Editor’s choice Archive

19 Dec 2014

Estimating ozone risks using forest monitoring networks—results for science, policy, and society

Antonella Cristofori, Giovanni Bacaro, Mauro Confalonieri, Fabiana Cristofolini, Luisa Frati, Francesco Geri, Elena Gottardini, Gabriele Tonidandel, Fabio Zottele, Marco Ferretti. A few integration steps (adding low-cost ozone measurements, link to existing conventional monitors, joint data processing) transformed
9 Dec 2014

SIFER 2015, International Doctoral Course “Stable Isotopes in Forest Ecosystem Research”

June 1st – 5th, 2015, INRA campus, Champenoux, France 3rd edition  University of Lorraine (Doctoral School RP2E) and the “Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique” (INRA) are organizing, in the frame of the Lab of Excellence “Advanced
6 Dec 2014

“50 years of Annals of Forest Science”: Structural and functional characterization of tree proteins involved in redox regulation: a new frontier in forest science

Jean Pierre JACQUOT, Jérémy COUTURIER, Claude DIDIERJEAN, Eric GELHAYE, Mélanie MOREL-ROUHIER, Arnaud HECKER, Christophe PLOMION, Désirée D. GÜTLE, Nicolas ROUHIER Université de Lorraine, Inra, UMR 1136 “Interactions Arbres-Microorganismes”, F54500 VANDOEUVRE. This paper describes how the combination of
29 Nov 2014

A quick guide to writing a solid peer review

       Writing clear, comprehensive and balanced reviews for submitted manuscripts is an important task for all scientists who are at the same time producing manuscripts for publication and assessing manuscripts from colleagues. Here, as an introduction
3 Nov 2014

IPCC – Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) AR5 provides a clear and up to date view of the current state of scientific knowledge relevant to climate change. It consists of three Working Group (WG) reports and a Synthesis Report (SYR).
1 Nov 2014

Open data: A role for publishers…. or for journal editors?

Comment on the paper by Jennifer Lin and Carly Strasser, Plos Biology, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001975: Recommendations for the Role of Publishers in Access to Data The paper by Lin and Strasser addresses a very important point. Institutions and
6 Oct 2014

Linear viscoelasticity of hot-pressed hybrid poplar relates to densification and to the in situ molecular parameters of cellulose

Isabella REINIATI, Noridah B. OSMAN, Armando G. McDONALD, Marie-Pierre LABORIE University of Western Ontario, London, Canad; Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Tronoh, Malaysi; Department of Forest, Rangeland and Fire Sciences, College of Natural Resources, University of Idaho, Moscow, US;
26 Sep 2014

Ten new poplar cultivars provide laminated veneer lumber for structural application

Istie RAHAYU, Louis DENAUD, Rémy MARCHAL, Wayan DARMAVAN Department of Forest Products, Faculty of Forestry, Bogor Agricultural University (IPB), Bogor, 16680, Indonesia; LaBoMaP-ParisTech, rue Porte de Paris, 71250 Cluny, France; CIRAD, 73 rue Jean-François Breton, 34398 Montpellier Cedex 5,
20 Sep 2014

Tomography in standing trees: revisiting the determination of acoustic wave velocity

Andrés ARCINIEGAS, Loïc BRANCHERIAU   and Philippe LASAYGUES CNRS, LMA UPR 7051, Marseille, France; CIRAD, UR BioWooEB – UMR AMAP, Montpellier, France  Email: loic.brancheriau at cirad.fr Key message Wood acoustic velocity determination is affected by the wavelength and the detection algorithm
20 Sep 2014

Satellite data as indicators of tree growth and dieback in a Mediterranean holm oak forest

Romà OGAYA, Adrià BARBETA, Corina BASNOU and Josep PENUELAS CREAF, Cerdanyola del Vallès, E-08193, Catalonia, Spain; CSIC, Global Ecology Unit CREAF-CEAB-CSIC, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès, E-08193, Catalonia, Spain  Email: r.ogaya at creaf.uab.cat In the framework of climate change,