Dr. Stefan Klesse

Function

Postdoc

Forest health and biotic interactions

Swiss Forest Protection

Contact

stefan.klesse(at)wslto make life hard for spam bots.ch

+41 44 739 25 66+41 44 739 25 66

Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL
Zürcherstrasse 111
8903 Birmensdorf

Site

Birmensdorf Bi CA C 07

Projects

SNF-iTREE

SNF-iTREE is an interdisciplinary research framework to capitalize on synergies among leading dendro-climatologists, plant physiologists, isotope specialists, and global carbon cycle modellers with the objective of reducing uncertainties related to tree/forest growth in the context of changing natural environments.

In the subproject iTREE-A, we will quantify annually resolved changes in tree growth and biomass from an existing network of tree-ring data and additional selected sites across Europe. We will upscale these measurements for model validation exercises, and provide cross-dated tree ring material for isotopic analysis for subsequent physiology assessments.

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Publications

Scientific publication article peer reviewed

Klesse, S.; Babst, F.; Lienert, S.; Spahni, R.; Joos, F.; Bouriaud, O.; Carrer, M.; Di Filippo, A.; Poulter, B.; Trotsiuk, V.; Wilson, R.; Frank, D.C., 2018: A combined tree ring and vegetation model assessment of European forest growth sensitivity to interannual climate variability. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 32, 8: 1226-1240. doi: 10.1029/2017GB005856

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

Keller, K.M.; Lienert, S.; Bozbiyik, A.; Stocker, T.F.; Churakova (Sidorova), O.V.; Frank, D.C.; Klesse, S.; Koven, C.D.; Leuenberger, M.; Riley, W.J.; Saurer, M.; Siegwolf, R.; Weigt, R.B.; Joos, F., 2017: 20th century changes in carbon isotopes and water-use efficiency: tree-ring-based evaluation of the CLM4.5 and LPX-Bern models. Biogeosciences, 14, 10: 2641-2673. doi: 10.5194/bg-14-2641-2017

Peters, R.L.; Klesse, S.; Fonti, P.; Frank, D.C., 2017: Contribution of climate vs. larch budmoth outbreaks in regulating biomass accumulation in high-elevation forests. Forest Ecology and Management, 401: 147-158. doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2017.06.032

Anchukaitis, K.J.; Wilson, R.; Briffa, K.R.; Büntgen, U.; Cook, E.R.; D'Arrigo, R.; Davi, N.; Esper, J.; Frank, D.; Gunnarson, B.E.; Hegerl, G.; Helama, S.; Klesse, S.; Krusic, P.J.; Linderholm, H.W.; Myglan, V.; Osborn, T.J.; Zhang, P.; Rydval, M.; ... Zorita, E., 2017: Last millennium Northern Hemisphere summer temperatures from tree rings: part II, spatially resolved reconstructions. Quaternary Science Reviews, 163: 1-22. doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2017.02.020