Mature beech and spruce trees under drought – Higher C investment in reproduction at the expense of whole-tree NSC stores

Recent European drought extremes beyond Common Era background variability

(2021) Ulf Büntgen et al.   Nature Geoscience

Repetitive seasonal drought causes substantial species‐specific shifts in fine‐root longevity and spatio‐temporal production patterns in mature temperate forest trees

(2021) Marie J. Zwetsloot et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

It is not just a ‘trade‐off’: indications for sink‐ and source‐limitation to vegetative and regenerative growth in an old‐growth beech forest

(2020) Martina Mund et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

A first assessment of the impact of the extreme 2018 summer drought on Central European forests

(2020) Bernhard Schuldt et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

Patterns in nonstructural carbohydrate contents at the tree organ level in response to drought duration

(2020) Wenqi He et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Growth and mortality of Norway spruce and European beech in monospecific and mixed-species stands under natural episodic and experimentally extended drought. Results of the KROOF throughfall exclusion experiment

(2020) H. Pretzsch et al.   TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

Differential effects of drought on nonstructural carbohydrate storage in seedlings and mature trees of four species in a subtropical forest

(2020) Peipei Zhang et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Fine-Root Traits Reveal Contrasting Ecological Strategies in European Beech and Norway Spruce During Extreme Drought

(2020) Petia Simeonova Nikolova et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Surplus Carbon Drives Allocation and Plant–Soil Interactions

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

Comparative analysis of abscisic acid levels and expression of abscisic acid-related genes in Scots pine and Norway spruce seedlings under water deficit

(2019) Pavel P. Pashkovskiy et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Norway Spruce (Picea abies L.) Provenances Use Different Physiological Strategies to Cope with Water Deficit

(2019) Jamnická et al.   Forests

Sacrificing growth and maintaining a dynamic carbohydrate storage are key processes for promoting beech survival under prolonged drought conditions

(2019) Pierre-Antoine Chuste et al.   TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

Drought impacts on phloem transport

(2018) Sanna Sevanto   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Living on next to nothing: tree seedlings can survive weeks with very low carbohydrate concentrations

(2018) Raphael Weber et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Monitoring global tree mortality patterns and trends. Report from the VW symposium ‘Crossing scales and disciplines to identify global trends of tree mortality as indicators of forest health’

(2018) Henrik Hartmann et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Iso/Anisohydry: A Plant–Environment Interaction Rather Than a Simple Hydraulic Trait

(2018) Uri Hochberg et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Water deficit-dependent changes in non-structural carbohydrate profiles, growth and mortality of pine and spruce seedlings in hydroculture

(2018) Yury V. Ivanov et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Eyes on the future - evidence for trade-offs between growth, storage and defense in Norway spruce

(2018) Jianbei Huang et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Whole-tree nonstructural carbohydrate storage and seasonal dynamics in five temperate species

(2018) Morgan E. Furze et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Stem and root diameter growth of European beech and Norway spruce under extreme drought

(2017) T. Rötzer et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Quantitative losses vs. qualitative stability of ectomycorrhizal community responses to 3 years of experimental summer drought in a beech-spruce forest

(2017) Uwe T. Nickel et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Dying piece by piece: carbohydrate dynamics in aspen (Populus tremuloides) seedlings under severe carbon stress

(2017) Erin Wiley et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

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

Acclimation of branch and leaf hydraulics in adult Fagus sylvatica and Picea abies in a forest through-fall exclusion experiment

(2017) Martina Tomasella et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Drought and reproductive effort interact to control growth of a temperate broadleaved tree species (Fagus sylvatica)

(2017) Andrew J. Hacket-Pain et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

A multi-species synthesis of physiological mechanisms in drought-induced tree mortality

(2017) Henry D. Adams et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Dynamics of non-structural carbohydrates in terrestrial plants: a global synthesis

(2016) Jordi Martínez-Vilalta et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Does belowground interaction with Fagus sylvatica increase drought susceptibility of photosynthesis and stem growth in Picea abies?

(2016) M. Goisser et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Understanding the roles of nonstructural carbohydrates in forest trees - from what we can measure to what we want to know

(2016) Henrik Hartmann et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The role of nutrients in drought-induced tree mortality and recovery

(2016) Arthur Gessler et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Isohydric species are not necessarily more carbon limited than anisohydric species during drought

(2016) N. Garcia-Forner et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Tree diameter growth after root trenching in a mature mixed stand of Norway spruce (Picea abies [L.] Karst) and European beech (Fagus sylvatica [L.])

(2016) H. Pretzsch et al.   TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

Progressive forest canopy water loss during the 2012–2015 California drought

(2015) Gregory P. Asner et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Drought and shade deplete nonstructural carbohydrate reserves in seedlings of five temperate tree species

(2015) Andrea J. Maguire et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Tree water status and growth of saplings and mature Norway spruce (Picea abies) at a dry distribution limit

(2015) Walter Oberhuber et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Phloem transport in trees

(2014) M. G. Ryan et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Mixed Norway spruce (Picea abies [L.] Karst) and European beech (Fagus sylvatica [L.]) stands under drought: from reaction pattern to mechanism

(2014) H. Pretzsch et al.   TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

Water stress-induced xylem hydraulic failure is a causal factor of tree mortality in beech and poplar

(2013) Têtè Sévérien Barigah et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Modelling the impact of climate change on the productivity and water-use efficiency of a central European beech forest

(2013) T Rötzer et al.   CLIMATE RESEARCH

Lethal drought leads to reduction in nonstructural carbohydrates in Norway spruce tree roots but not in the canopy

(2013) Henrik Hartmann et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Nonstructural leaf carbohydrate dynamics ofPinus edulisduring drought-induced tree mortality reveal role for carbon metabolism in mortality mechanism

(2013) Henry D. Adams et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Does carbon storage limit tree growth?

(2013) Sara Palacio et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Fruit production in three masting tree species does not rely on stored carbon reserves

(2013) Günter Hoch et al.   OECOLOGIA

How do trees die? A test of the hydraulic failure and carbon starvation hypotheses

(2013) SANNA SEVANTO et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Xylem embolism threshold for catastrophic hydraulic failure in angiosperm trees

(2013) M. Urli et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

The determinants of leaf turgor loss point and prediction of drought tolerance of species and biomes: a global meta-analysis

(2012) Megan K. Bartlett et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Temporal dynamics of nonstructural carbohydrates and xylem growth in Pinus sylvestris exposed to drought

(2011) Walter Oberhuber et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Water deficits uncouple growth from photosynthesis, increase C content, and modify the relationships between C and growth in sink organs

(2011) Bertrand Muller et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Mechanisms Linking Drought, Hydraulics, Carbon Metabolism, and Vegetation Mortality

(2011) N. G. McDowell   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

The roles of hydraulic and carbon stress in a widespread climate-induced forest die-off

(2011) W. R. L. Anderegg et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Defoliation increases risk of carbon starvation in root systems of mature aspen

(2011) Simon M. Landhäusser et al.   TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

Chromatographic analysis of major non-structural carbohydrates in several wood species – an analytical approach for higher accuracy of data

(2010) Michael Raessler et al.   Analytical Methods

Simulating stand climate, phenology, and photosynthesis of a forest stand with a process-based growth model

(2010) Thomas Rötzer et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOMETEOROLOGY

Mixed-power scaling of whole-plant respiration from seedlings to giant trees

(2010) S. Mori et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Passive Origins of Stomatal Control in Vascular Plants

(2010) T. J. Brodribb et al.   SCIENCE

Aspen shoots are carbon autonomous during bud break

(2010) Simon M. Landhäusser   TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

Modelling above and below ground carbon dynamics in a mixed beech and spruce stand influenced by climate

(2008) Thomas Rötzer et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

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