Dr. Kerstin Treydte
Funktion
Senior Scientist
Kontakt
Eidg. Forschungsanstalt WSL
Zürcherstrasse 111
8903 Birmensdorf
Standort
Birmensdorf Bi HL C 30
Upcoming events
EGU General Assembly 2022, 5 - 8 April 2022, Vienna, Austria
Tree Rings in Archeology, Climatology and Ecology TRACE, 25 - 27 May 2022, Erlangen, Germany
32d European Dendroecological Fieldweek EDF, 28 May - June 5, 2022, Franconia
7th Asian Dendro Conference ADA, April 2022, Zhuhai, China
Research Interests
Tree-ring research, stable isotopes, paleoecology, climate variability, tree physiology
Current position
Senior Researcher, Research Group Dendrosciences, Research Unit Forest Dynamics, WSL.
Education
2003: PhD (Dr. rer. nat. with "summa cum laude"), University of Bonn & Research Center Juelich, Germany
1998: Diploma degree, Institute of Geography, University of Bonn, Germany
Projects (running)
SNF: Disentangling source water and leaf water signals in highly resolved oxygen isotope data from tree rings – Troxy. PI
SNF & WSL: High-resolution stable isotope analysis for tracing environmental changes – HIRES. Co-PI
WSL intern: Unravelling the genetic component of isotope-derived water-use strategies to improve distribution models of sessile oak across Europe - Common-Iso. Co-PI
Projects (finished)
Assessment of water uptake by trees – a real time laser spectrometer approach (WSL intern, 2020-2021). Co-PI
Establishing hydrogen isotope analysis of organic material – a door opener for research in the 2020s at WSL – HDOOR 2020 (WSL intern, 2020). Co-PI
Compound specific dual isotope analysis for the investigation of plant response to environmental change (Swiss National Science Foundation, 2016-2018). Function: Co-PI.
Improving Late Glacial European tree-ring chronologies for accurate climate archive dating - Consolidation and extension of the Swiss-German pine chronology back to 14000 BP. (Swiss National Science Foundation, 2015-2017). Function: Co-PI.
LOTFOR (Swiss National Science Foundation, 2014-2017): Coupling stem water flow and structural carbon allocation in a warming climate: the Lötschental study case. Function: Co-PI.
The relationship between stable isotopes, water-use efficiency and tree mortality under drought (FPS COST Action FP1106 STReESS, 2013-2016). Function: Co-PI.
iTREE (Sinergia, Swiss National Science Foundation, 2012-2015): Long-term variability of tree growth in a changing environment - identifying physiological mechanisms using stable C and O isotopes in tree rings. Function: Co-PI.
TreePulse (Swiss National Science Foundation): Water use strategies of Australian tree species to survive drought - a pulse labelling experiment with isotope tracers. International short research visit, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, University of Western Sydney, Australia, January-April 2014. Function: PI.
ISOPATH (Swiss National Science Foundation, 2010-2014): Isotope pathways from the atmosphere to the tree ring along a humidity gradient in Switzerland. Function: PI.
Cost action SIBAE (short term scientific mission, Swiss National Science Foundation, July-August 2011): Hydraulic limitations on height growth of treeline trees based on carbon and oxygen isotopes in tree rings. Host for Dr. Giai Petit (University of Padua).
FQRNT (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Canada, 2010-2012): High-resolution tree response to climate change in boreal and subalpine forest ecosystems. Function: Host for Dr. Sonia Simard (Postdoc).
MedClivar (European Science Foundation, 2010): Latewood density of pine trees for a 1000-year temperature reconstruction in Albania. Function: Host for a 4-months "Young scientists exchange".
MILLENNIUM (European Comission, 2007-2010): European climate of the last Millennium. Function: Subgroup member.
SCOPES (Swiss National Science Foundation 2007-2009): Climatic changes, tree-ring growth and C- and O-isotope variations along longitudinal transects in Siberia and the Urals. Function: Co-PI.
SCOPES (Swiss National Science Foundation, 2006-2008): Climate in Eastern Siberia from tree-ring width, density and carbon isotopes. Function: Co-PI.
ALPIMP (European Comission, 2004-2007): Multi-centennial climate variability in the Alps based on instrumental data, model simulations and proxy data. Function: Postdoc.
ISONET (European Comission, 2004-2007): 400 years of annual reconstructions of European climate variability using a high-resolution isotopic network. Function: Postdoc.
NCCR-VITA (Swiss National Science Foundation, finished): Varves, ice cores and tree rings: archives with annual resolution. Function: Associated person.
Awards:
2005: Poster Award "Swiss Global Change Day", Bern, Switzerland.
2004: Best PhD thesis of the Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Bonn, Germany.
2003: Outstanding PhD thesis of the Research Centre Juelich, Germany.
FURTHER INFORMATION
Publications WSL
Scientific publication article peer reviewed
Treydte, K.; Lehmann, M.M.; Wyczesany, T.; Pfautsch, S., 2022: Radial and axial water movement in adult trees recorded by stable isotope tracing. Tree Physiology, 41, 12: 2248-2261. doi: 10.1093/treephys/tpab080
Vitali, V.; Martínez-Sancho, E.; Treydte, K.; Andreu-Hayles, L.; Dorado-Liñán, I.; Gutierrez, E.; Helle, G.; Leuenberger, M.; Loader, N.; Rinne-Garmston, K.T.; Schleser, G.H.; Allen, S.; Waterhouse, J.S.; Saurer, M.; Lehmann, M.M., 2022: The unknown third - hydrogen isotopes in tree-ring cellulose across Europe. Science of the Total Environment, 813: 152281 (15 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152281
Gessler, A.; Bächli, L.; Freund, E.R.; Treydte, K.; Schaub, M.; Haeni, M.; Weiler, M.; Seeger, S.; Marshall, J.; Hug, C.; Zweifel, R.; Hagedorn, F.; Rigling, A.; Saurer, 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. doi: 10.1111/nph.17767
Vitali, V.; Klesse, S.; Weigt, R.; Treydte, K.; Frank, D.; Saurer, M.; Siegwolf, R.T.W., 2021: High-frequency stable isotope signals in uneven-aged forests as proxy for physiological responses to climate in Central Europe. Tree Physiology, 41, 11: 2046-2062. doi: 10.1093/treephys/tpab062
Miranda, J.C.; Lehmann, M.M.; Saurer, M.; Altman, J.; Treydte, K., 2021: Insight into Canary Island pine physiology provided by stable isotope patterns of water and plant tissues along an altitudinal gradient. Tree Physiology, 41, 9: 1611-1626. doi: 10.1093/treephys/tpab046
Altman, J.; Saurer, M.; Dolezal, J.; Maredova, N.; Song, J.; Ho, C.; Treydte, K., 2021: Large volcanic eruptions reduce landfalling tropical cyclone activity: evidence from tree rings. Science of the Total Environment, 775: 145899 (8 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.145899
Vannoppen, A.; Treydte, K.; Boeckx, P.; Kint, V.; Ponette, Q.; Verheyen, K.; Muys, B., 2020: Tree species diversity improves beech growth and alters its physiological response to drought. Trees: Structure and Function, 34: 1059-1073. doi: 10.1007/s00468-020-01981-0
Timofeeva, G.; Treydte, K.; Bugmann, H.; Salmon, Y.; Rigling, A.; Schaub, M.; Vollenweider, P.; Siegwolf, R.; Saurer, M., 2020: How does varying water supply affect oxygen isotope variations in needles and tree rings of Scots pine?. Tree Physiology, 40, 10: 1366-1380. doi: 10.1093/treephys/tpaa082
Sookdeo, A.; Kromer, B.; Büntgen, U.; Friedrich, M.; Friedrich, R.; Helle, G.; Pauly, M.; Nievergelt, D.; Reinig, F.; Treydte, K.; Synal, H.; Wacker, L., 2020: Quality dating: a well-defined protocol implemented at ETH for high-precision 14C-dates tested on Late Glacial wood. Radiocarbon, 62, 4: 891-899. doi: 10.1017/RDC.2019.132
Reinig, F.; Sookdeo, A.; Esper, J.; Friedrich, M.; Guidobaldi, G.; Helle, G.; Kromer, B.; Nievergelt, D.; Pauly, M.; Tegel, W.; Treydte, K.; Wacker, L.; Büntgen, U., 2020: Illuminating IntCal during the Younger Dryas. Radiocarbon, 62, 4: 883-889. doi: 10.1017/RDC.2020.15
Pauly, M.; Helle, G.; Büntgen, U.; Wacker, L.; Treydte, K.; Reinig, F.; Turney, C.; Nievergelt, D.; Kromer, B.; Friedrich, M.; Sookdeo, A.; Heinrich, I.; Riedel, F.; Balting, D.; Brauer, A., 2020: An annual-resolution stable isotope record from Swiss subfossil pine trees growing in the late Glacial. Quaternary Science Reviews, 247: 106550 (12 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106550
Janecka, K.; Kaczka, R.J.; Gärtner, H.; Harvey, J.E.; Treydte, K., 2020: Compression wood has a minor effect on the climate signal in tree-ring stable isotope records of montane Norway spruce. Tree Physiology, 40, 8: 1014-1028. doi: 10.1093/treephys/tpaa038
Büntgen, U.; Kolář, T.; Rybníček, M.; Koňasová, E.; Trnka, M.; Ač, A.; Krusic, P.J.; Esper, J.; Treydte, K.; Reinig, F.; Kirdyanov, A.; Herzig, F.; Urban, O., 2020: No age trends in oak stable isotopes. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 35, 4: e2019PA003831 (7 pp.). doi: 10.1029/2019PA003831
Altman, J.; Treydte, K.; Pejcha, V.; Cerny, T.; Petrik, P.; Srutek, M.; Song, J.; Trouet, V.; Dolezal, J., 2020: Tree growth response to recent warming of two endemic species in Northeast Asia. Climatic Change, 162: 1345-1364. doi: 10.1007/s10584-020-02718-1
Shestakova, T.A.; Voltas, J.; Saurer, M.; Berninger, F.; Esper, J.; Andreu‐Hayles, L.; Daux, V.; Helle, G.; Leuenberger, M.; Loader, N.J.; Masson‐Delmotte, V.; Saracino, A.; Waterhouse, J.S.; Schleser, G.H.; Bednarz, Z.; Boettger, T.; Dorado‐Liñán, I.; Filot, M.; Frank, D.; ... Gutiérrez, E., 2019: Spatio‐temporal patterns of tree growth as related to carbon isotope fractionation in European forests under changing climate. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 28, 9: 1295-1309. doi: 10.1111/geb.12933
Peters, R.L.; Speich, M.; Pappas, C.; Kahmen, A.; Von Arx, G.; Graf Pannatier, E.; Steppe, K.; Treydte, K.; Stritih, A.; Fonti, P., 2019: Contrasting stomatal sensitivity to temperature and soil drought in mature alpine conifers. Plant, Cell and Environment, 42: 1674-1689. doi: 10.1111/pce.13500
Wang, W.; Liu, X.; Xu, G.; Treydte, K.; Shao, X.; Qin, D.; Wang, G.; McDowell, N.G., 2019: CO2 fertilization confounds tree‐ring records of regional hydroclimate at northeastern Qinghai‐Tibetan Plateau. Earth and Space Science, 6, 5: 730-740. doi: 10.1029/2018EA000529
Xu, G.; Liu, X.; Trouet, V.; Treydte, K.; Wu, G.; Chen, T.; Sun, W.; An, W.; Wang, W.; Zeng, X.; Qin, D., 2019: Regional drought shifts (1710–2010) in East Central Asia and linkages with atmospheric circulation recorded in tree-ring δ18O. Climate Dynamics, 52, 1-2: 713-727. doi: 10.1007/s00382-018-4215-2
Lyu, L.; Büntgen, U.; Treydte, K.; Yu, K.; Liang, H.; Reinig, F.; Nievergelt, D.; Li, M.; Cherubini, P., 2019: Tree rings reveal hydroclimatic fingerprints of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation on the Tibetan Plateau. Climate Dynamics, 53, 1-2: 1023-1037. doi: 10.1007/s00382-019-04629-z
Pauly, M.; Helle, G.; Miramont, C.; Büntgen, U.; Treydte, K.; Reinig, F.; Guibal, F.; Sivan, O.; Heinrich, I.; Riedel, F.; Kromer, B.; Balanzategui, D.; Wacker, L.; Sookdeo, A.; Brauer, A., 2018: Subfossil trees suggest enhanced Mediterranean hydroclimate variability at the onset of the Younger Dryas. Scientific Reports, 8, 1: 13980 (8 pp.). doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-32251-2
Klesse, S.; Weigt, R.; Treydte, F.; Saurer, M.; Schmid, L.; Siegwolf, R.T.W.; Frank, D.C., 2018: Oxygen isotopes in tree rings are less sensitive to changes in tree size and relative canopy position than carbon isotopes. Plant, Cell and Environment, 41, 12: 2899-2914. doi: 10.1111/pce.13424
Isaac-Renton, M.; Montwé, D.; Hamann, A.; Spiecker, H.; Cherubini, P.; Treydte, K., 2018: Northern forest tree populations are physiologically maladapted to drought. Nature Communications, 9, 1: 5254 (9 pp.). doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-07701-0
Gessler, A.; Cailleret, M.; Joseph, J.; Schönbeck, L.; Schaub, M.; Lehmann, M.; Treydte, K.; Rigling, A.; Timofeeva, G.; Saurer, M., 2018: Drought induced tree mortality - a tree-ring isotope based conceptual model to assess mechanisms and predispositions. New Phytologist, 219, 2: 485-490. doi: 10.1111/nph.15154
Büntgen, U.; Wacker, L.; Galván, J.D.; Arnold, S.; Arseneault, D.; Baillie, M.; Beer, J.; Bernabei, M.; Bleicher, N.; Boswijk, G.; Cherubini, P.; Schweingruber, F.H.; Treydte, K.; Wunder, J.; Young, G.H.F., 2018: Tree rings reveal globally coherent signature of cosmogenic radiocarbon events in 774 and 993 CE. Nature Communications, 9, 1: 3605 (9 pp.). doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-06036-0
Reinig, F.; Nievergelt, D.; Esper, J.; Friedrich, M.; Helle, G.; Hellmann, L.; Kromer, B.; Morganti, S.; Pauly, M.; Sookdeo, A.; Tegel, W.; Treydte, K.; Verstege, A.; Wacker, L.; Büntgen, U., 2018: New tree-ring evidence for the Late Glacial period from the northern pre-Alps in eastern Switzerland. Quaternary Science Reviews, 186: 215-224. doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.02.019
Weigel, R.; Irl, S.D.H.; Treydte, K.; Beierkuhnlein, C.; Berels, J.; Field, R.; Miranda, J.C.; Steinbauer, A.; Steinbauer, M.J.; Jentsch, A., 2018: A novel dendroecological method finds a non-linear relationship between elevation and seasonal growth continuity on an island with trade wind-influenced water availability. AoB PLANTS, 10, 6: (15 pp.). doi: 10.1093/aobpla/ply070
Altman, J.; Ukhvatkina, O.N.; Omelko, A.M.; Macek, M.; Plener, T.; Pejcha, V.; Cerny, T.; Petrik, P.; Srutek, M.; Song, J.; Zhmerenetsky, A.A.; Vozmishcheva, A.S.; Krestov, P.V.; Petrenko, T.Y.; Treydte, K.; Dolezal, J., 2018: Poleward migration of the destructive effects of tropical cyclones during the 20th century. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America PNAS, 115, 45: 11543-11548. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1808979115
Esper, J.; Holzkämper, S.; Büntgen, U.; Schöne, B.; Keppler, F.; Hartl, C.; George, S.St.; Riechelmann, D.F.C.; Treydte, K., 2018: Site-specific climatic signals in stable isotope records from Swedish pine forests. Trees: Structure and Function, 32: 855-869. doi: 10.1007/s00468-018-1678-z
Esper, J.; Carnelli, A.L.; Kamenik, C.; Filot, M.; Leuenberger, M.; Treydte, K., 2017: Spruce tree-ring proxy signals during cold and warm periods. Dendrobiology, 77: 3-18. doi: 10.12657/denbio.077.001
Zeng, X.; Liu, X.; Treydte, K.; Evans, M.N.; Wang, W.; An, W.; Sun, W.; Xu, G.; Wu, G.; Zhang, X., 2017: Climate signals in tree-ring δ18O and δ13C from southeastern Tibet: insights from observations and forward modelling of intra- to interdecadal variability. New Phytologist, 216, 4: 1104-1118. doi: 10.1111/nph.14750
Timofeeva, G.; Treydte, K.; Bugmann, H.; Rigling, A.; Schaub, M.; Siegwolf, R.; Saurer, M., 2017: Long-term effects of drought on tree-ring growth and carbon isotope variability in Scots pine in a dry environment. Tree Physiology, 37, 8: 1028-1041. doi: 10.1093/treephys/tpx041
Sánchez-Salguero, R.; Hevia, A.; Camarero, J.J.; Treydte, K.; Frank, D.; Crivellaro, A.; Domínguez-Delmás, M.; Hellman, L.; Kaczka, R.J.; Kaye, M.; Akhmetzyanov, L.; Ashiq, M.W.; Bhuyan, U.; Bondarenko, O.; Camisón, Á.; Camps, S.; Constante García, V.; Costa Vaz, F.; Gavrila, I.G.; ... Volařík, D., 2017: An intensive tree-ring experience: connecting education and research during the 25th European Dendroecological Fieldweek (Asturias, Spain). Dendrochronologia, 42: 80-93. doi: 10.1016/j.dendro.2016.12.005
Riechelmann, D.F.C.; Greule, M.; Treydte, K.; Esper, J.; Keppler, F., 2016: Climate signals in δ13C of wood lignin methoxyl groups from high-elevation larch trees. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 445: 60-71. doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.01.001
Isaac-Renton, M.; Schneider, L.; Treydte, K., 2016: Contamination risk of stable isotope samples during milling. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 30, 13: 1513-1522. doi: 10.1002/rcm.7585
Esper, J.; Krusic, P.J.; Ljungqvist, F.C.; Luterbacher, J.; Carrer, M.; Cook, E.; Davi, N.K.; Hartl-Meier, C.; Kirdyanov, A.; Konter, O.; Myglan, V.; Timonen, M.; Treydte, K.; Trouet, V.; Villalba, R.; Yang, B.; Büntgen, U., 2016: Ranking of tree-ring based temperature reconstructions of the past millennium. Quaternary Science Reviews, 145: 134-151. doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.05.009
Giuggiola, A.; Ogée, J.; Rigling, A.; Gessler, A.; Bugmann, H.; Treydte, K., 2016: Improvement of water and light availability after thinning at a xeric site: which matters more? A dual isotope approach. New Phytologist, 210, 1: 108-121. doi: 10.1111/nph.13748
Liu, X.; An, W.; Treydte, K.; Wang, W.; Xu, G.; Zeng, X.; Wu, G.; Wang, B.; Zhang, X., 2015: Pooled versus separate tree-ring δD measurements, and implications for reconstruction of the Arctic Oscillation in northwestern China. Science of the Total Environment, 511: 584-594. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.01.002
Zhang, H.; Yuan, N.; Esper, J.; Werner, J.P.; Xoplaki, E.; Büntgen, U.; Treydte, K.; Luterbacher, J., 2015: Modified climate with long term memory in tree ring proxies. Environmental Research Letters, 10, 8: 084020 (15 pp.). doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/10/8/084020
Hartl-Meier, C.; Zang, C.; Büntgen, U.; Esper, J.; Rothe, A.; Göttlein, A.; Dirnböck, T.; Treydte, K., 2015: Uniform climate sensitivity in tree-ring stable isotopes across species and sites in a mid-latitude temperate forest. Tree Physiology, 35, 1: 4-15. doi: 10.1093/treephys/tpu096
Frank, D.C.; Poulter, B.; Saurer, M.; Esper, J.; Huntingford, C.; Helle, G.; Treydte, K.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Schleser, G.H.; Ahlström, A.; Ciais, P.; Friedlingstein, P.; Levis, S.; Lomas, M.; Sitch, S.; Viovy, N.; Andreu-Hayles, L.; Bednarz, Z.; Berninger, F.; ... Weigl, M., 2015: Water-use efficiency and transpiration across European forests during the Anthropocene. Nature Climate Change, 5, 6: 579-581. doi: 10.1038/nclimate2614
Seim, A.; Treydte, K.; Trouet, V.; Frank, D.; Fonti, P.; Tegel, W.; Panayotov, M.; Fernández-Donado, L.; Krusic, P.; Büntgen, U., 2015: Climate sensitivity of Mediterranean pine growth reveals distinct east-west dipole. International Journal of Climatology, 35, 9: 2503-2513. doi: 10.1002/joc.4137
Saurer, M.; Spahni, R.; Frank, D.C.; Joos, F.; Leuenberger, M.; Loader, N.J.; McCarroll, D.; Gagen, M.; Poulter, B.; Siegwolf, R.T.W.; Andreu-Hayles, L.; Boettger, T.; Dorado Liñán, I.; Fairchild, I.J.; Friedrich, M.; Gutierrez, E.; Haupt, M.; Hilasvuori, E.; Heinrich, I.; ... Young, G.H.F., 2014: Spatial variability and temporal trends in water-use efficiency of European forests. Global Change Biology, 20, 12: 3700-3712. doi: 10.1111/gcb.12717
Treydte, K.; Boda, S.; Graf Pannatier, E.; Fonti, P.; Frank, D.; Ullrich, B.; Saurer, M.; Siegwolf, R.; Battipaglia, G.; Werner, W.; Gessler, A., 2014: Seasonal transfer of oxygen isotopes from precipitation and soil to the tree ring: source water versus needle water enrichment. New Phytologist, 202, 3: 772-783. doi: 10.1111/nph.12741
Gessler, A.; Ferrio, J.P.; Hommel, R.; Treydte, K.; Werner, R.A.; Monson, R.K., 2014: Stable isotopes in tree rings: towards a mechanistic understanding of isotope fractionation and mixing processes from the leaves to the wood. Tree Physiology, 34, 8: 796-818. doi: 10.1093/treephys/tpu040
Simard, S.; Giovannelli, A.; Treydte, K.; Traversi, M.L.; King, G.M.; Frank, D.; Fonti, P., 2013: Intra-annual dynamics of non-structural carbohydrates in the cambium of mature conifer trees reflects radial growth demands. Tree Physiology, 33, 9: 913-923. doi: 10.1093/treephys/tpt075
Gessler, A.; Brandes, E.; Keitel, C.; Boda, S.; Kayler, Z.E.; Granier, A.; Barbour, M.; Farquhar, G.D.; Treydte, K., 2013: The oxygen isotope enrichment of leaf-exported assimilates - does it always reflect lamina leaf water enrichment?. New Phytologist, 200, 1: 144-157. doi: 10.1111/nph.12359
Saurer, M.; Kress, A.; Leuenberger, M.; Rinne, K.T.; Treydte, K.S.; Siegwolf, R.T.W., 2012: Influence of atmospheric circulation patterns on the oxygen isotope ratio of tree rings in the Alpine region. Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres, 117: D05118 (12 pp.). doi: 10.1029/2011JD016861
Simard, S.; Morin, H.; Krause, C.; Buhay, W.M.; Treydte, K., 2012: Tree-ring widths and isotopes of artificially defoliated balsam firs: A simulation of spruce budworm outbreaks in Eastern Canada. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 81: 44-54. doi: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2012.02.012
Seim, A.; Büntgen, U.; Fonti, P.; Haska, H.; Herzig, F.; Tegel, W.; Trouet, V.; Treydte, K., 2012: Climate sensitivity of a millennium-long pine chronology from Albania. Climate Research, 51, 3: 217-228. doi: 10.3354/cr01076
Liu, X.; An, W.; Treydte, K.; Shao, X.; Leavitt, S.; Hou, S.; Chen, T.; Sun, W.; Qin, D., 2012: Tree-ring δ18O in southwestern China linked to variations in regional cloud cover and tropical sea surface temperature. Chemical Geology, 291: 104-115. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.10.001
Rinne, K.T.; Loader, N.J.; Switsur, V.R.; Treydte, K.S.; Waterhouse, J.S., 2010: Investigating the influence of sulphur dioxide (SO2) on the stable isotope ratios (δ13C and δ18O) of tree rings. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 74, 8: 2327-2339. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2010.01.021
Esper, J.; Frank, D.C.; Battipaglia, G.; Büntgen, U.; Holert, C.; Treydte, K.; Siegwolf, R.; Saurer, M., 2010: Low-frequency noise in δ13C and δ18O tree ring data: a case study of Pinus uncinata in the Spanish Pyrenees. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 24: GB4018 (11 pp.). doi: 10.1029/2010GB003772
Kress, A.; Saurer, M.; Büntgen, U.; Treydte, K.S.; Bugmann, H.; Siegwolf, R.T.W., 2009: Summer temperature dependency of larch budmoth outbreaks revealed by Alpine tree-ring isotope chronologies. Oecologia, 160, 2: 353-365. doi: 10.1007/s00442-009-1290-4
Treydte, K.S.; Frank, D.C.; Saurer, M.; Helle, G.; Schleser, G.H.; Esper, J., 2009: Impact of climate and CO2 on a millennium-long tree-ring carbon isotope record. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 73, 16: 4635-4647. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2009.05.057
Fonti, P.; Treydte, K.; Osenstetter, S.; Frank, D.; Esper, J., 2009: Frequency-dependent signals in multi-centennial oak vessel data. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 275, 1-4: 92-99. doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.02.021
Saurer, M.; Cherubini, P.; Reynolds-Henne, C.E.; Treydte, K.S.; Anderson, W.T.; Siegwolf, R.T.W., 2008: An investigation of the common signal in tree ring stable isotope chronologies at temperate sites. Journal of Geophysical Research G: Biogeosciences, 113, G4: 1-11. doi: 10.1029/2008JG000689
Kirdyanov, A.V.; Treydte, K.S.; Nikolaev, A.; Helle, G.; Schleser, G.H., 2008: Climate signals in tree-ring width, density an δ13C from larches in Eastern Siberia (Russia). Chemical Geology, 252, 1-2: 31-41. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2008.01.023
Treydte, K.; Frank, D.; Esper, J.; Andreu, L.; Bednarz, Z.; Berninger, F.; Boettger, T.; D'Alessandro, C.M.; Etien, N.; Filot, M.; Grabner, M.; Guillemin, M.T.; Gutierrez, E.; Haupt, M.; Helle, G.; Hilasvuori, E.; Jungner, H.; Kalela-Brundin, M.; Krapiec, M.; ... Schleser, G.H., 2007: Signal strength and climate calibration of a European tree-ring isotope network. Geophysical Research Letters, 34, 24: L24302 (6 pp.). doi: 10.1029/2007GL031106
Reynolds-Henne, C.E.; Siegwolf, R.T.W.; Treydte, K.S.; Esper, J.; Henne, S.; Saurer, M., 2007: Temporal stability of climate-isotope relationships in tree rings of oak and pine (Ticino, Switzerland). Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 21: GB4009 (12 pp.). doi: 10.1029/2007GB002945
Esper, J.; Frank, D.C.; Wilson, R.J.S.; Büntgen, U.; Treydte, K., 2007: Uniform growth trends among central Asian low- and high-elevation juniper tree sites. Trees: Structure and Function, 21, 2: 141-150. doi: 10.1007/s00468-006-0104-0
Treydte, K.S.; Schleser, G.H.; Helle, G.; Frank, D.C.; Winiger, M.; Haug, G.H.; Esper, J., 2006: The twentieth century was the wettest period in northern Pakistan over the past millennium. Nature, 440, 7088: 1179-1182. doi: 10.1038/nature04743
Treydte, K.; Esper, J.; Gärtner, H., 2004: Stabile Isotope in der Dendroklimatologie. Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Forstwesen, 155, 6: 222-232. doi: 10.3188/szf.2004.0222
Esper, J.; Treydte, K.; Frank, D.C.; Gärtner, H.; Büntgen, U., 2004: Temperaturvariationen und Jahrringe. Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Forstwesen, 155, 6: 213-221. doi: 10.3188/szf.2004.0213
Cherubini, P.; Gärtner, H.; Esper, J.; Kaennel Dobbertin, M.; Kaiser, K.F.; Rigling, A.; Treydte, K.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Bräker, O.U., 2004: Jahrringe als Archiv für interdisziplinäre Umweltforschung. Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Forstwesen, 155, 6: 162-168. doi: 10.3188/szf.2004.0162
Gärtner, H.; Esper, J.; Treydte, K., 2004: Geomorphologie und Jahrringe – Feldmethoden in der Dendrogeomorphologie. Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Forstwesen, 155, 6: 198-207. doi: 10.3188/szf.2004.0198
Treydte, K.; Schleser, G.H.; Schweingruber, F.H.; Winiger, M., 2001: The climatic significance of δ13C in subalpine spruces (Lötschental, Swiss Alps). Tellus, 53B, 5: 593-611. doi: 10.3402/tellusb.v53i5.16639
Further scientific publications
Von Arx, G.; Cherubini, P.; Fonti, P.; Nievergelt, D.; Schneider, L.; Treydte, K.; Verstege, A.; Gärtner, H., 2020: In Memoriam. Fritz Hans Schweingruber. 1936-2020. Tree-Ring Research, 76, 2: 106-107. doi: 10.3959/TRR2020-8
Gessler, A.; Treydte, K., 2016: The fate and age of carbon – insights into the storage and remobilization dynamics in trees. New Phytologist, 209, 4: 1338-1340. doi: 10.1111/nph.13863
Janecka, K.; Kaczka, R.J.; Gärtner, H.; Treydte, K., 2016: The influence of compression wood on the strength of the climatic signal in tree rings of Norway spruce. In: Hevia, A.; Sánchez-Salguero, R.; Linares, J.C.; Olano, J.M.; Camarero, J.J.; Gutiérrez, E.; Helle, G.; Gärtner, H. (eds), 2016: TRACE. Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology. Volume 14. Proceedings of the dendrosymposium 2015. May 20th - 23rd, 2015 in Sevilla, Spain. 14. TRACE conference (Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology), Sevilla, Spain. 50-59.
Timofeeva, G.; Frank, D.; Wiles, G.; Treydte, K., 2014: Do oxygen isotopes in tree rings from coastal Alaska record atmospheric circulation patterns?. In: Di Filippo, A.; Piovesan, G.; Romagnoli, M.; Helle, G.; Gärtner, H. (eds), 2014: TRACE. Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology. Volume 12. Proceedings of the dendrosymposium 2013. May 8th - 11th, 2013 in Viterbo, Italy. 12. TRACE conference (Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology), Viterbo, Italy. 80-88.
Ullrich, B.; Graf Pannatier, E.; Saurer, M.; Simard, S.; Treydte, K., 2013: Stable oxygen isotopes in xylem water and soil water of alpine trees. In: Helle, G.; Gärtner, H.; Beck, W.; Heinrich, I.; Heußner, K.; Müller, A.; Sanders, T. (eds), 2013: TRACE. Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology. Volume 11. Proceedings of the dendrosymposium 2012. May 8th - 12th, 2012 in Potsdam and Eberswalde, Germany. 11. TRACE conference (Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology), Potsdam; Eberswalde, Germany. 62-71.
Treydte, K.; Boda, S.; Battipaglia, G.; Fonti, P.; Gessler, A.; Graf-Pannatier, E.; Saurer, M.; Siegwolf, R.; Werner, W., 2010: The pathway of oxygen isotopes from soil to wood (Lötschental, Swiss Alps). In: Levanič, T.; Gričar, J.; Hafner, P.; Krajnc, R.; Jagodic, Š.; Gärtner, H.; Heinrich, I.; Helle, G. (eds), 2010: TRACE. Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology. Volume 8. Proceedings of the dendrosymposium 2009. April 16th - 19th, 2009 in Otočec, Slovenia. 8. TRACE (Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology) conference, Otočec, Slovenia. 33-40.
Seim, A.; Treydte, K.; Büntgen, U.; Esper, J.; Fonti, P.; Haska, H.; Herzig, F.; Tegel, W.; Faust, D., 2010: Exploring the potential of Pinus heldreichii Christ for long-term climate reconstruction in Albania. In: Levanič, T.; Gričar, J.; Hafner, P.; Krajnc, R.; Jagodic, Š.; Gärtner, H.; Heinrich, I.; Helle, G. (eds), 2010: TRACE. Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology. Volume 8. Proceedings of the dendrosymposium 2009. April 16th - 19th, 2009 in Otočec, Slovenia. 8. TRACE (Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology) conference, Otočec, Slovenia. 75-82.
Leavitt, S.W.; Treydte, K.; Yu, L., 2010: Environment in time and space: opportunities from tree-ring isotope networks. In: West, J.B.; Bowen, G.J.; Dawson, T.E.; Tu, K.P. (eds), 2010: Isoscapes. Understanding movement, pattern, and process on earth through isotope mapping. Dordrecht, Springer. 113-135. doi: 10.1007/978-90-481-3354-3_6
Frank, D.; Bouriaud, O.; Wilson, R.; Battipaglia, G.; Büntgen, U.; Fonti, P.; Treydte, K.; Trouet, V.; Esper, J., 2008: A challenge for spatially explicit reconstructions: the climate response of trees is a function of climate. In: Elferts, D.; Brumelis, G.; Gärtner, H.; Helle, G.; Schleser, G. (eds), 2008: TRACE. Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology. Proceedings of the dendrosymposium 2007. May 3rd - 6th 2007, Riga, Latvia. 6. TRACE (Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology) conference, Riga, Latvia, May 3-6, 2007. 36-43.
Treydte, K.; Schleser, G.H.; Esper, J.; Andreu, L.; Bednarz, Z.; Berninger, F.; Böttger, T.; D'Allessandro, C.D.; Etien, N.; Filot, M.; Frank, D.; Grabner, M.; Gutierrez, E.; Haupt, M.; Helle, G.; Hilasvuori, E.; Jungner, H.; Kalela-Brundin, M.; ... Leuenberger, M., 2007: Climate signals in the European isotope network ISONET. In: Schleser, G. (eds), 2007: TRACE. Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology. Volume 5. Proceedings of the dendrosymposium 2006. April 20th - 22nd 2006, Tervuren, Belgium. 5. TRACE (Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology) conference, Tervuren, Belgium, April 20-22, 2006. 138-147.
Treydte, K.; Schleser, G.H.; Esper, J.; Andreu, L.; Bednarz, T.; Berninger, F.; Böttger, T.; D'Allessandro, C.D.; Etien, N.; Filot, M.; Frank, D.; Grabner, M.; Gutierrez, E.; Haupt, M.; Helle, G.; Hilasvuori, E.; Jungner, H.; Kalela-Brundin, M.; ... Leuenberger, M., 2006: The European isotope network ISONET: first results. In: Schleser, G.H. (eds), 2006: TRACE. Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology. Volume 4. Proceedings of the dendrosymposium 2005. April 21st - 23rd 2005, Fribourg, Switzerland. 4. TRACE (Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology) conference, Fribourg, Switzerland, April 21-23, 2005. 273-280.
Esper, J.; Büntgen, U.; Frank, D.C.; Nievergelt, D.; Treydte, K.; Verstege, A., 2006: Multiple tree-ring parameters from Atlas cedar (Morocco) and their climatic signal. In: Heinrich, I.; Gärtner, H.; Monbaron, M.; Schleser, G.H. (eds), 2006: TRACE. Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology. Volume 4. Proceedings of the dendrosymposium 2005. April 21st - 23rd 2005, Fribourg, Switzerland. 4. TRACE (Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology) conference, Fribourg, Switzerland, April 21-23, 2005. 46-55.
Büntgen, U.; Esper, J.; Frank, D.C.; Treydte, K.; Schmidhalter, M.; Nicolussi, K.; Seifert, M., 2005: The effect of power transformation on RCS - evidence from three millennial-length alpine chronologies. In: Gärtner, H.; Esper, J.; Schleser, G.H. (eds), 2005: TRACE. Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology. Volume 3. Proceedings of the dendrosymposium 2004. April 22nd - 24th 2004, Birmensdorf, Switzerland. 3. TRACE conference (Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology), Birmensdorf, Switzerland, April 22-24, 2004. 141-149.
Carnelli, A.L.; Ammann, B.; Esper, J.; Filot, M.; Leuenberger, M.; Treydte, K., 2005: Stable isotope ratios in late wood of Picea abies from Engadine. In: Gärtner, H.; Esper, J.; Schleser, G.H. (eds), 2005: TRACE. Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology. Volume 3. Proceedings of the dendrosymposium 2004. April 22nd - 24th 2004, Birmensdorf, Switzerland. 3. TRACE conference (Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology), Birmensdorf, Switzerland, April 22-24, 2004. 112-116.
Esper, J.; Frank, D.C.; Büntgen, U.; Treydte, K., 2005: Jahrringe: Von den Alpen zur Nordhemisphäre. In: NFS Klima (eds), 2005: Boxenstopp. Tagungsband. 47-50.
Treydte, K.S., 2005: "Baum-Greise" erzählen vom Klima vor 1200 Jahren. In: 2005: Wissenschaft im Zeichen der Zeit. 125-132.
Helle, G.; Treydte, K.S.; Verheyden, A., 2004: Tropical Swietenia macrophylla wood reveals a systematic recurring carbon isotope pattern. In: Jansma, E.; Bräuning, A.; Gärtner, H.; Schleser, G. (eds), 2004: TRACE. Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology. Volume 2. Proceedings of the dendrosymposium 2003. May 1st - 3rd 2003, Utrecht, The Netherlands. 2. TRACE conference (Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology), Utrecht, The Netherlands, May 1-3, 2003. 107-109.
Treydte, K.; Welscher, C.; Schleser, G.H.; Helle, G.; Esper, J.; Winiger, M.; Frank, D.; Büntgen, U., 2004: The climatic signal in oxygen isotopes of junipers at the lower timberline in the Karakorum, Pakistan. In: Jansma, E.; Bräuning, A.; Gärtner, H.; Schleser, G. (eds), 2004: TRACE. Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology. Volume 2. Proceedings of the dendrosymposium 2003. May 1st - 3rd 2003, Utrecht, The Netherlands. 2. TRACE conference (Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology), Utrecht, The Netherlands, May 1-3, 2003. 100-106.
Büntgen, U.; Esper, J.; Schmidhalter, M.; Frank, D.; Treydte, K.; Neuwirth, B.; Winiger, M., 2004: Using recent and historical larch wood to build a 1300-year Valais-chronology. In: Jansma, E.; Bräuning, A.; Gärtner, H.; Schleser, G. (eds), 2004: TRACE. Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology. Volume 2. Proceedings of the dendrosymposium 2003. May 1st - 3rd 2003, Utrecht, The Netherlands. 2. TRACE conference (Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology), Utrecht, The Netherlands, May 1-3, 2003. 85-92.
Frank, D.; Esper, J.; Büntgen, U.; Treydte, K., 2004: The first principal component of a high-elevation ring-width network from the western and central Alps. In: Jansma, E.; Bräuning, A.; Gärtner, H.; Schleser, G. (eds), 2004: TRACE. Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology. Volume 2. Proceedings of the dendrosymposium 2003. May 1st - 3rd 2003, Utrecht, The Netherlands. 2. TRACE conference (Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology), Utrecht, The Netherlands, May 1-3, 2003. 54-57.
Roer, I.; Gärtner, H.; Dikau, R., 2003: Bioindikation von Blockgletschersystemen im Turtmanntal (Wallis, Schweiz). In: Schleser, G.; Winiger, M.; Bräuning, A.; Gärtner, H.; Helle, G.; Jansma, E.; Neuwirth, B.; Treydte, K. (eds), 2003: TRACE. Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology. Volume 1. Proceedings of the dendrosymposium 2002. April 11th - 13th 2002, Bonn / Jülich, Germany. 1. TRACE conference (Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology), Bonn; Jülich, Germany. 132.
Sahling, I.; Schmidt, K.-H.; Gärtner, H., 2003: Dendrogeomorphological analysis of the enlargement of cracks at the Wellenkalk-scarp in the southern Thuringia Basin. In: Schleser, G.; Winiger, M.; Bräuning, A.; Gärtner, H.; Helle, G.; Jansma, E.; Neuwirth, B.; Treydte, K. (eds), 2003: TRACE. Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology. Volume 1. Proceedings of the dendrosymposium 2002. April 11th - 13th 2002, Bonn / Jülich, Germany. 1. TRACE conference (Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology), Bonn; Jülich, Germany, April 11-13, 2002. 125-130.
Gärtner, H., 2003: The applicability of roots in dendrogeomorphology. In: Schleser, G.; Winiger, M.; Bräuning, A.; Gärtner, H.; Helle, G.; Jansma, E.; Neuwirth, B.; Treydte, K. (eds), 2003: TRACE. Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology. Volume 1. Proceedings of the dendrosymposium 2002. April 11th - 13th 2002, Bonn / Jülich, Germany. 1. TRACE conference (Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology), Bonn; Jülich, Germany, April 11-13, 2002. 120-124.
Treydte, K.; Schleser, G.H.; Winiger, M., 2003: δ13C, δ18O and tree ring widths as climate proxies in the Karakorum (Pakistan). In: Schleser, G.; Winiger, M.; Bräuning, A.; Gärtner, H.; Helle, G.; Jansma, E.; Neuwirth, B.; Treydte, K. (eds), 2003: TRACE. Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology. Volume 1. Proceedings of the dendrosymposium 2002. April 11th - 13th 2002, Bonn / Jülich, Germany. 1. TRACE conference (Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology), Bonn; Jülich, Germany. 63.
Esper, J., 2003: A millennium-long temperature reconstruction for the Tien Shan Mountains, Kirghizia. In: Schleser, G.; Winiger, M.; Bräuning, A.; Gärtner, H.; Helle, G.; Jansma, E.; Neuwirth, B.; Treydte, K. (eds), 2003: TRACE. Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology. Volume 1. Proceedings of the dendrosymposium 2002. April 11th - 13th 2002, Bonn / Jülich, Germany. 1. TRACE conference (Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology), Bonn; Jülich, Germany. 47.
Schaub, M.; Kaiser, K.F.; Kromer, B., 2003: Subfossil pines from loamy slope sediments reflect Lateglacial climatic variations. In: Schleser, G.; Winiger, M.; Bräuning, A.; Gärtner, H.; Helle, G.; Jansma, E.; Neuwirth, B.; Treydte, K. (eds), 2003: TRACE. Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology. Volume 1. Proceedings of the dendrosymposium 2002. April 11th - 13th 2002, Bonn / Jülich, Germany. 1. TRACE conference (Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology), Bonn; Jülich, Germany, April 11-13, 2002. 40-46.
Büntgen, U.; Frank, D.; Esper, J., 2003: A detailed view on instrumental temperature data from northern Eurasia. In: Schleser, G.; Winiger, M.; Bräuning, A.; Gärtner, H.; Helle, G.; Jansma, E.; Neuwirth, B.; Treydte, K. (eds), 2003: TRACE. Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology. Volume 1. Proceedings of the dendrosymposium 2002. April 11th - 13th 2002, Bonn / Jülich, Germany. 1. TRACE conference (Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology), Bonn; Jülich, Germany, April 11-13, 2002. 28-34.
Kaiser, K.F.; Schaub, M.; Kromer, B.; Friedrich, M., 2003: Dendrochronologie im Spätglazial, Schmelzwasserschübe, Dansgaard-Oeschger Zyklen und Heinrich-Ereignisse. In: Schleser, G.; Winiger, M.; Bräuning, A.; Gärtner, H.; Helle, G.; Jansma, E.; Neuwirth, B.; Treydte, K. (eds), 2003: TRACE. Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology. Volume 1. Proceedings of the dendrosymposium 2002. April 11th - 13th 2002, Bonn / Jülich, Germany. 1. TRACE conference (Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology), Bonn; Jülich, Germany. 24.
Schleser, G.; Winiger, M.; Bräuning, A.; Gärtner, H.; Helle, G.; Jansma, E.; Neuwirth, B.; Treydte, K. (eds), 2003: TRACE. Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology. Volume 1. Proceedings of the dendrosymposium 2002. April 11th - 13th 2002, Bonn / Jülich, Germany. 1. TRACE conference (Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology), Bonn; Jülich, Germany, April 11-13, 2002. Schriften des Forschungszentrums Jülich, Reihe Umwelt/Environment, 33. Bonn/Jülich, Germany, Forschungszentrum Jülich. 135 p.
Magazine article and brochures
Treydte, K., 2014: Sauerstoff-Isotope in der Paläoklimatologie. Geographische Rundschau, 66, 7-8: 52-54.