ERA-Chair: Striving for excellence in forest ecosystem research

Informations projet

EXCELLENTIA

N° de convention de subvention: 101087262

DOI

10.3030/101087262

Date de signature de la CE 31 Mars 2023

Date de début 1 Mai 2023

Date de fin 30 Avril 2028

Financé au titre de

• Widening participation and spreading excellence

Coût total

€ 2 499 530,00

Contribution de l’UE

€ 2 499 530,00

Coordonné par

MENDELOVA UNIVERZITA V BRNE
Czechia

CORDIS fournit des liens vers les livrables publics et les publications des projets HORIZON.

Les liens vers les livrables et les publications des projets du 7e PC, ainsi que les liens vers certains types de résultats spécifiques tels que les jeux de données et les logiciels, sont récupérés dynamiquement sur OpenAIRE .

Livrables

Documents, reports (4)

Report of T2.1 and T2.2 courses

The report will cover 1st edition of the Scientific and Reference Databases training for R1 and R2 researchers and 1st edition of the Academic writing seminar.

Definition of the annual research plan

The annual plan defined for FER Group by the lead scientists based on the T1.1-T1.4 and scientists focusing on the respective fields. It will contain scientific milestones, publication activities, and data sources.

Key performance indicators – 3 years before project

FFWT performance in the critical indicators during three years before the project started, covering only disciplines included in the T1.1-T1.4.

Communication, Dissemination, Outreach and Exploitation Plan

The PEDR will define a) communication and dissemination main actors; b) key messages; c) a multi-modal mix of channels; d) target groups (MENDELU Staff, MENDELU students, other stakeholders: policy/decision-makers, professionals, landowners and engaged citizens); e) criteria for self-evaluation of effectiveness.

Data Management Plan (1)

Research data management plan

Research data management plan of the EXCELLENTIA building on the information provided in the project proposal, covering data types, data sources, and foreseen repositories.

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (21)

Early overyielding in a mixed deciduous forest is driven by both above- and below-ground species-specific acclimatization

Auteurs: Ramona Werner; Lisa T Gasser; Matthias Steinparzer; Mathias Mayer; Iftekhar U Ahmed; Hans Sandén; Douglas L Godbold; Boris Rewald
Publié dans: Annals of Botany, 2024, ISSN 1095-8290
Éditeur: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1093/AOB/MCAE150

Diversity, root tip vitality and soil-driven variations of Ectomycorrhizal communities in Pinus cembra forests from alpine treelines

Auteurs: Hangyu Lan, Markus Gorfer, Burenjargal Otgonsuren, Douglas L. Godbold
Publié dans: Plant and Soil, Numéro 521, 2026, ISSN 0032-079X
Éditeur: Springer Nature
DOI: 10.1007/S11104-026-08444-4

Diversity in Resource Use Strategies Promotes Productivity in Young Planted Tree Species Mixtures

Auteurs: Jensen, Joel; Blondeel, Haben; Guillemot, Joannès; Schnabel, Florian; Serrano‐León, Hernán; Auge, Harald; Baeten, Lander; Barsoum, Nadia; Bauhus, Jürgen; Baum, Christel; Bermudez, Raimundo; Beyer, Friderike; Brancalion, Pedro; Cavender‐Bares, Jeannine; Eisenhauer, Nico; Felton, Adam; Ferlian, Olga; Fiedler, Sebastian; Gebauer, Tobias; Godbold, Douglas L.; Hajek, Peter; Hall, Jefferson S.; Hölscher, Dirk; Jactel, Hervé; Kreft, Holger; Lapadat, Cathleen; MacLaren, Chloe; Martin‐StPaul, Nicolas; Meredieu, Céline; Mereu, Simone; Messier, Christian; Montgomery, Rebecca A.; Muys, Bart; Nock, Charles A.; Parker, John D.; Parker, William C.; Paterno, Gustavo B.; Perring, Michael P.; Ponette, Quentin; Potvin, Catherine; Reich, Peter B.; Rentch, James; Rewald, Boris; Robin, Agnès; Scherer‐Lorenzen, Michael; Sandén, Hans; Sinacore, Katherine; Standish, Rachel J.; Stefanski, Artur; Verheyen, Kris; Williams, Laura J.; Weih, Martin
Publié dans: Global Change Biology, 2025, ISSN 1365-2486
Éditeur: Wiley
DOI: 10.1111/GCB.70493

The virome of the panglobal, wide host-range plant pathogen <i>Phytophthora cinnamomi</i>: phylogeography and evolutionary insights

Auteurs: Leticia Botella; Ondřej Hejna; Tomáš Kudláček; Kateřina Kovačiková; Michael Rost; Marco Forgia; Milica Raco; Ivan Milenković; Tamara Corcobado; Cristiana Maia; Bruno Scanu; André Drenth; David I Guest; Edward C Y Liew; Nguyen Minh Chi; Pham Quang Thu; Tun-Tschu Chang; Chuen-Hsu Fu; Koji Kageyama; Ayaka Hieno; Hayato Masuja; Seiji Uematsu; Álvaro Durán; Marthin Tarigan; Muhammad Junaid; Nasri Nasri; Eugenio Sanfuentes; Vladislav Čurn; Joan F Webber; Clive M Brasier; Marília Horta Jung; Thomas Jung
Publié dans: Virus Evolution, 2025, ISSN 2057-1577
Éditeur: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1093/VE/VEAF020

Growth Characteristics and Freezing Tolerance of Ectomycorrhizal and Saprotrophic Fungi: Responses to Normal and Freezing Temperatures

Auteurs: Hangyu Lan, Markus Gorfer, Burenjargal Otgonsuren, Douglas L. Godbold
Publié dans: Forests, Numéro 16, 2025, ISSN 1999-4907
Éditeur: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/F16020191

Soil carbon to go: Agroforestry practices including coffee sequester the highest amounts of soil C in mountainous Southern Ethiopia

Auteurs: Abera Tilahun Abdi; Bamlaku Ayenew Kassa; Hafte Mebrahten Tesfay; Hans Sandén; Boris Rewald
Publié dans: Agroforestry Systems, ISSN 1572-9680
Éditeur: Springer Nature
DOI: 10.1007/S10457-025-01298-2

Tree species diversity drives above‐ground carbon sequestration through light‐related trait shifts

Auteurs:  Joel Jensen; Haben Blondeel; Chloe MacLaren; Iftekhar U. Ahmed; Laurent Augusto; Lander Baeten; Mark R. Bakker; Jürgen Bauhus; Christel Baum; Friderike Beyer, Boris Rewaldm, Douglas Godbold,  et al.
Publié dans: Functional Ecology, ISSN 1365-2435
Éditeur: Wiley
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.70320

Above- and below-ground phenology of four tree species in mixed forests and monospecific stands

Auteurs: GUO, Qiwen; REWALD, Boris; SANDÉN, Hans; STEINPARZER, Matthias; WERNER, Ramona; GODBOLD, Douglas Lawrence
Publié dans: Functional Ecology, ISSN 1365-2486
Éditeur: Wiley
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.70196

Growth of Ectomycorrhizal Fungi on Inorganic and Organic Nitrogen Sources

Auteurs: Burenjargal Otgonsuren, Hangyu Lan, Douglas L. Godbold
Publié dans: Microbiology Research, Numéro 17, 2025, ISSN 2036-7481
Éditeur: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/MICROBIOLRES17010005

Spectral clustering analysis: discrimination of grass-herb roots and live-dead roots in VISNIR and SWIR regions

Auteurs: Pavel Baykalov; Gernot Bodner; Ivika Ostonen; Boris Rewald
Publié dans: Plant and Soil, 2025, ISSN 1573-5036
Éditeur: Springer Nature
DOI: 10.1007/S11104-025-07306-9

Effects of tree species richness on topsoil carbon and fungal diversity in European planted mixed forests are modulated by environmental conditions

Auteurs: Ramona Werner; Joel Jensen; Petra Fransson; Christel Baum; Hans Sandén; Boris Rewald; Douglas L. Godbold; Mathias Mayer; Joannès Guillemot; Agnès Robin; Pedro H.S. Brancalion; Julia Koricheva; Quentin Ponette; Bart Muys; Kris Verheyen; Michael Scherer-Lorenzen; Jürgen Bauhus; Friderike Beyer; Peter Hajek; Hervé Jactel; Martin Weih
Publié dans: Geoderma, 2025, ISSN 1872-6259
Éditeur: Elsevier B.V.
DOI: 10.2139/SSRN.5297778

Forest temperature buffering in pure and mixed stands: A high-resolution temporal analysis with generalized additive models

Auteurs: STEINPARZER, Matthias; GILLEROT, Loïc; REWALD, Boris; GODBOLD, Douglas Lawrence; HALUZA, Daniela; GUO, Qiwen; VOSPERNIK, Sonja
Publié dans: Forest Ecology and Management, ISSN 1872-7042
Éditeur: Elsevier B.V.
DOI: 10.1016/J.FORECO.2025.122582

Beyond meteorological data: Modelling tree growth with ERA5-Land

Auteurs: Marian Schönauer; Christoph Pucher; Jan Altman; Josef Weißbacher; Lars Sprengel; Boris Rewald
Publié dans: Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 2025, ISSN 1873-2240
Éditeur: Elsevier B.V.
DOI: 10.1016/J.AGRFORMET.2025.110679

Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies

Auteurs: Marian Schönauer; Stephen B. Asabere; Daniela Sauer; Simon Drollinger
Publié dans: Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 2025, ISSN 2214-5818
Éditeur: Elsevier B.V.
DOI: 10.1016/J.EJRH.2025.102456

Diversity and impact of single-stranded RNA viruses in Czech <i>Heterobasidion</i> populations

Auteurs: László Benedek Dálya, Martin Černý, Marcos de la Peña, Anna Poimala, Eeva J. Vainio, Jarkko Hantula, Leticia Botella
Publié dans: mSystems, Numéro 9, 2024, ISSN 2379-5077
Éditeur: American Society for Microbiology
DOI: 10.1128/MSYSTEMS.00506-24

Forests

Auteurs: GUO, Qiwen; REWALD, Boris; SANDÉN, Hans; GODBOLD, Douglas Lawrence
Publié dans: Forests, ISSN 1999-4907
Éditeur: MDPI Open Access Publishing
DOI: 10.3390/F16081257

Paddy rice traits estimation under varying management strategies using UAV technology

Auteurs: MUHINDO, Daniel; LELEI, Joyce J; MUNYAHALI, Wivine; CIZUNGU, Landry; DOETTERL, Sebastian; WILKEN, Florian; BAGULA, Espoir; OKOLE, Nathan; REWALD, Boris; MWONGA, Samuel
Publié dans: Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment, ISSN 2639-6696
Éditeur: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/AGG2.70047

Semantic segmentation of plant roots from RGB (mini-) rhizotron images—generalisation potential and false positives of established methods and advanced deep-learning models

Auteurs: Pavel Baykalov, Bart Bussmann, Richard Nair, Abraham George Smith, Gernot Bodner, Ofer Hadar, Naftali Lazarovitch, Boris Rewald
Publié dans: Plant Methods, Numéro 19, 2023, ISSN 1746-4811
Éditeur: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1186/s13007-023-01101-2

Trends in Plant Science

Auteurs: Marco Lombardi; Claus Krogh Madsen; Alexa Peterson; Uffe Jørgensen; Henrik Brinch-Pedersen; Boris Rewald; Eusun Han
Publié dans: Trends in Plant Science, ISSN 1360-1385
Éditeur: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.TPLANTS.2025.07.003

Mycorrhizal associations modify tree diversity−productivity relationships across experimental tree plantations

Auteurs: Shan Luo, Bernhard Schmid, Andy Hector, Michael Scherer‐Lorenzen, Kris Verheyen, Nadia Barsoum, Juergen Bauhus, Friderike Beyer, Helge Bruelheide, Olga Ferlian, Douglas Godbold, Jefferson S. Hall, Peter Hajek, Yuanyuan Huang, Dirk Hölscher, Holger Kreft, Xiaojuan Liu, Christian Messier, Charles Nock, Alain Paquette, John D. Parker, William C. Parker, Gustavo B. Paterno, Peter B. Reich, Boris Rewald, Hans Sandén, Katherine Sinacore, Artur Stefanski, Laura Williams, Nico Eisenhauer
Publié dans: New Phytologist, Numéro 243, 2025, ISSN 0028-646X
Éditeur: Wiley
DOI: 10.1111/NPH.19889

Multiyear Drought Strengthens Positive and Negative Functional Diversity Effects on Tree Growth Response

Auteurs: Hernán Serrano‐León; Haben Blondeel; Paula Glenz; Johannes Steurer; Florian Schnabel; Lander Baeten; Joannès Guillemot; Nicolas Martin‐StPaul; Georgios Skiadaresis; Michael Scherer‐Lorenzen; Damien Bonal; Matthieu Boone; Renaud Decarsin; Arsène Druel; Douglas L. Godbold; Jialiang Gong; Peter Hajek; Hervé Jactel; Julia Koricheva; Simone Mereu; Quentin Ponette; Boris Rewald; Hans Sandén; Jan Van den Bulcke; Kris Verheyen; Ramona Werner; Jürgen Bauhus
Publié dans: Global Change Biology, 2025, ISSN 1365-2486
Éditeur: Wiley
DOI: 10.1111/GCB.70394