OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Forest Ecosystems is 9. 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
A century of National Forest Inventory in Norway – informing past, present, and future decisions	50
Early detection of pine wilt disease in Pinus tabuliformis in North China using a field portable spectrometer and UAV-based hyperspectral imagery	42
Machine learning and geostatistical approaches for estimating aboveground biomass in Chinese subtropical forests	39
Dynamics of dead wood decay in Swiss forests	36
Tree growth is more limited by drought in rear-edge forests most of the times	33
Mapping aboveground biomass and its prediction uncertainty using LiDAR and field data, accounting for tree-level allometric and LiDAR model errors	31
Innovative deep learning artificial intelligence applications for predicting relationships between individual tree height and diameter at breast height	29
Trade-offs between ecosystem service provision and the predisposition to disturbances: a NFI-based scenario analysis	29
Strong controls of daily minimum temperature on the autumn photosynthetic phenology of subtropical vegetation in China	28
Deforestation and fragmentation trends of seasonal dry tropical forest in Ecuador: impact on conservation	27
Wood substitution potential in greenhouse gas emission reduction–review on current state and application of displacement factors	26
A comparison of polypore funga and species composition in forest ecosystems of China, North America, and Europe	26
Soil-vegetation relationships in Mediterranean forests after fire	25
Active forest management accelerates carbon storage in plantation forests in Lishui, southern China	25
Assessing the vulnerability of ecosystems to climate change based on climate exposure, vegetation stability and productivity	24
Large scale mapping of forest attributes using heterogeneous sets of airborne laser scanning and National Forest Inventory data	24
Soil-plant co-stimulation during forest vegetation restoration in a subtropical area of southern China	23
Assessing a novel modelling approach with high resolution UAV imagery for monitoring health status in priority riparian forests	21
Seamless integration of above- and under-canopy unmanned aerial vehicle laser scanning for forest investigation	20
Using GEDI lidar data and airborne laser scanning to assess height growth dynamics in fast-growing species: a showcase in Spain	20
Mapping forest age using National Forest Inventory, airborne laser scanning, and Sentinel-2 data	20
Environmental rehabilitation of damaged land	20
Accuracy assessment and error analysis for diameter at breast height measurement of trees obtained using a novel backpack LiDAR system	19
Organic matter quality of forest floor as a driver of C and P dynamics in acacia and eucalypt plantations established on a Ferralic Arenosols, Congo	19
Partitioning tree water usage into storage and transpiration in a mixed forest	19

Organic mulching promotes soil organic carbon accumulation to deep soil layer in an urban plantation forest	18
National Forest Inventories capture the multifunctionality of managed forests in Germany	18
No treeline shift despite climate change over the last 70 years	18
Effects of three coniferous plantation species on plant‐soil feedbacks and soil physical and chemical properties in semi‐arid mountain ecosystems	18
Discovering forest height changes based on spaceborne lidar data of ICESat-1 in 2005 and ICESat-2 in 2019: a case study in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region of China	17
Tree diversity effects on forest productivity increase through time because of spatial partitioning	17
How can the forest sector mitigate climate change in a changing climate? Case studies of boreal and northern temperate forests in eastern Canada	17
Evaluating soil nutrients of Dacrydium pectinatum in China using machine learning techniques	17
Predicting stand age in managed forests using National Forest Inventory field data and airborne laser scanning	16
Using machine learning algorithms to estimate stand volume growth of Larix and Quercus forests based on national-scale Forest Inventory data in China	16
Forest management required for consistent carbon sink in China’s forest plantations	16
Impacts of oak deforestation and rainfed cultivation on soil redistribution processes across hillslopes using 137Cs techniques	16
Wild bee distribution near forested landscapes is dependent on successional state	15
Addressing soil protection concerns in forest ecosystem management under climate change	15
Allometry-based estimation of forest aboveground biomass combining LiDAR canopy height attributes and optical spectral indexes	15
Forest height mapping using inventory and multi-source satellite data over Hunan Province in southern China	15
Pre-fire aboveground biomass, estimated from LiDAR, spectral and field inventory data, as a major driver of burn severity in maritime pine (Pinus pinaster) ecosystems	15
A 40-year evaluation of drivers of African rainforest change	14
A multi-purpose National Forest Inventory in Bangladesh: design, operationalisation and key results	14
Effects of root dominate over aboveground litter on soil microbial biomass in global forest ecosystems	14
Nest-site selection by the white-tailed eagle and black stork – implications for conservation practice	13
Individual tree extraction from terrestrial laser scanning data via graph pathing	13
Different responses of soil respiration and its components to nitrogen and phosphorus addition in a subtropical secondary forest	13
Variations in the natural 13C and 15N abundance of plants and soils under long-term N addition and precipitation reduction: interpretation of C and N dynamics	13
Multiple forest structural elements are needed to promote beetle biomass, diversity and abundance	13
Assessing above-ground biomass-functional diversity relationships in temperate forests in northern Mexico	13
Natural forests in New Zealand – a large terrestrial carbon pool in a national state of equilibrium	13
Forest disturbances and the attribution derived from yearly Landsat time series over 1990–2020 in the Hengduan Mountains Region of Southwest China	13
Influence of voxel size on forest canopy height estimates using full-waveform airborne LiDAR data	12
Global woodland structure from local interactions: new nearest-neighbour functions for understanding the ontogenesis of global forest structure	12
Effects of local neighbourhood diversity on crown structure and productivity of individual trees in mature mixed-species forests	12
Management scheme influence and nitrogen addition effects on soil CO2, CH4, and N2O fluxes in a Moso bamboo plantation	12
Ground-based/UAV-LiDAR data fusion for quantitative structure modeling and tree parameter retrieval in subtropical planted forest	12
Performance of statistical and machine learning-based methods for predicting biogeographical patterns of fungal productivity in forest ecosystems	11
Impact of Robinia pseudoacacia stand conversion on soil properties and bacterial community composition in Mount Tai, China	11
Effect of thinning intensity on understory herbaceous diversity and biomass in mixed coniferous and broad-leaved forests of Changbai Mountain	11
Plant functional trait diversity and structural diversity co-underpin ecosystem multifunctionality in subtropical forests	11
A century of national forest inventories – informing past, present and future decisions	11
Forest management for optimizing soil protection: a landscape-level approach	10
Decomposition and stabilization of organic matter in an old-growth tropical riparian forest: effects of soil properties and vegetation structure	10
Topography modulates effects of nitrogen deposition on microbial resource limitation in a nitrogen-saturated subtropical forest	10
Evaluating the impact of sampling schemes on leaf area index measurements from digital hemispherical photography in Larix principis-rupprechtii forest plots	10
Selective logging enhances ecosystem multifunctionality via increase of functional diversity in a Pinus yunnanensis forest in Southwest China	10
Assessing Landsat-8 and Sentinel-2 spectral-temporal features for mapping tree species of northern plantation forests in Heilongjiang Province, China	10
Tree mortality and regeneration of Euphrates poplar riparian forests along the Tarim River, Northwest China	10
Sensitivity analysis of Biome-BGCMuSo for gross and net primary productivity of typical forests in China	10
Patterns and driving factors of leaf C, N, and P stoichiometry in two forest types with different stand ages in a mid-subtropical zone	10
A combination of climate, tree diversity and local human disturbance determine the stability of dry Afromontane forests	9
Functional diversity dominates positive species mixture effects on ecosystem multifunctionality in subtropical plantations	9
Improving precision of field inventory estimation of aboveground biomass through an alternative view on plot biomass	9

Comparison of the local pivotal method and systematic sampling for national forest inventories	9
Different mechanisms underlying divergent responses of autotrophic and heterotrophic respiration to long-term throughfall reduction in a warm-temperate oak forest	9
Combining WV-2 images and tree physiological factors to detect damage stages of Populus gansuensis by Asian longhorned beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis) at the tree level	9
The Siberian moth (Dendrolimus sibiricus), a pest risk assessment for Norway	9
Divergent allocations of nonstructural carbohydrates shape growth response to rainfall reduction in two subtropical plantations	9
Retrieval of forest canopy height in a mountainous region with ICESat-2 ATLAS	9
Effects of afforestation of agricultural land with grey alder (Alnus incana (L.) Moench) on soil chemical properties, comparing two contrasting soil groups	9
Urbanization strengthens the edge effects on species diversity and composition of woody plants in remnant forests	9
Vegetation structure and edaphic factors in veredas reflect different conservation status in these threatened areas	9