OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Forest Ecosystems is 8. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Machine learning and geostatistical approaches for estimating aboveground biomass in Chinese subtropical forests	51
Early detection of pine wilt disease in Pinus tabuliformis in North China using a field portable spectrometer and UAV-based hyperspectral imagery	44
Tree growth is more limited by drought in rear-edge forests most of the times	42
A comparison of polypore funga and species composition in forest ecosystems of China, North America, and Europe	36
Active forest management accelerates carbon storage in plantation forests in Lishui, southern China	34
Strong controls of daily minimum temperature on the autumn photosynthetic phenology of subtropical vegetation in China	34
Wood substitution potential in greenhouse gas emission reduction–review on current state and application of displacement factors	31
Deforestation and fragmentation trends of seasonal dry tropical forest in Ecuador: impact on conservation	31
Large scale mapping of forest attributes using heterogeneous sets of airborne laser scanning and National Forest Inventory data	31
Soil-vegetation relationships in Mediterranean forests after fire	30
Effects of three coniferous plantation species on plant‐soil feedbacks and soil physical and chemical properties in semi‐arid mountain ecosystems	28
Mapping forest age using National Forest Inventory, airborne laser scanning, and Sentinel-2 data	26
Using GEDI lidar data and airborne laser scanning to assess height growth dynamics in fast-growing species: a showcase in Spain	26
Forest management required for consistent carbon sink in China’s forest plantations	25
Ground-based/UAV-LiDAR data fusion for quantitative structure modeling and tree parameter retrieval in subtropical planted forest	24
Using machine learning algorithms to estimate stand volume growth of Larix and Quercus forests based on national-scale Forest Inventory data in China	24
Seamless integration of above- and under-canopy unmanned aerial vehicle laser scanning for forest investigation	23
How can the forest sector mitigate climate change in a changing climate? Case studies of boreal and northern temperate forests in eastern Canada	22
National Forest Inventories capture the multifunctionality of managed forests in Germany	22
Assessing a novel modelling approach with high resolution UAV imagery for monitoring health status in priority riparian forests	22
Partitioning tree water usage into storage and transpiration in a mixed forest	20
Effects of root dominate over aboveground litter on soil microbial biomass in global forest ecosystems	20
Allometry-based estimation of forest aboveground biomass combining LiDAR canopy height attributes and optical spectral indexes	20
Individual tree extraction from terrestrial laser scanning data via graph pathing	20
Forest disturbances and the attribution derived from yearly Landsat time series over 1990–2020 in the Hengduan Mountains Region of Southwest China	19

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	18
Forest height mapping using inventory and multi-source satellite data over Hunan Province in southern China	18
Organic mulching promotes soil organic carbon accumulation to deep soil layer in an urban plantation forest	18
Different responses of soil respiration and its components to nitrogen and phosphorus addition in a subtropical secondary forest	18
No treeline shift despite climate change over the last 70 years	18
Impacts of oak deforestation and rainfed cultivation on soil redistribution processes across hillslopes using 137Cs techniques	18
Structure complexity is the primary driver of functional diversity in the temperate forests of northeastern China	17
Natural forests in New Zealand – a large terrestrial carbon pool in a national state of equilibrium	17
Patterns and driving factors of leaf C, N, and P stoichiometry in two forest types with different stand ages in a mid-subtropical zone	17
Retrieval of forest canopy height in a mountainous region with ICESat-2 ATLAS	17
Assessing Landsat-8 and Sentinel-2 spectral-temporal features for mapping tree species of northern plantation forests in Heilongjiang Province, China	16
Forest management for optimizing soil protection: a landscape-level approach	15
Performance of statistical and machine learning-based methods for predicting biogeographical patterns of fungal productivity in forest ecosystems	15
Nest-site selection by the white-tailed eagle and black stork – implications for conservation practice	15
A multi-purpose National Forest Inventory in Bangladesh: design, operationalisation and key results	15
Plant functional trait diversity and structural diversity co-underpin ecosystem multifunctionality in subtropical forests	15
Effects of local neighbourhood diversity on crown structure and productivity of individual trees in mature mixed-species forests	15
A combination of climate, tree diversity and local human disturbance determine the stability of dry Afromontane forests	14
A 40-year evaluation of drivers of African rainforest change	14
Assessing above-ground biomass-functional diversity relationships in temperate forests in northern Mexico	14
Conversion of pure Chinese fir plantation to multi-layered mixed plantation enhances the soil aggregate stability by regulating microbial communities in subtropical China	14
Topography modulates effects of nitrogen deposition on microbial resource limitation in a nitrogen-saturated subtropical forest	14
Tree mortality and regeneration of Euphrates poplar riparian forests along the Tarim River, Northwest China	14
Decomposition and stabilization of organic matter in an old-growth tropical riparian forest: effects of soil properties and vegetation structure	13
Effect of thinning intensity on understory herbaceous diversity and biomass in mixed coniferous and broad-leaved forests of Changbai Mountain	13
Impact of Robinia pseudoacacia stand conversion on soil properties and bacterial community composition in Mount Tai, China	13
Urbanization strengthens the edge effects on species diversity and composition of woody plants in remnant forests	13
Vegetation structure and edaphic factors in veredas reflect different conservation status in these threatened areas	13
Multiple forest structural elements are needed to promote beetle biomass, diversity and abundance	13
Trade-offs among fine-root phosphorus-acquisition strategies of 15 tropical woody species	13
Sensitivity analysis of Biome-BGCMuSo for gross and net primary productivity of typical forests in China	13
Management scheme influence and nitrogen addition effects on soil CO2, CH4, and N2O fluxes in a Moso bamboo plantation	13
Functional diversity dominates positive species mixture effects on ecosystem multifunctionality in subtropical plantations	13
Impact of tree litter identity, litter diversity and habitat quality on litter decomposition rates in tropical moist evergreen forest	11
A century of national forest inventories – informing past, present and future decisions	11
Deadwood affects the soil organic matter fractions and enzyme activity of soils in altitude gradient of temperate forests	11
Evaluating alternative hypotheses behind biodiversity and multifunctionality relationships in the forests of Northeastern China	11
Immediate and legacy effects of snow exclusion on soil fungal diversity and community composition	11
Factors controlling deep-profile soil organic carbon and water storage following Robinia pseudoacacia afforestation of the Loess Plateau in China	11
Divergent allocations of nonstructural carbohydrates shape growth response to rainfall reduction in two subtropical plantations	11
Modeling of cold-temperate tree Pinus koraiensis (Pinaceae) distribution in the Asia-Pacific region: Climate change impact	11
Nutrient resorption strategies of three oak tree species in response to interannual climate variability	10
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	10
C:N:P stoichiometry as an indicator of Histosol drainage in lowland and mountain forest ecosystems	10
Neighborhood diversity structure and neighborhood species richness effects differ across life stages in a subtropical natural secondary forest	9
Ecological niche modeling of the main forest-forming species in the Caucasus	9
Words apart: Standardizing forestry terms and definitions across European biodiversity studies	9
Current climate overrides past climate change in explaining multi-site beta diversity of Lauraceae species in China	9
Influence of individual tree characteristics, spatial structure and logging history on tree-related microhabitat occurrence in North American hardwood forests	9
Patterns of species diversity and its determinants in a temperate deciduous broad-leaved forest	9

Different mechanisms underlying divergent responses of autotrophic and heterotrophic respiration to long-term throughfall reduction in a warm-temperate oak forest	9
Elevation gradient distribution of indices of tree population in a montane forest: The role of leaf traits and the environment	9
Consistent response of nematode communities to management of coniferous plantations	9
Characteristics and chemical reactivity of biogenic volatile organic compounds from dominant forest species in the Jing-Jin-Ji area, China	9
A geographical similarity-based sampling method of non-fire point data for spatial prediction of forest fires	9
Effects of harvest intensity on the marketable organ yield, growth and reproduction of non-timber forest products (NTFPs): implication for conservation and sustainable utilization of NTFPs	9
Hydrological functioning of forested catchments, Central Himalayan Region, India	9
Variation in water supply leads to different responses of tree growth to warming	8
A tree detection method based on trunk point cloud section in dense plantation forest using drone LiDAR data	8
Polypore funga and species diversity in tropical forest ecosystems of Africa, America and Asia, and a comparison with temperate and boreal regions of the Northern Hemisphere	8
Soil carbon and nutrient stocks under Scots pine plantations in comparison to European beech forests: a paired-plot study across forests with different management history and precipitation regimes	8
Changes in plant debris and carbon stocks across a subalpine forest successional series	8
Influence of sampling intensity on performance of two-phase forest inventory using airborne laser scanning	8
Stand-level biomass models for predicting C stock for the main Spanish pine species	8
Prediction of the global potential geographical distribution of Hylurgus ligniperda using a maximum entropy model	8
An improved area-based approach for estimating plot-level tree DBH from airborne LiDAR data	8
Forest land use discontinuity and northern red oak Quercus rubra introduction change biomass allocation and life strategy of lingonberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea	8