Open Access Archive
9 Dec 2025
Historical insecticide applications for the treatment of forest insect pests from 1968 to 2017, in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Key message The geospatial dataset describes large-scale applications of insecticides to forests from 1968 to 2017 in the provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) and Nova Scotia (NS), Canada. The data was assembled to provide a historical
8 Dec 2025
Water-based root exudates of Molinia caerulea (L.) Moench disrupt root nitrogen metabolism in Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl. seedlings with a fast negative effect on budburst
By Carla Allais On 8 December 2025 In All published articles, Non classé, Open Access, Research paper
Key message Molinia caerulea (L.) Moench has been observed to significantly reduce budburst in Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl. seedlings through water-based M. caerulea root exudates. This suggests direct allelopathic effects between the two species. In terms of nutrient uptake, oak roots primarily
8 Dec 2025
Identification of ash-associated understorey diversity—a lesson from historical vegetation records
By Carla Allais On 8 December 2025 In All published articles, Non classé, Open Access, Research paper
Key message Forest communities historically dominated by common ash (Fraxinus excelsior L.) were characterized by particularly high species richness in the understorey and included a distinct set of vascular plant species statistically associated with higher ash cover. These
5 Dec 2025
Outbreaks of European spruce bark beetle dramatically altered Norway spruce-dominated stands with implications for volant wildlife in the Białowieża Forest, Poland
By Carla Allais On 5 December 2025 In All published articles, Non classé, Open Access, Research paper
Key message An outbreak of the European spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus L.) in spruce (Picea abies L.) dominated forest stands in the Białowieża Forest, Poland, has led to fundamental changes in forest characteristics. The species composition of regenerating stands
5 Dec 2025
Comparative role of snags and stumps in promoting biological diversity—a case study from a mountain silver fir (Abies alba Mill.) forest
By Carla Allais On 5 December 2025 In All published articles, Non classé, Open Access, Research paper
Key message Differences in chemical properties and enzymatic activity between silver fir (Abies alba Mill.) stumps and snags in Polish mountain forests highlight their different effects on nutrient cycling. Our research underscores the significant differences in microbial activity
5 Dec 2025
Optimisation of forest management under climate change in the French maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Aiton) forests
By Carla Allais On 5 December 2025 In All published articles, Non classé, Open Access, Research paper
Key message A modern portfolio optimisation was performed on simulation data to optimise management alternatives of maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Aiton), under climate change. The objective was to maximise the biological productivity while minimising the inter-annual variability, until 2100,
5 Dec 2025
How to define and quantify substitution effects in the bioeconomy: a scoping review
Key message Research on substitution effects in the bioeconomy remains conceptually fragmented and methodologically narrow—focused predominantly on fossil-to-biomass material and energetic substitution, forest-derived biomass, carbon-related metrics, and single-method assessments. This limits its policy relevance. Comprehensive monitoring frameworks
5 Dec 2025
UruDendro, a public dataset of 64 cross-section images and manual annual ring delineations of Pinus taeda L.
Key message The automatic detection of tree-ring boundaries and other anatomical features using image analysis has progressed substantially over the past decade with advances in machine learning and imagery technology, as well as increasing demands from the
4 Dec 2025
A decade-long study on mortality in European larch (Larix decidua Mill.), Japanese larch (Larix kaempferi (Lamb.) Car.) and their hybrid
By Carla Allais On 4 December 2025 In All published articles, Non classé, Open Access, Research paper
Key Message This study, based on a clonal larch experiment under contrasting soil water conditions, showed that Japanese larch exhibited the highest drought-induced mortality, followed by the hybrid and European larch. Mortality was driven by low soil
4 Dec 2025
Forest attribute maps: a support for small area estimation of forest disturbances
By Carla Allais On 4 December 2025 In All published articles, Non classé, Open Access, Research paper, Special issue/Topical collection
Key Message Forest attribute maps generated using national forest inventory and remote sensing data can be used to quantify forest attributes (i.e., growing stock volume, basal area) affected by disturbance events (like bark-beetle induced damage) through small