Site conditions more than species identity drive fine root biomass, morphology and spatial distribution in temperate pure and mixed forests

A spatially explicit index for tree species or trait diversity at neighborhood and stand level

(2021) Jonas Glatthorn   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

Surplus Carbon Drives Allocation and Plant–Soil Interactions

(2020) Cindy E. Prescott et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Stand growth and structure of mixed-species and monospecific stands of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) and oak (Q. robur L., Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl.) analysed along a productivity gradient through Europe

(2019) H. Pretzsch et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Root exudation of mature beech forests across a nutrient availability gradient: the role of root morphology and fungal activity

(2019) Ina C. Meier et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Diversity and forest productivity in a changing climate

(2018) Christian Ammer   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Key ecological research questions for Central European forests

(2018) Christian Ammer et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

Conifer proportion explains fine root biomass more than tree species diversity and site factors in major European forest types

(2017) Leena Finér et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Generalized biomass and leaf area allometric equations for European tree species incorporating stand structure, tree age and climate

(2017) David I. Forrester et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Tree species functional group is a more important driver of soil properties than tree species diversity across major European forest types

(2017) Seid Muhie Dawud et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Silver fir and Douglas fir are more tolerant to extreme droughts than Norway spruce in south-western Germany

(2017) Valentina Vitali et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Tree species and size drive water consumption of beech/spruce forests - a simulation study highlighting growth under water limitation

(2017) T. Rötzer et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

How management intensity and neighborhood composition affect the structure of beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) trees

(2017) Julia Juchheim et al.   TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

Improved productivity and modified tree morphology of mixed versus pure stands of European beech (Fagus sylvatica) and Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) with increasing precipitation and age

(2016) Eric A. Thurm et al.   ANNALS OF FOREST SCIENCE

Is Tree Species Diversity or Species Identity the More Important Driver of Soil Carbon Stocks, C/N Ratio, and pH?

(2016) Seid Muhie Dawud et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Mixture reduces climate sensitivity of Douglas-fir stem growth

(2016) Eric A. Thurm et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Drought responses by individual tree species are not often correlated with tree species diversity in European forests

(2016) David I. Forrester et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Fine-root trait plasticity of beech (Fagus sylvatica) and spruce (Picea abies) forests on two contrasting soils

(2016) Monique Weemstra et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

A Review of Processes Behind Diversity—Productivity Relationships in Forests

(2016) David I. Forrester et al.   Current Forestry Reports

Growth and yield of mixed versus pure stands of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) and European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) analysed along a productivity gradient through Europe

(2015) H. Pretzsch et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Species mixture increases the effect of drought on tree ring density, but not on ring width, in Quercus petraea–Pinus sylvestris stands

(2015) Maude Toïgo et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

How tree roots respond to drought

(2015) Ivano Brunner et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Canopy space filling and tree crown morphology in mixed-species stands compared with monocultures

(2014) Hans Pretzsch   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Understory dynamics after disturbance accelerate succession from spruce to beech-dominated forest—the Siggaboda case study

(2013) Andreas Bolte et al.   ANNALS OF FOREST SCIENCE

Productivity of mixed versus pure stands of oak (Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl. and Quercus robur L.) and European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) along an ecological gradient

(2013) Hans Pretzsch et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Do tree species influence soil carbon stocks in temperate and boreal forests?

(2013) Lars Vesterdal et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

European Forest Types and Forest Europe SFM indicators: Tools for monitoring progress on forest biodiversity conservation

(2013) A. Barbati et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Fine root biomass and dynamics in beech forests across a precipitation gradient - is optimal resource partitioning theory applicable to water-limited mature trees?

(2013) Dietrich Hertel et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Space sequestration below ground in old-growth spruce-beech forests—signs for facilitation?

(2013) Andreas Bolte et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Effects of thinning and canopy type on growth dynamics of Pinus sylvestris: inter-annual variations and intra-annual interactions with microclimate

(2012) Irantzu Primicia et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Effects of root trenching of overstorey Norway spruce (Picea abies) on growth and biomass of underplanted beech (Fagus sylvatica) and Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) saplings

(2011) Ion Catalin Petriţan et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Belowground facilitation and competition in young tree species mixtures

(2011) Pifeng Lei et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Comparison between the productivity of pure and mixed stands of Norway spruce and European beech along an ecological gradient

(2010) Hans Pretzsch et al.   ANNALS OF FOREST SCIENCE

Fast stable restricted maximum likelihood and marginal likelihood estimation of semiparametric generalized linear models

(2010) Simon N. Wood   JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL STATISTICAL SOCIETY SERIES B-STATISTICAL METHODOLOGY

Use of near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy to predict species composition in tree fine-root mixtures

(2010) Pifeng Lei et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

The influence of climate and fructification on the inter-annual variability of stem growth and net primary productivity in an old-growth, mixed beech forest

(2010) M. Mund et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Belowground competition in a broad-leaved temperate mixed forest: pattern analysis and experiments in a four-species stand

(2009) Boris Rewald et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Biomass and morphology of fine roots in temperate broad-leaved forests differing in tree species diversity: is there evidence of below-ground overyielding?

(2009) Catharina Meinen et al.   OECOLOGIA

Simultaneous Inference in General Parametric Models

(2008) Torsten Hothorn et al.   BIOMETRICAL JOURNAL

Belowground drought response of European beech: fine root biomass and carbon partitioning in 14 mature stands across a precipitation gradient

(2008) INA C. MEIER et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Carbon and nitrogen in forest floor and mineral soil under six common European tree species

(2007) Lars Vesterdal et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT