| 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 |
| The metabolic fingerprint of Scots pine – root and needle metabolites show different patterns in dying trees
Hunziker, S., Nazarova, T., Kather, M., Hartmann, M., Brunner, I., Schaub, M., … Gessler, A. (2024). The metabolic fingerprint of Scots pine – root and needle metabolites show different patterns in dying trees. Tree Physiology, tpae036 (34 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpae036 |
| 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 |
| Water status and macronutrient concentrations, but not carbon status, of <em>Viscum album</em> ssp. album are determined by its hosts: a study across nine mistletoe-host pairs in central Switzerland
Wang, A., Bose, A. K., Lehmann, M. M., Rigling, A., Gessler, A., Yu, L., & Li, M. (2023). Water status and macronutrient concentrations, but not carbon status, of Viscum album ssp. album are determined by its hosts: a study across nine mistletoe-host pairs in central Switzerland. Frontiers in Plant Science, 14, 1142760 (13 pp.). https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1142760 |
| Sugar infusion into trees: a novel method to study tree carbon relations and its regulations
Zhang, Y. L., Yang, Y., Saurer, M., Schaub, M., Gessler, A., Lehmann, M. M., … Li, M. H. (2023). Sugar infusion into trees: a novel method to study tree carbon relations and its regulations. Frontiers in Plant Science, 14, 1142595 (11 pp.). https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1142595 |
| Lessons learned from a long‐term irrigation experiment in a dry Scots pine forest: impacts on traits and functioning
Bose, A. K., Rigling, A., Gessler, A., Hagedorn, F., Brunner, I., Feichtinger, L., … Schaub, M. (2022). Lessons learned from a long‐term irrigation experiment in a dry Scots pine forest: impacts on traits and functioning. Ecological Monographs, 92(2), e1507 (18 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1002/ecm.1507 |
| European beech dieback after premature leaf senescence during the 2018 drought in northern Switzerland
Frei, E. R., Gossner, M. M., Vitasse, Y., Queloz, V., Dubach, V., Gessler, A., … Wohlgemuth, T. (2022). European beech dieback after premature leaf senescence during the 2018 drought in northern Switzerland. Plant Biology, 24(7), 1132-1145. https://doi.org/10.1111/plb.13467 |
| Drought reduces water uptake in beech from the drying topsoil, but no compensatory uptake occurs from deeper soil layers
Gessler, A., Bächli, L., Freund, E. R., Treydte, K., Schaub, M., Haeni, M., … Meusburger, K. (2022). Drought reduces water uptake in beech from the drying topsoil, but no compensatory uptake occurs from deeper soil layers. New Phytologist, 233(1), 194-206. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.17767 |
| Below average midsummer to early autumn precipitation evolved into the main driver of sudden scots pine vitality decline in the Swiss Rhône Valley
Hunziker, S., Begert, M., Scherrer, S. C., Rigling, A., & Gessler, A. (2022). Below average midsummer to early autumn precipitation evolved into the main driver of sudden scots pine vitality decline in the Swiss Rhône Valley. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 5, 874100 (20 pp.). https://doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2022.874100 |
| Long-term soil water limitation and previous tree vigor drive local variability of drought-induced crown dieback in <em>Fagus sylvatica</em>
Klesse, S., Wohlgemuth, T., Meusburger, K., Vitasse, Y., von Arx, G., Lévesque, M., … Frei, E. R. (2022). Long-term soil water limitation and previous tree vigor drive local variability of drought-induced crown dieback in Fagus sylvatica. Science of the Total Environment, 851, 157926 (12 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157926 |
| Drought effects on volatile organic compound emissions from Scots pine stems
Rissanen, K., Aalto, J., Gessler, A., Hölttä, T., Rigling, A., Schaub, M., & Bäck, J. (2022). Drought effects on volatile organic compound emissions from Scots pine stems. Plant, Cell and Environment, 45(1), 23-40. https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.14219 |
| Photosynthetic acclimation and sensitivity to short- and long-term environmental changes in a drought prone forest
Schönbeck, L., Grossiord, C., Gessler, A., Gisler, J., Meusburger, K., D'Odorico, P., … Schaub, M. (2022). Photosynthetic acclimation and sensitivity to short- and long-term environmental changes in a drought prone forest. Journal of Experimental Botany, 73(8), 2576-2588. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erac033 |
| The effects of previous summer drought and fertilization on winter non-structural carbon reserves and spring leaf development of downy oak saplings
Wang, X., Schönbeck, L., Gessler, A., Yang, Y., Rigling, A., Yu, D., … Li, M. (2022). The effects of previous summer drought and fertilization on winter non-structural carbon reserves and spring leaf development of downy oak saplings. Frontiers in Plant Science, 13, 1035191 (12 pp.). https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.1035191 |
| There is no carbon transfer between scots pine and pine mistletoe but the assimilation capacity of the hemiparasite is constrained by host water use under dry conditions
Wang, A., Lehmann, M. M., Rigling, A., Gessler, A., Saurer, M., Du, Z., & Li, M. H. (2022). There is no carbon transfer between scots pine and pine mistletoe but the assimilation capacity of the hemiparasite is constrained by host water use under dry conditions. Frontiers in Plant Science, 13, 902705 (11 pp.). https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.902705 |
| Climate sensitivity and drought seasonality determine post-drought growth recovery of Quercus petraea and Quercus robur in Europe
Bose, A. K., Scherrer, D., Camarero, J. J., Ziche, D., Babst, F., Bigler, C., … Rigling, A. (2021). Climate sensitivity and drought seasonality determine post-drought growth recovery of Quercus petraea and Quercus robur in Europe. Science of the Total Environment, 784, 147222 (13 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147222 |
| Growth resistance and resilience of mixed silver fir and Norway spruce forests in central Europe: contrasting responses to mild and severe droughts
Bottero, A., Forrester, D. I., Cailleret, M., Kohnle, U., Gessler, A., Michel, D., … Rigling, A. (2021). Growth resistance and resilience of mixed silver fir and Norway spruce forests in central Europe: contrasting responses to mild and severe droughts. Global Change Biology, 27(18), 4403-4419. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15737 |
| Contrasting resource dynamics in mast years for European Beech and oak — A continental scale analysis
Nussbaumer, A., Gessler, A., Benham, S., de Cinti, B., Etzold, S., Ingerslev, M., … Rigling, A. (2021). Contrasting resource dynamics in mast years for European Beech and oak — A continental scale analysis. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 4, 689836 (17 pp.). https://doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2021.689836 |
| Drought effects on carbon allocation to resin defences and on resin dynamics in old-grown Scots pine
Rissanen, K., Hölttä, T., Bäck, J., Rigling, A., Wermelinger, B., & Gessler, A. (2021). Drought effects on carbon allocation to resin defences and on resin dynamics in old-grown Scots pine. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 185, 104410 (13 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envexpbot.2021.104410 |
| Soil nutrient availability alters tree carbon allocation dynamics during drought
Schönbeck, L., Li, M. H., Lehmann, M. M., Rigling, A., Schaub, M., Hoch, G., … Gessler, A. (2021). Soil nutrient availability alters tree carbon allocation dynamics during drought. Tree Physiology, 41(5), 697-707. https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpaa139 |