OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of iForest-Biogeosciences and Forestry is 2. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Perspectives of plantation forests in the sustainable forest development of China	35
A review of the performance of woody and herbaceous ornamental plants for phytoremediation in urban areas	34
Decline in commercial pine nut and kernel yield in Mediterranean stone pine (Pinus pinea L.) in Spain	25
Are we ready for a National Forest Information System? State of the art of forest maps and airborne laser scanning data availability in Italy	22
Preliminary indications for diverging heat and drought sensitivities in Norway spruce and Scots pine in Central Europe	19
Harmonized dataset of surface fuels under Alpine, temperate and Mediterranean conditions in Italy. A synthesis supporting fire management	16
Diversity of saproxylic beetle communities in chestnut agroforestry systems	16
A bark beetle infestation predictive model based on satellite data in the frame of decision support system TANABBO	15
Oak often needs to be promoted in mixed beech-oak stands - the structural processes behind competition and silvicultural management in mixed stands of European beech and sessile oak	15
Spatial modeling of the ecological niche of Pinus greggii Engelm. (Pinaceae): a species conservation proposal in Mexico under climatic change scenarios	12
Universal reaction norms for the sustainable cultivation of hybrid poplar clones under climate change in Italy	12
Short-term effects in canopy gap area on the recovery of compacted soil caused by forest harvesting in old-growth Oriental beech (Fagus orientalis Lipsky) stands	12
Verticillium wilt of Ailanthus altissima in Italy caused by V. dahliae: new outbreaks from Tuscany	12
A geographically weighted deep neural network model for research on the spatial distribution of the down dead wood volume in Liangshui National Nature Reserve (China)	12
Soil fungal communities across land use types	12
Influences of forest gaps on soil physico-chemical and biological properties in an oriental beech (Fagus orientalis L.) stand of Hyrcanian forest, north of Iran	11
Long-term effects of thinning and mixing on stand spatial structure: a case study of Chinese fir plantations	11
Improving sustainability in wood coating: testing lignin and cellulose nanocrystals as additives to commercial acrylic wood coatings for bio-building	10
Assessing Pinus pinea L. resilience to three consecutive droughts in central-western Italian Peninsula	10
Using field and nursery treatments to establish Quercus suber seedlings in Mediterranean degraded shrubland	10
Runoff reconstruction and climatic influence with tree rings, in the Mayo river basin, Sonora, Mexico	10
Remote sensing of selective logging in tropical forests: current state and future directions	10
Development phases and structural characteristics of the Penteleu-Viforta virgin forest in the Curvature Carpathians	9
Large-scale spatial distribution of deer browsing damage to young tree plantations	9
Assessing the performance of MODIS and VIIRS active fire products in the monitoring of wildfires: a case study in Turkey	9

Factors affecting the quantity and type of tree-related microhabitats in Mediterranean mountain forests of high nature value	9
Wood anatomy of boreal species in a warming world: a review	9
Thermo-modified native black poplar (Populus nigra L.) wood as an insulation material	9
Carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus stoichiometry controls interspecific patterns of leaf litter-derived dissolved organic matter biodegradation in subtropical plantations of China	9
Predictive capacity of nine algorithms and an ensemble model to determine the geographic distribution of tree species	8
Analysing species abundance distribution patterns across sampling scales in three natural forests in Northeastern China	8
Dynamics of humus forms and soil characteristics along a forest altitudinal gradient in Hyrcanian forest	8
Tracing the acclimation of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) populations to climatic stress by analyzing the antioxidant system	8
Are Mediterranean forest ecosystems under the threat of invasive species Solanum elaeagnifolium?	8
Contribution of anthropogenic, vegetation, and topographic features to forest fire occurrence in Poland	8
The natural recovery of disturbed soil, plant cover and trees after clear-cutting in the boreal forests, Russia	8
Characterization of technological properties of matá-matá wood (Eschweilera coriacea [DC.] S.A. Mori, E. odora Poepp. [Miers] and E. truncata A.C. Sm.) by Near Infrared Spectroscopy	8
Local ecological niche modelling to provide suitability maps for 27 forest tree species in edge conditions	8
Climate change impacts on spatial distribution, tree-ring growth, and water use of stone pine (Pinus pinea L.) forests in the Mediterranean region and silvicultural practices to limit those impacts	7
Species interactions in pure and mixed-species stands of silver fir and European beech in Mediterranean mountains	7
Is microbial biomass measurement by the chloroform fumigation extraction method biased by experimental addition of N and P?	7
Determination of differences in temperature regimes on healthy and bark-beetle colonised spruce trees using a handheld thermal camera	7
Biochar amendment regulated growth, physiological, and biochemical responses of conifer in red soil	7
The conversion into high forest of Turkey oak coppice stands: methods, silviculture and perspectives	7
JRC study on harvested forest area: resolving key misunderstandings	7
Can forest trees take up and transport nanoplastics?	6
Effects of stand age on litter quality, decomposition rate and nutrient release of Kazdagi fir (Abies nordmanniana subsp. equi-trojani)	6
LIFE-CLIVUT, ecosystem benefits of urban green areas: a pilot case study in Perugia (Italy)	6
Density, extractives and decay resistance variabilities within branch wood from four agroforestry hardwood species	6
Afforestation monitoring through automatic analysis of 36-years Landsat Best Available Composites	6
Modelling taper and stem volume considering stand density in Eucalyptus grandis and Eucalyptus dunnii	6
Species-specific morphological and physiological characteristics and progressive nitrogen limitation under elevated CO2 concentration	6
An assessment of the availability of cavities for secondary cavity-nesting birds in certified and conventionally-logged Neotropical rainforests	6
The impact of pruning on tree development in poplar Populus × canadensis “I-214” plantations	6
Comparison of alternative harvesting systems for selective thinning in a Mediterranean pine afforestation (Pinus halepensis Mill.) for bioenergy use	6
Evaluation of urban forest landscape health: a case study of the Nanguo Peach Garden, China	6
Allometric equations to estimate above-ground biomass of small-diameter mixed tree species in secondary tropical forests	6
Magnolia grandiflora L. shows better responses to drought than Magnolia × soulangeana in urban environment	5
Towards better practices of salvage logging for reducing the ecosystem impacts in Mediterranean burned forests	5
Interaction between planting spacing and wood properties of Eucalyptus clones grown in short rotation	5
The effects of forest management on biodiversity in the Czech Republic: an overview of biologists’ opinions	5
Estimation of forest cover change using Sentinel-2 multi-spectral imagery in Georgia (the Caucasus)	5
Efficacy of Phlebiopsis gigantea against Heterobasidion conidiospore and basidiospore infection in spruce wood	5
The cork oak in the Mountains of Palermo (Italy): ecological insights from the south-eastern edge of its distribution range	5
Could cattle ranching and soybean cultivation be sustainable? A systematic review and a meta-analysis for the Amazon	5
Measured and modelled source water δ18O based on tree-ring cellulose of larch and pine trees from the permafrost zone	5
Composted sewage sludge as an alternative substrate for forest seedlings production	5
Towards a functional phytosociology: the functional ecology of woody diagnostic species and their vegetation classes in Northern Italy	5
Public perceptions of forests across Italy: an exploratory national survey	5
Shifts in the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community composition of Betula alnoides along young, middle-aged plantation and adjacent natural forest	5
Growth, morphology, and biomass allocation of recently planted seedlings of seven European tree species along a light gradient	5
Contrasted growth response of hybrid larch (Larix × marschlinsii), jack pine (Pinus banksiana) and white spruce (Picea glauca) to wood ash application in northwestern Quebec, Canada	5
Red wood ants shape epiphytic lichen assemblages in montane silver fir forests	5
Can species Cedrela fissilis Vell. be used in sites contaminated with toxic aluminum and cadmium metals?	4
Yield of forests in Ankara Regional Directory of Forestry in Turkey: comparison of regression and artificial neural network models based on statistical and biological behaviors	4

Suitability of Fagus orientalis Lipsky at marginal Fagus sylvatica L. forest sites in Southern Germany	4
The willingness of inhabitants in medium-sized city and the city’s surroundings settlements to pay for recreation in urban forests in Poland	4
Assessment of land sensitivity to degradation using MEDALUS model - a case study of Grdelica Gorge and Vranjska Valley (southeastern Serbia)	4
Methods of soil seed bank estimation: a literature review proposing further work in Africa	4
Above ground biomass estimation from UAV high resolution RGB images and LiDAR data in a pine forest in Southern Italy	4
Variability of tolerance of Wild cherry clones to PEG-induced osmotic stress in vitro	4
Multi-aged micro-neighborhood patches challenge the forest cycle model in primeval European beech	4
Problems and solutions to cork oak (Quercus suber L.) regeneration: a review	4
Validation of visual and machine strength grading for Italian beech with additional sampling	4
Historical fire ecology and its effect on vegetation dynamics of the Lagunas de Montebello National Park, Chiapas, México	4
Tectona grandis Linn. f. secondary metabolites and their bioactive potential: a review	4
When a definition makes the difference: operative issues about tree height measures from RPAS-derived CHMs	4
The importance of tree species and size for the epiphytic bromeliad Fascicularia bicolor in a South-American temperate rainforest (Chile)	4
Is there an effect of storage depth on the persistence of silver birch (Betula pendula Roth) and rowan (Sorbus aucuparia L.) seeds? A seed burial experiment	4
Scots pine’s capacity to adapt to climate change in hemi-boreal forests in relation to dominating tree increment and site condition	4
Allometric models for the estimation of foliage area and biomass from stem metrics in black locust	4
Influences of mature Pinus nigra plantations on the floristic-vegetational composition along an altitudinal gradient in the central Apennines, Italy	3
Controlling soil total nitrogen factors across shrublands in the Three Rivers Source Region of the Tibetan Plateau	3
Investigations on yellowing of chestnut crowns in Trentino (Alps, Northern Italy)	3
Total tree height predictions via parametric and artificial neural network modeling approaches	3
Intra-annual tree growth responds to micrometeorological variability in the central Amazon	3
Effect of environmental gradients on leaf morphological traits in the Fandoghlo forest region (NW Iran)	3
Effect of dust accumulation on Quercus cerris L. leaves in the Ezer forest, Lebanon	3
Estimation of forest leaf area index using satellite multispectral and synthetic aperture radar data in Iran	3
Aboveground tree biomass of Araucaria araucana in southern Chile: measurements and multi-objective optimization of biomass models	3
Soil fauna communities and microbial activities response to litter and soil properties under degraded and restored forests of Hyrcania	3
Using nano-scale Fe0 particles and organic waste to improve the nutritional status of tree seedlings growing in heavy metal-contaminated soil	3
The effect of provenance of historical timber on tree-ring based temperature reconstructions in the Western Central Alps	3
Fuel characterization and crown fuel load prediction in non-treated Calabrian pine (Pinus brutia Ten.) plantation areas	3
Local adaptation at a small geographic scale observed in Juniperus excelsa populations in southern Turkey	3
Mid-rotation fertilization and liming of Pinus taeda: growth, litter, fine root mass, and elemental composition	3
Modelling natural regeneration of Oak in Saxony, Germany: identifying factors influencing the occurrence and density of regeneration	3
Carbon neutrality of forest biomass for bioenergy: a scoping review	3
Potential relationships of selected abiotic variables, chemical elements and stand characteristics with soil organic carbon in spruce and beech stands	2
Comparison of extractive chemical signatures among branch, knot and bark wood fractions from forestry and agroforestry walnut trees (Juglans regia × J. nigra) by NIR spectroscopy and LC-MS analyses	2
Improving dimensional stability of Populus cathayana wood by suberin monomers with heat treatment	2
Vascular plants diversity in short rotation coppices: a reliable source of ecosystem services or farmland dead loss?	2
The effects of fire on Pinus sylvestris L. as determined by dendroecological analysis (Sierra de Gredos, Spain)	2
Age and thinning effects on elemental composition of Pinus pinaster and Pinus radiata needles	2
Phytopathogenic fungi in forest nurseries of Middle Siberia	2
Growth and physiological acclimation to shade in young plants of Adesmia bijuga Phil., a critically endangered species in central Chile	2
Remote sensing of american maple in alluvial forests: a case study in an island complex of the Loire valley (France)	2
Ensuring future regeneration success of Qualea grandiflora Mart. (Vochysiaceae) in neotropical savanna (cerrado) biomes by reviewing the available information and identifying research gaps	2
Impact of deforestation on the soil physical and chemical attributes, and humic fraction of organic matter in dry environments in Brazil	2
Hardness and contact angle of thermo-treated poplar plywood for bio-building	2
The effects of salicylic acid, oxalic acid and chitosan on damping-off control and growth in Scots pine in a forest nursery	2
Modeling of time consumption for selective and situational precommercial thinning in mountain beech forest stands	2
Role of photosynthesis and stomatal conductance on the long-term rising of intrinsic water use efficiency in dominant trees in three old-growth forests in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Montenegro	2
Response of soil bacterial communities to nitrogen and phosphorus additions in an age-sequence of subtropical forests	2
Contribution of legume and non-legume trees to litter dynamics and C-N-P inputs in a secondary seasonally dry tropical forest	2
Forest management with carbon scenarios in the central region of Mexico	2
Assessment of allergenic potential in urban forests: a case study of the Royal Park of Portici in Southern Italy	2
Conservation of Betula oycoviensis, an endangered rare taxon, using vegetative propagation methods	2
Natural regeneration and species diversification after seed-tree method cutting in a maritime pine reforestation	2
Hydrological simulation of a small forested catchment under different land use and forest management	2
Temporal patterns control carbon balance in forest and agricultural tropical peatlands in North Selangor, Malaysia	2
Logging residue chipping options for short rotation poplar plantations	2
Modeling the risk of illegal forest activity and its distribution in the southeastern region of the Sierra Madre Mountain Range, Philippines	2
Stem profile of red oaks in a bottomland hardwood restoration plantation forest in the Arkansas Delta (USA)	2
Not all long-distance-exploration types of ectomycorrhizae are the same: differential accumulation of nitrogen and carbon in Scleroderma and Xerocomus in response to variations in soil fertility	2
Competition effects and economic scenarios in an agroforestry system with cereal crops and wood plantations: a case study in the Po Valley (Italy)	2
Ecological factors affecting the recent Picea abies decline in Slovenia: the importance of bedrock type and forest naturalness	2
NIR-based models for estimating selected physical and chemical wood properties from fast-growing plantations	2
Tree volume modeling for forest types in the Atlantic Forest: generic and specific models	2
The impact of land use on future water balance - A simple approach for analysing climate change effects	2
The analytic hierarchy process for selection of suitable trees for Mexico City	2