Prof. Dr. Marieke van der Maaten-Theunissen
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Professor in Forest Growth
NameProf. Dr. Marieke van der Maaten-Theunissen
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Chair of Forest Growth and Woody Biomass Production
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Hauptgebäude (HAU) Pienner Straße 8
01737 Tharandt
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Journal publications
2026
Hirsch, M., Greiner-Müller, E., Boden, S., Hillenmeyer, K., Mattes, A., Schuler, J., Spathelf, P., van der Maaten, E., van der Maaten-Theunissen, M. & Seifert, T. (2026). Drought and masting affect growth allocation along the stem axis in beech, oak, fir and spruce in temperate forests. Trees 40: 27.
Kondrat, K., Jerzynska, P., Eichert, U., Szymkowiak, J., Hacket-Pain, A., Adamic, T., Ascoli, D., Barczyk, M.K., Bertini, G., Bogdanska, M., Bonal, R., Caignard, T., Chianucci, F., De Cinti, B., Devetakovic, J., Egan, S., Fadrhonsova, V., Fernandez-Martinez, M., Foest, J.J., Fyllas, N.M., Gratzer, G., Grau-Andres, R., Han, Q., Holik, J., Journe, V., Kaiser, J., Kalemba, E.M., Korakaki, E., Kunstler, G., Kolbl, A., Lula, M., van der Maaten, E., van der Maaten-Theunissen, M., Massonnet, C., Markic, A.G., Mezzavilla, F., Mund, M., Marell, A., Nagel, T.A., Nanos, N., Nussbaumer, A., Palaghianu, C., Pampuch, T., Petritan, I.C., Petritan, A.M., Petrulaitis, L., Popovic, V., Roibu, C.C., Sazeides, C., Schmidt, W., Schuldt, B., Schulz, S., Sicuriello, F., Spyroglou, G., Stolz, J., Tsvetanov, N., Vacek, S., Vacek, Z., Venner, M.C., Venner, S., Verstraeten, A., Wambsganss, J., Weigel, R., Wilkinson, A., Wilmking, M., Zlatanov, T., Zemaitis, P. & Bogdziewicz, M., (2026). No seed size-number trade-off in European beech: climate governs investment per seed. New Phytologist.
Schanz, H., Jacob, J., Jäger, D., Kaiser, B., Knoke, T., van der Maaten-Theunissen, M., Schneider, B. & Schraml, U. (2026). Die Zukunft der forstlichen Hochschulausbildung. AFZ Der Wald 6: 41-43.
Wegener, M., van der Maaten-Theunissen, M., Schneck, V. & van der Maaten, E. (2026). Provenance without effect? Climate–growth relationships and drought tolerance in a Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) provenance trial in northeastern Germany. Forest Ecology and Management 614: 123822.
2025
International Tree Mortality Network, Senf, C., Esquivel‐Muelbert, A., Pugh, T.A., Anderegg, W.R., Anderson‐Teixeira, K.J., ..., van der Maaten, E. & van der Maaten‐Theunissen, M. (2025). Towards a global understanding of tree mortality. New Phytologist 245: 2377-2392.
Jetschke, G., van der Maaten, E. & van der Maaten-Theunissen, M. (2025) Corrigendum to “Pointer years revisited: Does one method fit all? A clarifying discussion” [Dendrochronologia 78 (2023) 126064]. Dendrochronologia 91: 126323.
Kaiser, K., Kasprzak, M., Adameková, K., Błaś, M., de Boer, A., Derner, K., Duma, P., Kočár, P., Latocha-Wites, A., Opała-Owczarek, M., Owczarek, P., Petr, L., Petřík, J., Tábořík, P., van der Maaten, E. & van der Maaten-Theunissen, M. (2025). Deciphering Sudetic landscape history by using alluvial geoarchives: Holocene environmental changes at Hala Izerska, SW Poland. Catena 254: 108943.
Kranz, J., Bauer, K., Pampanoni, V., Zhao, L., Mauder, M., Poděbradská, M., van der Maaten-Theunissen, M., Yebra, M. & Forkel, M. (2025). Assessing predictors for fuel moisture content in Central European forests. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 371: 110590.
Neubauer, G., van der Maaten, E., Hemker, C. & van der Maaten-Theunissen, M. (2025). The underground forest: Tracing forest history in the Erzgebirge through the wood finds from the medieval silver mines of Dippoldiswalde. Dendrochronologia 94: 126429.
Unterholzner, L., Stolz, J., van der Maaten-Theunissen, M., Liepe, K. & van der Maaten, E. (2025). Phenotypic plasticity and inter-individual variability in Fagus sylvatica L. xylem traits challenge assisted migration. Science of The Total Environment 1002: 180596.
van der Maaten, E., Jetschke, G. & van der Maaten-Theunissen, M. (2025) Rethinking ’clearcut’ methods: Embracing methodological diversity in pointer-year detection. Dendrochronologia 91: 126323.
Weise, K., van der Maaten-Theunissen, M., Seitz, G., Keller, T. & van der Maaten, E. (2025). Future suitability of sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.) is limited by susceptibility to drought. Dendrochronologia 90: 126299.
2024
Jevšenak, J., Klisz, M., Mašek, J., Čada, V., Janda, P., Svoboda, M., Vostarek, O., Treml, V., van der Maaten, E., Popa, A., Popa, I., van der Maaten-Theunissen, M., Zlatanov, T., Scharnweber, T., Ahlgrimm, S., Stolz, J., ...., Kuithan, C., et al. (2024). Incorporating high-resolution climate, remote sensing and topographic data to map annual forest growth in central and eastern Europe. Science of The Total Environment 913: 169692.
Kaiser, K., Theuerkauf, M., van der Maaten, E., van der Maaten-Theunissen, M. & Beil, A. (2024). Forest history from a single tree species perspective: natural occurrence, near extinction and reintroduction of European yew (Taxus baccata L.) on the Darss‐Zingst peninsula, southern Baltic Sea coast. European Journal of Forest Research 143: 917-942.
Klesse, S., Peters, R., Alfaro-Sanchez, R., ..., van der Maaten, E., van der Maaten-Theunissen, M., Vannoppen, A., Vasickova, I., von Arx, G., Wilmking, M., Weigel, R., Zlatanov, T., Zang, C. & Buras, A. (2024). No future growth enhancement expected at the northern edge for European beech due to continued water limitation. Global Change Biology 30: e17546.
Kormann, J.M., van der Maaten, E., Liesebach, M., Liepe, K.J. & van der Maaten-Theunissen, M. (2024). High risk, high gain? Trade-offs between growth and resistance to extreme events differ in northern red oak (Quercus rubra L.). Frontiers in Plant Science - Section Functional Plant Ecology 15: 1374498.
Kormann, J.M., van der Maaten-Theunissen, M., Unterholzner, L., Liesebach, M., Liepe, K. & van der Maaten, E. (2024). Variation in vessel traits of northern red oak (Quercus rubra L.) provenances revealed high phenotypic plasticity to prevailing environmental conditions. Trees 38: 1283-1295.
Leifsson, C., Buras, A., Klesse, S., Baittinger, C., Bat-Enerel, B., Battipaglia, G., Biondi, F., Stajić, B., Budeanu, M., Čada, V., Camarero, J.J., Cavin, L., Claessens, H., Čufar, K., de Luis, M., Dorado-Liñán, I., Dulamsuren, C., Garamszegi, B., Grabner, M. Hacket-Pain, A., Hansen, J.K., Hartl, C., Huang, W., Janda, P., Jump, A.S., Kazimirović, M., Knutzen, F., Kreyling, J., Land, A., Latte, N., Lebourgeois, F., Leuschner, C., Longares, L.A., del Castillo, E.M., Menzel, A., Motta, R., Muffler-Weigel, L., Nola, P., Panayatov, M., Petritan, A.M., Petritan, I.C., Popa, I., Roibu, C.C., Rubio-Cuadrado, Á., Rydval, M., Scharnweber, T., Svoboda, M., Toromani, E., Trotsiuk, V., van der Maaten-Theunissen, M., van der Maaten, E., Weigel, R., Wilmking, M., Zlatanov, T., Rammig, A. & Zang, C. (2024). Identifying drivers of non-stationary climate-growth relationships of European beech. Science of the Total Environment: 173321.
Liepe, K.J., van der Maaten, E., van der Maaten‐Theunissen, M., Kormann, J.M., Wolf, H. & Liesebach, M. (2024). Ecotypic variation in multiple traits of European beech: selection of suitable provenances based on performance and stability. European Journal of Forest Research 143: 831-845.
Popa, A., van der Maaten, E., Popa, I. & van der Maaten-Theunissen, M. (2024). Early warning signals indicate climate change-induced stress in Norway spruce in the Eastern Carpathians. Science of The Total Environment 912: 169167.
Popa, A., van der Maaten-Theunissen, M., Popa, I., Badea, O. & van der Maaten, E. (2024). Spruce suffers most from drought at low elevations in the Carpathians, though shows high resilience. Forest Ecology and Management 571: 122201.
Thurm, E.A., van der Maaten, E., van der Maaten-Theunissen, M., Schröder, J. & Jütte, K. (2024). Buchenvitalitätsschwäche – Totgesagte leben länger! AFZ-Der Wald 6: 36-39.
Tyrgotov, A., van der Maaten, E., Gradel, A. & van der Maaten-Theunissen, M. (2024). Growth responses of Persian walnut (Juglans regia L.) to climate variation along its full elevational range in Kyrgyzstan. Dendrochronologia 85: 126203.
Unterholzner, L., Stolz, J., van der Maaten-Theunissen, M., Liepe, K. & van der Maaten, E. (2024). Site conditions rather than provenance drive tree growth, climate sensitivity and drought responses in European beech in Germany. Forest Ecology and Management 572: 122308.
van der Maaten, E., Stolz, J., Thurm, E.A., Henkel, A., Leinemann, L., Profft, I., Schröder, J., Voth, W. & van der Maaten-Theunissen, M. (2024). Long-term growth decline is not reflected in crown vitality status of European beech after a recent extreme drought. Forest Ecology and Management 551: 121516.
2023
Hirsch, F., Schneider, A., van der Maaten‐Theunissen, M., van der Maaten, E., Räbiger, C., Raab, A. & Raab, T. (2023). Soil properties and tree growth at medieval ridge and furrow sites in Brandenburg, northeastern Germany. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science 186: 417-427.
Jetschke, G., van der Maaten, E. & van der Maaten-Theunissen, M. (2023). Pointer years revisited: Does one method fit all? A clarifying discussion. Dendrochronologia 78: 126064.
Nasibullina, A., van der Maaten-Theunissen, M., van der Maaten, E., Fischer, H. & Wagner, S. (2023). Thinning effects on growth and occurrence of rotting in aspen stands. Journal of Forest Science 69: 525-538.
Stolz, J., Forkel, M., van der Maaten, E., Martin, J. & van der Maaten-Theunissen, M. (2023). Through eagle eyes—the potential of satellite-derived LAI time series to estimate masting events and tree-ring width of European beech. Regional Environmental Change 23: 74.
Visser, H., van der Maaten-Theunissen, M. & van der Maaten, E. (2023). BAI BAI bias – An evaluation of uncertainties in calculating basal area increments from cores. Dendrochronologia 78: 126066.
2022
Dorado-Liñán, I., Ayarzagüena, B., Babst, F., Xu, G., Gil, L., Battipaglia, G., Buras, A., Čada, V., Camarero, J. J., Cavin, L., Claessens, H., Drobyshev, I., Garamszegi, B., Grabner, M., Hacket-Pain, A., Hartl, C., Hevia, A., Janda, P., Jump, A. S., Kazimirovic, M., Keren, S., Kreyling, J., Land, A., Latte, N., Levanič, T., van der Maaten, E., van der Maaten-Theunissen, M., Martínez-Sancho, E., Menzel, A., Mikoláš, M., Motta, R., Muffler, L., Nola, P., Panayotov, M., Petritan, A. M., Petritan, I. C., Popa, I., Prislan, P., Roibu, C.-C., Rydval, M., Sánchez-Salguero, R., Scharnweber, T., Stajić, B., Svoboda, M., Tegel, W., Teodosiu, M., Toromani, E., Trotsiuk, V., Turcu, D.-O., Weigel, R., Wilmking, M., Zang, C., Zlatanov, T., & Trouet, V. (2022). Jet stream position explains regional anomalies in European beech forest productivity and tree growth. Nature Communications 13: 2015.
Liepe, K.J., van der Maaten, E., van der Maaten-Theunissen, M. & Liesebach, M. (2022). High phenotypic plasticity, but low signals of local adaptation to climate in a large-scale transplant experiment of Picea abies (L.) Karst. in Europe. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change 5: 804857.
Mahnken, M., Cailleret, M., Collalti, A., Trotta, C., Biondo, C., D’Andrea, E., Dalmonech, D., Marano, G., Mäkelä, A., Minunno, F., Peltoniemi, M., Trotsiuk, V., Nadal-Sala, D., Sabaté, S., Vallet, P., Aussenac, R., Cameron, D.R., Bohn, F.J., Grote, R., Augustynczik, A.L.D., Yousefpour, R., Huber, N., Bugmann, H., Merganicova, K., Merganic, J., Valent, P., Lasch-Born, P., Hartig, F., Vega del Valle, I.D., Volkholz, J., Gutsch, M., Matteucci, G., Krejza, J., Ibrom, A., Meesenburg, H., Rötzer, T., van der Maaten-Theunissen, M., van der Maaten, E. & Reyer, C.P.O. (2022). Accuracy, realism and general applicability of European forest models. Global Change Biology 28: 6921-6943.
Martinez del Castillo, E., Zang, C., Buras, A., Hacket Pain, A., Esper, J., Serrano-Notivoli, R., Hartl, C., Weigel, R., Klesse, S., Resco de Dios, V., Scharnweber, T., Dorado-Liñán, I., van der Maaten-Theunissen, M., van der Maaten, E., Jump, A., Mikac, S., Banzragch, B., Beck, W., Cavin, L., Claessens, H., Čada, V., Čufar, K., Dulamsuren, C., Gricar, J., Gil-Pelegrín, E., Janda, P., Kazimirovic, M., Kreyling, J., Latte, N., Leuschner, C., Alberto Longares, L., Menzel, A., Merela, M., Motta, R., Muffler, L., Nola, P., Petritan, A., Petritan, I., Prislan, P., Rubio-Cuadrado, Á., Rydval, M., Stajić, B., Svoboda, M., Toromani, E., Trotsiuk, V., Wilmking, M., Zlatanov, T. & de Luis, M. (2022). Climate-change-driven growth decline of European beech forests. Communications Biology 5: 163.
Raab, T., Raab, A., Bonhange, A., Schneider, A., Hirsch, F., Birkhofer, K., Drohan, P., Wilmking, M., Kreyling, J., Malik, I., Wistuba, M., van der Maaten, E., van der Maaten-Theunissen, M. & Urich, T. (2022). Do small landforms have large effects? A review on the legacies of pre-industrial charcoal burning. Geomorphology 413: 108332.
Schröder, J., van der Maaten-Theunissen, M., van der Maaten, E. & Thurm, E.A. (2022). Wuchsreaktionen der Rot-Buche auf die Witterung: ausgewählte Ergebnisse von Jahrringanalysen in Nordostdeutschland. Eberswalder Forstliche Schriftenreihe 71: 46-55.
2021
van der Maaten-Theunissen, M., Trouillier, M., Schwarz, J., Skiadaresis, G., Thurm, E.A. & van der Maaten, E. (2021). pointRes 2.0: new functions to describe tree resilience. Dendrochronologia 70: 125899.
Fischer, K., Kreyling, J., Beaulieu, M., Beil, I., Bog, M., Bonte, D., Holm, S., Knoblauch, S., Koch, D., Muffler, L., Mouginot, P., Paulinich, M., Scheepens, J.F., Schiemann, R., Schmeddes, J., Schnittler, M., Uhl, G., van der Maaten-Theunissen, M., Weier, J.M., Wilmking, M., Weigel, R. & Gienapp, P. (2021). Species-specific effects of thermal stress on the expression of genetic variation across a diverse group of plant and animal taxa under experimental conditions. Heredity 126: 23-37.
Stolz, J., van der Maaten, E., Kalanke, H., Martin, J., Wilmking, M. & van der Maaten-Theunissen, M. (2021). Increasing climate sensitivity of beech and pine is not mediated by adaptation and soil characteristics along a precipitation gradient in northeastern Germany. Dendrochronologia 67: 125834.
Suliman, T., Berger, U., van der Maaten-Theunissen, M., van der Maaten, E. & Ali, W. (2021). Modeling dominant height growth using permanent plot data for Pinus brutia stands in the Eastern Mediterranean region. Forest Systems 30: eSC03.
2020
Harvey, J.E., Smiljanić, M., Scharnweber, T., Buras, A., Cedro, A., Cruz‐García, R., Drobyshev, I., Janecka, K., Jansons, A., Kaczka, R., Klisz, M., Läänelaid, A., Matisons, R., Muffler, L., Sohar, K., Spyt, B., Stolz, J., van der Maaten, E., van der Maaten‐Theunissen, M., Vitas, A., Weigel, R., Kreyling, J. & Wilmking, M. (2020). Tree growth influenced by warming winter climate and summer moisture availability in northern temperate forests. Global Change Biology 26: 2505-2518.
Muffler, L., Weigel, R., Hacket-Pain, A., Klisz, M., van der Maaten, E., Wilmking, M., Kreyling, J. & van der Maaten-Theunissen, M. (2020). Lowest drought sensitivity and decreasing growth synchrony towards the dry distribution margin of European beech. Journal of Biogeography 47: 1910-1921.
Trouillier, M., van der Maaten-Theunissen, M., Scharnweber, T. & Wilmking, M. (2020). A Unifying Concept for Growth Trends of Trees and Forests – The “Potential Natural Forest”. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change 3: 581334.
Wilmking, M.*, van der Maaten-Theunissen, M.*, van der Maaten, E.*, Scharnweber, T., Buras, A., Biermann, C., Gurskaya, M., Hallinger, M., Lange, J., Shetti, R., Smiljanic, M. & Trouillier, M. (2020). Global assessment of relationships between climate and tree growth. Global Change Biology 26: 3212-3220. *joint first author.
2019
Jetschke, G., van der Maaten, E. & van der Maaten-Theunissen, M. (2019). Towards the extremes: a critical analysis of pointer year detection methods. Dendrochronologia 53: 55-62.
Scharnweber, T., Heinze, L., Cruz-García, R., van der Maaten-Theunissen, M. & Wilmking, M. (2019). Confessions of solitary oaks: We grow fast but we fear the drought. Dendrochronologia 55: 43-49.
Scharnweber, T., Heußner, K-U., Smiljanic, M., Heinrich, I., van der Maaten-Theunissen, M., van der Maaten, E., Struwe, T., Buras, A. & Wilmking, M. (2019). Removing the no-analogue bias in modern accelerated tree growth leads to stronger medieval drought. Scientific Reports 9: 2509.
Trouillier, M., van der Maaten-Theunissen, M., Scharnweber, T., Würth, D., Burger, A., Schnittler, M. & Wilmking, M. (2019). Size matters – a comparison of three methods to assess age- and size-dependent climate sensitivity of trees. Trees 33: 183-192.
2018
Hacket-Pain, A., Ascoli, D., Vacchiano, G., Biondi, F., Cavin, L., Conedera, M., Drobyshev, I., Dorado Linan, I., Friend, A., Grabner, M., Hartl, C., Kreyling, J., Lebourgeois, F., Levanic, T., Menzel, A., van der Maaten, E., van der Maaten-Theunissen, M., Muffler, L., Motta, R., Roibu, C., Popa, I., Scharnweber, T., Weigel, R., Wilmking, M. & Zang, C. (2018). Climatically controlled reproduction drives inter-annual growth variability in a temperate tree species. Ecology Letters 21: 1833-1844.
Trouillier, M., van der Maaten-Theunissen, M., Harvey, J.E., Würth, D., Schnittler, M. & Wilmking, M. (2018). Visualizing individual tree differences in tree-ring studies. Forests 9: 216.
van der Maaten, E., Pape, J., van der Maaten-Theunissen, M., Scharnweber, T., Smiljanić, M., Cruz-García, R. & Wilmking, M. (2018). Distinct growth phenology but similar daily stem dynamics in three co-occurring broadleaved tree species. Tree Physiology 38: 1820-1828.
Weigel, R., Klisz, M., Kreyling, J., van der Maaten-Theunissen, M., Muffler, L., Wilmking M. & van der Maaten, E. (2018). Winter matters: sensitivity to winter climate and cold events increases towards the cold distribution margin of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.). Journal of Biogeography 45: 2779-2790.
2017
Carl, C., Landgraf, D., van der Maaten-Theunissen, M., Biber, P. & Pretzsch, H. (2017). Robinia pseudoacacia L. flower analyzed by using unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). Remote Sensing 9: 1091.
van der Maaten, E., Hamann, A., van der Maaten-Theunissen, M., Bergsma, A., Hengeveld, G., van Lammeren, R., Mohren, F., Nabuurs, G-J., Terhürne, R. & Sterck, F. (2017). Species distribution models predict temporal but not spatial variation in forest growth. Ecology and Evolution 7: 2585-2594.
van der Maaten, E., Mehl, A., Wilmking, M. & van der Maaten-Theunissen, M. (2017). Tapping the tree-ring archive for studying effects of resin extraction on the growth and climate sensitivity of Scots pine. Forest Ecosystems 4: 7.
Príncipe, A., van der Maaten, E., van der Maaten-Theunissen, M., Struwe, T., Wilmking, M. & Kreyling, J. (2017). Low resistance but high resilience in growth of a major deciduous forest tree (Fagus sylvatica L.) in response to late spring frost in southern Germany. Trees – Structure and Function 31: 743-751.
Wilmking, M., Buras, A., Eusemann, P., Schnittler, M., Trouillier, M., Würth, D., Lange, J., van der Maaten-Theunissen, M. & Juday, G. (2017). High frequency growth variability of White spruce clones does not differ from non-clonal trees at Alaskan treelines. Dendrochronologia 44: 187-192.
Wilmking, M., Scharnweber, T., van der Maaten-Theunissen, M. & van der Maaten, E. (2017). Reconciling the community with a concept – The Uniformitarian principle in the dendro-sciences. Dendrochronologia 44: 211-214.
2016
Buras, A., van der Maaten-Theunissen, M., van der Maaten, E., Ahlgrimm, S., Hermann, P., Simard, S., Heinrich, I., Helle, G., Unterseher, M., Schnitzer, M., Eusemann, P. & Wilmking, M. (2016). Tuning the voices of a choir: detecting ecological gradients in time-series populations. PLOS ONE 11: e0158346.
van der Maaten, E., van der Maaten-Theunissen, M., Smiljanić, M., Rossi, S., Simard, S., Wilmking, M., Deslauriers, A., Fonti, P., von Arx, G. & Bouriaud, O. (2016). dendrometeR: Analyzing the pulse of trees in R. Dendrochronologia 40: 12-16.
van der Maaten-Theunissen, M., Bümmerstede, H., Iwanowski, J., Scharnweber, T., Wilmking, M. & van der Maaten, E. (2016). Drought sensitivity of beech on a shallow chalk soil in northeastern Germany – a comparative study. Forest Ecosystems 3: 24.
2015
van der Maaten, E., van der Maaten-Theunissen, M., Buras, A., Scharnweber, T., Simard, S., Kaiser, K., Lorenz, S. & Wilmking, M. (2015). Can we use tree rings of black alder to reconstruct lake levels? A case study for the Mecklenburg lake district, northeastern Germany. PLOS ONE 10: e0137054.
van der Maaten-Theunissen, M.*, van der Maaten, E.* & Bouriaud, O. (2015). pointRes: An R package to analyze pointer years and components of resilience. Dendrochronologia 35: 34-38. *joint first author
2014
Lindner, M., Fitzgerald, J.B., Zimmermann, N.E., Reyer, C., Delzon, S., van der Maaten, E., Schelhaas, M-J., Lasch, P., Eggers, J., van der Maaten-Theunissen, M., Suckow, F., Psomas, A., Poulter, B. & Hanewinkel, M. (2014). Climate change and European forests: what do we know, what are the uncertainties, and what are the implications for forest management? Journal of Environmental Management 146: 69-83.
Schulz, T., Krumm, F., Bücking, W., Frank, G., Kraus, D., Lier, M., Lovrić, M., van der Maaten-Theunissen, M., Paillet, Y., Parviainen, J., Vacchiano, G. & Vandekerkhove, K. (2014). Comparison of integrative nature conservation in forest policy in Europe: a qualitative pilot study of institutional determinants. Biodiversity and Conservation 23: 3425-3450.
Smiljanić, M., Seo, J-W., Läänelaid, A., van der Maaten-Theunissen, M., Stajić, B. & Wilmking, M. (2014). Peatland pines as a proxy for water table fluctuations: Disentangling tree growth, hydrology and possible human influence. Science of the Total Environment 500-501: 52-63.
Spathelf, P., van der Maaten, E., van der Maaten-Theunissen, M., Campioli, M. & Dobrowolska, D. (2014). Climate change impacts in European forests: the expert-views of local observers. Annals of Forest Science 71: 131-137.
2013
van der Maaten, E., Bouriaud, O., van der Maaten-Theunissen, M., Mayer, H. & Spiecker, H. (2013). Meteorological forcing of day-to-day stem radius variations of beech is highly synchronic on opposing aspects of a valley. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 181: 85-93.
van der Maaten-Theunissen, M., Boden, S. & van der Maaten, E. (2013). Wood density of Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst) under contrasting climate conditions in southwestern Germany. Annals of Forest Research 56: 91-103.
van der Maaten-Theunissen, M., Kahle, H-P. & van der Maaten, E. (2013). Drought sensitivity of Norway spruce is higher than that of silver fir along an altitudinal gradient in southwestern Germany. Annals of Forest Science 70: 185-193.
2012
van der Maaten, E., van der Maaten-Theunissen, M. & Spiecker, H. (2012). Temporally resolved intra-annual wood density variations in European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) as affected by climate and aspect. Annals of Forest Research 55: 113-124.
van der Maaten-Theunissen, M. & Bouriaud, O. (2012). Climate-growth relationships at different stem heights in silver fir and Norway spruce. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 42: 958-969.
Other publications (excl. conference contributions)
Schanz, H., Jacob, J., Jäger, D., Kaiser, B., Knoke, T., van der Maaten-Theunissen, M., Schneider, B. & Schraml, U. (2026). Die Zukunft der forstlichen Hochschulausbildung. AFZ Der Wald 6: 41-43
Weise, K., van der Maaten-Theunissen, M. & Thurm, E. (2025). Eine Reise durch die Vergangenheit in Richtung Zukunft: Was uns Jahrrngdaten über Baumarteneignung verraten. immerGRÜN 2: 10-13.
Weise, K., van der Maaten-Theunissen, M. & Thurm, E. (2025). Wachstumsmuster als Grundlage für Baumarteneignungsempfehlungen wichtiger Baumarten: Ein neuer Modellansatz auf Basis von Jahrringdaten. In: Nagel, R.-V., Schmidt, M. (Hrsg.): Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Section Forest Growth 2025 – Beiträge zur Jahrestagung der Sektion Waldwachstum, pp. 116-121.
Thurm, E.A., van der Maaten, E., van der Maaten-Theunissen, M., Schröder, J. & Jütte, K. (2024). Buchenvitalitätsschwäche – Totgesagte leben länger! AFZ-Der Wald 6: 36-39.
Schröder, J., van der Maaten-Theunissen, M., van der Maaten, E. & Thurm, E. (2022). Wuchsreaktionen der Rot-Buche auf die Witterung: ausgewählte Ergebnisse von Jahrringanalysen in Nordostdeutschland. Eberswalder Forstliche Schriftenreihe 71: 46-55.
Stolz, J., van der Maaten, E., van der Maaten-Theunissen, M. & Martin, J. (2019). Forschungsprojekt der TU Dresden und des Forstlichen Versuchswesens der Landesforst MV. immerGRÜN Dezember: 16-17.
Scharnweber, T., van der Maaten-Theunissen, M., van der Maaten, E. & Wilmking, M. (2015). Dendroökologische Forschung auf der Insel Vilm. In: Gehlhar, U. & Knapp, H.D. (eds.) 2015. Erste Ergebnisse der Naturwaldforschung im Naturwaldreservat Insel Vilm. BfN-Skripten 390, pp. 147-151, Bonn, Germany.
van der Maaten-Theunissen, M. & Schuck, A. (2013). Integration of Nature Protection in Forest Policy in the Netherlands. INTEGRATE Country Report. EFICENT-OEF, Freiburg, 50 p.
van der Maaten-Theunissen, M. (2013). Growth response of silver fir (Abies alba Mill.) and Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) to climate along an altitudinal gradient in southwestern Germany. Ph.D. thesis, University of Freiburg, Germany, 126 p.
Quads, V., van der Maaten-Theunissen, M. & Frank, G. (2013). Integration of Nature Protection in Forest Policy in Austria. INTEGRATE Country Report. EFICENT-OEF, Freiburg, 35 p.
van der Maaten-Theunissen, M. (2012). Climate response of radial growth of silver fir (Abies alba Mill.) and Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst) in the Black Forest, Germany. In: Gärtner, H., Rosenberg, P., Montès, P., Bertel, O., Heinrich, I. & Helle, G. (eds.) (2012). TRACE – Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology, vol. 10. GFZ Potsdam, Scientific Technical Report STR12/03, Potsdam, pp. 28-40. (peer-reviewed)
van der Maaten-Theunissen, M., Spiecker, H., Gärtner, H., Heinrich, I. & Helle, G. (eds.) (2011). TRACE – Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology, vol. 9. GFZ Potsdam, Scientific Technical Report STR11/07, Potsdam, 192 p.
van der Maaten-Theunissen, M., Kahle, H-P. & Spiecker, H. (2010). Growth responses and cell characteristics of silver fir (Abies alba Mill.) and Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) at different altitudes in south-western Germany. In: Levanic, T., Gricar, J., Hafner, P., Krajnc, R., Jagodic, S., Gärtner, H., Heinrich, I. & Helle, G. (eds.) 2010. TRACE – Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology, vol. 8. GFZ Potsdam, Scientific Technical Report STR10/05, Potsdam, pp. 21-25. (peer-reviewed)
Theunissen, M. (2008). What makes birches grow? Relating environmental factors to the growth of birch in raised bogs. M.Sc. thesis, Wageningen University, the Netherlands, 38 p.
Theunissen, M. (2006). Heather with shrubs – a study on the distribution of oak shrubs in 1832 (original title in Dutch: Heide met struiken – een onderzoek naar de distributie van eikenstrubben in 1832). B.Sc. thesis, Wageningen University, the Netherlands.