Publications
2025
| 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 |
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.