• Effects of mild drought on the morphology of sun and shade needles in 20-year-old Norway spruce trees 

      Gebauer, Roman; Volařík, Daniel; Urban, Josef; Børja, Isabella; Nagy, Nina Elisabeth; Eldhuset, Toril Drabløs; Krokene, Paal (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-02-28)
      Several studies have looked at how individual environmental factors influence needle morphology in conifer trees, but interacting effects between drought and canopy position have received little attention. In this study, ...
    • Hydraulic and mechanical dysfunction of Norway spruce sapwood due to extreme summer drought in Scandinavia 

      Rosner, Sabine; Gierlinger, Notburga; Klepsch, Matthias; Karlsson, Bo; Evans, Rob; Lundqvist, Sven-Olof; Svetlik, Jan; Børja, Isabella; Dalsgaard, Lise; Andreassen, Kjell; Solberg, Svein; Jansen, Steven (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-12-22)
      Projected climate change scenarios such as frequently occurring dry summer spells are an enormous threat to the health of boreal conifer forests. We identified visible features indicating wood with tracheids predisposed ...