@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}
}
@article{WeberRiglingEilmannetal.2008,
  author    = {Weber, Pascale and Rigling, Andreas and Eilmann, Britta and Mayer, Phillip and Wohlgemuth, Thomas and Dobbertin, Matthias},
  title     = {Verj{\"u}ngung und Konkurrenz der Flaumeiche im Wallis},
  series = {Informationsblatt Wald},
  journal   = {Informationsblatt Wald},
  number    = {22},
  issn      = {1661-5859 (Online)},
  pages     = {1 -- 3},
  year      = {2008},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{EilmannZweifelBuchmannetal.2009,
  author    = {Eilmann, Britta and Zweifel, Roman and Buchmann, Nina and Fonti, Patrick and Rigling, Andreas},
  title     = {Drought-induced adaptation of the xylem in Scots pine and pubescent oak},
  series = {Tree Physiology},
  volume    = {29},
  journal   = {Tree Physiology},
  number    = {8},
  publisher = {Heron},
  address   = {Victoria, BC},
  issn      = {0829-318X (Print)},
  doi       = {10.1093/treephys/tpp035},
  pages     = {1011 -- 1020},
  year      = {2009},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{LevesqueSiegwolfEilmannetal.2014,
  author    = {L{\´e}vesque, Mathieu and Siegwolf, Rolf and Eilmann, Britta and Saurer, Matthias and Rigling, Andreas},
  title     = {Increased water-use efficiency does not lead to enhanced tree growth under xeric and mesic conditions},
  series = {New Phytologist},
  volume    = {203},
  journal   = {New Phytologist},
  number    = {1},
  publisher = {Wiley-Blackwell},
  address   = {Oxford},
  issn      = {1469-8137 (Online)},
  doi       = {10.1111/nph.12772},
  pages     = {94 -- 109},
  year      = {2014},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{EilmannDobbertinRigling2013,
  author    = {Eilmann, Britta and Dobbertin, Matthias and Rigling, Andreas},
  title     = {Growth response of Scots pine with different crown transparency status to drought release},
  series = {Annals of Forest Science},
  volume    = {70},
  journal   = {Annals of Forest Science},
  number    = {7},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address   = {Cham},
  issn      = {1286-4560 (Print)},
  doi       = {10.1007/s13595-013-0310-z},
  pages     = {685 -- 693},
  year      = {2013},
  language  = {en}
}