TY  - JOUR
A1  - Fonti, Patrick
A1  - Eilmann, Britta
A1  - García-González, Ignacio
A1  - von Arx, Georg
T1  - Expeditious building of ring-porous earlywood vessel chronologies without loosing signal information
JF  - Trees : structure and function
Y1  - 2009
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00468-008-0310-z
SN  - 0931-1890 (Print)
SN  - 1432-2285 (Online)
VL  - 23
IS  - 3
SP  - 665
EP  - 671
PB  - Springer
CY  - Berlin
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Eilmann, Britta
A1  - Weber, Pascale
A1  - Rigling, Andreas
A1  - Eckstein, Dieter
T1  - Growth reactions of Pinus sylvestris L. and Quercus pubescens Willd. to drought years at a xeric site in Valais, Switzerland
JF  - Dendrochronologia
Y1  - 2006
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1016/j.dendro.2005.10.002
SN  - 1612-0051 (Online)
SN  - 1125-7865  (Print)
VL  - 23
IS  - 3
SP  - 121
EP  - 132
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Eilmann, Britta
A1  - Zweifel, Roman
A1  - Buchmann, Nina
A1  - Fonti, Patrick
A1  - Rigling, Andreas
T1  - Drought-induced adaptation of the xylem in Scots pine and pubescent oak
JF  - Tree Physiology
Y1  - 2009
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpp035
SN  - 0829-318X (Print)
SN  - 1758-4469 (Online)
VL  - 29
IS  - 8
SP  - 1011
EP  - 1020
PB  - Heron
CY  - Victoria, BC
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Lévesque, Mathieu
A1  - Siegwolf, Rolf
A1  - Eilmann, Britta
A1  - Saurer, Matthias
A1  - Rigling, Andreas
T1  - Increased water-use efficiency does not lead to enhanced tree growth under xeric and mesic conditions
JF  - New Phytologist
Y1  - 2014
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nph.12772
SN  - 1469-8137 (Online)
SN  - 0028-646X (Print)
VL  - 203
IS  - 1
SP  - 94
EP  - 109
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell
CY  - Oxford
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Eilmann, Britta
A1  - Dobbertin, Matthias
A1  - Rigling, Andreas
T1  - Growth response of Scots pine with different crown transparency status to drought release
JF  - Annals of Forest Science
Y1  - 2013
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13595-013-0310-z
SN  - 1286-4560 (Print)
SN  - 1297-966X (Online)
VL  - 70
IS  - 7
SP  - 685
EP  - 693
PB  - Springer
CY  - Cham
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Lévesque, Mathieu
A1  - Saurer, Matthias
A1  - Siegwolf, Rolf
A1  - Eilmann, Britta
A1  - Brang, Peter
A1  - Bugmann, Harald
A1  - Rigling, Andreas
T1  - Drought response of five conifer species under contrasting water availability suggests high vulnerability of Norway spruce and European larch
JF  - Global Change Biology
Y1  - 2013
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12268
SN  - 1365-2486 (Online)
SN  - 1354-1013 (Print)
VL  - 19
IS  - 10
SP  - 3184
EP  - 3199
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell
CY  - Oxford
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Rigling, Andreas
A1  - Bigler, Christof
A1  - Eilmann, Britta
A1  - Feldmeyer-Christe, Elisabeth
A1  - Gimmi, Urs
A1  - Ginzler, Christian
A1  - Graf, Ulrich
A1  - Mayer, Phillip
A1  - Vacchiano, Giorgio
A1  - Weber, Pascal
A1  - Wohlgemuth, Thomas
A1  - zweifel, Roman
A1  - Dobbertin, Matthias
T1  - Driving factors of a vegetation shift from Scots pine to pubescent oak in dry Alpine forests
JF  - Global Change Biology
N2  - An increasing number of studies have reported on forest declines and vegetation shifts triggered by drought. In the Swiss Rhone valley (Valais), one of the driest inner-Alpine regions, the species composition in low elevation forests is changing: The sub-boreal Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) dominating the dry forests is showing high mortality rates. Concurrently the sub-Mediterranean pubescent oak (Quercus pubescens Willd.) has locally increased in abundance. However, it remains unclear whether this local change in species composition is part of a larger-scale vegetation shift. To study variability in mortality and regeneration in these dry forests we analysed data from the Swiss national forest inventory (NFI) on a regular grid between 1983 and 2003, and combined it with annual mortality data from a monitoring site. Pine mortality was found to be highest at low elevation (below 1000 m a.s.l.). Annual variation in pine mortality was correlated with a drought index computed for the summer months prior to observed tree death. A generalized linear mixed-effects model indicated for the NFI data increased pine mortality on dryer sites with high stand competition, particularly for small-diameter trees. Pine regeneration was low in comparison to its occurrence in the overstorey, whereas oak regeneration was comparably abundant. Although both species regenerated well at dry sites, pine regeneration was favoured at cooler sites at higher altitude and oak regeneration was more frequent at warmer sites, indicating a higher adaptation potential of oaks under future warming. Our results thus suggest that an extended shift in species composition is actually occurring in the pine forests in the Valais. The main driving factors are found to be climatic variability, particularly drought, and variability in stand structure and topography. Thus, pine forests at low elevations are developing into oak forests with unknown consequences for these ecosystems and their goods and services.
Y1  - 2012
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12038
SN  - 1354-1013 (Print)
SN  - 1365-2486 (Online)
VL  - 19
IS  - 1
SP  - 229
EP  - 240
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell
CY  - Oxford
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Stojnic, Srdjan
A1  - Sass-Klaassen, Ute G. M.
A1  - Orlovic, Sasa
A1  - Matovic, Bratislav
A1  - Eilmann, Britta
T1  - Plastic growth response of European beech provenances to dry site conditions
T2  - IAWA Journal / International Association of Wood Anatomists
Y1  - 2013
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/22941932-00000038
SN  - 0928-1541 (Print)
SN  - 2294-1932 (Online)
VL  - 34
IS  - 4
SP  - 475
EP  - 484
PB  - Brill
CY  - Leiden
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Feichtinger, Linda M.
A1  - Eilmann, Britta
A1  - Buchmann, Nina
A1  - Rigling, Andreas
T1  - Trait-specific responses of Scots pine to irrigation on a short vs long time scale
JF  - Tree Physiology
Y1  - 2015
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpu114
SN  - 1758-4469  (Online)
SN  - 0829-318X (Print)
N1  - Ab 12 Monaten nach Veröffentlichung kostenfrei zugänglich.
VL  - 35
IS  - 00
SP  - 1
EP  - 12
PB  - Heron
CY  - Victoria, BC
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Fonti, Patrick
A1  - von Arx, Georg
A1  - García-González, Ignacio
A1  - Eilmann, Britta
A1  - Sass-Klaassen, Ute G. W.
A1  - Gärtner, Holger
A1  - Eckstein, Dieter
T1  - Studying global change through investigation of the plastic responses of xylem anatomy in tree rings
JF  - New Phytologist
N2  - Variability in xylem anatomy is of interest to plant scientists because of the role water transport plays in plant performance and survival. Insights into plant adjustments to changing environmental conditions have mainly been obtained through structural and functional comparative studies between taxa or within taxa on contrasting sites or along environmental gradients. Yet, a gap exists regarding the study of hydraulic adjustments in response to environmental changes over the lifetimes of plants. In trees, dated tree-ring series are often exploited to reconstruct dynamics in ecological conditions, and recent work in which wood-anatomical variables have been used in dendrochronology has produced promising results. Environmental signals identified in water-conducting cells carry novel information reflecting changes in regional conditions and are mostly related to short, sub-annual intervals. Although the idea of investigating environmental signals through wood anatomical time series goes back to the 1960s, it is only recently that low-cost computerized image-analysis systems have enabled increased scientific output in this field. We believe that the study of tree-ring anatomy is emerging as a promising approach in tree biology and climate change research, particularly if complemented by physiological and ecological studies. This contribution presents the rationale, the potential, and the methodological challenges of this innovative approach.
Y1  - 2010
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.03030.x
SN  - 1469-8137 (Online)
SN  - 0028-646X (Print)
VL  - 185
IS  - 1
SP  - 42
EP  - 53
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell
CY  - Oxford
ER  -