Special issue/Topical collection Archive

4 Dec 2025

Forest attribute maps: a support for small area estimation of forest disturbances

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
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
30 Jan 2025

Beyond the perception of wind only as a meteorological hazard: importance of mechanobiology for biomass allocation, forest ecology and management

Key message Although global changes are expected to intensify the impact of wind as a hazard, recent studies have emphasized the critical role wind plays in tree growth and development. Wind-induced swaying generates strains that the tree
30 Jan 2025

Take five: about the beat and the bar of annual and 5-year periodic national forest inventories

Key message International forest reporting processes and increasing forest disturbances delineate new requirements regarding the information delivered by national forest inventories (NFI), with implications on their sampling strategies. An original comparative review of the sampling designs of
8 Aug 2024

Stakeholders’ participation in decreasing wildfire risk in the context of natural resource management in the Podpoľanie region of Slovakia

Key message As the number and extent of wildfires are increasing due to climate change and human impacts, the demand for effective risk reduction strategies is growing. Due to limited resources or management capabilities in Slovakia, appropriate
21 May 2024

MYB4 is the best candidate transcription factor involved in pinosylvin stilbene biosynthesis in Pinus strobus L. cells by fungal elicitor treatment

Key message Dihydropinosylvin monomethyl ether (DPME) and pinosylvin monomethyl ether (PME) are pinosylvin derivatives that show high nematicidal activity against pine wood nematodes (PWNs). Here, we found that fungal elicitor treatment boosted the production of DPME and
3 Apr 2024

Improving monitoring and management methods is of the utmost importance in countries at risk of invasion by the pinewood nematode

Key message The invasive pine wood nematode is a major threat to pine forests worldwide, causing extensive tree mortality. Although scientific knowledge and control measures are continuously improving, important gaps remain. We argue that some key questions,
15 Mar 2024

Canopy gap impacts on soil organic carbon and nutrient dynamic: a meta-analysis

Key message The forest canopy gaps, formed by natural or anthropogenic factors, have been found to reduce soil carbon content and increase nutrient availability. The magnitudes of these effects have been observed to increase with gap age
13 Mar 2024

Inter-provenance variability and phenotypic plasticity of wood and leaf traits related to hydraulic safety and efficiency in seven European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) provenances differing in yield

Key message Seven European beech provenances differing largely in growth performance were grown at two common garden sites in Germany and Slovakia. The intra-specific variability of most traits was explained more by phenotypic plasticity than inter-provenance variability,