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  1. Tracing aphid infestations through wood anatomical markers: Insights from Rhododendron campanulatum D.Don of the Himalayan region

    Article • Dendrochronologia, August 2025, Elsevier

    Holger Gärtner

  2. Monsoon climatic signal is stronger in wood anatomical traits than in ring widths of Fokienia hodginsii in central Vietnam

    Article • Dendrochronologia, June 2025, Elsevier

    Holger Gärtner

  3. Dendrochronological studies in North Africa: reality and prospects

    Article • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, January 2024, Frontiers

    Holger Gärtner

  4. Wood anatomy and dendrochronological potentiality of some woody shrubs from the southern Mediterranean coast in Egypt

    Article • Frontiers in Plant Science, June 2023, Frontiers

    Holger Gärtner

  5. Advanced Workflow for Taking High-Quality Increment Cores - New Techniques and Devices

    Article • Journal of Visualized Experiments, March 2023, MyJove Corporation

    Holger Gärtner

  6. Advanced Workflow for Taking High-Quality Increment Cores - New Techniques and Devices

    Article • Journal of Visualized Experiments, March 2023, MyJove Corporation

    Holger Gärtner

  7. Additive manufacturing for lab applications in environmental sciences: Pushing the boundaries of rapid prototyping

    Article • Dendrochronologia, December 2022, Elsevier

    Holger Gärtner

  8. To organize a conference under ever-changing conditions - Editorial to the special issue from the TRACE 2021 virtual meeting

    Article • Dendrochronologia, December 2022, Elsevier

    Holger Gärtner

  9. Effekte eines Unterrichtsfeedbacks von Schulleitungen auf die selbst eingeschätzte Entwicklung der Unterrichtskompetenz von Lehrkräften – Ergebnisse einer Interventionsstudie unter Berücksichtigung der Zielorientierungen von Lehrkräften

    Article • Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft, April 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Holger Gärtner

  10. Altered growth with blue rings: comparison of radial growth and wood anatomy between trampled and non-trampled Scots pine roots

    Article • Dendrochronologia, April 2022, Elsevier

    Holger Gärtner, Katarina Cufar

  11. Cambial Activity of Moringa peregrina (Forssk.) Fiori in Arid Environments

    Article • Frontiers in Plant Science, November 2021, Frontiers

    Holger Gärtner

  12. Wood anatomy and tree-ring stable isotopes indicate a recent decline in water-use efficiency in the desert tree Moringa peregrina

    Article • International Journal of Biometeorology, October 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Holger Gärtner

  13. Changes in Root–Shoot Allometric Relations in Alpine Norway Spruce Trees After Strip Cutting

    Article • Frontiers in Plant Science, August 2021, Frontiers

    Holger Gärtner

  14. Permafrost Biases Climate Signals in δ18Otree-ring Series from a Sub-Alpine Tree Stand in Val Bever/Switzerland

    Article • Atmosphere, June 2021, MDPI AG

    Holger Gärtner

  15. Testing the potential of the dwarf shrub Dryas octopetala L. for dating in dendrogeomorphology

    Article • Dendrochronologia, June 2021, Elsevier

    Holger Gärtner

  16. Ring-forming plants in the Egyptian deserts

    Article • Flora, June 2021, Elsevier

    Holger Gärtner

  17. Nonlinear Weather–Growth Relationships Suggest Disproportional Growth Changes of Norway Spruce in the Eastern Baltic Region

    Article • Forests, May 2021, MDPI AG

    Holger Gärtner

  18. Assessing drought-induced mortality of European beech and Scots pine in the Valais, Switzerland

    Article • March 2021, Copernicus GmbH

    Holger Gärtner

  19. Canopy status modulates formation of wood rays in Scots pine under hemiboreal conditions

    Article • Dendrochronologia, March 2021, Elsevier

    Holger Gärtner

  20. Trampling as a major ecological factor affecting the radial growth and wood anatomy of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) roots on a hiking trail

    Article • Ecological Indicators, February 2021, Elsevier

    Holger Gärtner, Katarina Cufar

  21. Formation and decay of peat bogs in the vegetable belt of Switzerland

    Article • Swiss Journal of Geosciences, January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Holger Gärtner

  22. Non-linear regional weather-growth relationships indicate limited adaptability of the eastern Baltic Scots pine

    Article • Forest Ecology and Management, January 2021, Elsevier

    Holger Gärtner

  23. Most recent trends in tree-ring sciences: From local to global, from molecule to forest stands, from days to millennia. - Editorial to the special issue “TRACE 2019”

    Article • Dendrochronologia, October 2020, Elsevier

    Holger Gärtner

  24. Increase in ring width, vessel number and δ18O in olive trees infected with Xylella fastidiosa

    Article • Tree Physiology, July 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Holger Gärtner

  25. Functional Relationships of Wood Anatomical Traits in Norway Spruce

    Article • Frontiers in Plant Science, May 2020, Frontiers

    Holger Gärtner, Dr Alan Crivellaro

  26. Compression wood has a minor effect on the climate signal in tree-ring stable isotope records of montane Norway spruce

    Article • Tree Physiology, April 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Holger Gärtner

  27. Schweingruber’s cosmos of inspiration

    Article • Dendrochronologia, April 2020, Elsevier

    Holger Gärtner

  28. Compression wood has a minor effect on the climate signal in tree-ring stable isotopes of montane Norway spruce

    Article • March 2020, Copernicus GmbH

    Holger Gärtner

  29. Fritz Hans Schweingruber (1936-2020)

    Article • IAWA Journal, February 2020, Brill

    Holger Gärtner, Dr Alan Crivellaro

  30. Occurrence of ‘blue’ and ‘frost’ rings reveal frost sensitivity of eastern Baltic provenances of Scots pine

    Article • Forest Ecology and Management, February 2020, Elsevier

    Holger Gärtner

  31. Scientific Merits and Analytical Challenges of Tree‐Ring Densitometry

    Article • Reviews of Geophysics, November 2019, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Holger Gärtner, Ricardo Villalba

  32. Plasticity and climatic sensitivity of wood anatomy contribute to performance of eastern Baltic provenances of Scots pine

    Article • Forest Ecology and Management, November 2019, Elsevier

    Holger Gärtner

  33. Comparative dendroecological characterisation of Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) Swingle in its native and introduced range

    Article • Dendrochronologia, October 2019, Elsevier

    Holger Gärtner

  34. Anatomy and dendrochronological potential of Moringa peregrina from the hyper-arid desert in Egypt

    Article • Dendrochronologia, August 2019, Elsevier

    Holger Gärtner

  35. Reconstruction and actual trends of landslide activities in Bruust–Haltiwald, Horw, canton of Lucerne, Switzerland

    Article • Geographica Helvetica, March 2019, Copernicus GmbH

    Holger Gärtner

  36. Introducing anatomical techniques to subfossil wood

    Article • Dendrochronologia, December 2018, Elsevier

    Holger Gärtner, Dr Alan Crivellaro

  37. 20 Jahre Waldföhrensterben im Wallis: Rückblick und aktuelle Resultate

    Article • Schweizerische Zeitschrift fur Forstwesen, September 2018, Swiss Forestry Society

    Holger Gärtner

  38. Long slide holders for microscope stages

    Article • IAWA Journal, August 2018, Brill

    Holger Gärtner

  39. Effects of Mycorrhizal Fungi on Slope Stabilisation Functions of Plants

    Article • June 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Holger Gärtner

  40. Berenty Reserve—A Gallery Forest in Decline in Dry Southern Madagascar—Towards Forest Restoration

    Article • Land, January 2018, MDPI AG

    Holger Gärtner

  41. An annually-resolved stem growth tool based on 3D laser scans and 2D tree-ring data

    Article • Trees, October 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Holger Gärtner

  42. New Tree-Ring Evidence from the Pyrenees Reveals Western Mediterranean Climate Variability since Medieval Times

    Article • Journal of Climate, July 2017, American Meteorological Society

    Holger Gärtner

  43. Does mycorrhizal inoculation improve plant survival, aggregate stability, and fine root development on a coarse-grained soil in an alpine eco-engineering field experiment?

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences, August 2016, Wiley

    Wolfgang Wilcke, Holger Gärtner

  44. TREE-RING FEATURES: INDICATORS OF EXTREME EVENT IMPACTS

    Article • IAWA Journal, July 2016, Brill

    Holger Gärtner

  45. Quantitative analysis of ring growth in spruce roots and its application towards a more precise dating

    Article • Dendrochronologia, June 2016, Elsevier

    Holger Gärtner

  46. A new sledge microtome to combine wood anatomy and tree-ring ecology

    Article • IAWA Journal, December 2015, Brill

    Holger Gärtner

  47. Forty centimeter long transverse and radial sections cut from fresh increment cores

    Article • IAWA Journal, December 2015, Brill

    Holger Gärtner

  48. Pre-alpine mire sediments as a mirror of erosion, soil formation and landscape evolution during the last 45ka

    Article • CATENA, May 2015, Elsevier

    Holger Gärtner

  49. A simplified and rapid technique to determine an aggregate stability coefficient in coarse grained soils

    Article • CATENA, April 2015, Elsevier

    Wolfgang Wilcke, Holger Gärtner

  50. A Technical Perspective in Modern Tree-ring Research - How to Overcome Dendroecological and Wood Anatomical Challenges

    Article • Journal of Visualized Experiments, March 2015, MyJove Corporation

    Holger Gärtner

  51. Effects of experimental stem burial on radial growth and wood anatomy of pedunculate oak

    Article • Dendrochronologia, January 2015, Elsevier

    Holger Gärtner

  52. Preparing micro sections of entire (dry) conifer increment cores for wood anatomical time-series analyses

    Article • Dendrochronologia, January 2015, Elsevier

    Holger Gärtner

  53. Variation in wood anatomical structure of Douglas-fir defoliated by the western spruce budworm: a case study in the coastal-transitional zone of British Columbia, Canada

    Article • Trees, September 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Holger Gärtner

  54. The use of mycorrhiza for eco‐engineering measures in steep alpine environments: effects on soil aggregate formation and fine‐root development

    Article • Earth Surface Processes, April 2014, Wiley

    Wolfgang Wilcke, Holger Gärtner

  55. The olive-branch dating of the Santorini eruption

    Article • Antiquity, March 2014, Cambridge University Press

    Hans Beeckman, Holger Gärtner

  56. New perspectives for wood anatomical analysis in dendrosciences: The GSL1-microtome

    Article • Dendrochronologia, January 2014, Elsevier

    Holger Gärtner

  57. Application of eccentric growth of trees as a tool for landslide analyses: The example of Picea abies Karst. in the Carpathian and Sudeten Mountains (Central Europe)

    Article • CATENA, December 2013, Elsevier

    Holger Gärtner

  58. Effect of permafrost on the formation of soil organic carbon pools and their physical–chemical properties in the Eastern Swiss Alps

    Article • CATENA, November 2013, Elsevier

    Holger Gärtner

  59. Temperature modulates intra-plant growth of Salix polaris from a high Arctic site (Svalbard)

    Article • Polar Biology, June 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Holger Gärtner

  60. Age and diversity of Mediterranean dwarf shrublands: a dendrochronological approach along an altitudinal gradient on Crete

    Article • Journal of Vegetation Science, March 2013, Wiley

    Holger Gärtner

  61. Tracing the origin of Arctic driftwood

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences, January 2013, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Holger Gärtner

  62. Olive Tree-Ring Problematic Dating: A Comparative Analysis on Santorini (Greece)

    Article • PLOS One, January 2013, PLOS

    Hans Beeckman, Holger Gärtner

  63. The advantage of using a starch based non-Newtonian fluid to prepare micro sections

    Article • Dendrochronologia, January 2013, Elsevier

    Holger Gärtner

  64. Wood anatomical analysis of Swiss willow (Salix helvetica) shrubs growing on creeping mountain permafrost

    Article • Dendrochronologia, January 2013, Elsevier

    Holger Gärtner

  65. Xylem Adjustment in Erica Arborea to Temperature and Moisture Availability in Contrasting Climates

    Article • IAWA Journal, January 2013, Brill

    Holger Gärtner

  66. A tool to model 3D coarse-root development with annual resolution

    Article • Plant and Soil, May 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Holger Gärtner

  67. Cross-sectional interpolation of annual rings within a 3D root model

    Article • Dendrochronologia, January 2011, Elsevier

    Holger Gärtner

  68. Drought-triggered false ring formation in a Mediterranean shrub

    Article • Botany, June 2010, Canadian Science Publishing

    Holger Gärtner

  69. Fire-related features of wood anatomy in a sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa) coppice in southern Switzerland

    Article • Trees, April 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Holger Gärtner

  70. Incorporating 2D tree-ring data in 3D laser scans of coarse-root systems

    Article • Plant and Soil, April 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Holger Gärtner

  71. The core-microtome: A new tool for surface preparation on cores and time series analysis of varying cell parameters

    Article • Dendrochronologia, January 2010, Elsevier

    Holger Gärtner

  72. Studying global change through investigation of the plastic responses of xylem anatomy in tree rings

    Article • New Phytologist, September 2009, Wiley

    Holger Gärtner

  73. The Formation of Traumatic Rows of Resin Ducts in Larix Decidua and Picea Abies (Pinaceae) as a Result of Wounding Experiments in the Dormant Season

    Article • IAWA Journal, January 2009, Brill

    Holger Gärtner

  74. Variations in Tension Wood of Two Broad‐Leaved Tree Species in Response to Different Mechanical Treatments: Implications for Dendrochronology and Mass Movement Studies

    Article • International Journal of Plant Sciences, September 2008, University of Chicago Press

    Holger Gärtner

  75. Erosionsrekonstruktion aufgrund anatomischer Veränderungen in Eschenwurzeln | Reconstruction of erosion dynamics with exposed roots of European ash

    Article • Schweizerische Zeitschrift fur Forstwesen, March 2008, Swiss Forestry Society

    Holger Gärtner

  76. Wood anatomical changes in roots of European ash (Fraxinus excelsior L.) after exposure

    Article • Dendrochronologia, March 2008, Elsevier

    Holger Gärtner

  77. Application of ash (Fraxinus excelsior L.) roots to determine erosion rates in mountain torrents

    Article • CATENA, January 2008, Elsevier

    Holger Gärtner

  78. Tree roots — Methodological review and new development in dating and quantifying erosive processes

    Article • Geomorphology, May 2007, Elsevier

    Holger Gärtner

  79. Tension Wood Formed in Fagus Sylvatica and Alnus Glutinosa After Simulated Mass Movement Events

    Article • IAWA Journal, January 2007, Brill

    Holger Gärtner

  80. 400 Years of Debris-Flow Activity and Triggering Weather Conditions: Ritigraben, Valais, Switzerland

    Article • Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research, August 2005, Taylor & Francis

    Holger Gärtner

  81. Stabile Isotope in der Dendroklimatologie | Stable isotopes and dendroclimatology

    Article • Schweizerische Zeitschrift fur Forstwesen, June 2004, Swiss Forestry Society

    Holger Gärtner

  82. Object-oriented modeling of data sources as a tool for the integration of heterogeneous geoscientific information

    Article • Computers & Geosciences, October 2001, Elsevier

    Holger Gärtner

  83. Principles of semantic modeling of landform structures

    Article • Computers & Geosciences, October 2001, Elsevier

    Holger Gärtner

  84. Interpretation of tree–ring chronologies

    Article • Erdkunde, September 2001, Erdkunde

    Holger Gärtner

  85. Optically Activeα-Arylcarboxylic Acids by Kinetic Resolution: Pyrethroid Acids

    Article • Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English, February 1984, Wiley

    Holger Gärtner