OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Canadian Journal of Forest Research is 5. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Effects of overstory tree density, site preparation, and ground vegetation on natural Scots pine seedling emergence and survival in northern boreal pine forests	49
Contextualizing recent increases in Canadian boreal wildfire activity: decadal burn rates still within historical variability of the two past centuries	48
Hydrological and nutrient regulation per occupation unit differ between structurally contrasting native and planted forests in the Northern Andes	42
Rodent-mediated seed limitation affects woody seedling establishment more than invasive shrubs and downed woody debris	36
Evaluating the use of Ca/Sr and ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr ratios to track Ca sources in sugar maple in Ontario	35
Cumulative effects of biomass harvesting and herbicide application on litter-dwelling arthropod communities in jack pine-dominated forests: 7th year postharvest assessment	35
Log landings are methane emission hotspots in managed forests	29
Predicting distribution overlaps between Dendroctonus adjunctus Blandford 1897 and six Pinus species in Mexico under global climate change	29
Comparing landscape partitioning approaches to protect wildlife habitat in managed forests	26
Assessment of natural regeneration of longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) 15 years post-regeneration control	18
Effect of biofuel waste, urea, deer browsing, and vegetation control on Pinus banksiana seedling growth on a dry upland site in central Canada	17
Correction: A data compilation and synthesis of the impacts of seismic surveys on surface soil properties in boreal Alberta, Canada	15
Correction: Long-term effects on soil-water nitrogen and pH of clearcutting and simulated disc trenching of previously nitrogen-fertilised pine plots	15
A design-based assessment of an expanded set of auxiliary information for forest growth estimation	15
Do Azospirillum brasiliense and Chlorella sp. microalgae benefit the production of Hymenaea courbaril L. seedlings?	15
Can’t see the flowers for the trees: factors driving floral abundance within early-successional forests in the central Appalachian Mountains	15
Age structure of saplings in canopy openings of mature longleaf pine woodlands	14
Excluding deer browse increases stump sprouting success and height growth following regeneration harvests	14
Long-term (17-year) dynamics of herbaceous plant communities after shelterwood regeneration harvests in southern Appalachian cove- and upland hardwood forests	14
Six year efficacy of silvicultural treatments to control American beech regeneration in stands affected by beech bark disease in Ontario, Canada	13
Early stages of decay in Eucalyptus grandis trees inoculated with brown-rot fungi	13
Multiyear defoliations in southern New England increases oak mortality	13
Effects of cutting speed and feed per knife on energy requirements for processing black spruce logs with a chipper-canter	13
Reinforcement learning in optimizing forest management	12
Positive response of tree productivity to warming is reversed by increased tree density at the Arctic tundra–taiga ecotone	12

Enhanced forest inventories in Canada: implementation, status, and research needs	12
Variable synchrony in insect outbreak cycling across a forest landscape gradient: multi-scale evidence from trembling aspen in Alberta	11
DIVERSITY, PHYTOSOCIOLOGICAL ASPECTS AND INDICATOR SPECIES OF NATURAL FORESTS IN PARAGUAY	11
On the characterization of patterning in spruce budworm time-series data	11
Impact of single and combined soil amendments on the growth and foliar nutrients of white spruce (Picea glauca) on a poorly regenerated logged site	11
Effects of different planting configurations and clones on biomass and carbon storage of a 12-year-old poplar ecosystem in southern China	11
Citizen beliefs concerning wood as a construction material under extreme weather events	10
Optimal allocation model of forest fire detection towers in protected areas based on fire occurrence risk: Where and how to act?	10
Seed coatings containing capsaicin reduce seed removal in temperate woody species	10
Is the modern-day dieback of yellow-cedar unprecedented?	10
Mapping old-growth forests using airborne lidar data and satellite images: how do plot size and rarity affect accuracy?	9
Multiple responses of fine root resource uptake strategies to gravel content in a subtropical plantation	9
Effects of Ganoderma lucidum cultivation in forests on soil organic carbon pool and microbial community physiological profiles	9
Sugar maple seedling regeneration of a natural cohort across a latitudinal gradient in New Hampshire	9
Fuzzy logic applied in the prospecting of suitable areas for the establishment of commercial forest plantations	9
A comparison of fast-growing maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Aiton.) plantations with native broadleaved vegetation for greenhouse gas balances	8
A collaborative typology of boreal Indigenous landscapes	8
Radial variation of wood anatomical and chemical properties in eight poplar clones	8
Defoliation level interacts with tree species and soil richness to determine volume increment reduction and recovery from simulated spruce budworm attack	8
Effect of 3-year amendment measures on coastal saline–alkali soil conditions during the growing season	8
Global value chain participation, trade cost and benefits of timber industry	8
Wood energy quality of Eucalyptus spp. clones established under different soil types in the Brazilian Cerrado	8
Melampsora larici-populina homologous effectors Mlp72983 and Mlp52166 display cell-type specific accumulation in Arabidopsis and Populus	8
How consistent are citizen science data sources, an exploratory study using free automated image recognition apps for woody plant identification	8
Effects of artificial nitrogen deposition on the forest floor and soil chemistry in chestnut-leaved oak (Quercus castaneifolia) plantation in northern Iran	8
Prescribed fire shrub consumption in a Sierra Nevada mixed-conifer forest	8
Radial growth responses of post oak (Quercus stellata) to climate variability and management in southeastern Oklahoma, USA	8
The rapid expansion of Populus tremuloides due to anthropogenic disturbances in eastern Canada	8
Invasive alien species in protected areas: the dynamics of Pinus taeda at Rio Canoas State Park – Brazil	8
Synchronized movement between US lumber futures and southern pine sawtimber prices and COVID-19 impacts	8
Regional variation in wood discoloration in paper birch trees	8
Modeling the distribution of hemlock woolly adelgid under several climate change scenarios	7
A decision support tool for forwarding operations with sequence-dependent loading	7
Aboveground carbon stock of scarified black spruce stands—A 20-year study in boreal ecosystems	7
How should we sustain future forests under extreme risk?	7
Estimation of periodic annual increment of tree ring widths by airborne laser scanning	7
Provenance matters: variability under saline stress in young plants of four populations of a Prosopis (mesquite) species from dry forests of Argentina	7
Effects of interspecific competition on early growth of genetically improved white spruce in mixedwood stands in northeastern Alberta	7
Which factors influence consumers’ selection of wood as a building material for houses?	7
Residual canopy cover provides buffering of near-surface temperatures, but benefits are limited under extreme conditions	7
Forest restoration mitigates drought vulnerability of coast Douglas-fir in a Mediterranean climate	7
Effects of numbers of observations and predictors for various model types on the performance of forest inventory with airborne laser scanning	7
Long-term effects of herbivory on tree growth are not consistent with browsing preferences	7
Evaluation of mobile laser scanning acquisition scenarios for automated wood volume estimation in a temperate hardwood forest using quantitative structural models	7
Biomass models for three species with different growth forms and geographic distribution in the Brazilian Atlantic forest	7
Modelling diameter at breast height distribution of jack pine and black spruce natural stands in eastern Canada	7
Preliminary assessments of shoot cold tolerance for American elm bred for enhanced tolerance to Dutch elm disease	7
Realized and potential efficiency for post-stratified estimation in a national forest inventory	7
Development of tree recruitment models for 10 species groups in the sugar maple-dominated mixed forests of eastern Canada	7
The vulnerability of Canadian forest-dependent communities to climate change: an indicator-based approach	7

Collection: Changing wildfire regimes, their impacts, and the path forward	6
Optimized locations of landings in forest operations	6
A correction for serial nonindependence in mountain pine beetle aerial survey data to reduce overestimation of cumulative damage	6
Light patterns align with successful Quercus and Carya regeneration but reveal continued challenges in managing dry-mesic southern Appalachian upland hardwood forests	6
Mexican mixed-species forest shows resilience to high-intensity fire	6
Fungal community dynamics in coarse woody debris across decay stage, tree species, and stand development stage in northern boreal forests	6
Afforesting Icelandic land: A promising approach for climate-smart forestry?	6
Peat surface compression reduces smouldering fire potential as a novel fuel treatment for boreal peatlands	6
Genotype and environment interaction on the wood quality of Eucalyptus spp. for energy purposes	6
α-Pinene concentrations in bark tissue affect intra-specific variation in the susceptibility to vole gnawing of Japanese larch	6
Response of moose to forest harvest and management: a literature review	6
The dynamics of a changing Lutz spruce (Picea × lutzii) hybrid zone on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska	6
Biomass accumulation in trees and downed wood in northern hardwood forests: Repeated measures of a successional chronosequence in New Hampshire, USA	6
Understanding the diversity of objectives among women forest owners in Finland	6
Physical and mechanical properties affecting the suitability of black ash wood for W8banaki basketry	6
Tree and stand characteristics associated with the occurrence of false heartwood in individual Japanese white birch trees	6
Spruce budworm defoliation patterns during outbreak rise are influenced by tree species, insecticide spraying, and spatial autocorrelation	6
Freeze–thaw events differently affect survival of seeds of two native and two invasive woody species	6
Subalpine fir microsatellite variation reveals the complex relationship between var. lasiocarpa and var. bifolia	6
Documenting forest juvenilization in high-elevation old-growth forests in southern inland British Columbia, with implications for the winter ecology of Canada’s endangered Deep-Snow Caribou	6
Considering regeneration failure in the context of changing climate and disturbance regimes in western North America	6
Comparing outbreak regimes of western spruce budworm at low- and high-elevation sites in Idaho using dendrochronology	6
CO₂ flux from Acer saccharum logs: sources of variation and the influence of silvicultural treatments	6
Complex network analysis of global forest products trade pattern	6
New perspectives on radial profiles of specific gravity in North American conifers	6
Modeling knot geometry from scanned images of Korean pine plantations	6
Radial growth decline of white spruce (Picea glauca) during hot summers without drought: preliminary results from a study site south of a boreal forest border	6
Economics of strip harvesting in drained boreal peatland forests	6
Species Diversity Assessment and Above-ground Biomass Estimation of Mangroves Using Remote Sensing and Field Observations	6
Thinning to meet sawlog objectives at shorter rotation in lodgepole pine stands	6
Designing circular fixed-area plots in large-scale forest inventories: effect of horizontal distance measurement uncertainty and tree position pattern	6
Aggregated retention protects trees against wind, but not against disease: a long-term study in mixed forests	6
Efficacy of prescribed fire as a fuel reduction treatment in the Colorado Front Range	5
Long-term stability of northern hardwoods across a topographic gradient and variations in harvest methods	5
A quantitative approach to defining soil nutrient regimes within ecosystem classifications for Northwestern Ontario	5
Building a high-resolution site index map using boosted regression trees: the Norwegian case	5
The role of uncertain forest data in a hierarchical forest planning setting with misaligned objectives	5
Ligustrum lucidum invasion decreases abundance and relative contribution of soil fauna to litter decomposition but increases decomposition rate in a subtropical montane forest of northwestern A	5
Exploring recruitment dynamics of sugar maple and yellow birch saplings into merchantable stems following harvesting in the Acadian Forest Region of New Brunswick, Canada	5
Deriving a tree growth model from any existing stand growth model	5
Monitoring genetic diversity across Pinus tabuliformis seed orchard generations using SSR markers	5
Modelling specific gravity and diameter inside bark of western hemlock and Sitka spruce growing in southeast Alaska	5
Arbuscular mycorrhizae alleviate water deficit in Dipteryx alata Vogel: seedling quality and resilience	5
Responses of needle terpene concentrations and characteristics of resin canals to different warming treatments in Scots pine and Norway spruce seedlings grown in a field experiment	5
Additional biomass estimation alternatives: nonlinear two- and three-stage least squares and full information maximum likelihood for slash pine	5
Approximating covariances between nested plot sizes in forest inventory	5
Can climate variability and landscape position predict white pine blister rust incidence, mortality due to the disease, and regeneration in whitebark pine?	5
Cutting through market trends: The impact of macroeconomy, Covid-19 pandemic and climate-related disasters costs on wood product prices in North America	5
Potential of Bayesian formalism for the fusion and assimilation of sequential forestry data in time and space	5
Populus deltoides is suitable for moist and short-term flooded soil conditions on the basis of its relative growth rate and stoichiometry	5
Can uneven-aged management improve the economic performance of longleaf pine?	5
Spread of Heterobasidion genotypes in Norway spruce stands on drained peat soil in Latvia	5
Models to predict whole-disk specific gravity and moisture content in planted longleaf pine from cutover and old field sites	5
A new generation of sensors and monitoring tools to support climate-smart forestry practices	5
Seasonal bird communities in Shelterwood harvests and unmanaged mature forest	5
Modeling stand fire probabilities with unobserved heterogeneity. Estimating stand age and climate change effects in Chilean radiata pine plantations	5
Monitoring seedling stands using national forest inventory and multispectral airborne laser scanning data	5
Negative effects of belowground competition outweigh potential benefits of arbuscular mycorrhizal facilitation for seedling success in a managed temperate hardwood forest	5
Can exotic tree plantations preserve the bird community of an endangered native forest in the Argentine Pampas?	5
Economic impacts of climate change on forests: a PICUS–LANDIS–CGE modeling approach	5
Inconsistent effects of nitrogen canopy enrichment and soil warming on black spruce epiphytic phyllosphere bacterial communities, taxa, and functions	5