OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of European Journal of Forest Research is 6. 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.)

Article	Citations
Functional traits influence biomass and productivity through multiple mechanisms in a temperate secondary forest	36
Opportunities and challenges of Eucalyptus plantations in Europe: the Iberian Peninsula experience	36
Effects of stand age on tree biomass partitioning and allometric equations in Chinese fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata) plantations	36
Effects of wildfire and logging on soil functionality in the short-term in Pinus halepensis M. forests	33
Forest multifunctionality is not resilient to intensive forestry	29
Production potential, biodiversity and soil properties of forest reclamations: Opportunities or risk of introduced coniferous tree species under climate change?	28
Using harvester data from on-board computers: a review of key findings, opportunities and challenges	27
Multi-tree cut-to-length harvesting of short-rotation poplar plantations	24
Recent forest area increase in Europe: expanding and regenerating forests differ in their regional patterns, drivers and productivity trends	24
European beech stem diameter grows better in mixed than in mono-specific stands at the edge of its distribution in mountain forests	23
Climate change impacts across a large forest enterprise in the Northern Pre-Alps: dynamic forest modelling as a tool for decision support	22
Development of individual tree growth and yield model across multiple contrasting species using nonparametric and parametric methods in the Hyrcanian forests of northern Iran	20
Does the genetic diversity among pubescent white oaks in southern Italy, Sicily and Sardinia islands support the current taxonomic classification?	20
Tree mortality in the dynamics and management of uneven-aged Norway spruce stands in southern Finland	18
Assessing the protective role of alpine forests against rockfall at regional scale	18
Calibration of the process-based model 3-PG for major central European tree species	17
Retention of tree-related microhabitats is more dependent on selection of habitat trees than their spatial distribution	16
Silvicultural prescriptions for mixed-species forest stands. A European review and perspective	16
Sunspot area as unexplored trend inside radial growth of European beech in Krkonoše Mountains: a forest science from different perspective	16
Managing forest genetic resources as a strategy to adapt forests to climate change: perceptions of European forest owners and managers	16
A survey of the skidder fleet of Central, Eastern and Southern Europe	15
Tracing drought effects from the tree to the stand growth in temperate and Mediterranean forests: insights and consequences for forest ecology and management	15
Fertility variation, seed collection and gene diversity in natural stands of Taurus cedar (Cedrus libani)	15
Carbohydrate dynamics in a resprouting species after severe aboveground perturbations	14
Mitigation of bark stripping on spruce: the need for red deer population control	14

Forest inventory-based assessments of the invasion risk of Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco and Quercus rubra L. in Germany	14
The social drift of trees. Consequence for growth trend detection, stand dynamics, and silviculture	14
Simulating conversion of even-aged Norway spruce into uneven-aged mixed forest: effects of different scenarios on production, economy and heterogeneity	13
Long-term nitrogen addition regulates root nutrient capture and leaf nutrient resorption in Larix gmelinii in a boreal forest	13
The effect of tree mortality on CO2 fluxes in an old-growth spruce forest	13
Past, present and future suitable areas for the relict tree Pterocarya fraxinifolia (Juglandaceae): Integrating fossil records, niche modeling, and phylogeography for conservation	13
Impacts of wood extraction on soil: assessing rutting and soil compaction caused by skidding and forwarding by means of traditional and innovative methods	13
Small-scale private forest owners and the European Natura 2000 conservation network: perceived ecosystem services, management practices, and nature conservation attitudes	13
The contribution of deadwood to soil carbon dynamics in contrasting temperate forest ecosystems	13
Spatial structures of different-sized tree species in a secondary forest in the early succession stage	12
Ectomycorrhizal symbioses increase soil calcium availability and water use efficiency of Quercus acutissima seedlings under drought stress	12
Phenological shifts compensate warming-induced drought stress in southern Siberian Scots pines	12
Does post-fire salvage logging affect foraging activity by rodents?	12
Tree diversity and the temporal stability of mountain forest productivity: testing the effect of species composition, through asynchrony and overyielding	12
Forest bathing and hiking benefits for mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mediterranean regions	12
Institutional quality, economic development and illegal logging: a quantitative cross-national analysis	11
Mid-rotation fertilization and liming effects on nutrient dynamics of Pinus taeda L. in subtropical Brazil	11
Modeling soil erosion after mechanized logging operations on steep terrain in the Northern Black Forest, Germany	11
Interannual radial growth sensitivity to climatic variations and extreme events in mixed-species and pure forest stands of silver fir and European beech in the Italian Peninsula	11
Restrictions on natural regeneration of storm-felled spruce sites by silver birch (Betula pendula Roth) through limitations in fructification and seed dispersal	10
Ninety-five years of observed disturbance-based tree mortality modeled with climate-sensitive accelerated failure time models	10
Modelling natural regeneration of European beech in Saxony, Germany: identifying factors influencing the occurrence and density of regeneration	10
The influence of fencing on seedling establishment during reforestation of oak stands: a comparison of artificial and natural regeneration techniques including costs	10
Effects of harvesting intensity and site conditions on biomass production of northern Patagonia shrublands	10
The emergent past: past natural and human disturbances of trees can reduce their present resistance to drought stress	9
Short- and long-term growth response to climate in mixed and monospecific forests of Pinus pinea and Pinus pinaster	9
Long-term assessment of soil physicochemical properties and seedlings establishment after skidding operations in mountainous mixed hardwoods	9
Effects of using certain tree species in forest regeneration on regional wind damage risks in Finnish boreal forests under different CMIP5 projections	9
Demand for forest ecosystem services: a comparison study in selected areas in the Czech Republic and China	9
Dynamics and drivers of aboveground biomass accumulation during recovery from selective harvesting in an uneven-aged forest	9
Higher stand densities can promote soil carbon storage after conversion of temperate mixed natural forests to larch plantations	9
The cost of risk management and multifunctionality in forestry: a simulation approach for a case study area in Southeast Germany	9
Influence of light, water stress and shrub cover on sapling survival and height growth: the case of A. unedo, F. ornus and S. domestica under Mediterranean climate	9
Genetic variability to assist in the delineation of provenance regions and selection of seed stands and gene conservation units of wild service tree (Sorbus torminalis (L.) Crantz) in southern Germany	9
Spatially explicit assessment of forest road suitability for timber extraction and hauling in Switzerland	9
The effect of forest floor on soil microbial and enzyme indices after forest harvesting operations in Hyrcanian deciduous forests	9
Overview of the impact of forest habitats quality and landscape disturbances on the ecology and conservation of dormice species	9
Leaf phenology correlates with fruit production in European beech (Fagus sylvatica) and in temperate oaks (Quercus robur and Quercus petraea)	8
Root nitrogen acquisition strategy of trees and understory species in a subtropical pine plantation in southern China	8
Improving tree biomass models through crown ratio patterns and incomplete data sources	8
Impact of spacing and pruning on quantity, quality and economics of Douglas-fir sawn timber: scenario and sensitivity analysis	8
The influence of man-induced land-use change on the upper forest limit in the Romanian Carpathians	8
Long-term response of soil and stem wood properties to repeated nitrogen fertilization in a N-limited Scots pine stand	8
A new taper index based on form-factor: application to three bamboo species (Phyllostachys spp.)	8
Fertilization of Pinus taeda L. on an acidic oxisol in southern Brazil: growth, litter accumulation, and root exploration	8
Modelling the responses of crown profiles to competition in terms of different tree classes and directions in two coniferous tree species in northeastern China	8
Classification of forest communities (co-)dominated by Taxus baccata in the Hyrcanian forests (northern Iran) and their comparison with southern Europe	8
Soil fungal communities in young Norway spruce-dominant stands: footprints of former land use and selective thinning	8
Scale elasticity and technical efficiency analysis in the European forest sector: a stochastic value-based approach	8
Tree species and microhabitat affect forest bog spider fauna	8

Adaptation, calibration and evaluation of a simple agrometeorological model for wood Eucalyptus productivity estimation	7
Survival time and mortality rate of regeneration in the deep shade of a primeval beech forest	7
Foliar P nutrition of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) depends on the season but remains unaffected by co-cultivation with silver fir (Abies alba Mill.)	7
Effect of acorn size on survival and growth of Quercus suber L. seedlings under water stress	7
Drought in the forest breaks plant–fungi interactions	7
Modelling bark thickness variation in stems of cork oak in south-western Portugal	7
The contribution of understorey vegetation to ecosystem evapotranspiration in boreal and temperate forests: a literature review and analysis	7
Variations in humus and fine root properties related to development stages in a temperate natural Beech forest	7
The Dinaric Mountains versus the Western Carpathians: Is structural heterogeneity similar in close-to-primeval Abies–Picea–Fagus forests?	7
Interpreting wind damage risk–how multifunctional forest management impacts standing timber at risk of wind felling	7
Deep BarkID: a portable tree bark identification system by knowledge distillation	7
Consequences of pine colonization in dry oak woodlands: effects on water stress	7
Drivers of oak establishment in Mediterranean old fields from 25-year-old woodland islets planted to assist natural regeneration	7
Comparisons of competitor selection approaches for spatially explicit competition indices of natural spruce-fir-broadleaf mixed forests	7
Overyielding in mixed pine forests with belowground complementarity: impacts on understory	7
Influence of climate and thinning on Quercus pyrenaica Willd. coppices growth dynamics	6
A quantitative assessment of rockfall influence on forest structure in the Swiss Alps	6
Optimal planning of timber extraction methods using analytic hierarchy process	6
A fuzzy logic-based approach for evaluating forest ecosystem service provision and biodiversity applied to a case study landscape in Southern Germany	6
Keeping thinning-derived deadwood logs on forest floor improves soil organic carbon, microbial biomass, and enzyme activity in a temperate spruce forest	6
Long-term nitrogen addition further increased carbon sequestration in a boreal forest	6
Weak relationships of continuous forest management intensity and remotely sensed stand structural complexity in temperate mountain forests	6
Thinning decreased soil respiration differently in two dryland Mediterranean forests with contrasted soil temperature and humidity regimes	6
The legacy of management approaches and abandonment on old-growth attributes in hardwood floodplain forests in the Pannonian Ecoregion	6
Spatial variability of forest floor and topsoil thicknesses and their relation to topography and forest stand characteristics in managed forests of Norway spruce and European beech	6
Dead wood carbon density for the main tree species in the Lithuanian hemiboreal forest	6
Role of environmental filtering and seed source availability in natural regeneration processes following large-scale disturbances in mountain forests	6
Influencing plantation stand structure through close-to-nature silviculture	6
Genetic differentiation of indigenous (Quercus robur L.) and late flushing oak stands (Q. robur L. subsp. slavonica (Gáyer) Mátyás) in western Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)	6
Seed dormancy and germination of a critically endangered plant, Elaeagnus mollis, on the Loess Plateau of China	6
Long-term effects of succession, climate change and insect disturbance on oak-pine forest composition in the U.S. Central Hardwood Region	6
Probabilistic sampling and estimation for large-scale assessment of poplar plantations in Northern Italy	6
Different drought-adaptive capacity of a native Patagonian tree species (Nothofagus pumilio) resulting from local adaptation	6
Separating the impact of work environment and machine operation on harvester performance	6
Combined retention of large living and dead trees can improve provision of tree-related microhabitats in Central European montane forests	6
Uncertainty of biomass stocks in Spanish forests: a comprehensive comparison of allometric equations	6