Forest Ecology and Management

Papers
(The median citation count of Forest Ecology and Management is 4. 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)
ArticleCitations
Tamm Review: Influence of forest management activities on soil organic carbon stocks: A knowledge synthesis321
Devastating outbreak of bark beetles in the Czech Republic: Drivers, impacts, and management implications128
Responses to drought stress in Prunus sargentii and Larix kaempferi seedlings using morphological and physiological parameters106
The greater resilience of mixed forests to drought mainly depends on their composition: Analysis along a climate gradient across Europe101
Individual tree detection and species classification of Amazonian palms using UAV images and deep learning97
Decomposition and transformations along the continuum from litter to soil organic matter in forest soils89
Terrain gradient variations in ecosystem services of different vegetation types in mountainous regions: Vegetation resource conservation and sustainable development87
Climate relationships with increasing wildfire in the southwestern US from 1984 to 201585
The impact of fire on soil-dwelling biota: A review85
Forest fire susceptibility mapping via multi-criteria decision analysis techniques for Mugla, Turkey: A comparative analysis of VIKOR and TOPSIS78
What is the potential for replacing monocultures with mixed-species stands to enhance ecosystem services in boreal forests in Fennoscandia?74
Application of conventional UAV-based high-throughput object detection to the early diagnosis of pine wilt disease by deep learning74
Early detection of pine wilt disease using deep learning algorithms and UAV-based multispectral imagery72
Species mixing reduces drought susceptibility of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) and oak (Quercus robur L., Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl.) – Site water supply and fertility modify the mixing effect65
Mechanisms of forest resilience63
Invasive grasses: A new perfect storm for forested ecosystems?62
Tamm review: Leaf Area Index (LAI) is both a determinant and a consequence of important processes in vegetation canopies61
Tamm Review: Deep fine roots in forest ecosystems: Why dig deeper?60
Economic valuation of ecosystem services from secondary tropical forests: trade-offs and implications for policy making59
Afforestation promotes the enhancement of forest LAI and NPP in China58
Impacts of climate change scenarios on European ash tree (Fraxinus excelsior L.) in Turkey56
Soil organic matter, nitrogen and pH driven change in bacterial community following forest conversion55
Remote sensing of temperate and boreal forest phenology: A review of progress, challenges and opportunities in the intercomparison of in-situ and satellite phenological metrics54
Tamm review: Does salvage logging mitigate subsequent forest disturbances?50
Ecological restoration projects did not increase the value of all ecosystem services in Northeast China48
Operational resilience in western US frequent-fire forests48
Fire severity impacts on tree mortality and post-fire recruitment in tall eucalypt forests of southwest Australia47
Mixed-effects generalized height–diameter model for young silver birch stands on post-agricultural lands47
Long term effects of management practice intensification on soil microbial community structure and co-occurrence network in a non-timber plantation46
The impact of tree canopy structure on understory variation in a boreal forest46
Tree growth rate and soil nutrient status determine the shift in nutrient-use strategy of Chinese fir plantations along a chronosequence45
Tamm review: The effects of prescribed fire on wildfire regimes and impacts: A framework for comparison45
Satellite evidence for China's leading role in restoring vegetation productivity over global karst ecosystems44
Variation in whole-rotation yield among Eucalyptus genotypes in response to water and heat stresses: The TECHS project43
Open forest ecosystems: An excluded state43
Forest thinning increases soil carbon stocks in China41
Density and growth of forest stands revisited. Effect of the temporal scale of observation, site quality, and thinning41
Bees in the trees: Diverse spring fauna in temperate forest edge canopies41
Functional traits indicate a continuum of tree drought strategies across a soil water availability gradient in a tropical dry forest40
Variable thinning and prescribed fire influence tree mortality and growth during and after a severe drought40
Change in forest condition: Characterizing non-stand replacing disturbances using time series satellite imagery40
Climate and large-sized trees, but not diversity, drive above-ground biomass in subtropical forests39
The importance of Indigenous cultural burning in forested regions of the Pacific West, USA39
Vehicle-induced compaction of forest soil affects plant morphological and physiological attributes: A meta-analysis39
Mixing with broad-leaved trees shapes the rhizosphere soil fungal communities of coniferous tree species in subtropical forests39
A comparison of five methods to assess embolism resistance in trees39
Biological control of emerging forest diseases: How can we move from dreams to reality?39
Variation in canopy structure, leaf area, light interception and light use efficiency among Eucalyptus clones38
Mass fire behavior created by extensive tree mortality and high tree density not predicted by operational fire behavior models in the southern Sierra Nevada38
California spotted owl habitat selection in a fire-managed landscape suggests conservation benefit of restoring historical fire regimes38
Fire from policy, human interventions, or biophysical factors? Temporal–spatial patterns of forest fire in southwestern China38
Litter manipulation effects on microbial communities and enzymatic activities vary with soil depth in a subtropical Chinese fir plantation38
Coupling terrestrial laser scanning with 3D fuel biomass sampling for advancing wildland fuels characterization37
Forest quality-based assessment of the Returning Farmland to Forest Program at the community level in SW China37
Forests of the future: Climate change impacts and implications for carbon storage in the Pacific Northwest, USA37
Impacts and uncertainties of climate change projections on Eucalyptus plantations productivity across Brazil37
The course of tree growth. Theory and reality37
Predicting potential mangrove distributions at the global northern distribution margin using an ecological niche model: Determining conservation and reforestation involvement36
Tamm Review: Postfire landscape management in frequent-fire conifer forests of the southwestern United States36
Mixed vs. monospecific mountain forests in response to climate change: structural and growth perspectives of Norway spruce and European beech36
Resprouting drives successional pathways and the resilience of Caatinga dry forest in human-modified landscapes36
Tree species effects on topsoil carbon stock and concentration are mediated by tree species type, mycorrhizal association, and N-fixing ability at the global scale36
High-severity wildfire reduces richness and alters composition of ectomycorrhizal fungi in low-severity adapted ponderosa pine forests36
Influence of climatic variations on production, biomass and density of wood in eucalyptus clones of different species36
Effects of forest harvesting and biomass removal on soil carbon and nitrogen: Two complementary meta-analyses35
Inter-specific tolerance to recurrent droughts of pine species revealed in saplings rather than adult trees35
Cumulative effects of multiple biodiversity attributes and abiotic factors on ecosystem multifunctionality in the Jinsha River valley of southwestern China35
Streams and riparian forests depend on each other: A review with a special focus on microbes35
Soil available phosphorus and moisture drive nutrient resorption patterns in plantations on the Loess Plateau35
Challenges and opportunities for large-scale reforestation in the Eastern Amazon using native species34
Dual inoculations of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria boost drought resistance and essential oil yield of common myrtle34
A keystone species, European aspen (Populus tremula L.), in boreal forests: Ecological role, knowledge needs and mapping using remote sensing34
Structural variation of forest edges across Europe34
Patterns and drivers of deadwood volume and composition in different forest types of the Austrian natural forest reserves34
Growing stock monitoring by European National Forest Inventories: Historical origins, current methods and harmonisation33
Assessing the effects of thinning on stem growth allocation of individual Scots pine trees33
A random forest model for basal area increment predictions from national forest inventory data33
How C:N:P stoichiometry in soils and plants responds to succession in Robinia pseudoacacia forests on the Loess Plateau, China33
Tree, stand, and landscape factors contributing to hurricane damage in a coastal plain forest: Post-hurricane assessment in a longleaf pine landscape33
Natural disturbances risks in European Boreal and Temperate forests and their links to climate change – A review of modelling approaches32
Irrigation management in poplar (Populus spp.) plantations: A review32
Competition modulates the response of growth to climate in pure and mixed Abies pinsapo subsp. Maroccana forests in northern Morocco32
A generalized nonlinear mixed-effects height–diameter model for Norway spruce in mixed-uneven aged stands32
Thinning drives C:N:P stoichiometry and nutrient resorption in Larix principis-rupprechtii plantations in North China32
Relations of land cover, topography, and climate to fire occurrence in natural regions of Iran: Applying new data mining techniques for modeling and mapping fire danger32
Influence of stand density on growth and water use efficiency in Eucalyptus clones32
Stand structure determines aboveground biomass across temperate forest types and species mixture along a local-scale elevational gradient32
Reducing rotation age to address increasing disturbances in Central Europe: Potential and limitations31
Effects of different vegetation restoration on soil nutrients, enzyme activities, and microbial communities in degraded karst landscapes in southwest China31
Bark stripping, the crucial factor affecting stem rot development and timber production of Norway spruce forests in Central Europe31
A history of recurrent, low-severity fire without fire exclusion in southeastern pine savannas, USA31
Application of high-throughput plant phenotyping for assessing biophysical traits and drought response in two oak species under controlled environment31
Deer browsing and shrub competition set sapling recruitment height and interact with light to shape recruitment niches for temperate forest tree species31
Modeling fuel loads dynamics and fire spread probability in the Brazilian Cerrado31
The negative effect of Chinese fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata) monoculture plantations on soil physicochemical properties, microbial biomass, fungal communities, and enzymatic activities30
Whole-plant water hydraulic integrity to predict drought-induced Eucalyptus urophylla mortality under drought stress30
Competition and facilitation co-regulate the spatial patterns of boreal tree species in Kanas of Xinjiang, northwest China30
Phosphite spray for the control of oak decline induced by Phytophthora in Europe30
Previous wildfires and management treatments moderate subsequent fire severity30
Continuous-cover forestry maintains soil fungal communities in Norway spruce dominated boreal forests30
Nitrous oxide emissions of undrained, forestry-drained, and rewetted boreal peatlands30
Temporal changes in Mediterranean forest ecosystem services are driven by stand development, rather than by climate-related disturbances29
The impact of land-use legacies and recent management on natural disturbance susceptibility in mountain forests29
A multi-point aggregation trend of the outbreak of pine wilt disease in China over the past 20 years29
Influence of selected habitat and stand factors on bark beetle Ips typographus (L.) outbreak in the Białowieża Forest29
Invasive red oak (Quercus rubra L.) modifies soil physicochemical properties and forest understory vegetation29
How do monocultures of fourteen forest tree species affect arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi abundance and species richness and composition in soil?29
Effects of intensive management practices on rhizosphere soil properties, root growth, and nutrient uptake in Moso bamboo plantations in subtropical China29
Understory vegetation dynamics of Chinese fir plantations and natural secondary forests in subtropical China29
Biochar application increased ecosystem carbon sequestration capacity in a Moso bamboo forest28
Increase of soil nitrogen availability and recycling with stand age of Chinese-fir plantations28
Bark beetle infestation spots as biodiversity hotspots: Canopy gaps resulting from insect outbreaks enhance the species richness, diversity and abundance of birds breeding in coniferous forests28
Ecosystem-level carbon stocks and sequestration rates in mangroves in the Cananéia-Iguape lagoon estuarine system, southeastern Brazil28
Effects of nitrogen addition on rhizospheric soil microbial communities of poplar plantations at different ages28
Glyphosate remains in forest plant tissues for a decade or more28
Characterizing recent bark beetle-caused tree mortality in the western United States from aerial surveys28
The influence of birch trees (Betula spp.) on soil environment – A review28
Comparison of soil microbial community between planted woodland and natural grass vegetation on the Loess Plateau28
How drought stress becomes visible upon detecting tree shape using terrestrial laser scanning (TLS)27
Topographic position amplifies consequences of short-interval stand-replacing fires on postfire tree establishment in subalpine conifer forests27
Tamm Review: Ecological principles to guide post-fire forest landscape management in the Inland Pacific and Northern Rocky Mountain regions27
A comparative assessment of the vertical distribution of forest components using full-waveform airborne, discrete airborne and discrete terrestrial laser scanning data27
Estimate canopy transpiration in larch plantations via the interactions among reference evapotranspiration, leaf area index, and soil moisture27
The effects of nitrogen addition on soil organic carbon decomposition and microbial C-degradation functional genes abundance in a Pinus tabulaeformis forest27
Competition and water stress indices as predictors of Pinus halepensis Mill. radial growth under drought27
Rapid and surprising dieback of Utah juniper in the southwestern USA due to acute drought stress27
Soil quality and mesofauna diversity relationship are modulated by woody species and seasonality in semiarid oak forest27
Plantation forests cannot support the richness of forest specialist plants in the forest-steppe zone27
Few large trees, rather than plant diversity and composition, drive the above-ground biomass stock and dynamics of temperate forests in northeast China27
A global synthesis on the effects of thinning on hydrological processes: Implications for forest management27
Sensitivity to water stress drives differential decline and mortality dynamics of three co-occurring conifers with different drought tolerance27
Initial regeneration success of tree species after different forestry treatments in a sessile oak-hornbeam forest26
Climate response and drought resilience of Nothofagus obliqua secondary forests across a latitudinal gradient in south-central Chile26
Moso bamboo invasion has contrasting effects on soil bacterial and fungal abundances, co-occurrence networks and their associations with enzyme activities in three broadleaved forests across subtropic26
Selecting for water use efficiency, wood chemical traits and biomass with genomic selection in a Eucalyptus breeding program26
Total soil organic carbon increases but becomes more labile after afforestation in China’s Loess Plateau26
Temporal effects of thinning on soil organic carbon pools, basal respiration and enzyme activities in a Mediterranean Holm oak forest26
Differential effects of drought on nonstructural carbohydrate storage in seedlings and mature trees of four species in a subtropical forest26
Management strategies, silvopastoral practices and socioecological drivers in traditional livestock systems in tropical dry forests: An integrated analysis26
Sustainability of Canada’s forestry sector may be compromised by impending climate change26
Climate change effects on wildfire hazards in the wildland-urban-interface – Blue pine forests of Bhutan26
Effects of intensive biomass harvesting on forest soils in the Nordic countries and the UK: A meta-analysis26
Basal area increment models accounting for climate and mixture for Austrian tree species26
Effects of diversity, climate and litter on soil organic carbon storage in subtropical forests26
Airborne lidar provides reliable estimates of canopy base height and canopy bulk density in southwestern ponderosa pine forests26
Above-ground carbon stocks and timber value of old timber plantations, secondary and primary forests in southern Ghana26
Transition from N to P limited soil nutrients over time since restoration in degraded subtropical broadleaved mixed forests26
Response of root nutrient resorption strategies to rhizosphere soil microbial nutrient utilization along Robinia pseudoacacia plantation chronosequence25
European beech leads to more bioactive humus forms but stronger mineral soil acidification as Norway spruce and Scots pine – Results of a repeated site assessment after 63 and 82 years of forest conve25
Soil organic carbon fractions, C-cycling associated hydrolytic enzymes, and microbial carbon metabolism vary with stand age in Cunninghamia lanceolate (Lamb.) Hook plantations25
Contributions of National Key Forestry Ecology Projects to the forest vegetation carbon storage in China25
Change in root-associated fungal communities affects soil enzymatic activities during Pinus massoniana forest development in subtropical China25
Impacts of tree mixtures on understory plant diversity in China25
Comparison of field survey and remote sensing techniques for detection of bark beetle-infested trees24
Stand attributes or soil micro-environment exert greater influence than management type on understory plant diversity in even-aged oak high forests24
Effects of thinning on soil saprotrophic and ectomycorrhizal fungi in a Korean larch plantation24
Greater risk of hydraulic failure due to increased drought threatens pine plantations in Horqin Sandy Land of northern China24
Stand structure, biomass and dynamics of naturally regenerated and restored mangroves in Malaysia24
Using terrestrial laser scanning for characterizing tree structural parameters and their changes under different management in a Mediterranean open woodland24
Developing a point process model for ecological risk assessment of pine wilt disease at multiple scales24
Persistent changes in the horizontal and vertical canopy structure of fire-tolerant forests after severe fire as quantified using multi-temporal airborne lidar data24
Influence of nitrogen addition on the functional diversity and biomass of fine roots in warm-temperate and subtropical forests24
Stocking effects on seasonal tree transpiration and ecosystem water balance in a fast-growing Eucalyptus plantation in Brazil24
Tree species mixture effects on stem growth vary with stand density – An analysis based on individual tree responses24
Chemical fertility of forest ecosystems. Part 1: Common soil chemical analyses were poor predictors of stand productivity across a wide range of acidic forest soils24
Fire risk and severity decline with stand development in Tasmanian giant Eucalyptus forest24
Effects of experimental prescribed fire and tree thinning on oak savanna understory plant communities and ecosystem structure24
The effect of ecological restoration methods on carbon stocks in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest24
Tree diversity, distribution and regeneration in major forest types along an extensive elevational gradient in Indian Himalaya: Implications for sustainable forest management24
Regulation of soil phosphorus availability and composition during forest succession in subtropics24
Variation in resin flow among Maritime pine populations: Relationship with growth potential and climatic responses23
Cultural values and forest dynamics: The Italian forests in the last 150 years23
Mixing effects on Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) and Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) productivity along a climatic gradient across Europe23
Risk assessment of forest disturbance by typhoons with heavy precipitation in northern Japan23
Differences in phenolics produced by invasive Quercus rubra and native plant communities induced changes in soil microbial properties and enzymatic activity23
Ecosystem services supply and interactions along secondary tropical dry forests succession23
Recovery of aboveground biomass, species richness and composition in tropical secondary forests in SW Costa Rica23
Are photosynthetic leaf traits related to the first-year growth of tropical tree seedlings? A light-induced plasticity test in a secondary forest enrichment planting23
Variability in climate-growth reaction of Robinia pseudoacacia in Eastern Europe indicates potential for acclimatisation to future climate23
Determinants of aboveground biomass in forests across three climatic zones in China23
Stand age, disturbance history and the temporal stability of forest production23
Impacts of mountain pine beetle outbreaks on lodgepole pine forests in the Intermountain West, U.S., 2004–201923
A simple-to-use management approach to boost adaptive capacity of forests to global uncertainty23
Effects of stand density on soil microbial community composition and enzyme activities in subtropical Cunninghamia lanceolate (Lamb.) Hook plantations23
Detecting the effects of logging and wildfire on forest fuel structure using terrestrial laser scanning (TLS)23
Different sexual impacts of dioecious Populus euphratica on microbial communities and nitrogen cycle processes in natural forests23
How forest structure varies with elevation in old growth and secondary forest in Costa Rica23
Quantifying regional trends in large live tree and snag availability in support of forest management22
Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.), the suitable pioneer species for afforestation of reclamation sites?22
Managing existing forests can mitigate climate change22
Long term anthropogenic enrichment of soil organic matter stocks in forest soils – Detecting a legacy of historical charcoal production22
Severe depletion of available deep soil water induced by revegetation on the arid and semiarid Loess Plateau22
Variation in height-diameter allometry of ponderosa pine along competition, climate, and species diversity gradients in the western United States22
How future-proof is Sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa) in a global change context?22
Patterns and drivers of deadwood quantity and variation in mid-latitude deciduous forests22
Elevation-dependent growth trends of forests as affected by climate warming in the southeastern Tibetan Plateau22
Beyond trees: Mapping total aboveground biomass density in the Brazilian savanna using high-density UAV-lidar data22
Forest clear-cuts as habitat for farmland birds and butterflies22
Factors controlling soil organic carbon and total nitrogen stocks following afforestation with Robinia pseudoacacia on cropland across China22
Does individual-tree biomass growth increase continuously with tree size?22
Susceptibility of mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins) to gene silencing through RNAi provides potential as a novel management tool22
Mechanical thinning without prescribed fire moderates wildfire behavior in an Eastern Oregon, USA ponderosa pine forest22
Chilling accumulation and photoperiod regulate rest break and bud burst in five subtropical tree species21
The effects of forest management on water quality21
Density-related effect of red deer browsing on palatable and unpalatable tree species and forest regeneration dynamics21
Three decades of post-logging tree community recovery in naturally regenerating and actively restored dipterocarp forest in Borneo21
Spatial distribution of tree species in mountain national parks depends on geomorphology and climate21
Interactions between climate and soil shape tree community assembly and above-ground woody biomass of tropical dry forests21
Soil ecoenzymatic stoichiometry and microbial resource limitation driven by thinning practices and season types in Larix principis-rupprechtii plantations in North China21
Trends in active restoration of tropical dry forest: Methods, metrics, and outcomes21
Chemical fertility of forest ecosystems. Part 2: Towards redefining the concept by untangling the role of the different components of biogeochemical cycling21
Natural dynamics of temperate mountain beech-dominated primary forests in Central Europe21
Effects of landscape composition and site land-use intensity on secondary succession in a tropical dry forest21
Height growth rate of Scots pine in Central Europe increased by 29% between 1900 and 2000 due to changes in site productivity21
Temperature and precipitation significantly influence the interactions between arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and diazotrophs in karst ecosystems21
Sustainability of Brazilian forest concessions21
Soil C:N:P stoichiometry of typical coniferous (Cunninghamia lanceolata) and/or evergreen broadleaved (Phoebe bournei) plantations in south China21
Drought mitigation by thinning: Benefits from the stem to the stand along 15 years of experimental rainfall exclusion in a holm oak coppice21
Perspectives: Key factors determining the presence of Tree-related Microhabitats: A synthesis of potential factors at site, stand and tree scales, with perspectives for further research21
Regeneration capacities of woody species biodiversity and soil properties in Miombo woodland after slash-and-burn agriculture in Mozambique21
Changes in soil organic carbon and total nitrogen as affected by primary forest conversion21
Multisite evaluation of the 3-PG model for the highest phenotypic plasticity Eucalyptus clone in Brazil20
Biochar amendment increases tree growth in nutrient-poor, young Scots pine stands in Finland20
Trees grow modulated by the ecological memory of their past growth. Consequences for monitoring, modelling, and silvicultural treatment20
Understanding genetic diversity of relict forests. Linking long-term isolation legacies and current habitat fragmentation in Abies pinsapo Boiss20
Canopy tree density and species influence tree regeneration patterns and woody species diversity in a longleaf pine forest20
Ecological restoration guided by historical reference conditions can increase resilience to climate change of southwestern U.S. Ponderosa pine forests20
Small gradients in salinity have large effects on stand water use in freshwater wetland forests20
Non-native Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) in Central Europe: Ecology, performance and nature conservation20
Landscape composition is more important than local vegetation structure for understory birds in cocoa agroforestry systems20
Tree species identity drives soil organic carbon storage more than species mixing in major two-species mixtures (pine, oak, beech) in Europe20
Habitat disturbance can alter forest understory bird activity patterns: A regional-scale assessment with camera-traps20
Disturbance-based silviculture for habitat diversification: Effects on forest structure, dynamics, and carbon storage20
Tree growth responses to extreme drought after mechanical thinning and prescribed fire in a Sierra Nevada mixed-conifer forest, USA20
Degradation of the Brazilian Cerrado: Interactions with human disturbance and environmental variables20
Stand age related differences in forest microclimate20
Prescribed fire and natural canopy gap disturbances: Impacts on upland oak regeneration20
An ecological approach to climate change-informed tree species selection for reforestation20
Perspectives: Thirty years of triad forestry, a critical clarification of theory and recommendations for implementation and testing20
Relative contributions of competition, stand structure, age, and climate factors to tree mortality of Chinese fir plantations: Long-term spacing trials in southern China20
Bark attributes determine variation in fire resistance in resprouting tree species20
Tree breeding and silviculture: Douglas-fir volume gains with minimal wood quality loss under variable planting densities20
Elevated temperature and CO2 interactively modulate sexual competition and ecophysiological responses of dioecious Populus cathayana20
Projecting species loss and turnover under climate change for 111 Chinese tree species20
Optimizing neighborhood-based stand spatial structure: Four cases of boreal forests20
Tree plantations replacing natural grasslands in high biodiversity areas: How do they affect the mammal assemblage?20
Current and future carbon stocks of natural forests in China19
Contrasting successional responses of soil bacteria and fungi to post-logging burn severity19
Why some trees are more vulnerable during catastrophic cyclone events in the Sundarbans mangrove forest of Bangladesh?19
Mature forests hold maximum live biomass stocks19
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