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Brehm, N.; Christl, M.; Knowles, T.D.J.; Casanova, E.; Evershed, R.P.; Adolphi, F.; Muscheler, R.; Synal, H.; Mekhaldi, F.; Paleari, C.I.; Leuschner, H.; Bayliss, A.; Nicolussi, K.; Pichler, T.; Schlüchter, C.; Pearson, C.L.; Salzer, M.W.; Fonti, P.; Nievergelt, D.; ... Wacker, L., 2022: Tree-rings reveal two strong solar proton events in 7176 and 5259 BCE. Nature Communications, 13: 1196 (8 pp.). doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-28804-9
Opgenoorth, L.; Dauphin, B.; Benavides, R.; Heer, K.; Alizoti, P.; Martínez-Sancho, E.; Alía, R.; Ambrosio, O.; Audrey, A.; Auñón, F.; Beffa, G.; Brodbeck, S.; Di Gerardi, N.; Fonti, P.; Graf, R.; Gugerli, F.; Meier, B.; Marchon, J.; Morganti, S.; ... Cavers, S., 2021: The GenTree Platform: growth traits and tree-level environmental data in 12 European forest tree species. GigaScience, 10: 1-13. doi: 10.1093/gigascience/giab010
Zweifel, R.; Etzold, S.; Basler, D.; Bischoff, R.; Braun, S.; Buchmann, N.; Conedera, M.; Fonti, P.; Gessler, A.; Haeni, M.; Hoch, G.; Kamen, A.; Koechli, R.; Maeder, M.; Nievergelt, D.; Peter, M.; Peters, R.L.; Schaub, M.; Trotsiuk, V.; ... Eugster, W., 2021: TreeNet - the biological drought and growth indicator network. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 4: 776905 (14 pp.). doi: 10.3389/ffgc.2021.776905
Reinig, F.; Wacker, L.; Jöris, O.; Oppenheimer, C.; Guidobaldi, G.; Nievergelt, D.; Adolphi, F.; Cherubini, P.; Engels, S.; Esper, J.; Land, A.; Lane, C.; Pfanz, H.; Remmele, S.; Sigl, M.; Sookdeo, A.; Büntgen, U., 2021: Precise date for the Laacher See eruption synchronizes the Younger Dryas. Nature, 595: 66-69. doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-03608-x
Song, H.; Mei, R.; Liu, Y.; Nievergelt, D.; Verstege, A.; Cherubini, P.; Liu, R.; Sun, C.; Li, Q.; Chen, L.; Zeng, X.; Guo, J., 2021: Maximum July-September temperatures derived from tree-ring densities on the western Loess Plateau, China. International Journal of Climatology, 41, 2: 779-790. doi: 10.1002/joc.6650
Cherubini, P.; Gargano, A.; Grob, M.; Nievergelt, D.; Passardi, S., 2020: Denrochronologia's tutoring recipes how to take samples for small basic dendroecological studies. Dendrochronologia, 64: 125774 (2 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.dendro.2020.125774
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
Peters, R.L.; Miranda, J.C.; Schönbeck, L.; Nievergelt, D.; Fonti, M.V.; Saurer, M.; Stritih, A.; Fonti, P.; Wermelinger, B.; Von Arx, G.; Lehmann, M.M., 2020: Tree physiological monitoring of the 2018 larch budmoth outbreak: preference for leaf recovery and carbon storage over stem wood formation in Larix decidua. Tree Physiology, 40: 1697-1711. doi: 10.1093/treephys/tpaa087
Peters, R.L.; Von Arx, G.; Nievergelt, D.; Ibrom, A.; Stillhard, J.; Trotsiuk, V.; Mazurkiewicz, A.; Babst, F., 2020: Axial changes in wood functional traits have limited net effects on stem biomass increment in European beech (Fagus sylvatica). Tree Physiology, 40, 4: 498-510. doi: 10.1093/treephys/tpaa002
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
Björklund, J.; Seftigen, K.; Fonti, P.; Nievergelt, D.; Von Arx, G., 2020: Dendroclimatic potential of dendroanatomy in temperature-sensitive Pinus sylvestris. Dendrochronologia, 60: 125673 (9 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.dendro.2020.125673
Tintner, J.; Spangl, B.; Grabner, M.; Helama, S.; Timonen, M.; Kirchhefer, A.J.; Reinig, F.; Nievergelt, D.; Krąpiec, M.; Smidt, E., 2020: MD dating: molecular decay (MD) in pinewood as a dating method. Scientific Reports, 10, 1: 11255 (8 pp.). doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-68194-w
Reinig, F.; Cherubini, P.; Engels, S.; Esper, J.; Guidobaldi, G.; Jöris, O.; Lane, C.; Nievergelt, D.; Oppenheimer, C.; Park, C.; Pfanz, H.; Riede, F.; Schmincke, H.; Street, M.; Wacker, L.; Büntgen, U., 2020: Towards a dendrochronologically refined date of the Laacher See eruption around 13,000 years ago. Quaternary Science Reviews, 229: 106128 (6 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.106128
Büntgen, U.; Liebhold, A.; Nievergelt, D.; Wermelinger, B.; Roques, A.; Reinig, F.; Krusic, P.J.; Piermattei, A.; Egli, S.; Cherubini, P.; Esper, J., 2020: Return of the moth: rethinking the effect of climate on insect outbreaks. Oecologia, 192: 543-552. doi: 10.1007/s00442-019-04585-9
Björklund, J.; Von Arx, G.; Nievergelt, D.; Wilson, R.; Van den Bulcke, J.; Günther, B.; Loader, N.J.; Rydval, M.; Fonti, P.; Scharnweber, T.; Andreu‐Hayles, L.; Büntgen, U.; D'Arrigo, R.; Davi, N.; De Mil, T.; Esper, J.; Gärtner, H.; Geary, J.; Gunnarson, B.E.; ... Frank, D., 2019: Scientific merits and analytical challenges of tree‐ring densitometry. Reviews of Geophysics, 57, 4: 1224-1264. doi: 10.1029/2019RG000642
Friedrich, R.; Kromer, B.; Sirocko, F.; Esper, J.; Lindauer, S.; Nievergelt, D.; Heussner, K.U.; Westphal, T., 2019: Annual 14C tree-ring data around 400 AD: mid- and high-latitude records. Radiocarbon, 61, 5: 1305-1316. doi: 10.1017/RDC.2019.34
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
Reinig, F.; Gärtner, H.; Crivellaro, A.; Nievergelt, D.; Pauly, M.; Schweingruber, F.; Sookdeo, A.; Wacker, L.; Büntgen, U., 2018: Introducing anatomical techniques to subfossil wood. Dendrochronologia, 52: 146-151. doi: 10.1016/j.dendro.2018.10.005
Lendvay, B.; Hartmann, M.; Brodbeck, S.; Nievergelt, D.; Reinig, F.; Zoller, S.; Parducci, L.; Gugerli, F.; Büntgen, U.; Sperisen, C., 2018: Improved recovery of ancient DNA from subfossil wood – application to the world's oldest Late Glacial pine forest. New Phytologist, 217, 4: 1737-1748. doi: 10.1111/nph.14935
Kaczka, R.J.; Spyt, B.; Janecka, K.; Beil, I.; Büntgen, U.; Scharnweber, T.; Nievergelt, D.; Wilmking, M., 2018: Different maximum latewood density and blue intensity measurements techniques reveal similar results. Dendrochronologia, 49: 94-101. doi: 10.1016/j.dendro.2018.03.005
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
Büntgen, U.; Bagi, I.; Fekete, O.; Molinier, V.; Peter, M.; Splivallo, R.; Vahdatzadeh, M.; Richard, F.; Murat, C.; Tegel, W.; Stobbe, U.; Martínez-Peña, F.; Sproll, L.; Hülsmann, L.; Nievergelt, D.; Meier, S.; Egli, S., 2017: New Insights into the complex relationship between weight and maturity of Burgundy Truffles (Tuber aestivum). PLoS One, 12, 1: e0170375 (15 pp.). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0170375
Sookdeo, A.; Wacker, L.; Fahrni, S.; McIntyre, C.P.; Friedrich, M.; Reinig, F.; Nievergelt, D.; Tegel, W.; Kromer, B.; Büntgen, U., 2016: Speed dating: a rapid way to determine the radiocarbon age of wood by EA-AMS. Radiocarbon, 59, 3: 933-939. doi: 10.1017/RDC.2016.76
Hellmann, L.; Tegel, W.; Kirdyanov, A.V.; Eggertsson, Ó.; Esper, J.; Agafonov, L.; Nikolaev, A.N.; Knorre, A.A.; Myglan, V.S.; Churakova, O.; Schweingruber, F.H.; Nievergelt, D.; Verstege, A.; Büntgen, U., 2015: Timber logging in central Siberia is the main source for recent Arctic driftwood. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 47, 3: 449-460. doi: 10.1657/AAAR0014-063
Gärtner, H.; Cherubini, P.; Fonti, P.; Von Arx, G.; Schneider, L.; Nievergelt, D.; Verstege, A.; Bast, A.; Schweingruber, F.H.; Büntgen, U., 2015: A technical perspective in modern tree-ring research - how to overcome dendroecological and wood anatomical challenges. Journal of Visualized Experiments, e52337 (10 pp.). doi: 10.3791/52337
Büntgen, U.; Trnka, M.; Krusic, P.J.; Kyncl, T.; Kyncl, J.; Luterbacher, J.; Zorita, E.; Charpentier Ljungqvist, F.; Auer, I.; Konter, O.; Schneider, L.; Tegel, W.; Štepánek, P.; Brönnimann, S.; Hellmann, L.; Nievergelt, D.; Esper, J., 2015: Tree-ring amplification of the early nineteenth-century summer cooling in central Europe. Journal of Climate, 28, 13: 5272-5288. doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00673.1
Büntgen, U.; Hellmann, L.; Tegel, W.; Normand, S.; Myers-Smith, I.; Kirdyanov, A.V.; Nievergelt, D.; Schweingruber, F.H., 2015: Temperature-induced recruitment pulses of Arctic dwarf shrub communities. Journal of Ecology, 103, 2: 489-501. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.12361
Büntgen, U.; Liebhold, A.; Jenny, H.; Mysterud, A.; Egli, S.; Nievergelt, D.; Stenseth, N.C.; Bollmann, K., 2014: European springtime temperature synchronises ibex horn growth across the eastern Swiss Alps. Ecology Letters, 17, 3: 303-313. doi: 10.1111/ele.12231
King, G.; Fonti, P.; Nievergelt, D.; Büntgen, U.; Frank, D., 2013: Climatic drivers of hourly to yearly tree radius variations along a 6°C natural warming gradient. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 168: 36-46. doi: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2012.08.002
Yuan, Y.; Zhang, T.; Wei, W.; Nievergelt, D.; Verstege, A.; Yu, S.; Zhang, R.; Esper, J., 2013: Development of tree-ring maximum latewood density chronologies for the Western Tien Shan Mountains, China: influence of detrending method and climate response. Dendrochronologia, 31, 3: 192-197. doi: 10.1016/j.dendro.2013.05.004
Schweingruber, F.H.; Hellmann, L.; Tegel, W.; Braun, S.; Nievergelt, D.; Büntgen, U., 2013: Evaluating the wood anatomical and dendroecological potential of arctic dwarf shrub communities. IAWA Journal, 34, 4: 485-497. doi: 10.1163/22941932-00000039
Esper, J.; Frank, D.C.; Timonen, M.; Zorita, E.; Wilson, R.J.S.; Luterbacher, J.; Holzkämper, S.; Fischer, N.; Wagner, S.; Nievergelt, D.; Verstege, A.; Büntgen, U., 2012: Orbital forcing of tree-ring data. Nature Climate Change, 2, 12: 862-866. doi: 10.1038/Nclimate1589
Büntgen, U.; Raible, C.C.; Frank, D.; Helama, S.; Cunningham, L.; Hofer, D.; Nievergelt, D.; Verstege, A.; Timonen, M.; Stenseth, N.Chr.; Esper, J., 2011: Causes and consequences of past and projected Scandinavian summer temperatures, 500-2100 AD. PLoS One, 6, 9: e25133. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025133
Gärtner, H.; Nievergelt, D., 2010: The core-microtome: A new tool for surface preparation on corse and time series analysis of varying cell parameters. Dendrochronologia, 28, 2: 85-92. doi: 10.1016/j.dendro.2009.09.002
Esper, J.; Büntgen, U.; Frank, D.C.; Nievergelt, D.; Liebhold, A., 2007: 1200 years of regular outbreaks in alpine insects. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 274, 1610: 671-679. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2006.0191
Büntgen, U.; Frank, D.C.; Nievergelt, D.; Esper, J., 2006: Summer temperature variations in the European Alps, AD 755-2004. Journal of Climate, 19, 21: 5606-5623. doi: 10.1175/Jcli3917.1
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
Büntgen, U.; Egli, S.; Tegel, W.; Stobbe, U.; Sproll, L.; Elburg, R.; Peter, M.; Nievergelt, D.; Cherubini, P.; Stenseth, N.C., 2012: Illuminating the mysterious world of truffles. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 10, 9: 462-463. doi: 10.1890/12.Wb.021
Babst, F.; Frank, D.; Büntgen, U.; Nievergelt, D.; Esper, J., 2009: Effect of sample preparation and scanning resolution on the blue reflectance of Picea abies. In: Kaczka, R.J.; Malik, I.; Owczarek, P.; Gärtner, H.; Heinrich, I.; Helle, G.; Schleser, G. (eds), 2009: TRACE. Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology. Volume 7. Proceedings of the dendrosymposium 2008. April 27th - 30th, 2008 in Zakopane, Poland. 7. TRACE (Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology) conference, Zakopane, Poland, April 27-30, 2008. 188-195.
Büntgen, U.; Esper, J.; Verstege, A.; Nievergelt, D.; Frank, D.C.; Wilson, R.J.S., 2007: Climatic response of multiple tree-ring parameters from the Spanish Central Pyrenees. In: Haneca, K.; Verheyden, A.; Beeckman, H.; Gärtner, H.; Helle, G.; 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. 60-72.
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.
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