@article{FeichtingerEilmannBuchmannetal.2014,
  author    = {Feichtinger, Linda M. and Eilmann, Britta and Buchmann, Nina and Rigling, Andreas},
  title     = {Growth adjustments of conifers to drought and to century-long irrigation},
  series = {Forest Ecology and Management},
  volume    = {2014},
  journal   = {Forest Ecology and Management},
  number    = {334},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
  address   = {Amsterdam},
  issn      = {1872-7042 (Online)},
  doi       = {10.1016/j.foreco.2014.08.008},
  pages     = {96 -- 105},
  year      = {2014},
  abstract  = {Our knowledge on tree responses to drought is mainly based on short-term manipulation experiments which do not capture any possible long-term adjustments in this response. Therefore, historical water channels in inner-Alpine dry valleys were used as century-long irrigation experiments to investigate adjustments in tree growth to contrasting water supply. This involved quantifying the tree-ring growth of irrigated and non-irrigated (control) Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) in Valais (Switzerland), as well as European larch (Larix decidua Mill.) and black pine (Pinus nigra Arnold) in Vinschgau (Italy). Furthermore, the adjustments in radial growth of Scots pine and European larch to an abrupt stop in irrigation were analyzed. Irrigation promoted the radial growth of all tree species investigated compared to the control: (1) directly through increased soil water availability, and (2) indirectly through increased soil nutrients and humus contents in the irrigated plots. Irrigation led to a full elimination of growth responses to climate for European larch and black pine, but not for Scots pine, which might become more sensitive to drought with increasing tree size in Valais. For the control trees, the response of the latewood increment to water availability in July/August has decreased in recent decades for all species, but increased in May for Scots pine only. The sudden irrigation stop caused a drop in radial growth to a lower level for Scots pine or similar level for larch compared to the control for up to ten years. However, both tree species were then able to adjust to the new conditions and subsequently grew with similar (Scots pine) or even higher growth rates (larch) than the control. To estimate the impact of climate change on future forest development, the duration of manipulation experiments should be on longer time scales in order to capture adjustment processes and feedback mechanisms of forest ecosystems.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{WeemstraEilmannSassKlaassenetal.2013,
  author    = {Weemstra, Monique and Eilmann, Britta and Sass-Klaassen, Ute G. W. and Sterck, Frank J.},
  title     = {Summer droughts limit tree growth across 10 temperate species on a productive forest site},
  series = {Forest Ecology and Management},
  volume    = {2013},
  journal   = {Forest Ecology and Management},
  number    = {306},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
  address   = {Amsterdam},
  issn      = {0378-1127 (Print)},
  doi       = {doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2013.06.007},
  pages     = {142 -- 149},
  year      = {2013},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{EilmanndeVriesdenOudenetal.2013,
  author    = {Eilmann, Britta and de Vries, Sven M. G. and den Ouden, Jan and Mohren, Godefridus M. J. and Sauren, Pascal and Sass-Klaassen, Ute G. W.},
  title     = {Origin matters! Difference in drought tolerance and productivity of coastal Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.)) provenances},
  series = {Forest Ecology and Management},
  volume    = {2013},
  journal   = {Forest Ecology and Management},
  number    = {302},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
  address   = {Amsterdam},
  issn      = {1872-7042 (Online)},
  doi       = {doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2013.03.031},
  pages     = {133 -- 143},
  year      = {2013},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{EilmannSterckWegneretal.2014,
  author    = {Eilmann, Britta and Sterck, Frank J. and Wegner, L. and de Vries, Sven M. G. and von Arx, G. and Mohren, Godefridus M. J. and den Ouden, Jan and Sass-Klaassen, Ute G. W.},
  title     = {Wood structural differences between northern and southern beech provenances growing at a moderate site},
  series = {Tree Physiology},
  volume    = {34},
  journal   = {Tree Physiology},
  number    = {8},
  publisher = {Oxford University Press},
  address   = {Oxford},
  issn      = {1758-4469 (Online)},
  doi       = {10.1093/treephys/tpu069},
  pages     = {882 -- 893},
  year      = {2014},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{EilmannRigling2012,
  author    = {Eilmann, Britta and Rigling, Andreas},
  title     = {Tree-growth analyses to estimate tree species' drought tolerance},
  series = {Tree Physiology},
  volume    = {32},
  journal   = {Tree Physiology},
  number    = {2},
  editor    = {Abrams, Marc},
  publisher = {Oxford University Press},
  address   = {Oxford},
  issn      = {0829-318X (Print)},
  doi       = {10.1093/treephys/tps004},
  pages     = {178 -- 187},
  year      = {2012},
  abstract  = {Climate change is challenging forestry management and practices. Among other things, tree species with the ability to cope with more extreme climate conditions have to be identified. However, while environmental factors may severely limit tree growth or even cause tree death, assessing a tree species' potential for surviving future aggravated environmental conditions is rather demanding. The aim of this study was to find a tree-ring-based method suitable for identifying very drought-tolerant species, particularly potential substitute species for Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) in Valais. In this inner-Alpine valley, Scots pine used to be the dominating species for dry forests, but today it suffers from high drought-induced mortality. We investigate the growth response of two native tree species, Scots pine and European larch (Larix decidua Mill.), and two non-native species, black pine (Pinus nigra Arnold) and Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii Mirb. var. menziesii), to drought. This involved analysing how the radial increment of these species responded to increasing water shortage (abandonment of irrigation) and to increasingly frequent drought years. Black pine and Douglas fir are able to cope with drought better than Scots pine and larch, as they show relatively high radial growth even after irrigation has been stopped and a plastic growth response to drought years. European larch does not seem to be able to cope with these dry conditions as it lacks the ability to recover from drought years. The analysis of trees' short-term response to extreme climate events seems to be the most promising and suitable method for detecting how tolerant a tree species is towards drought. However, combining all the methods used in this study provides a complete picture of how water shortage could limit species.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{WegnervonArxSassKlaassenetal.2013,
  author    = {Wegner, Lena and von Arx, Georg and Sass-Klaassen, Ute G. W. and Eilmann, Britta},
  title     = {ROXAS - an efficient and accurate tool to detect vessels in diffuse-porous species},
  series = {IAWA Journal / International Association of Wood Anatomists},
  volume    = {34},
  journal   = {IAWA Journal / International Association of Wood Anatomists},
  number    = {4},
  publisher = {Brill},
  address   = {Leiden},
  issn      = {0928-1541 (Print)},
  doi       = {10.1163/22941932-00000034},
  pages     = {425 -- 432},
  year      = {2013},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{EilmannZweifelBuchmannetal.2011,
  author    = {Eilmann, Britta and Zweifel, Roman and Buchmann, Nina and Graf Pannatier, Elisabeth and Rigling, Andreas},
  title     = {Drought alters timing, quantity, and quality of wood formation in Scots pine},
  series = {Journal of Experimental Botany},
  volume    = {62},
  journal   = {Journal of Experimental Botany},
  number    = {8},
  publisher = {Oxford University Press},
  address   = {Oxford},
  issn      = {1460-2431 (Online)},
  doi       = {10.1093/jxb/erq443},
  pages     = {2763 -- 2771},
  year      = {2011},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{FontiEilmannGarciaGonzalezetal.2009,
  author    = {Fonti, Patrick and Eilmann, Britta and Garc{\´i}a-Gonz{\´a}lez, Ignacio and von Arx, Georg},
  title     = {Expeditious building of ring-porous earlywood vessel chronologies without loosing signal information},
  series = {Trees : structure and function},
  volume    = {23},
  journal   = {Trees : structure and function},
  number    = {3},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address   = {Berlin},
  issn      = {0931-1890 (Print)},
  doi       = {10.1007/s00468-008-0310-z},
  pages     = {665 -- 671},
  year      = {2009},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{EilmannWeberRiglingetal.2006,
  author    = {Eilmann, Britta and Weber, Pascale and Rigling, Andreas and Eckstein, Dieter},
  title     = {Growth reactions of Pinus sylvestris L. and Quercus pubescens Willd. to drought years at a xeric site in Valais, Switzerland},
  series = {Dendrochronologia},
  volume    = {23},
  journal   = {Dendrochronologia},
  number    = {3},
  issn      = {1612-0051 (Online)},
  doi       = {doi:10.1016/j.dendro.2005.10.002},
  pages     = {121 -- 132},
  year      = {2006},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{RiglingElkinDobbertinetal.2012,
  author    = {Rigling, Andreas and Elkin, Ch{\´e} and Dobbertin, Matthias and Eilmann, Britta and Giuggiola, Arnaud and Wohlgemuth, Thomas and Bugmann, Harald},
  title     = {Wald und Klimawandel in der inneralpinen Trockenregion Visp},
  series = {Schweizerische Zeitschrift f{\"u}r Forstwesen},
  volume    = {163},
  journal   = {Schweizerische Zeitschrift f{\"u}r Forstwesen},
  number    = {12},
  publisher = {Schweizerischer Forstverein},
  address   = {Z{\"u}rich},
  issn      = {2235-1469 (Online)},
  doi       = {10.3188/szf.2012.0481},
  pages     = {481 -- 492},
  year      = {2012},
  abstract  = {Der Temperaturanstieg der vergangenen Jahrzehnte war in Gebirgsregionen besonders ausgepr{\"a}gt. Sollte sich dieser Temperaturtrend im 21. Jahrhundert fortsetzen, dann d{\"u}rf-ten sich auch die H{\"a}ufigkeit und Intensit{\"a}t von Niederschl{\"a}-gen und Trockenperioden ver{\"a}ndern, was die Waldwirtschaft vor grosse Herausforderungen stellen wird. Trockenheit ist ein entscheidender Faktor f{\"u}r die Wald{\"o}kosysteme der inner-alpinen T{\"a}ler, wo seit Jahren trockenheitsbedingtes Baum-sterben festgestellt wird. Der vorliegende Beitrag hat zum Ziel, die Sensitivit{\"a}t der verschiedenen Wald{\"o}kosysteme ge-gen{\"u}ber Klimawandel und alternative, teilweise extreme Bewirtschaftungsvarianten in der Region Visp zu testen. Me-thodische Ans{\"a}tze wie Monitoring, Feldexperimente und dy-namische Modellierung wurden kombiniert, und es wurden verschiedene {\"O}kosystemleistungen ber{\"u}cksichtigt, so Holz-produktion, Schutz vor Naturgefahren, Kohlenstoffspeiche-rung und Aspekte der Biodiversit{\"a}t. Die Resultate deuten da-rauf hin, dass auf den Trockenstandorten der Tieflagen die einheimischen Baumarten an ihre physiologischen Grenzen stossen und l{\"a}ngerfristig {\"u}ber alternative Baumarten nach-gedacht werden sollte. In den mittleren Lagen d{\"u}rften Tro-ckenheit und Schadinsekten wie die Borkenk{\"a}fer die zuk{\"u}nf-tige Waldentwicklung steuern. In den Hochlagen hingegen werden sich die W{\"a}lder ausdehnen und besser wachsen als heute. Alle untersuchten {\"O}kosystemleistungen werden ge-bietsweise starken Ver{\"a}nderungen unterworfen sein. Die dis-kutierten Bewirtschaftungsvarianten scheinen dazu geeignet, die Wasserverf{\"u}gbarkeit der Best{\"a}nde, haupts{\"a}chlich in tief-eren Lagen, zu erh{\"o}hen und dadurch die Widerstandskraft der B{\"a}ume gegen{\"u}ber Trockenperioden vor{\"u}bergehend zu st{\"a}rken. Es ist aber davon ausgehen, dass nur verh{\"a}ltnism{\"a}s-sig starke Eingriffe wesentliche Effekte erzielen k{\"o}nnen. Die Verkn{\"u}pfung von Umweltmonitoring, Feldexperimenten und Modellierung unter Miteinbezug von {\"O}kosystemleistungen ist vielversprechend, da sie eine differenzierte Absch{\"a}tzung des zuk{\"u}nftigen Landschaftswandels und seiner Effekte auf die Waldleistungen erm{\"o}glicht.},
  language  = {de}
}