Journal publications
2024
Grünig, M., Rammer, W., Albrich, K., André, F., Augustynczik, A.L.D. Bohn, F., Bouwman, M., Bugmann, H., Collalti, A., Cristal, I., Dalmonech, D., De Caceres, M., De Coligny, F., Dobor, L., Dollinger, C., Forrester, D.I., Garcia-Gonzalo, J., González, J.R., Hiltner, U., Hlásny, T., Honkaniemi, J., Huber, N., Jonard, M., Maria Jönsson, A., Lagergren, F., Nieberg, M., Mina, M., Mohren, F., Moos, C., Morin, X., Muys, B., Peltoniemi, M., Reyer, C.P.O., Storms, I., Thom, D., Toigo, M. & Seidl, R. (2024). A harmonized database of European forest simulations under climate change. Data in Brief: 110384.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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., Castagneri, D., Cerrato, R., Știrbu, M.-I., Roibu, C.-C. & Carrer, M. (2024). Climate response of a glacial relict conifer across its distribution range is invariant in space but not in time. Science of The Total Environment 906: 167512.
van der Maaten, E., Thurm, E.A., Stolz, J., 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
Frigo, D., Eggertsson, O., Prendin, A.O., Dibona, R., Unterholzner, L. & Carrer, M. (2023). Growth form and leaf habit drive contrasting effects of Arctic amplification in long-lived woody species. Global Change Biology 29: 5896-5907.
Giberti, G.S., von Arx, G., Giovannelli, A., du Toit, B., Unterholzner, L., Bielak, K.,
Carrer, M., Uhl, E., Bravo, F., Tonon, G. & Wellstein, C. (2023). The admixture of Quercus sp. in Pinus sylvestris stands influences wood anatomical trait responses to climatic variability and drought events. Frontiers in Plant Science 14: 1213814.
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.
Kormann, J.M., Liesebach, M. & Liepe, K.J. (2023). Provenances from introduced stands of Northern Red Oak (Quercus rubra L.) outperform those from the natural distribution. Forest Ecology and Management 531: 120803.
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.
Patacca, M., Lindner, M., Lucas‐Borja, M.E., Cordonnier, T., Fidej, G., Gardiner, B., Hauf, Y., Jasinevičius, G., Labonne, S., Linkevičius, E., Mahnken, M., Milanovic, S., Nabuurs, G.J., Nagel, T.A., Nikinmaa, L., Panyatov, M., Bercak, R., Seidl, R., Ostrogović Sever, M.Z., Socha, J., Thom, D., Vuletic, D., Zudin, S. & Schelhaas, M.J. (2023). Significant increase in natural disturbance impacts on European forests since 1950. Global Change Biology 29: 1359-1376.
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 Forstliche Schriftenreihe 71: 46-55.
Storms, I., Verdonck, S., Verbist, B., Willems, P., De Geest, P., Gutsch, M., Cools, N., De Vos, B., Mahnken, M., Lopez, J., Van Orshoven, J. & Muys, B. (2022). Quantifying climate change effects on future forest biomass availability using yield tables improved by mechanistic scaling. Science of the Total Environment 833: 155189.
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.
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.
Jiménez-Alfaro, B., Frischie, S., Stolz, J. & Gálvez-Ramírez, C. (2020). Native plants for greening Mediterranean agroecosystems. Nature Plants 6: 209-214.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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