(In)determinacy in Woody Plants: Limits and Opportunities for Timing Growth in a Changing Climate - Baumgarten - 2026 - Ecology Letters - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

(In)determinacy in Woody Plants: Limits and Opportunities for Timing Growth in a Changing Climate

Tree growth is shaped not only by temperature and water availability, but also by intrinsic developmental programming that constrains when and how long meristems remain active. We use (in)determinacy....

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Excited to share our new paper on leaf scorching. 🔥Early leaf browning during heat and drought is often interpreted as premature leaf senescence - but it may reflect rapid heat damage. Separating these processes is essential. www.nature.com/articles/s41... @wslresearch.bsky.social

Very honored to be part of this selected club!

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This year, @clarivateag.bsky.social named five researchers based at WSL on their Highly Cited Researchers list: www.wsl.ch/en/news/five... #HighlyCited2025 @yannvit.bsky.social @nezimmermann.bsky.social @arthurobuntspecht.bsky.social

Looking for a motivated PhD student in Tree phenology and Ecophysiology at WSL. The project combines climate chamber experiments with modelling to understand how temperature, light and water availability affect leaf senescence timing. apply.refline.ch/273855/1788/... #TreePhenology #Ecophysiology

Brand new! Analyzing tree rings in common garden experiments in oak and beech, we show that phenotypic plasticity drives trait variation in both species. However, oak shows, in contrast to beech, also signs of adaptation and genetically-based plasticity. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🚨 Check out our new study! 🌳🥶 Tree rings show that high-elevation beech forests are experiencing more spring frost damage in recent years @newphyt.bsky.social @yannvit.bsky.social #Phenology #Dendrochronology doi.org/10.1111/nph....

Emerging trend of increasing spring frost damage for beech at higher elevations in the Jura Mountains: evidence from tree‐ring data

Late spring frost (LSF) severely impacts tree growth and forest productivity, with global warming potentially altering LSF risk due to asymmetric changes in vegetation onset and frost timing. Howeve.....

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Rethinking the interpretation of spring phenological temperature sensitivity. doi.org/10.1038/s443... @wslresearch.bsky.social #Phenology

Rethinking the interpretation of spring phenological temperature sensitivity - npj Science of Plants

npj Science of Plants - Rethinking the interpretation of spring phenological temperature sensitivity

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#Phenology #models: leaf emergence models are robust and stable; senescence models still need more refinement: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Stability and transferability of broadly trained phenology models in a changing climate

A variety of phenology process-based models have been developed to simulate environmental influences on the timing of spring and autumn phenophases. S…

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The first deep learning-based species-level phenology model, assessing its robustness to climatic shifts compared to process models and traditional machine learning. Find out more about PhenoFormer here doi.org/10.1111/2041... #modeling #Phenology

Deep learning meets tree phenology modelling: PhenoFormer versus process‐based models

Predicting phenology, that is the timing of seasonal events of plant life such as leaf emergence and colouration in relation to climate fluctuations, is essential for anticipating future changes i...

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Wherever you live in the world, your climate is getting warmer. 21st June is #ShowYourStripes day when we encourage everyone to use the warming stripes graphics to talk about climate change and how we are all already experiencing the consequences. Download your stripes: www.ShowYourStripes.info

Dealing With Two Stresses: Impact of a Damaging Spring Frost Followed by a Summer Drought on Saplings of Four Temperate Tree Species dx.doi.org/10.1111/pce.... #Drought #Frost #Trees

📢. Looking for a motivated postdoc and a PhD candidate in Dendroecology at WSL (Zurich) for a new exciting project exploring tree growth response to climate change in Pyrenees, Alps and Carpathians Mountains: academicpositions.com/ad/swiss-fed... academicpositions.com/ad/swiss-fed...

Postdoc in Dendroecology and Ecophysiology (80-100%) - Academic Positions

The Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL is part of the ETH Domain. Approximately 600 people work on the sustainable use and p...

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🌿 Climate Change Shifts Peak Plant Growth Earlier, warmer springs are causing plants in the Northern Hemisphere to reach peak photosynthesis sooner, which may limit their ability to absorb carbon later in the season. 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s43... #ClimateChange #SciComm 🌍 🧪

Increased early-season productivity drives earlier peak of vegetation photosynthesis across the Northern Hemisphere - Communications Earth & Environment

Earlier peak of vegetation activity across the Northern Hemisphere is mainly driven by enhanced early-season carbon uptake, impacted by an earlier onset of the growing season and higher temperature, b...

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Check out our new review led by Roberto Silvestro about tree growth phenology in temperate trees from roots to leaves: rdcu.be/d8qpo @wslresearch.bsky.social #phenology

🌍 Mega-droughts are becoming more frequent and intense globally. Our study in Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... shows that multi-year droughts have significantly increased over the last 40 years with severe impacts @wslresearch.bsky.social @wsl-dme.bsky.social @extremeswsl.bsky.social (1/7) 🧵