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Pine and mistletoes: how to live with a leak in the water flow and storage system?Roman Zweifel
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, Forest Dynamics, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
J Exp Bot 63:2565-78. 2012..The currently increasing mistletoe abundance, due to increasing mean annual temperatures, is therefore accelerating the ongoing pine decline in many dry inner-Alpine valleys...
Link between continuous stem radius changes and net ecosystem productivity of a subalpine Norway spruce forest in the Swiss AlpsR Zweifel
Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Forest Ecosystem Processes, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
New Phytol 187:819-30. 2010....
Stomatal regulation by microclimate and tree water relations: interpreting ecophysiological field data with a hydraulic plant modelRoman Zweifel
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Forest Ecosystem Processes, Zürcherstrasse 111, CH 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland
J Exp Bot 58:2113-31. 2007....
Ultrasonic acoustic emissions in drought-stressed trees--more than signals from cavitation?R Zweifel
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111, CH 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland
New Phytol 179:1070-9. 2008....
Drought alters timing, quantity, and quality of wood formation in Scots pineBritta Eilmann
Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland
J Exp Bot 62:2763-71. 2011..The significant shortening of the growth period in control trees indicated that the period where wood formation actually takes place can be much shorter under drought than the 'potential' period, meaning the phenological growth period...
Drought-induced adaptation of the xylem in Scots pine and pubescent oakBritta Eilmann
Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland
Tree Physiol 29:1011-20. 2009..Thus, pubescent oak might have gradual advantages over pine in today's climate of the inner-Alpine valley...
Long-term stem CO2 concentration measurements in Norway spruce in relation to biotic and abiotic factorsSophia Etzold
Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
New Phytol 197:1173-84. 2013..Furthermore, we emphasize the relevance of axial diffusion of CO(2) along air-filled spaces in the wood, and potential wound response processes owing to sensor installation...
Driving factors of a vegetation shift from Scots pine to pubescent oak in dry Alpine forestsAndreas Rigling
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, Zürcherstrasse 111, CH 8903, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
Glob Chang Biol 19:229-40. 2013..Thus, pine forests at low elevations are developing into oak forests with unknown consequences for these ecosystems and their goods and services...
Persisting soil drought reduces leaf specific conductivity in Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) and pubescent oak (Quercus pubescens)Frank J Sterck
Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University, P O Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
Tree Physiol 28:529-36. 2008..Dynamic data and a hydraulic plant growth model are needed to test how investments in leaves versus sapwood and roots contribute to transpiration and to maximizing carbon gain throughout entire growth seasons...
Intra-annual radial growth and water relations of trees: implications towards a growth mechanismRoman Zweifel
Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Altenbergrain 21, CH 3013 Bern, Switzerland
J Exp Bot 57:1445-59. 2006..A concept is discussed which links radial growth over a feedback loop to actual tree water-relations and long-term affected C-storage to microclimate...
