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New paper in Nature Geosciences on changes in atmospheric VPD
Together with Kerstin Treydte from WSL we published a tree ring / oxygen isotope study in Nature Geosciences early this year. The study reconstructs changes in the atmospheric vapor pressure deficit over the past 400 years in Europe. We…
Paper on new insights on mechanisms driving post-drought recovery in perennial grasslands
Marie-Louise Schärer, Andreas Lüscher and Ansgar Kahmen published a new paper in New Phytologist. Their study explores the mechanisms underlying the outstanding capacity of perennial grasslands to recover from severe drought stress and to,…
New paper on the effects of recurrent summer droughts and snow manipulation on biomass production in alpine grassland
Patrick Möhl, Maria Vorkauf, Ansgar Kahmen and Erika Hiltbrunner published a new paper in Journal of Ecology. The paper represents a condensed piece of the longer-term research at the Bidmer Plateau at 2500 m asl. Snow manipulations…
Hölstein Research Featured in Knowable Magazine
Katarina Zimmer wrote an article for Knowable Magazine, the digital publication from Annual Reviews, about our and other group’s work on drought and tree mortality. You can access the full article here. …
Swiss Canopy Crane II drought experiment featured in SRF Radio
Work of the PPE group at the Swiss Canopy Crane two is featured in the latest SRF2 Kultur Podcast “Bäume und Klima: Die Suche nach dem Wald der Zukunft”. You can listen to the entire report here: …
Patrick Möhl defended his PhD thesis
Patrick Möhl successfully defended his PhD thesis and was awarded the grade "summe cum laude”!
Congratulations to Cedric Zahnd on his PhD defense
Cedric Zahnd successfully defended his PhD thesis on May 30th. In his thesis, which was conducted within the SNF project ‘EXPLOTREE’, Cedric investigated the influence of microclimatic gradients in mature tree canopies on leaf phenology and…
New paper on the stomatal regulation in trees prioritizing stem rehydration at night
Richard L. Peters led the work as part of the TREEFLOW project, in close collaboration with Ansgar Kahmen and Kathy Steppe, which was recently published in New Phytologist. The study explores why different tree species show different…
New paper on the covariation between hydrogen and oxygen stable isotopes in organic compounds in eudicot plants
Jochem Baan led the work as a part of his PhD, with co-authors Meisha Holloway-Phillips, Daniel B. Nelson, and Ansgar Kahmen, which was recently published in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. The study explores the extent to which large…
PPE at EGU 2023
Several members of the PPE group will present their latest science at this year's EGU general assembly. In case you will be at the meeting in Vienna, come and see our talks and posters!. EGU23-1232 | Orals | BG3.2 | Highlight Carbon…
Nikita Häfeli successfully defended her MSc thesis!
We congratulate Nikita Häfeli for successfully defending her MSc today. In her master's thesis “Experimentally separating drought from heat stress in European beech trees” Nikita used the phytotron facility of the PPE group to…
New perspective article on alpine treeline theory published
Christian Körner and Günter Hoch published an article in the Journal of Biogeography that synthesizes the current concept of treeline theory. The authors promote the strict application of a dual niche concept to explain the treeline…
New Book Contribution on Boreal Forest Ecology
A new book that our PPE group contributed to appeared this week (https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-15988-6). The book aims to revise the principles of boreal forest ecosystem management in terms of silviculture, natural…
New paper in STOTEN
A new paper that our group contributed to appeared in the journal Science of the Total Environment (STOTEN) this week (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162167). The paper summarises discussions from the TreeNet 10th anniversary…