Microbial life-history strategies regulate soil organic carbon formation and stability across soil depths during 300 years of the temperate forest succession
December 2026
Forest succession profoundly reshapes soil organic carbon (SOC) persistence, yet the depth-dependent microbial mechanisms governing particulate organic carbon (POC) and mineral-associated organic carbon...
Species trait dissimilarity dominates the mixing effects of forest plantations across stand development stages
December 2026
Mixed-species plantations are increasingly adopted as they may exhibit higher productivity and carbon sequestration potential under suitable species mixtures and management. Assessing the mixing effects...
Long-term monitoring reveals differential climate and disturbance responses in Japanese forest biome composition
December 2026
Tree community responses to climate change differ markedly among biomes, and multiple interacting drivers complicate interpretation. This study investigated structural and compositional changes across...
Meta-analysis of 21st century studies shows that deforestation induces profound changes in soil characteristics, particularly soil organic carbon accumulation
April 2025
Deforestation is one of the most serious environmental problems facing humankind. It continues to escalate rapidly across many regions of the world, thereby deteriorating the forest soil quality. This...
Tree species physically and chemically engineer their local environments, shaping forest floor and topsoil carbon stocks
December 2026
Tree species are increasingly recognized as key drivers of soil biogeochemical processes, yet their combined chemical and physical effects on forest floor dynamics, microclimate, and mineral topsoil...
Predicting forest fire probability under current conditions and future climate change scenarios in Türkiye
December 2026
In recent years, intensified heat waves and prolonged droughts due to climate change have accelerated the ignition and spread of forest fires. Therefore, developing predictive models and model-based...
Habitat heterogeneity shapes conspecific negative density dependence: functional trait effects are habitat dependent
December 2026
Habitat heterogeneity may influence conspecific negative density dependence (CNDD) in karst forests through direct effects and indirect pathways mediated by shifts in functional traits, with consequences...
Forest carbon sink estimation models: Progress, challenges, and opportunity of space–air–ground integrated assimilation
December 2026
Estimates of forest carbon sinks are essential for global carbon cycle studies, forest stewardship, and monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV); nonetheless, current methodologies exhibit limitations...
Disentangling sampling bias to generate early-warning surfaces of forest ecological sensitivity: An integrated MaxEnt–CatBoost framework
December 2026
Biodiversity models often rely on opportunistic species occurrence data. However, biases due to different sampling efforts or accessibility can confound biodiversity patterns and obscure ecologically...
Hair stable isotopes reveal mammalian trophic reorganization between a near-primeval forest and human-modified landscapes
December 2026
Near-primeval forests provide ecological benchmarks for evaluating the functional consequences of landscape transformation. Using stable carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) isotope analyses of mammalian...
A double-constrained convex hull approach for tree crown volume estimation: A mobile laser scanning case study of Catalpa bungei
December 2026
Individual tree crown volume (CV) is an important three-dimensional indicator of tree growth, crown architecture, and physio-ecological functioning, but its quantification remains challenging because...
Spatial and seasonal dynamics of soil CO2, CH4, and N2O fluxes across forest ecosystems along a climatic gradient in China
December 2026
Forest soils play a critical role in regulating atmospheric greenhouse gas (GHG) budgets; however, coordinated multi-gas observations across broad climatic gradients remain limited, constraining our...
Severe droughts alter the resistance–recovery tradeoff in the drylands of northern China
August 2026
Increasing drought intensity under global climate change poses significant threats to the stability of terrestrial vegetation carbon uptake, represented by net primary productivity (NPP), particularly...
Potential for improved groundwater recharge and dry-season flows through forest landscape restoration on degraded lands in the tropics
December 2025
As interest in tropical forest restoration accelerates, understanding its hydrological implications is increasingly urgent. While concerns persist that reforestation will reduce annual water yields—particularly...
Dendrochronological evidence of extreme droughts in the forest-steppe of Western Siberia
December 2026
Current climate models project an increased frequency and intensity of droughts in the Eurasian forest-steppe. Although forests in this area are at risk from increasing aridization, our understanding...
Continental-scale mapping of forest tree density in North America using remote sensing and deep learning with uncertainty quantification
August 2026
Accurate, spatially consistent estimates of tree density remain elusive at continental scales, limiting our ability to assess forest structure, carbon stocks, and biodiversity. Existing global assessments...
Satellite observations reveal that high pre-dieback productivity is associated with reduced forest stability in temperate forests
December 2026
Increasing frequency and intensity of heat and drought events under anthropogenic climate change has triggered widespread forest mortality and canopy dieback worldwide. Previous studies have suggested...
Canopy and understory nitrogen additions differentially regulate soil organic carbon fractions via litter–microbe–mineral interactions
April 2026
The effects of nitrogen (N) deposition on forest soil organic carbon (SOC) are largely unclear, likely due to the divergent responses of particulate (POC) and mineral-associated carbon (MAOC). Conventional...
The patterns of forest soil particulate and mineral associated organic carbon characteristics with latitude and soil depth across eastern China
April 2025
Forest ecosystems function as the largest carbon (C) sink in terrestrial ecosystems, and nearly half of the C in forest ecosystems is stored in forest soils. However, the patterns of two main fractions...
Comparing modeling approaches and sample sizes for bark thickness and volume among species and stand origin in Türkiye
December 2026
Accurately estimating bark thickness and volume is important for assessing tree resistance after disturbances and calculating roundwood volume. In Türkiye, black pine (Pinus nigra Arnold.), Taurus cedar...
Carbon-water trade-off in Eucalyptus dunnii plantations: A bi-objective optimization framework using remote sensing and machine learning models
December 2026
Commercial Eucalyptus plantations have expanded significantly in South America, with most of them being managed under short-rotation regimes for pulp production. Despite the contribution of Eucalyptus...
Functional similarity of tree species growth responses to ecological gradients quantified using a multimetric curve distance
December 2026
Quantifying similarity among species responses to ecological gradients is challenging, yet increasingly important for adaptive forest planning under changing environmental conditions. We introduced...
Mixing non-native Douglas fir with native tree species is not enough to avoid negative impacts on overwintering birds
December 2026
Forest conversion toward climate-resilient non-native tree species is increasingly promoted in temperate Europe, yet biodiversity responses outside the main growing season remain poorly studied. In...
Ecological thresholds and divergent drought resilience of Robinia pseudoacacia plantations across a hydro-climatic gradient
December 2026
As climate change intensifies drought severity and frequency, the stability of large-scale afforestation programs hinges on understanding the growth limits and drought-response patterns of key tree...