Publications
2025
| Peters, R.L., Basler, D., Zweifel, R., Steger, D.N., Zhorzel, T., Zahnd, C., Hoch, G., Kahmen, A. (2025) Normalized tree water deficit: an automated dendrometer signal to quantify drought stress in trees. New Phytologist. doi |
| Peters, R.L., Meusbuger, K. (2025) The challange of unravelling tree water-use strategies–balancing deep root-water uptake vs water reserves. Tree Physiology 45, tpaf057. doi |
| Parhizgar, L., Pattnaik, N., Yazdi, H., Qiguan, S., Pauleit, S., Rahman, M.A., Ludwig, F., Pretzsch, H., Rötzer, T. (2025) Branch biomass allometries for urban tree species based on terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) data. Trees 39:57. doi |
| Cudjoe, E., Bravo, F., Pretzsch, H., Bettinger, P., Ruiz-Peinado, R. (2025) Competition in mixed Scots pine Pyrenean oak stands modifies allometry and partially affects biomass allocation during early stand development. Ecological Indicators 176: 113713. doi |
| Caicoya, A.T., Cueva-Ortiz, J., Uhl, E., Pretzsch, H., Weikl F., Biber, P. (2025) Influencing factors of mature stands and stumps on the height growth of planted regeneration. Forest Ecology and Management 592: 122828. doi |
| Lisa M.Y. Jourdain, L.M.Y., von Arx, G., Piermattei, A., Crivellaro, A., Peters R.L., Klesse, K. (2025) Measuring more - the key to a robust signal in ring-porous earlywood vessel chronologies. Dendrochronologia. doi |
| Schmied, G., Kappen, J., del Rio, M., Moser, W.K., Gundale, M.J., Hilmers, T., Ambs, D., Uhl, E., Pretzsch, H. (2025) Positive mixture effects in pine-oak forests during drought are context-dependent. Plant Biology. doi |
| Peters, R.L., Arend, M., Zahnd, C., Hoch, G., Arndt, S.K., Cernusak, L.A., Poyatos, R., Zhorzel, T., Kahmen, A. (2025) Uniform regulation of stomatal closure across temperate tree species to sustain nocturnal turgor and growth. Nature Plants 11: 725–730. doi |
| Ahmed, S., Hilmers, T., Uhl, E., Tupinamba-Simoes, F., Ordonez, C., Bravo, F., del Rio, M., Peters, R.L., Pretsch, H. (2025) From suppressed to dominant: 3D crown shapes explain the “to grow or wait” growth behavior in close-to-nature forests. Forest Ecology and Management. doi |
| Vigren, C., Vospernik, S., Morin, X., Toïgo, M., Bielak, K., Bravo, F., Heym, M., Lof, M., Pach, M., Ponette, Q., Pretzsch, H. (2025) Divergent regional volume growth responses of Scots Pine and Oak stands to climate change in Europe. Science of the Total Environment 969: 178858. doi |
| Ulbricht, M., Biber P., Rotzer, T., Uhl, E., Karin Pritsch, K., Michalke, B., Pretzsch, H. (2025) Artificially induced drought stress affects seasonal foliar litterfall, nutrient contents, and nutrient masses in mature European beech (Fagus sylvatica [L.]) and Norway spruce (Picea abies [L.] Karst.). Trees, Forests and People 20: 100851. doi |
| Vospernik, S., Vigren, C., Morin, X., …, Pretzsch, H. (2025) Can mixing Quercus robur and Quercus petraea with Pinus sylvestris compensate for productivity losses due to climate change? Science of the Total Environment 942: 173342. doi |
| Ulbricht, M., Biber, P., Rötzer, T., Uhl, E., Pretzsch, H. (2025) Root‑shoot allometry and drought response of dominant and co‑dominant European beech (Fagus sylvatica [L.]) and Norway spruce (Picea abies [L.] Karst.) in monospecific versus mixed‑species stands in Bavaria, Germany. European Journal of Forest Research. doi |
| Astrid Moser-Reischl, A., Franceschi, E., Rahman, M.A., Rodrigues-Leite, J., Pretzsch, H., Pauleit, S., Rötzer, T. (2025) Spatial and temporal dynamics of the leaf area index (LAI) of selected tree species in urban environments. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 107: 128795. doi |
| Cudjoe, E., Ruiz-Peinado, R., Pretzsch, H., Ahmed, S., Bravo, F. (2025) Neighborhood competition improves biomass estimation for Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) but not Pyrenean oak (Quercus pyrenaica Willd.) in young mixed forest stands. Forest Ecosystems 13: 100317. doi |
| Hordijk, I., Poorter, L., Liang, J., …, Pretzsch, H., …, et al. (2025) Effect of climate on traits of dominant and rare tree species in the world’s forests. Nat Commun 16: 4773. doi |
| Ahmed, S., Sarker, S.K., Kamruzzaman, M., Perri, S., Hilmers, T., Uhl, E., ..., Pretzsch, H. (2025) Soil nutrients and leaf area index interact with species and structural diversity to buffer mangrove productivity against salinity. Soil Ecology Letters. doi |
| Vigren, C., Vospernik, S., Morin, X., Toïgo, M., Bielak, K., Bravo, F., … Pretzsch, H. (2025) Divergent regional volume growth responses of Scots Pine and Oak stands to climate change in Europe. Science of The Total Environment 969: 178858. doi |
| Cudjoe, E., Ruiz-Peinado, R., Pretzsch, H., Ahmed, S., Bravo, F. (2025) Neighborhood competition improves biomass estimation for Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) but not Pyrenean oak (Quercus pyrenaica Willd.) in young mixed forest stands. Forest Ecosystems 13: 100317. doi |
| Ahmed, S., Hilmers, T., Uhl, E., Tupinamba-Simoes, F., Bravo, F., del Rio, M., Pretzsch, H. (2025) Crown structure indicates tree secondary growth, competition legacy, and growth potential of dominant species in Europe. Ecological Indicators 170: 113074. doi |
| Knoke, T., Biber, P., Schula, T., Fibich, J., Gang, B. (2025) Minimising the relative regret of future forest landscape compositions: The role of close-to-nature stand types. Forest Policy and Economics 171: 103410. doi |
| Potkay, A., Cabon, A., Peters, R.L., Fonti, P., Sapes, G., Sala, A., Stefanski, A., Butler, E., Bermudez, R., Montgomery, R., Reich, P.B., Feng, X. (2025) Generalized stomatal optimization of evolutionary fitness proxies for predicting plant gas exchange under drought heatwaves, and elevated CO2. Global Change Biology 31:e70049. doi |
| Peters R.L., Klesse S., Van den Bulcke J., Jourdain L.M.Y., von Arx G. , Anadon-Rosell A., Krejza J., Kahmen A., Fonti M., Prendin A.L., Babst F., De Mil T. (2025) Quantitative vessel mapping on increment cores: a critical comparison of image acquisition methods. Frontiers in Plant Science 16. doi |
2024
| Klesse, S., Peters, R.L., Alfaro-Sánchez, R., Badeau, V., Baittinger, C., Battipaglia, G., Bert, D., Biondi, F., Bosela, M., Budeanu, M., Čada, V., Camarero, J.J., Cavin, L., Claessens, H., Cretan, A.-M., Čufar, K., de Luis, M., Dorado-Liñan, I., Dulamsuren, C., Espelta, J.M., Garamszegi, B., Grabner, M., Gričar, J., Hacket-Pain, A., Hansen, J.K., Hartl, C., Hevia, A., Hobi, M., Janda, P., Jump, A.S., Kašpar, J., Kazimirović, M., Keren, S., Kreyling, J., Land, A., Latte, N., Lebourgeois, F., Leuschner, C., Lévesque, M., Longares, L.A., Martinez del Castillo, E., Menzel, A., Merela, M., Mikoláš, M., Motta, R., Muffler, L., Neycken, A., Nola, P., Panayotov, M., Petritan, A.M., Petritan, I.C., Popa, I., Prislan, P., Levanič, T., Roibu, C.-C., Rubio-Cuadrado, Á., Sánchez-Salguero, R., Šamonil, P., Stajič, B., Svoboda, M., Tognetti, R., Toromani, E., Trotsiuk, V., van der Maaten, E., van der Maaten-Theunissen, M., Vannoppen, A., Vašíčková, I., von Arx, G., Wilmking, M., Weigel, R., Zlatanov, T., Zang, C., Buras, A. (2024). European Beech tree-ring dataset 1952–2020. EnviDat. https://doi.org/10.16904/envidat.547 |
| Klesse, S., Peters, R.L., Alfaro-Sánchez, R., Badeau, V., Baittinger, C., Battipaglia, G., Bert, D., Biondi, F., and 63 others. No future growth enhancement expected at the northern edge for European beech due to continued water limitation. Global Change Biology 30: e17546. doi |
| Mitesser, O., Hochrein, S., Burivalova, Z., Müller, S., Strätz, C., Liebhold, A. M., L. Leroy, B. M., Hilmers, T., Georgiev, K. B., Bae, S., Weisser, W., & Müller, J. (2024). Unexpected soundscape response to insecticide application in oak forests. Conservation Biology, e14422. doi |
| Torresan, C., Hilmers, T., Avdagić, A., Di Giuseppe, E., Klopčič, M., Lévesque, M., Motte, F., Uhl, E., Zlatanov, T., Pretzsch, H. (2024). Changes in tree-ring wood density of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.), silver fir (Abies alba Mill.), and Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) H. Karst.) in European mountain forests between 1901 and 2016. Ann. For. Sci. 81, 49. doi |
| Pretzsch, H. (2024). Integrative Ecosystem Management Through the Diversification of Structure and Tree Species. Progress in Botany. Vol. 85, 2024, p. 333-360, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. doi |
| Hesse, B. D., Hikino, K., Gebhardt, T., Buchhart, C., Dervishi, V., Goisser, M., ..Pretzsch, H... & Grams, T. E. (2024). Acclimation of mature spruce and beech to five years of repeated summer drought–The role of stomatal conductance and leaf area adjustment for water use. Science of the Total Environment, 951, 175805. doi |
| Bravo, F., van der Werf, W., Tognetti, R., Mazía, N., Anten, N. P., Piazza, M. V., ... & Pretzsch, H. (2024). Unleashing the Power of Plant Structural and Functional Diversity: From Common Observations to Theory and Management Models. Food and Energy Security, 13(5), e70005. doi |
| Pienaar, L. O., Calama, R., Olivar, J., Wellstein, C., Pretzsch, H., & Du Toit, B. (2024). Allometric equations for biomass and carbon pool estimation in short rotation Pinus radiata stands of the Western Cape, South Africa. European Journal of Forest Research, 1-19. doi |
| Hordijk, I., Bialic‐Murphy, L., Lauber, T., Routh, D., Poorter, L., Rivers, M. C., .Pretzsch, H.. & Parada‐Gutierrez, A. (2024). Dominance and rarity in tree communities across the globe: Patterns, predictors and threats. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 33(10), e13889. doi |
| Vospernik, S., Vigren, C., Morin, X., Toigo, M., Bielak, K., Brazaitis, G., ... & Pretzsch, H. (2024). Can mixing Quercus robur and Quercus petraea with Pinus sylvestris compensate for productivity losses due to climate change? Science of The Total Environment, 173342. doi |
| Biber, P., Grigolato, S., Schmucker, J., Pretzsch, H., & Uhl, E. (2024). A generic simulation model for relating forest CO2 intake and CO2 emissions by forest operations–The R-package care4cmodel. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 222, 109091. doi |
2023
Publications produced at the previous Chair of Forest Growth and Yield Science can be found here.