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To investigate the effects of long-term continuous rotary tillage incorporation (RT) on Fraxinus chinensis Roxb. plantations, this study compared 7- and 15-year-old stands subjected to RT since afforestation with their non-tilled counterparts (CK). R...

Terrestrial net primary productivity (NPP) integrates vegetation responses to climate, terrain, and human activities, yet their combined effects in mountainous–basin regions remain unclear. Focusing on the Chengdu–Chongqing Economic Circl...

Snake fruit (Salacca zalacca (Gaertner) Voss) is renowned for its taste and nutritional value; however, the snake fruit rot diseases caused by fungal pathogens can lead to significant economic losses. In this study, a fungal isolate was obtained from...

The dried leaves of Turpinia arguta (Lindl.) Seem, a traditional Chinese medicinal herb, have been used for the treatment of tonsillitis, sore throat, throat arthralgia, and novel coronavirus pneumonia. This plant possesses significant medicinal, eco...

As global climate change intensifies and extreme weather events become more frequent, understanding the historical spatial distribution of vegetation is of critical importance. However, most vegetation studies are temporally limited to the post-1980...

Poplars (Populus spp.) and their hybrids are increasingly being grown in coppice production to generate bioenergy feedstocks at frequent intervals. Allometric equations are re-quired to predict aboveground biomass (AGB) of coppiced individuals with m...

Traditional time study methods are time-consuming and expensive and require experienced staff. Using a time sampling methodology based on video recordings might be a time-efficient and precise solution. This study scrutinized the accuracy and margin...

The Ice, Cloud, and Land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2), equipped with the Advanced Topographic Laser Altimeter System (ATLAS), is capable of acquiring large-scale terrain and forest structural information through photon-counting LiDAR. However, ph...

Afforestation enhances soil carbon storage through plant and microbial necromass accumulation, yet the roles of carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZymes) and the microorganisms that encode them (biomass-decomposers) during plantation development remain p...

Wildfire susceptibility mapping supports proactive forest management, and estimated predictive performance may vary with spatial dependence and the control-point sampling strategy. We developed an interpretable random-forest framework to map wildfire...

Soil organic matter (SOM) molecular composition governs its stability and ecological functions in forest ecosystems. Nevertheless, how land-use changes (LUCs) regulate the SOM molecular composition remains poorly understood, particularly the underlyi...

This study provides a field evaluation of a deep container-based nursery system for tropical dry forest species. Deep containers are expected to improve seedling quality for dryland restoration, but their applicability to tropical dry forest species...

This study aims to assess the sustainability of an agroforestry system integrating Schima wallichii (puspa) and Amomum cardamomum (cardamom) within the Gunung Walat Educational Forest—IPB University Educational Forest (HPGW), Indonesia, by appl...

Based on global bilateral six-digit HS code trade data of wood forest products from 2000 to 2022, we constructed a three-dimensional panel dataset combining year, importing country, and exporting country, and used a staggered difference-in-difference...

Heavy metal pollution in urban environments and public understanding of these contaminants pose major challenges for air-quality management. Urban trees have been proposed as tools to mitigate air pollution; however, evidence integrating biophysical...

Trees play a critical role in urban ecological protection and wind disaster mitigation, yet conventional Gaussian-based wind engineering models often underestimate extreme tree motions under turbulent flows. This study aims to clarify the statistical...

Handheld personal laser scanning (PLS) systems are increasingly being tested in forest inventory as an efficient alternative to labor-intensive, time-consuming field-based methods. However, comparative evaluations across different PLS instrument clas...

Cavities are an essential structural element in forest ecosystems. In European forests, most cavities are excavated by the most numerous woodpecker species, the great spotted woodpecker (GSW) (Dendrocopos major). The impact of management practices on...

The mealybug Trabutina serpentina has two generations in southeastern Kazakhstan. The second instars of the second generation overwinter. Between 2003 and 2005, for the second time in 50 years, a large reproduction of this pseudococcid was observed i...

This study tests the performance of 30 tree-level models of literature to predict the aboveground biomass (AGB) of trees in 200 1 ha simulated plots representing the following two successional stages of Amazonian forests: Advanced Secondary Forest (A...

Within the framework of the carbon market mechanism, corporate investments to secure forestry carbon credits play a pivotal role in mobilizing social capital for ecological construction and realizing the value of ecosystem services. This study integr...

Southern pine beetle infestations impact ecosystems throughout the southeastern US. Our understanding of hydrologic and biogeochemical impacts on ecosystem structure and function is largely guided by severe outbreaks occurring in the western US. A si...

In this paper, the effects of Poland’s forest management evolution after 1945 on forest biodiversity at the genetic level were analysed. Forest biodiversity changes across the two politically and economically different eras (socialism, 1945&nda...

Forest structural parameters, such as canopy closure, stand density, diameter at breast height, tree height, leaf area index, stand age, and biomass, are fundamental for quantifying forest ecosystem functioning and supporting sustainable forest manag...

Black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia L.) breeding is an important component of plantation forestry in Central and Eastern Europe; however, clone trials are still mainly evaluated using conventional field surveys, and the application of high-resolution...

Anemone davidii Franch. is an herbaceous plant with high ornamental and medicinal value belonging to the Ranunculaceae family. Understanding its genetic diversity and predicting its potential habitat shifts are crucial for its germplasm conservation....

With the intensification of global climate change and the frequent occurrence of extreme drought events, forest production is facing severe challenges. This study imposed drought stress and exogenous abscisic acid (ABA) treatment on Larix gmelini see...

The balance between gross primary productivity (GPP) and ecosystem respiration (ER) defines an ecosystem’s carbon sink-source status. Under global warming, hydrothermal conditions critically shape carbon fluxes, yet their differential impacts o...

Engineered wood is increasingly valued for its use of renewable raw materials, low environmental impact, and good performance characteristics. The wide variety of raw materials used to produce engineered wood requires detailed research to select rati...

Forest cover condition is a key determinant of ecosystem functioning and ecological resilience, yet its spatial variability across large and environmentally heterogeneous regions remains insufficiently understood. Leaf area index (LAI) provides a con...

This paper analyzes long-term trends in the apparent consumption and external deficit of wood and wood-derived products in Tunisia using annual data covering the period of 1975–2024. Tunisia’s limited forest resources and increasing domes...

Topography regulates vegetation functioning by controlling water redistribution, microclimate, and solar exposure. In Mediterranean ecosystems, where water availability constitutes a fundamental limiting factor, vegetation functioning is also influen...

In the face of accelerating climate change and increasingly complex disturbance regimes, enhancing forest ecosystem resilience has become a core priority in forest ecology and management. This paper argues that long-term resilience in hemiboreal fore...

Forest biometrics has emerged as one of the fastest-growing scientific disciplines within environmental sciences. Machine learning (ML), an increasingly essential approach that uses effective algorithms, has proven to be an accurate and cost-efficien...

Over recent years, the intensity of forest fires has escalated, with wildfire-emitted pollutants exerting substantial impacts on the environment, ecosystems, and human well-being. This study developed a robust predictive framework to quantify wildfir...

This study explores how green finance development (GF) promotes forest ecological–economic efficiency (FEEE), and identifies its underlying mechanisms and key determinants. Using panel data for 11 prefecture-level cities in Zhejiang Province fr...

To overcome the limitations of ground-based observations, this study aims to identify optimal color indices for detecting tree phenological events using time-series Unmanned Aerial Vehicle(UAV) orthomosaics. We monitored 37 woody taxa at the Korea Na...

In this study, a model was developed to calculate the power required for the circumferential cutting of solid wood in the longitudinal direction, considering the relevant technological parameters and mechanical properties of the wood. Based on measur...

Effective detection of wood defects is essential for maximizing wood use in a sustainable industry. However, traditional methods often struggle with complex textures and irregular shapes. This work introduces MSFE-YOLOv11-OBB, an advanced framework f...

Citizens’ interest in improving neighborhood greenspace is an important component of addressing the distributional inequity of urban trees and greenspace, which brings a variety of benefits to urban dwellers. With proper support, such interest...

Cephalotaxus hainanensis, a valuable medicinal and endangered conifer, requires scientific conservation and precision management to ensure the sustainable utilization of its genetic and ecological resources. Nitrogen (N) is a key nutrient that regula...

This study addresses the need for effective bamboo monitoring in smart forestry as UAV imagery and AI-based methods continue to advance. Bambusa stenostachya (thorny bamboo), commonly found in the badland regions of southern Taiwan, spreads rapidly d...

This Special Issue brings together recent studies that advance our understanding of how forest biodiversity regulates ecosystem functions under ongoing global change [...]

As a critical institutional arrangement for regulating the distribution of ecosystem service benefits, the scientific setting of ecological compensation standards is particularly vital in cross-regional watershed governance. However, there is current...

Vitellaria paradoxa subsp. paradoxa C.F.Gaertn., is one of the most important components of sub-Saharan agroforestry systems, providing to rural communities, especially women, with socio- economic, environmental, and nutritional benefits. Despit...

In this study, a three-dimensional (3D) model is developed based on an actual small forestry crawler tractor, to analyze its overturning and rollover behaviors, and a corresponding simulation model is constructed. The accuracy of the 3D model is vali...

A well-structured urban park system (UPS) is crucial for optimizing urban spatial layout and improving the quality of the human living environment. In response to the tendency of current planning to prioritize quantitative indicators while overlookin...

Ice, Cloud, and Land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) represents a major advancement in remote sensing for terrestrial observation, substantially improving the capability to map vegetation structural parameters. However, spatial heterogeneity poses s...

As a fast-growing timber tree species with a wide cultivation area, poplar is facing the problem of declining economic benefits under long-term monoculture. Intercropping provides an effective solution. Using Illumina Miseq sequencing, we analyzed so...

Bark beetle infestations and other natural disturbances have increasingly affected Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) forests across Europe resulting in devaluation and decreased applicability of woody biomass of such trees. The aim of this rese...