{"id":7076,"date":"2026-10-07T10:00:27","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T08:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/?p=7076"},"modified":"2026-10-05T12:00:42","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T10:00:42","slug":"edge-presence-and-orientation-drive-wind-induced-mortality-in-swedish-forests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/2026\/10\/07\/edge-presence-and-orientation-drive-wind-induced-mortality-in-swedish-forests\/","title":{"rendered":"Edge presence and orientation drive wind-induced mortality in Swedish forests"},"content":{"rendered":"<script type='text\/javascript' src='https:\/\/d1bxh8uas1mnw7.cloudfront.net\/assets\/embed.js'><\/script><p><span style=\"color: #0d5c06;font-size: 10pt\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/10\/13595_2026_1356_Fig1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7077 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/10\/13595_2026_1356_Fig1-300x221.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/10\/13595_2026_1356_Fig1-300x221.png 300w, https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/10\/13595_2026_1356_Fig1-768x567.png 768w, https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/10\/13595_2026_1356_Fig1-640x472.png 640w, https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/10\/13595_2026_1356_Fig1.png 976w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Research paper<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Key message<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Newly created forest edges, particularly those facing westerly winds, substantially raise the risk of wind damage in Swedish forests. Taller and spruce-dominated stands are more vulnerable. Integrating edge orientation and harvest timing into long-term management planning can lower vulnerability and strengthen forest resilience to increasing storm impacts under future climate conditions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keywords<br \/>\n<\/strong>Stand composition; Thinning timing; Edge exposure; Forest management; Windthrow; Risk modeling<\/p>\n<div class='altmetric-embed' data-badge-type='donut' data-doi='10.1186\/s13595-026-01356-4'  style='float: right; ' ><\/div>\n<p><strong>Publication<br \/>\n<\/strong>Delin, E.V., Holmstr\u00f6m, E., Saarela, S.\u00a0<i>et al.<\/i>\u00a0Edge presence and orientation drive wind-induced mortality in Swedish forests.\u00a0<i>Annals of Forest Science<\/i>\u00a0<b>83<\/b>, 38 (2026). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1186\/s13595-026-01356-4\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1186\/s13595-026-01356-4<\/a><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nHandling editor<br \/>\n<\/strong>Jean-Christophe Domec<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research paper Key message Newly created forest edges, particularly those facing westerly winds, substantially raise the risk of wind damage in Swedish forests. Taller and spruce-dominated stands are more vulnerable. Integrating edge orientation and harvest timing into long-term management planning can lower vulnerability and strengthen forest resilience to increasing storm impacts under future climate conditions. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":240,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,1,109,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article-type","category-non-classe","category-open-access","category-research-paper","cat-14-id","cat-1-id","cat-109-id","cat-15-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/240"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7076"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7076\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7078,"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7076\/revisions\/7078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}