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Dr. Stefan Klesse
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Scientific staff member
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Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL
Zürcherstrasse 111
8903 Birmensdorf
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Birmensdorf Bi HL C 24
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Publications
Scientific publication article peer reviewed
Evans, M.E.K.; Justin Derose, R.; Klesse, S.; Girardin, M.P.; Heilman, K.A.; Ross Alexander, M.; Arsenault, A.; Babst, F.; Bouchard, M.; Cahoon, S.M.P.; Campbell, E.M.; Dietze, M.; Duchesne, L.; Frank, D.C.; Giebink, C.L.; Gómez-Guerrero, A.; Gutiérrez García, G.; Hogg, E.H.; Metsaranta, J.; ... Villela Gaytán, S.A., 2022: Adding tree rings to North America's national forest inventories: an essential tool to guide drawdown of atmospheric CO2. BioScience, 72, 3: 233-246. doi: 10.1093/biosci/biab119
Pappas, C.; Bélanger, N.; Bastien-Beaudet, G.; Couture, C.; D'Orangeville, L.; Duchesne, L.; Gennaretti, F.; Houle, D.; Hurley, A.G.; Klesse, S.; Desrosiers, S.L.; Girona, M.M.; Peters, R.L.; Rossi, S.; St-Amand, K.; Kneeshaw, D., 2022: Xylem porosity, sapwood characteristics, and uncertainties in temperate and boreal forest water use. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 323: 109092 (12 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2022.109092
Klesse, S.; Wohlgemuth, T.; Meusburger, K.; Vitasse, Y.; Von Arx, G.; Lévesque, M.; Neycken, A.; Braun, S.; Dubach, V.; Gessler, A.; Ginzler, C.; Gossner, M.M.; Hagedorn, F.; Queloz, V.; Samblás Vives, E.; Rigling, A.; 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.). doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157926
Martinez del Castillo, E.; Zang, C.S.; Buras, A.; Hacket-Pain, A.; Esper, J.; Serrano-Notivoli, R.; Hartl, C.; Weigel, R.; Klesse, S.; Resco de Dios, V.; Scharnweber, T.; Dorado-Liñán, I.; Van der Maaten-Theunissen, M.; Van der Maaten, E.; Jump, A.; Mikac, S.; Banzragch, B.E.; Beck, W.; Cavin, L.; ... De Luis, M., 2022: Climate-change-driven growth decline of European beech forests. Communications Biology, 5: 163 (9 pp.). doi: 10.1038/s42003-022-03107-3
Heilman, K.A.; Dietze, M.C.; Arizpe, A.A.; Aragon, J.; Gray, A.; Shaw, J.D.; Finley, A.O.; Klesse, S.; DeRose, R.J.; Evans, M.E.K., 2022: Ecological forecasting of tree growth: regional fusion of tree‐ring and forest inventory data to quantify drivers and characterize uncertainty. Global Change Biology, 28, 7: 2442-2460. doi: 10.1111/gcb.16038
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
Klesse, S., 2021: Critical note on the application of the “two-third” spline. Dendrochronologia, 65: 125786 (9 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.dendro.2020.125786
Gharun, M.; Klesse, S.; Tomlinson, G.; Waldner, P.; Stocker, B.; Rihm, B.; Siegwolf, R.; Buchmann, N., 2021: Effect of nitrogen deposition on centennial forest water-use efficiency. Environmental Research Letters, 16, 11: 114036 (14 pp.). doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/ac30f9
Klesse, S.; Abegg, M.; Hopf, S.E.; Gossner, M.M.; Rigling, A.; Queloz, V., 2021: Spread and severity of ash dieback in Switzerland - Tree characteristics and landscape features explain varying mortality probability. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 4: 645920 (11 pp.). doi: 10.3389/ffgc.2021.645920
Klesse, S.; Von Arx, G.; Gossner, M.M.; Hug, C.; Rigling, A.; Queloz, V., 2021: Amplifying feedback loop between growth and wood anatomical characteristics of Fraxinus excelsior explains size-related susceptibility to ash dieback. Tree Physiology, 41, 5: 683-696. doi: 10.1093/treephys/tpaa091
Klesse, S.; DeRose, R.J.; Babst, F.; Black, B.A.; Anderegg, L.D.L.; Axelson, J.; Ettinger, A.; Griesbauer, H.; Guiterman, C.H.; Harley, G.; Harvey, J.E.; Lo, Y.; Lynch, A.M.; O'Connor, C.; Restaino, C.; Sauchyn, D.; Shaw, J.D.; Smith, D.J.; Wood, L.; ... Evans, M.E.K., 2020: Continental-scale tree-ring-based projection of Douglas-fir growth: testing the limits of space-for-time substitution. Global Change Biology, 26, 9: 5146-5163. doi: 10.1111/gcb.15170
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
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
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
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
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
Trotsiuk, V.; Svoboda, M.; Weber, P.; Pederson, N.; Klesse, S.; Janda, P.; Martin-Benito, D.; Mikolas, M.; Seedre, M.; Bace, R.; Mateju, L.; Frank, D., 2016: The legacy of disturbance on individual tree and stand-level aboveground biomass accumulation and stocks in primary mountain Picea abies forests. Forest Ecology and Management, 373: 108-115. doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2016.04.038
Klesse, S.; Etzold, S.; Frank, D., 2016: Integrating tree-ring and inventory-based measurements of aboveground biomass growth: research opportunities and carbon cycle consequences from a large snow breakage event in the Swiss Alps. European Journal of Forest Research, 135, 2: 297-311. doi: 10.1007/s10342-015-0936-5
Keel, S.G.; Joos, F.; Spahni, R.; Saurer, M.; Weigt, R.B.; Klesse, S., 2016: Simulating oxygen isotope ratios in tree ring cellulose using a dynamic global vegetation model. Biogeosciences, 13, 13: 3869-3886. doi: 10.5194/bg-13-3869-2016
Wilson, R.; Anchukaitis, K.; Briffa, K.R.; Büntgen, U.; Cook, E.; D'Arrigo, R.; Davi, N.; Esper, J.; Frank, D.; Gunnarson, B.; Hegerl, G.; Helama, S.; Klesse, S.; Krusic, P.J.; Linderholm, H.W.; Myglan, V.; Osborn, T.J.; Rydval, M.; Schneider, L.; ... Zorita, E., 2016: Last millennium northern hemisphere summer temperatures from tree rings: part I: the long term context. Quaternary Science Reviews, 134: 1-18. doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.12.005
Klesse, S.; Ziehmer, M.; Rousakis, G.; Trouet, V.; Frank, D., 2015: Synoptic drivers of 400 years of summer temperature and precipitation variability on Mt. Olympus, Greece. Climate Dynamics, 45, 3-4: 807-824. doi: 10.1007/s00382-014-2313-3
Nehrbass-Ahles, C.; Babst, F.; Klesse, S.; Nötzli, M.; Bouriaud, O.; Neukom, R.; Dobbertin, M.; Frank, D., 2014: The influence of sampling design on tree-ring-based quantification of forest growth. Global Change Biology, 20, 9: 2867-2885. doi: 10.1111/gcb.12599
Babst, F.; Alexander, M.R.; Szejner, P.; Bouriaud, O.; Klesse, S.; Roden, J.; Ciais, P.; Poulter, B.; Frank, D.; Moore, D.J.P.; Trouet, V., 2014: A tree-ring perspective on the terrestrial carbon cycle. Oecologia, 176, 2: 307-322. doi: 10.1007/s00442-014-3031-6
Further scientific publications
Klesse, S.; Frank, D., 2013: Testing the application of regional curve standardization to living tree datasets. 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. 47-55.
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