Britta Eilmann

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Britta Eilmann is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Britta Eilmann has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 20 papers in Atmospheric Science and 14 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Britta Eilmann's work include Tree-ring climate responses (20 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (20 papers) and Forest ecology and management (12 papers). Britta Eilmann is often cited by papers focused on Tree-ring climate responses (20 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (20 papers) and Forest ecology and management (12 papers). Britta Eilmann collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Netherlands and Spain. Britta Eilmann's co-authors include Andreas Rigling, Patrick Fonti, Ute Sass‐Klaassen, Nina Buchmann, Roman Zweifel, Dieter Eckstein, Georg von Arx, Matthias Saurer, Rolf Siegwolf and Ignacio García‐González and has published in prestigious journals such as New Phytologist, Global Change Biology and Journal of Experimental Botany.

In The Last Decade

Britta Eilmann

23 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Studying global change through investigation of the plastic responses of xylem anatomy in tree rings
    2009 464 citations Patrick Fonti, Georg von Arx et al. New Phytologist profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Britta Eilmann 2.2k 1.9k 1.6k 595 217 23 2.7k
Jožica Gričar 2.8k 1.3× 2.6k 1.4× 1.8k 1.1× 853 1.4× 317 1.5× 112 3.5k
Guillermo Gea‐Izquierdo 1.4k 0.6× 1.1k 0.6× 1.2k 0.7× 405 0.7× 273 1.3× 66 2.0k
Peter Prislan 1.8k 0.8× 1.7k 0.9× 1.2k 0.7× 501 0.8× 235 1.1× 68 2.2k
Ignacio García‐González 2.1k 1.0× 2.2k 1.1× 1.2k 0.8× 543 0.9× 170 0.8× 61 2.5k
Cyrille Rathgeber 3.5k 1.6× 3.3k 1.7× 2.4k 1.5× 630 1.1× 279 1.3× 68 4.0k
Hubert Morin 2.3k 1.1× 2.2k 1.2× 1.6k 1.0× 314 0.5× 201 0.9× 32 2.6k
J. A. Pardos 1.6k 0.7× 658 0.3× 1.5k 0.9× 1.1k 1.8× 345 1.6× 64 2.5k
Frida I. Piper 2.0k 0.9× 1.1k 0.6× 1.5k 0.9× 1.1k 1.8× 259 1.2× 63 2.7k
Lucía Galiano 1.5k 0.7× 920 0.5× 1.0k 0.6× 719 1.2× 273 1.3× 16 2.0k
Daniele Castagneri 1.3k 0.6× 1.1k 0.6× 1.1k 0.7× 242 0.4× 148 0.7× 40 1.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Britta Eilmann

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Britta Eilmann

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Eilmann, Britta, et al.. (2015). Trait-specific responses of Scots pine to irrigation on a short vs long time scale. Tree Physiology. 35(2). 160–171. 18 indexed citations
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Eilmann, Britta, Frank J. Sterck, S.M.G. de Vries, et al.. (2014). Wood structural differences between northern and southern beech provenances growing at a moderate site. Tree Physiology. 34(8). 882–893. 66 indexed citations
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Eilmann, Britta, et al.. (2014). Growth adjustments of conifers to drought and to century-long irrigation. Forest Ecology and Management. 334. 96–105. 24 indexed citations
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Lévesque, Mathieu, Rolf Siegwolf, Matthias Saurer, Britta Eilmann, & Andreas Rigling. (2014). Increased water‐use efficiency does not lead to enhanced tree growth under xeric and mesic conditions. New Phytologist. 203(1). 94–109. 158 indexed citations
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Eilmann, Britta, Matthias Dobbertin, & Andreas Rigling. (2013). Growth response of Scots pine with different crown transparency status to drought release. Annals of Forest Science. 70(7). 685–693. 31 indexed citations
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Eilmann, Britta, et al.. (2013). Origin matters! Difference in drought tolerance and productivity of coastal Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.)) provenances. Forest Ecology and Management. 302. 133–143. 97 indexed citations
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Sass‐Klaassen, Ute, et al.. (2013). Micro-core processing - A time and efficient protocol. 2 indexed citations
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Arx, Georg von, et al.. (2013). ROXAS – an efficient and accurate tool to detect vessels in diffuse-porous species. IAWA Journal - KU Leuven/IAWA Journal. 34(4). 425–432. 22 indexed citations
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Stojnić, Srđan, Ute Sass‐Klaassen, Saša Orlović, Bratislav Matović, & Britta Eilmann. (2013). Plastic growth response of european beech provenances to dry site conditions. IAWA Journal - KU Leuven/IAWA Journal. 34(4). 475–484. 31 indexed citations
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Eilmann, Britta & Andreas Rigling. (2012). Tree-growth analyses to estimate tree species' drought tolerance. Tree Physiology. 32(2). 178–187. 192 indexed citations
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Rigling, Andreas, Christof Bigler, Britta Eilmann, et al.. (2012). Driving factors of a vegetation shift from Scots pine to pubescent oak in dry Alpine forests. Global Change Biology. 19(1). 229–240. 283 indexed citations
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Rigling, Andreas, Ché Elkin, Matthias Dobbertin, et al.. (2012). Wald und Klimawandel in der inneralpinen Trockenregion Visp. Schweizerische Zeitschrift fur Forstwesen. 163(12). 481–492. 4 indexed citations
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Eilmann, Britta, Roman Zweifel, Nina Buchmann, Elisabeth Graf Pannatier, & Andreas Rigling. (2011). Drought alters timing, quantity, and quality of wood formation in Scots pine. Journal of Experimental Botany. 62(8). 2763–2771. 190 indexed citations
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Rigling, Andreas, et al.. (2010). Mistletoe-induced crown degradation in Scots pine in a xeric environment. Tree Physiology. 30(7). 845–852. 94 indexed citations
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Dobbertin, Matthias, Britta Eilmann, P. Bleuler, et al.. (2010). Effect of irrigation on needle morphology, shoot and stem growth in a drought-exposed Pinus sylvestris forest. Tree Physiology. 30(3). 346–360. 109 indexed citations
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Eilmann, Britta, Nina Buchmann, Rolf Siegwolf, et al.. (2010). Fast response of Scots pine to improved water availability reflected in tree‐ring width and δ13C. Plant Cell & Environment. 33(8). 1351–1360. 94 indexed citations
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Egli, Simon, F. Ayer, Martina Peter, Britta Eilmann, & Andreas Rigling. (2010). Is forest mushroom productivity driven by tree growth? Results from a thinning experiment. Annals of Forest Science. 67(5). 509–509. 72 indexed citations
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Fonti, Patrick, Georg von Arx, Ignacio García‐González, et al.. (2009). Studying global change through investigation of the plastic responses of xylem anatomy in tree rings. New Phytologist. 185(1). 42–53. 464 indexed citations breakdown →
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Eilmann, Britta, Roman Zweifel, Nina Buchmann, Patrick Fonti, & Andreas Rigling. (2009). Drought-induced adaptation of the xylem in Scots pine and pubescent oak. Tree Physiology. 29(8). 1011–1020. 222 indexed citations
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Eilmann, Britta, Pascale Weber, Andreas Rigling, & Dieter Eckstein. (2005). Growth reactions of Pinus sylvestris L. and Quercus pubescens Willd. to drought years at a xeric site in Valais, Switzerland. Dendrochronologia. 23(3). 121–132. 128 indexed citations

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