Balancing disturbance risk and ecosystem service provisioning in Swiss mountain forests: an increasing challenge under climate change.

Unlabelled: Climate change severely affects mountain forests and their ecosystem services, e.g., by altering disturbance regimes.

Biotic threats for 23 major non-native tree species in Europe.

For non-native tree species with an origin outside of Europe a detailed compilation of enemy species including the severity of their attack is lacking up to now. We collected information on native and non-native species attacking non-native trees, i.e.

Investigating Host Preference of Root Endophytes of Three European Tree Species, with a Focus on Members of the - Species Complex (PAC).

Host preference of root endophytes of the three European tree species of Norway spruce (), common ash (), and sycamore maple () were investigated in two forest stands near Zurich, Switzerland. The focus was placed on members of the s.l.

Competitiveness of endophytic Phialocephala fortinii s.l. - Acephala applanata strains in Norway spruce roots.

Dark septate endophytes of the Phialocephala fortinii s.l. - Acephala applanata species complex (PAC) are presumed to be the most abundant root colonizing endophytes of conifers across the Northern hemisphere.

MAT--gene structure and mating behavior of Hymenoscyphus fraxineus and Hymenoscyphus albidus.

Recently, different reproductive modes were proposed between the emerging forest pathogen Hymenoscyphus fraxineus and its closely related avirulent sister species, Hymenoscyphus albidus. In the present study, inter- and intraspecific crosses were performed to experimentally assess the reproduction barriers between the two species and to verify H. albidus' putative haploid-selfing reproductive mode.