2026

Balducci L, Haeler E, Paillet Y, Alterio E, Ammer C, … Schall P, …, Weisser WW, Burrascano S (2026) European forest carbon and biodiversity policies have a limited win-win potential. Nature communications 17:1976. DOI:10.1038/s41467-026-68668-x

Blaschke M, Kroiher F, Ammer C, Gossner M, Kätzel R, Kleinschmit J, Meyer P, Michler B, Pertl C, Uhl E, Weiß L, Züghart W, Bolte A (2026) Konzept für ein Nationales Biodiversitätsmonitoring im Wald. Allgemeine Forstzeitschrift/Der Wald 81 (2): 37-39

Carlson L, Müller J, Ammer C, Bässler C, Bevanda M, Biedermann P H W, Bradler P M, Castañeda-Gómez A J, Delory B M, Dittrich S, Dyson B L, Fichtner A, Mitesser O, von Oheimb G, Pflumm L, Pierick K, Rothacher J, Scherer-Lorenzen M, Schwalb-Willmann J, Wegmann M, Wild C, Schmitt T (2026) The Invisible Heterogeneity of Forests – β-Diversity of Volatiles. Landscape Ecology 41: 62. DOI:10.1007/s10980-026-02323-0

Ehbrecht M, Lehmann T, Escobar S, Donoso DA, Endara, MJ, Guevara-Andino JE, Blüthgen N (2026) Recovery of forest structural complexity during secondary succession in a human-modified neotropical landscape. Journal of Ecology. DOI:10.1111/1365-2745.70241

Lunow J, Burrascano S, Balducci L, Chianucci F, Chojnacki L, Doerfler I, Hofmeister J, Hošek J, ÓDOR P, Schall P, Sitzia T, Simons NK (2026) Structural characteristics mediate forest mitigation potential against climate change and biodiversity loss. Ecological Applications 36:e70211. DOI:10.1002/eap.70211

Magh R-K, Paligi S S, Papastefanou P, Klosterhalfen A, Ammer C, Beyer M, Dubbert M, Haberstroh S, Rohde C, Werner C, Hildebrandt A (2026) Continuous stem water potential measurements with microtensiometry reveals species and soil matric potential control of stem water potential in temperate forests. Ecohydrology 19: e70197

Mallick S, Wild C, Kieffer A, Torres Pineda, J S, Pierick K, Rothacher J, Decker O, Lettenmaier L, Mitesser O, Eisenhauer N, Mori A, Ammer C, Schuldt B, Müller J (2026) Elevation reverses the effects of forest structure on folivory and leaf asymmetry. Functional Ecology 40: 1061–1073. DOI:10.1111/1365-2435.70285

Mashera AT, Okimat JP, Ehbrecht M (2026). Terrestrial laser scanning-based allometric models for East-African tropical rainforest trees. Trees, Forests and People 24: 101211. DOI:10.1016/j.tfp.2026.101211

Nehemy MF, Hackmann CA, McDonnell JJ (2026): Branch Orientation: A Potential Indicator of Stem Rehydration and Water Stress. Hydrological Processes 40 (2), Article No. e70389. DOI:10.1002/hyp.70389

Seliger A, Zäh J, Heinrichs S, Schall P, Ammer C, Vor T (2026) Effects of Ungulate Herbivores on Temperate Forest Understory Vegetation - Implications From a Large-Scale Wildlife Exclosure Experiment in Central Europe. Journal of Vegetation Science 37, no. 2: e70128. DOI:10.1111/jvs.70128

Sprengel L, Ammer C, Heinelt T, Meyer D A, Schrewe J, Ehbrecht M (2026) Increased tree-ring widths in a European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) gap experiment already 2 years after set up. Forest Ecology and Management 600: 123284. DOI:10.1016/j.foreco.2025.123284

Staab M, Blüthgen N, Wehner K, Schall P, Ammer C (2026) Advancing the quantification of land-use intensity in forests: the ForMIX index combining tree species composition, tree removal, deadwood availability, and stand maturity. European Journal of Forest Research 146: 6. DOI:10.1016/j.foreco.2025.123284

Stritih A, Lecina-Diaz J, Mohr J, Schattenberg C, Ammer C, Anselmetto N, Bauhus J, Bončina A, Garbarino M, Hlásny T, Lindner M, Lingua E, Knific E, Krüger K, Marangon D, Morresi D, Mulec K, Nagel T A, Potterf M, Stritih J, Thom D, Welling D, Seidl R (2026) Can “closer-to-nature” forest management sustain biodiversity and ecosystem services in European forests in an uncertain future? Current Forestry Reports 12: 1 DOI:10.1007/s40725-025-00264-6

Weißing KK, Pierick K, Link RM, Köhler M, Ehbrecht M (2026) Impacts of forest management on the inter-annual variability of forest microclimate. European Journal of Forest Research. DOI:10.1007/s10342-026-01872-y