Author Archive

30 Jul 2014

Growth and basic wood properties of black spruce along an alti-latitudinal gradient in Quebec, Canada

Sergio ROSSI, Ernest CAIRO, Cornelia KRAUSE, Annie DESLAURIERS Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Chicoutimi, QC, G7H2B1, Canada   Key Message: Northern stands are expected to produce wood of higher quality, making these areas attractive for the forest
30 Jul 2014

Desirable properties of wood for sustainable development in the twenty-first century

Kenneth E SKOG, Theodor H WEGNER, Ted BILEK, Charles H. MICHLER USDA Forest Service Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, WI, 53726, USA;  USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA Key message: Meeting human needs
30 Jul 2014

Impact of Annals of Forest Science

The 2013 Impact Factors have just been published by Thomson Reuters in the Journal Citation Reports. Annals of Forest Science’s IF (2-yrs) is 1.536 and (5-yrs), it is 1.834. The journal ranks 21 among 64 journals in
30 Jul 2014

Response of Swiss forests to management and climate change in the last 60 years

Meinrad KÜCHLER, Helen KÜCHLER, Angéline BEDOLLA, Thomas WOHLGEMUTH WSL Swiss Federal Research Institute, Zürcherstrasse 111, 8903, Birmensdorf, Switzerland Key Message: An analysis of plant species range shifts in Swiss forests shows that, to date, the impact of