Dr. Ernst van der Maaten
© Ernst van der Maaten
Senior scientist / Head of DendroLab
NameDr. Ernst van der Maaten
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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
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.
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.
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.
Malyshev, A.V., van der Maaten, E., Garthen, A., Maß, D., Schwabe, M. & Kreyling, J. (2022). Inter-individual budburst variation in Fagus sylvatica is driven by warming rate. Frontiers in Plant Science 13: 853521.
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.
Salomón, R.L., Peters, R.L., Zweifel, R., Sass-Klaassen, U.G.W., Stegehuis, A.I., Smiljanic, M., Poyatos, R., Babst, F., Cienciala, E., Fonti, P., Lerink, B.J.W., Lindner, M., Martinez-Vilalta, J., Mencuccini, M., Nabuurs, G-J., van der Maaten, E., von Arx, G., Bär, A., Akhmetzyanov, L., Balanzategui, D., Bellan, M., Bendix, J., Berveiller, D., Blazenec, M., Cada, V., Carraro, V., Cecchini, S., Chan, T., Conedera, M., Delpierre, N., Delzon, S., Ditmarová, L., Dolezal, J., Dufrene, E., Edvardsson, J., Ehekircher, S., Forner, A., Frouz, J., Ganthaler, A., Gryc, V., Güney, A., Heinrich, I., Hentschel, R., Janda, P., Jezik, M., Kahle, H-P., Knüsel, S., Krejza, J., Kuberski, L., Kucera, J., Lebourgeois, F., Martin, M., Matula, R., Mayr, S., Oberhuber, W., Obojes, N., Osborne, B., Paljakka, T., Plichta, R., Rabbel, I., Rathgeber, C.B.K., Salmon, Y., Saunders, M., Scharnweber, T., Sitková, Z., Stangler, D.F., Sterenczak, K., Stojanovíc, M., Strelcová, K., Svetlik, J., Svoboda, M., Tobin, B., Trotsiuk, V., Urban, J., Valladares, F., Vavrcik, H., Vejpustková, M., Walthert, L., Wilmking, M., Zin, E., Zou, J. & Steppe, K. (2022). The 2018 European heatwave led to stem dehydration but not to consistent growth reductions. Nature Communications 13: 28.
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 Forstlichen Schriftenreihe 71: 46-55.
2021
van der Maaten-Theunissen, M., Trouillier, M., Schwarz, J., Skiadaresis, G., Thurm, E., & van der Maaten, E. (2021). pointRes 2.0: new functions to describe tree resilience. Dendrochronologia 70: 125899.
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.
Weigel, R., Henry, H.A.L., Beil, I., Gebauer, G., Jurasinski, G., Klisz, M., van der Maaten, E., Muffler, L. & Kreyling. (2021). Ecosystem processes show uniform sensitivity to winter soil temperature change across a gradient from central to cold marginal stands of a major temperate forest tree. Ecosystems 24: 1545-1560.
2020
Buras, A., Hirsch, F., Schneider, A., Scharnweber, T., van der Maaten, E., Cruz-García, R., Raab, T. & Wilmking, M. (2020). Reduced above-ground growth and wood density but increased wood chemical concentrations of Scots pine on relict charcoal hearths. Science of the Total Environment: 137189.
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.
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., 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.
2018
Balanzategui, D., Knorr, A., Heußner, K.U., Wazny, T., Beck, W., Słowiński, M., Helle, G., Buras, A., Wilmking, M., van der Maaten, E., Scharnweber, T., Dorado Liñán, I. & Heinrich, I. (2018). An 810-year history of cold season temperature variability for northern Poland. Boreas 47: 443-453.
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.
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.
Wilmking, M., Buras, A., Lehejček, J., Lange, J., Shetti, R. & van der Maaten, E. (2018). Influence of larval outbreaks on the climate reconstruction potential of an Arctic shrub. Dendrochronologia 49: 36-43.
2017
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.
Reyer, C., Bathgate, S., Blennow, K., Borges, J.G., Bugmann, H., Delzon, S., Faias, S.P., Garcia-Gonzalo, J., Gardiner, B., Gonzalez-Olabarria, J.R., Gracia, C., Guerra, J., Kellomäki, S., Kramer, K., Lexer, M.J., Lindner, M., van der Maaten, E., Maroschek, M., Muys, B., Nicoll, B., Palahi, M., Palma, J.H.N., Paulo, J.A., Peltola, H., Pukkala, T., Rammer, W., Ray, D., Sabaté, S., Schelhaas, M, Seidl, R., Temperli, C., Tomé, M., Yousefpour, R., Zimmermann, N.E. & Hanewinkel, M. (2017). Are forest disturbances amplifying or canceling out climate change-induced productivity changes in European forests? Environmental Research Letters 12: 034027.
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., Schnittler, 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., Iwanowksi, 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.
Scharnweber, T., Hevia, A., Buras, A., van der Maaten, E. & Wilmking, M. (2016). Common trends in elements? Within- and between-tree variations of wood-chemistry measured by X-ray fluorescence — A dendrochemical study. Science of the Total Environment 566-567: 1245-1253.
Siegmund, J.F., Sanders, T.G., Heinrich, I., van der Maaten, E., Simard, S., Helle, G. & Donner, R.V. (2016). Meteorological drivers of extremes in daily stem radius variations of beech, oak and pine in northeastern Germany: an event coincidence analysis. Frontiers in Plant Science7: 733.
2015
Spathelf, P., Bolte, A. & van der Maaten, E. (2015). Is Close-to-Nature Silviculture (CNS) an adequate concept to adapt forests to climate change? Landbauforschung – Applied Agricultural and Forestry Research 65: 161-170.
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.
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. (2013). Thinning prolongs growth duration of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) across a valley in southwestern Germany. Forest Ecology and Management 306: 135-141.
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 variations 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. (2012). Climate sensitivity of radial growth in European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) at different aspects in southwestern Germany. Trees – Structure and Function 26: 777-788.
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.
Other publications (excl. conference contributions)
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.
Buras, A., Scharnweber, T., Simard, S., van der Maaten, E., Tober, A., Heinrich, I., Kaiser, K. & Wilmking, M. (2015). Aktuelle dendroökologische Fragestellungen im Teilgebiet Serrahn des Müritz-Nationalparks. In: Neue Beiträge zum Naturraum und zur Landschaftsgeschichte im Teilgebiet Serrahn des Müritz-Nationalparks (Ed. K. Kaiser, J. Kobel, M. Küster and M. Schwabe), Forschung und Monitoring 4, pp. 53–60, Geozon Science Media, Berlin.
Scharnweber, T., van der Maaten-Theunissen, M., van der Maaten, E. & Wilmking, M. (2015). Ein Naturwald erzählt – Dendroökologische Forschung auf der Insel Vilm. In: Erste Ergebnisse der Naturwaldforschun im Naturwaldreservat Insel Vilm (Ed. U. Gehlar and H.D. Knapp), BfN-Skripten 390, pp. 147-151, Bonn, Germany.
van der Maaten, E. (2013). Intra- and interannual growth responses of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) to climate, aspect and thinning in the Swabian Alb – southwestern Germany. Ph.D. thesis, University of Freiburg, Germany, 134 p.
van der Maaten, E., Spathelf, P., Köthke, M., Schall, P., Taeger, S., Menzel, A., Bolte, A., Ammer, C. & Spiecker, H. (2010). Country report “Germany” – Climate change impacts, adaptation and mitigation. Compiled in the frame of COST action FP0703 ECHOES, 47 p.
van der Maaten, E. (2008). Double-degree programme: Master of Science in “European Forestry” – an international MSc-programme from a student perspective. In: Design and functioning of international forestry curricula: considerations and experiences (Ed. P. Schmidt and S. Lewark), Silva Publications 5: 60-65, Joensuu, Finland.
van der Maaten, E. (2008). Responses of European tree species to climate change: impact assessment for 5 tree species in the boreal, atlantic and continental region. M.Sc. thesis, Wageningen University, the Netherlands, 52 p.
van der Maaten, E. (2006). Climate change and Dutch forests: consequences and possibilities for forest management (original title in Dutch: Klimaatverandering en het Nederlandse bos: gevolgen en mogelijkheden voor bosbeheer). B.Sc. thesis, Wageningen University, the Netherlands, 24 p.