieu, Y., François, L., Grard, A., & Dupre, B. (2002). Snowball Earth and basaltic traps. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 66 (15A), 281-A281.

Probst, A., Godderis, Y., François, L., Labat, D., Schott, J., & Viville, D. (2002). Modelling chemical weathering at river catchment scale: design and calibration of the WiTCh model. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 66 (15A), 615-A615.

François, L., Probst, A., Goddéris, Y., Schott, J., Rasse, D., Viville, D., Pokrovsky, O., & Dupré, B. (2001). A new model of rock weathering: design and validation on a small granitic catchment. In R. Cidu (Ed.), Water-Rock Interaction, Volume 1 - Proceedings of the Tenth International Symposium on Water-Rock Interaction (pp. 391-394). Lisse, Netherlands: A.A. Balkema Publishers.

François, L., Kaplan, J., Otto, D., Roelandt, C., Harrison, S. P., Prentice, I. C., Warnant, P., & Ramstein, G. (2000). Comparison of vegetation distributions and terrestrial carbon budgets reconstructed for the last glacial maximum with several biosphere models. In P. Braconnot (Ed.), PMIP, 2000: Paleoclimate Modelling Intercomparison Project (PMIP), Proceedings of the Third PMIP workshop (pp. 141-145). WMO.

Nemry, B., François, L., Gérard, J.-C., Otto, D., Rasse, D., & Warnant, P. (2000). Impact of crops on biomass and soil carbon: steady state simulations. In W. Cramer, R. Doherty, M. Hulme, ... D. Vinier (Eds.), Climate Scenarios for Agricultural, Forest and Ecosystem Impacts (pp. 101-106). Norwich, United Kingdom: Climate Research Unit.

Gérard, J.-C., François, L., Delire, C., Munhoven, G., Warnant, P., Mouchet, A., Robinet, F., Nemry, B., & Hauglustaine, D. (1993). Coupled modelling of the global chemical-climatic changes due to human activities. In Proceedings of the global change symposium (pp. 93-120). Belgian Science Policy Office.

François, L., & Walker, J. C. G. (1989). Methane production in sediments: the results of a theoretical model. In P. J. Crutzen, J.-C. Gérard, ... R. Zander (Eds.), Our Changing Atmosphere, Proceedings of the 28th Liège International Astrophysical Colloquium (pp. 411-418). Liège, Belgium: ULg - Université de Liège.

Oral presentations in conferences with scientific selection committee

Lanssens, B., François, L., Hambuckers, A., Moens, M., Anders, T., Tolle, M., & Remy, L. (20 October 2022). Impact of climate change on the distribution and diversity of vegetation species important for pollination [Paper presentation]. Changements globaux et gestion de la transition : au singulier ou au pluriel ?.

Hubert, B., François, L., Strivay, D., & Warnant, P. (04 April 1995). Random simulation of precipitation and effects on a global model of soil hydrology and vegetation productivity [Paper presentation]. European Geophysical Society XX General Assembly, Hamburg, Germany.