Disturbance history is a key driver of tree life span in temperate primary forests

Quantifying natural disturbances using a large‐scale dendrochronological reconstruction to guide forest management

(2020) Vojtěch Čada et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Old forests and old carbon: A case study on the stand dynamics and longevity of aboveground carbon

(2020) Dario Martin-Benito et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Forest carbon sink neutralized by pervasive growth-lifespan trade-offs

(2020) R. J. W. Brienen et al.   Nature Communications

Natural dynamics of temperate mountain beech-dominated primary forests in Central Europe

(2020) Michal Frankovič et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Drivers of basal area variation across primary late-successional Picea abies forests of the Carpathian Mountains

(2019) Pavel Janda et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Lessons from the wild: slow but increasing long‐term growth allows for maximum longevity in European beech

(2019) Gianluca Piovesan et al.   ECOLOGY

The climatic drivers of primary Picea forest growth along the Carpathian arc are changing under rising temperatures

(2019) Jonathan S. Schurman et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Conflicting functional effects of xylem pit structure relate to the growth-longevity trade-off in a conifer species

(2019) Beth Roskilly et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Limited capacity of tree growth to mitigate the global greenhouse effect under predicted warming

(2019) Ulf Büntgen et al.   Nature Communications

Tree growth patterns associated with extreme longevity: Implications for the ecology and conservation of primeval trees in Mediterranean mountains

(2019) Gianluca Piovesan et al.   Anthropocene

Primary forest distribution and representation in a Central European landscape: Results of a large-scale field-based census

(2019) Martin Mikoláš et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Where are Europe’s last primary forests?

(2018) Francesco Maria Sabatini et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Large-scale disturbance legacies and the climate sensitivity of primary Picea abies forests

(2018) Jonathan S. Schurman et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

The ecology of Central European tree species: Trait spectra, functional trade-offs, and ecological classification of adult trees

(2018) Christoph Leuschner et al.   PERSPECTIVES IN PLANT ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS

Profile of tree-related microhabitats in European primary beech-dominated forests

(2018) Daniel Kozák et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

The natural disturbance regime in forests of the Dinaric Mountains: A synthesis of evidence

(2017) Thomas A. Nagel et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

The historical disturbance regime of mountain Norway spruce forests in the Western Carpathians and its influence on current forest structure and composition

(2017) Pavel Janda et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Wood decay rates of 13 temperate tree species in relation to wood properties, enzyme activities and organismic diversities

(2017) Tiemo Kahl et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

More ways than one: Mixed-severity disturbance regimes foster structural complexity via multiple developmental pathways

(2017) Garrett W. Meigs et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

WorldClim 2: new 1-km spatial resolution climate surfaces for global land areas

(2017) Stephen E. Fick et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY

The coefficient of determination R 2 and intra-class correlation coefficient from generalized linear mixed-effects models revisited and expanded

(2017) Shinichi Nakagawa et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

A matter of tree longevity

(2017) Christian Körner   SCIENCE

Forest disturbances under climate change

(2017) Rupert Seidl et al.   Nature Climate Change

The ecology, distribution, conservation and management of large old trees

(2016) David B. Lindenmayer et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

A synthesis of radial growth patterns preceding tree mortality

(2016) Maxime Cailleret et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Tree ring-based metrics for assessing old-growth forest naturalness

(2016) Alfredo Di Filippo et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Trade-Offs between Growth Rate, Tree Size and Lifespan of Mountain Pine (Pinus montana) in the Swiss National Park

(2016) Christof Bigler   PLoS One

Wood density of Norway spruce in uneven-aged stands

(2014) Riikka Piispanen et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

A mixed severity disturbance regime in the primary Picea abies (L.) Karst. forests of the Ukrainian Carpathians

(2014) Volodymyr Trotsiuk et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Slow lifelong growth predisposes Populus tremuloides trees to mortality

(2014) Kathryn B. Ireland et al.   OECOLOGIA

Disturbance, life history traits, and dynamics in an old-growth forest landscape of southeastern Europe

(2013) Thomas A. Nagel et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Landscape-level variability in historical disturbance in primaryPicea abiesmountain forests of the Eastern Carpathians, Romania

(2013) Miroslav Svoboda et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Age and growth patterns of old Norway spruce trees in Trillemarka forest, Norway

(2012) Daniele Castagneri et al.   SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Toward a definition of the range of variability of central European mixed Fagus–Abies–Picea forests: the nearly steady-state forest of Lom (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

(2011) Renzo Motta et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Effects of growth rates, tree morphology and site conditions on longevity of Norway spruce in the northern Swiss Alps

(2011) Elisabeth Rötheli et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Bioclimate and growth history affect beech lifespan in the Italian Alps and Apennines

(2011) Alfredo Di Filippo et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Rot holes create key microhabitats for epiphytic lichens and bryophytes on beech ( Fagus sylvatica )

(2010) Örjan Fritz et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Will the CO2 fertilization effect in forests be offset by reduced tree longevity?

(2010) Harald Bugmann et al.   OECOLOGIA

Increased early growth rates decrease longevities of conifers in subalpine forests

(2009) Christof Bigler et al.   OIKOS

Gap regeneration and replacement patterns in an old-growth Fagus–Abies forest of Bosnia–Herzegovina

(2009) Thomas A. Nagel et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

Age class, longevity and growth rate relationships: protracted growth increases in old trees in the eastern United States

(2009) S. E. Johnson et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Relationships between radial growth rates and lifespan within North American tree species

(2008) Bryan A. Black et al.   ECOSCIENCE