Thinning counteracts drought-induced reduction in soil interception capacity during heavy rainfall in a larch plantation
April 2026
Forest management and climate change critically shape forest ecosystem functions. The efficacy of thinning in mitigating drought impacts on forest soil–water conservation remains uncertain. In this...
Compound heatwave-drought alters eco-hydrological processes in subtropical evergreen and deciduous forests
April 2026
In recent years, extreme climate events have occurred globally with increasing frequency, posing severe challenges to forest water cycles. Particularly during the summer of 2022, an unprecedented compound...
Considering tree species of the future: Tree species in Mexico predicted to have suitable current climate in the United States and Canada
April 2026
Suitable climate for tree species currently located in Mexico may shift to the United States and Canada under future warming, resulting in the potential for tree species shifts, with new species gained...
Radial growth and its temporal stability of Dahurian larch in the southern boreal forest: Divergent trends during climate warming and warming hiatus
April 2026
Climate warming has reshaped the structure and function of global boreal forest with expected negative impacts at its southern margins. A warming hiatus has occurred in many high-latitude regions in...
Forest structures are shaped by elevation and precipitation in the Central Himalaya
April 2026
Forests in the Himalaya occur across a huge elevational range up to the tree-line ecotone. Precipitation also varies strongly; it is usually high at the windward side and low at the leeward side of...
Effects of topography and fine roots on soil nitrogen transformations in acidic coniferous forest soils
April 2026
Topographical variation shapes soil organic matter (SOM) accumulation, influencing soil nitrogen (N) flows, including fine root uptake. In this study, we quantified fine root uptake of inorganic N (NH4+...
Soil moisture governs the weakening response of transpiration fraction to leaf area index increase: A spatiotemporal analysis in China's Three-North region
April 2026
Accurately assessing vegetation-hydrology interactions is crucial for water resource management, especially amidst climate change and ecological restoration. Using remote sensing observations (MODIS...
Six years of nitrogen addition reduced ecosystem carbon sequestration capacity in a subtropical forest
April 2026
Nitrogen (N) deposition profoundly influences carbon (C) cycling in terrestrial ecosystems. However, integrated studies on dynamics of net ecosystem C stock (NEC) under N deposition in subtropical forests...
Evergreen vs. deciduous species: Whose water use efficiency can influence the plant trait spectrum in the karst evergreen-deciduous mixed broad-leaved forests?
April 2026
Unraveling the drivers of the plant trait spectrum is crucial for explaining species coexistence, especially in biodiverse ecosystems. Focusing on the Maolan Nature Reserve, a typical karst evergreen-deciduous...
Comparison of multiple satellite-derived products for assessing vegetation productivity and evapotranspiration in Nepal: Toward understanding carbon and water coupling in a mountainous region
April 2026
Mountain ecosystems are highly sensitive to climate change, as they regulate carbon–water dynamics that underpin critical ecosystem services. Satellite remote sensing serves as a powerful tool for large-scale...
Tree species mixing enhances the diversity–function relationship in subtropical Cunninghamia lanceolata plantations
April 2026
Forest biodiversity enhances ecosystem functionality and underpins sustainable forest management by improving soil nutrient cycling. As a representative sustainable management practice, tree species...
Floristic diversity and forest structure in two protected miombo woodlands: Insights from permanent plots in Gilé and Niassa, Mozambique
April 2026
This study investigates the floristic diversity, structural attributes, and spatial organisation of woody communities in miombo woodlands within Gilé National Park (GNP) and Niassa Special Reserve (NSR),...
New and established regression techniques to address design-bias trends in fixed populations
April 2026
In many studies applying remotely sensed data and regression analysis for assessing ecosystem characteristics, such as biomass or growing stock volume in forests, a trend from over-predicting small...
Land use and landscape pattern changes dominated ecosystem service trade-offs and synergies in a temperate mountain region
April 2026
Climate change, land use/cover changes (LUCC), and landscape pattern alterations have increasingly complicated interactions among ecosystem services (ES) in temperate mountain forests, underscoring...
A comparison of species co-occurrence methods within the dark diversity framework in coniferous-broadleaved mixed forests
April 2026
Species co-occurrence patterns are widely used to infer the ecological suitability of species that are absent from local communities. However, such approaches are often framed within the concept of...
Effects of habitat fragmentation on multiple ecosystem functions in urban remnant forests
April 2026
Urbanization-driven habitat fragmentation threatens ecosystem multifunctionality (EMF) in remnant forests through biodiversity erosion. This study investigates the effects of habitat fragmentation on...
Invasive bamboo removal enhances soil multifunctionality via increasing fungal but not bacterial community stability
Available online 15 February 2026
Removing invasive plants is widely considered an effective approach for restoring invaded ecosystems. While the impacts of such removal on aboveground vegetation have been well-documented, its influences...
Higher planting density accelerates structural heterogeneity and shifts growth dominance earlier toward large trees in Chinese fir plantations
Available online 14 February 2026
Growth dominance (GD) is an important indicator of structure—function coupling that describes how trees of different sizes contribute to stand growth. It plays a key role in understanding stand competition...
Dominant species stability outweighs species asynchrony and diversity in regulating temperate forest regeneration
Available online 11 February 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...
Response of woody vegetation and soils to modern climate change in the Altai Mountains
Available online 11 February 2026
The upper forest boundary in the mountains is a reliable bioindicator of modern climate change, though its dynamics are influenced by multiple factors. Conjugate studies the structure of tree stands,...
Coarse woody debris requirements for maintaining land snail diversity in managed spruce forests
December 2025
Coarse woody debris (CWD) plays a crucial role in maintaining biodiversity in forest ecosystems by supporting habitat complexity and influencing soil properties. This study investigates the effects...
Large-scale modelling wind damage vulnerability through combination of high-resolution forest resources maps and ForestGALES
December 2025
Assessing forest vulnerability to disturbances at a high spatial resolution and for regional and national scales has become attainable with the combination of remote sensing-derived high-resolution...
Up-to-date high-resolution understory terrain extraction based on satellite stereo photogrammetry and spaceborne LiDAR
December 2025
Accurate digital terrain models (DTMs) are essential for a wide range of geospatial and environmental applications, yet their derivation in forested regions remains a significant challenge. Existing...