European beech grows better and is less drought sensitive in mixed than in pure stands: tree neighbourhood effects on radial increment

Environmental heterogeneity and neighbourhood interference modulate the individual response of Juniperus thurifera tree-ring growth to climate

(2013) Vicente Rozas et al.   DENDROCHRONOLOGIA

Crown size-growth relationships of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) are driven by the interplay of disturbance intensity and inter-specific competition

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

Tree growth and competition in an old-growthPicea abiesforest of boreal Sweden: influence of tree spatial patterning

(2013) Shawn Fraver et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Forest productivity increases with evenness, species richness and trait variation: a global meta-analysis

(2012) Yu Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Tree species richness promotes productivity in temperate forests through strong complementarity between species

(2011) Xavier Morin et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Drought matters – Declining precipitation influences growth of Fagus sylvatica L. and Quercus robur L. in north-eastern Germany

(2011) Tobias Scharnweber et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Variability in radial sap flux density patterns and sapwood area among seven co-occurring temperate broad-leaved tree species

(2011) T. Gebauer et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

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

Productivity of temperate broad-leaved forest stands differing in tree species diversity

(2010) Mascha Jacob et al.   ANNALS OF FOREST SCIENCE

Leaf water status and stem xylem flux in relation to soil drought in five temperate broad-leaved tree species with contrasting water use strategies

(2009) Paul Köcher et al.   ANNALS OF FOREST SCIENCE

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

Soil phosphorus status and turnover in central-European beech forest ecosystems with differing tree species diversity

(2009) U. Talkner et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE

Refining the stress-gradient hypothesis for competition and facilitation in plant communities

(2009) Fernando T. Maestre et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Does root competition asymmetry increase with water availability?

(2009) Boris Rewald et al.   Plant Ecology & Diversity

Nutrient release from decomposing leaf litter of temperate deciduous forest trees along a gradient of increasing tree species diversity

(2009) Mascha Jacob et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

No evidence of spatial root system segregation and elevated fine root biomass in multi-species temperate broad-leaved forests

(2009) Catharina Meinen et al.   TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

Functional role of forest diversity: Pros and cons of synthetic stands and across-site comparisons in established forests

(2008) Christoph Leuschner et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

Simultaneous Inference in General Parametric Models

(2008) Torsten Hothorn et al.   BIOMETRICAL JOURNAL

Transgressive overyielding in mixed compared with pure stands of Norway spruce and European beech in Central Europe: evidence on stand level and explanation on individual tree level

(2008) Hans Pretzsch et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Herb-layer diversity in deciduous forests: Raised by tree richness or beaten by beech?

(2008) Andreas Mölder et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Structure and composition of the seed bank in monospecific and tree species-rich temperate broad-leaved forests

(2008) Inga Schmidt et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Importance: an overlooked concept in plant interaction research

(2008) Rob W. Brooker et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Intraspecific competition and water use efficiency in Quercus suber: evidence of an optimum tree density?

(2008) António C. Gouveia et al.   TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

Using a retrospective dynamic competition index to reconstruct forest succession

(2007) Pascale Weber et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT