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 |