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Tree species distribution in temperate forests is more influenced by soil than by climate by Walthert, Lorenz, Meier, Eliane Seraina

“…Knowledge of the ecological requirements determining tree species distributions is a precondition for sustainable forest management. At present, the abiotic…”
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Equations to compensate for the temperature effect on readings from dielectric Decagon MPS‐2 and MPS‐6 water potential sensors in soils by Walthert, Lorenz, Schleppi, Patrick

“…Dielectric sensors use electrical permittivity as a proxy for water content. They determine permittivity by using sensor‐type‐specific techniques and…”
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Soil nutrients influence growth response of temperate tree species to drought by Lévesque, Mathieu, Walthert, Lorenz, Weber, Pascale, Jones, Robert

“…Soil properties can buffer forest response to global climate change. However, it is unclear how soil characteristics, water availability and their interactions…”
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Why trees grow at night by Zweifel, Roman, Sterck, Frank, Braun, Sabine, Buchmann, Nina, Eugster, Werner, Gessler, Arthur, Häni, Matthias, Peters, Richard L., Walthert, Lorenz, Wilhelm, Micah, Ziemińska, Kasia, Etzold, Sophia

“…Summary The timing of diel stem growth of mature forest trees is still largely unknown, as empirical data with high temporal resolution have not been available…”
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Number of growth days and not length of the growth period determines radial stem growth of temperate trees by Etzold, Sophia, Sterck, Frank, Bose, Arun K., Braun, Sabine, Buchmann, Nina, Eugster, Werner, Gessler, Arthur, Kahmen, Ansgar, Peters, Richard L., Vitasse, Yann, Walthert, Lorenz, Ziemińska, Kasia, Zweifel, Roman, Penuelas, Josep

“…Radial stem growth dynamics at seasonal resolution are essential to understand how forests respond to climate change. We studied daily radial growth of 160…”
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Determinants of legacy effects in pine trees – implications from an irrigation-stop experiment by Zweifel, Roman, Etzold, Sophia, Sterck, Frank, Gessler, Arthur, Anfodillo, Tommaso, Mencuccini, Maurizio, von Arx, Georg, Lazzarin, Martina, Haeni, Matthias, Feichtinger, Linda, Meusburger, Katrin, Knuesel, Simon, Walthert, Lorenz, Salmon, Yann, Bose, Arun K., Schoenbeck, Leonie, Hug, Christian, De Girardi, Nicolas, Giuggiola, Arnaud, Schaub, Marcus, Rigling, Andreas

“…• Tree responses to altered water availability range from immediate (e.g. stomatal regulation) to delayed (e.g. crown size adjustment). The interplay of the…”
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Deep Soil Layers of Drought-Exposed Forests Harbor Poorly Known Bacterial and Fungal Communities by Frey, Beat, Walthert, Lorenz, Perez-Mon, Carla, Stierli, Beat, Köchli, Roger, Dharmarajah, Alexander, Brunner, Ivano

“…Soil microorganisms such as bacteria and fungi play important roles in the biogeochemical cycling of soil nutrients, because they act as decomposers or are…”
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Spatial modelling of ecological indicator values improves predictions of plant distributions in complex landscapes by Descombes, Patrice, Walthert, Lorenz, Baltensweiler, Andri, Meuli, Reto Giulio, Karger, Dirk N., Ginzler, Christian, Zurell, Damaris, Zimmermann, Niklaus E.

“…Ecologically meaningful predictors are often neglected in plant distribution studies, resulting in incomplete niche quantification and low predictive power of…”
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A Critical Evaluation of the Relationship Between the Effective Cation Exchange Capacity and Soil Organic Carbon Content in Swiss Forest Soils by Solly, Emily F., Weber, Valentino, Zimmermann, Stephan, Walthert, Lorenz, Hagedorn, Frank, Schmidt, Michael W. I.

“…An improved identification of the environmental variables that can be used to predict the content of soil organic carbon (SOC) stored belowground is required…”
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Soil–plant interactions modulated water availability of Swiss forests during the 2015 and 2018 droughts by Meusburger, Katrin, Trotsiuk, Volodymyr, Schmidt‐Walter, Paul, Baltensweiler, Andri, Brun, Philipp, Bernhard, Fabian, Gharun, Mana, Habel, Raphael, Hagedorn, Frank, Köchli, Roger, Psomas, Achilleas, Puhlmann, Heike, Thimonier, Anne, Waldner, Peter, Zimmermann, Stephan, Walthert, Lorenz

“…Central Europe has been experiencing unprecedented droughts during the last decades, stressing the decrease in tree water availability. However, the assessment…”
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Reconstruction of Historic Forest Cover Changes Indicates Minor Effects on Carbon Stocks in Swiss Forest Soils by Gosheva, Sia, Walthert, Lorenz, Niklaus, Pascal A., Zimmermann, Stephan, Gimmi, Urs, Hagedorn, Frank

“…Forest cover in Switzerland and other European countries has gradually increased in the past century. Our knowledge of the impacts of forest expansion and…”
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Shotgun Metagenomics of Deep Forest Soil Layers Show Evidence of Altered Microbial Genetic Potential for Biogeochemical Cycling by Frey, Beat, Varliero, Gilda, Qi, Weihong, Stierli, Beat, Walthert, Lorenz, Brunner, Ivano

“…Soil microorganisms such as Bacteria and Archaea play important roles in the biogeochemical cycling of soil nutrients, because they act as decomposers or are…”
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Dendrometers challenge the ‘moon wood concept’ by elucidating the absence of lunar cycles in tree stem radius oscillation by Tumajer, Jan, Braun, Sabine, Burger, Andreas, Scharnweber, Tobias, Smiljanic, Marko, Walthert, Lorenz, Zweifel, Roman, Wilmking, Martin

“…Wood is a sustainable natural resource and an important global commodity. According to the ‘moon wood theory’, the properties of wood, including its growth and…”
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Dynamics of deep soil carbon – insights from 14C time series across a climatic gradient by Tessa Sophia van der Voort, Mannu, Utsav, Hagedorn, Frank, McIntyre, Cameron, Lorenz Walthert, Schleppi, Patrick, Haghipour, Negar, Eglinton, Timothy Ian

“…Quantitative constraints on soil organic matter (SOM) dynamics are essential for comprehensive understanding of the terrestrial carbon cycle. Deep soil carbon…”
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Estimating leaf area index of mature temperate forests using regressions on site and vegetation data by Schleppi, Patrick, Thimonier, Anne, Walthert, Lorenz

“…▶ Leaf area index (LAI) was measured by hemispherical photography at 91 Swiss forests. ▶ Regressions on stand parameters from vegetation surveys could predict…”
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climate-sensitive empirical growth and yield model for forest management planning of even-aged beech stands by Trasobares, Antoni, Andreas Zingg, Lorenz Walthert, Christof Bigler

“…The optimization of forest management under climate change uncertainty requires a comparison of many alternative management options under different climate…”
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TreeNet–The Biological Drought and Growth Indicator Network by Zweifel, Roman, Etzold, Sophia, Basler, David, Bischoff, Reinhard, Braun, Sabine, Buchmann, Nina, Conedera, Marco, Fonti, Patrick, Gessler, Arthur, Haeni, Matthias, Hoch, Günter, Kahmen, Ansgar, Köchli, Roger, Maeder, Marcus, Nievergelt, Daniel, Peter, Martina, Peters, Richard L., Schaub, Marcus, Trotsiuk, Volodymyr, Walthert, Lorenz, Wilhelm, Micah, Eugster, Werner

“…The TreeNet research and monitoring network has been continuously collecting data from point dendrometers and air and soil microclimate using an automated…”
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Leaf Morphological Traits and Leaf Nutrient Concentrations of European Beech Across a Water Availability Gradient in Switzerland by Salehi, Maryam, Walthert, Lorenz, Zimmermann, Stephan, Waldner, Peter, Schmitt, Maria, Schleppi, Patrick, Liechti, Käthi, Ahmadi, Mohsen, Zahedi Amiri, Ghavamuddin, Brunner, Ivano, Thimonier, Anne

“…Climate change and the expected increase in frequency of dry summers are likely to affect the growth of important tree species. We investigated relationships…”
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Mapping of soil properties at high resolution in Switzerland using boosted geoadditive models by Nussbaum, Madlene, Lorenz Walthert, Fraefel, Marielle, Greiner, Lucie, Papritz, Andreas

“…High-resolution maps of soil properties are a prerequisite for assessing soil threats and soil functions and for fostering the sustainable use of soil…”
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Variability in 14 C contents of soil organic matter at the plot and regional scale across climatic and geologic gradients by van der Voort, Tessa Sophia, Hagedorn, Frank, McIntyre, Cameron, Zell, Claudia, Walthert, Lorenz, Schleppi, Patrick, Feng, Xiaojuan, Eglinton, Timothy Ian

“…Soil organic matter (SOM) forms the largest terrestrial pool of carbon outside of sedimentary rocks. Radiocarbon is a powerful tool for assessing soil organic…”
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