Letter to the editor Archive
29 Oct 2020
Victims or perpetrators: contribution and response of insects to forest diebacks and declines
By Véronique Lesage On 29 October 2020 In All published articles, Letter to the editor, Open Access, Special issue/Topical collection
Key message Unprecedented forest declines and diebacks are expected worldwide in response to global change. Insects can trigger or contribute to these disturbances, which can in turn have either beneficial or detrimental retroactive cascading effects on insect
23 Dec 2018
The recurrent evolution of extremely resistant xylem
Highly resistant xylem has evolved multiple times over the past 400 million years. Scott A M MacAdam & Amanda A Cardoso Water is transported under tension in xylem and consequently is vulnerable to invasion by air and
25 Aug 2015
Monitoring European forests: results for science, policy, and society
By Erwin Dreyer On 25 August 2015 In Letter to the editor
Forest inventories have been carried out in Europe for centuries with the view to secure the wood supply. The first forest surveys based on probabilistic sampling design started in the early 1920s with the aim to provide
21 Jul 2015
MeMoWood 2013. Wood properties: future needs, measurement and modelling.
By Francis COLIN, Marie Pierre LABORIE & Mathieu FORTIN 1 Challenges regarding wood Wood products differ from other manufactured products by the fact that they originate from raw material developed in forest trees, according to complex biological
24 Apr 2015
Volume 72, Issue 3, May 2015
Thematic Issue Letter to the Editor Climate change and tree responses in Central European forests T. Wohlgemuth Pages 285-287 See article content on this blog Original Papers Developing predictive models of wind damage in
2 Apr 2015
Central European forests under climate change
By Marianne Peiffer On 2 April 2015 In Letter to the editor
Key message : The special issue reports on the successful ClimTree 2013 conference held in Zurich (Switzerland) and gives view on the diversity of both current and projected climate change impacts in forest structures, communities or individual
21 Mar 2015
An overview of existing and promising technologies for national forest monitoring
The main goal of national forest programs is to lead and steer forest policy development and implementation processes in an inter-sectoral way (FAO 2006). National forest monitoring systems contribute to forest programs through monitoring forest changes and
21 Mar 2015
Overcoming obstacles to sharing data on tree allometric equations
Advances in ecology face the complexity of ecosystems with dynamics longer than a single scientist’s career. In forestry and REDD+ practice, in particular, our ability to understand forest ecosystem dynamics and to manage them for mitigation and
5 Aug 2014
VULNERABILITY TO FOREST DECLINE IN A CONTEXT OF CLIMATE CHANGES: NEW PROSPECTS ABOUT AN OLD QUESTION IN FOREST ECOLOGY
Nathalie BRÉDA, Marianne PEIFFER INRA, UMR 1137 Écologie et Écophysiologie Forestières, 54280 Champenoux, France Université de Lorraine, UMR 1137 Écologie et Écophysiologie Forestières, BP 239, F-54506 Vandœuvre-les-Nancy, France
30 Jul 2014
Desirable properties of wood for sustainable development in the twenty-first century
By Erwin Dreyer On 30 July 2014 In Letter to the editor
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