Forests, Volume 17, Issue 3

Mediterranean dehesas are open agroforestry systems in which tree configuration and climatic regime condition the organisation of biodiversity. In these landscapes, ants are commonly used as ecological indicators, although the relative importance of...

Oyamel forest, Abies religiosa (Kunth) Schltdl. et Cham., is a high-mountain ecosystem that contains abundant biodiversity, contributes to supporting traditional medicine, and represents a reservoir of medicinal plants. Despite this medicinal relevan...

Woody biomass crops are increasingly considered a promising alternative to conventional agricultural systems due to their potential for sustained carbon sequestration under accelerating climate change. Optimizing management practices in such systems...

The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) refers to both the international organizing body and the disclosure framework it developed. Throughout this article, the term TNFD is used to encompass both the organization and the framewo...

Legumes (Fabaceae) are key functional components of tropical forests due to their role in nitrogen fixation and nutrient cycling. This study provides an integrated assessment of forest legume diversity and its relationship with soil physicochemical p...

Light environments within plantation forests vary significantly with stand degradation. This study investigated how light-related factors change along degradation gradients in Robinia pseudoacacia L. (black locust) plantations and how these changes i...

(1) Research Highlights: This study provides the first integrated assessment of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) growing in the urban forests of Karaganda, Kazakhstan, a city consistently ranked among the most air-polluted cities globally. We examine...

Understanding spatiotemporal variation in soil CO₂ flux (FCO₂) along elevational gradients is essential for predicting carbon–climate feedback in alpine ecosystems. However, how temperature- and moisture-related factors jointly regulate daily-s...

Ash dieback, caused by the fungus Hymenoscyphus fraxineus, continues to threaten European ash (Fraxinus excelsior), yet the contribution of the leaf microbiome to disease severity remains poorly understood. We surveyed 133 ash trees across nine sites...

This study investigates how key planning variables—the number of wood assortments, the geometric shape of clear-cut areas, and the extraction (forwarding) distance—influence greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Twelve plots formed a heterogene...

Idesia polycarpa Maxim. is an important woody oilseed species and is dioecious; however, systematic evidence for sex-specific differences in leaf physico-chemical traits and their spectral responses remains limited. In this study, mature female and m...

Secondary succession in tropical forests is traditionally described as a linear process driven by time since disturbance. However, growing evidence suggests that recovery pathways depend strongly on historical and environmental contexts. We evaluated...

To explore the variation in leaf phenotypic traits and environmental adaptation strategies of Pinus densata in southeastern Xizang, 15 plots were established across five regions—Gongbujiangda County (GB), Bomi County (BM), Bayi District (BY), M...

Amid the accelerating global pursuit of carbon neutrality, the regulatory role of forest ecological security in carbon sink function has emerged as a critical issue in achieving climate goals. This study developed a forest ecological security evaluat...

In the face of the dual challenges of global climate change and rapid urbanization, optimizing the ecosystem services of urban green spaces has become a key strategy for building resilient and sustainable cities. This is particularly crucial in ecolo...

Sustainable forest operations require operational planning tools that effectively integrate productivity, environmental conservation, and social acceptability, particularly within complex and environmentally sensitive forest systems. In Mediterranean...

The environmentally responsible behavior (ERB) of visitors within forested national parks is critical for balancing biodiversity conservation and sustainable recreation. While the Value–Belief–Norm (VBN) model has been widely used to expl...

Efforts to build a sociobiodiversity-based bioeconomy increasingly depend on recognizing and rewarding the stewardship practices carried out by Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities, and smallholder farmers. Yet, such practices, rooted in collecti...

Forest soil constitutes a critical reservoir within terrestrial carbon pools. Understanding the dynamics of soil organic carbon (SOC) in coniferous forests is crucial for enhancing ecosystem carbon sequestration capacity, yet systematic quantificatio...

Mountain forests within arid zones function as critical regional “water towers” and biodiversity hotspots, providing essential ecosystem services (ESs) such as carbon sequestration, water retention, soil conservation, and habitat maintena...

The disorderly expansion of Moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis) into adjacent forests has become a serious ecological issue in southern China; however, the response of soil microbial communities remain unclear. This study investigated the succession p...

The transition from pure to mixed-species forest stands is increasingly promoted to enhance ecosystem stability and multifunctionality. The growth conditions may influence the physical and mechanical properties of wood. This study evaluated wood dens...

Roadside green spaces function as critical ecological barriers in urban environments, and their plant communities play a key role in improving regional air quality. This study investigates typical roadside plant communities in southern Xinjiang, a re...

The spongy moth is a significant Lepidopteran species across Europe, where it occurs in oak stands. Tree species composition has a crucial effect on larval development, population density, and outbreaks. Host switching is more likely to occur in a mi...

Melatonin plays a crucial role in modulating plant stress responses; however, its potential for mitigating salt–alkali stress remains incompletely understood. This study evaluates the efficacy of exogenous melatonin in alleviating moderate salt...

Forest height is a key parameter for quantifying forest biomass and carbon stocks and serves as an important indicator of forest ecosystem health. The successful launch of the European Space Agency’s P-band Biomass satellite, which provides Pol...

To address the limitations regarding poor adaptability to complex forest environments as well as high installation and operational costs in existing mountain transportation equipment, a modular cable-type equipment for moso bamboo transportation was...

In addition to being influenced by global drivers, forest herb-layer communities are also shaped by various local factors, such as topography, stand characteristics and soil properties. The responses of ground vegetation were studied in the ravine fo...

Timber price dynamics are most often analysed using trends, seasonality, and classical measures of volatility, which describe the magnitude of fluctuations but only to a limited extent capture the temporal structure of the price-generating process. T...

Rapid urbanization has seriously interfered with the carbon sink function of forests, and has even led to an increased risk of forest carbon imbalance. It is important to explore the regional carbon compensation mechanism and zoning optimization path...

Amazonian large trees act as central elements of forest ecosystems, storing a disproportionate fraction of aboveground biomass. However, these trees are not randomly distributed across the landscape, and it is expected that edaphic attributes influen...

Forests provide essential ecosystem services and renewable resources that support both human well-being and environmental sustainability [...]

Soil pore architecture and hydraulic functioning strongly regulate water flow and retention. However, despite the growing application of X-ray computed tomography (X-ray CT) in soil science, its application in characterizing the pore system and hydra...

This study aims to elucidate the effects and mechanisms of ammonium (NH₄⁺-N) and nitrate (NO₃⁻-N) nitrogen on the efficiency of Salix linearistipularis K. S. Hao in remediating heavy metal-contaminated soils. Thus, the effects of 15 fertilizati...

Species of the genus Thunbergia, native to Africa, Asia, and Australia, are widely cultivated as ornamental plants; however, their ability to escape cultivation and establish themselves in novel environments poses a growing threat to tropical forests...

Forests are important food granaries. The accessibility of a healthy diet is the key factor in food and health equity. However, there is a lack of research focusing on its influence on locals at different levels of development. China’s populati...

Watershed stewardship programs succeed when intended users progress from awareness to participation. This study applies diffusion of innovations theory to five forestry, agricultural, and economic viability programs administered by the Watershed Agri...

Following successful national forest restoration projects, South Korea has designated and operates Leading Forest Management Zones (LFMZs) to improve forest quality and promote sustainable use. The objective of this study is to comparatively evaluate...

Tropical cyclones kill thousands and inflict vast destruction annually. While ocean temperatures and atmospheric conditions dominate their formation and behaviour, forests’ potential influence has received little systematic attention. This revi...

To establish a biorefinery within kraft-pulp mills, the extraction of fermentable sugars must be balanced with the preservation of fiber quality for papermaking. This study investigates this trade-off by applying partial enzymatic hydrolysis to unble...

Oak trees are widely distributed nationwide and account for approximately 24% of the total forest area in South Korea. However, these species are currently threatened by oak wilt disease caused by Dryadomyces quercus-mongolicae, leading to significan...

To explore the patterns of biomass accumulation and sediment carbon burial indicators in mangrove forests under different thinning intensities, a study was conducted on an 8-year-old Kandelia obovata Sheue & al. plantation on Shupaisha Island, Lo...

Small pest detection in ultra-high-resolution forestry images is challenging due to extreme scale variation, complex backgrounds, and limited annotated data. To address these issues, we propose SSFPDet (Semi-Supervised Forest Pest Detector), a semi-s...

This study evaluates the ecological impact of Robinia pseudoacacia L. (black locust) invasion on native chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.) groves on Mount Amiata (Central Italy), focusing on both plant and macrofungal community dynamics. Surveys were c...

Understanding how ecological dominance aligns with culturally and economically valued plant use is critical for participatory forest management. This study integrated vegetation structure and ethnobotanical valuation to assess angiosperm importance a...

This study investigated the effects of different application rates of spent mushroom substrate (SMS) from Morchella sextelata on soil properties and microbial communities in a moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis) plantation. Three SMS rates (2.4, 4.7,...

This study investigates the crack damage evolution in Chinese fir using an anisotropic bilinear cohesive zone-based constitutive model. The crack initiation and propagation processes were numerically modeled and simulated, and the results were valida...

Ash dieback is an often-fatal disease caused by the fungus Hymenoscyphus fraxineus (T. Kowalski) Baral, Queloz & Hosoya. It emerged in Europe during the 1990s and poses a substantial threat to ash populations. In Hungary, symptoms were first dete...

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Peri-urban ecosystems represent underexplored habitats rich in entomopathogenic fungi (EPF) that can serve as valuable resources for managing insect pests. This study characterized the EPF communities in two peri-urban sites near Patras, Greece (Dasy...