CHARLES-DOMINIQUE Tristan
My research focuses on understanding functions associated with plant architecture. I investigate how architectural traits contribute to define the ecological performance of species at various spatial and temporal scales, using: 1) field and controlled experiments at the individual scale, a) to understand how branching events translate into individual performance and b) propose synthetic morphological traits associated with functions; 2) community analyses to identify the drivers responsible for biome assembly and their corresponding plant trait filtering; 3) analyses on dated phylogenies to reveal macro-evolutionary trends; 4) virtual experiments to obtain information hard to get from field observations or experiments alone.
Publications
Kouamé YAG, Millan M, N’Dri AB, Charles-Dominique T, Konan M, Bakayoko A, Gignoux J. 2022. Multispecies allometric equations for shrubs and trees biomass prediction in a Guinean savanna of West Africa. Sylva Fennica 56, 1-28.
Churski M, Charles-Dominique T, Bubnicki J, Jędrzejewska B, Kuijper D, Cromsigt J. 2022. Herbivore-induced branching increases sapling survival in temperate forest canopy gaps. Journal of Ecology. 10.1111/1365-2745.13880
Lefebvre T, Charles-Dominique T, Tomlinson KW. 2022. Trunk spines of trees: a physical defence against bark removal and climbing by mammals? Annals of Botany 5: 541-554.
Beckett H, Staver C, Charles-Dominique T, Bond W. 2022. Pathways of savannization in a mesic African
savanna-forest mosaic following an extreme fire. Journal of Ecology 110: 902-915. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.13851
Ferry N, Dray S, Fritz H, Ipavec A, Wigley BJ, Charles‐Dominique T, Bourgarel M, Sebele L, Valeix M. 2021. Long‐term high densities of African elephants clear the understorey and promote a new stable savanna woodland community. Journal of Vegetation Science, 32(6), p.e13101.
Chiminazzo MA, Bombo AB, Charles‐Dominique T, Fidelis A. 2021. Bud traits and post-fire responses of Cerrado woody species, Southeastern Brazil, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.x0k6djhk5
Chiminazzo MA, Bombo AB, Charles‐Dominique T, Fidelis A. 2021. Your best buds are worth protecting: Variation in bud protection in a fire‐prone cerrado system. Functional Ecology. 10.1111/1365-2435.13907
Kouamé YAG, Millan M, N’Dri AB, Bakayoko A, Gignoux J, Charles-Dominique T. 2021. A Quantitative Index Based on Leaf Heteroblasty for Predicting Root Biomass in a Frequently Burned Savanna Species: Cussonia arborea Hochst. Ex A. Rich.(Araliaceae). International Journal of Plant & Soil Science 33, 220-237.
Klimešová J, Ottaviani G, Charles-Dominique T, Campetella G, Canullo R, Chelli S, et al. 2021. Incorporating clonality into the plant ecology research agenda. Trends in Plant Science 26, 1236-1247.
Maurin O, Anest A, Bellot S, Biffin E, Brewer G, Charles-Dominique T, et al. 2021. A nuclear phylogenomic study of the angiosperm order Myrtales, exploring the potential and limitations of the universal Angiosperms353 probe set. American Journal of Botany 108, 1087-1111.
Anest A, Charles‐Dominique T, Maurin O, Millan M, Edelin C, Tomlinson KW. 2021. Evolving the structure: Climatic and developmental constraints on the evolution of plant architecture. A case study in Euphorbia. New Phytologist 231, 1278–1295
Wigley BJ, Charles-Dominique T, Hempson GP, Stevens N, TeBeest M, Archibald S, et al. 2021. Corrigendum to: A handbook for the standardised sampling of plant functional traits in disturbance-prone ecosystems, with a focus on open ecosystems. Australian Journal of Botany 69, 110-110.
Wigley BJ, Charles-Dominique T, Hempson GP, Stevens N, TeBeest M, Archibald S, et al. 2020. A handbook for the standardised sampling of plant functional traits in disturbance-prone ecosystems, with a focus on open ecosystems. Australian Journal of Botany 68, 473-531.
Ottaviani G, Molina-Venegas R, Charles-Dominique T, Chelli S, Campetella G, Canullo R, Klimešová J. 2020. The neglected belowground dimension of plant dominance. Trends in ecology & evolution 35, 763-6.
Armani, M, Goodale UM, Charles‐Dominique T, Barton KE, Yao X, Tomlinson KW. 2020. Structural defence is coupled with the leaf economic spectrum across saplings of spiny species. Oikos, 129,740-52.
Klimešová J, Martínková J, Ottaviani G, Charles‐Dominique T. 2020. Half of the (big) picture is missing! American Journal of Botany 107, 385-389.
Davies TJ, Daru BH, Bezeng BS, Charles-Dominique T, Hempson GP, Kabongo RM, Maurin O, Muasya AM, van der Bank M, Bond WJ. 2020. Savanna tree evolutionary ages inform the reconstruction of the paleoenvironment of our hominin ancestors. Scientific reports 10, 1-8.
Anderson PML, Charles-Dominique T, Ernstson H, Andersson E, Elmqvist T. 2020. Post-apartheid ecologies in the City of Cape Town: an examination of plant functional traits in relation to urban gradients. The case of the city of Cape Town. Landscape and Urban planning, 193, 103662.
Dong B, Charles-Dominique T, Corlett RT, Quan R-C, Chen Z. 2019. The uniqueness of spider lactation in arthropods. Science e-Letter. URL: https://science.sciencemag.org/content/363/6427/593/tab-e-letters.
Armani M, Charles-Dominique T, Barton KE, Tomlinson KW. 2019. Developmental constraints and resource environment shape early emergence and investment in spines in saplings. Annals of Botany 124,1133-1142.
Charles-Dominique T, Barczi J-F, Chamaillé-James S. 2019. Woody Plant Architecture and Effects on Browsing Herbivores in Savannas. Book chapter in Savanna Woody Plants and Large Herbivores. Eds. Scogings PF, Sankaran M. Wiley.
Chen Z, Corlett RT, Jiao X, Liu S-J, Charles-Dominique T, Zhang S, Li H, Quan R-C. 2018. Prolonged milk provisioning in a jumping spider. Science, 362, 1052-1055.
Charles-Dominique T, Midgley GF, Bond WJ. 2018. Follow the light: shade versus fire adapted vegetation. New Phytologist 218, 1419-1429.
Osborne CP, Charles-Dominique T, Stevens N, Bond WJ, Midgley GF, Lehmann CER. 2018. Human impacts in African savannas are mediated by plant functional traits. New Phytologist 220, 10-24.
Bernardo P, Charles-Dominique T, Fernandez E, Filloux D, Ortet P, Barakat M, Rebelo TA, Cousins S, Mesleard F, Cohez D, Yaverkovski N, Varsani A, Harkins GW, Peterschmitt M, Malmstrom C, Martin DP, Roumagnac P. 2017. Geometagenomics illuminates the impact of agriculture on the distribution and prevalence of plant viruses at the ecosystem scale. ISME Journal 1, 173-184.
Charles-Dominique T, Barczi J-F, Le Roux L, Midgley GF, Bond WJ, Chamaillé-James S. 2017. The architectural design of trees protects them against large herbivores. Functional Ecology 31, 1710-1717.
Charles-Dominique T, Midgley GF, Bond WJ. 2017. Fire frequency filters species by bark traits in a savanna-forest mosaic. Journal of Vegetation Science 28, 728-735.
Kruger L, Charles-Dominique T, Bond WJ, Midgley JJ, Balfour D, Mkhwanazi A. 2017. Woody Plant Traits and Life-History Strategies across Disturbance Gradients and Biome Boundaries in the Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park. Book chapter In Conserving Africa’s Mega-Diversity in the Anthropocene: The Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park Story. Eds: Cromsigt JP, Archibald S and Owen-Smith N. Cambridge University Press. pp 189-210.
Suri J, Anderson PM, Charles-Dominique T, Hellard E, Cumming GS. 2017. More than just a corridor: A suburban river catchment enhances bird functional diversity. Landscape and Urban Planning 157, 331-342.
Charles-Dominique T, Davies JT, Hempson GP, Bezeng BS, Daru BH, Kabongo RM, Maurin O, Muasya AM, van der Bank M, Bond WJ. 2016 Spiny plants, mammal browsers, and the origin of African savannas. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113, E5572-E5579.
Pellegrini AF, Staver AC, Hedin LO, Charles‐Dominique T, Tourgee A. 2016. Aridity, not fire, favors nitrogen‐fixing plants across tropical savanna and forest biomes. Ecology 97, 2177-2183
Charles-Dominique T, Midgley GF, Bond WJ. 2015 An index for assessing effectiveness of plant structural defences against mammal browsing. Plant Ecology 10, 1433-1440.
Charles-Dominique T, Beckett H, Midgley GF, Bond WJ. 2015. Bud protection: a key trait for species sorting in a forest/savanna mosaic. New Phytologist 207, 1052-1060.
Charles-Dominique T, Staver C, Midgley GF, Bond WJ. 2015. Functional differentiation of biomes in an African savanna/forest mosaic. South African Journal of Botany 101, 82-90
Charles-Dominique T, Edelin C, Bouchard A, Legendre P, Brisson J. 2014. Using intra-individual variation in shrub architecture to explain population cover. Oikos 124, 706-716.
Granados-Mendoza C, Isnard S, Charles-Dominique T, Goetghebeur P, Samain MS. 2014. Bouldering: An alternative strategy to long-vertical climbing in root-climbing hortensias. Journal of the Royal Society – Interface 11, 20140611.
Charles-Dominique T, Edelin C, Brisson J, Bouchard A. 2012. Architectural strategies of Rhamnus cathartica (Rhamnaceae) in relation to canopy openness. Botany, 90, 976-989.
Charles-Dominique T, Edelin C, Bouchard A. 2010. Architectural strategies of Cornus sericea, a native but invasive shrub of Southern Quebec, Canada, under an open or a closed canopy. Annals of botany 105, 205–220.
Charles-Dominique T, Mangenet T, Rey H, Jourdan C, Edelin C. 2009. Architectural analysis of root system of sexually vs. vegetatively propagated yam (Dioscorea rotundata Poir.), a tuber monocot. Plant and Soil 317, 61-77.