References

Technical references

Please cite at least the first of the following technical references when using ROXAS for your research:

  • von Arx G & Carrer M. 2014. ROXAS - a new tool to build centuries-long tracheid-lumen chronologies in conifers. Dendrochronologia 32:290-293 (pdf)
  • Prendin AL, Petit G, Carrer M, Fonti P, Björklund J, von Arx G. 2017. New research perspectives from a novel approach to quantify tracheid wall thickness. Tree Physiology 37:976-983. https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpx037
  • von Arx G, Kueffer C & Fonti P. 2013. Quantifying vessel grouping – added value from the image analysis tool ROXAS. IAWA Journal 34:433-445. doi.org/10.1163/22941932-00000035
  • Wegner L, von Arx G, Sass-Klaassen U & Eilmann B. 2013. ROXAS – an efficient and accurate tool to detect vessels in diffuse-porous species. IAWA Journal 34:425-432. doi.org/10.1163/22941932-00000034
  • Fonti P, Eilmann B, Garcia-Gonzales I & von Arx G. 2009. Expeditious building of ring-porous earlywood vessel chronologies without loosing signal information. Trees – Structure and Function 23: 665-671. doi.org/10.1007/s00468-008-0310-z
  • von Arx G & Dietz H. 2005. Automated image analysis of annual rings in the roots of perennial forbs. International Journal of Plant Sciences 166: 723–732 (pdf)
  • von Arx G. 2006. A Tool for the Analysis of Annual Root Rings in Perennial Forbs. Media Cybernetics' Application Note (pdf) (do not use as a reference)
  • von Arx, G. 2005. Image-Pro Plus used to develop customized root cross-section analysis application. Media Cybernetics’ Customer Spotlight (pdf) (do not use as a reference)

References of some ROXAS-based publications

2018

  • Guerin M, Martin-Benito D, von Arx G, Griffin KL, Andreu-Hayles L, McDowell NG, Pockman W, Muscarella R, Hamdan R, Gentine G. 2018. Interannual variations in needle and sapwood traits of Pinus edulis branches under an experimental drought. Ecology and Evolution. doi.org/10.1002/ece3.3743
  • Peters RL, Balanzategui B, Hurley AG, von Arx G, Prendin AL, Cuny HE, Björklund J, Frank DC, Fonti P. 2018. RAPTOR: Row and position tracheid organizer in R. Dendrochronologia 47:10–16. doi.org/10.1016/j.dendro.2017.10.003
  • Prendin AL, Petit G, Fonti P, Rixen C, Dawes MA, von Arx G. 2018. Axial xylem architecture of Larix decidua exposed to CO2 enrichment and soil warming at the treeline. Functional Ecology. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.12986
  • Pacheco A, Camarero J, Ribas M, Gazol A, Gutierrez E, Carrer M. 2018. Disentangling the climate-driven bimodal growth pattern in coastal andcontinental Mediterranean pine stands. Science of The Total Environment. 615:1518-1526. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.09.133

 

2017

  • Diaconu D, Hackenberg J, Stangler DF, Kahle HP & Spiecker H. 2017. Simulation study to determine necessary sample sizes for image analysis-based quantitative wood anatomy of vessels of beech (Fagus sylvatica). Dendrochronologia 45:35-38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dendro.2017.07.002
  • Olano JM, Gonzalez-Munoz N, Arzac A, Rozas V, von Arx G, Delzon S, Garcia-Cervigon AI. 2017. Sex determines xylem anatomy in a dioecious conifer: hydraulic consequences in a drier world. Tree Physiology. https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpx066
  • Björklund J, Seftigen K, Schweingruber FH, Fonti P, von Arx G, Bryukhanova MV, Cuny HE, Carrer M, Castagneri D, Frank DC. 2017. Cell size and wall dimensions drive distinct variability of earlywood and latewood density in Northern Hemisphere conifers. New Phytologist 216:728–740. doi:10.1111/nph.14639.
  • Nielsen SS, von Arx G, Damgaard CF, Abermann J, Buchwal A, Büntgen U, Treier UA, Barfod AS, Normand S. 2017. Linking spatio-temporal variability of climate, xylem anatomical features, and growth of Betula nana from Western Greenland. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 49:359-371. doi:10.1657/AAAR0016-041
  • Carrer M, Castagneri D, Prendin AL, Petit G, von Arx G. 2017. Retrospective analysis of wood anatomical traits reveals a recent extension in tree cambial activity in two high-elevation conifers. Frontiers in Plant Science 8:737. doi:10.3389/fpls.2017.00737.
  • Prendin AL, Petit G, Carrer M, Fonti P, Björklund J, von Arx G. 2017. New research perspectives from a novel approach to quantify tracheid wall thickness. Tree Physiology 37:976-983. https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpx037
  • Petrucco L, Nardini A, von Arx G, Saurer M, Cherubini P. 2017. Isotope signals and anatomical features in tree rings suggest a role for hydraulic strategies in diffuse drought-induced die-back of Pinus nigra. Tree Physiology 37:523-535. https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpx031
  • von Arx G, Arzac A, Fonti P, Frank D, Zweifel R, Rigling A, Galiano L, Gessler A, Olano JM. 2017. Responses of sapwood ray parenchyma and non-structural carbohydrates (NSC) of Pinus sylvestris to drought and long-term irrigation. Functional Ecology 31:1371–1382. doi:10.1111/1365-2435.12860
  • Castagneri D, Fonti P, von Arx G, Carrer M. 2017. How does climate influence xylem morphogenesis over the growing season? Insights from long-term intra-ring anatomy in Picea abies. Annals of Botany 119:1011-1020. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcw274
  • Castagneri D, Regev L, Boaretto E, & Carrer M. 2017. Xylem anatomical traits reveal different strategies of two Mediterranean oaks to cope with drought and warming. Environmental and Experimental Botany 133:128-138. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0098847216302209
  • Nardini A, Savi T, Losso A, Petit G, Pacilè S, Tromba G, Mayr S, Trifilò P, Lo Gullo MA & Salleo S. 2017. X‐ray microtomography observations of xylem embolism in stems of Laurus nobilis are consistent with hydraulic measurements of percentage loss of conductance. New Phytologist 213:1068–1075. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.14245/full

 

2016

 

2015

  • von Arx G, Arzac A, Olano JM, Fonti P. 2015. Assessing conifer ray parenchyma for ecological studies: pitfalls and guidelines. Frontiers in Plant Sciences 6. http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2015.01016
  • Castagneri D, Petit G, & Carrer M. 2015. Divergent climate response on hydraulic-related xylem anatomical traits of Picea abies along a 900-m altitudinal gradient. Tree physiology 35:1378-1387. http://treephys.oxfordjournals.org/content/35/12/1378.short
  • Fonti P, Tabakova M, Kirdyanov A, Bryukhanova M, von Arx G. 2015. Variability of radial ray anatomy of Larix gmelinii along a forest productivity gradient in Siberia. Trees - Structure and Function 29:1165-1175. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00468-015-1197-0
  • Kniesel B, Günther B, Roloff A, von Arx G. 2015. Defining ecologically relevant vessel parameters in Quercus robur L. for use in dendroecology: a pointer year and recovery time case study in Central Germany. Trees - Structure and Function 29:1041-1051. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00468-015-1183-6
  • Büntgen U, Egli S, Schneider L, Rigling A, Camarero JJ, Oliach D, Colinas C, Fischer CR, von Arx G, Tegel W, Martínez-Peña F. Long-term irrigation effects on Spanish holm oak growth and its black truffle symbiont. 2015. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 202:148-159. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2014.12.016
  • Carrer M, von Arx G, Castagneri D, Petit G. Distilling allometric and environmental information from time series of conduit size: the standardization issue and its relation to tree hydraulic architecture. 2015. Tree Physiology 35:27-33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpu108

 

2014

  • von Arx G & Carrer M. 2014. ROXAS - a new tool to build centuries-long tracheid-lumen chronologies in conifers. Dendrochronologia 32:290-293 (pdf)
  • Eilmann B, Sterck F, Wegner L, de Vries S, von Arx G, Mohren F, den Ouden J & Sass-Klaassen U. 2014 Environmental conditions versus genetic predisposition – What drives the performance of beech provenances at moderate sites? Tree Physiology 34:882–893. https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpu069

 

2013

  • von Arx G, Kueffer C & Fonti P. 2013. Quantifying vessel grouping – added value from the image analysis tool ROXAS. IAWA Journal 34:433-445. doi.org/10.1163/22941932-00000035
  • Wegner L, von Arx G, Sass-Klaassen U & Eilmann B. 2013. ROXAS – an efficient and accurate tool to detect vessels in diffuse-porous species. IAWA Journal 34:425-432. doi.org/10.1163/22941932-00000034
  • Olano JM, Eugenio M, Almeria I & von Arx G. 2013. Under pressure: how a Mediterranean high-mountain forb coordinates growth and hydraulic xylem anatomy in response to temperature and water constraints. Functional Ecology 27: 1295-1303. doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.12144

 

Until 2012

  • von Arx G, Archer SA, Hughes MK. 2012. Long-term functional plasticity in plant hydraulic architecture in response to supplemental moisture. Annals of Botany 109: 1091-1100. doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcs030
  • Fonti P, von Arx G, García-González I, Eilmann B, Sass-Klaassen U, Gärtner H & Eckstein D. 2010. Studying global change through investigation of the plastic responses of xylem anatomy in tree rings. New Phytologist 185:42-53. doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.03030.x
  • Fonti P, Eilmann B, Garcia-Gonzales I & von Arx G. 2009. Expeditious building of ring-porous earlywood vessel chronologies without loosing signal information. Trees – Structure and Function 23: 665-671. doi.org/10.1007/s00468-008-0310-z
  • von Arx G & Dietz H. 2005. Automated image analysis of annual rings in the roots of perennial forbs. International Journal of Plant Sciences 166: 723–732 (pdf)