Forestry - An Int. Journal of Forest Research
Forestry: a peer-reviewed journal on sustainable management of forests and trees owned by @theicf.bsky.social
Editor-in-Chief: @ffassnacht.bsky.social
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- Training a branching detector 🔎 Pehkonen et al. use deep learning to detect branch whorls to assess wood quality of standing timber. Read here 👇 doi.org/10.1093/fore...
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- Fine root responses to changes in nutrient availability in a mixed forest 🌳🌲 Yeste et al. share the results of their 4-year nutrient availability experiment on fine root dynamics of Scots pine and European beech. Read more here 👇 doi.org/10.1093/fore...
- 🌟 Editor's choice article: What makes a forest growth model climate-sensitive? Gilson et al. propose a new model classification scheme based on the statistical and silvicultural model requirements needed in a rapidly changing climate. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/fore...
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- Have you seen our collection of high-impact articles? Take a look at the most read and cited papers of the last two years at Forestry with topics ranging from: 🌳 Forest monitoring 🛰️ Remote sensing 🍂 Ash dieback and more! academic.oup.com/forestry/pag...
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- In case you missed it, the last issue of 2025 is out! This issue covers a range of topics including: 🌡️ Forest growth models under climate change 📉 Fine roots dynamics 🪵 Wood supply assessments 📈 Allometric model comparisons More here 👇 academic.oup.com/forestry/iss...
- Out now: Carle et al. estimate carbon stocks in tropical forests using height allometry models and within-species trait variation data. 📈🌳 Read here: doi.org/10.1093/fore...
- Deadline fast approaching to submit to our special issue! ⏰ Submissions due 15th January. academic.oup.com/forestry/pag...
- Exciting opportunity for young professionals in forestry ⬇️
- Only 9 days left to apply for the Young Professional Foresters’ Exchange Programme! 🌏 🌲 3-month paid placement ✅ £3,000 bursary 🤝 Build skills & connections as a future forestry leader ⌛ Deadline: 16 Jan 2026, 23:59 More info & apply at charteredforesters.org/what-we-do/y...
- 10 days left to submit to our special issue! More details here: academic.oup.com/forestry/pag...
- Important update❗ We have extended the deadline for submitting to our special issue on laser scanning applications in forest management. ⏰ Deadline: 15th January 2026 More information here: academic.oup.com/forestry/pag...
- How does individual-tree growth compare with different silvicultural systems? 📈 Using simulations, Halpin et al. investigate the link between individual-tree growth and net volume growth at the stand level under alternative silvicultural systems in northern hardwood forests. doi.org/10.1093/fore...
- In case you missed it: We have extended the deadline for submitting to our special issue on laser scanning applications in forest management. ⏰ Deadline: 15th January 2026 academic.oup.com/forestry/pag...
- It's #WorldSoilDay! Check out these two recent Forestry articles exploring forest 🤝 soil relationships. 🌲 Forest carbon rent policy and soil greenhouse gas emissions (Rautiainen et al.) doi.org/10.1093/fore... 📈 Soil changes with wood ash application (Pitman et al.) doi.org/10.1093/fore...
- Important update❗ We have extended the deadline for submitting to our special issue on laser scanning applications in forest management. ⏰ Deadline: 15th January 2026 More information here: academic.oup.com/forestry/pag...
- Out now: To add fertiliser, or not to add fertiliser? 🤔 A question addressed by da Silva et al. in their study on fertiliser use in timberland management in the Southeastern US. Read more about their strategic forest planning framework here👇 academic.oup.com/forestry/adv...
- ⏰ Only a few days left! Deadline to submit to our special issue is 30th November. academic.oup.com/forestry/pag...
- 🚨 Deadline approaching to submit to our special issue with @silvilaser2025.bsky.social on “Laser scanning applications in forest management” ⏰ Submissions are due 30th November 2025 More information here: academic.oup.com/forestry/pag...
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- Out now: A synthesis on open canopy conditions from forest management on biodiversity by Larsen-Gray and colleagues. 🌲🪵 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/fore...
- Just over a week to submit to our special issue! Deadline: 30th November Details: academic.oup.com/forestry/pag...
- 🚨 Deadline approaching to submit to our special issue with @silvilaser2025.bsky.social on “Laser scanning applications in forest management” ⏰ Submissions are due 30th November 2025 More information here: academic.oup.com/forestry/pag...
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- What makes ivy vines so big? 🤔 Wyka and colleagues investigated common ivy tree host characteristics and the potential for ivy vines as ecological indicators in old-growth forests in Central Europe. Read more here 👇 doi.org/10.1093/fore...
- Crown radius models have improved predictive capacity when environmental factors are included. 🌲📐 Yan and colleagues use Korean pine plantations in Northeast China as a case study to explore climate and soil variables on crown radius model performance. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/fore...
- Genetics of the rare wild pear (Pyrus pyraster) 🍐 Wagner and Wagner examine the genetic and morphological trait diversity of wild pears in central Europe. The consequences for conservation and silviculture of the species are also discussed. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/fore...
- 🚨 Deadline approaching to submit to our special issue with @silvilaser2025.bsky.social on “Laser scanning applications in forest management” ⏰ Submissions are due 30th November 2025 More information here: academic.oup.com/forestry/pag...
- Detecting snow disturbances in boreal forests 🔎 ❄️ 🌲 @jjraty.bsky.social et al. use airborne lidar data and aerial images to examine snow disturbance at the individual tree level in Finnish boreal forests. Read more how this detection system could aid forestry management 👇 doi.org/10.1093/fore...
- Ecosystem-based management and caribou in Canada 🦌 Stevenson et al. review a range of responses from habitat selection to population dynamics of woodland caribou to forestry and wildfire practices. Read more about their findings here 👇 doi.org/10.1093/fore...
- Reminder: We have a call for papers for a new Special Issue with @silvilaser2025.bsky.social SilviLaser 2025: Laser scanning applications in forest management ⏰ Submission deadline: 30th November 2025 More information here👇 academic.oup.com/forestry/pag...
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- ⭐ Editor’s choice article ⭐ In search of “tree fingerprints”: Yrttimaa and colleagues use terrestrial laser scanning to quantify architectural uniqueness in Scots pine trees. Read more about their approaches and possible applications 👇 doi.org/10.1093/fore... 🧪
- Out now by Fagundes et al. 🌱 An assessment on the ecological adaptation and financial feasibility of forest seedling development under global warming for two key tree species in Brazil. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/fore...
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- October issue is now out! 🧪 Articles include: 🌲 Quantifying architectural uniqueness in Scots pine trees 📈 Development of ivy vines ❄️ Detecting snow disturbances in boreal forests 🍐 Genetics and conservation of the wild pear Read more here: academic.oup.com/forestry/iss...
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- Out now: Woodland planting and flood management 🤝 Willis and colleagues use hydrological modelling to evaluate a range of woodland planting scenarios for flood risk management in the north of England. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/fore...
- Out now: A study by Candelas Bielza et al. on the uncertainty in remote sensing-based predictions of species composition and site index. 🌲🛰️ 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/fore...
- Want to keep up with the latest research and practice in Forestry? Have a browse of our advance articles. 👇 academic.oup.com/forestry/adv...
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- Improving tree volume and biomass estimates 🌳 📐 Morales and MacFarlane develop Real Twig, a method for correcting branch and twig overestimation biases in quantitative structure models. Read more about the Real Twig validation process for a range of tree species.👇 doi.org/10.1093/fore...
- Here at Forestry we cover all things trees from: 🛰️ Remote sensing 📈 Forest economics 🪲 Forest health 🌳 Tropical forest management 🏡 Urban forestry ... and more! Take a look at the range of topics we cover and expertise of our editorial board 👇 academic.oup.com/forestry/pag...
- Drought responses across time and space 🪵📉 Using dendrochronological analyses, Haghshenas and Wood studied changes in wood density of subalpine fir trees to historical drought over a 500 km latitudinal gradient in northern British Columbia, Canada. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/fore...
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- We have a call for papers for a new Special Issue with @silvilaser2025.bsky.social SilviLaser 2025: Laser scanning applications in forest management ⏰ Submission deadline: 30th November 2025 More information here👇 academic.oup.com/forestry/pag...
- Drivers of tree decline in semi-arid mountainous forests ⛰️📉 Shafeian et al. combine environmental data from open source databases and spectral imaging to assess tree decline in semi-arid Zagros forests in Iran. Read more about how their findings impact forest management 👇 doi.org/10.1093/fore...
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- Have you seen our collection of high-impact articles? Take a look at the most read and cited papers of the last two years at Forestry with topics ranging from: 🌳 Forest monitoring 💻 Deep learning 🍂 Ash dieback and more! academic.oup.com/forestry/pag...
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- treecbh: a new R package for crown base height (CBH) detection using aerial laser-scanned data in broad leaved forests 🌳 Diószegi et al. develop a workflow that automates and optimises CBH detection in already segmented individual trees. 🗞️ doi.org/10.1093/fore... 🔧 github.com/DijoG/treecbh
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- Reminder: We have a call for papers for a new Special Issue with @silvilaser2025.bsky.social SilviLaser 2025: Laser scanning applications in forest management ⏰ Submission deadline: 30th November 2025 More information here👇 academic.oup.com/forestry/pag...
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- A deadly duo: disease and drought in oaks 🦠🍂 de la Mata et al. studied the genetic variation in susceptibility to drought in holm oak seedlings inoculated with the fungus-like pathogen Phytophthora cinnamomi. Read more about their experiment here 👇 doi.org/10.1093/fore...
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- Forest disturbance maps 🗺️ Using Sentinel-2 data, Reinosch et al. present a validation method for reliable annual forest disturbance monitoring in the German forestry context. Read more here 👇 doi.org/10.1093/fore... 📷 GeoSN
- 👋 A big welcome to @theicf.bsky.social who have recently joined BlueSky 🌲 charteredforesters.org
- Rodent dynamics in microhabitats in the forest understory 🐁🌳 Using capture-mark-recapture trapping, Zegadło et al. examined the association of two sympatric rodent species with course woody debris in Białowieża Forest, Poland. Read more here 👇 doi.org/10.1093/fore...
- Call for papers 📣 We have a call for papers for a new Special Issue with @silvilaser2025.bsky.social SilviLaser 2025: Laser scanning applications in forest management ⏰ Submission deadline: 30th November 2025 More information here👇 academic.oup.com/forestry/pag...
- We have had quite a few new followers recently! Welcome 👋 You can find out more about Forestry here 👇 academic.oup.com/forestry
- Trait variation in European alder species 🌱 Gomes Marques et al. assess the phenotypic and genotypic trait variation in two Alnus species from populations across each species’ upper and lower distribution limits. Read more here 👇 doi.org/10.1093/fore...
- Our Editor-in-Chief @ffassnacht.bsky.social is on Bluesky! 🌲 Are there any other Forestry editors taking root here? 🤝 We are thinking about creating a starter pack to connect Forestry editors. 👇Let us know if you would be interested in being added to one
- Economic evaluation of a tree breeding programme 📈🌲 In their economic sensitivity analysis, Saraev et al. show that using improved Scots pine forest reproductive material is cost-effective, outperforming the current timber production and financial outcomes. Read more here 👇 doi.org/10.1093/fore...
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- 🌟Editor’s choice article🌟 Xing et al. review the research progress on climate change vulnerability (CCV) in urban forests. They examine research trends over the last 3 decades, identify research gaps & suggest avenues for future research in evaluating CCV in urban forests. doi.org/10.1093/fore...
- 🌟July issue is out! Browse articles on: 🌡️ Climate change vulnerability of urban forests 📉 Drivers of tree decline in semi-arid forests 🧬 Economic evaluation of a tree improvement programme 🌳 New R package for crown base height detection + much more here 👇 academic.oup.com/forestry/iss...
- Did you know we have a Virtual Issue on Remote Sensing? 🛰️ You can read the collection of papers here 👇 academic.oup.com/forestry/pag...
