Future Forests

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Forests cover approximately 30 per cent of the global landmass and render numerous essential ecosystem services (ES): They provide renewable resources, mitigate the impact of climate change, support human health, and preserve biodiversity. In the face of rapid climate change, novel ecosystem disturbances, and the introduction or loss of species, large expanses of forests are evolving towards novel ecosystems that are unprecedented in evolutionary history. It is highly uncertain to what extent these novel ecosystems will be capable of rendering the desired ES and preserving biodiversity. The changes will occur so quickly that natural adaptation processes will not be able to keep pace with them.

Parallel to this development, major societal changes are to be expected, resulting from processes such as urbanization, globalization and trade, land use, and changing demands regarding nature’s services to humans. The natural and social spheres are closely interlinked, interact in a complex way, and thus present unexpected risks. With a better understanding of these system dynamics, it will be possible to devise strategies to prevent undesirable developments. The researchers of Future Forests thus aim to make novel contributions to conceptualizing and analysing forests as new social-ecological systems (SES).

The approaches of Future Forests to analysing and developing transformation pathways for forest-based SES will provide the basis for more adaptive forest systems and more sustainable transformation pathways than in the past. These approaches will be transferable to other world regions and a broad spectrum of ecosystem services.

Synopsis of Future Forests Research Program Structure and Planned Infrastructure

Participating faculties and partner institutions

• Faculty of Biology

• Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources

• Forest Research Institute Baden-Württemberg

• ForstBW

• Faculty of Medicine

• Faculty of Humanities

• Thünen Insitute

• Stockholm Resilience Centre

Speakers

Prof. Dr. Jürgen Bauhus

Prof. Dr. Jürgen Bauhus heads the Chair of Silviculture at the Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources. His research focuses on controlling the structure and dynamics of forests for the provision of ecosystem services, on the impact of silvicultural measures on the ecosystem, and on the adaptation of forests to global change. He received the ‘Scientific Achievement Award’ from the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) for his research. He is chair of the Scientific Advisory Board on Forest Policy at the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture.

Chair of Silviculture

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*Prof. Dr. Friederike Lang*

Prof. Dr. Friederike Lang heads the Chair of Soil Ecology, located at the Institute of Forest Sciences, Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources. Her research foci are the coupling of carbon and nutrient dynamics in forest soils, soil conservation (mechanized forestry), and the ecology of soil structure. Among other projects, she is currently conducting research on the quantification of ecosystem processes across scales by means of smart autonomous sensor networks in the Collaborative Research Centre ECOSENSE (SFB 1537) and serves as spokesperson of the Forest Floor (FOR 5315) research group. She is a member of the Soil Conservation Expert Panel at the German Environmental Agency and theScientific Advisory Board on Forest Policy at the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture.

Chair of Soil Ecology

Soil Conservation Expert Panel at the German Environmental Agency

Scientific Advisory Board on Forest Policy at the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture.

*Prof. Dr. Marc Hanewinkel*

Prof. Dr. Marc Hanewinkel is Professor of Forest Economy and Forest Planning at the Institute of Forest Sciences, Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources. Among other things, he investigates the topics of risk analysis (risk identification, modelling, and assessment), impact of climate change on Europe’s forests, development of adaptive management strategies, economic analysis of climate changes, bioenergy, impact of changes in forest management strategies, and forest restructuring. A project he is currently working on in the ClimXtreme research network is ‘Module C: Impacts – Subproject 11: WIND – Winter Storm Impacts in Central Europe’. He is a member of the European network for forest sciences NFZ.forestnet.

Professor of Forest Economy and Forest Planning

Principal Investigators

News

[Excellence Cluster

Freiburg University will host two Excellenceclusters and aims for status as Excellence University

From Januar 2026, the German Research Foundation (DFG) will fund two Excellence Clusters at the University of Freiburg. Cluster CIBSS will be funded for another period of seven years. In addition, Future Forests will start as a new Cluster.

Read more](https://uni-freiburg.de/universitaet-freiburg-erhaelt-zwei-exzellenzcluster-und-zielt-auf-status-der-exzellenzuniversitaet/) [Excellence Cluster

New Eva Mayr-Stihl Foundation Funding Initiative Boosts Future Forests Research with over 10 million EUR

Starting in 2026, the Eva Mayr-Stihl Foundation intends to provide a total of 10.4 million euros in funding to the Cluster of Excellence Future Forests. The projects to be funded include a tenure track endowed professorship for silviculture and climate change adaptation, an international research laboratory on forest adaptation, and an incubator fund.\

Read more](https://uni-freiburg.de/neue-foerderinitiative-der-eva-mayr-stihl-stiftung-staerkt-forschung-an-der-universitaet-freiburg-zur-anpassung-von-waeldern-an-den-globalen-wandel/)

[New Study

Urban Forests: Essential Infrastructure for Climate-Resilient, Healthy, and Equitable Cities

An open letter urges global policymakers at COP30 to recognize and invest in urban forests as vital green infrastructure for climate adaptation, biodiversity, and human wellbeing. Immediate, sustained action is needed to protect mature trees, improve equity, and integrate urban forests into climate and biodiversity strategies for a sustainable urban future.

Read more](https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ppp3.70125) [New Study

Mixing tree species does not always make forests more drought-resilient

A new international study led by the University of Freiburg shows that long droughts can reverse the benefits of tree diversity for tree vitality.\

Read more](https://uni-freiburg.de/en/mixing-tree-species-does-not-always-make-forests-more-drought-resilient/) [New Study

Years of drought turn pine forest into source of CO₂

A new study conducted at the University of Freiburg shows that recurring years of heat and drought since 2018 have caused long-term damage to a pine forest in southwestern Germany. Over 60 percent of the pine trees have died, and deciduous trees are taking root, but it is insufficient to reclaim climate balance. The ecosystem now releases more CO₂ than it sequesters.\

Read more](https://uni-freiburg.de/en/years-of-drought-turn-pine-forest-into-source-of-co%e2%82%82/) [New Study

Forest Dieback in Drinking Water Protection Areas: A Hidden Threat to Drinking Water Quality

Forest dieback in German drinking water protection areas has led to deteriorating drinking water quality, with average nitrate concentrations doubling in affected areas, shows a study led by the University of Freiburg.

Read more](https://uni-freiburg.de/en/forest-dieback-in-drinking-water-protection-areas/)

**Important Background Reading****

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• Biedermann PHW,Müller J, Grégoire JC, Gruppe A, Hagge J, Hammerbacher A, Hofstetter RW, Kandasamy D, Kolarik M, Kostovcik M, Krokene P. (2019). Bark beetle population dynamics in the Anthropocene: challenges and solutions. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2019.06.002 (Here we described the abiotic and biotic variables that drive bark beetle populations and highlight major gaps in our knowledge that need to be addressed for successful management of these forest insects.)
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• Dormann CF, McPherson JM, Araújo MB, Bivand R, Bolliger J, Carl G, Davies RG, Hirzel A, Jetz W, Kissling WD, Kühn I, Ohlemüller R, Peres-Neto PR, Reineking B, Schröder B, Schurr FM, Wilson R. (2007). Methods to account for spatial autocorrelation in the analysis of species distributional data: a review. Ecography. DOI: 10.1111/j.2007.0906-7590.05171.x (Highly cited paper that provides a critical examination of the many available spatial statistical methods that take spatial autocorrelation into account in tests of species distribution data.)
• Dulamsuren Ch, Hauck M. (2021). Drought stress mitigation by nitrogen in boreal forests inferred from stable isotopes. Global Change Biology. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15813 (This was the first study answering the question if co-limitation of forest productivity by nitrogen remains effective if boreal forests switch from temperature limitation to drought limitation.)
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• Haug M. (2020). Framing the Future through the Lens of Hope:Environmental Change, Diverse Hopes and the Challenge of Engagement. Journal of Social and Cultural Anthropology. URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/27124116 (Publication that arose from a plenary event of the German Anthropological Assocations’ conference on the future of the discipline.)
• Heer K, Behringer D, Piermattei A, Bässler C, Brandl R, Fady B., Jehl H, Liepelt S, Lorch S, Piotti A, Vendramin GG, Weller M, Ziegenhagen B, Büntgen U, Opgenoorth L. (2018). Linking dendroecology and association genetics in natural populations: Stress responses archived in tree rings associate with SNP genotypes in silver fir (Abies alba Mill.). Molecular Ecology. DOI: 10.1111/mec.14538 (Paper demonstrates that analyses of phenotypic information from tree ring data and genetic data are a powerful resource to investigate the genetic basis of stress response in trees.)
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• Klein AM, Vaissière BE, Cane J, Steffan-Dewenter I, Cunningham SA, Kremen C, Tscharntke T. (2007). Importance of pollinators in changing landscapes for world crops. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3721 (Highly cited paper that uses novel primary data from 200 countries to evaluate the extent of our reliance on animal pollination for global crop production and highlights the essential role of pollinators for sustaining crop diversity and production.)
• Knoke T, Seifert T. (2008). Integrating selected ecological effects of mixed European beech – Norway spruce stands in bioeconomic modelling. Ecological Modelling. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2007.08.011 (One of the first papers integrating economic and ecological perspectives of mixed forests into bioeconomic modelling of mixed forests.)
• Krayenhoff ES, Jiang T, Christen A, Martilli A, Oke TR, Bailey BN, Nazarian N, Voogt JA, Giometto MG, Stastny A, Crawford BR. (2020): A multi-layer urban canopy meteorological model with trees (BEP-Tree): Street tree impacts on pedestrian-level climate. Urban Climate. DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2020.100590 (This highly cited paper describes the development of a model that can simulate interactions between trees and surrounding infrastructure to model the local climate mitigation potential of trees.)
• May S (2019) Wood. Regarding economies and policies through the eyes of a cultural anthropologist. Journal for European Ethnology and Cultural Analysis (JEECA) 3(2):193–214 (On a broad empirical basis, the author discusses how wood is currently used and given meaning and to what extent access via a material enables cultural anthropological analyses of economic and political fields).
• Messier C, Bauhus J, Doyon F, Maure F, Sousa-Silva R, Nolet P, Mina M, Aquilué N, Fortin M-J, Puettmann K. (2019). The functional complex network approach to foster forest resilience to global change. Forest Ecosystems. DOI: 10.1186/s40663-019-0199-6 (In this highly cited paper, we propose a novel approach to integrate the functionality of species-traits into a functional complex network approach as a flexible and multi-scale way to manage forests for the Anthropocene.)
• Kleinschmit D, Pülzl H, Secco L, Sergent A, Wallin I. (2018). Orchestration in political processes: Involvement of experts, citizens, and participatory professionals in forest policy making. Forest Policy and Economics. DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2017.12.011 (This study clearly showed that governance by citizen participation is rather neglected in European forest policy.)
• Lang F, Krüger J, Amelung W, Willbold S, Frossard E, Bünemann EK, Bauhus J, Nitschke R, Kandeler E, Marhan S, Schulz S, Bergkemper F, Schloter M, Luster J, Guggisberg F, Kaiser K, Mikutta R, Guggenberger G, Polle A, Pena R, Prietzel J, Rodionov A, Talkner U, Meesenburg H, von Wilpert K, Hölscher A, Dietrich HP, Chmara I. (2017). Soil phosphorus supply controls P nutrition strategies of beech forest ecosystems in Central Europe. Biogeochemistry. DOI: 10.1007/s10533-017-0375-0 (First publication to explicitly describe forest ecosystem adaptation to low P levels in soils based on an interdisciplinary approach covering soil science, microbiology, and plant physiology.)
• Orth R, Destouni G (2018) Drought reduces blue-water fluxes more strongly than green-water fluxes in Europe. Nat Commun 9(1):3602. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06013-7 (open access) (This study shows that soil-moisture drought reduces runoff stronger and faster than it reduces evapotranspiration over Europe and argues that understanding these drought-impact pathways across blue and green-water fluxes and geospheres is essential for ensuring water security, and developing early-warning and adaptation systems in support of society and ecosystems)
• Pauliuk S, Heeren N, Berrill P, Fishman T, Nistad A, Tu Q, Wolfram P, Hertwich EG. (2021). Global scenarios of resource and emission savings from material efficiency in residential buildings and cars. Nature Communications. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-25300-4 (First estimation of climate, energy, and materials impact of material efficiency and wood use in residential buildings, with global scope.)
• Pregernig M.(2014). Framings of science-policy interactions and their discursive and institutional effects: examples from conservation and environmental policy. Biodiversity and Conservation. DOI: 10.1007/s10531-014-0806-3 (An early and well received paper that applies different theories of science-policy interactions on topics of biodiversity and conservation.)
• Scherer-Lorenzen M, Gessner MO, Beisner BE, Messier C, Paquette A, Petermann JS, Soininen J, Nock CA. (2022) Pathways for cross-boundary effects of biodiversity on ecosystem functioning. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2021.12.009 (This new contribution presents a fundamental concept and outlines pathways of biodiversity effects across ecosystem boundaries on processes. It further proposes an agenda to assess such effects)
• Schlüter, M., Brelsford, C., Ferraro, P. J., Orach, K., Qiu, M., & Smith, M. D. (2023). Unraveling complex causal processes that affect sustainability requires more integration between empirical and modeling approaches. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2215676120 (This recent contribution demonstrates the need for a collaborative research approach that leverages both empirical evidence and modeling techniques to tackle sustainability challenges.)
• Sprenger M, Leistert H, Gimbel K, Weiler M. (2016). Illuminating hydrological processes at the soil‐vegetation‐atmosphere interface with water stable isotopes. Reviews of Geophysics. DOI: 10.1002/2015RG000515 (Highly cited paper that provides an overview of the hydrological processes that alter the soil water stable isotopic composition.)
• Werner C, Meredith LS, Ladd SN, Ingrisch J, Kübert A, van Haren J, Bahn M, Bailey K, Bamberger I, Beyer M, Blomdahl D, Byron J, Daber E, Deleeuw J, Dippold M, Fudyma J, Gil-Loaiza J, Honeker LK, Hu J, Huang J, Klüpfel T, Krechmer J, Kreuzwieser J, Kühnhammer K, Lehmann MM, Meeran K, Misztal PK, Ng W-R, Pfannerstill E, Pugliese G, Purser G, Roscioli J, Shi L, Tfaily M, Williams J. (2021). Ecosystem fluxes during drought and recovery in an experimental forest. Science. DOI: 10.1126/science.abj6789 (This study describes the mechanisms and plant functional group responses to severe drought and recovery in a tropical forest.)

In the Media

• [Deutschlands Wälder: Vom Klimahelfer zum neuen Problembereich (Germany’s forests: From climate helper to new problem area)

Tagesschau, in German;\ Jürgen Bauhus about ‘Forests as a Climate Helper’](https://www.tagesschau.de/wissen/klima/klimaziele-emissionen-landnutzung-100.html?at_medium=tagesschau&at_campaign=Mail&at_content=SiteSharing)

• [Wem gehört der Wald? (The forest of the future has a migration background)

Tagesschau, in German;\ Jürgen Bauhus about ‘Assisted migration’ as a solution that saves our forests](https://www.tagesschau.de/wissen/klima/klimaresistente-waelder-100.html)

• [Wem gehört der Wald? (Who owns the forest?)

Deutschlandfunk, in German;\ Jürgen Bauhus and other experts discuss the new version of the Federal Forest Act](https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/wem-gehoert-der-wald-eine-gesetzesnovelle-sorgt-fuer-streit-dlf-2a3615a4-100.html)

• [“Wald weniger produktiv geworden” (“Forest has become less productive”)

WDR, in German; \ Interview with Jürgen Bauhus on the National Forest Inventory and the future of the forest](https://www1.wdr.de/mediathek/audio/wdr5/wdr5-mittagsecho/audio-bundeswaldinventur-wald-weniger-produktiv-geworden-100.html)

• [Forschende fordern zügige Umsetzung (Researchers call for prompt implementation)

ORF, in German;\ Daniela Kleinschmit on the impending postponement of the EU deforestation regulation](https://science.orf.at/stories/3226981/)

*Further Reading*

• Blondeel, Haben, Joannès Guillemot, Nicolas Martin‐StPaul, Arsène Druel, Simon Bilodeau‐Gauthier, Jürgen Bauhus, Charlotte Grossiord, et al. 2024. “Tree Diversity Reduces Variability in Sapling Survival under Drought.” Journal of Ecology 112 (5): 1164–80. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.14294.Decarsin R, Guillemot J, le Maire G, Blondeel H, Meredieu C, Achard E, Bonal D, Cochard H, Corso D, Delzon S, Doucet Z, Druel A, Grossiord C, Torres-Ruiz JM, Bauhus J, Godbold DL, Hajek P, Jactel H, Jensen J, Mereu S, Ponette Q, Rewald B, Ruffault J, Sandén H, Scherer-Lorenzen M, Serrano-León H, Simioni G, Verheyen K, Werner R, Martin-StPaul N (2024) Tree drought-mortality risk depends more on intrinsic species resistance than on stand species diversity. Global Change Biology 30: e17503, https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17503
• Dietrich, Viktoria, Mona Lauritz, Marie M. Roggenhofer, Jérôme Redlin-Weiß, Michael Huber, Josefine Schulte, Andrea Wanninger, Jörg Niederberger, and Markus Hauck. 2024. “Drought Effects on Growth and Density of Temperate Tree Regeneration under Different Levels of Nitrogen Deposition.” Forest Ecology and Management 559. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2024.121825.
• Dietrich, Viktoria, Georgios Skiadaresis, Florian Schnabel, Jean-Michel Leban, Catherine Potvin, Jürgen Bauhus, and Julia Annick Schwarz. 2024. “Identifying the Impact of Climate Extremes on Radial Growth in Young Tropical Trees: A Comparison of Inventory and Tree-Ring Based Estimates.” Dendrochronologia 86: 126237. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dendro.2024.126237.
• Esperon-Rodriguez, Manuel, Stefan Arndt, Michael Osei Asibey, Benno Andreas Augustinus, Albert Bach, Monica Ballinas, Victor L. Barradas, David N. Barton, Juergen Bauhus, Linda Beaumont, Jean-François Bissonnette, Matthew Brookhouse, Pedro Calaza-Martínez, Carlo Calfapietra, Tiago Capela Lourenço, Paloma Cariñanos, Matteo Clemente, Tenley Conway, Kees de Hoogh, Karen De Pauw, Morgane Dendoncker, Cynnamon Dobbs, Peter Duinker, Ujala Ejaz, Ana Alice Eleuterio, Theodore Endreny, Diego Esperon-Rodriguez, Claire Farrell, Rachael V. Gallagher, Thomas Gates, Zhengfei Guo, Nanamhla Gwedla, Richard Hauer, Martin Hermy, Peta Jeffries, Edith Juno, Rachel Knudten, Gervais Lee, Elizaveta Litvak, Stephen Livesley, Natalie Love, Gabriele Manoli, Renee M. Marchin, Alexander J. F. Martin, Pierre Masselot, Robert I. Mcdonald, Timon McPhearson, Christian Messier, Julie Messier, Rachel Morgain, Harini Nagendra, Mark Nieuwenhuijsen, Lukas G. Olson, Johan Östberg, Diane Pataki, Sebastian Pfautsch, Sally A. Power, Mohammad A. Rahman, Thomas Randrup, Peter B. Reich, Alessio Russo, Paul D. Rymer, Rossano Schifanella, Philip Sen, Charlie Shackleton, Mahmuda Sharmin, Megan Shooter, Davide Siclari, Sivajanani Sivarajah, Johanna Deak Sjöman, Henrik Sjöman, Ingjerd Solfjeld, Annick St-Denis, Jonah Susskind, Jens-Christian Svenning, Christopher Szota, María Toledo-Garibaldi, Olivier Villemaire-Côté, Jess Vogt, Ariane Wagenknecht, Mingxuan Wan, Linsheng Wen, Subashini Anuradha Wijeratne, Geoffrey Williams, Nicholas Williams, Sylvia Wood, Hong Wu, Pengbo Yan, Yuyu Zhou, Carly Ziter, Benewindé Jean-Bosco Zoungrana, Mark G. Tjoelker  (2025) Urban forests as essential infrastructure for climate resilience and biodiversity: A call to policymakers. Plants, People, Planet, 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.70125
• Frühbrodt, Tobias, Martin Schebeck, Martin N. Andersson, Gerrit Holighaus, Jürgen Kreuzwieser, Tim Burzlaff, Horst Delb, and Peter H. W. Biedermann. 2024. “Verbenone—the Universal Bark Beetle Repellent? Its Origin, Effects, and Ecological Roles.” Journal of Pest Science 97 (1): 35–71. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-023-01635-3.
• Gardiner, Barry, Rike Lorenz, Marc Hanewinkel, Benjamin Schmitz, Frederick Bott, Sonja Szymczak, Annett Frick, and Uwe Ulbrich. 2024. “Predicting the Risk of Tree Fall onto Railway Lines.” Forest Ecology and Management 553. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2023.121614.
• Haberstroh, Simon, Andreas Christen, Markus Sulzer, Fabio Scarpa & Christiane Werner. (2025). Recurrent hot droughts cause persistent legacy effects in a temperate Scots Pine forest. Plant Biology. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/plb.70066
• Hauck, Markus, Dorjburgedaa Lkhagvadorj, and Choimaa Dulamsuren. 2024. “Mongolia’s Pastoral Nomadism in Transition: Putting Case Studies on Socioecological Feedbacks and Socioeconomic Forcing into a Conceptual Framework.” In Lifestyle and Livelihood Changes Among Formerly Nomadic Peoples, edited by A A Degen and L-P Dana, 259–83. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature Switzerland AG. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-51142-4_12.
• Heid, Kelly Baldwin, Rita Sousa-Silva, Ashby Levelle Sachs, and Hartmut Fünfgeld. 2024. “Social and Environmental Outcomes of Urban Street Tree Bed Stewardship.” Environmental Research: Ecology 3 (3): 035005. https://doi.org/10.1088/2752-664X/ad63af.
• Kinzinger, Laura, Judith Mach, Simon Haberstroh, Zoe Schindler, Julian Frey, Maren Dubbert, Stefan Seeger, Thomas Seifert, et int., Christiane Werner. 2024. “Interaction between Beech and Spruce Trees in Temperate Forests Affects Water Use, Root Water Uptake Pattern and Canopy Structure.” Tree Physiology 44 (1). https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpad144.
• Klimke, Marina, Tobias Plieninger, and Cathrin Zengerling. 2024. “Allowing for the Multifunctionality of Agroforestry Systems – Lessons from a Legal Perspective with a Focus on Germany.” Earth System Governance 22: 100223. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esg.2024.100223.
• Kohler, Martin, Jonas Gorges, David Andermahr, Adrian Kölz, Bertram Leder, Ralf-Volker Nagel, Bernhard Mettendorf, et al. 2024. “A Direct Comparison of the Radial Growth Response to Drought of European and Oriental Beech.” Forest Ecology and Management 572: 122130. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2024.122130.
• Kröner, Katja, Elena Larysch, Zoe Schindler, Nora Obladen, Julian Frey, Dominik Florian Stangler, and Thomas Seifert. 2024. “Influence of Crown Morphology and Branch Architecture on Tree Radial Growth of Drought-Affected Fagus Sylvatica L.” Forest Ecosystems 11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fecs.2024.100237.
• Li, Wantong, Gregory Duveiller, Sebastian Wieneke, Matthias Forkel, Pierre Gentine, Markus Reichstein, Shuli Niu, Mirco Migliavacca, and Rene Orth. 2024. “Regulation of the Global Carbon and Water Cycles through Vegetation Structural and Physiological Dynamics.” Environmental Research Letters 19 (7). https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad5858.
• Li, Yi, Andreas Schuldt, Anne Ebeling, Nico Eisenhauer, Yuanyuan Huang, Georg Albert, Cynthia Albracht, et int., Alexandra-Maria Klein, et al. 2024. “Plant Diversity Enhances Ecosystem Multifunctionality via Multitrophic Diversity.” Nature Ecology & Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-024-02517-2.
• Mölders, Tanja, Laura Doyé and Ludger Gailing. 2025. “Nachhaltigkeit stärken – Transformationen für den Klimaschutz durch Regionalplanung,” Raumforschung und Raumordnung | Spatial Research and Planning. https://doi.org/10.14512/rur.3092.
• Morhart, Christopher, Zoe Schindler, Julian Frey, Jonathan P. Sheppard, Kim Calders, Mathias Disney, Felix Morsdorf, Pasi Raumonen, and Thomas Seifert. 2024. “Limitations of Estimating Branch Volume from Terrestrial Laser Scanning.” European Journal of Forest Research 143 (2): 687–702. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10342-023-01651-z.
• Peña-Ponton, Cristian, Barbara Diez-Rodriguez, Paloma Perez-Bello, Claude Becker, Lauren M McIntyre, Wim H van der Putten, Emanuele de Paoli, Katrin Heer, Lars Opgenoorth, and Koen J F Verhoeven. 2024. “High-Resolution Methylome Analysis Uncovers Stress-Responsive Genomic Hotspots and Drought-Sensitive TE Superfamilies in the Clonal Lombardy Poplar.” Journal of Experimental Botany, June, erae262. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erae262.
• Rappa, Nolan J., Michael Staab, Laura‐Sophia Ruppert, Julian Frey, Marco A. R. Mello, and Alexandra‐Maria Klein. 2024. “Forest Structure and Heterogeneity Increase Diversity and Alter Composition of Host–Parasitoid Networks.” Ecological Entomology. https://doi.org/10.1111/een.13301.
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