Experimentelle Pflanzenökologie

2026

Schmeddes J, Preuk N, Beil I, Dittmar EM, Malyshev A, Lemke A, Loft C, Quadt D, Richardt M, Woweries T & Kreyling J
Balancing the Risk: Heritability of Leaf Phenology and Frost Resistance in the Dominant Temperate Forest Tree European Beech.
Ecology and Evolution 16(7): e74080 (2026).
https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.74080

Wu Z, Walde MG, Beil I, Klisz M & Vitasse Y
Provenance-Specific Chilling and Forcing Requirements Shape Spring Phenology in Three European Temperate Tree Species.
Global Change Biology 32(4): e70851 (2026).
https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.70851

2025

Ohlert T, and 176 others including Beil I, Blindow I, Dahlke S, Kreyling J, Malyshev AV 
Drought intensity and duration interact to magnify losses in primary productivity. 
Science 390:284-289.
DOI: 10.1126/science.ads8144

Staudigel Hubert, Mathilde Borg Dahl, Yohannes B. Tesfay, Ilka Beil, Tim Urich, and Juergen Kreyling
Tripled Plant Productivity and Soil Microbiome Restructuring in a Greenhouse Volcanic Ash Fertilization 
Ecosphere 16(9): e70406. 
https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.70406 

2024

Muffler L, Weigel R, Beil I, Leuschner C, Schmeddes J & Kreyling J
Winter and spring frost events delay leaf-out, hamper growth and increase mortality in European beech seedlings, with weaker effects of subsequent frosts.
Ecology and Evolution 14(7): e70028 (2024).
https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.70028

Malyshev, A.V., Beil, I., Zohner, C.M., Garrigues, R., Campioli, M.
The clockwork of spring: bud dormancy timing as a driver of spring leaf-out in temperate deciduous trees,
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 349: 109957.
DOI.

Melinda D. Smith et al. et. Kreyling, J., Malyshev, A.V., Beil, I., Blindow, I., Dahlke, S.,
Extreme drought impacts have been underestimated in grasslands and shrublands globally. 
PNAS, Vol. 121 | No. 4
DOI

2023

Schmeddes, J., Muffler, L., Barbeta, A., Beil, I., Bolte, A., Holm, S., Karitter, P., Klisz, M., Löf, M., Nicolas, M., Peñuelas, J., Vitasse, Y., Weigel, R., & Kreyling, J.
High phenotypic variation found within the offspring of each mother tree in Fagus sylvatica regardless of the environment or source population.
Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–12.
https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13794

2021

Beil, I., Kreyling, J., Meyer, C., Lemcke, N., & Malyshev, A. V.
Late to bed, late to rise—Warmer autumn temperatures delay spring phenology by delaying dormancy. 
Global Change Biology, 00, 1– 12.
doi: 10.1111/gcb.15858

Muffler, L, Schmeddes, J, Weigel, R, Barbeta, A., Beil, I., Bolte, A., Buhk, C., Holm, S., Klein, G., Klisz, M., Löf, M., Peñuelas, J., Schneider, L., Vitasse, Y., Kreyling, J.
High plasticity in germination and establishment success in the dominant forest tree Fagus sylvatica across Europe. 
Global Ecol Biogeogr. 2021; 00: 1– 14.
doi: 10.1111/geb.13320

Blume-Werry, G., Di Maurizio, V., Beil, I., Lett, S., Schwieger, S., Kreyling, J.
Don’t drink it, bury it: comparing decomposition rates with the tea bag index is possible without prior leaching.
Plant and Soil
doi: 10.1007/s11104-021-04968-z

Weigel, R., Henry, H.A.L., Beil, I., Gebauer, G., Jurasinski, G., Klisz, M., van der Maaten, E., Muffler, L. & Kreyling, J.
Ecosystem Processes Show Uniform Sensitivity to Winter Soil Temperature Change Across a Gradient from Central to Cold Marginal Stands of a Major Temperate Forest Tree
Ecosystems
doi: 10.1007/s10021-021-00600-4

2020

Fischer, K., Kreyling, J., Beaulieu, M., Beil, I., Bog, M., Bonte, D., Holm, S., Knoblauch, S., Koch, D., Muffler, L., Mouginot, P., Paulinich, M., Scheepens, J. F., Schiemann, R., Schmeddes, J., Schnittler, M., Uhl, G., van der Maaten-Theunissen, M., Weier, J.M., Wilmking, M., Weigel, R., Gienapp, P.
Species-specific effects of thermal stress on the expression of genetic variation across a diverse group of plant and animal taxa under experimental conditions.
Heredity
doi: 10.1038/s41437-020-0338-4

Malyshev A.V., Beil I., Kreyling J.
Differential Thermal Analysis: A Fast Alternative to Frost Tolerance Measurements.
In: Hincha D., Zuther E. (eds) Plant Cold Acclimation.
Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2156.
Humana, New York, NY
doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-0660-5_3

Halbritter A, [...] Beil I, [...] Blume-Werry G, [...] Kreyling J, [...] Malyshev A, [...] Muffler L, et al.
The handbook for standardised field and laboratory measurements in terrestrial climate‐change experiments and observational studies (ClimEx)
Methods in Ecology and Evolution 11 (1), 22-37
doi: 10.1111/2041-210X.13331

2018

Kaczka, R. J., Spyt, B., Janecka, K., Beil, I., Büntgen, U., Scharnweber, T., Nievergelt, D. & Wilmking, M.
Different Maximum Latewood Density and Blue Intensity measurements techniques reveal similar results.
Dendrochronologia.
DOI: 10.1016/j.dendro.2018.03.005

Henry, H.A.L., Abedi, M., Alados, C.L., Beard, K.H., Fraser, L.H., Jentsch, A., Kreyling, J., Kulmatiski, A., Lamb, E.G., Sun, W., Vankoughnett, M.R., Venn, S., Werner, C., Beil, I., Blindow, I., Dahlke, S., Dubbert, M., Effinger, A., Garris, H.W., Gartzia, M., Gebauer, T., Arfin Khan, M.A.S., Malyshev, A.V., Morgan, J., Nock, C., Paulson, J.P., Pueyo, Y., Stover, H.J. & Yang, X.
Increased soil frost versus summer drought as drivers of plant biomass responses to reduced precipitation: Results from a globally coordinated field experiment.
Ecosystems.
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-018-0231-7

2016

Teltewskoi, A., Beermann, F., Beil, I., Bobrov, A., De Klerk, P., Lorenz, S., Lüder, A., Michaelis, D. & Joosten, H.
4000 Years of Changing Wetness in a Permafrost Polygon Peatland (Kytalyk,NE Siberia): A Comparative High-Resolution Multi-Proxy Study.
Permafrost and Periglac. Process., 27: 76-95
DOI: 10.1002/ppp.1869

2015

Myers-Smith, I. H., Hallinger, M.,  Blok, D., Sass-Klaassen, U., Rayback, S. A., Weijers, S., Trant, A., Naito, A. T., Tape, K. D., Wipf, S., Rixen, C., Dawes, M. A., Wheeler, J., Buchwal, A., Baittinger, C., Macias-Fauria, M., Forbes, B. C., Lévesque, E., Boulanger-Lapointe, N., Beil, I., Ravolainen. V., & Wilmking, M.
Methods for measuring arctic and alpine shrub growth: A review.
Earth-Science Reviews, 140: 1-13
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2014.10.004

Beil, I., Buras, A., Hallinger, M., Smiljanic, M., & Wilmking, M.
Shrubs tracing sea surface temperature - Calluna vulgaris on the Faroe Islands.
International Journal of Biometeorology 59 (11): 1567-1575
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-015-0963-4