Understory functional trait adaptation to climate change is primarily mediated by soil conditions under long-term afforestation on the Loess Plateau
August 2026
Soil and climate conditions drive plant trait variation in natural ecosystems. However, afforestation induces rapid and significant shifts in these environmental drivers. Yet the extent to which such...
Altitudinal variation in drought resilience of Tianshan spruce (Picea schrenkiana) in the Middle Tianshan Mountains, China
August 2026
Understanding how forest resilience varies with altitude is critical for predicting drought responses in mountain ecosystems. As a major water source for arid Central Asia, the Tianshan Mountains have...
Dominant species stability outweighs species asynchrony and diversity in regulating temperate forest regeneration
August 2026
Climate change increasingly threatens forest regeneration by disrupting seedling dynamics, yet the stabilizing mechanisms underpinning these critical early life stages remain poorly understood. Using...
A global meta-analysis reveals coupled biogeochemical and microbial successional trajectories in forest soils
August 2026
Forest succession fundamentally reshapes soil biogeochemistry and the resident microbial communities, yet a synthesis of global response patterns has been hindered by methodological inconsistencies...
A resilience dichotomy in mangrove forests: Native resistance versus exotic compensation to climatic and tidal extremes
August 2026
Native and exotic mangrove trees are increasingly challenged by the synergistic pressures of climate change, yet the mechanisms defining their comparative resilience remain unresolved. This study characterizes...
Heterogeneous effects of aerosols on terrestrial ecosystems in China
August 2026
Ecological impacts of aerosols on vegetation remain highly uncertain due to their capacity for both modifying radiation and causing phytotoxic damage. China has experienced the most rapid air quality...
Microbial necromass underpins long-term soil carbon stability and ecosystem carbon persistence in pine reforestations
August 2026
The long-term carbon (C) sequestration potential of plantations hinges on the dynamics and persistence of mature forest C sinks, yet how C storage and stability evolve with increasing forest age remains...
Dynamic parameterization of the nutrient resorption process in forest ecosystems with a hybrid model
August 2026
Nutrient resorption is a key process through which plants optimize resource use in nutrient-limited environments. Global nutrient addition experiments and meta-analyses have revealed high variability...
The Tale of Tail Dependence: Modeling height–diameter relationships with elliptical copulas
August 2026
Modeling height–diameter (H–D) relationships is fundamental to forest management. Copula could be used to simulate H–D distributions that mirror the underlying dependence structures of an observed relationship....
Improving peer review capacity and integrity in forestry journals
August 2026
The peer review process in forestry journals has remained largely unchanged despite significant shifts in the academic publishing landscape over the past decade. Using data from 156 forestry journals...
Extraction of eucalyptus age and estimation of its aboveground biomass in China with the integration of empirical model and machine learning algorithm
August 2026
Eucalyptus plantations are extensively distributed in tropical and subtropical regions and play important roles in timber production, economic development, and regional carbon cycles. Due to its fast...
An algorithm-based approach for tree selection in continuous cover forestry
August 2026
Continuous cover forestry (CCF) is gaining increasing attention in Estonia, but its implementation is constrained by limited experience, insufficiently detailed forest inventory data, and regulatory...
Increasing water availability strengthens conspecific negative density dependence but weakens heterospecific negative density dependence in Japanese old-growth forests
August 2026
The relative magnitudes of negative conspecific and heterospecific density dependence (CDD and HDD) have been widely used to explain tree species diversity. However, it remains unclear how the negative...
Examining strategies to project tree diameter for unobserved species in diverse tropical forests using mixed-effects models
August 2026
Mixed-effects models with species as a random effect have provided a practical solution to produce reliable predictions of tree growth. Applying them to new datasets can be challenging because species-specific...
Understanding flash drought variations in China's planted and natural forests through machine learning counterfactual analysis
August 2026
China's rapid forestation over the past decades has reshaped regional ecohydrology and raised concerns of intensifying drought. Here, we explore the historical drought variations and driving factors...
Bryophytes as bioindicators in natural pine forests on mineral soils in Poland
August 2026
Although bryophytes are often underrepresented in vegetation classifications, our study demonstrates their crucial role in differentiating pine forest communities and highlights their untapped potential...
Threshold-dependent plant-microbe interactions shape soil microbial life-history strategies and stability across an elevational gradient
August 2026
Despite growing recognition of nonlinear plant–microbe relationships, the ecological thresholds at which plant multidimensional diversity triggers shifts in microbial life-history strategies and community...
Maternal individuality matters: Disentangling individual variation in regeneration contributions to guide precision conservation of endangered species
August 2026
Understanding the drivers of regeneration failure is essential for conserving endangered plant species. Traditional conservation often overlooks individual variation within populations, potentially...
Continental-scale mapping of forest tree density in North America using remote sensing and deep learning with uncertainty quantification
August 2026
Accurate, spatially consistent estimates of tree density remain elusive at continental scales, limiting our ability to assess forest structure, carbon stocks, and biodiversity. Existing global assessments...
Evaporation dominates growing season evapotranspiration: A case study from a boreal larch forest with synchronized water supply and energy demand in China
April 2026
Understanding the relative contributions of transpiration (T) and evaporation (E) to evapotranspiration (ET) is critical for evaluating water use efficiency, ecosystem productivity, and soil–plant–atmosphere...
Nitrogen addition alleviates negative effects of drought on root growth but aggravates them on leaf growth of Moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis) seedlings
April 2026
Forest ecosystems are increasingly susceptible to droughts and nitrogen (N) deposition. However, the effects of N addition on the growth of bamboo under drought stress remain unclear. This study conducted...
Photoperiod as the primary determinant regulating the onset and cessation of wood formation in temperate trees
April 2026
Accurate prediction of xylem phenology is essential for evaluating the long-term impacts of climate change on carbon sequestration, forest productivity, and ecosystem resilience. However, the environmental...
Spatial variation in non-structural carbohydrates reserves of pine species along climatic gradients: A global synthesis
April 2026
Non-structural carbohydrates (NSCs) are crucial for tree growth and survival under climatic stress, yet their spatial dynamics across broad climate gradients remain unclear. Pines (Pinus spp.), one...
Impact of heatwave and thinning on tree growth and soil water content in young lodgepole pine forests
April 2026
Extreme climate events (e.g., heatwaves and droughts) are becoming increasingly frequent due to global climate change, which inevitably affects tree growth and various other ecological processes. While...
Global warming levels exceeding 2 °C may cause tipping point of low elevation forests in a peri-urban forest of the black forest foothills
April 2026
Climate change is impacting forests in Central Europe, causing increased mortality and degradation of forest ecosystem services (FES). As global warming intensifies, these effects are likely to worsen,...