Publications
Publications
2024
Peer reviewed research articles
Felton A, Juvany L, Hedwall P-O, Felton A, Erbrech J, Sayn A, Morel J, Wallgren M, Jarnemo A, Schönbeck L, Spitzer R. (2024) Forest structure drives the macronutrient composition of Vaccinium winter forage for deer. OIKOS – In review
Nazarova T, Kather M, Hunziker S, Hartmann M, Brunner I, Schaub M, Rigling A, Hug C, Schönbeck LC, Bose A, Kammerer B, Gessler A. (2024) The metabolic fingerprint of Scots pine – root and needle metabolites show different patterns in dying trees. Tree Physiology DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpae036
Popular science articles
Schönbeck LC, Schuler P, Lehmann MM, Mas E, Mekarni L, Pivovaroff A, Turberg P, Grossiord C. (2024) Threat from the sky – dry air puts plants under stress even when their roots have enough water. Climanosco – https://dear2050.org/project/gefahr-aus-dem-himmel/
2023
Peer reviewed research articles
Schönbeck LC, Arteaga M, Mirza H, Coleman M, Mitchell D, Huang X, Ortiz H, Santiago LS. (2023) Diagnosing plant physiological capacity and status to predict conservation outcomes. Conservation Physiology DOI: 10.1093/conphys/coad073
Le Roncé I, Dardevet E, Venner S, Schönbeck LC, Gessler A, Chuine I, Limousin J-M. (2023) Reproduction alternation in trees: testing the resource depletion hypothesis using experimental fruit removal in Quercus ilex. Tree Physiology DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpad025
Popular science articles
Ballikaya P, Brunner I, Cocozza C, Grolimund D, Kägi R, Murazzi ME, Schaub M, Schönbeck LC, Sinnet B, Cherubini P. (2023) Nanoparticles are everywhere, even inside trees. Chimia 77(4). DOI: 10.2533/chimia.2023.256
2022
Peer reviewed research articles
Wang X, Schönbeck LC, Gessler A, Yang Y, Rigling A, Yu D, He P, Li M-H. (2022) The effects of previous summer drought and fertilization on winter non-structural carbon reserves and spring leaf development of downy oak saplings. Frontiers in Plant Science 13: 5410. DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.1035191
Ballikaya P, Brunner I, Cocozza C, Grolimund D, Kägi R, Murazzi ME, Schaub M, Schönbeck LC, Sinnet B, Cherubini P. (2022) First evidence of nanoparticle uptake through leaves and roots in beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) and pine (Pinus sylvestris L.). Tree Physiology. DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpac117
Schönbeck LC, Santiago LS. (2022) Time will tell: Towards high resolution temporal tree-ring isotope analyses. Tree Physiology 42(12): 2401-2403. DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpac121
Schönbeck LC, Schuler P, Lehmann MM, Mas E, Mekarni L, Pivovaroff A, Turberg P, Grossiord C. (2022) Increasing temperature and vapor pressure deficit lead to hydraulic damages in the absence of soil drought. Plant, Cell and Environment 45:3275-3289. DOI: 10.1111/pce.14425
Schönbeck L, Grossiord C, Gessler A, Gisler J, Meusburger K, d’Odorico P, Rigling A, Salmon Y, Stocker B, Zweifel R, Schaub M. (2022) Photosynthetic acclimation and sensitivity to short- and long-term environmental changes in a drought prone forest. Journal of Experimental Botany 73(8): 2576-2588. DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erac033
2021
Peer reviewed research articles
Bose AK, Rigling A, Gessler A, Hagedorn F, Brunner I, Feichtinger L, Bigler C, Egli S, Etzold S, Gossner MM, Lévesque M, Meusburger K, Peter M, Saurer M, Scherrer D, Schönbeck L, Vogel ME, von Arx G, Wermelinger B, Wohlgemuth T, Zweifel R, Schaub M. (2021) Response patterns of ecosystem traits and functioning to long-term drought-release experiment in a mature dry Scots pine forest. Ecological Monographs 92(2): e1507. DOI: 10.1002/ecm.1507
D’Odorico P, Schönbeck L, Vitali V, Meusburger K, Schaub M, Ginzler C, Zweifel R, Velasco V, Gisler J, Gessler A, Ensminger I. (2021) Drone-based physiological index reveals long-term acclimation and drought stress responses in trees. Plant, Cell and Environment 44(11): 3552-3570. DOI: 10.1111/pce.14177
Ouyang S, Gessler A, Saurer M, Hagedorn F, Gao D-C, Wang X-Y, Schaub M, Li M-H, Shen W-J, Schönbeck L. (2021) Root carbon and nutrient homeostasis determines downy oak survival and recovery from drought. Tree physiology 41(8): 1400-1412. DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpab019
Schönbeck L, Li M-H, Schaub M, Rigling A, Hoch G, Kahmen A, Gessler A. (2021) Soil nutrient availability alters tree carbon allocation dynamics during drought. Tree physiology 41(5): 697-707. DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpaa139
2020
Peer reviewed research articles
Joseph J, Decai G, Luster J, Li M-H, Peter M, Bloch C, Rissanen KA, Hoch G, Schaub M, Schönbeck L, Thomas F, Werner W, Backes B, Poll C, Hartmann H, Ruehr N, Werner R, Gleixner G, Hug C, Lehmann M, Wohlgemuth T, Rigling A, Häni M, Saurer M, Hagedorn F, Gessler A. (2020) Rhizosphere activity in an old-growth forest reacts rapidly to changes in soil moisture and shapes whole-tree carbon allocation. PNAS 117(40): 24885-24892. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2014084117
Peters R, Miranda JC, Schönbeck L, Nievergelt D, Fonti M, Saurer M, Stritih A, Fonti P, Wermelinger B, Lehmann M. (2020) Physiological monitoring of the 2018 larch budmoth outbreak: preference for leaf recovery and carbon storage over stem wood formation in Larix decidua. Tree physiology 40(12): 1697-1711. DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpaa087
Zweifel R, Etzold S, Sterck F, Gessler A, Anfodillo T, Mencuccini M, von Arx G, Lazzarin M, Haeni M, Feichtinger L, Meusburger K, Knuesel S, Walthert L, Salmon Y, Bose AK, Schönbeck L, Hug C, De Girardi N, Giuggiola A, Schaub M, Rigling A. (2020). Determinants of legacy effects in pine trees‐implications from an irrigation‐stop experiment. New Phytologist 227(4): 1081-1096. DOI: 10.1111/nph.16582
Lehmann MM, Goldsmith GR, Mirande-Ney C, Weigt RB, Schönbeck L, Kahmen A, Gessler A, Siegwolf RTW, Saurer M. (2020). The 18O-signal transfer from water vapour to leaf water and assimilates varies among plant species and growth forms. Plant, Cell and Environment 43(2): 510-523. DOI: 10.1111/pce.13682
Schönbeck L, Gessler A, Schaub M, Rigling A, Hoch G, Kahmen A, Li M-H. (2020). Soil nutrients and lowered source:sink ratio mitigate effects of mild but not of extreme drought in trees. Environmental and Experimental Botany 169: 103905. DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2019.103905
2019
Schönbeck L. Drought effects on carbon and nutrient dynamics in Scots pine: homeostasis, thresholds and tipping points. Doctoral thesis. University of Basel (2019). DOI: 10.5451/unibas-007175123
2018
Peer reviewed research articles
Grossiord C, Gessler A, Reed SC, Borrego I, Collins AD, Dickman LT, Ryan M, Schönbeck L, Sevanto S, Vilagrosa A, McDowell, NG. (2018). Reductions in tree performance during hotter droughts are mitigated by shifts in nitrogen cycling. Plant, Cell & Environment 41(11): 2627–2637. DOI: 10.1111/pce.13389
Gessler A, Cailleret M, Joseph J, Schönbeck L, Schaub M, Lehmann M, Treydte K, Rigling A, Timofeeva G, Saurer M. (2018). Drought induced tree mortality - a tree-ring isotope based conceptual model to assess mechanisms and predispositions. New Phytologist, 219(2): 485–490. DOI: 10.1111/nph.15154
Schönbeck L, Gessler A, Hoch G, McDowell NG, Rigling A, Schaub M, Li M-H. (2018). Homeostatic levels of nonstructural carbohydrates after 13 yr of drought and irrigation in Pinus sylvestris. New Phytologist, 219(4): 1314-1324. DOI: 10.1111/nph.15224
Li M-H, Yong J, Wang A, Li X, Wanze Z, Yan C-F, Du Z, Shi Z, Lei J, Schönbeck L, He P, Yu, F-H, Wang X. (2018). Active summer carbon storage for winter persistence in trees at the cold alpine treeline. Tree Physiology, 38(9): 1345-1355. DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpy020
2015
Peer reviewed research articles
Schönbeck L, Lohbeck M, Bongers F, Ramos MM, Sterck F. (2015). How do light and water acquisition strategies affect species selection during secondary succession in moist tropical forests? Forests, 6(6): 2047-2065. DOI: 10.3390/f6062047