Reconstructing the environmental, biological, and societal drivers of plague outbreaks in Eurasia between 1300 and 1900 CE

Project Information

Synergy-Plague

Grant agreement ID: 101118880

DOI

10.3030/101118880

EC signature date 6 March 2024

Start date 1 April 2024

End date 31 March 2030

Funded under

• European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 8 381 928,00

EU contribution

€ 8 381 928,00

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITETET I OSLO
Norway

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Publications

Peer reviewed articles (25)

Assessment of non-stationary tree growth responses in the forest-tundra and southern taiga of central Siberia

Author(s): Alexander V. Kirdyanov; Alberto Arzac; Anatoly S. Prokushkin; Dmitriy V. Ovchinnikov; Alexander I. Bondarev; Pavel P. Silkin; Tatiana Bebchuk; Jan Esper; Ulf Büntgen
Published in: Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Issue 360, 2025, ISSN 1873-2240
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/J.AGRFORMET.2024.110296

Methodological constrains of tree-ring stable isotope chronologies

Author(s): Tito Arosio, Max Torbenson, Tatiana Bebchuk, Alexander Kirdyanov, Jan Esper, Takeshi Nakatsuka, Masaki Sano, Otmar Urban, Kurt Nicolussi, Markus Leuenberger, Ulf Büntgen
Published in: Quaternary Science Reviews, Issue 340, 2024, ISSN 0277-3791
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.QUASCIREV.2024.108861

Physiological meaning of bimodal tree growth-climate response patterns

Author(s): Ulf Büntgen; Jan Esper
Published in: International Journal of Biometeorology, Issue 68, 2024, ISSN 1432-1254
Publisher: Springer Nature
DOI: 10.1007/S00484-024-02706-5

2023 summer warmth unparalleled over the past 2,000 years

Author(s): Jan Esper; Max Torbenson; Ulf Büntgen
Published in: Nature, Issue 631, 2024, ISSN 1476-4687
Publisher: Springer Nature
DOI: 10.1038/S41586-024-07512-Y

Proteins of the SubB family provide multiple mechanisms of serum resistance in <i>Yersinia pestis</i>

Author(s): François Pierre, Alexandre Baillez, Amélie Dewitte, Agustin Rolandelli, Florent Sebbane
Published in: Emerging Microbes &amp; Infections, Issue 14, 2025, ISSN 2222-1751
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
DOI: 10.1080/22221751.2025.2493926

Taxus tree-ring chronologies from southern England reveal western European hydroclimate changes over the past three centuries

Author(s): Bebchuk, Tatiana; Moir, Andy K; Arosio, Tito; Kirdyanov, Alexander V; Torbenson, Max CA; Krusic, Paul J; Hindson, Toby R; Howard, Heidi; Buchwal, Agata; Norman, Charles AP; Büntgen, Ulf
Published in: Climate Dynamics, Issue 63, 2025, ISSN 1432-0894
Publisher: Springer Nature
DOI: 10.17863/CAM.115598

Tree-Ring Chronologies from the Upper Treeline in the Russian Altai Mountains Reveal Strong and Stable Summer Temperature Signals

Author(s): Alexander V. Kirdyanov, Alberto Arzac, Alina A. Kirdyanova, Tito Arosio, Dmitriy V. Ovchinnikov, Dmitry A. Ganyushkin, Paul N. Katjutin, Vladimir S. Myglan, Andrey N. Nazarov, Igor Y. Slyusarenko, Tatiana Bebchuk, Ulf Büntgen
Published in: Forests, Issue 15, 2024, ISSN 1999-4907
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.17863/CAM.111120

Protocol for monitoring Yersinia pestis colonization of the proventriculus in the flea Xenopsylla cheopis using microscopy

Author(s): Amélie Dewitte; Elisabeth Werkmeister; Florent Sebbane; Sébastien Bontemps-Gallo
Published in: STAR Protocols, Issue Volume 6, Issue 2, 2025, ISSN 2666-1667
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/J.XPRO.2025.103853

La peste à l’ère moderne, comprendre la transmission de la bactérie <i>Yersinia pestis</i> par les puces

Author(s): Florent Sebbane, Amélie Dewitte, Alexandre Baillez
Published in: médecine/sciences, Issue 41, 2025, ISSN 0767-0974
Publisher: EDP Sciences
DOI: 10.1051/MEDSCI/2025096

Highest Occurring Vascular Plants from Ladakh Provide Wood Anatomical Evidence for a Thermal Limitation of Cell Wall Lignification

Author(s): Ulf Büntgen, Veronika Jandova, Jiri Dolezal
Published in: Plant, Cell &amp; Environment, Issue 48, 2024, ISSN 0140-7791
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1111/PCE.15221

Russian dilemma for global arctic science

Author(s): Rees, Gareth; Büntgen, Ulf
Published in: Ambio, Issue 53, 2024, ISSN 1654-7209
Publisher: Springer Nature
DOI: 10.17863/CAM.108574

Epidemic evolutionarily stable strategies within an age-structured host population

Author(s): Andreas Eilersen; Ottar N. Bjørnstad; Ruiyun Li; Sebastian J. Schreiber; Zeyuan Pei; Nils Chr. Stenseth
Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Issue 122 (12), 2025, ISSN 1091-6490
Publisher: National Academy of Sciences (NAS)
DOI: 10.3929/ETHZ-B-000729774

Introducing the concepts of range‐pinning and Allee effects to explain reduced temperature sensitivity of global treeline dynamics

Author(s): Ulf Büntgen, Audrey Palosse, Jiri Dolezal, Andrew Liebhold
Published in: Global Change Biology, Issue 30, 2024, ISSN 1354-1013
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1111/GCB.17288

Climate data for climate action

Author(s): Ulf Büntgen, Mirek Trnka, Mike Hulme, Jan Esper
Published in: npj Climate Action, Issue 4, 2025, ISSN 2731-9814
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/S44168-025-00221-W

Recent heatwaves as a prelude to climate extremes in the western Mediterranean region

Author(s): Ernesto Tejedor; Gerardo Benito; Roberto Serrano-Notivoli; Fidel González-Rouco; Jan Esper; Ulf Büntgen
Published in: npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, Issue 7, 2024, ISSN 2397-3722
Publisher: Springer Nature
DOI: 10.1038/S41612-024-00771-6

Publisher Correction: Climate data for climate action

Author(s): Ulf Büntgen; Mirek Trnka; Mike Hulme; Jan Esper
Published in: npj Climate Action, Issue 4, 2025, ISSN 2731-9814
Publisher: Springer Nature
DOI: 10.1038/S44168-025-00223-8

Tree-ring stable isotopes from the European Alps reveal long-term summer drying over the Holocene

Author(s): Tito Arosio; Markus Leuenberger; Kurt Nicolussi; Jan Esper; Paul J. Krusic; Tatiana Bebchuk; Willy Tegel; Albert Hafner; Alexander Kirdyanov; Christian Schlüchter; Frederick Reinig; Francesco Muschitiello; Ulf Büntgen
Published in: Science Advances, Issue Vol 11, Issue 14, 2025, ISSN 2375-2548
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science
DOI: 10.48620/87327

Retracing the path of evolution: polymorphisms of <i>aspA</i> codon 363 shape the fitness of <i>Yersinia pestis</i>

Author(s): Kai Song, Ruichen Lv, Leiming Shen, Yarong Wu, Xiuwei Qian, Yiming Cui, Yumeng Wei, Yanbing Li, Yanting Zhao, Wenwu Yao, Yafang Tan, Yanping Han, Yujing Bi, Zongmin Du, Florent Sebbane, Yujun Cui, Ruifu Yang, Yajun Song
Published in: Emerging Microbes &amp; Infections, Issue 14, 2025, ISSN 2222-1751
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
DOI: 10.1080/22221751.2025.2532700

Multi-Proxy Tree-Ring Dating during the Younger Dryas

Author(s): Frederick Reinig, Adam Sookdeo, Jan Esper, Kerstin Treydte, Lukas Wacker, Giulia Guidobaldi, Daniel Nievergelt, Matthias Saurer, Michael Friedrich, Gerhard Helle, Bernd Kromer, Maren Pauly, Willy Tegel, Anne Verstege, Ulf Büntgen
Published in: Tree-Ring Research, Issue 81, 2025, ISSN 1536-1098
Publisher: Tree-Ring Society
DOI: 10.3959/TRR2023-1

Droughts and conflicts during the late Roman period

Author(s): Norman, C; Schwinden, L; Krusic, P; Rzepecki, A; Bebchuk, T; Büntgen, U
Published in: Climatic Change, Issue 178, 2025, ISSN 1573-1480
Publisher: Springer Nature
DOI: 10.17863/CAM.117340

Plague in Small Mammals From an Endemic Focus of the Malagasy Central Highlands: A Longitudinal Survey With a Special Reference on Black Rats (<i>Rattus rattus</i>)

Author(s): Mamionah Noro Jully Parany, Nils Christian Stenseth, Fanohinjanaharinirina Rasoamalala, Soanandrasana Rahelinirina, Soloandry Rahajandraibe, Voahangy Andrianaivoarimanana, Gauthier Dobigny, Olivier Gorgé, Eric Valade, Henry Fell, Beza Ramasindrazana, Minoarisoa Rajerison
Published in: Integrative Zoology, 2025, ISSN 1749-4877
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1111/1749-4877.12944

Tree-ring width and blue intensity chronologies of three co-existing conifer species from the Russian Altai mountains reveal different climate signals

Author(s): Alberto Arzac; Alexander V. Kirdyanov; Viktoria V. Agapova; Alina A. Kirdyanova; Daniel Diaz de Quijano; Nikolay I. Bykov; Ulf Büntgen
Published in: Dendrochronologia, Issue 93, 2025, ISSN 1612-0051
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/J.DENDRO.2025.126382

The importance of distinguishing climate science from climate activism

Author(s): Ulf Büntgen
Published in: npj Climate Action, Issue 3, 2024, ISSN 2731-9814
Publisher: Springer Nature
DOI: 10.1038/S44168-024-00126-0

Author Correction: 2023 summer warmth unparalleled over the past 2,000 years

Author(s): Jan Esper, Max Torbenson, Ulf Büntgen
Published in: Nature, Issue 641, 2025, ISSN 0028-0836
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/S41586-025-09095-8

Exploring temperature-dependent transcriptomic adaptations in Yersinia pestis using direct cDNA sequencing by Oxford Nanopore Technologies

Author(s): Brandon Robin, Alexandre Baillez, Servane Le Guillouzer, Cécile Lecoeur, Florent Sebbane, Sébastien Bontemps-Gallo
Published in: Scientific Reports, Issue 15, 2025, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/S41598-025-05662-1