Christof Bigler

ETH Zurich — Switzerland

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

40h-index8.8kcitations112works5.32yr avg
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Research Topics

Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics(64), Tree-ring climate responses(54), Forest ecology and management(51), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies(32), Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies(13)

Publications112 total

Aging and stress explain the earlier start of leaf senescence in trees in warmer years: translating the latest findings on senescence regulation into the DP3 model (v1.1)
Geoscientific model development·2025Open Access
Trends in background mortality in unmanaged forests across Europe over the last century
Journal of Ecology·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Genetic and plastic effects on trait variability in two major tree species: insights from common garden experiments across Europe
2025Open Access
Supplementary material to "An example of how data quality hinders progress: translating the latest findings on the regulation of leaf senescence timing in trees into the DP3 model (v1.0)"
2025· 1 citedOpen Access
An example of how data quality hinders progress: translating the latest findings on the regulation of leaf senescence timing in trees into the DP3 model (v1.0)
2025Open Access
Growth trends in basal area increments: The underlying problem, consequences for research and best practices
Dendrochronologia·2025· 10 citedOpen Access
Early-successional species show higher tolerance of drought than late-successional species across Europe
The Science of The Total Environment·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Revealing legacy effects of extreme droughts on tree growth of oaks across the Northern Hemisphere
The Science of The Total Environment·2024· 39 citedOpen Access
Evolutionary drivers of phenotypic traits in two European tree species – evidence from common garden networks
2024Open Access
Effects of climate, stand structure, soil characteristics and topography on leaf unfolding of trees in Switzerland
2024Open Access
Long-term biomass dynamics of temperate forests in Europe after cessation of management
Forest Ecology and Management·2024· 10 citedOpen Access
Early Successional Species Show Higher Tolerance to Drought Across Europe than Late Successional Species
SSRN Electronic Journal·2024Open Access
Process‐oriented models of leaf senescence are biased towards the mean: Impacts on model performance and future projections
Global Change Biology·2023· 3 citedOpen Access
Process-oriented models of autumn leaf phenology: ways to sound calibration and implications of uncertain projections
Geoscientific model development·2023· 12 citedOpen Access
Sheltered or suppressed? Tree regeneration in unmanaged European forests
Journal of Ecology·2023· 15 citedOpen Access
Species diversity and competition have minor effects on the growth response of silver fir, European larch and Douglas fir to drought
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology·2023· 28 citedOpen Access
Author response for "Sheltered or suppressed? Tree regeneration in unmanaged European forests"
2023
Comment on egusphere-2022-1423
2023Open Access
Comment on egusphere-2022-1423
2023Open Access
Supplementary material to "Process-oriented models of autumn leaf phenology: ways to sound calibration and implications of uncertain projections"
2023
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Frequent Co-authors

Harald Bugmann(26), Andreas Rigling(10), J. Julio Camarero(9), Juan Carlos Linares(6), Tuomas Aakala(5), Maxime Cailleret(5), Brigitte Rohner(5), María Laura Suárez(5), Thomas T. Veblen(5), Beat Wermelinger(5), Elisabeth M. R. Robert(4), Katarina Čufar(4), Jeffrey M. Kane(4), Thomas Kitzberger(4), Any Mary Petriţan(4), Gabriel Sangüesa‐Barreda(4), Jordi Martínez‐Vilalta(4), Thomas Wohlgemuth(4), Roman Zweifel(4), Yann Vitasse(4)