Special issue/Topical collection Archive
16 Dec 2021
Call for a new AFS topical issue: Trees, forests and water – recent advances on resistance and resilience to water deficits.
By Véronique Lesage On 16 December 2021 In All published articles, Editorial news, For authors, Special issue/Topical collection
Editors: Erwin Dreyer, Hervé Cochard, Jean Marc Guehl, André Granier (INRAE) ; Maurizio Mencuccini (CREAF). Scope : Ecophysiology and functional ecology of trees and forests have made tremendous progress over the last decades and attracted much attention in
19 Nov 2021
Molecular control to salt tolerance mechanisms of woody plants: recent achievements and perspectives
By Véronique Lesage On 19 November 2021 In All published articles, Open Access, Review paper, Special issue/Topical collection
Key message Woody plants have salt-tolerant mechanisms similar to those developed by non-woody plants. Among others, compartmentalization of ions, production of compatible solutes, synthesis of specific proteins and metabolites, and induction of transcriptional factors are the most
8 Oct 2021
Is vulnerability segmentation at the leaf-stem transition a drought resistance mechanism? A theoretical test with a trait-based model for Neotropical canopy tree species
By Véronique Lesage On 8 October 2021 In All published articles, Open Access, Research paper, Special issue/Topical collection
Key message Leaf-stem vulnerability segmentation predicts lower xylem embolism resistance in leaves than stem. However, although it has been intensively investigated these past decades, the extent to which vulnerability segmentation promotes drought resistance is not well understood.
1 Oct 2021
Disentangling the role of sex dimorphism and forest structure as drivers of growth and wood density in expanding Juniperus thurifera L. woodlands
By Véronique Lesage On 1 October 2021 In All published articles, Data in repository, Research paper, Special issue/Topical collection
Key message The dioecious tree species Juniperus thurifera L. is undergoing a spontaneous process of forest expansion in southwest Europe. We investigated how growth, climate sensitivity, and wood density varied simultaneously between sexes and among stages of
16 Jun 2021
Oviposition preference of the forest cockchafer (Melolontha hippocastani Fabr. 1801) at the stand scale depends on oak proportion, canopy openness and ground accessibility
By Véronique Lesage On 16 June 2021 In All published articles, Data in repository, Research paper, Special issue/Topical collection
Key message Melolontha hippocastani is a major pest in European mixed and broadleaf forests. Investigating its oviposition behavior, we observed that a dense shrub layer reduces the density of egg clusters and eggs in the soil. Conversely,
13 Apr 2021
Interaction of drought and frost in tree ecophysiology: rethinking the timing of risks
By Véronique Lesage On 13 April 2021 In All published articles, Review paper, Special issue/Topical collection
Key message The increase in climate variability is likely to generate an increased occurrence of both frost-induced and drought-induced damages on perennial plants. We examined how these stress factors can potentially interact and would subsequently affect the
8 Apr 2021
An innovative and automated method for characterizing wood defects on trunk surfaces using high-density 3D terrestrial LiDAR data
By Véronique Lesage On 8 April 2021 In All published articles, Data in repository, Research paper, Special issue/Topical collection
Key message We designed a novel method allowing to automatically detect and measure defects on the surface of trunks including branches, branch scars, and epicormics from terrestrial LiDAR data by using only high-density 3D information. We could
30 Mar 2021
Exploring new frontiers in forecasting forest growth, yield and wood property variation
By Véronique Lesage On 30 March 2021 In All published articles, Opinion paper, Special issue/Topical collection
Key message Modern forest managers operate in a world characterised by increasing variability in multiple factors impacting forest productivity, survival and product quality. Being able to predict, as accurately as possible, how forests will develop in the
27 Jan 2021
AFS is launching a new topical collection “Sustainable Policies for Wild Fire Management in Forests”
By Véronique Lesage On 27 January 2021 In All published articles, Editorial, Special issue/Topical collection
This special issue aims to focus on effective wildfire management in the future by managing long-term resilience and restoration approaches to balance the ecological instability due to wildfires in the forests. Researchers and scholars are welcomed to
13 Jan 2021
Modeling size-density trajectories of even-aged ash (Fraxinus excelsior L.) stands in France. A baseline to assess the impact of Chalara ash dieback
By Véronique Lesage On 13 January 2021 In All published articles, Data in repository, Research paper, Special issue/Topical collection
Key message A piecewise polynomial function already used to represent the size-density trajectories of pure even-aged stands of beech, oak, and Douglas-fir proved its ability to represent the size-density trajectories of a new species, ash. The widespread
