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Tree diversity reduced to the bare essentials by Bugmann, Harald

“…Tropical forest dynamics can be explained by merely two functional trait axes Forests are a key component of the global climate system, particularly regarding…”
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Tree species richness promotes productivity in temperate forests through strong complementarity between species by Morin, Xavier, Fahse, Lorenz, Scherer-Lorenzen, Michael, Bugmann, Harald

“…Ecology Letters (2011) 14: 1211–1219 Understanding the link between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning (BEF) is pivotal in the context of global…”
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Climate change impacts across a large forest enterprise in the Northern Pre-Alps: dynamic forest modelling as a tool for decision support by Thrippleton, Timothy, Lüscher, Felix, Bugmann, Harald

“…Mountain forest managers face the challenge to anticipate climate change (CC) impacts across large elevational ranges. For management planning, information on…”
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Long-term effects of drought on tree-ring growth and carbon isotope variability in Scots pine in a dry environment by Timofeeva, Galina, Treydte, Kerstin, Bugmann, Harald, Rigling, Andreas, Schaub, Marcus, Siegwolf, Rolf, Saurer, Matthias

“…Drought frequency is increasing in many parts of the world and may enhance tree decline and mortality. The underlying physiological mechanisms are poorly…”
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An evaluation of multi-species empirical tree mortality algorithms for dynamic vegetation modelling by Thrippleton, Timothy, Hülsmann, Lisa, Cailleret, Maxime, Bugmann, Harald

“…Tree mortality is key for projecting forest dynamics, but difficult to portray in dynamic vegetation models (DVMs). Empirical mortality algorithms (MAs) are…”
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Forward modeling of tree-ring width improves simulation of forest growth responses to drought by Mina, Marco, Martin-Benito, Dario, Bugmann, Harald, Cailleret, Maxime

“…•We estimate seasonal- and site-specific growth responses to drought for Scots pine.•A tree-ring forward model was used to capture the intra-annual growth…”
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Improvement of water and light availability after thinning at a xeric site: which matters more? A dual isotope approach by Giuggiola, Arnaud, Ogée, Jérôme, Rigling, Andreas, Gessler, Arthur, Bugmann, Harald, Treydte, Kerstin

“…Thinning fosters individual tree growth by increasing the availability of water, light and nutrients. At sites where water rather than light is limiting,…”
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Growth-mortality relationships in piñon pine (Pinus edulis) during severe droughts of the past century: shifting processes in space and time by Macalady, Alison K, Bugmann, Harald

“…The processes leading to drought-associated tree mortality are poorly understood, particularly long-term predisposing factors, memory effects, and variability…”
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Growth response of five co-occurring conifers to drought across a wide climatic gradient in Central Europe by LEVESQUE, Mathieu, RIGLING, Andreas, BUGMANN, Harald, WEBER, Pascale, BRANG, Peter

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Does one model fit all? Patterns of beech mortality in natural forests of three European regions by Hülsmann, Lisa, Bugmann, Harald K. M., Commarmot, Brigitte, Meyer, Peter, Zimmermann, Stephan, Brang, Peter

“…Large uncertainties characterize forest development under global climate change. Although recent studies have found widespread increased tree mortality, the…”
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Drought response of five conifer species under contrasting water availability suggests high vulnerability of Norway spruce and European larch by Lévesque, Mathieu, Saurer, Matthias, Siegwolf, Rolf, Eilmann, Britta, Brang, Peter, Bugmann, Harald, Rigling, Andreas

“…The ability of tree species to cope with anticipated decrease in water availability is still poorly understood. We evaluated the potential of Norway spruce,…”
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Environmental predictors of species richness in forest landscapes: abiotic factors versus vegetation structure by Zellweger, Florian, Baltensweiler, Andri, Ginzler, Christian, Roth, Tobias, Braunisch, Veronika, Bugmann, Harald, Bollmann, Kurt

“…AIM: To investigate the performance and relative importance of abiotic and biotic predictors of species richness of three taxa in forest‐dominated landscapes…”
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Site factors are more important than salvage logging for tree regeneration after wind disturbance in Central European forests by Kramer, Kathrin, Brang, Peter, Bachofen, Hansheinrich, Bugmann, Harald, Wohlgemuth, Thomas

“…•Regeneration density is high in gaps with a high soil pH.•Regeneration density is high in gaps with a low cover of competing species.•Salvage logging did not…”
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Projecting Forest Dynamics Across Europe: Potentials and Pitfalls of Empirical Mortality Algorithms by Thrippleton, Timothy, Hülsmann, Lisa, Cailleret, Maxime, Bugmann, Harald

“…Mortality is a key process of forest ecosystem dynamics and functioning strongly altering biomass stocks and carbon residence times. Dynamic vegetation models…”
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Magnitude and timing of density reduction are key for the resilience to severe drought in conifer-broadleaf mixed forests in Central Europe by Zamora-Pereira, Juan Carlos, Yousefpour, Rasoul, Cailleret, Maxime, Bugmann, Harald, Hanewinkel, Marc

“…Key message We applied a modified forest gap model (ForClim) to depict changes in stand water transpiration via density reduction as a forest adaptation…”
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Impacts of climate warming, pollution, and management on the vegetation composition of Central European beech forests by Scherrer, Daniel, Lüthi, Roland, Bugmann, Harald, Burnand, Jacques, Wohlgemuth, Thomas, Rudow, Andreas

“…[Display omitted] •Shifts in taxa composition reveal a consistent warming signal since the 1940 s.•Stand maturation and management are the main drivers of…”
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Disentangling biodiversity and climatic determinants of wood production by Vilà, Montserrat, Carrillo-Gavilán, Amparo, Vayreda, Jordi, Bugmann, Harald, Fridman, Jonas, Grodzki, Wojciech, Haase, Josephine, Kunstler, Georges, Schelhaas, Martjan, Trasobares, Antoni

“…Despite empirical support for an increase in ecosystem productivity with species diversity in synthetic systems, there is ample evidence that this relationship…”
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Capturing ecological processes in dynamic forest models: why there is no silver bullet to cope with complexity by Huber, Nica, Bugmann, Harald, Lafond, Valentine

“…Dynamic forest models are a key tool to better understand, assess, and project decadal‐ to centennial‐scale forest dynamics. Despite their success, many…”
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Early emergence increases survival of tree seedlings in Central European temperate forests despite severe late frost by Bianchi, Eva, Bugmann, Harald, Bigler, Christof

“…Global warming is expected to result in earlier emergence of tree seedlings that may experience higher damages and mortality due to late frost in spring. We…”
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Sustainable Land-use Practices in European Mountain Regions under Global Change: an Integrated Research Approach by Huber, Robert, Bugmann, Harald, Buttler, Alexandre, Rigling, Andreas

“…This Special Feature on sustainable land-use practices in European mountain regions presents results from the inter- and transdisciplinary research project…”
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