C. Wirth

Functional traits explain growth resistance to successive hotter droughts across a wide set of common and future tree species in Europe

The paper examines how tree growth responds to consecutive hotter droughts using functional traits and finds that growth resistance is influenced by traits related to drought tolerance and resource acquisition.

Tree diversity increases carbon stocks and fluxes above- but not belowground in a tropical forest experiment

Multi-objective management of naturally regenerating beech forests: An ecological-economic optimization approach

The paper develops an ecological-economic optimization model for managing beech forests to balance timber harvesting and biodiversity, finding a trade-off between economic returns and conservation value.

Tree growth is better explained by absorptive fine root traits than by transport fine root traits

This study compares absorptive and transport fine root traits in 25 European tree species and finds that absorptive root traits better explain tree growth than transport root traits.

Forest growth resistance and resilience to the 2018-2020 drought depend on tree diversity and mycorrhizal type

This study examines how tree diversity and mycorrhizal associations affect forest growth resistance and resilience during extreme drought, finding that mixed mycorrhizal types enhance drought tolerance.

Tree diversity increases forest temperature buffering

This study shows that higher tree species diversity enhances forest temperature buffering across multiple time scales, mediated by canopy density and structural diversity.

Tree demographic strategies largely overlap across succession in Neotropical wet and dry forest communities

The paper assesses demographic strategy overlap across succession in Neotropical forests and finds strategies largely overlap, with early stages covering old-growth diversity.

Changes in biodiversity impact atmospheric chemistry and climate through plant volatiles and particles

The paper examines how changes in biodiversity affect plant volatile organic compound emissions and secondary organic aerosol formation, finding reduced BVOCs with higher biodiversity but mixed BSOA results.

Neighbourhood species richness and drought-tolerance traits modulate tree growth and δ13C responses to drought

The study examines how neighbourhood species richness and drought-tolerance traits influence tree growth and δ13C responses to drought in experimental tree communities.

Vegetation characteristics control sediment and nutrient retention on but not underneath vegetation in floodplain meadows

The paper quantifies how vegetation characteristics influence sediment and nutrient retention on but not underneath vegetation in floodplain meadows during floods.

Cumulative growth and stress responses to the 2018-2019 drought in a European floodplain forest

The paper examines tree growth and physiological stress responses to consecutive droughts in a Central European floodplain forest, finding that cumulative stress from two hot drought years significantly impacted tree growth and carbon isotope composition.

Hydraulic diversity stabilizes productivity in a large-scale subtropical tree biodiversity experiment

The paper shows that tree species richness stabilizes forest productivity through increased species asynchrony and hydraulic trait diversity, not community-weighted means.

The Leipzig Catalogue of Vascular Plants (LCVP) - An improved taxonomic reference list for all known vascular plants

The paper improves the taxonomic reference list for vascular plants by resolving taxonomic status for 184,000 names and providing an updated resource with an R-package for integration into data pipelines.

Tree demographic performance of European tree species at their hot and cold edges.

This study examines demographic performance of European tree species at their hot and cold edges, finding differing constraints on growth, survival, and lifespan.

Tree crowns as meeting points of diversity generating mechanisms - a test with epiphytic lichens in a temperate forest

The paper investigates vertical diversity patterns of epiphytic lichens in tree crowns, finding that successional niches and environmental optimality gradients, rather than habitat heterogeneity or surface area, drive lichen diversity.

Plant traits are poor predictors of long-term ecosystem functioning

This study shows that plant traits poorly predict long-term ecosystem functioning, with only moderate explanatory power across years.

Demographic tradeoffs predict tropical forest dynamics

The paper predicts tropical forest dynamics using a demographic model that captures species diversity with five functional groups based on two tradeoffs.

Resilience trinity: safeguarding ecosystem services across three different time horizons and decision contexts

The paper introduces a conceptual framework called resilience trinity to manage ecosystem resilience across three decision contexts and time horizons.