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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.

• Closing the gap between phenotyping and genotyping: review of advanced, image-based phenotyping technologies in forestry 05/09/2022
  Abstract Key message The lack of efficient phenotyping capacities has been recognized as a bottleneck in forestry phenotyping and breeding. Modern phenotyping technologies use systems equipped with various imaging sensors to automatically collect high volume phenotypic data that ...
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• Stand development stages and recruitment patterns influence fine-scale spatial genetic structure in two Patagonian Nothofagus species 05/02/2022
  Abstract Key message Nothofagus alpina (Poepp. et Endl.) Oerst. and Nothofagus obliqua (Mirb.) Oerst forests have strong fine-scale spatial genetic structures. The intensity of genetic structure patterns differed according to species, stand development stages, life stages, ...
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• Spruce (Picea abies L.) planting leads post-clearcut bird assemblages to a novel successional pathway—a comparative study in hemiboreal mixed forests 04/14/2022
  Abstract Key message Bird assemblages in planted spruce (Picea abies L.) forests were compositionally distinct from those in naturally regenerated mixed stands. Despite rapid stand development on productive soils, even-aged silviculture cannot host most old-forest species. However, ...
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• Offering the appetite for the monitoring of European forests a diversified diet 04/11/2022
  Abstract Key message Forest monitoring in Europe is turning matter of renewed political concern, and a possible role for ICP Forests health monitoring has been suggested to meet this goal (Ann For Sci 78:94, 2021). Multipurpose national ...
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• Responses to defoliation of Robinia pseudoacacia L. and Sophora japonica L. are soil water condition dependent 04/07/2022
  Abstract Key message Defoliation significantly affected biomass allocation of Robinia pseudoacacia L. and Sophora japonica L., but leaf physiology readjusted to control levels at the end of the experiment. Considering carbon or sink limitation and relative ...
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• Managing forest risks in uncertain times of climate change 04/07/2022
  Abstract Key message Managing forest risks in uncertain times of climate change necessitates novel and adaptive forest decision approaches. Multiple risks (biotic and abiotic) and sources of uncertainty should be identified, and their quantities over decision horizon should ...
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• The role of wood harvest from sustainably managed forests in the carbon cycle 04/07/2022
  Key message We investigate the flux balance of managed and protected forests and the effects of using wood. Flux parameters of CO2 uptake and respiration do not differ between managed and protected forests. ...
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• Recolonization by Indigenous broadleaved species of a conifer plantation (Cupressus spp.) in Northern Iran after 25 years 03/29/2022
  Abstract Key message A vegetation analysis revealed the extent of recolonization by native vegetation of a 25-year-old Cupressus spp. plantation in northern Iran. A young indigenous Quercus-Carpinus community replaced the conifers in the low-slope areas with ...
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• Towards sustainable management of forest residues in the southern Apennine Mediterranean mountain forests: a scenario-based approach 03/28/2022
  Abstract Key message Managing forest residues according to the carbon content of the soil helps to minimize the ecological footprint of their removal. Context In Mediterranean mountain ecosystems, unsustainable harvesting of ...
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• Position, size, and spatial patterns of bark stripping wounds inflicted by red deer (Cervus elavus L.) on Norway spruce using ... 03/24/2022
  Abstract Key message Bark stripping wounds by red deer (Cervus elavus L.) were assessed on 9026 Norway spruce trees. Wound variables (length, width, area, relative width, height above ground, and angle) were analysed using generalized additive models ...
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• Temperature and precipitation affect seasonal changes in mite communities (Acari: Mesostigmata) in decomposing litter of broadleaved and coniferous temperate tree ... 03/23/2022
  Abstract Key message We identified the effect of microclimatic conditions on soil mite communities (Mesostigmata) during the decomposition of broadleaved and coniferous litter. The abundance, species richness, and diversity of mite communities decreased from spring to autumn regardless ...
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• Climate and ungulate browsing impair regeneration dynamics in spruce-fir-beech forests in the French Alps 03/23/2022
  Abstract Key message Different components of water balance and temperature reduce density and height growth of saplings of Picea abies (L.) H. Karst (Norway spruce), Abies alba Mill. (silver fir) and Fagus sylvatica L. (European ...
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• Development of a segregation method to sort fast-grown Eucalyptus nitens (H. Deane & Maiden) Maiden plantation trees and logs for ... 03/22/2022
  Abstract Key message A method to segregate trees and logs of planted Eucalyptus nitens (H. Deane & Maiden) Maiden has been developed, showing that accounting for wood quality during the process of segregation and sorting of timber ...
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• No carbon shortage in declining trees of the isohydric species Araucaria araucana (Molina) K. Koch under drought 03/22/2022
  Abstract Key message At the sixth and seventh years of a drought event in south of Chile, non-structural carbohydrate (NSC) concentrations were similar between healthy and unhealthy trees of Araucaria araucana (Molina) K. Koch, and growth did ...
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• Correction to: Climate warming-induced replacement of mesic beech by thermophilic oak forests will reduce the carbon storage potential in aboveground ... 03/17/2022
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• Potential of using surface temperature data to benchmark Sentinel-2-based forest phenometrics in boreal Finland 03/17/2022
  Abstract Key message We present a new approach to calibrate timings of phenological events from satellite data (e.g., Sentinel-2 MSI data) with readily available surface temperature data. The new approach improves the estimation of growing season length in ...
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• Altitude is a better predictor of the habitat requirements of epixylic bryophytes and lichens than the presence of coarse woody ... 03/17/2022
  Abstract Key message In order to preserve the continuity of epiphytic and epixylic cryptogamic flora, two things are essential: maintaining the near-natural character of a forest community in relation to the montane zonation and more sustainable forest management ...
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• Measuring xylem hydraulic vulnerability for long-vessel species: an improved methodology with the flow centrifugation technique 03/17/2022
  Abstract Context Understanding plant resilience and adaptation to drought is a major challenge in crop and forest sciences. Several methods have been developed to assess the vulnerability to xylem embolism. The in situ flow centrifuge (or cavitron) is ...
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• A detailed time series of hourly circumference variations in Pinus pinea L. in Chile 02/28/2022
  Key message The dataset provides digital dendrometer measurements on stem circumference of irrigated and non-irrigated Pinus pinea trees. Data were obtained in a xeric non-native habitat of central Chile. Forest mensuration was hourly collected from six adult trees during a growth year. ...
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• Desiccation does not increase frost resistance of pedunculate oak (Quercus robur L.) seeds 02/24/2022
  Abstract Key message Decreasing acorns moisture content does not significantly increase the frost resistance of pedunculate oak seeds. Slight reduction in acorn moisture content below the relatively high, optimal level decreased seed survival at temperatures below − 5 ...
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• Harvested area did not increase abruptly—how advancements in satellite-based mapping led to erroneous conclusions 02/22/2022
  Abstract Key message Using satellite-based maps, Ceccherini et al. (Nature 583:72-77, 2020) report abruptly increasing harvested area estimates in several EU countries beginning in 2015. Using more than 120,000 National Forest Inventory observations to analyze the satellite-based map, ...
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• Annals of Forest Science promotes multidisciplinary research on forests and wood in a changing world and is now a full ... 02/16/2022
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• Modelling bark volume for six commercially important tree species in France: assessment of models and application at regional scale 01/02/2022
  Abstract Key message A set of models of bark thickness at breast height and bark volume are now available for six species in France. A common model suitable for predicting bark volume was ...
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• Mapping tropical forest trees across large areas with lightweight cost-effective terrestrial laser scanning 12/28/2021
  Abstract Key message We used lightweight terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) to detect over 3000 stems per hectare across a 12-ha permanent forest plot in French Guiana, 81% of them < 10 cm in trunk diameter. This method retrieved ...
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• Localized neighborhood species mingling is correlated with individual tree size inequality in natural forests in South China 12/28/2021
  Abstract • Key message We identified the significant spatial relationships between tree species mingling and size inequality in various species-rich natural forests in South China. Forest communities with low species mingling, or segregation of ...
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• Methods for separating orchards from forest using airborne LiDAR 12/20/2021
  Abstract • Key message The aim of the study was to distinguish orchards from other lands with forest vegetation based on the data from airborne laser scanning. The methods based on granulometry provided better results ...
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• Prescribed burning as a cost-effective way to address climate change and forest management in Mediterranean countries 12/13/2021
  Abstract Key message As climate change and forest management become the focus of various development agendas and the price of carbon rises in the market, the need for improving carbon sequestration and avoiding ...
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• Short-term stem diameter variations in irrigated and non-irrigated stone pine (Pinus pinea L.) trees in a xeric non-native environment 12/02/2021
  Abstract • Key Message Irrigation of adult stone pine trees growing in a xeric non-native habitat had positive effects not only in stem diameter growth but also in tree response to climatic variability. ...
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• Shrub richness is primarily driven by climate conditions in Southwestern European woodlands 12/02/2021
  Abstract • Key message The shrub species richness in Spanish forests is mainly linked to climatic variables and the importance of the groups of variables scarcely differs among forest types. Forest surrounding the ...
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• A generic information framework for decision-making in a forest-based bio-economy 11/30/2021
  Abstract Key message We present a methodological framework that both scientists and supply chain actors can mobilise to organise information at different scales of observation, and further make informed decisions regarding the supply ...
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