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Head:PD Dr. Georg von Arx
We use tree rings to investigate environmental impacts on tree growth and reconstruct past environmental changes. Our aim is to understand the underlying tree-physiological processes, particularly in relation to the water and carbon cycles. The spatio-temporal scale ranges from minutes to millennia and from cells to ecosystems around the globe. Our toolbox includes time series analysis of ring width, x-ray density, stable isotopes and wood cell anatomy. We aim to advance these tools through development of hardware, software and statistical methods.
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Chen, Y.; Rademacher, T.; Fonti, P.; Eckes-Shephard, A.H.; LeMoine, J.M.; Fonti, M.V.; Richardson, A.D.; Friend, A.D., 2022: Inter-annual and inter-species tree growth explained by phenology of xylogenesis. New Phytologist, 235, 3: 939-952. doi: 10.1111/nph.18195
Staubli, F.; Imola, L.; Dauphin, B.; Molinier, V.; Pfister, S.; Piñuela, Y.; Schürz, L.; Sproll, L.; Steidinger, B.S.; Stobbe, U.; Tegel, W.; Büntgen, U.; Egli, S.; Peter, M., 2022: Hidden fairy rings and males - genetic patterns of natural Burgundy truffle (Tuber aestivum Vittad.) populations reveal new insights into its life cycle. Environmental Microbiology, doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.16131
Büntgen, U.; Arseneault, D.; Boucher, É.; Churakova (Sidorova), O.V.; Gennaretti, F.; Crivellaro, A.; Hughes, M.K.; Kirdyanov, A.V.; Klippel, L.; Krusic, P.J.; Linderholm, H.W.; Ljungqvist, F.C.; Ludescher, J.; McCormick, M.; Myglan, V.S.; Nicolussi, K.; Piermattei, A.; Oppenheimer, C.; Reinig, F.; ... Esper, J., 2022: Recognising bias in Common Era temperature reconstructions. Dendrochronologia, 74: 125982 (3 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.dendro.2022.125982
Perulli, G.D.; Peters, R.L.; Von Arx, G.; Grappadelli, L.C.; Manfrini, L.; Cherubini, P., 2022: Learning from the past to improve in the future: tree-ring wood anatomy as retrospective tool to help orchard irrigation management. In: Xiloyannis, C.; Dichio, B.; Mininni, A.N. (eds), 2022: Proceedings of the IX international symposium on irrigation of horticultural crops. IX international symposium on irrigation of horticultural crops, Matera, Italy. 179-188. doi: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2022.1335.21
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
Anderson‐Teixeira, K.J.; Herrmann, V.; Rollinson, C.R.; Gonzalez, B.; Gonzalez‐Akre, E.B.; Pederson, N.; Alexander, M.R.; Allen, C.D.; Alfaro‐Sánchez, R.; Awada, T.; Baltzer, J.L.; Baker, P.J.; Birch, J.D.; Bunyavejchewin, S.; Cherubini, P.; Davies, S.J.; Dow, C.; Helcoski, R.; Kašpar, J.; ... Zuidema, P.A., 2022: Joint effects of climate, tree size, and year on annual tree growth derived from tree‐ring records of ten globally distributed forests. Global Change Biology, 28, 1: 245-266. doi: 10.1111/gcb.15934
Versace, S.; Bräuning, A.; Cherubini, P.; Di Febbraro, M.; Häusser, M.; Lombardi, F.; Marchetti, M.; Marziliano, P.A.; Salbitano, F.; Szymczak, S.; Tognetti, R., 2022: New evidence for population-specific responses to drought events from tree ring chronologies of Pinus nigra ssp. laricio across the entire distribution range. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 323: 109076 (10 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2022.109076
Vogt-Schilb, H.; Richard, F.; Malaval, J.; Rapior, S.; Fons, F.; Bourgade, V.; Schatz, B.; Buentgen, U.; Moreau, P., 2022: Climate-induced long-term changes in the phenology of Mediterranean fungi. Fungal Ecology, 60: 101166 (11 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.funeco.2022.101166
Čejka, T.; Thomas, P.W.; Oliach, D.; Stobbe, U.; Egli, S.; Tegel, W.; Centenaro, G.; Sproll, L.; Bagi, I.; Trnka, M.; Büntgen, U., 2022: Understanding the performance of truffle dogs. Journal of Veterinary Behavior - Clinical Applications and Research, 52-53: 8-13. doi: 10.1016/j.jveb.2022.04.002
Churakova-Sidorova, O.V.; Myglan, V.S.; Fonti, M.V.; Naumova, O.V.; Kirdyanov, A.V.; Kalugin, I.A.; Babich, V.V.; Falster, G.M.; Vaganov, E.A.; Siegwolf, R.T.W.; Saurer, M., 2022: Modern aridity in the Altai-Sayan mountain range derived from multiple millennial proxies. Scientific Reports, 12: 7752 (10 pp.). doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-11299-1
Miller, E.W.; Rademacher, T.; Fonti, P.; Seyednasrollah, B.; Richardson, A.D., 2022: Assessing intra-annual density fluctuations across and along white pine stems. Botany, 100, 7: 583-591. doi: 10.1139/cjb-2021-0218
Fonti, M.V.; Tychkov, I.I.; Shishov, V.V.; Shashkin, A.V.; Prokushkin, A.S., 2022: Plant-soil-climate interaction in observed and simulated tree-radial growth dynamics of downy birch in permafrost. Frontiers in Plant Science, 13: 780153 (13 pp.). doi: 10.3389/fpls.2022.780153
Churakova (Sidorova), O.V.; Fonti, M.V.; Barinov, V.V.; Zharkov, M.S.; Taynik, A.V.; Trushkina, T.V.; Kirdyanov, A.V.; Arzac, A.; Saurer, M., 2022: Towards the third millennium changes in Siberian triple tree-ring stable isotopes. Forests, 13, 6: 934. doi: 10.3390/f13060934
Martínez‐Sancho, E.; Treydte, K.; Lehmann, M.M.; Rigling, A.; Fonti, P., 2022: Drought impacts on tree carbon sequestration and water use – evidence from intra‐annual tree‐ring characteristics. New Phytologist, doi: 10.1111/nph.18224
Huang, W.; Fonti, P.; Lundqvist, S.; Larsen, J.B.; Kehlet Hansen, J.; Garbrecht Thygesen, L., 2022: Differences in xylem response to drought provide hints to future species selection. New Forests, 53: 759-777. doi: 10.1007/s11056-021-09885-8
Büntgen, U.; Smith, S.H.; Wagner, S.; Krusic, P.; Esper, J.; Piermattei, A.; Crivellaro, A.; Reinig, F.; Tegel, W.; Kirdyanov, A.; Trnka, M.; Oppenheimer, C., 2022: Global tree-ring response and inferred climate variation following the mid-thirteenth century Samalas eruption. Climate Dynamics, 59: 531-546. doi: 10.1007/s00382-022-06141-3
Treml, V.; Tumajer, J.; Jandová, K.; Oulehle, F.; Rydval, M.; Čada, V.; Treydte, K.; Mašek, J.; Vondrovicová, L.; Lhotáková, Z.; Svoboda, M., 2022: Increasing water-use efficiency mediates effects of atmospheric carbon, sulfur, and nitrogen on growth variability of central European conifers. Science of the Total Environment, 838: 156483 (11 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156483
Kolář, T.; Rybníček, M.; Eggertsson, Ó.; Kirdyanov, A.; Čejka, T.; Čermák, P.; Žid, T.; Vavrčík, H.; Büntgen, U., 2022: Predicted sea-ice loss will terminate Iceland's driftwood supply by 2060 CE. Global and Planetary Change, 213: 103834 (8 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2022.103834
Bose, A.K.; Rigling, A.; Gessler, A.; Hagedorn, F.; Brunner, I.; Feichtinger, L.; Bigler, C.; Egli, S.; Etzold, S.; Gossner, M.M.; Guidi, C.; Lévesque, M.; Meusburger, K.; Peter, M.; Saurer, M.; Scherrer, D.; Schleppi, P.; Schönbeck, L.; Vogel, M.E.; ... 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.). doi: 10.1002/ecm.1507
Battipaglia, G.; Cherubini, P., 2022: Stable isotopes in tree rings of Mediterranean forests. In: Siegwolf, R.T.W.; Brooks, J.R.; Roden, J.; Saurer, M. (eds), 2022: Stable isotopes in tree rings. Inferring physiological, climatic and environmental responses. Cham, Springer. 605-629. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-92698-4_21
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