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Technical references

Please cite at least the following standard reference when using ROXAS for your research:

von Arx G & Carrer M. 2014. ROXAS - a new tool to build centuries-long tracheid-lumen chronologies in conifers. Dendrochronologia 32:290-293 (pdf)

Additional technical papers:

Prendin AL, Petit G, Carrer M, Fonti P, Björklund J, von Arx G. 2017. New research perspectives from a novel approach to quantify tracheid wall thickness. Tree Physiology 37:976-983. https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpx037
von Arx G, Kueffer C & Fonti P. 2013. Quantifying vessel grouping – added value from the image analysis tool ROXAS. IAWA Journal 34:433-445 (pdf)
Wegner L, von Arx G, Sass-Klaassen U & Eilmann B.2013. ROXAS – an efficient and accurate tool to detect vessels in diffuse-porous species. IAWA Journal 34:425-432 (pdf)
Fonti P, Eilmann B, Garcia-Gonzales I & von Arx G. 2009. Expeditious building of ring-porous earlywood vessel chronologies without loosing signal information. Trees – Structure and Function 23: 665-671 (pdf)
von Arx G & Dietz H. 2005. Automated image analysis of annual rings in the roots of perennial forbs. International Journal of Plant Sciences 166: 723–732 (pdf)
von Arx G. 2006. A Tool for the Analysis of Annual Root Rings in Perennial Forbs. Media Cybernetics' Application Note (pdf) (do not use as a reference)
von Arx, G. 2005. Image-Pro Plus used to develop customized root cross-section analysis application. Media Cybernetics’ Customer Spotlight (pdf) (do not use as a reference)

References of some ROXAS based publications

2017

Pacheco A, Camarero J, Ribas M, Gazol A, Gutierrez E, Carrer M. 2017. Disentangling the climate-driven bimodal growth pattern in coastal andcontinental Mediterranean pine stands. Science of The Total Environment. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.09.133
Prendin AL, Petit G, Fonti P, Rixen C, Dawes MA, von Arx G. 2017. Axial xylem architecture of Larix decidua exposed to CO2 enrichment and soil warming at the treeline. Functional Ecology. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.12986
Diaconu D, Hackenberg J, Stangler DF, Kahle HP & Spiecker H. 2017. Simulation study to determine necessary sample sizes for image analysis-based quantitative wood anatomy of vessels of beech (Fagus sylvatica). Dendrochronologia 45:35-38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dendro.2017.07.002
Olano JM, Gonzalez-Munoz N, Arzac A, Rozas V, von Arx G, Delzon S, Garcia-Cervigon AI. 2017. Sex determines xylem anatomy in a dioecious conifer: hydraulic consequences in a drier world. Tree Physiology. https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpx066
Björklund J, Seftigen K, Schweingruber FH, Fonti P, von Arx G, Bryukhanova MV, Cuny HE, Carrer M, Castagneri D, Frank DC. 2017. Cell size and wall dimensions drive distinct variability of earlywood and latewood density in Northern Hemisphere conifers. New Phytologist 216:728–740. doi:10.1111/nph.14639.
Nielsen SS, von Arx G, Damgaard CF, Abermann J, Buchwal A, Büntgen U, Treier UA, Barfod AS, Normand S. 2017. Linking spatio-temporal variability of climate, xylem anatomical features, and growth of Betula nana from Western Greenland. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 49:359-371. doi:10.1657/AAAR0016-041
Carrer M, Castagneri D, Prendin AL, Petit G, von Arx G. 2017. Retrospective analysis of wood anatomical traits reveals a recent extension in tree cambial activity in two high-elevation conifers. Frontiers in Plant Science 8:737. doi:10.3389/fpls.2017.00737.
Prendin AL, Petit G, Carrer M, Fonti P, Björklund J, von Arx G. 2017. New research perspectives from a novel approach to quantify tracheid wall thickness. Tree Physiology 37:976-983. https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpx037
Petrucco L, Nardini A, von Arx G, Saurer M, Cherubini P. 2017. Isotope signals and anatomical features in tree rings suggest a role for hydraulic strategies in diﬀuse drought-induced die-back of Pinus nigra. Tree Physiology 37:523-535. https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpx031
von Arx G, Arzac A, Fonti P, Frank D, Zweifel R, Rigling A, Galiano L, Gessler A, Olano JM. 2017. Responses of sapwood ray parenchyma and non-structural carbohydrates (NSC) of Pinus sylvestris to drought and long-term irrigation. Functional Ecology 31:1371–1382. doi:10.1111/1365-2435.12860
Castagneri D, Fonti P, von Arx G, Carrer M. 2017. How does climate influence xylem morphogenesis over the growing season? Insights from long-term intra-ring anatomy in Picea abies. Annals of Botany 119:1011-1020. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcw274
Castagneri D, Regev L, Boaretto E, & Carrer M. 2017. Xylem anatomical traits reveal different strategies of two Mediterranean oaks to cope with drought and warming. Environmental and Experimental Botany 133:128-138. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0098847216302209
Nardini A, Savi T, Losso A, Petit G, Pacilè S, Tromba G, Mayr S, Trifilò P, Lo Gullo MA & Salleo S. 2017. X‐ray microtomography observations of xylem embolism in stems of Laurus nobilis are consistent with hydraulic measurements of percentage loss of conductance. New Phytologist 213:1068–1075. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.14245/full

2016

Diaconu D, Stangler DF, Kahle HP, & Spiecker H. 2016. Vessel plasticity of European beech in response to thinning and aspect. Tree Physiology 36:1260-1271. http://treephys.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2016/06/24/treephys.tpw053.abstract
Lintunen A, Paljakka T, Jyske T, Peltoniemi M, Sterck F, von Arx G, Cochard H, Copini P, Caldeira MC, Delzon S, Gebauer R, Grönlund L, Kiorapostolou N, Lechthaler S, Lobo-do-Vale R, Peters R, Petit G, Prendin AL, Salmon Y, Steppe K, Urban J, Roig Juan S, Hölttä T. 2016. Osmolality and non-structural carbohydrate composition in the secondary phloem of trees across a latitudinal gradient in Europe. Frontiers in Plant Science 7:726. http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2016.00726
Petit G, Savi T, Consolini M, Anfodillo T & Nardini A. 2016. Interplay of growth rate and xylem plasticity for optimal coordination of carbon and hydraulic economies in Fraxinus ornus trees. Tree Physiology 36:1310-1319. http://treephys.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2016/08/29/treephys.tpw069.abstract
Pacheco A, Camarero JJ, & Carrer M. 2016. Linking wood anatomy and xylogenesis allows pinpointing of climate and drought influences on growth of coexisting conifers in continental Mediterranean climate. Tree physiology 36:502-512. http://treephys.oxfordjournals.org/content/36/4/502.short
Carrer M, Brunetti M & Castagneri D. 2016. The Imprint of Extreme Climate Events in Century-Long Time Series of Wood Anatomical Traits in High-Elevation Conifers. Frontiers in plant science 7. http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2016.00683/full
Pellizzari E, Camarero JJ, Gazol A, Sangüesa‐Barreda G, & Carrer M. 2016. Wood anatomy and carbon‐isotope discrimination support long‐term hydraulic deterioration as a major cause of drought‐induced dieback. Global Change Biology 22:2125–2137. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.13227
von Arx G, Crivellaro A, Prendin AL, Cufar K, Carrer M. 2016. Quantitative wood anatomy - practical guidelines. Frontiers in Plant Science 7:781. http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2016.00781

2015

von Arx G, Arzac A, Olano JM, Fonti P. 2015. Assessing conifer ray parenchyma for ecological studies: pitfalls and guidelines. Frontiers in Plant Sciences 6. http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2015.01016
Castagneri D, Petit G, & Carrer M. 2015. Divergent climate response on hydraulic-related xylem anatomical traits of Picea abies along a 900-m altitudinal gradient. Tree physiology 35:1378-1387. http://treephys.oxfordjournals.org/content/35/12/1378.short
Fonti P, Tabakova M, Kirdyanov A, Bryukhanova M, von Arx G. 2015. Variability of radial ray anatomy of Larix gmelinii along a forest productivity gradient in Siberia. Trees - Structure and Function 29:1165-1175. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00468-015-1197-0
Kniesel B, Günther B, Roloff A, von Arx G. 2015. Defining ecologically relevant vessel parameters in Quercus robur L. for use in dendroecology: a pointer year and recovery time case study in Central Germany. Trees - Structure and Function 29:1041-1051. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00468-015-1183-6
Büntgen U, Egli S, Schneider L, Rigling A, Camarero JJ, Oliach D, Colinas C, Fischer CR, von Arx G, Tegel W, Martínez-Peña F. Long-term irrigation effects on Spanish holm oak growth and its black truffle symbiont. 2015. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 202:148-159. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2014.12.016
Carrer M, von Arx G, Castagneri D, Petit G. Distilling allometric and environmental information from time series of conduit size: the standardization issue and its relation to tree hydraulic architecture. 2015. Tree Physiology 35:27-33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpu108

2014

von Arx G & Carrer M. 2014. ROXAS - a new tool to build centuries-long tracheid-lumen chronologies in conifers. Dendrochronologia 32:290-293 (pdf)
Eilmann B, Sterck F, Wegner L, de Vries S, von Arx G, Mohren F, den Ouden J & Sass-Klaassen U. 2014 Environmental conditions versus genetic predisposition – What drives the performance of beech provenances at moderate sites? Tree Physiology 34:882–893 (pdf)

2013

von Arx G, Kueffer C & Fonti P. 2013. Quantifying vessel grouping – added value from the image analysis tool ROXAS. IAWA Journal 34:433-445 (pdf)
Wegner L, von Arx G, Sass-Klaassen U & Eilmann B.2013. ROXAS – an efficient and accurate tool to detect vessels in diffuse-porous species. IAWA Journal 34:425-432 (pdf)
Olano JM, Eugenio M, Almeria I & von Arx G. 2013. Under pressure: how a Mediterranean high-mountain forb coordinates growth and hydraulic xylem anatomy in response to temperature and water constraints. Functional Ecology 27: 1295-1303 (pdf)

Until 2012

von Arx G, Archer SA, Hughes MK. 2012. Long-term functional plasticity in plant hydraulic architecture in response to supplemental moisture. Annals of Botany 109: 1091-1100 (pdf)
Fonti P, von Arx G, García-González I, Eilmann B, Sass-Klaassen U, Gärtner H & Eckstein D. 2010. Studying global change through investigation of the plastic responses of xylem anatomy in tree rings. New Phytologist 185:42-53 (pdf)
Fonti P, Eilmann B, Garcia-Gonzales I & von Arx G. 2009. Expeditious building of ring-porous earlywood vessel chronologies without loosing signal information. Trees – Structure and Function 23: 665-671 (pdf)
von Arx G & Dietz H. 2005. Automated image analysis of annual rings in the roots of perennial forbs. International Journal of Plant Sciences 166: 723–732 (pdf)

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	References Technical references Please cite at least the following standard reference when using ROXAS for your research: von Arx G & Carrer M. 2014. ROXAS - a new tool to build centuries-long tracheid-lumen chronologies in conifers. Dendrochronologia 32:290-293 (pdf) Additional technical papers: Prendin AL, Petit G, Carrer M, Fonti P, Björklund J, von Arx G. 2017. New research perspectives from a novel approach to quantify tracheid wall thickness. Tree Physiology 37:976-983. https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpx037 von Arx G, Kueffer C & Fonti P. 2013. Quantifying vessel grouping – added value from the image analysis tool ROXAS. IAWA Journal 34:433-445 (pdf) Wegner L, von Arx G, Sass-Klaassen U & Eilmann B.2013. ROXAS – an efficient and accurate tool to detect vessels in diffuse-porous species. IAWA Journal 34:425-432 (pdf) Fonti P, Eilmann B, Garcia-Gonzales I & von Arx G. 2009. Expeditious building of ring-porous earlywood vessel chronologies without loosing signal information. Trees – Structure and Function 23: 665-671 (pdf) von Arx G & Dietz H. 2005. Automated image analysis of annual rings in the roots of perennial forbs. International Journal of Plant Sciences 166: 723–732 (pdf) von Arx G. 2006. A Tool for the Analysis of Annual Root Rings in Perennial Forbs. Media Cybernetics' Application Note (pdf) (do not use as a reference) von Arx, G. 2005. Image-Pro Plus used to develop customized root cross-section analysis application. Media Cybernetics’ Customer Spotlight (pdf) (do not use as a reference) References of some ROXAS based publications 2017 Pacheco A, Camarero J, Ribas M, Gazol A, Gutierrez E, Carrer M. 2017. Disentangling the climate-driven bimodal growth pattern in coastal andcontinental Mediterranean pine stands. Science of The Total Environment. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.09.133 Prendin AL, Petit G, Fonti P, Rixen C, Dawes MA, von Arx G. 2017. Axial xylem architecture of Larix decidua exposed to CO2 enrichment and soil warming at the treeline. Functional Ecology. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.12986 Diaconu D, Hackenberg J, Stangler DF, Kahle HP & Spiecker H. 2017. Simulation study to determine necessary sample sizes for image analysis-based quantitative wood anatomy of vessels of beech (Fagus sylvatica). Dendrochronologia 45:35-38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dendro.2017.07.002 Olano JM, Gonzalez-Munoz N, Arzac A, Rozas V, von Arx G, Delzon S, Garcia-Cervigon AI. 2017. Sex determines xylem anatomy in a dioecious conifer: hydraulic consequences in a drier world. Tree Physiology. https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpx066 Björklund J, Seftigen K, Schweingruber FH, Fonti P, von Arx G, Bryukhanova MV, Cuny HE, Carrer M, Castagneri D, Frank DC. 2017. Cell size and wall dimensions drive distinct variability of earlywood and latewood density in Northern Hemisphere conifers. New Phytologist 216:728–740. doi:10.1111/nph.14639. Nielsen SS, von Arx G, Damgaard CF, Abermann J, Buchwal A, Büntgen U, Treier UA, Barfod AS, Normand S. 2017. Linking spatio-temporal variability of climate, xylem anatomical features, and growth of Betula nana from Western Greenland. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 49:359-371. doi:10.1657/AAAR0016-041 Carrer M, Castagneri D, Prendin AL, Petit G, von Arx G. 2017. Retrospective analysis of wood anatomical traits reveals a recent extension in tree cambial activity in two high-elevation conifers. Frontiers in Plant Science 8:737. doi:10.3389/fpls.2017.00737. Prendin AL, Petit G, Carrer M, Fonti P, Björklund J, von Arx G. 2017. New research perspectives from a novel approach to quantify tracheid wall thickness. Tree Physiology 37:976-983. https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpx037 Petrucco L, Nardini A, von Arx G, Saurer M, Cherubini P. 2017. Isotope signals and anatomical features in tree rings suggest a role for hydraulic strategies in diﬀuse drought-induced die-back of Pinus nigra. Tree Physiology 37:523-535. https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpx031 von Arx G, Arzac A, Fonti P, Frank D, Zweifel R, Rigling A, Galiano L, Gessler A, Olano JM. 2017. Responses of sapwood ray parenchyma and non-structural carbohydrates (NSC) of Pinus sylvestris to drought and long-term irrigation. Functional Ecology 31:1371–1382. doi:10.1111/1365-2435.12860 Castagneri D, Fonti P, von Arx G, Carrer M. 2017. How does climate influence xylem morphogenesis over the growing season? Insights from long-term intra-ring anatomy in Picea abies. Annals of Botany 119:1011-1020. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcw274 Castagneri D, Regev L, Boaretto E, & Carrer M. 2017. Xylem anatomical traits reveal different strategies of two Mediterranean oaks to cope with drought and warming. Environmental and Experimental Botany 133:128-138. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0098847216302209 Nardini A, Savi T, Losso A, Petit G, Pacilè S, Tromba G, Mayr S, Trifilò P, Lo Gullo MA & Salleo S. 2017. X‐ray microtomography observations of xylem embolism in stems of Laurus nobilis are consistent with hydraulic measurements of percentage loss of conductance. New Phytologist 213:1068–1075. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.14245/full 2016 Diaconu D, Stangler DF, Kahle HP, & Spiecker H. 2016. Vessel plasticity of European beech in response to thinning and aspect. Tree Physiology 36:1260-1271. http://treephys.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2016/06/24/treephys.tpw053.abstract Lintunen A, Paljakka T, Jyske T, Peltoniemi M, Sterck F, von Arx G, Cochard H, Copini P, Caldeira MC, Delzon S, Gebauer R, Grönlund L, Kiorapostolou N, Lechthaler S, Lobo-do-Vale R, Peters R, Petit G, Prendin AL, Salmon Y, Steppe K, Urban J, Roig Juan S, Hölttä T. 2016. Osmolality and non-structural carbohydrate composition in the secondary phloem of trees across a latitudinal gradient in Europe. Frontiers in Plant Science 7:726. http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2016.00726 Petit G, Savi T, Consolini M, Anfodillo T & Nardini A. 2016. Interplay of growth rate and xylem plasticity for optimal coordination of carbon and hydraulic economies in Fraxinus ornus trees. Tree Physiology 36:1310-1319. http://treephys.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2016/08/29/treephys.tpw069.abstract Pacheco A, Camarero JJ, & Carrer M. 2016. Linking wood anatomy and xylogenesis allows pinpointing of climate and drought influences on growth of coexisting conifers in continental Mediterranean climate. Tree physiology 36:502-512. http://treephys.oxfordjournals.org/content/36/4/502.short Carrer M, Brunetti M & Castagneri D. 2016. The Imprint of Extreme Climate Events in Century-Long Time Series of Wood Anatomical Traits in High-Elevation Conifers. Frontiers in plant science 7. http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2016.00683/full Pellizzari E, Camarero JJ, Gazol A, Sangüesa‐Barreda G, & Carrer M. 2016. Wood anatomy and carbon‐isotope discrimination support long‐term hydraulic deterioration as a major cause of drought‐induced dieback. Global Change Biology 22:2125–2137. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.13227 von Arx G, Crivellaro A, Prendin AL, Cufar K, Carrer M. 2016. Quantitative wood anatomy - practical guidelines. Frontiers in Plant Science 7:781. http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2016.00781 2015 von Arx G, Arzac A, Olano JM, Fonti P. 2015. Assessing conifer ray parenchyma for ecological studies: pitfalls and guidelines. Frontiers in Plant Sciences 6. http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2015.01016 Castagneri D, Petit G, & Carrer M. 2015. Divergent climate response on hydraulic-related xylem anatomical traits of Picea abies along a 900-m altitudinal gradient. Tree physiology 35:1378-1387. http://treephys.oxfordjournals.org/content/35/12/1378.short Fonti P, Tabakova M, Kirdyanov A, Bryukhanova M, von Arx G. 2015. Variability of radial ray anatomy of Larix gmelinii along a forest productivity gradient in Siberia. Trees - Structure and Function 29:1165-1175. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00468-015-1197-0 Kniesel B, Günther B, Roloff A, von Arx G. 2015. Defining ecologically relevant vessel parameters in Quercus robur L. for use in dendroecology: a pointer year and recovery time case study in Central Germany. Trees - Structure and Function 29:1041-1051. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00468-015-1183-6 Büntgen U, Egli S, Schneider L, Rigling A, Camarero JJ, Oliach D, Colinas C, Fischer CR, von Arx G, Tegel W, Martínez-Peña F. Long-term irrigation effects on Spanish holm oak growth and its black truffle symbiont. 2015. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 202:148-159. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2014.12.016 Carrer M, von Arx G, Castagneri D, Petit G. Distilling allometric and environmental information from time series of conduit size: the standardization issue and its relation to tree hydraulic architecture. 2015. Tree Physiology 35:27-33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpu108 2014 von Arx G & Carrer M. 2014. ROXAS - a new tool to build centuries-long tracheid-lumen chronologies in conifers. Dendrochronologia 32:290-293 (pdf) Eilmann B, Sterck F, Wegner L, de Vries S, von Arx G, Mohren F, den Ouden J & Sass-Klaassen U. 2014 Environmental conditions versus genetic predisposition – What drives the performance of beech provenances at moderate sites? Tree Physiology 34:882–893 (pdf) 2013 von Arx G, Kueffer C & Fonti P. 2013. Quantifying vessel grouping – added value from the image analysis tool ROXAS. IAWA Journal 34:433-445 (pdf) Wegner L, von Arx G, Sass-Klaassen U & Eilmann B.2013. ROXAS – an efficient and accurate tool to detect vessels in diffuse-porous species. IAWA Journal 34:425-432 (pdf) Olano JM, Eugenio M, Almeria I & von Arx G. 2013. Under pressure: how a Mediterranean high-mountain forb coordinates growth and hydraulic xylem anatomy in response to temperature and water constraints. Functional Ecology 27: 1295-1303 (pdf) Until 2012 von Arx G, Archer SA, Hughes MK. 2012. Long-term functional plasticity in plant hydraulic architecture in response to supplemental moisture. Annals of Botany 109: 1091-1100 (pdf) Fonti P, von Arx G, García-González I, Eilmann B, Sass-Klaassen U, Gärtner H & Eckstein D. 2010. Studying global change through investigation of the plastic responses of xylem anatomy in tree rings. New Phytologist 185:42-53 (pdf) Fonti P, Eilmann B, Garcia-Gonzales I & von Arx G. 2009. Expeditious building of ring-porous earlywood vessel chronologies without loosing signal information. Trees – Structure and Function 23: 665-671 (pdf) von Arx G & Dietz H. 2005. Automated image analysis of annual rings in the roots of perennial forbs. International Journal of Plant Sciences 166: 723–732 (pdf)