A plot of fσ₈ versus redshift, showing VIPERS result contrasted with a compilation of recent measurements. The previous results from 2dFGRS (Hawkins et al. 2003), 2SLAQ (Ross et al. 2007), VVDS (Guzzo et al. 2008), SDSS LRG (Cabré & Gaztañaga 2009; Samushia et al. 2012), WiggleZ (Blake et al. 2012), BOSS (Reid et al. 2012), and 6dFGS (Beutler et al. 2012) surveys are shown with the different symbols (see inset). The thick solid (dashed) curve corresponds to the prediction for General Relativity in a ΛCDM model with WMAP9 (Planck) parameters, while the dotted, dot-dashed, and dot-dot-dashed curves are respectively Dvali-Gabadaze-Porrati (Dvali et al. 2000), coupled dark energy, and f(R) model expectations. For these models, the analytical growth rate predictions given in di Porto et al. (2012) have been used.