Current climate change projections predict general warming and altered seasonal distribution of precipitation as well as increased occurance of extreme weather conditions in Central Europe. It is unclear if and how well native tree species can cope with these changes. The commercially most...

Deep knowledge of the species-specific response of alien tree species to changes in competition due to silvicultural activities is mostly lacking so far. Based on dendrochronological records (stem disk samples) at various height along the stem, we analyzed the annual volume increment and growth...

The German Prussian prince used the hunting lodge in Ziegelroda forest before the First World War. The lodge is a structure of the early Baroque that was used by the local landed gentry of what is today the federal state of Saxony-Anhalt. Dendrochronological research was done on 4 timber samples...

Due to its wide ecological amplitude there are great expectations for Douglas-fir regarding to the projected climate change (IPCC 2014). This shows amongst others the nationwide (Germany) joint project "FitforClim". Within this project in Thuringia the Douglas-fir provenance trail area in the...

This paper presents the preliminary results of an inventory and dendrochronological investigation conducted at a forest reserve in the island of Vilm, Germany, presented at a workshop. The Vilm forest reserve is the initiative of the Protective Regulation 1936 and the oldest formal nature reserve...

Douglas-fir, introduced in Europe in the 19th century, is of high economic interest because of its enormous growth performance. Whether its growth potential remains higher than that of native tree species over the course of climatic changes must be examined by analyses of climate sensitivity....

In view of reducing possible risks in forests related to the anthropogenic climate change, the establishment and suitability of non-native tree species for German forests have been an ongoing discussion. Since experimental studies over more than one tree generation are lacking in many regions the...

This publication focuses on the importance of tree species selection for nature conservation in a changing climatic scenario. Topics covered include: the suitability of tree species to a specific location; silvicultural strategies for adaptation; macroclimate-vegetation relationship; species...

The reconstruction of forest history is possible by means of various methodological approaches. Early forest-historical research mainly used archival documents, that means in particular descriptive sources, to reconstruct former tree species composition as well as forest uses and conditions of...

Two new online products are available to the international tree ring research community. The Bibliography of Dendrochronology has 10 000 references and is the world's largest online bibliography specialised in tree-ring research. The Glossary of Dendrochronology is a searchable database of 351...