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

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

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

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

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
4 Dec 2025

The use and integration of airborne laser scanning and satellite time series data in precision forest management for plantations of fast-growing tree species

Key message  Integrating airborne laser scanning and satellite time series data across the forest rotation enhances decision-making in precision forestry. This review supports forest managers by illustrating practical applications of these remote sensing technologies at different stages
3 Dec 2025

Adapting forests to climate change: an experiment to promote different tree species in mixed Scots pine forests (Pinus sylvestris L.)

Key message  We have applied various silvicultural treatments to enhance the adaptation of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) mixed forests to climate change in Montesquiu Castle Park (Catalonia, NE Spain). Some treatments have shown positive effects, such as increased
3 Dec 2025

Extraction of individual tree attributes using ultra-high-density point clouds acquired by low-cost UAV-LiDAR in Eucalyptus plantations

Key message  In this paper, we first introduced a novel method for directly measuring tree diameters from UAV-LiDAR point clouds utilizing the χ2-filtering technique and a technique for measuring tree heights using pseudo-waveforms. Keywords  Individual tree detection; Tree
2 Dec 2025

How much timber from Norway spruce (Picea abies L.) is left on the harvesting site as treetops? A study on scaling and grading yields of harvesters

Key message  Timber losses during Norway spruce (Picea abies L.) harvesting with the cut-to-length method were analyzed using data from 41,948 stems. The volume of timber left on the site after CTL harvesting reached 0.111% overall and 0.454%