Forests, Volume 14, Issue 2

The accurate habitat suitability evaluation of forest species is vital for forest resource management and conservation. Therefore, the previously published thresholds of soil organic carbon (SOC) contents for the six main forest species were used to...

Indonesia has around 4000 wood species, and 10% (400) of species are categorized as commercial wood. One species is kayu kuku (Pericopsis mooniana Thwaites), native to Southeast Sulawesi. This species is considered a fancy wood used for sawn timber,...

Buprestids are an emerging threat to broadleaf forests across the world. Species such as emerald ash borer (EAB, Agrilus planipennis) seriously threaten ash (Fraxinus spp.) in North America and Europe. As it continues spreading west from European Rus...

Studies have shown that disadvantaged neighborhoods have fewer green spaces, resources, and facilities, resulting in residents facing more barriers to using green spaces. This study aims to quantify green space usage patterns and constraints in old r...

Predicting the suitable habitat of plants under climate change has become a trending research topic in recent years. Juniperus tibetica Komarov (Cupressales: Cupressaceae) is a unique and vulnerable species on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau (QTP) an...

Cutting force and temperature are critical indicators for improving cutting performance and productivity. This study used an up-milling experiment to ascertain the effect of tool tooth number, cutting speed, and depth on the machinability of bamboo&n...

Long-term monocultures of tea and the excessive use of chemical fertilizer lead to the degradation of soil quality. Improving the soil quality of ex-tea plantations through vegetation restoration is an important task. However, the changes in soil nut...

Increasing evidence has shown that introducing broadleaved trees into coniferous plantations can regulate hydrologic stores and fluxes; however, the effects and regulatory mechanisms of species mixing on the water conservation capacity of the litter&...

Understanding the adaptability of Chionanthus retusus Lindl. et Paxt. to extreme water conditions will help in exploring the potential application of this species in barren mountains. Three-year-old Chionanthus retusus seedlings were used in a greenh...

Holm oak is the dominant tree species in the Mediterranean climate. Currently, worrisome degradation of its ecosystems has been observed, produced, among other factors, by changes in land use, extreme weather events, forest fires, climate change, and...

This study investigates the integration of assisted natural regeneration (ANR) and selective logging (SL) to guarantee a sustainable forest operation in the Philippines using agent-based modeling. To assess the sustainability of the operation in ligh...

The root system is important for supporting tree growth and stability. In this study, we analyzed the relationship between the main lateral root distribution pattern and vertical tree growth direction based on root detection and analysis of tree morp...

As a major component of the north–south transition zone in China, the vegetation ecosystem of the Qinling-Daba Mountains (QBM) is highly sensitive to climate change. However, the impact of sunshine duration, specifically, on regional vegetation...

Nitrogen enters the soil surface along with the deposition and destroys the element balance of an ecosystem, which has an important impact on underground ecological processes. As active interfaces with the environment, fine roots play a key role in t...

Highly mechanized forestry operations are essential for efficient timber harvesting. Therefore, the skills of harvester operators appear to be key to productive and sustainable use of the machines. Recent research has revealed a knowledge deficit reg...

The potential of urban parks to enhance social welfare and deliver health benefits has been recognized. However, it is still unclear which landscape characteristics in urban green spaces best improve the physical activity levels of users. Little is k...

Mangroves play a crucial role in maintaining the stability of coastal regions, particularly in the face of climate change. To gain insight into associations between climate change and mangroves, we conducted bibliometric research on the global indexe...

Ips calligraphus (Germar) is a conifer pest that causes economically and ecologically significant tree mortality, particularly when forests are stressed. As forests become increasingly vulnerable to pest outbreaks due to habitat fragmentation, invasi...

The forest-based sector plays a significant role in supporting Europe on its pathway towards a more integrated and bio-based circular economy. Beyond the supply of timber, forest ecosystems offer a wide range of products and services beneficial to hu...

Using the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) approach, environmental benefits in terms of CO₂ stored in chestnut wood in Italy have been calculated. Using one of the methodologies proposed under the LCA umbrella, a physical and formal balance sheet of CO₂ h...

Plant distant grafting can produce stable genetic variation, which is a new method for germplasm innovation. Two chimeras, peach/apricot (PA) and apricot/peach (AP), were created through two-way grafting between peach and apricot. The leaves, flowers...

To cultivate different grape varieties according to market needs, it is necessary to study the regulation mechanism of color changes in different development stages of grapes. In this study, RNA-sequencing (RNA-Seq) technology was used to compare and...

Estimating long-term trends and short-term amplitudes requires reliable temperature (Temp) observations in the pre-industrial period when few in situ observations existed in the Arctic. Tree-ring materials are most available and used to reconstruct p...

Diseases and insect pests of tea leaves cause huge economic losses to the tea industry every year, so the accurate identification of them is significant. Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) can automatically extract features from images of tea leave...

The growing awareness of nature conservation encourages producers, engineers, and designers to contribute to the rational and innovative use of raw materials. Sustainable development is imperative, symbolizing the balance between meeting the needs of...

Understanding how natural ecosystems are and will be responding to climate change is one of the primary goals of ecological research. Plant phenology is accepted as one of the most sensitive bioindicators of climate change due to its strong interacti...

Alpine treeline ecosystems are generally expected to advance with increasing temperatures and after land-use abandonment. Multiple interacting factors modify this trend. Understanding the long-term processes underlying treeline advance is essential t...

Soil respiration is rarely studied at the landscape scale where forest and soil properties can be important drivers. We performed forest and soil inventories in 150 temperate forest sites in three German landscapes and measured in situ soil CO₂ efflu...

One of the largest families of transcription factors in plants, the MYB transcription factors family (Myeloblastosis, MYB TF), plays a vital role in regulating plant biochemical and physiological processes. The role of MYB TF in coping with stresses,...

Yellowhorn (Xanthoceras sorbifolium) seeds can have as high as 67% oil content and are especially rich in oleic acid, linoleic acid, and nervonic acid. Exploration of the lipid biosynthesis regulatory network is essential for increasing the yellowhor...

The application of self-tapping screws as reinforcement on glulam connections has been proven effective. However, the implication of different thread configurations on the effectiveness of reinforcement remains unknown. This paper conducted experimen...

Since species’ traits are closely linked to ecosystem functioning, the species versus functional diversity relationship (the SD–FD relationship) is considered a valuable indicator of ecosystem health. However, the extent to which the SD&n...

Ground penetrating radar is non-invasive technology suitable for mapping moisture content variations since it shows high sensitivity to changes in water saturation. In this work we used a GPR tomography approach to estimate moisture content within tw...

Under drought stress, plants can change their morphology, physiological characteristics, and carbon allocation to maintain survival and growth. Non-structural carbohydrates (NSC) are major substrates for plant metabolism and play an important role in...

The global deforestation rate continues to worsen each year, and will eventually lead to various negative consequences for humans and the environment. It is essential to develop an effective forest monitoring system to detect any changes in forest ar...

Forest plantations can substantially contribute to carbon sequestration and greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation at the country and global scales. Forest fires (especially when combined with droughts) may remarkably reduce such carbon sequestration capabi...

Adequate seed provenance is an important guarantee for the restoration of the mixed Korean pine (Pinus koraiensis) and broadleaf forest (MKPBF). However, the commercial harvest exclusion in natural forests has led to a sharp decline in economic incom...

To assess the degree to which it has met its commitments under the Paris Agreement, Morocco is called upon to carry out carbon assessments and transparent evaluations. Within the forestry sector, little is known about the role of Morocco’s fore...

The pipe model theory has been applied to estimate allometry of trees in many regions; however, its reliability and generality need more verification for estimating crown biomass in China. In the present study, the crown biomass of Larix olgensis pla...

Increasing soil N not only aggravates calcium (Ca) stress by stimulating Ca leaching from the soil but also impacts the sensitivity of plants to Ca stress. However, how increasing N influences the soil Ca demand of seedlings is largely unknown. We st...

Forests cover about 1/3 of Europe’s land area and are an important source in providing goods and services such as timber, drinking water, biodiversity, and carbon storage. They are important for a bioeconomy to mitigate climate change effects b...

China is the richest country in the world in terms of bamboo forest resources, with moso bamboo as the dominated landscape distribution. Analysis of its spatial distribution, landscape change, and its drivers is crucial for forest ecosystem managemen...

The effects of treating industrial (laboratory-unwashed) oxygen-delignified eucalypt kraft pulp with a commercial endo-xylanase (X) on ECF bleaching performance were evaluated. Changes in fibre morphology, pulp bleachability and quality, and bleachin...

Motor-manual work with a chainsaw is still an irreplaceable occupational activity in forest harvesting operations in Croatia and in many other countries. Chainsaw workers are exposed to different risk factors, such as noise and vibrations, heavy load...

Understanding species response to climate change is essential for the conservation and utilization of species resources under rapid climate change in the future. In this study, the present and future suitable distribution range of Keteleeria davidian...

The insects trapped in 63 plots positioned in a mixed pinewood and a marsh in Schinias, Marathon, Greece is studied relative to the anthropogenic disturbance. The last anthropogenic impact was recently intensified because of the Olympic Games in the...

The Yingxian Wooden Pagoda (1056 AD), located in Shanxi province, China, is a unique architectural pure-wooden artifact standing for a millennium. Despite its longevity, the structures and properties of the ancient architectural woods used in its con...

Wildfires are among the main factors that disturb terrestrial ecosystems, landscapes, and the environment. Understanding the differences that the socioeconomic factors of different administrative levels have on fire occurrence remains critical to inf...

Sampling xylem sap, especially from adult tree trunks, is a major challenge. In this study, we developed a new sampling method and tested its efficacy for sampling xylem sap from deciduous Quercus serrata and evergreen Cryptomeria japonica. The water...

Arid and semi-arid lands cover more than one-third of the earth’s terrestrial area and are typically characterized by rainfall scarcity, higher temperatures and evapotranspiration, salinization, nutrient-poor soil, and a paucity of vegetation c...