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Arthur Gessler

Arthur Gessler

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Plant Science and Agronomy
Switzerland
2025

D-Index & Metrics

Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
91
Citations
26812
World Ranking
269
National Ranking
12

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
92
Citations
27187
World Ranking
428
National Ranking
13

Arthur Gessler publication distribution in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Arthur Gessler sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 482 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 467 publications or more.

Arthur Gessler D-index placement in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Arthur Gessler sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 91 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 109 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Switzerland Leader Award

Overview

Arthur Gessler is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, contributing extensively to subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science, Atmospheric Science, and Ecology.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Tree-ring climate responses
  • Forest ecology and management
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Plant responses to elevated CO2
  • Seedling growth and survival studies
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics

Among the recent papers by Arthur Gessler are the following:

  • "Root traits as drivers of plant and ecosystem functioning: current understanding, pitfalls and future research needs" (2020, New Phytologist)
  • "A starting guide to root ecology: strengthening ecological concepts and standardising root classification, sampling, processing and trait measurements" (2021, New Phytologist)
  • "Why trees grow at night" (2021, New Phytologist)
  • "Growth and resilience responses of Scots pine to extreme droughts across Europe depend on predrought growth conditions" (2020, Global Change Biology)
  • "The way back: recovery of trees from drought and its implication for acclimation" (2020, New Phytologist)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Gessler include:

  • Marcus Schaub
  • Andreas Rigling
  • Matthias Saurer
  • Marco M. Lehmann
  • Nina Buchmann

Arthur Gessler's publications often appear in certain scientific venues, reflecting areas of specialization. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • New Phytologist
  • Tree Physiology
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Global Change Biology
  • Plant Cell & Environment

Best Publications

  • A multi-species synthesis of physiological mechanisms in drought-induced tree mortality

    Henry D. Adams;Melanie J.B. Zeppel;Melanie J.B. Zeppel;William R.L. Anderegg;Henrik Hartmann

  • Root traits as drivers of plant and ecosystem functioning: current understanding, pitfalls and future research needs

    Grégoire T Freschet;Grégoire T Freschet;Catherine Roumet;Louise H Comas;Monique Weemstra

  • Potential risks for European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) in a changing climate

    Arthur Geßler;Arthur Geßler;Claudia Keitel;Claudia Keitel;Jürgen Kreuzwieser;Rainer Matyssek

  • A starting guide to root ecology: strengthening ecological concepts and standardising root classification, sampling, processing and trait measurements

    Grégoire T Freschet;Loïc Pagès;Colleen M Iversen;Louise H Comas

  • Physiological responses of forest trees to heat and drought.

    H. Rennenberg;F. Loreto;A. Polle;F. Brilli

  • Research frontiers for improving our understanding of drought-induced tree and forest mortality.

    Henrik Hartmann;Catarina F. Moura;Catarina F. Moura;Catarina F. Moura;William R. L. Anderegg;Nadine K. Ruehr

  • Stable isotopes in tree rings: towards a mechanistic understanding of isotope fractionation and mixing processes from the leaves to the wood.

    Arthur Gessler;Juan Pedro Ferrio;Robert Hommel;Kerstin Treydte

  • Biodiversity effects on ecosystem functioning in a 15-year grassland experiment: Patterns, mechanisms, and open questions

    Wolfgang W. Weisser;Christiane Roscher;Sebastian T. Meyer;Anne Ebeling

  • Carbon allocation and carbon isotope fluxes in the plant-soil-atmosphere continuum: a review

    Nicolas Brüggemann;Arthur Gessler;Zachary E. Kayler;Sonjagisela Keel

  • The role of nutrients in drought-induced tree mortality and recovery

    Arthur Gessler;Marcus Schaub;Nate G. McDowell

  • Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning relations in European forests depend on environmental context

    Sophia Ratcliffe;Christian Wirth;Christian Wirth;Tommaso Jucker;Tommaso Jucker;Fons van der Plas

  • Nitrogen balance in forest soils: nutritional limitation of plants under climate change stresses

    Heinz Rennenberg;Michael Dannenmann;Arthur Gessler;Jürgen Kreuzwieser

  • Tree diversity does not always improve resistance of forest ecosystems to drought

    Charlotte Grossiord;André Granier;Sophia Ratcliffe;Olivier Bouriaud

  • Drought effects on allocation of recent carbon: from beech leaves to soil CO2 efflux

    Nadine K. Ruehr;Christine A. Offermann;Arthur Gessler;Jana Barbro Winkler

  • Field and laboratory experiments on net uptake of nitrate and ammonium by the roots of spruce (Picea abies) and beech (Fagus sylvatica) trees

    Arthur Gessler;Stephan Schneider;Dominik Von Sengbusch;Paul Weber

  • Global climate change and tree nutrition: influence of water availability

    Jürgen Kreuzwieser;Arthur Gessler

  • Biotic homogenization can decrease landscape-scale forest multifunctionality

    Fons van der Plas;Pete Manning;Santiago Soliveres;Eric Allan

  • Jack-of-all-trades effects drive biodiversity–ecosystem multifunctionality relationships in European forests

    Fons Van der Plas;Peter Manning;Eric Allan;Michael Scherer-Lorenzen

  • Pulse-labelling trees to study carbon allocation dynamics: a review of methods, current knowledge and future prospects

    Daniel Epron;Michael Bahn;Delphine Derrien;Fernando Alfredo Lattanzi

  • 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

  • Tracing carbon and oxygen isotope signals from newly assimilated sugars in the leaves to the tree-ring archive.

    Arthur Gessler;Elke Brandes;Nina Buchmann;Gerhard Helle

  • Long‐term study of root biomass in a biodiversity experiment reveals shifts in diversity effects over time

    Janneke M. Ravenek;Holger Bessler;Christof Engels;Michael Scherer‐Lorenzen

  • Recovery of trees from drought depends on belowground sink control

    Frank Hagedorn;Jobin Joseph;Jobin Joseph;Martina Peter;Jörg Luster

  • Drought effects on allocation of recent carbon: From beech leaves to soil CO2 efflux

    N. K. Ruehr;C. A. Offermann;A. Gessler;J. B. Winkler

Frequent Co-Authors

Heinz Rennenberg
Heinz Rennenberg University of Freiburg
Alexandru Milcu
Alexandru Milcu Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Nina Buchmann
Nina Buchmann ETH Zurich
Michael Scherer-Lorenzen
Michael Scherer-Lorenzen University of Freiburg
Damien Bonal
Damien Bonal University of Lorraine
Jacques Roy
Jacques Roy Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Juan Pedro Ferrio
Juan Pedro Ferrio Spanish National Research Council
André Granier
André Granier INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Rolf T. W. Siegwolf
Rolf T. W. Siegwolf Paul Scherrer Institute

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