Forest Ecosystems

Article	Citations
Effects of forest canopy density and epixylic vegetation on nutrient concentrations in decaying logs of a subalpine fir forest	62
A bibliometric analysis using machine learning to track paradigm shifts and analytical advances in forest ecology and forestry journal publications from 2010 to 2022	58
Predicting gross primary productivity of poplar plantations based on solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence using an improved machine learning model	54
Drought intensity affects radial growth and recovery of P. schrenkiana at varying elevations in the Western Tianshan Mountains, China	47
Outside Front Cover	44
Root overlap and allocation of above- and belowground growth of European beech in pure and mixed stands of Douglas fir and Norway spruce	43
Drivers of tree demographic trade-offs in a temperate forest	39
Lifespan of tropical trees from seed to 1-cm diameter	35
Competitive effect, but not competitive response, varies along a climatic gradient depending on tree species identity	35
Variability and determinants of vascular plant species composition in patches of old managed oak forest stands dispersed within Scots pine monocultures	34
Hybrid ecophysiological growth model for deciduous Populus tomentosa plantation in northern China	34
Quantifying unseen woody biomass and diversity in understorey trees and shrubs at the extremes of water availability in the Miombo ecoregion	32
Evaluating soil acidification risk and its effects on biodiversity–ecosystem multifunctionality relationships in the drylands of China	31
Large-scale modelling wind damage vulnerability through combination of high-resolution forest resources maps and ForestGALES	29
Environmental and biological factors affecting the abundance of Prosopis flexuosa saplings in the central-west Monte of Argentina	29
Coarse woody debris requirements for maintaining land snail diversity in managed spruce forests	29
An improved area-based approach for estimating plot-level tree DBH from airborne LiDAR data	29
The interaction between temperature and precipitation on the potential distribution range of Betula ermanii in the alpine treeline ecotone on the Changbai Mountain	28
Automated registration of wide-baseline point clouds in forests using discrete overlap search	28
Effects of phosphorus resorption on bioactive phosphorus of different-aged Pinus massoniana plantations	26
Quantifying foliar trait variation and covariation in sun and shade leaves using leaf spectroscopy in eastern North America	26
Variable growth responses of four tree species to climate and drought in a Madrean pine-oak forest	25
Rapid escalation and release of risks to forest ecosystems triggered by warming: Insights from tree growth synchrony in temperate forests	25
Optimal integration of forest inventory data and aerial image-based canopy height models for forest stand management	25
Conversion of Andean montane forest to exotic forest plantation modifies soil physicochemical properties in the buffer zone of Ecuador's Podocarpus National Park	24

Influence of climate fluctuations on Pinus palustris growth and drought resilience	22
Ecological niche modeling of the main forest-forming species in the Caucasus	22
Legacy effects of historical woodland changes on contemporary plant functional composition	21
Influence of soil and elevation on roadside cryptogam diversity in the tropical Andes	20
Land-use change and windstorms legacies drove the recolonization dynamics of laurel forests in Tenerife, Canary islands	20
Effects of forest management and habitat continuity on the genetic structure and ecological corridors of target epiphytic moss species: A landscape genetic study of Dicranum viride	20
Table of Contents	20
Spatial niche segregation between bird species in the Białowieża primeval forest (NE Poland)	20
Allometry-based estimation of forest aboveground biomass combining LiDAR canopy height attributes and optical spectral indexes	19
Sustaining forest biodiversity: Exploring the effect of long-term natural disturbance dynamics on contemporary lichen communities in primary forest ecosystems	19
Species prefer to shifting niche positions rather than expanding niche breadth to adapt to the heterogeneous karst forests	19
Aboveground carbon sequestration of Cunninghamia lanceolata forests: Magnitude and drivers	19
Leaf nitrogen resorption is more important than litter nitrogen mineralization in mediating the diversity–productivity relationship along a nitrogen-limited temperate forest succession chronosequence	19
Silver fir tree-ring fluctuations decrease from north to south latitude—total solar irradiance and NAO are indicated as the main influencing factors	18
Conversion of pure Chinese fir plantation to multi-layered mixed plantation enhances the soil aggregate stability by regulating microbial communities in subtropical China	18
Insect seedling herbivory is influenced by multiple factors, but the plant apparency theory is more supported than other hypotheses – A case study in a subtropical forest	18
Contrasting controls on symbiotic and asymbiotic nitrogen fixation rates along altitudinal gradients in subtropical forests	18
Design strategy of advanced generation breeding population of Pinus tabuliformis based on genetic variation and inbreeding level	18
Drought resilience and legacy effects in two forest tree species on Loess Plateau of China: Growth and water-use efficiency under different drought conditions	18
Urbanization strengthens the edge effects on species diversity and composition of woody plants in remnant forests	17
Evaluating alternative hypotheses behind biodiversity and multifunctionality relationships in the forests of Northeastern China	17
Long-term leaf nitrogen and phosphorus dynamics and drivers in China's forests under global change	17
Understanding visitor preferences: Perceived importance of anthropogenic and natural forest features in supplying cultural ecosystem services	16
Growth phenology adjusts to seasonal changes in water availability in coexisting evergreen and deciduous mediterranean oaks	16
Trunk volume estimation of irregular shaped Populus euphratica riparian forest using TLS point cloud data and multivariate prediction models	16
Remote sensing of subtropical tree diversity: The underappreciated roles of the practical definition of forest canopy and phenological variation	16
Neighborhood competition improves biomass estimation for Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) but not Pyrenean oak (Quercus pyrenaica Willd.) in young mixed forest stands	15
Replanting of broadleaved trees alters internal nutrient cycles of native and exotic pines in subtropical plantations of China	15
A compartmentation approach to deconstruct ecosystem carbon fluxes of a Moso bamboo forest in subtropical China	15
N-fixing tree species promote the chemical stability of soil organic carbon in subtropical plantations through increasing the relative contribution of plant-derived lipids	15
Old-growth mixed dipterocarp forests show variable losses and gains in aboveground biomass and standing carbon over forty years	15
Deadwood position matters: Diversity and biomass of saproxylic beetles in a temperate beech forest	15
Biodiversity in primary vs. managed forests: Biological legacies of old living and large dead trees drive lichen diversity	14
A better carbon-water flux simulation in multiple vegetation types by data assimilation	14
Tree competition in West African tropical forests mediated by the functional attributes of species and variation in soil moisture	14
Near real-time monitoring of carbon effects from continuous forest change in rapidly urbanizing region of China from 2000 to 2020	14
Environmental and canopy conditions regulate the forest floor evapotranspiration of larch plantations	13
Drivers and patterns of community completeness suggest that Tuscan Fagus sylvatica forests can naturally have a low plant diversity	13
Sensitivity of forest phenology in China varies with proximity to forest edges	13
Utilizing quantile regressions to predict vertical distribution of branch size in Larix olgensis Henry: Capturing the differentiated responses of varying branch sizes to stand and tree factors	13
Effects of bamboo invasion on forest structures and diameter–height allometries	13
Old-growthness level assessed by structural heterogeneity indices in Mediterranean Quercus pubescens forests	13
Half a century of demographic responses of Nothofagus cool temperate rainforests to disturbance	12
Spatio-temporal dynamics of future aboveground carbon stocks in natural forests of China	12
Ecosystem service multifunctionality of mixed conifer-broad-leaved forests under climate change and forest management based on matrix growth modelling	12
Assessing the combined effects of forest management and climate change on carbon and water fluxes in European beech forests	12
Quantifying spatiotemporal inconsistencies in runoff responses to forest logging in a subtropical watershed, China	12
Words apart: Standardizing forestry terms and definitions across European biodiversity studies	12
Demographic changes in China's forests from 1998 to 2018	12
Tree-based ecosystem services supply and multifunctionality of church forests and their agricultural matrix near Lake Tana, Ethiopia	12

Forest management causes soil carbon loss by reducing particulate organic carbon in Guangxi, Southern China	12
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The anatomical structure of woody plants in arid habitats is closely related to nonstructural carbohydrates storage	11
Addressing nonresponse bias in forest inventory change estimation using response homogeneity classifications	11
Stabilizing forest productivity and resilience at multiple scales	11
Short lifespan and ‘prime period’ of carbon sequestration call for multi-ages in dryland tree plantations	11
Grouping tree species to estimate basal area increment in temperate multispecies forests in Durango, Mexico	11
Scale-dependent variations in photosynthetic processes mediate net primary productivity in temperate forests	11
No generality in biodiversity-productivity relationships along elevation in temperate and subtropical forest landscapes	11
Growth plasticity of conifers did not avoid declining resilience to soil and atmospheric droughts during the 20th century	11
Biotic and abiotic factors jointly drive the temperature sensitivity of soil respiration in forests worldwide	11
Ice storm damage to oak forests in subtropical China	11
A guide for selecting the appropriate plot design to measure ungulate browsing	11
Tree sapling vitality and recovery following the unprecedented 2018 drought in central Europe	11
Adaptive optimisation of the management of Korean pine plantation	11
Biochar amendments increase soil organic carbon storage and decrease global warming potentials of soil CH4 and N2O under N addition in a subtropical Moso bamboo plantation	10
Both composition and configuration of forests and urban development shape bat activity and diversity in North American temperate forests	10
Mismatch between species distribution and climatic niche optima in relation to functional traits	10
Late spring-early summer drought and soil properties jointly modulate two pine species' decline and climatic sensitivity in temperate Northern China	10
Drivers of spatial structure in thinned forests	10
Editorial Board	10
Stand dynamics of old-growth hemlock forests in central Bhutan are shaped by natural disturbances	10
Disparities in tree mortality among plant functional types (PFTs) in a temperate forest: Insights into size-dependent and PFT-specific patterns	10
Habitat heterogeneity and biotic interactions mediate climate influences on seedling survival in a temperate forest	10
Altitudinal variations of hydraulic traits in Faxon fir (Abies fargesii var. faxoniana): Mechanistic controls and environmental adaptability	10
Bark biomass and nutrient concentrations in tropical secondary forest trees of Malaysia	9
Diversity of click beetles in managed nonnative coniferous and native beech stands: Consequences of changes in the structural and species composition of tree stands in Central Europe	9
The patterns of forest soil particulate and mineral associated organic carbon characteristics with latitude and soil depth across eastern China	9
Tree growth decline to warm-wet conditions in boreal forests is linked to stand density	9
Water use strategies determine divergent growth trends of spruce and juniper on the southeastern Tibetan plateau	9
Eucalyptus carbon stock estimation in subtropical regions with the modeling strategy of sample plots – airborne LiDAR – Landsat time series data	9
Structure complexity is the primary driver of functional diversity in the temperate forests of northeastern China	9
Response of fungal communities to afforestation and its indication for forest restoration	9
Influence of crown morphology and branch architecture on tree radial growth of drought-affected Fagus sylvatica L.	9
Sensitivity analysis of Biome-BGCMuSo for gross and net primary productivity of typical forests in China	8
No treeline shift despite climate change over the last 70 years	8
Two-level optimization approach to tree-level forest planning	8
Soil moisture governs the weakening response of transpiration fraction to leaf area index increase: A spatiotemporal analysis in China’s Three-North region	8
Fagus sylvatica and Quercus pyrenaica: Two neighbors with few things in common	8
Editorial Board	8
Neighborhood diversity structure and neighborhood species richness effects differ across life stages in a subtropical natural secondary forest	8
Plant life form determines spatiotemporal variability and climate response of plant seed rain in subtropical forests	8
Divergent responses of Picea crassifolia Kom. in different forest patches to climate change in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau	8
Root phosphatase activity is a competitive trait affiliated with the conservation gradient in root economic space	8
Effects of fertilization on the growth dominance of Inland Northwest forests of the United States	8
Differential seed removal, germination and seedling growth as determinants of species suitability for forest restoration by direct seeding – A case study from northern Thailand	8
Modelling analysis embodies drastic transition among global potential natural vegetations in face of changing climate	8
Fine root morphology and soil properties under influence of different tree stands along an altitudinal climosequence in the Carpathian mountains	8
Microbial genomic traits and mineral protection jointly regulate the temperature sensitivity of soil carbon decomposition in boreal forests	8
Detecting the presence of natural forests using airborne laser scanning data	8
Climate-driven variations in productivity reveal adaptive strategies in Iberian cork oak agroforestry systems	8
Developing allometric equations to estimate forest biomass for tree species categories based on phylogenetic relationships	7
Patterns and driving factors of leaf C, N, and P stoichiometry in two forest types with different stand ages in a mid-subtropical zone	7
Minimal expansion of shrubland on the Tibetan Plateau over the past three decades	7
Climatic habitat regulates the radial growth sensitivity of two conifers in response to climate change	7
Effects of functional phylogeny of light-response-related orthologous genes on seedling survival in a subtropical forest	7
Spatial-temporal variations and driving factors of soil organic carbon in forest ecosystems of Northeast China	7
Deadwood affects the soil organic matter fractions and enzyme activity of soils in altitude gradient of temperate forests	7
Developing and evaluating satellite-derived phenology and physiology indicators for modeling annual gross primary productivity variability	7
Multidimensional factors influencing ecosystem services and their relationships in alpine ecosystems: A case study of the Daxing'anling forest area, Inner Mongolia	7
Increased positive tree species mixture effects on the abundance and richness of Collembola with stand development in Canadian boreal forests	7
Prediction of the joint impacts of sea level rise and land development on distribution patterns of mangrove communities	7
Complexity responses of Rhododendron species to climate change in China reveal their urgent need for protection	7
Black locust under long-term rainfall exclusion treatment changed its drought-resistance strategy to an adventurous pattern that potentially raised the risk of hydraulic damage	7
Eight decades of compositional change in a managed northern hardwood landscape	7
Floristic diversity and forest structure in two protected miombo woodlands: Insights from permanent plots in Gilé and Niassa, Mozambique	6
Trends in alpha diversity, community composition, and network complexity of rare, intermediate, and abundant bacterial taxa along a latitudinal gradient and their impact on ecosystem multifunctionalit	6
Microbial life strategies-mediated differences in carbon metabolism explain the variation in SOC sequestration between Kandelia obovata and Sonneratia apetala	6
Spatiotemporal dynamics and geo-environmental factors influencing mangrove gross primary productivity during 2000–2020 in Gaoqiao Mangrove Reserve, China	6
Prediction of tree crown width in natural mixed forests using deep learning algorithm	6
Decoupling REDD+ understanding of local stakeholders on the onset of materializing carbon credits from forests in Nepal	6
Variation in pine growth response to site preparation methods in the Lower Coastal Plain of the southeastern US	6
Multiple forest structural elements are needed to promote beetle biomass, diversity and abundance	6
Subtropical forest macro-decomposers rapidly transfer litter carbon and nitrogen into soil mineral-associated organic matter	6
Reconstructing historical forest fire risk in the non-satellite era using the improved forest fire danger index and long short-term memory deep learning-a case study in Sichuan Province, southwestern	6
Black locust coppice stands homogenize soil diazotrophic communities by reducing soil net nitrogen mineralization	6
What diameter? What height? Influence of measures of average tree size on area-based allometric volume relationships	6
Fire and retention island remnants have similar deadwood carbon stock a decade after disturbances in boreal forests of Alberta	6
The spatial shifts and vulnerability assessment of ecological niches under climate change scenarios at the genus level: A case study of Betula, China	6
A tree detection method based on trunk point cloud section in dense plantation forest using drone LiDAR data	6

Effects of environmental variables on canopy transpiration in two coniferous forests at different growing-season stages	6
The 2/3 scaling of twig nitrogen to phosphorus in woody plants	6
Functional diversity dominates positive species mixture effects on ecosystem multifunctionality in subtropical plantations	6
Quercus acutissima exhibits more adaptable water uptake patterns in response to seasonal changes compared to Pinus massoniana	6
Ungulate browsing patterns and forage abundance determine the regeneration of palatable tree species: Using new perspectives in assessing ungulate browsing pressure in temperate forests	6
Leading directions and effective distance of larch offspring dispersal at the upper treeline in the Northern and Polar Urals, Russia	6
Outside Front Cover	6
Understorey species distinguish late successional and ancient forests after decades of minimum human intervention: A case study from Slovenia	6
Large-scale and long-term spatiotemporal patterns of disturbances in primary beech-dominated forests in the Carpathian Mountains of Europe	6
Modifying regeneration strategies classification to enhance the understanding of dominant species growth in fire-prone forest in Southwest China	6
Tree allometry responses to competition and complementarity in mixed-species plantations of Betula alnoides	6
Evaluating and quantifying the effect of various spruce budworm intervention strategies on forest carbon dynamics in Atlantic Canada	5
Dominance of rock exposure and soil depth in leaf trait networks outweighs soil quality in karst limestone and dolomite habitats	5
How do nitrogen-limited alpine coniferous forests acquire nitrogen? A rhizosphere perspective	5
Multi-year throughfall reduction enhanced the growth and non-structural carbohydrate storage of roots at the expenses of above-ground growth in a warm-temperate natural oak forest	5
Modelling fuel loads of understorey vegetation and forest floor components in pine stands in NW Spain	5
Analysis of the inflection points of height-diameter models	5
The unimodal latitudinal pattern of K, Ca and Mg concentration and its potential drivers in forest foliage in eastern China	5
Intraspecific variation in shoot flammability in Dracophyllum rosmarinifolium is not predicted by habitat environmental conditions	5
Ghost species form an important component of the epiphytic lichens in temperate forests	5
Response of understory plant species richness and tree regeneration to thinning in Pinus tabuliformis plantations in northern China	5
How to determine the leaf area index (LAI) of forests: A comparison of forest inventory versus satellite-driven estimates	5
Estimating area, standing carbon stock, and potential carbon stock of degraded forests in China	5
Species-specific influences of competition and tree size on drought sensitivity and resistance for three planted conifers in northern China	5
The origin and beginnings of modern Continuous Cover Forestry in Europe	5
Droughts and windstorms due to climate change increase variability in species and trait composition of a subtropical monsoon evergreen broadleaf forest in China	5
Individual tree segmentation in occluded complex forest stands through ellipsoid directional searching and point compensation	5
Patterns and impacts of an unprecedented outbreak of bark beetles in Central Europe: A glimpse into the future?	5
Determination of forest communities on the basis of small plots (microplots) within the geomorphologically diverse landscape of the Kras plateau (Italy, Slovenia)	5
Book review “Continuous Cover Forestry – Theories, Concepts, and Implementation” by Arne Pommerening	5
Leaf habit differentiation explains trait tradeoffs across savanna woody plants	5
Integrating remote sensing and 3-PG model to simulate the biomass and carbon stock of Larix olgensis plantation	5
Tree species identity and interaction determine vertical forest structure in young planted forests measured by terrestrial laser scanning	4
Soil chemical fertility change over four decades in the Morvan Mountains and influence of tree species (Burgundy, France)	4
Impact of tree litter identity, litter diversity and habitat quality on litter decomposition rates in tropical moist evergreen forest	4
Seasonal snow cover patterns explain alpine treeline elevation better than temperature at regional scale	4
Enhancing stem volume estimation for savanna species using variable-exponent taper equation and close-range photogrammetry	4
Independent and interactive effects of N and P additions on foliar P fractions in evergreen forests of southern China	4
Terrain or climate factor dominates vegetation resilience? Evidence from three national parks across different climatic zones in China	4
Land-use legacies affect the composition and distribution of tree species and their belowground functions in a succession from old-field to mature temperate forest	4
Updating the distribution of Nothofagus alessandrii: Impact of deforestation, fragmentation and connectivity	4
Tree mycorrhizal strategies regulate diversity–productivity relationships across forest strata along soil fertility	4
Trade-offs among fine-root phosphorus-acquisition strategies of 15 tropical woody species	4
The diameter of beech snags is an important factor for saproxylic beetle richness: Implications for forest management and conservation	4
Potential for improved groundwater recharge and dry-season flows through forest landscape restoration on degraded lands in the tropics	4
Diversity of beetle species and functional traits along gradients of deadwood suggests weak environmental filtering	4
Outside Front Cover	4
Leaf morphological trait integration and modularity provide insights into ecological adaptation in evergreen oaks	4
Assessing Landsat-8 and Sentinel-2 spectral-temporal features for mapping tree species of northern plantation forests in Heilongjiang Province, China	4
Relationships between charcoal property and post fire productivity in the boreal forest	4
Site index determination using a time series of airborne laser scanning data	4
Factors controlling deep-profile soil organic carbon and water storage following Robinia pseudoacacia afforestation of the Loess Plateau in China	4