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...
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...
Modeling adaptive growth in forest trees: Integrating individual variation to understand climate responses in widely-distributed species
August 2026
An improved understanding of how forest trees may respond individually and differentially to climate across broad environmental gradients, due to adaptation or physiological acclimation, may facilitate...
Integrating solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence and nighttime temperature to enhance the detection of the start of growing season in evergreen broadleaf forests under monsoon climates
August 2026
Accurate phenological information is crucial for assessing ecosystem dynamics and carbon budgets. Evergreen broadleaf forests (EBF), as a typical evergreen vegetation type in tropical and subtropical...
Patterns of decomposition rates in central European forests differ among carrion, leaf litter and deadwood
August 2026
Decomposition of dead organic matter is essential for ecosystem functioning and nutrient cycling, but carrion, leaf litter, and deadwood vary in their physicochemical characteristics, associated decomposer...
Allometric models generalisation adding more variables to estimate aboveground biomass for algarrobo (Neltuma flexuosa) across environmental gradients in Argentinian Monte Desert woodlands
August 2026
Dryland forests provide essential contributions to human communities, including timber production and carbon sequestration. Estimating forest biomass and productivity is an essential input for forest...
The footprint of fire history on fuel structure strongly shapes fire severity in Mediterranean and Oceanic ecosystems of southern Europe
August 2026
Extreme wildfires are increasingly frequent across southern Europe, yet the extent to which fire history legacies modulate ecosystem-specific fire severity responses remains poorly understood in this...
Unveiling the climatic tolerance and refugia potential of Abies cilicica Carr. through integrative niche modeling under climate change
August 2026
Understanding the climatic responses of regionally restricted species is essential for developing robust conservation strategies. This study focuses on Abies cilicica, an oro-Mediterranean fir species...
Drought rather than warming increases the ratio of rare species by producing a larger quantity of low-quality foliar litter
August 2026
The decomposition of foliar litter and the release of nutrients, which are sensitive to climate changes, are critical regulators of forest ecosystem function. Yet, how litter nutrient allocation responds...
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...
Contrasting responses of above- and belowground carbon stocks and arthropods in relation to forest management
August 2026
Forest ecosystems play a key role in mitigating both climate change and biodiversity loss, as they store large amounts of carbon and provide habitat for a diverse flora and fauna. However, for temperate...
Progressively synergizing individual-tree and area-based approaches for regional forest biomass mapping using aerial LiDAR
August 2026
Aerial LiDAR provides essential three-dimensional structural information for accurate forest biomass estimation across large spatial extents. However, conventional approaches, including the area-based...
Scaling of phyllosphere epiphyllous bacterial diversity with tree size across temperate forests
August 2026
Phyllosphere bacteria form a part of the extended phenotype of host plants, and can strongly influence plant environmental adaptability. However, little is known about whether and how phyllosphere bacterial...
Nitrogen additions modify the nursing effect of Scots pine on Sitka spruce via plant-soil feedback
August 2026
Nitrogen availability is thought to be a key factor that modifies the strength and direction of plant-soil feedback (PSF), but how nitrogen availability and PSF interact in forests remains unresolved....
Aquaculture stress destabilizes iron–organic carbon coupling and alters nitrogen pathways in mangrove soils
August 2026
Mangrove carbon sequestration and nitrogen removal processes are threatened by coastal aquaculture, but the underlying biogeochemical mechanisms remain poorly understood. Using geochemical profiling,...
Disentangling the determinants of and mapping the root-to-shoot ratio of Chinese forest ecosystems
August 2026
The root-to-shoot ratio (R/S) is a key parameter for estimating forest carbon stocks and modeling carbon cycles at global and regional scales. We compiled a large dataset (n = 7,980) from Chinese forest...