Regulatory compliance does not fully capture riparian conservation status: evidence from a systematic review and a Chilean case study
December 2026
Riparian zones are vegetated areas adjacent to watercourses that provide critical ecosystem functions and are widely protected under environmental regulations to support soil, water, and biodiversity...
Hair stable isotopes reveal mammalian trophic reorganization between a near-primeval forest and human-modified landscapes
December 2026
Near-primeval forests provide ecological benchmarks for evaluating the functional consequences of landscape transformation. Using stable carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) isotope analyses of mammalian...
Spatial pattern dynamics of subalpine secondary forests over eighteen years on the eastern Qinghai–Tibet Plateau, China
December 2026
Revealing the dynamic changes in tree spatial patterns holds significant implications for the restoration practices of natural secondary forests. We analyzed the dynamics of tree spatial patterns using...
Habitat heterogeneity shapes conspecific negative density dependence: functional trait effects are habitat dependent
December 2026
Habitat heterogeneity may influence conspecific negative density dependence (CNDD) in karst forests through direct effects and indirect pathways mediated by shifts in functional traits, with consequences...
Effect of initial spacing and thinning practices on timber quality of broadleaf and coniferous species: A weighted meta-analysis
December 2026
Forest management is essential for producing high-value timber, yet the impacts of silvicultural practices such as initial spacing and thinning on wood properties remain inconsistent across the studies....
A pan-tropical database and synthesis of age–height and age–diameter growth in planted forest stands up to 40 years
December 2026
Tree size–age relationships in tropical planted forest stands support management and ecosystem service assessments, but locally calibrated growth models are unavailable for many taxa and regions. We...
A budget-constrained input state-space compression framework for scaling process-based forest growth models: A 3-PG case study in Ontario
December 2026
Large-scale applications of process-based forest growth models are often constrained by the large number of forest conditions that must be represented and the computational burden of simulating them....
Forest carbon sink estimation models: Progress, challenges, and opportunity of space–air–ground integrated assimilation
December 2026
Estimates of forest carbon sinks are essential for global carbon cycle studies, forest stewardship, and monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV); nonetheless, current methodologies exhibit limitations...
Projecting climate change impacts on Bambusa species richness in China
December 2026
The genus Bambusa plays an important role in ecological conservation and economic development, owing to its excellent mechanical properties and rapid growth. However, climate change may disrupt the...
Contrasting effects of litter removal and root exclusion on soil phosphorus availability in a temperate broad-leaved forest
December 2026
Plant detrital inputs sustain soil phosphorus (P) fertility, yet they are increasingly disrupted by global environmental change and forest management. Although P availability frequently constrains temperate...
Responses in forest structure to edge effects from seismic lines and well pads in western North American boreal forest
December 2026
Edge effects are a major consequence of forest fragmentation, altering forest structure by changing the amount of standing dead trees (snags) and downed coarse woody debris (CWD). Edge orientation and...
Large-tree effect is associated with the reversal in structural diversity–drought resilience relationship from individual to population level
December 2026
The stability of forest ecosystems in the face of increasing droughts depends on the transfer of resilience across ecological levels, a process that remains mechanistically unclear. In species-poor...
Nitrogen-fixing trees rather than tree species richness dominate the molecular diversity of soil organic carbon in subtropical planted forests
December 2026
Multi-species afforestation is widely recognized as a promising nature-based solution for enhancing carbon sequestration in support of climate change mitigation. However, the effect of tree species...
Vertical decoupling of radiation absorption and thermal mass controls the sub-daily timing of canopy heat storage in a tropical dipterocarp forest
December 2026
Forest eddy-covariance (EC) towers commonly leave a 10%–30% daytime surface energy-balance residual widely attributed to unresolved canopy heat storage. Conventional one-dimensional corrections treat...
Drivers of aboveground biomass along riparian gradients in desert Populus euphratica forests
Available online 14 October 2026
Populus euphratica is a key dominant tree species in desert riparian forests, and the formation and maintenance of its aboveground biomass (AGB) are important for sustaining ecosystem functioning in...
Selective herbivory by white-tailed deer is associated with demographic and compositional bottlenecks across forest regeneration stages in the National Capital Region
Available online 14 October 2026
White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) populations in eastern North America now exceed historical levels, often imposing intense browsing pressure on forest regeneration where hunting is limited....
A double-constrained convex hull approach for tree crown volume estimation: A mobile laser scanning case study of Catalpa bungei
Available online 2 October 2026
Individual tree crown volume (CV) is an important three-dimensional indicator of tree growth, crown architecture, and physio-ecological functioning, but its quantification remains challenging because...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Silvicultural methods and landscape features affect tree browsing by deer: Scots pine as a model tree species
August 2026
Browsing pressure by deer is one of the most important factors impeding forest regeneration and leading to simplified forest structure. There is a growing awareness that silvicultural methods can reduce...