Forests, Volume 16, Issue 6

Desert plants in arid regions are facing escalating challenges from global warming, underscoring the urgent need to predict shifts in the distribution and habitats of dominant species under future climate scenarios. This study employed the Maximum En...

Against the backdrop of global climate change and increasing ecological pressure, the refined monitoring of forest resources and accurate tree species identification have become essential tasks for sustainable forest management. Hyperspectral remote...

As one of the decay-resistant woods, Korean pine is widely used in the construction industry. However, even the most corrosion-resistant wood is still susceptible to decay under the right humidity and temperature conditions. In this study, Bacillus a...

Understanding how regional and local climate variability drive radial growth in trees is necessary to assess the climate-warming mitigation potential of forests. However, tree species occurring in the same region differently respond to climate variab...

The aim of this research was to record changes in the population structure of epigeic spider assemblages in the Central European Danube Delta (Slovakia) as a result of habitat management measures and the impact of human intervention. During this rese...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the suitability of eight softwood species most commonly used by Greek timber industries, including furniture manufacturers and companies producing roundwood, sawn timber, and plywood. The analysis was based on in...

Camellia oleifera Abel (C. oleifera) is an evergreen shrub classified under the Camellia genus. It is an important oil species and has great economic benefits. At present, C. oleifera is widely cultivated in the Yangtze River Basin in South China, an...

Forestry machinery plays a key role in forest management, but its increasing weight significantly impacts soil condition. Machinery passage causes soil compaction, which alters the physical, chemical, and biological properties of the soil and affects...

Arid regions face multiple challenges such as population expansion, water scarcity, land degradation, and biodiversity reduction. Understanding temporal and spatial patterns of ecosystem service trade-offs and synergies is critical for sustainable de...

The advancement of harvester technology increasingly relies on automated forest analysis within machine operational ranges. However, real-world testing remains costly and time-consuming. To address this, we introduced the Tree Classification Framewor...

Community-based collaboration has been touted as an effective model for forest governance because it promotes democratized decision-making and stakeholder engagement to address landscape-scale problems. Forest collaboratives are assumed to be heterog...

Texas has abundant forest resources, and the forest sector contributes tremendously to the state economy. However, Texas has the lowest log truck weight limits among the neighboring states, which puts the state at a competitive disadvantage in the fo...

The bamboo shoots of Dendrocalamus brandisii Kurz. are a type of nutritious and delicious vegetable. However, their quality is vulnerable to mechanical damage and pest infestation, which reduces their economic benefits. In order to study the effects...

The accelerated penetration of digital technology into natural ecosystems has led to the digital transformation of forest ecological spaces. Smart forestry, as a key pathway for digital-intelligence-enabled ecological governance, plays an important r...

Mozambique’s natural forests are increasingly affected by climate change, deforestation, and unsustainable exploitation, threatening both biodiversity and rural livelihoods. This study examines the wood anatomical characteristics of five commer...

A possible tactic to survey and control Pine Wilt Disease is the use of semiochemical-baited traps to capture the insect-vector, the pine sawyer Monochamus galloprovincialis (Olivier) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). The most common chemical lure used is...

Intra-order trait variation is a key driver of aboveground shoot performance at different branch basal heights. Although the basic light exposure and nutrient supply to shoots vary with branch basal height, most studies have focused on inter-order va...

The Brazilian Amazon, a global biodiversity hotspot, faces escalating anthropogenic pressures and climate change, underscoring the urgent need to identify priority areas for ecological restoration and sustainable forest use. This study applied a topo...

Soil erosion and surface runoff on forest road slopes are major environmental concerns, especially in harvested areas, making effective mitigation strategies essential for sustainable forest management. The study compared the effectiveness of three s...

Green perception underlies pro-greenspace behavior, but external stimuli and behavior are not always aligned. Understanding how residents’ perceived external green stimuli influence pro-greenspace behavior, and how the “good citizen&rdquo...

Ethnobotanical knowledge and biodiversity are critical components of sustainable natural resource management, especially in regions undergoing rapid environmental and socio-economic change. In Northeast Thailand, traditional plant knowledge is deeply...

The operational stability and vibration performance of large-scale ventilation fans used in forestry storage facilities are critical for ensuring the safety and environmental control of timber and wood-based materials. To effectively reduce vibration...

Heat treatment is a widely employed method for modifying solid wood and has also been extended to veneer-type woods. Owing to the thinness and ease of handling of veneers, the regulation of protective media in heat treatment has not been highly regar...

Entomopathogenic fungi are a group of fungi that infect and kill insects to obtain nutrients, thereby contributing to the natural regulation of insect populations. In recent years, they have been increasingly utilized as biological control agents, pa...

Forest–atmosphere interactions through mass and energy fluxes significantly influence climate processes. However, due to anthropogenic actions, native Araucaria forests in southern Brazil, part of the Atlantic Forest biome, have been drasticall...

Lead (Pb) contamination in Moso bamboo forests poses a challenge in terms of sustainable development and raises concerns about the safety of bamboo shoots for consumption. However, the physiological impacts of Pb stress on Moso bamboo growth and the...

Understanding the processes of organic nitrogen (N) mineralization to ammonium (NH₄⁺) and NH₄⁺ oxidation to nitrate (NO₃⁻), which, together, supply soil inorganic N (the sum of NH₄⁺ and NO₃⁻), is of great significance for guiding the rest...

Tortrix viridana (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) (TV) is a serious pest of oaks in the West-Palearctic. In Ukraine in the 50–70s of the 20th century, the area of TV outbreaks reached 140–180 thousand hectares. Since the late 1...

Forests harbor most of the world’s terrestrial biodiversity; however, traditional conservation frameworks prioritize species richness over evolutionary diversity. Phylogenetic diversity (PD) reflects the complete evolutionary history contained...

Beijing’s plain-region villages face significant shortages of internal green space, yet studies on village enclosure forests as a supplementary green infrastructure to serve rural communities are limited. So, this study examines village enclosu...

(1) Background: Land-use change threatens biodiversity globally, making it essential to anticipate future impacts. (2) Methods: We assess future land-use change scenarios as a tool for analyzing the taxonomic and functional richness of birds in the S...

Lightweight, layered wood-based panels are gaining attention due to favorable mechanical and physical properties. This study examined numerical modeling as a method to predict the strength of innovative three-layer sandwich panels with thermoplastic...

Selection forestry sustains timber production and stand structural complexity via partial harvesting. However, regeneration initiated by harvesting may function as fuel ladders, providing pathways for fire to reach the forest canopy. We sought potent...

Understanding the seasonal regulation of transpiration and stomatal conductance is critical for evaluating plant water-use strategies in response to environmental variability. This study assessed these physiological traits in three dominant savanna t...

This study evaluates the effectiveness of combining remote sensing techniques with the Random Forest algorithm for estimating the Periodic Annual Increment (PAI) in a dry tropical forest located within the Caatinga biome in northeastern Brazil. The a...

Forested areas are defined as wooded regions characterized by dense vegetation, largely preserved natural ecosystem features, and availability for recreational use. These areas play a critical role in maintaining ecological balance and are increasing...

Forestry is recognized as one of the most physically demanding professions. Walking in presents unique biomechanical challenges due to complex, irregular terrain, with several possible risks. This study investigated how human gait adapts across solid...

Small terrestrial mammals (STMs) are vital components of forest ecosystems. They serve as seed dispersers, herbivores, prey, and vectors of pathogens. The STM community structure responds dynamically to forest composition, disturbance, and management...

Trees play a vital role in urban environments by mitigating heat islands, floods, and pollution, while promoting public health and well-being. Acoustic tomography is an effective tool for assessing tree integrity, but its high-cost limits widespread...

Wood is a naturally abundant, biodegradable, and renewable material with significant potential as an alternative to petroleum-based materials. However, its inherent heterogeneity, anisotropy, and modest mechanical properties limit its application in...

Triadica sebifera, an economically and medicinally valuable tree species native to China, was investigated for its in vitro regeneration potential using leaf explants from nodal cuttings of young stems and sprouts. This study evaluated the effects of...

Lead (Pb) pollution poses a long-term threat to forest ecosystems, particularly in mountainous areas affected by atmospheric deposition. This study examined the physiological and biochemical responses of juvenile Pinus sylvestris L. and Picea abies (...

The phytoaccumulation of Fe, Mn, Cu, Zn, and Pb in Tilia cordata flowers and soils from six locations with varying degrees of anthropopressure in Bydgoszcz city and its surroundings (Poland) was assessed. Additionally, metal concentrations and soil e...

Promoting nature-positive forestry requires sustainable timber production that aligns with ecosystem service (ES) conservation. However, Japan’s recently implemented top-down timber production policy may undermine sustainability in local forest...

Old-growth forests are rare in Europe, yet they play a critical role in biodiversity and carbon storage. This study examines the structural dynamics of the Janj old-growth forest in the Dinaric Alps using repeated field measurements from 2011 and 202...

Little information is available about the ecosystem carbon (C) storage among coniferous and broadleaved plantations with similar stand ages in North China. The aim of the present research was to estimate the C storages of the components of plants, li...

Global forest wildfires are increasing in both frequency and intensity, resulting in significant ecological degradation and posing substantial threats to human health. This study focused on the Dongjiang River Basin in southern China and investigated...

In recent years, forest education has become a critical element in global environmental governance. This study employed the CiteSpace tool to systematically analyze 2917 titles of the forest education literature from the Web of Science Core Collectio...

This study analyzes near-infrared (NIR) spectral characteristics of the wood of Hevea spruceana (Benth.) Müll. Arg., Hura crepitans L., Ocotea cymbarum Kunth, and Pseudobombax munguba (Mart.) Dugand from an Amazon floodplain forest area located...

Although tropical ecosystems have become increasingly vulnerable to fire over the past century, the mechanisms by which fire disturbance influences N₂O emissions in these regions remain poorly understood. This study investigated the effects of fire o...