Comparing modeling approaches and sample sizes for bark thickness and volume among species and stand origin in Türkiye
December 2026
Accurately estimating bark thickness and volume is important for assessing tree resistance after disturbances and calculating roundwood volume. In Türkiye, black pine (Pinus nigra Arnold.), Taurus cedar...
Species trait dissimilarity dominates the mixing effects of forest plantations across stand development stages
December 2026
Mixed-species plantations are increasingly adopted as they may exhibit higher productivity and carbon sequestration potential under suitable species mixtures and management. Assessing the mixing effects...
Microbial life-history strategies regulate soil organic carbon formation and stability across soil depths during 300 years of the temperate forest succession
December 2026
Forest succession profoundly reshapes soil organic carbon (SOC) persistence, yet the depth-dependent microbial mechanisms governing particulate organic carbon (POC) and mineral-associated organic carbon...
The role of coarse woody debris distribution for the spatial organization of the yellow-necked mouse (Apodemus flavicollis) and the bank vole (Clethrionomys glareolus) in Białowieża Forest
December 2026
Coarse woody debris constitutes a fundamental structural and trophic component of forest ecosystems. Despite its recognized ecological importance, the role of coarse woody debris in shaping spatial...
Dendrochronological evidence of extreme droughts in the forest-steppe of Western Siberia
December 2026
Current climate models project an increased frequency and intensity of droughts in the Eurasian forest-steppe. Although forests in this area are at risk from increasing aridization, our understanding...
Functional similarity of tree species growth responses to ecological gradients quantified using a multimetric curve distance
December 2026
Quantifying similarity among species responses to ecological gradients is challenging, yet increasingly important for adaptive forest planning under changing environmental conditions. We introduced...
Disentangling sampling bias to generate early-warning surfaces of forest ecological sensitivity: An integrated MaxEnt–CatBoost framework
December 2026
Biodiversity models often rely on opportunistic species occurrence data. However, biases due to different sampling efforts or accessibility can confound biodiversity patterns and obscure ecologically...
Spatial and seasonal dynamics of soil CO2, CH4, and N2O fluxes across forest ecosystems along a climatic gradient in China
December 2026
Forest soils play a critical role in regulating atmospheric greenhouse gas (GHG) budgets; however, coordinated multi-gas observations across broad climatic gradients remain limited, constraining our...
Satellite observations reveal that high pre-dieback productivity is associated with reduced forest stability in temperate forests
December 2026
Increasing frequency and intensity of heat and drought events under anthropogenic climate change has triggered widespread forest mortality and canopy dieback worldwide. Previous studies have suggested...
Mixing non-native Douglas fir with native tree species is not enough to avoid negative impacts on overwintering birds
December 2026
Forest conversion toward climate-resilient non-native tree species is increasingly promoted in temperate Europe, yet biodiversity responses outside the main growing season remain poorly studied. In...
Tree species physically and chemically engineer their local environments, shaping forest floor and topsoil carbon stocks
December 2026
Tree species are increasingly recognized as key drivers of soil biogeochemical processes, yet their combined chemical and physical effects on forest floor dynamics, microclimate, and mineral topsoil...
Forest management volume inventory using lidar-based endogenous post-stratification
December 2026
Endogenous post-stratification (EPS) is a statistical method used to approximate traditional post-stratification when population-level counts are unknown. It involves assigning sample units to strata...
A shadow-aware deep learning framework for classifying urban tree species from very high-resolution Pléiades imagery
December 2026
Accurate urban tree species distribution information is essential for urban green space planning and management missions, including urban cooling assessment, carbon sequestration estimation, biodiversity...
Predicting forest fire probability under current conditions and future climate change scenarios in Türkiye
December 2026
In recent years, intensified heat waves and prolonged droughts due to climate change have accelerated the ignition and spread of forest fires. Therefore, developing predictive models and model-based...
Squirrel nut-storage behavior contributes to a seedling spatial pattern resembling conspecific negative density dependence in a tropical forest
December 2026
Conspecific negative density dependence (CNDD) is widely regarded as a key mechanism maintaining plant diversity and is classically attributed to host-specific pathogens or herbivores. However, whether...
When greening goes too far: Ecological restoration undermines hydrological resistance on the Loess Plateau
December 2026
Large-scale ecosystem restoration is increasingly promoted as a strategy to enhance landscape resilience, yet its hydrological consequences, particularly under intensifying drought and atmospheric aridity,...
Ecological thresholds and divergent drought resilience of Robinia pseudoacacia plantations across a hydro-climatic gradient
December 2026
As climate change intensifies drought severity and frequency, the stability of large-scale afforestation programs hinges on understanding the growth limits and drought-response patterns of key tree...
Belowground structure and allometric volume models of Norway spruce (Picea abies L. Karst) in Central European forests
December 2026
Understanding the structure and allocation of belowground biomass is essential for improving assessments of tree stability, biomass accumulation, and responses to environmental conditions. This study...
Effects of vegetation greening and climate variability on global evaporative temperature
December 2026
Vegetation greening and climate variability (CV) control evaporative cooling (EC) and are crucial in mitigating global warming. EC has been investigated because of vegetation greening; however, the...
Latitudinal gradient in climate warming impacts on Pinus massoniana
December 2026
Understanding the spatiotemporal variability of climate–growth relationships is critical for predicting forest responses to environmental change and guiding sustainable forest management. However, research...
Depth-specific effects of tree species and stand density on root exudate carbon inputs and soil organic carbon pools in plantation forests
December 2026
Root exudation is tightly coupled to soil organic carbon (SOC) formation and stabilization in forest ecosystems, yet how tree species and stand density jointly regulate root exudate carbon inputs and...
Carbon-water trade-off in Eucalyptus dunnii plantations: A bi-objective optimization framework using remote sensing and machine learning models
December 2026
Commercial Eucalyptus plantations have expanded significantly in South America, with most of them being managed under short-rotation regimes for pulp production. Despite the contribution of Eucalyptus...
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...
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...