Thank You to Our 2024 Reviewers

Published 06 January, 2025

We sincerely express our heartfelt gratitude to the 327 reviewers who generously dedicated their valuable time and expertise to providing peer review reports for the manuscripts submitted to Forest Ecosystems in 2024.

Forest Ecosystems depends on the volunteer service of experts for peer review. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all Forest Ecosystems peer reviewers for the time, energy, and expertise they provide to the journal. We all know that performing, creating, and submitting a clear and unbiased review of a peer’s work is not a trivial task. Because of the individuals who choose to do so, the papers published in Forest Ecosystems are reproducible, transparent, impactful, rigorous, and timely, contributing significantly to advancements in the field. We look forward to your continued collaboration and exceptional support in the coming year.

Below is a list of the scientists who have played the vital role of peer reviewer for Forest Ecosystems over the past year (listed alphabetically by last name):

Reviewers’ name

Affiliations

Jesús Aguirre-Gutiérrez

University of Oxford, United Kingdom

Micky Allen  

Larson and McGowin LLC, United States

Juan Gabriel Álvarez-González  

Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Plácido Salomón Álvarez-López

Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara, Mexico

Lord Ameyaw

University of Nebraska-Lincoln, United States

Christian Ammer  

Georg August University of Göttingen, Germany

Perttu Anttonen

Georg August University of Göttingen, Germany

Gregorio Aragon  

Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain

Rio Aryapratama  

University of Freiburg, Germany

Mark Ashton  

Yale University, United States

Anushree Badola  

University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA

Zoltán Bátori  

University of Szeged, Hungary

David Bell  

USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, United States

Frederic Berger 

French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment, France

Pete Bettinger  

University of Georgia, United States

Lukáš Bílek  

Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague, Czech

Tone Birkemoe  

Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway

Alexander Bogdanov  

Northern Research Institute of Forestry, Russia

Andrej Bončina  

University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Kauane Maiara Bordin  

Federal University of Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil

Olivier Bouriaud  

University of Suceava, Romania

Jean-Jacques Braun  

Université de Toulouse, France

Maximilian Brocher  

Friedrich Schiller University, Germany

Jörg Brunet  

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden

Adrián García Bruzón  

Rey Juan Carlos University, Spain

Harald Bugmann  

ETH Zürich, Switzerland

Philip J. Burton  

University of Northern British Columbia, Canada

Omar Cabrera  

Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, Ecuador

Weixiang Cai  

Northwest A&F University, China

Antonio del Campo  

Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, Spain

Julio Campo  

University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Jakub Černý  

Forestry and Game Management Research Institute, Czech

Matheus Peres Chagas 

Federal University of Goiás, Brazil

Chenhui Chang  

Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Lulu Chen

Beijing Forestry University, China

Jiale Chen

East China Normal University, China

Dongsheng Chen  

Chinese Academy of Forestry, China

Fusheng Chen  

Jiangxi Agricultural University, China

Shiping Chen  

Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Weile Chen  

Zhejiang University, China

Xiuzhi Chen  

Sun Yat-Sen University, China

Changjin Cheng  

Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Dongliang Cheng  

Fujian Normal University, China

Ying Cheng  

Shaanxi Normal University, China

Oleg Chertov

University of Applied Sciences, Germany

Hyeyeong Choe  

Seoul National University, Korea

Philip George Comeau

University of Alberta, Canada

Richard Condit  

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, United States

Jean-Yves Courtonne

Université Grenoble Alpes, France

Ming Cui  

Chinese Academy of Forestry, China

Yongqing Cui  

Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Haishan Dang  

Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Wenping Deng  

Jiangxi Agricultural University, China

Luis Diaz-Balteiro  

Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain

Jingyi Ding  

Beijing Normal University, China

Yi Ding  

Chinese Academy of Forestry, China

Tai Tien Dinh  

Hue University, Vietnam

Aalap Dixit  

New Mexico Highlands University, United States

Dorota Dobrowolska 

Forest Research Institute, Poland

Ivan Dorotovič  

Forestry and Forest Products Centre, Tropical Research Institute (IICT), Portugal

David Douterlungne  

Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica A.C, Mexico

David Drew  

Stellenbosch University, South Africa

Aleksey Dymov

Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

Sisira Ediriweera 

Uva Wellassa University, Sri Lanka

Joseph Edwards  

University of Tennessee, USA

Dayong Fan  

Beijing Forestry University, China

Hui Fan  

Yunnan University, China

Taimoor Farooq

Bangor University, United Kingdom

Lutz Fehrmann  

University of Göttingen, Germany

Christopher J. Fettig  

Pacific Southwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service, United States

Dejan Firm  

Scion – New Zealand Forest Research Institute, New Zealand

Georg Frank  

Austrian Federal Research Centre for Forests, Natural Hazards and Landscape (BFW), Austria

Robert Froese

University of Alberta, Canada

Sergio de Frutos  

Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain

Denggao Fu  

Yunnan University, China

Pete Fule  

Northern Arizona University, United States

Chengcheng Gang  

Northwest A&F University, China

Decai Gao  

Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Jianguo Gao  

Peking University, China

Antonio Gazol

Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología (IPE-CSIC), Spain

Horacio Gilabert  

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile

Frank Gilliam  

University of West Florida, USA

Marc Goebel

Cornell University, United States

M. Socorro González-Elizondo

Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico

Andrew N. Gray  

USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, United States

Irina Dmitrievna Grodnitskaya 

Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

Rüdiger Grote  

Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Germany

Yasong Guo  

The University of Hong Kong, China

Mengguang Han  

Peking University, China

Wenxuan Han  

China Agricultural University, China

Guangyou Hao  

Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Zhanqing Hao  

Northwestern Polytechnical University, China

Lucas Harris  

University of Vermont, United States

Juan Guerra Hernandez

University of Lisbon, Portugal

Enqing Hou  

Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Tianyu Hu  

Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Ronghai Hu  

Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Jianguo Huang 

Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Congde Huang  

Sichuan Agricultural University, China

Ekaterina Ivanova 

Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria

Mélanie Jean  

Université de Moncton, Canada

Chengjun Ji  

Peking University, China

Guodong Jia  

Beijing Forestry University, China

Guangze Jin  

Northeast Forestry University, China

Joanna Mucha Joanna  

Poznań University of Life Sciences, Poland

Gregory P. Johnson

Weyerhaeuser Company, United States

Jong Bin Jung

National Institute of Forest Science, Korea

Vitor de Andrade Kamimura  

State University of Campinas, Brazil

Markus Kautz  

Forest Research Institute Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Srdjan Keren  

University of Agriculture in Krakow, Poland

John A. Kershaw  

University of New Brunswick, Canada

Andres Kiviste  

Estonian University of Life Sciences, Estonia

Melanie Köbel

Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Deliang Kong  

Henan Agricultural University, China

Aku Korhonen  

Natural Resources Institute Finland, Finland

Zsolt Kotroczó  

Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Hungary

Franz Sebastian Krah  

University of Bayreuth, Germany

Kun Huang  

East China Normal University, China

Anastasia Kuznetsova

Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

Dries Landuyt  

Ghent University, Belgium

Holger Lange  

Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, Norway

Pifeng Lei  

Central South University of Forestry and Technology, China

Xiangdong Lei  

Chinese Academy of Forestry, China

Leif Ryvarden

University of Oslo, Norway

Ying Li

Beijing Forestry University, China

Shihua Li  

University of Electronic Science and Technology, China

Tao Li  

Nanjing Forestry University, China

Wei Li  

Beijing Forestry University, China

Xiaojie Li  

Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, China

Xingdong Li  

Northeast Forestry University, China

Yongchun Li  

Zhejiang A&F University, China

Liang Chen

University of Eastern Finland, Finland

Eryuan Liang  

Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Lidio López

Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales, Argentina

Valdeir Pereira Lima  

Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil

Liming Yan 

Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Lin Cao

Nanjing Forestry University, China

Guigang Lin 

Northeast Forestry University, China

Chengfang Lin  

Fujian Normal University, China

Yuying Lin  

Fujian Normal University, China

Linas Balciauskas

Nature Research Centre, Lithuania

Lindsey E. Rustad 

US Forest Service Research and Development, United States

Line Nybakken

Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway

Linyuan Li

Beijing Forestry University, China

Sá Nogueira Lisboa  

Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique

Weiguo Liu

Northwest A&F University, China

Xin Liu

Nanjing Forestry University, China

Bo Liu  

Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Shirong Liu  

Chinese Academy of Forestry, China

Xianzhao Liu  

Chinese Academy of Forestry, China

Zhihua Liu  

Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Magnus Löf  

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden

Wenxing Long

Hainan University, China

Jiangping Long  

Central South University of Forestry & Technology, China

Yilai Lou  

Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China

Jing-Zhong Lu  

University of Göttingen, Germany

Xiaotao Lü  

Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Lixin Lyu  

Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Qin Ma  

Nanjing Normal University, China

Suhui Ma  

Yunnan University, China

Xuanlong Ma  

Lanzhou University, China

Zilong Ma  

Yat-Sen University, China

Chris J.K. MacQuarrie  

Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Canada

Kobra Maleki  

Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, Norway

Nataliya Victorovna Malysheva

Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology, Russia

Nicolas Marron  

Université de Lorraine, France

Jaime Roberto Padilla Martínez  

University of Göttingen, Germany

Carolina Martínez-Ruiz  

Universidad de Valladolid, Spain

Francesco Martini  

Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Czech

Takashi Masaki  

Forestry and Forest Products Research Inst., Japan

Rafaella Mayrinck  

University of New Brunswick, Canada

Ronald E. McRoberts

University of Minnesota, USA

Alex Appiah Mensah

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden

Pavel Mezei  

Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia

Xiangcheng Mi  

Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Richard Michalet

Université of Bordeaux, France

Mingyong Li

Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Mingzhen Lu  

New York University, United States

Minhui Hao  

Beijing Forestry University, China

Mirjana Šipek

University of Maribor, Slovenia

Mirna Valdez-Hernández  

El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Mexico

Amisalu Milkias Misebo  

University of Agriculture in Krakow, Poland

Frits Mohren

Wageningen University, the Netherlands

Antonio Molina  

Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain

Daniel Moraes  

Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal

Yumei Mu  

Northwest A&F University, China

Ludmila Mukhortova 

Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

Sandra C. Müller  

University of Freiburg, Germany

Martina Mund  

Forest Research and Competence Centre Gotha, Germany

Neil-Yohan Musadji  

Université des Sciences et Techniques de Masuku, Gabon

Mari Myllymäki  

Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Finland

Alireza Naqinezhad  

University of Derby, UK

Daniel Negreiros 

Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil

Xiaodong Niu  

Chinese Academy of Forestry, China

Rolf Mabicka Obame

Université des Sciences et Techniques de Masuku, Gabon

Stefan Olin  

Lund University, Sweden

Ximena Oliveira  

Federal Rural University of Amazonia (UFRA), Brazil

Idowu Olorunfemi  

Lead City University Ibadan, Nigeria

Vicente Rozas Ortiz 

Universidad de Valladolid, Spain

David A. Orwig  

Harvard University, United States

Guanglong Ou  

Southwest Forestry University, China

Shuai Ouyang  

Central South University of Forestry and Technology, China

Ramazan Ozcelik 

Isparta University of Applied Sciences, Turkey

Janis Ozolins  

Latvian State Forest Research Institute ‘Silava’, Latvia

Maciej Pach  

University of Agriculture in Krakow, Poland

Krishna Pandey

Institute of Wood Science and Technology, India

Xueyong Pang  

Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Viktor Papp 

Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Hungary

Pil Sun Park  

Seoul National University, Korea

Neil Pearse  

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States

Matthias Peichl  

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden

Nia Perron  

Université de Montréal, Canada

Any Mary Petritan  

National Research and Development Institute in Forestry ”Marin Dracea”, Romania

Dirk Pflugmacher  

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany

Sławomir Piętka  

University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland

Sergio Piraino  

Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Argentina

Timo P. Pitkänen  

Natural Resources Institute Finland, Finland

Shila Pokhrel

North Carolina State University, United States

Adam Polinko  

Forest And Wildlife Research Center, United States

Andrei Popa  

National Institute for Research and Development in Forestry ‘Marin Dracea’, Romania

Caitlin E. Hicks Pries  

Dartmouth College, USA

Klaus Puettmann  

Oregon State University, USA

Timo Pukkala  

University of Eastern Finland, Finland

Jiri Pyörälä  

University of Helsinki, Finland

Hanwen Qi  

Wuhan University, China

Xuetao Qiao  

Peking University, China

Tong Qiu  

Duke University, United States

Nolan James Rappa 

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden

Jefrejan Rezende  

Universidade Estadual do Piauí (UESPI), Brazil

Ruffy Rodrigo  

Biliran Province State University, Philippines

Amanda D. Roe  

Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Canada

Jean-Louis Rossi

University of Corsica, France

Nadja Rüger  

German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Germany

Ricardo Ruiz-Peinado  

Institute of Forest Science (ICIFOR-INIA), Spain

Shah Rukh

Georg-August-University of Göttingen, Germany

Svetlana Saarela

Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway

Anna Sanders  

Australian National University, Australia

Silvio Schueler  

Austrian Research Centre for Forests (BFW), Austria

Ernst-Detlef Schulze  

Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Germany

Rong Shang  

Fujian Normal University, China

Changliang Shao  

Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China

Timothy M. Shearman  

Auburn University, United States

Tongqing Shen  

Hohai University, China

Vladimir Shishov

Siberian Federal University, Russia

Erin M. Simons-Legaard  

University of Maine, United States

Silvana Sione  

 National University of Entre Ríos, Argentina

Margaret Skutsch  

National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico

Željko Škvorc

University of Zagreb, Croatia

Xinzhang Song  

Zhejiang A&F University, China

Peter Spathelf  

Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development (HNEE), Germany

Ilié Storms  

KU Leuven Plant Institute, KU Leuven, Belgium

Kinga Stuper-Szablewska  

Poznan University of Life Sciences, Poland

Osbert Jianxin Sun  

Beijing Forestry University, China

Zhongyu Sun  

Guangdong Academy of Sciences, China

Mark Swanson  

Oregon State University, United States

Janusz Szmyt  

Poznań University of Life Sciences, Poland

Yu Takeuchi  

NC State University, United States

Bo Tang  

Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

Luozhong Tang  

Nanjing Forestry University, China

Jianping Tao  

Southwest University, China

Frank M. Thomas

Trier University, Germany

Anaïs Thomas  

Université de Lorraine, France

Inna Tolpeshta

Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia

Margarida Tomé  

Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Piotr Tompalski  

Canadian Forest Service (Pacific Forestry Centre), Canada

Max Torbenson  

Johannes Gutenberg University, Germany

Sakari Tuominen  

Finnish Forest Research Institute, Finland

Fons van der Plas  

Wageningen University, the Netherlands

Benedicto Vargas-Larreta  

Tecnológico Nacional de México, México

Cédric Vega  

University Gustave Eiffel, France

Daniel Jose Vega-Nieva  

Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango (UJED), Mexico

Ioana Vicol  

Bucharest of Romanian Academy, Romania

Mariana Villagra  

Instituto de Biología Subtropical, UNAM-CONICET, Argentina

Marcello Vitale  

Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

Josef Vlasák

Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Czech

Xiaochun Wang

Northeast Forestry University, China

Chunsheng Wang  

Chinese Academy of Forestry, China

Gang Wang  

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China

Hesong Wang  

Beijing Forestry University, China

Jun Wang  

Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Mingqiang Wang  

Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Weifeng Wang  

Nanjing Forestry University, China

Xudong Wang  

Peking University, China

Xugao Wang  

Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Yunsheng Wang  

National Land Survey of Finland, Finland

Zhiqiang Wang  

Southwest Minzu University, China

James Westfall  

US Forest Service Research and Development, United States

Anchi Wu  

Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Huili Wu  

Central South University of Forestry and Technology, China

Rafael De Oliveira Xavier  

Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil

Wenhua Xiang  

Central South University of Forestry and Technology, China

Shen Xin  

Nanjing Forestry University, China

Aijun Xing  

Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Dingliang Xing  

East China Normal University, China

Jingyi Yang  

Guizhou University, China

Qingpei Yang  

Henan Agriculture University, China

Zhiyong Yang  

Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Huajun Yin

Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Rasoul Yousefpour  

University of Toronto, Canada

Dandan Yu

Ministry of Ecology and Environment, China

Wenjuan Yu  

Zhejiang A&F University, China

Zhen Yu  

Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, China

Yuan Li

Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Finland

Yuan Sun  

Nanjing Forestry University, China

Zuoqiang Yuan  

Northernwest Polytechnical University, China

Kai Yue  

Fujian Normal University, China

Run-Guo Zang  

Chinese Academy of Forestry, China

Tatiana Zaraiskaya

University of New Brunswick, Canada

Weisheng Zeng  

National Forestry and Grassland Administration, China

Yelin Zeng  

Central South University of Forestry and Technology, China

Lu Zhai

Oklahoma State University, United States

Haicheng Zhang  

Sun Yat-Sen University, China

Junhui Zhang  

Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Xianliang Zhang  

Hebei Agricultural University, China

Xiaohong Zhang  

Chinese Academy of Forestry, China

Xinna Zhang  

Beijing Forestry University, China

Yangjian Zhang  

Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Yuandong Zhang  

Chinese Academy of Forestry, China

Zhengnan Zhang  

Nanjing Forestry University, China

Zhoutao Zheng  

Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Guoyi Zhou  

Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, China

Xiaolu Zhou  

Hunan Normal University, China

Zhenghu Zhou  

Northeast Forestry University, China

Biao Zhu  

Peking University, China

Jianxiao Zhu  

Lanzhou University, China

Jiayun Zou  

TUD Dresden University of Technology, Germany

Milan Zúbrik  

National Forest Centre - Forest Research Institute, Slovakia

 

 

 

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