Monthly Archive:: November 2025

25 Nov 2025

Climate-change mitigation strategies at the level of a forestry company in the light of age-class legacy effects

Key message  We analyzed the future carbon balance of 47,000 ha of forests dominated primarily by Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) and managed by the Szombathely Forestry Company in Hungary. Biomass, harvested wood products, and substitution effects were considered.
25 Nov 2025

Carla Allais is the new Editorial Coordinator for Annals of Forest Science

Carla Allais joined the team of Editorial Coordination for Annals of Forest Science since the beginning of November 2025. After graduating from a Master degree in scientific publishing at Université de Caen Normandie, Carla joined INRAE at
25 Nov 2025

Jean-Christophe Domec is the new editor-in-chief of Annals of Forest Science

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Jean-Christophe Domec as the new Editor‐in‐Chief of Annals of Forest Science from January 1, 2026 on. A smooth transition will be ensured with the former Editor-in-Chief, Erwin Dreyer, during
24 Nov 2025

Rootstock effects on growth, reproduction and wood properties in hybrid larch (Larix x eurolepis Henry) and in some other Larix sp. grafting associations

Key message When grafting is used in breeding, the choice of the rootstock should not be underestimated. Its impact on grafted individuals can be either beneficial for reducing tree size or enhancing flowering such as in seed
24 Nov 2025

PDG-Arena: an ecophysiological model for characterizing tree-tree interactions in heterogeneous and mixed stands

Key message PDG-Arena, a new individual- and process-based ecophysiological model, was developed to simulate the functioning of mixed-species forests. It was evaluated using annual growth data on beech-fir stands of the French Prealps. Keywords Process-based modeling; Mixed
24 Nov 2025

Evaluating the effectiveness of climate-based seed transfer and assisted migration: a case study of lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta var. latifolia Dougl.) and interior spruce (Picea engelmanii x glauca (Moench) Voss and their hybrids) in western Canada

Key message Forest assisted migration applied in combination with a climate-based seed transfer system to two North American tree species: lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta var. latifolia Dougl.) and interior spruce (Picea engelmanii x glauca (Moench) Voss and their hybrids), resulted in
17 Nov 2025

No increased drought-related mortality after thinning: a meta-analysis

Key message Our meta-analysis showed that thinning of forest stands did not increase mortality following extreme drought events. There was also no higher mortality among dominant trees that are typically more exposed to irradiance after thinning. We
17 Nov 2025

TRACEABILITY OF OAK (QUERCUS PETREAE (MATT.) LIEBL. AND Q. ROBUR L.) LOGS: THE BIOMTRACE DATABASE

 Key message  The Biomtrace database contains 33,390 RGB images of the butt end cross-section of 5135 French oak logs. Each log was photographed several times with different camera orientations during an initial shooting session. For more than
14 Nov 2025

Using Bursaphelenchus mucronatus to demonstrate the potential nematicidal effect of Beauveria bassiana on pine wood nematode (Bursaphelenchus xylophilus) under in vivo conditions

Key message  This study demonstrates the potential of Beauveria bassiana (Bals.—Criv.) Vuill. to control Bursaphelenchus mucronatus (Mamiya and Enda), which is close to Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (Steiner and Buhrer) Nickle but is a non-quarantine pathogen and, therefore, may be used as an alternative organism