Arthur Gessler

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

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

  1102
  Citations

• 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

  681
  Citations

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

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

  568
  Citations

• 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

  555
  Citations

• Physiological responses of forest trees to heat and drought.

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

  528
  Citations

• 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

  511
  Citations

• 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

  505
  Citations

• 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

  499
  Citations

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

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

  420
  Citations

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

  Arthur Gessler;Marcus Schaub;Nate G. McDowell

  411
  Citations

• 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

  384
  Citations

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

  Heinz Rennenberg;Michael Dannenmann;Arthur Gessler;Jürgen Kreuzwieser

  356
  Citations

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

  Charlotte Grossiord;André Granier;Sophia Ratcliffe;Olivier Bouriaud

  339
  Citations

• 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

  330
  Citations

• 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

  320
  Citations

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

  Jürgen Kreuzwieser;Arthur Gessler

  316
  Citations

• Biotic homogenization can decrease landscape-scale forest multifunctionality

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

  309
  Citations

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

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

  294
  Citations

• 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

  281
  Citations

• 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

  271
  Citations

• 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

  268
  Citations

• 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

  259
  Citations

• Recovery of trees from drought depends on belowground sink control

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

  248
  Citations

• 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

  0
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