| Fungal community composition predicts forest carbon storage at a continental scale
Anthony, M. A., Tedersoo, L., De Vos, B., Croisé, L., Meesenburg, H., Wagner, M., … Averill, C. (2024). Fungal community composition predicts forest carbon storage at a continental scale. Nature Communications, 15, 2385 (13 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-46792-w |
| Tree- and stand-scale variability of xylem water stable isotope signatures in mature beech, oak and spruce
Bernhard, F., Floriancic, M. G., Treydte, K., Gessler, A., Kirchner, J. W., & Meusburger, K. (2024). Tree- and stand-scale variability of xylem water stable isotope signatures in mature beech, oak and spruce. Ecohydrology. https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.2614 |
| Contrasting physiological strategies explain heterogeneous responses to severe drought conditions within local populations of a widespread conifer
Depardieu, C., Lenz, P., Marion, J., Nadeau, S., Girardin, M. P., Marchand, W., … Isabel, N. (2024). Contrasting physiological strategies explain heterogeneous responses to severe drought conditions within local populations of a widespread conifer. Science of the Total Environment, 923, 171174 (14 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171174 |
| Uncoupling of stomatal conductance and photosynthesis at high temperatures: mechanistic insights from online stable isotope techniques
Diao, H., Cernusak, L. A., Saurer, M., Gessler, A., Siegwolf, R. T. W., & Lehmann, M. M. (2024). Uncoupling of stomatal conductance and photosynthesis at high temperatures: mechanistic insights from online stable isotope techniques. New Phytologist, 241(6), 2366-2378. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.19558 |
| Chronic warming and dry soils limit carbon uptake and growth despite a longer growing season in beech and oak
Didion-Gency, M., Vitasse, Y., Buchmann, N., Gessler, A., Gisler, J., Schaub, M., & Grossiord, C. (2024). Chronic warming and dry soils limit carbon uptake and growth despite a longer growing season in beech and oak. Plant Physiology, 194(2), 741-757. https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiad565 |
| Advancing forest inventorying and monitoring
Ferretti, M., Fischer, C., Gessler, A., Graham, C., Meusburger, K., Abegg, M., … Shackleton, R. T. (2024). Advancing forest inventorying and monitoring. Annals of Forest Science, 81(1), 6 (25 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13595-023-01220-9 |
| Drought resistance and resilience of rhizosphere communities in forest soils from the cellular to ecosystem scale – insights from <sup>13</sup>C pulse labeling
Gao, D., Luster, J., Zürcher, A., Arend, M., Bai, E., Gessler, A., … Hagedorn, F. (2024). Drought resistance and resilience of rhizosphere communities in forest soils from the cellular to ecosystem scale – insights from 13C pulse labeling. New Phytologist. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.19612 |
| Beyond source and sink control – toward an integrated approach to understand the carbon balance in plants
Gessler, A., & Zweifel, R. (2024). Beyond source and sink control – toward an integrated approach to understand the carbon balance in plants. New Phytologist. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.19611 |
| Finding the balance between open access to forest data while safeguarding the integrity of National Forest Inventory-derived information
Gessler, A., Schaub, M., Bose, A., Trotsiuk, V., Valbuena, R., Chirici, G., & Buchmann, N. (2024). Finding the balance between open access to forest data while safeguarding the integrity of National Forest Inventory-derived information. New Phytologist, 242(2), 344-346. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.19466 |
| Why leaves become isotopically lighter than photosynthetic carbon isotope discrimination explains: on the importance of post-photosynthetic fractionation
Gessler, A. (2024). Why leaves become isotopically lighter than photosynthetic carbon isotope discrimination explains: on the importance of post-photosynthetic fractionation. Journal of Experimental Botany, 75(5), 1210-1212. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erad497 |
| Recent human-induced atmospheric drying across Europe unprecedented in the last 400 years
Treydte, K., Liu, L., Padrón, R. S., Martínez-Sancho, E., Babst, F., Frank, D. C., … Loader, N. J. (2024). Recent human-induced atmospheric drying across Europe unprecedented in the last 400 years. Nature Geoscience, 17(1), 58-65. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-023-01335-8 |
| Finding balance: tree‐ring isotopes differentiate between acclimation and stress‐induced imbalance in a long‐term irrigation experiment
Vitali, V., Schuler, P., Holloway‐Phillips, M., D'Odorico, P., Guidi, C., Klesse, S., … Saurer, M. (2024). Finding balance: tree‐ring isotopes differentiate between acclimation and stress‐induced imbalance in a long‐term irrigation experiment. Global Change Biology, 30(3), e17237 (20 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17237 |
| Forest demography and biomass accumulation rates are associated with transient mean tree size vs. density scaling relations
Yu, K., Chen, H. Y. H., Gessler, A., Pugh, T. A. M., Searle, E. B., Allen, R. B., … Ballantyne, A. P. (2024). Forest demography and biomass accumulation rates are associated with transient mean tree size vs. density scaling relations. PNAS Nexus, 3(2), pgae008 (9 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgae008 |
| One hundred important questions facing plant science: an international perspective
Armstrong, E. M., Larson, E. R., Harper, H., Webb, C. R., Dohleman, F., Araya, Y., … Grierson, C. S. (2023). One hundred important questions facing plant science: an international perspective. New Phytologist, 238(2), 470-481. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.18771 |
| No risk—no fun: penalty and recovery from spring frost damage in deciduous temperate trees
Baumgarten, F., Gessler, A., & Vitasse, Y. (2023). No risk—no fun: penalty and recovery from spring frost damage in deciduous temperate trees. Functional Ecology, 37, 648-663. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14243 |
| Individual tree-crown detection and species identification in heterogeneous forests using aerial RGB imagery and deep learning
Beloiu, M., Heinzmann, L., Rehush, N., Gessler, A., & Griess, V. C. (2023). Individual tree-crown detection and species identification in heterogeneous forests using aerial RGB imagery and deep learning. Remote Sensing, 15(5), 1463 (17 pp.). https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15051463 |
| Quantitative wood anatomy and stable carbon isotopes indicate pronounced drought exposure of Scots pine when growing at the forest edge
Buras, A., Rehschuh, R., Fonti, M., Lange, J., Fonti, P., Menzel, A., … von Arx, G. (2023). Quantitative wood anatomy and stable carbon isotopes indicate pronounced drought exposure of Scots pine when growing at the forest edge. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 6, 1233052 (13 pp.). https://doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2023.1233052 |
| Meteorological history of low-forest-greenness events in Europe in 2002-2022
Hermann, M., Röthlisberger, M., Gessler, A., Rigling, A., Senf, C., Wohlgemuth, T., & Wernli, H. (2023). Meteorological history of low-forest-greenness events in Europe in 2002-2022. Biogeosciences, 20(6), 1155-1180. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-1155-2023 |
| Quantifying effects of cold acclimation and delayed springtime photosynthesis resumption in northern ecosystems
Luo, Y., Gessler, A., D'Odorico, P., Hufkens, K., & Stocker, B. D. (2023). Quantifying effects of cold acclimation and delayed springtime photosynthesis resumption in northern ecosystems. New Phytologist, 240(3), 984-1002. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.19208 |
| Unenriched xylem water contribution during cellulose synthesis influenced by atmospheric demand governs the intra‐annual tree‐ring δ<sup>18</sup>O signature
Martínez‐Sancho, E., Cernusak, L. A., Fonti, P., Gregori, A., Ullrich, B., Graf Pannatier, E., … Treydte, K. (2023). Unenriched xylem water contribution during cellulose synthesis influenced by atmospheric demand governs the intra‐annual tree‐ring δ18O signature. New Phytologist, 240(5), 1743-1757. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.19278 |