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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.

• Precipitation mediates the temporal dynamics of net primary productivity and precipitation use efficiency in China’s northern and southern forests 09/03/2019
  Abstract Key message Precipitation mediates the dynamic of net primary productivity and precipitation use efficiency across the North-South Transect forests of China, which may result from an increase of productivity in warm temperate deciduous broad-leaved forests or ...
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• Correction to: Harmonised projections of future forest resources in Europe 09/03/2019
  The original article was erroneously published without applying all the provided proof corrections in Section 5 and Table 1.
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• Polyculture affects biomass production of component species but not total standing biomass and soil carbon stocks in a temperate forest ... 08/28/2019
  Abstract Key message Over-yielding of stand biomass did not occur in a tree polyculture comprised of Betula pendula, Alnus glutinosa and Fagus sylvatica selected for contrasting traits. This was due to antagonistic ...
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• Fire activity and burned forest lands decreased during the last three decades in Spain 08/27/2019
  Abstract Key message Fire activity has decreased in the last decades in Spain as a whole and in most provinces. However, fire risk factors have increased. Wildfires are burning preferentially treeless areas. Flammable ...
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• Scaling-up individual-level allometric equations to predict stand-level fuel loading in Mediterranean shrublands 08/22/2019
  Abstract Key message Allometric biomass equations developed for individual shrubs can be applied to estimate shrubland fuels from measurements of cover and average height by species. <h3 ...
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• Stem cycle analyses help decipher the nonlinear response of trees to concurrent warming and drought 08/22/2019
  Abstract Key message High-resolution analysis of stem radius variation can quantify the impact of warming and drought on stem water balance and stem growth in black spruce [ Picea mariana (Mill.) ...
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• Phenology of wood formation in larch ( Larix decidua Mill.) trees growing along a 1000-m elevation gradient in the French ... 08/22/2019
  Abstract • Key message Spring temperature increase is the main driver of larch tree wood formation onset along a 1000-m elevation gradient in the Southern Alps, while its cessation is more probably controlled ...
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• Long-term loblolly pine land use reduces methane and net greenhouse gas emissions in a subtropical Cambisol, despite increasing nitrous oxide 08/14/2019
  Abstract Key message In loblolly pine land use of 17–32 years following forest clearing, CH 4 consumption and N 2 O emission diminished ...
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• The utility of terrestrial photogrammetry for assessment of tree volume and taper in boreal mixedwood forests 08/08/2019
  Abstract Key Message This study showed that digital terrestrial photogrammetry is able to produce accurate estimates of stem volume and diameter across a range of species and tree sizes that showed strong correspondence ...
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• Climate has a larger effect than stand basal area on wood density in Pinus ponderosa var. scopulorum in the southwestern ... 08/08/2019
  Abstract Key message Stand basal area of ponderosa pine ( Pinus ponderosa var. scopulorum Engelm.) in the US Southwest has little effect on the density of the wood produced, but climatic fluctuations ...
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• Seasonal adjustment of primary and secondary growth in maritime pine under simulated climatic changes 08/08/2019
  Abstract Key message Reducing irrigation by up to 75% in spring decreased primary and secondary growth in Pinus pinaster Aiton saplings, whereas an extra irrigation in September prompted secondary growth, confirming the high plasticity of xylogenesis in ...
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• The conifer-curve: fast prediction of hydraulic conductivity loss and vulnerability to cavitation 08/06/2019
  Abstract Key message The relationship between relative water loss (RWL) and hydraulic conductivity loss (PLC) in sapwood is robust across conifer species. We provide an empirical model ( conifer-curve ) ...
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• Multi-temporal dataset of stand and canopy structural data in temperate and Mediterranean coppice forests 08/01/2019
  Abstract Key message We provided long-term stand and canopy structural data from permanent monitoring plots representative of some most diffuse temperate and Mediterranean forests, under different coppice management regimes. Periodic inventories were performed in the ...
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• Genetic variation and early selection in Larix decidua Mill. from progeny test in Romania 08/01/2019
  Abstract Key message High genetic variation and determinism for quantitative traits of Larix decidua Mill. were found in a progeny test established at its south-eastern limit of distribution area. The top range families are ...
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• The relationship between climate and the intra-annual oxygen isotope patterns from pine trees: a case study along an elevation gradient ... 07/29/2019
  Abstract Key message Intra-annual oxygen isotope patterns of tree-ring cellulose from Pinus nigra subsp. laricio and Pinus pinaster along an elevation gradient can be divided into four distinct patterns ((1) ...
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• Increasing temperatures over an 18-year period shortens growing season length in a beech ( Fagus sylvatica L.)-dominated forest 07/29/2019
  Abstract Key message Using long-term measurements in a mature beech (Fagus sylvatica L.)-dominated forest located in east Belgium, this paper showed that spring and autumn temperature increases during the last two decades led to an earlier end ...
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• Harmonised projections of future forest resources in Europe 07/29/2019
  Abstract • Key message A dataset of forest resource projections in 23 European countries to 2040 has been prepared for forest-related policy analysis and decision-making. Due to applying harmonised definitions, while maintaining country-specific forestry practices, the projections should be usable from ...
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• Geographic variation of tree height of three pine species ( Pinus nigra Arn., P . pinaster Aiton, and P . ... 07/29/2019
  Abstract Key message This datapaper collects individual georeferenced tree height data from Pinus nigra Arn., P. pinaster Aiton, and P. pinea L. planted in common gardens in France, ...
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• Monitoring disturbance intervals in forests: a case study of increasing forest disturbance in Minnesota 07/29/2019
  Abstract Key Message We develop analytical methods and explore trends in disturbance interval via systematic forest inventory observations at a bioregional scale. Context Our study spans the dynamic ...
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• Xylogenesis of Pinus radiata D. Don growing in New Zealand 07/23/2019
  Abstract Key Message Pinus radiata D. Don growing in the central North Island of New Zealand did not show full winter cambial dormancy. While there was a brief cessation of cambial cell ...
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• Size-density trajectories for even-aged sessile oak ( Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl.) and common beech ( Fagus sylvatica L.) stands revealing ... 07/17/2019
  Abstract Key message We studied the size-density trajectories of pure even-aged unthinned experimental sessile oak ( Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl.) stands in the ranges of 994–135,555 trees per hectare initial densities, ...
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• Macro- and microscopic leaf injury triggered by ozone stress in beech foliage ( Fagus sylvatica L.) 07/09/2019
  Abstract Key message The diversity of structural injury underlying visible symptoms by ozone stress resulted from the succession of degenerative processes and programmed-cell death events, depending on the ozone uptake and varying on a year-to-year basis. ...
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• Dynamics of gaps and large openings in a secondary forest of Northeast China over 50 years 07/09/2019
  Abstract Key message The gap dynamics in the studied secondary forest were comparable to those of other temperate forests; large openings were filled within 30 years by afforestation; large and medium gaps closed 30–40 ...
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• Tissue-specific carbon concentration, carbon stock, and distribution in Cunninghamia lanceolata (Lamb.) Hook plantations at various developmental stages in subtropical China 07/01/2019
  Abstract Key message Carbon (C) concentrations in Cunninghamia lanceolata (Lamb.) Hook plantations differed significantly among tissue types and were greater for aboveground than belowground tissues. Plantation C stock increased with a ...
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• A dataset of forest volume deadwood estimates for Europe 06/27/2019
  Abstract Key message ICP Forests relies on a representative pan-European network based on a 16 × 16 km grid-net covering around 6000 plots. Dead wood volumes for 3243 plots, related to 19 European Countries, are presented ...
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• Hybrid breakdown and inbreeding depression for seed yield and early growth in 2nd-generation interspecific hybrids of larch ( Larix x ... 06/27/2019
  Abstract Key message Advanced hybridization between first-generation interspecific hybrids is an attractive alternative to breed and mass-produce hybrid seed lots. Nevertheless it faces two major drawbacks, namely hybrid depression and inbreeding depression. Their ...
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• Maps of current semi-natural forest ecosystem types of Germany and the Kellerwald National Park (Hesse, Germany) 06/24/2019
  Abstract Key message A spatial explicit approach coping with potential modifications in ecological structures and functions of forests due to climate change and atmospheric deposition was developed for Germany (Jenssen et al. 2013; Schröder et ...
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• Assessing the scaling of the tree branch diameters frequency distribution with terrestrial laser scanning: methodological framework and issues 06/22/2019
  Abstract Key message This article presents a specific methodology for assessing the scaling of the frequency distribution of the branch diameters within a tree from terrestrial laser scanning (TLS), using large oak trees ...
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• Comparing local calibration using random effects estimation and Bayesian calibrations: a case study with a mixed effect stem profile model 06/21/2019
  Abstract Key message Local site-level calibration of allometric models was scrutinized. Two Bayesian calibration methods were compared to local random effects estimations. The Bayesian calibration methods proved more effective than local estimation of ...
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• Biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationships of overstorey versus understorey trees in an old-growth temperate forest 06/21/2019
  Abstract Key message The results of this study, based on a large dataset with mapped tree locations, suggest that the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning (BEF) is different between the over- and ...
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