@article {2013A\&A...558A..23D, title = {The VIMOS Public Extragalactic Redshift Survey (VIPERS). A precise measurement of the galaxy stellar mass function and the abundance of massive galaxies at redshifts 0.5 < z < 1.3}, journal = {\aap}, volume = {558}, year = {2013}, month = {oct}, pages = {A23}, keywords = {Astrophysics - Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, cosmology: observations, galaxies: evolution, galaxies: luminosity function, galaxies: statistics, mass function}, doi = {10.1051/0004-6361/201321511}, author = {Davidzon, I. and Bolzonella, M. and Coupon, J. and Ilbert, O. and Arnouts, S. and de la Torre, S. and Fritz, A. and De Lucia, G. and Iovino, A. and Granett, B. R. and Zamorani, G. and Guzzo, L. and Abbas, U. and Adami, C. and Bel, J. and Bottini, D. and Branchini, E. and Cappi, A. and Cucciati, O. and Franzetti, P. and Fumana, M. and Garilli, B. and Krywult, J. and Le Brun, V. and Le F{\`e}vre, O. and Maccagni, D. and Ma{\l}ek, K. and Marulli, F. and McCracken, H. J. and Paioro, L. and Peacock, J. A. and Polletta, M. and Pollo, A. and Schlagenhaufer, H. and Scodeggio, M. and Tasca, L. A. M. and Tojeiro, R. and Vergani, D. and Zanichelli, A. and Burden, A. and Di Porto, C. and Marchetti, A. and Marinoni, C. and Mellier, Y. and Moscardini, L. and Moutard, T. and Nichol, R. C. and Percival, W. J. and Phleps, S. and Wolk, M.} }