Publications

2026
Journal Articles
Beyond N and P fertilization: Tropical ground hexapod communities are tied to micronutrients
Applied Soil Ecology. 2026. Vol. 217, p. 106604. DOI : 10.1016/j.apsoil.2025.106604.Short water transit times determine the fate of veterinary pharmaceuticals in lowland catchments
Journal of Contaminant Hydrology. 2026. Vol. 276. DOI : 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2025.104704.2025
Journal Articles
Hot and Hungry – High temperatures induce changes in leaf carbon dynamics and sugar isotope fingerprints
npj Science of Plants. 2025. Vol. 1, num. 1. DOI : 10.1038/s44383-025-00012-6.Thermal acclimation fails to confer a carbon budget advantage to invasive species over natives
Plant Physiology. 2025. DOI : 10.1093/plphys/kiaf574.Dual Isotope Analysis Reveals Phylogenetic Patterns and Novel Insights Into Methoxy Group Synthesis of Structural Biomolecules in Leaf and Woody Plant Tissues
Plant, Cell & Environment. 2025. DOI : 10.1111/pce.70134.Nitrogen Deposition and Climate Drive Plant Nitrogen Uptake While Soil Factors Drive Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Terrestrial Ecosystems
EARTH SYSTEM DYNAMICS. 2025. Vol. 16, num. 4, p. 1183 – 1196. DOI : 10.5194/esd-16-1183-2025.Beyond land surface temperature: Identifying areas of daytime thermal discomfort in cities by combining remote sensing and field measurements
Urban Climate. 2025. Vol. 61, p. 102460. DOI : 10.1016/j.uclim.2025.102460.Tree functioning under different soil water availability and atmospheric water demand
ARPHA Conference Abstracts. 2025. Vol. 8. DOI : 10.3897/aca.8.e149040.VPDrought – a novel approach to disentangle atmospheric and soil drought in a natural Scots pine forest
ARPHA Conference Abstracts. 2025. Vol. 8. DOI : 10.3897/aca.8.e146958.Growth Onset Rather Than Photosynthesis Strongly Regulates Autumn Senescence Termination Besides Climate Change
Global Ecology and Biogeography. 2025. Vol. 34, num. 5. DOI : 10.1111/geb.70068.High transpirational cooling by urban trees despite extreme summer heatwaves
Urban Forestry and Urban Greening. 2025. Vol. 107, p. 128819. DOI : 10.1016/j.ufug.2025.128819.Tree-related microhabitat assemblages in boreal forests depend more on local environmental conditions and tree species than on tree size
Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research. 2025. DOI : https://doi.org/10.1080/02827581.2025.2497364.Prolonged warming and drought reduce canopy‐level net carbon uptake in beech and oak saplings despite photosynthetic and respiratory acclimation
New Phytologist. 2025. DOI : 10.1111/nph.70111.Wachstum und Trockenstress: physiologische Charakterisierung von Schweizer Waldbäumen
Schweizerische Zeitschrift fur Forstwesen. 2025. Vol. 2, num. 176. DOI : 10.3188/szf.2025.0099.Spatial Distribution of Tree-related Microhabitats in European Beech-dominated Forests (Corrigendum – vol 301, 2025, 11086)
BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION. 2025. Vol. 302. DOI : 10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110945.X-ray Micro-CT based characterization of rock cuttings with deep learning
Applied Computing and Geosciences. 2025. Vol. 25, p. 100220. DOI : 10.1016/j.acags.2025.100220.Charlotte Grossiord
NEW PHYTOLOGIST. 2025. DOI : 10.1111/nph.20404.Spatial distribution of tree-related microhabitats in European beech-dominated forests
BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION. 2025. DOI : 10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110867.Non-native Douglas fir seedlings outcompete native Norway spruce, silver fir and Scots pine under dry and nutrient-poor conditions
Frontiers in Plant Science. 2025. Vol. 16, p. 1546250. DOI : 10.3389/fpls.2025.1546250.Acclimation to High Vapor Pressure Deficit in Warmer Air Can Reduce Tree Vulnerability to Drought-Induced Mortality
Plant, cell & environment. 2025. DOI : 10.1111/pce.15490.Cones and consequences: the false dichotomy of conifers vs broad-leaves has critical implications for research and modelling
New Phytologist. 2025. DOI : 10.1111/nph.70136.Conference Papers
How quickly are canopy temperatures approaching their critical limit in the tropics?
2025. EGU General Assembly 2024, Vienna, Austria, 2024-04-14 – 2024-04-19. DOI : https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-1763.Reviews
Impact of emerging compound droughts on forests: A water supply and demand perspective
Plant Biology. 2025. p. plb.70080. DOI : 10.1111/plb.70080.Books
Taschenführer der Baummikrohabitate. Beschreibung und Schwellenwerte für Feldaufnahmen in gemässigten und mediterranen Wäldern
Birmensdorf: Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, 2025.Theses
Palms on the rise: Invasion mechanisms of Trachycarpus fortunei under climate change
Lausanne, EPFL, 2025.Physiological acclimation and mortality drivers in European trees under heat, drought, and rising atmospheric demand
Lausanne, EPFL, 2025.Working Papers
Decoupling of stomatal conductance from net assimilation at high temperature as a mechanism to increase transpiration
2025
Stress-dependent responses of grapevine wood and fungal pathogen activity under esca and drought
2025
Hot and Hungry: High temperatures induce changes in leaf carbohydrate dynamics and sugar isotope fingerprints
2025
2024
Journal Articles
A one-way ticket: Wheat roots do not functionally refill xylem emboli following rehydration
Plant physiology. 2024. Vol. 196, num. 4, p. 2362 – 2373. DOI : 10.1093/plphys/kiae407.Tree drought–mortality risk depends more on intrinsic species resistance than on stand species diversity
Global Change Biology. 2024. Vol. 30, num. 9, p. e17503. DOI : 10.1111/gcb.17503.Drought effects in Mediterranean forests are not alleviated by diversity-driven water source partitioning
Journal of Ecology. 2024. Vol. 112, num. 9, p. 2107 – 2122. DOI : 10.1111/1365-2745.14387.High heat tolerance, evaporative cooling, and stomatal decoupling regulate canopy temperature and their safety margins in three European oak species
Global change biology. 2024. Vol. 30, num. 8. DOI : 10.1111/gcb.17439.Biochemical and biophysical drivers of the hydrogen isotopic composition of carbohydrates and acetogenic lipids
SCIENCE ADVANCES. 2024. Vol. 10, num. 28. DOI : 10.1126/sciadv.adl3591.Soil warming alters tree water use and canopy stomatal conductance in a mixed subtropical forest
Agricultural And Forest Meteorology. 2024. Vol. 353, p. 110073. DOI : 10.1016/j.agrformet.2024.110073.In vivo X-ray microtomography locally affects stem radial growth with no immediate physiological impact
Plant Physiology. 2024. DOI : 10.1093/plphys/kiae285.Tree diversity reduces variability in sapling survival under drought
Journal Of Ecology. 2024. DOI : 10.1111/1365-2745.14294.Combining X-ray micro-CT and microscopy-based images of two lianas species to derive structural, mechanical and functional relationships
Plant Systematics And Evolution. 2024. Vol. 310, num. 2, p. 10. DOI : 10.1007/s00606-024-01889-z.Spatio-temporal patterns and drivers of CH4 and CO2 fluxes from rivers and lakes in highly urbanized areas
Science Of The Total Environment. 2024. Vol. 918, p. 170689. DOI : 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170689.Twenty years of irrigation acclimation is driven by denser canopies and not by plasticity in twig- and needle-level hydraulics in a Pinus sylvestris forest
Journal Of Experimental Botany. 2024. DOI : 10.1093/jxb/erae066.Invasive palms have more efficient and prolonged CO2 assimilation compared to native sub-Mediterranean vegetation
Forest Ecology And Management. 2024. Vol. 556, p. 121743. DOI : 10.1016/j.foreco.2024.121743.Mixing oak and pine trees in Mediterranean forests increases aboveground hydraulic dysfunctions
Plant Biology. 2024. DOI : 10.1111/plb.13716.Reduced soil moisture drives leaf anatomical shifts more than chronically elevated temperatures in European temperate trees
Plant Biology. 2024. DOI : 10.1111/plb.13745.Reviews
Tree water uptake patterns across the globe
New Phytologist. 2024. DOI : 10.1111/nph.19762.The impacts of rising vapour pressure deficit in natural and managed ecosystems
Plant Cell And Environment. 2024. DOI : 10.1111/pce.14846.Books
Guide de poche des dendromicrohabitats. Description et seuils de grandeur pour leur inventaire dans les forêts tempérées et méditerranéennes (2e édition)
Institut fédéral de recherches sur la forêt, la neige et le paysage WSL, 2024.フィールドガイド 樹木のマイクロハビタット. 温帯・地中海性森林のインベントリ調査に向けた解説と下限サイズの一覧
Institut fédéral de recherches sur la forêt, la neige et le paysage WSL, 2024.Field Guide to Northern Tree-related Microhabitats: Descriptions and size limits for their inventory in boreal and hemiboreal forests of Europe and North America
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Switzerland, 2024.Field Guide to Tree-related Microhabitats. Descriptions and size limits for their inventory in temperate and Mediterranean forests (2nd edition)
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, 2024.Theses
From roots to canopy: Unraveling the influence of species diversity on tree water relations under warmer and drier climates
Lausanne, EPFL, 2024.Student Projects
Frost as a potential barrier to the invasion of evergreen trees in Southern Switzerland
2024.Media
Les arbres-habitats, hauts lieux de la biodiversité
2024.Mit dem Tod beginnt das Leben: Totholznutzer in Einzelporträts
2024.2023
Journal Articles
Anatomical and physiological consequences of beech leaf disease in Fagus grandifolia L.
Forest Pathology. 2023. Vol. 54, num. 1. DOI : 10.1111/efp.12842.Impacts of snow-farming on alpine soil and vegetation: A case study from the Swiss Alps
Science Of The Total Environment. 2023. Vol. 903, p. 166225. DOI : 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166225.Interactions between beech and oak seedlings can modify the effects of hotter droughts and the onset of hydraulic failure
New Phytologist. 2023. Vol. 241, num. 3, p. 1021 – 1034. DOI : 10.1111/nph.19358.Chronic warming and dry soils limit carbon uptake and growth despite a longer growing season in beech and oak
Plant Physiology. 2023. Vol. 194, num. 2, p. 741 – 757. DOI : 10.1093/plphys/kiad565.Extracting flowering phenology from grassland species mixtures using time-lapse cameras
Remote Sensing Of Environment. 2023. Vol. 298, p. 113835. DOI : 10.1016/j.rse.2023.113835.Seasonal variation in the xylem sap composition of six Australian trees and shrubs
Aob Plants. 2023. Vol. 15, num. 5, p. plad064. DOI : 10.1093/aobpla/plad064.Evaluating Carlquist’s Law from a physiological perspective
Iawa Journal. 2023. Vol. 44, num. 3-4, p. 429 – 438. DOI : 10.1163/22941932-bja10134.Food web structure and energy flux dynamics, but not taxonomic richness, influence microbial ecosystem functions in a Sphagnum-dominated peatland
European Journal Of Soil Biology. 2023. Vol. 118, p. 103532. DOI : 10.1016/j.ejsobi.2023.103532.An observation-based, reduced-form model for oxidation in the remote marine troposphere
Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America (PNAS). 2023. Vol. 120, num. 34, p. e2209735120. DOI : 10.1073/pnas.2209735120.Ericoid shrub encroachment shifts aboveground-belowground linkages in three peatlands across Europe and Western Siberia
Global Change Biology. 2023. DOI : 10.1111/gcb.16904.Absence of canopy temperature variation despite stomatal adjustment in Pinus sylvestris under multidecadal soil moisture manipulation
New Phytologist. 2023. DOI : 10.1111/nph.19136.No carbon storage in growth-limited trees in a semi-arid woodland
Nature Communications. 2023. Vol. 14, num. 1959, p. 11. DOI : 10.1038/s41467-023-37577-8.Stand structure of Central European forests matters more than climate for transpiration sensitivity to VPD
Journal of Applied Ecology. 2023. Vol. 60, num. 5, p. 886 – 897. DOI : 10.1111/1365-2664.14383.Nitrogen oxides in the free troposphere: implications for tropospheric oxidants and the interpretation of satellite NO2 measurements
Atmospheric Chemistry And Physics. 2023. Vol. 23, num. 2, p. 1227 – 1257. DOI : 10.5194/acp-23-1227-2023.Faster drought recovery in anisohydric beech compared to isohydric spruce
Tree Physiology. 2023. DOI : 10.1093/treephys/tpad009.Books
Dendromicrohàbitats. Guia de camp. Descripció, identificació i classificació pel seu inventari
Birmensdorf, Switzerland: Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, 2023.Veldgids voor. Boommicrohabitats. Beschrijvingen en grenswaarden voor inventarisatie
Birmensdorf, Switzerland: Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, 2023.Talks
The rising importance of heat and vapor pressure deficit in plant hydraulic dysfunctions.
Annual Meeting of Ecological Society of America, Portland, Oregon, USA, August 6-11, 2023.Disentangling the impact of co-varying drought-driven changes to soil moisture, vapor pressure deficit, and temperature on plant carbon and water relations.
the 25th EGU General Assembly of the European Geoscience Union, Vienna, Austria, April 23-28,2023.How can interactions between trees mitigate adverse impacts
Links between tree diversity, plant hydraulics, and wildfires, Banyuls-sur-mer, France, March 27-29, 2023.Adverse and mitigating impacts of warming on tree carbon cycling
Symposium Plant Science Research in Switzerland_SwissPLANT 2023, Les Diablerets, Switzerland, January 23-25, 2023.Student Projects
Assessing the adaptability of fodder trees in agroforestry under varied climates to meet farmers’ expectations in Western Switzerland
2023.Physiological response and recovery from reduced soil moisture of an invasive palm species compared with native tree species of Ticino
2023.Adaptive and plastic responses of Sessile oak leaf traits to European climate
2023.Temperature acclimation of photosynthesis in native vs. invasive evergreen plants in Southern Switzerland
2023.Media
Totholz – alles andere als tot
2023.2022
Journal Articles
Canopy dieback and recovery in Australian native forests following extreme drought
Scientific Reports. 2022. Vol. 12, num. 1. DOI : 10.1038/s41598-022-24833-y.Above- and below-ground responses to experimental climate forcing in two forb species from montane wooded pastures in Switzerland
Functional Ecology. 2022. DOI : 10.1111/1365-2435.14212.Reply to Yang et al.: Biomass burning is an important tropospheric source of ozone in remote regions of the globe
Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America (PNAS). 2022. Vol. 119, num. 38, p. e2212326119. DOI : 10.1073/pnas.2212326119.Increasing temperature and vapor pressure deficit lead to hydraulic damages in the absence of soil drought
Plant, Cell and Environment. 2022. DOI : 10.1111/pce.14425.Impact of warmer and drier conditions on tree photosynthetic properties and the role of species interactions
New Phytologist. 2022. DOI : 10.1111/nph.18384.Effectiveness of X-ray micro-CT applications upon mafic and ultramafic ophiolitic rocks
Micron. 2022. Vol. 158, p. 103292. DOI : 10.1016/j.micron.2022.103292.The Role of Hydraulic Failure in a Massive Mangrove Die-Off Event
Frontiers In Plant Science. 2022. Vol. 13, p. 822136. DOI : 10.3389/fpls.2022.822136.Warming may extend tree growing seasons and compensate for reduced carbon uptake during dry periods
Journal of Ecology. 2022. Vol. 110, num. 7, p. 1575 – 1589. DOI : 10.1111/1365-2745.13892.Aridity and cold temperatures drive divergent adjustments of European beech xylem anatomy, hydraulics and leaf physiological traits
Tree Physiology. 2022. Vol. 42, num. 9, p. 1720 – 1735. DOI : 10.1093/treephys/tpac029.Accounting for foliar gradients in Vc(max) and J(max) improves estimates of net CO2 exchange of forests
Agricultural And Forest Meteorology. 2022. Vol. 314, p. 108771. DOI : 10.1016/j.agrformet.2021.108771.Severe declines in hydraulic capacity and associated carbon starvation drive mortality in seawater exposed Sitka-spruce (Picea sitchensis) trees
Environmental Research Communications. 2022. Vol. 4, num. 3, p. 035005. DOI : 10.1088/2515-7620/ac5f7d.Lessons learned from a long-term irrigation experiment in a dry Scots pine forest: Impacts on traits and functioning
Ecological Monographs. 2022. Vol. 92, num. 2, p. e1507. DOI : 10.1002/ecm.1507.Photosynthetic acclimation and sensitivity to short- and long-term environmental changes in a drought-prone forest
Journal Of Experimental Botany. 2022. DOI : 10.1093/jxb/erac033.Die Buche – ein herausragender Habitatbaum
Bündner Wald. 2022. Vol. Februar, p. 34 – 37.Espaces protégés forestiers et libre évolution
Revue forestière française. 2022. Vol. 73, num. 2-3, p. 339 – 365. DOI : 10.20870/revforfr.2021.5474.Using PhenoCams to track crop phenology and explain the effects of different cropping systems on yield
Agricultural Systems. 2022. Vol. 195, p. 103306. DOI : 10.1016/j.agsy.2021.103306.Conference Papers
Investigation of bamboo nodes structural characteristics with X-ray micro-CT imaging
2022. 20th European Conference on Composite Materials – Composites Meet Sustainability, EPFL, Lausanne, June 26-30, 2022.Reviews
Mechanisms of woody-plant mortality under rising drought, CO2 and vapour pressure deficit
Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. 2022. Vol. 3, p. 294 – 308. DOI : 10.1038/s43017-022-00272-1.Books
Guida da campo ai dendromicrohabitat. Descrizione e soglie dimensionali per il loro inventario
Birmensdorf, Switzerland, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, 2022.Working Papers
Climat : planter des millions d’arbres pour lutter contre le réchauffement… mais pas n’importe comment
2022
Forest restoration is on the rise, but how we go about it is crucial
2022