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Christof Bigler

Christof Bigler

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
41
Citations
9478
World Ranking
7590
National Ranking
175

Overview

Christof Bigler is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland and has contributed extensively to research in environmental sciences and earth and planetary sciences. Their work explores several subfields, including global and planetary change, nature and landscape conservation, atmospheric science, ecology, and plant science.

The scientist's research focuses primarily on plant water relations and carbon dynamics, tree-ring climate responses, and ecology and vegetation dynamics studies. They have also contributed to forest ecology and management, remote sensing in agriculture, species distribution and climate change, and plant responses to elevated CO2.

Christof Bigler has published in a range of scientific journals, with frequent publications in:

  • Forest Ecology and Management
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • Journal of Ecology
  • Geoscientific Model Development

Notable recent papers include:

  • Premature leaf discoloration of European deciduous trees is caused by drought and heat in late spring and cold spells in early fall, 2021, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • Long-term growth decline precedes sudden crown dieback of European beech, 2022, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • 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
  • Forest and woodland replacement patterns following drought-related mortality, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Low growth resilience to drought is related to future mortality risk in trees, 2020, Nature Communications

Their frequent co-authors include Harald Bugmann, Andreas Rigling, Yann Vitasse, Michael Meier, and Tuomas Aakala.

Best Publications

  • TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

    Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

  • 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

  • A synthesis of radial growth patterns preceding tree mortality

    Maxime Cailleret;Steven Jansen;Elisabeth M. R. Robert;Elisabeth M. R. Robert;Lucía Desoto

  • Low growth resilience to drought is related to future mortality risk in trees

    Lucía DeSoto;Lucía DeSoto;Maxime Cailleret;Maxime Cailleret;Maxime Cailleret;Frank Sterck;Steven Jansen

  • 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 induces lagged tree mortality in a subalpine forest in the Rocky Mountains

    Christof Bigler;Daniel G. Gavin;Charles Gunning;Thomas T. Veblen

  • MULTIPLE DISTURBANCE INTERACTIONS AND DROUGHT INFLUENCE FIRE SEVERITY IN ROCKY MOUNTAIN SUBALPINE FORESTS

    Christof Bigler;Dominik Kulakowski;Thomas T. Veblen

  • 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

  • Growth-dependent tree mortality models based on tree rings

    Christof Bigler;Harald Bugmann

  • Synergistic effects of past historical logging and drought on the decline of Pyrenean silver fir forests

    Jesús Julio Camarero;Christof Bigler;Juan Carlos Linares;Eustaquio Gil-Pelegrín

  • PREDICTING THE TIME OF TREE DEATH USING DENDROCHRONOLOGICAL DATA

    Christof Bigler;Harald Bugmann

  • Increased early growth rates decrease longevities of conifers in subalpine forests

    Christof Bigler;Thomas T. Veblen

  • Forest and woodland replacement patterns following drought-related mortality

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

  • Linking increasing drought stress to Scots pine mortality and bark beetle infestations.

    Matthias Dobbertin;Beat Wermelinger;Christof Bigler;Matthias Bürgi

  • Early-warning signals of individual tree mortality based on annual radial growth

    Maxime Cailleret;Maxime Cailleret;Vasilis Dakos;Steven Jansen;Elisabeth M.R. Robert;Elisabeth M.R. Robert

  • Growth patterns as indicators of impending tree death in silver fir

    Christof Bigler;Jožica Gričar;Harald Bugmann;Katarina Čufar

  • Effects of salvage logging and sanitation felling on bark beetle (Ips typographus L.) infestations

    Golo Stadelmann;Harald Bugmann;Franz Meier;Beat Wermelinger

  • Will the CO2 fertilization effect in forests be offset by reduced tree longevity

    Harald Bugmann;Harald Bugmann;Christof Bigler

  • Climate sensitivity and drought seasonality determine post-drought growth recovery of Quercus petraea and Quercus robur in Europe.

    Arun K. Bose;Daniel Scherrer;J. Julio Camarero;Daniel Ziche

  • Disentangling the effects of competition and climate on individual tree growth: A retrospective and dynamic approach in Scots pine

    Raúl Sánchez-Salguero;Juan Carlos Linares;J. Julio Camarero;Jaime Madrigal-González

  • Spatial interactions between storm damage and subsequent infestations by the European spruce bark beetle

    Golo Stadelmann;Golo Stadelmann;Harald Bugmann;Beat Wermelinger;Christof Bigler

Frequent Co-Authors

Harald Bugmann
Harald Bugmann ETH Zurich
J. Julio Camarero
J. Julio Camarero Spanish National Research Council
Thomas Kitzberger
Thomas Kitzberger National University of Comahue
Yann Vitasse
Yann Vitasse Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Thomas T. Veblen
Thomas T. Veblen University of Colorado Boulder
Björn Reineking
Björn Reineking Grenoble Alpes University
Jordi Martínez-Vilalta
Jordi Martínez-Vilalta Autonomous University of Barcelona
Rolf T. W. Siegwolf
Rolf T. W. Siegwolf Paul Scherrer Institute
Katarina Čufar
Katarina Čufar University of Ljubljana

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