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Central European hardwood trees in a high-CO2future: synthesis of an 8-year forest canopy CO2enrichment project

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

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Climate extremes and the carbon cycle

(2013) Markus Reichstein et al.   NATURE

Thirst beats hunger - declining hydration during drought prevents carbon starvation in Norway spruce saplings

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Fine-root morphological and growth traits in a Turkey-oak stand in relation to seasonal changes in soil moisture in the Southern Apennines, Italy

(2012) Antonio Montagnoli et al.   ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Evolution of root plasticity responses to variation in soil nutrient distribution and concentration

(2012) Judah D. Grossman et al.   Evolutionary Applications

Driving factors of a vegetation shift from Scots pine to pubescent oak in dry Alpine forests

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Pine and mistletoes: how to live with a leak in the water flow and storage system?

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Drought response strategies define the relative contributions of hydraulic dysfunction and carbohydrate depletion during tree mortality

(2012) Patrick J. Mitchell et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Variation of carbon age of fine roots in boreal forests determined from 14C measurements

(2012) S. P. Sah et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Fine-root turnover rates of European forests revisited: an analysis of data from sequential coring and ingrowth cores

(2012) I. Brunner et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Soil acidity affects fine root turnover of European beech

(2012) A. K. Richter et al.   PLANT BIOSYSTEMS

Consequences of widespread tree mortality triggered by drought and temperature stress

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Fine root production and turnover in forest ecosystems in relation to stand and environmental characteristics

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Blue-stain infections in roots, stems and branches of declining Pinus sylvestris trees in a dry inner alpine valley in Switzerland

(2011) U. Heiniger et al.   FOREST PATHOLOGY

The ecological role of climate extremes: current understanding and future prospects

(2011) Melinda D. Smith   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

An ecological perspective on extreme climatic events: a synthetic definition and framework to guide future research

(2011) Melinda D. Smith   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Widespread crown condition decline, food web disruption, and amplified tree mortality with increased climate change-type drought

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Provenance-specific growth responses to drought and air warming in three European oak species (Quercus robur, Q. petraea and Q. pubescens)

(2011) M. Arend et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Does the age of fine root carbon indicate the age of fine roots in boreal forests?

(2010) S. P. Sah et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Litter decomposition: what controls it and how can we alter it to sequester more carbon in forest soils?

(2010) Cindy E. Prescott   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Five-year changes in Swiss mire vegetation

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Fine Root Biomass, Production, Turnover Rates, and Nutrient Contents in Boreal Forest Ecosystems in Relation to Species, Climate, Fertility, and Stand Age: Literature Review and Meta-Analyses

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Measuring and modeling the spectrum of fine-root turnover times in three forests using isotopes, minirhizotrons, and the Radix model

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Dominant effects of litter substrate quality on the difference between leaf and root decomposition process above- and belowground

(2010) Saori Fujii et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Mistletoe-induced crown degradation in Scots pine in a xeric environment

(2010) A. Rigling et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Incorporation and remobilization of 13C within the fine-root systems of individual Abies alba trees in a temperate coniferous stand

(2010) T. Endrulat et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Effect of irrigation on needle morphology, shoot and stem growth in a drought-exposed Pinus sylvestris forest

(2010) M. Dobbertin et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Does exceeding the critical loads for nitrogen alter nitrate leaching, the nutrient status of trees and their crown condition at Swiss Long-term Forest Ecosystem Research (LWF) sites?

(2009) Anne Thimonier et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Estimating fine root longevity in a temperate Norway spruce forest using three independent methods

(2009) Dirk Gaul et al.   FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY

Use of stored carbon reserves in growth of temperate tree roots and leaf buds: analyses using radiocarbon measurements and modeling

(2009) J. B. GAUDINSKI et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Nursery fertilization affects seedling traits but not field performance in Quercus suber L.

(2009) R. Trubat et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Increased tree carbon storage in response to nitrogen deposition in the US

(2009) R. Quinn Thomas et al.   Nature Geoscience

Fine-root mortality rates in a temperate forest: estimates using radiocarbon data and numerical modeling

(2009) W. J. Riley et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

A revolutionary graphitisation system: Fully automated, compact and simple

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Morphological and physiological responses of Scots pine fine roots to water supply in a dry climatic region in Switzerland

(2009) I. Brunner et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Changes over three decades in the floristic composition of nutrient-poor grasslands in the Swiss Alps

(2008) Markus Peter et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Assessing the role of bark- and wood-boring insects in the decline of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) in the Swiss Rhone valley

(2008) B. WERMELINGER et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Rates of litter decomposition in terrestrial ecosystems: global patterns and controlling factors

(2008) Deqiang Zhang et al.   Journal of Plant Ecology

Terrestrial ecosystem carbon dynamics and climate feedbacks

(2008) Martin Heimann et al.   NATURE

Soil depth, plant rooting strategies and species’ niches

(2008) H. Jochen Schenk   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Mechanisms of plant survival and mortality during drought: why do some plants survive while others succumb to drought?

(2008) Nate McDowell et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Adaptation of fine roots to annual fertilization and irrigation in a 13-year-old Pinus pinaster stand

(2008) M.R. Bakker et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Radiocarbon observations in atmospheric CO2: Determining fossil fuel CO2 over Europe using Jungfraujoch observations as background

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