Paradigm shift in plant growth control
C Körner - Current opinion in plant biology, 2015 - Elsevier
Highlights•Source activity (photosynthesis) depends on sink activity (tissue growth).•
Environmental stress constrains sink activity before it affects source activity.•Under drought …
Environmental stress constrains sink activity before it affects source activity.•Under drought …
The structure, distribution, and biomass of the world's forests
Y Pan, RA Birdsey, OL Phillips… - Annual Review of …, 2013 - annualreviews.org
Forests are the dominant terrestrial ecosystem on Earth. We review the environmental
factors controlling their structure and global distribution and evaluate their current and future …
factors controlling their structure and global distribution and evaluate their current and future …
An earlier start of the thermal growing season enhances tree growth in cold humid areas but not in dry areas
Climatic warming alters the onset, duration and cessation of the vegetative season. While
previous studies have shown a tight link between thermal conditions and leaf phenology …
previous studies have shown a tight link between thermal conditions and leaf phenology …
Four ways to define the growing season
What is addressed as growing season in terrestrial ecosystems is one of the main
determinants of annual plant biomass production globally. However, there is no well …
determinants of annual plant biomass production globally. However, there is no well …
Alpine Treelines: Functional Ecology of the Global High Elevation Tree Limits. By Christian Körner. Basel: Springer, 2012. 220 pp. $89.95 (hardcover). ISBN: 978-3 …
DM Cairns - 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Christian Körner has been at the forefront of research investigating treelines, and in the late
1990s and early 2000s he proposed a unifying theory to explain the global occurrence of …
1990s and early 2000s he proposed a unifying theory to explain the global occurrence of …
The cold range limit of trees
C Körner - Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2021 - cell.com
At high elevation or latitude, trees reach low-temperature range limits. In attempting an
explanation, the range limits of individual tree species (set by freezing tolerance) and the …
explanation, the range limits of individual tree species (set by freezing tolerance) and the …
Photoperiod and temperature as dominant environmental drivers triggering secondary growth resumption in Northern Hemisphere conifers
Wood formation consumes around 15% of the anthropogenic CO2 emissions per year and
plays a critical role in long-term sequestration of carbon on Earth. However, the exogenous …
plays a critical role in long-term sequestration of carbon on Earth. However, the exogenous …
New perspective on spring vegetation phenology and global climate change based on Tibetan Plateau tree-ring data
Phenological responses of vegetation to climate, in particular to the ongoing warming trend,
have received much attention. However, divergent results from the analyses of remote …
have received much attention. However, divergent results from the analyses of remote …
Comparing the intra-annual wood formation of three European species (Fagus sylvatica, Quercus petraea and Pinus sylvestris) as related to leaf phenology and non …
A Michelot, S Simard, C Rathgeber, E Dufrêne… - Tree …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Monitoring cambial phenology and intra-annual growth dynamics is a useful approach for
characterizing the tree growth response to climate change. However, there have been few …
characterizing the tree growth response to climate change. However, there have been few …
Critical temperatures for xylogenesis in conifers of cold climates
Aim To identify temperatures at which cell division and differentiation are active in order to
verify the existence of a common critical temperature determining growth in conifers of cold …
verify the existence of a common critical temperature determining growth in conifers of cold …