GAYLER S, GRAMS TEE, HELLER W, TREUTTER D, PRIESACK E (2008) Modeling environmental effects on allocation to carbon-based secondary compounds in juvenile trees. Annals of Botany 101: 1089-1098

PRITSCH K, ERNST D, FLEISCHMANN F, GAYLER S, GRAMS TEE, GÖTTLEIN A, HELLER W, KOCH N, LANG H, MATYSSEK R, MUNCH JC, OLBRICH M, SCHERB H, STICH S, WINKLER JB, SCHLOTER M (2008) Plant and soil system responses to ozone after three years in a lysimeter study with juvenile beech ( Fagus sylvatica L.). Water, Air & Soil Pollution: Focus 8: 139-154

GESSLER A, LÖW M, HEERDT C, OP DE BEECK M, SCHUMACHER J, GRAMS TEE, BAHNWEG G, CEULEMANS R, WERNER H, MATYSSEK R, RENNENBERG H, HABERER K (2009) Within-canopy and ozone fumigation effects on d 13 C and ? 18 O in adult beech ( Fagus sylvatica ) trees: relation to meteorological and gas exchange parameters. Tree Physiology,doi:10.1093/treephys/tpp1066

GRAMS TEE, MATYSSEK R (2009) Stable isotope signatures reflect competitiveness between trees under changed CO 2 /O 3 regimes. Environmental Pollution: doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2009.1008.1037

LUEDEMANN G, MATYSSEK R, WINKLER JB, GRAMS TEE (2009) Contrasting ozone x pathogen interaction as mediated through competition between juvenile European beech ( Fagus sylvatica ) and Norway spruce ( Picea abies ). Plant and Soil 323: 47-60

RODENKIRCHEN H, GÄTTLEIN A, KOZOVITS AR, MATYSSEK R, GRAMS TEE (2009) Nutrient contents and efficiencies of beech and spruce saplings as influenced by competition and O 3 /CO 2 regime. European Journal of Forest Research 128: 117-128

WINKLER JB, FLEISCHMANN F, GAYLER S, SCHERB H, MATYSSEK R, GRAMS TEE (2009) Do chronic aboveground O 3 exposure and belowground pathogen stress affect growth and belowground biomass partitioning of juvenile beech trees ( Fagus sylvatica L.)? Plant and Soil 323: 31-44

PHASE III (2004-2007)

MATYSSEK R, WIESER G, NUNN AJ, KOZOVITS AR, REITER IM, HEERDT C, WINKLER JB, BAUMGARTEN M, HÄBERLE K-H, GRAMS TEE, WERNER H, FABIAN P, HAVRANEK WM (2004) Comparison between AOT40 and ozone uptake in forest trees of different species, age and site conditions. Atmospheric Environment 38: 2271-2281

MATYSSEK R, WIESER G, NUNN AJ, LÖW M, THEN C, H ERBINGER K, BLUMENRÖTHER M, JEHNES S, REITER IM, HEERDT C, KOCH N, HÄBERLE K-H, HABERER K, W ERNER H, TAUSZ M, FABIAN P, RENNENBERG H, GRILL D, OSSWALD W (2005) How sensitive are forest trees to ozone - new research on an old issue. In: Omasa K, Nouchi I, De Kok LJ (eds.) Plant Responses to Air Pollution and Global Change, Springer-Verlag Tokyo, pp. 21-28

KOZOVITS AR, MATYSSEK R, BLASCHKE H, GÖTTLEIN A, GRAMS TEE (2005) Competition increasingly dominates the responsiveness of juvenile beech and spruce to elevated CO 2 and O 3 concentrations throughout three subsequent growing seasons. Global Change Biology 11: 1387-1401

KOZOVITS AR, MAYSSEK R, WINKLER JB, GÖTTLEIN A, BLASCHKE H, GRAMS TEE (2005) Aboveground space sequestration determines competitive success in juvenile beech and spruce trees. New phytologist 167: 181-196

LIU X, GRAMS TEE, MATYSSEK R, RENNENBERG H (2005) Effects of elevated p CO 2 and/or p O 3 on C-, N-, and S-metabolites in the leaves of juvenile beech and spruce differ between trees grown in monoculture and mixed culture. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 43: 147-154.

MATYSSEK R, AGERER R, ERNST D, MUNCH J-C, OSSWALD W, PRETZSCH H, PRIESACK E, SCHNYDER H, TREUTTER D (2005) The plant's capacity in regulating resource demand. Plant Biology 7: 560-580

MATYSSEK R , SCHNYDER H, MUNCH J-C, OSSWALD W, PRETZSCH H, TREUTTER D (2005) Resource allocation in plants – the balance between resource sequestration and retention. Plant Biology 7: 557-559

NUNN AJ, ANEGG S, BETZ G, SIMONS S, KALISCH G, SEIDLITZ HK, GRAMS TEE, HÄBERLE KH, MATYSSEK R, BAHNWEG G, SANDERMANN H, LANGEBARTELS C (2005) Role of ethylene in the regulation of cell death and leaf loss in ozone-exposed European beech. Plan, Cell and Environment 28: 886-897

NUNN AJ, KOZOVITS AR, REITER IM, HEERDT C, LEUCHNER M, LÜTZ C, LIU X, WINKLER JB, GRAMS TEE, HÄBERLE K-H, WERNER H, FABIAN P, RENNEN-BERG H, MATYSSEK R (2005) Comparison of ozone uptake and responsiveness between a phytotron study with joung and a field experiment with adult beech (Fagus sylvatica). Environmental Pollution 137:494-506

SCHLOTER, M., WINKLER, B., ANEJA, M. KOCH, N., FLEISCHMANN, F., PRITSCH, K., HELLER, W., STEIN, S., GRAMS, T.E.E., GÖTTLEIN, A., MATYSSEK, R ., MUNCH J.C. (2005) Influence of ozone on the plant – rhizosphere - bulk soil system of young beech trees. Plant Biology 7: 728-736

GAYLER S, GRAMS TEE, KOSOVITS AR, WINKLER JB, L UEDEMANN G, PRIESACK E (2006) Analysis of competition effects in mono- and mixed cultures of juvenile beech and spruce by means of the plant growth simulation model PLATHO. Plant Biology 8: 503-514

GRAMS TEE, KOZOVITS AR, HÄBERLE K-H, MATYSSEK R, DAWSON TE (2007) Combining d 13 C and d 18 O analyses to unravel competition, CO 2 and O 3 effects on the physiological performance of different-aged trees. Plant, Cell and Environment 30: 1023-1034

GRAMS TEE, ANDERSEN CP (2007) Competition for resources in trees: Physiological versus morphological plasticity. In: Esser K, Lüttge U, Beyschlag W, Murata J (eds) Progress in Botany, vol 68. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, pp 356-381

KOCH N, ANDERSEN CP, RAIDL S, AGERER R, MATYSSEK R , GRAMS TEE (2007)Temperature-respiration relationships differ in mycorrhizal and non-mycorrhizal root systems of Picea abies (L.) Karst. Plant Biology:545-549.

WIESER G, MATYSSEK R (2007) Linking ozone uptake and defense towards a mechanistic risk assessment for forest trees. New Phytologist 174:7-9.

PHASE I and II (1998-2003)

MATYSSEK, R., INNES, J.L., (1999): Ozone - a risk factor for trees and forests in Europe: areas of uncertainty. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 116: 199-226.

POLLE A, MATYSSEK R, GüNTHARDT-GOERG MS, MAURER S (2000):
Defense strategies against ozone in trees: the role of nutrition. In: Agrawal SB, Agrawal M (eds.) Environmental pollution and plant responses.
Lewis Publishers, New York, Boca Raton, pp. 223-245

MATYSSEK, R. (2001) How sensitive is birch to ozone ? Responses in structure and function. Journal of Forest Science 47:8-20.

GRAMS TEE, KOZOVITS AR, REITER IM, WINKLER JB, SOMMERKORN M, BLASCHKE H, MATYSSEK R (2002): Quantifying competitiveness in woody plants
Plant Biology 4:153-158

FLEISCHMANN F, SCHNEIDER D, MATYSSEK R, OSSWALD W (2002) Investigations on net CO 2 assimilation, transpiration and root growth of Fagus sylvatica infested with four different Phytophthora species. Plant Biology 4: 144-152

MATYSSEK ·R, GÜNTHARDT-GOERG · M. S. , MAURER S, CHRIST R. (2002) Tissue structure and respiration of stems of Betula pendula under contrasting ozone exposure and nutrition. Trees 16: 375-385

WIESER G, HECKE K, TAUSZ M, HÄBERLE KH, GRAMS TEE, MATYSSEK R (2002a) The role of antioxidative defense in determining ozone sensitivity of Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) across tree age: Implications for the sun- and shade-crown. Phyton - Annales Rei Botanicae 42: 245-253

WIESER G, TEGISCHER K, TAUSZ M, HÄBERLE KH, GRAMS TEE, MATYSSEK R (2002b) Age effects on Norway spruce (Picea abies) susceptibility to ozone uptake: a novel approach relating stress avoidance to defense. Tree Physiology 22: 583-590

WIESER G, HECKE K, TAUSZ M, HÄBERLE KH, GRAMS TEE, MATYSSEK R (2003) The influence of microclimate and tree age on the defense capacity of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) against oxidative stress. Annals of Forest Science 60: 131-135

MATYSSEK R, WIESER G, NUNN AJ, KOZOVITS AR, REITER IM, HEERDT C, WINKLER JB, BAUMGARTEN M, HÄBERLE K-H, GRAMS TEE, WERNER H, FABIAN P, HAVRANEK WM (2004) Comparison between AOT40 and ozone uptake in forest trees of different species, age and site conditions. Atmospheric Environment 38, 2271-2281