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Andreas Rigling

Andreas Rigling

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
67
Citations
22296
World Ranking
1572
National Ranking
43

Overview

Andreas Rigling is affiliated with the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research in Switzerland. Their research primarily spans Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, encompassing 112 and 55 publications respectively. This work integrates several subfields, notably Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Atmospheric Science, Plant Science, and Ecology.

Their research closely examines topics related to plant water relations and carbon dynamics, with 72 publications, alongside tree-ring climate responses (60 publications). Other significant areas include forest ecology and management, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, forest ecology and biodiversity studies, forest management and policy, and forest insect ecology and management.

Among recent publications by Andreas Rigling are:

  • A first assessment of the impact of the extreme 2018 summer drought on Central European forests, 2020, Basic and Applied Ecology
  • Growth and resilience responses of Scots pine to extreme droughts across Europe depend on predrought growth conditions, 2020, Global Change Biology
  • Forest and woodland replacement patterns following drought-related mortality, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Drought reduces water uptake in beech from the drying topsoil, but no compensatory uptake occurs from deeper soil layers, 2021, New Phytologist
  • Climate sensitivity and drought seasonality determine post-drought growth recovery of Quercus petraea and Quercus robur in Europe, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Schweizerische Zeitschrift fur Forstwesen
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Tree Physiology
  • New Phytologist
  • Frontiers in Plant Science

Andreas Rigling has collaborated extensively with researchers such as Arthur Geßler, Marcus Schaub, Thomas Wohlgemuth, Frank Hagedorn, and Katrin Meusburger. These co-authors have appeared in multiple joint publications, reflecting ongoing collaborative research efforts.

Best Publications

  • A global overview of drought and heat-induced tree mortality reveals emerging climate change risks for forests

    Craig D. Allen;Alison K. Macalady;Haroun Chenchouni;Dominique Bachelet

  • A first assessment of the impact of the extreme 2018 summer drought on Central European forests

    Bernhard Schuldt;Allan Buras;Matthias Arend;Yann Vitasse

  • Drought as an Inciting Mortality Factor in Scots Pine Stands of the Valais, Switzerland

    Christof Bigler;Christof Bigler;Otto Ulrich Bräker;Harald Bugmann;Matthias Dobbertin;Matthias Dobbertin

  • Driving factors of a vegetation shift from Scots pine to pubescent oak in dry Alpine forests

    Andreas Rigling;Christof Bigler;Britta Eilmann;Elisabeth Feldmeyer-Christe

  • Drought response of five conifer species under contrasting water availability suggests high vulnerability of Norway spruce and European larch

    Mathieu Lévesque;Mathieu Lévesque;Matthias Saurer;Rolf Siegwolf;Britta Eilmann

  • Drought-induced adaptation of the xylem in Scots pine and pubescent oak.

    Britta Eilmann;Roman Zweifel;Nina Buchmann;Patrick Fonti

  • Contrasting resistance and resilience to extreme drought and late spring frost in five major European tree species.

    Yann Vitasse;Alessandra Bottero;Maxime Cailleret;Christof Bigler

  • Drought alters timing, quantity, and quality of wood formation in Scots pine

    Britta Eilmann;Roman Zweifel;Nina Buchmann;Elisabeth Graf Pannatier

  • Expanding forests and changing growth forms of Siberian larch at the Polar Urals treeline during the 20th century

    Nadezhda Devi;Frank Hagedorn;Pavel Moiseev;Harald Bugmann

  • Tree-growth analyses to estimate tree species' drought tolerance.

    Britta Eilmann;Andreas Rigling

  • Intra-annual tree-ring parameters indicating differences in drought stress of Pinus sylvestris forests within the Erico-Pinion in the Valais (Switzerland)

    Andreas Rigling;Otto Bräker;Gustav Schneiter;Fritz Schweingruber

  • Increased water-use efficiency does not lead to enhanced tree growth under xeric and mesic conditions

    Mathieu Lévesque;Mathieu Lévesque;Rolf Siegwolf;Matthias Saurer;Britta Eilmann

  • Treeline advances along the Urals mountain range – driven by improved winter conditions?

    Frank Hagedorn;Stepan G. Shiyatov;Valeriy S. Mazepa;Nadezha M. Devi

  • Growth and resilience responses of Scots pine to extreme droughts across Europe depend on predrought growth conditions

    Arun K. Bose;Arun K. Bose;Arthur Gessler;Arthur Gessler;Andreas Bolte;Alessandra Bottero

  • A decade of irrigation transforms the soil microbiome of a semi‐arid pine forest

    Martin Hartmann;Ivano Brunner;Frank Hagedorn;Richard D. Bardgett

  • Growth reactions of Pinus sylvestris L. and Quercus pubescens Willd. to drought years at a xeric site in Valais, Switzerland

    Britta Eilmann;Pascale Weber;Pascale Weber;Andreas Rigling;Dieter Eckstein

  • Pine mistletoe (Viscum album ssp. austriacum) contributes to Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) mortality in the Rhone valley of Switzerland

    M. Dobbertin;A. Rigling

  • Ecological interpretation of tree-ring width and intraannual density fluctuations in Pinus sylvestris on dry sites in the central Alps and Siberia

    Andreas Rigling;Philipp O Waldner;Theodor Forster;Otto U Bräker

  • Radial growth responses to drought of Pinus sylvestris and Quercus pubescens in an inner‐Alpine dry valley

    Pascale Weber;Harald Bugmann;Andreas Rigling

  • Forest and woodland replacement patterns following drought-related mortality

    Enric Batllori;Francisco Lloret;Tuomas Aakala;William R. L. Anderegg

  • Assessing the role of bark- and wood-boring insects in the decline of Scots pine ( Pinus sylvestris ) in the Swiss Rhone valley

    B. Wermelinger;A. Rigling;D. Schneider Mathis;M. Dobbertin

  • Growth response of five co-occurring conifers to drought across a wide climatic gradient in Central Europe

    Mathieu Lévesque;Mathieu Lévesque;Andreas Rigling;Harald Bugmann;Pascale Weber

Frequent Co-Authors

Arthur Gessler
Arthur Gessler ETH Zurich
Harald Bugmann
Harald Bugmann ETH Zurich
Matthias Dobbertin
Matthias Dobbertin Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Thomas Wohlgemuth
Thomas Wohlgemuth Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Marcus Schaub
Marcus Schaub Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Roman Zweifel
Roman Zweifel Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Mai-He Li
Mai-He Li Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Robert Huber
Robert Huber Agricultural & Applied Economics Association
Rolf T. W. Siegwolf
Rolf T. W. Siegwolf Paul Scherrer Institute

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