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Annals of Forest Science publishes every year eight issues with original research articles and review papers. The journal covers a broad scope including ecology and ecophysiology, genetics and improvement, tree physiology, damages to forests, wood quality, and silviculture. The biological and ecological bases of a sustainable forest management are an important topic for the journal. All forest ecosystems of the world under boreal, temperate and tropical climates may be addressed.

• Tree-LiMS: a dataset of multi-temporal UAV LiDAR and multispectral data at single-tree level in European beech (<i>Fagus sylvatica </i>L.) forests ... 03/11/2026
  Key Message This dataset offers high-resolution multi-temporal data on European beech tree dynamics, collected through UAV LiDAR and multispectral sensors at Alpe di Catenaia, Central Italy. It tracks architectural and phenological changes under different forest management regimes, providing valuable insights for ecological research and forest ...
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• ENSO advances spring phenology of temperate deciduous shrubs more than trees in Southeastern Wisconsin, USA 02/03/2026
  Key message The 2024 ENSO event advanced the timing of spring phenological phases of native shrubs significantly more than non-native shrubs and native trees in a temperate deciduous woodland fragment in Wisconsin, USA. This suggests that, as spring temperatures warm, shrubs will likely play a ...
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• Influence of forest thinning on the soil fauna: a systematic review of current knowledge and research gaps 01/29/2026
  Key message This systematic review shows that thinning effects on soil fauna abundance and species richness vary with thinning strategy and methodological approach. Positive responses are due to improved resources and favorable microclimate conditions, whereas negative responses were mainly associated with unfavorable microclimate conditions. However, ...
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• Impact of extreme precipitation events on summer deep seepage below temperate forests in the Northeastern Germany lowlands 01/20/2026
  Key Message Stands stocked with European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.), sessile oak (Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl.), and Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) show distinct deep seepage patterns. An increasing importance of extreme summer precipitation contributing to deep seepage in the northeastern German lowlands was detected. ...
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• Tracking a decade of change: insights from long-term monitoring of an old-growth temperate rainforest on Chiloé Island, Chile 01/17/2026
  Key Message Southern temperate rainforests harbor exceptional endemic biodiversity and large carbon stocks but remain underrepresented in global monitoring networks. Here, we present a dataset and standardized census protocol from a 1-ha permanent plot in an old-growth temperate rainforest in Chiloé, Chile. The data obtained ...
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• Crown–branching trade-offs mediate growth and resilience to drought, frost, and masting under moderate thinning in European Beech (<i>Fagus sylvatica</i> L.) 01/16/2026
  Key message Thinning boosts radial growth in European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.), but more is not always better: moderate thinning offers the best vitality balance by keeping resilience comparable to heavily thinned trees, while reducing the sensitivity to late frost and the interannual growth variability ...
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• New editorial team and changed publication process for Annals of Forest Science 01/03/2026
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• Inoculation success of <i>Inonotus obliquus</i> (Ach. ex Pers.) Pilát in birch (<i>Betula pendula</i> Roth, <i>B. pubescens</i> Ehrh.) and alder (<i>Alnus ... 12/16/2025
  Key message This is the first study to investigate the success of inoculation of Alnus incana and A. glutinosa with Inonotus obliquus (Ach. ex Pers.) Pilát, providing new insights about the potential cultivation of this valuable fungus under field conditions. Results show that conks developed ...
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• Assessing fuel structure in old-growth eastern hemlock dominated stands of Nova Scotia, Canada 12/12/2025
  Key message The dataset provides fuel structure (live and dead vegetation) measurements in old-growth eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carrière) dominated stands of Nova Scotia, Canada. Potential reuses of the data include mapping Fire Behaviour Prediction System fuel types, predicting fire behaviour, projecting stand succession, ...
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• Integrated modelling approaches for estimating total organic carbon, total nitrogen, total phosphorus, and ash content in forest floor samples using ... 12/11/2025
  Key message ATR-FTIR spectroscopy combined with statistical modelling provides accurate predictions of forest floor properties: total organic carbon, total nitrogen, total phosphorus and ash. Performance decreases in carbonate-rich samples, particularly for organic carbon and the carbon to nitrogen ratio; excluding such samples improves reliability. This ...
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• Rapid assessment of forest area and volume impacted by the 2025 fires in Aude, France 12/03/2025
  Key message Although forest disturbances occur unpredictably, existing monitoring infrastructures can enable rapid, low-cost assessments. By combining national forest inventory data, canopy height models, and freely available satellite imagery, disturbance extent and forest attributes can be estimated without costly ad-hoc campaigns. Applied to the 2025 ...
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• Assessing the effectiveness of protected areas and prioritizing conservation in fragmented <i>Quercus brantii</i> Lindl. and <i>Q. macranthera</i> Fisch. &amp; C.A.Mey. ... 11/26/2025
  Key message We evaluated the effectiveness of protected areas under climate change scenarios for two keystone Iranian oaks: Quercus brantii in Zagros semiarid forests and Q. macranthera in Hyrcanian temperate forests. Major habitat losses and upslope shifts are projected for both species. Conservation priority areas ...
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• Combining wood anatomy and chemical fingerprinting maximizes tropical timber identification success 11/24/2025
  Key message A combination approach to wood identification methods yields superior results when identifying timber originating from the Central African tropics. This is demonstrated by the performance of DART-TOFMS as a fine-tuning step after the microscopic analysis of wood anatomy. These identifications reveal species misdeclarations ...
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• Compatible models to predict tree crown ratio, crown length and height to the base of the crown for maritime pine ... 11/13/2025
  Key message This paper provides individual tree models to estimate crown variables in maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Aiton.). The estimation of crown variables, especially height to the base of the crown and crown length, is essential for forest fire simulators that require the calculation of ...
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• Correction: Seasonal color shifts and genetic diversity in Scots pine: a generalizable RGB imaging and CNN-based framework for conifer seedlings 11/07/2025
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• How do forest structure and composition near trees with black woodpecker (<i>Dryocopus martius</i> L.) cavities differ from the surrounding forest? ... 10/30/2025
  Key message In French temperate lowland and mountain forests, the black woodpecker (Dryocopus martius L.) excavates preferably trees in beech-dominated sites, with a lower fraction of small-diameter trees than in the surrounding areas, while the presence of deadwood in the immediate vicinity does not matter. ...
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• Anticipated regeneration cuts in transitional high forests of beech (<i>Fagus sylvatica</i> L.) in the Eastern Prealps: ecological and economic impacts 10/30/2025
  Key message Anticipating establishment cuts in transitional high forests of beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) is a sustainable strategy from both ecological and economic perspectives. It could be scaled over large areas to promote structural heterogeneity while minimizing disturbances. Context Beech forests, traditionally managed as coppices ...
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• Seasonal color shifts and genetic diversity in Scots pine: a generalizable RGB imaging and CNN-based framework for conifer seedlings 10/30/2025
  Key message Leveraging affordable red-green-blue (RGB) imaging and neural network algorithms, this study delivers a high-throughput method to quantify seasonal color shifts and genetic variation in Scots pine seedlings. Hue-saturation-brightness (HSB) color analysis, and RGB values can be used for population and seasonal differentiation and ...
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• From clear-cuts to nature reserves: saproxylic beetle diversity and deadwood availability in Norway spruce (<i>Picea abies</i> L.) stands in southern ... 10/28/2025
  Key message Norway spruce (Picea abies L.)-dominated production forests in southern Sweden had a significantly lower amount of deadwood and saproxylic beetle diversity compared to similar nature reserves, especially with regard to red-listed species. The species composition of beetles in reserves also differed from all ...
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• Sawing yield estimation of defective logs in <i>Olea europaea</i> L., <i>Robinia pseudoacacia</i> L., and <i>Castanea sativa</i> Mill. species growing in ... 10/23/2025
  Key message This study assessed sawmill efficiency for olive (Olea europaea L.), black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia L.), and chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.) logs in Southern Italy evaluating the impacts of taper, ovality, sweep, and fluting defects on sawing yield. Taper was the most significant defect, ...
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• Size-dependent behavioral and antennal responses to doses of (+)-isopinocamphone and 1,8-cineole mixed with pheromone: a potential host selection strategy in ... 10/16/2025
  Key message This study revealed differing behavioral and antennal responses between large and small female Ips typographus to two bioactive oxygenated monoterpenoids, ( +)-isopinocamphone and 1,8-cineole, which serve contrasting ecological roles as aggregation pheromone synergist and inhibitor. Larger females were more attracted to ( +)-isopinocamphone ...
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• National Forest Inventory in Italy: new perspectives for forest monitoring 10/16/2025
  Key message Natural and anthropogenic pressures, combined with frequent extreme events driven by climate change, are altering the dynamics of forest ecosystems. As a result, social needs, forest policies, and forest management require precise and reliable information that can be obtained through forest monitoring, including ...
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• Variation in leaf economics spectrum between plant functional types and the coordination with vein density in a subtropical urban forest ... 10/07/2025
  Key message Evergreen and deciduous species in a subtropical urban forest of Eastern China exhibit pronounced differences in leaf traits, with evergreens species showing lower photosynthetic rate on a leaf mass basis and leaf nutrient contents, but higher leaf mass per area ratio, leaf ...
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• Historical insecticide applications for the treatment of forest insect pests from 1968 to 2017, in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and ... 10/02/2025
  Key message The geospatial dataset describes large-scale applications of insecticides to forests from 1968 to 2017 in the provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) and Nova Scotia (NS), Canada. The data was assembled to provide a historical record of forested land management practices to control ...
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• Water-based root exudates of <i>Molinia caerulea</i> (L.) Moench disrupt root nitrogen metabolism in <i>Quercus petraea</i> (Matt.) Liebl. seedlings with a ... 09/18/2025
  Key message Molinia caerulea (L.) Moench has been observed to significantly reduce budburst in Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl. seedlings through water-based M. caerulea root exudates. This suggests direct allelopathic effects between the two species. In terms of nutrient uptake, oak roots primarily take up nitrogen ...
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• Identification of ash-associated understorey diversity—a lesson from historical vegetation records 09/17/2025
  Key message Forest communities historically dominated by common ash (Fraxinus excelsior L.) were characterized by particularly high species richness in the understorey and included a distinct set of vascular plant species statistically associated with higher ash cover. These findings establish a valuable ecological baseline. The ...
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• Outbreaks of European spruce bark beetle dramatically altered Norway spruce-dominated stands with implications for volant wildlife in the Białowieża Forest, ... 08/21/2025
  Key message An outbreak of the European spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus L.) in spruce (Picea abies L.) dominated forest stands in the Białowieża Forest, Poland, has led to fundamental changes in forest characteristics. The species composition of regenerating stands now differs from earlier records ...
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• Comparative role of snags and stumps in promoting biological diversity—a case study from a mountain silver fir (<i>Abies alba</i> Mill.) ... 07/31/2025
  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 between silver fir stumps and snags. Context ...
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• Optimisation of forest management under climate change in the French maritime pine (<i>Pinus pinaster </i>Aiton) forests 07/28/2025
  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, taking into account local variations in ...
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• How to define and quantify substitution effects in the bioeconomy: a scoping review 07/11/2025
  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 for sustainable biomass use must integrate environmental, behavioral, ...
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