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2d ago
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The dataset includes data from forest soil surveys conducted in the period 2000–2020. It provides soil and site variables from 8269 locations. Data are aggregated in three basic soil layers: upper organic soil horizon (FH, 6875 locations), upper mineral layer 0–30 cm (M03, 8051 locations) and deeper mineral soil layer 30–80 cm (M38, 2260 locations).
The dataset is available at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10608814, and access to the metadata is at https://metadata-afs.nancy.inra.fr/geonetwork/srv/fre/catalog.search#/metadata/38f24573-3c0d-469a-a66a-7060ce082155.
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Annals of Forest Science Blog
3w ago
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We applied the generalized algebraic difference approach (GADA) to develop dynamic models of height growth for pedunculate oak (Quercus robur L.) in Serbia. According to the dominant heights, the studied region comprises some of Europe’s most productive sites for pedunculate oak. Therein, we have generated a map showing the current site index class of stands. Such a map could be used to enhance forest management and evaluate climate change impacts.
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Height growth, Pedunculate oak, Serbia, GADA, Age-related trend, Site productivity maps
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Annals of Forest Science Blog
1M ago
We are pleased to offer an optional open peer review to the community in forest and wood sciences to whom Annals of Forest Science is dedicated. Based on new digital technologies and public infrastructure registration, we set up a process that is consistent with the values and ethics of our community. This led us to make the choice to separate the review report from the actual article. The publication venues are the French national repository HAL for the review report (under a CC-BY license) and the BMC platform for the article (as usual for the article).
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Annals of Forest Science Blog
1M ago
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Despite been grown under the same climate, oak species are able to correlate with looser, but still identifiable, leaf morphological syndromes, composed by morphological traits with an ecological role in their respective macroclimates.
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Quercus; Macroclimate; Functional traits; Factor Analysis of Mixed Data; Leaf syndrome
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Martín-Sánchez, R., Sancho-Knapik, D., Alonso-Forn, D. et al. Oak leaf morphology may be more strongly shaped by climate than by phylogeny. Annals of Forest Science 81, 14 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13595-024-01232-z
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Annals of Forest Science Blog
1M ago
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In European mountain forests, the growth of silver fir (Abies alba Mill.), sycamore maple (Acer pseudoplatanus L.), European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) and Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) H. Karst.) seedlings is more strongly affected by ungulate browsing than by elevation. But, the constraint exerted by ungulates, in particular the probability for seedlings to be browsed, increases with elevation for most species.
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Ungulate browsing; Climate change; Elevational gradient; Plant–herbivore interactions; Mountain forests; Attractant-decoy hypothesis
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Annals of Forest Science Blog
1M ago
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The forest canopy gaps, formed by natural or anthropogenic factors, have been found to reduce soil carbon content and increase nutrient availability. The magnitudes of these effects have been observed to increase with gap age and size, and are largely influenced by changes in temperature, precipitation, and solar radiation.
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Canopy gaps; Soil organic matter; Nutrient cycling; Topsoil properties; Climate effects; Forest ecosystems
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Tong, R., Ji, B., Wang, G.G. et al. Canopy gap impacts on soil organic carbon and nutrient dynamic: a meta-analysis. Annals of Forest ..read more
Annals of Forest Science Blog
1M ago
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Seven European beech provenances differing largely in growth performance were grown at two common garden sites in Germany and Slovakia. The intra-specific variability of most traits was explained more by phenotypic plasticity than inter-provenance variability, and efficiency-related traits showed a higher phenotypic plasticity than safety-related traits.
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Assisted migration; Carbon isotope; Embolism resistance; Hydraulic conductivity; Provenance trial; Wood anatomy
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Kurjak, D., Petrík, P., Konôpková, A.S. et al. Inter-provenance variability and phenotypic plasti ..read more
Annals of Forest Science Blog
2M ago
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Wood_db-chemistry gathers information on oak, beech and Douglas fir extractives studied between 1950 and 2020. The data can be used by researchers, stakeholders in the forest-wood sector and the chemical industry to make the most of the extractives and their bioactive properties through knowledge of their diversity in the forest resource. Dataset access is at https://doi.org/10.57745/QZYPUA. Associated metadata are available at https://metadata-afs.nancy.inra.fr/geonetwork/srv/fre/catalog.search#/metadata/4f8c07d2-c0f6-4958-8f74-936054a9870a.
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Oak; Beech; Douglas fir; Extra ..read more
Annals of Forest Science Blog
2M ago
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Presence of Phytophthora ramorum (Werres, De Cock, and Man in ‘t Veld) in western France was studied after the detection of this invasive pathogen in 2017 in Larix kaempferi (Lamb.) and eradication of the affected stands. P. ramorum was seldom detected in the area of the outbreak in the year following eradication. However, we confirm that P. ramorum can multiply to epidemic level on chestnuts (Castanea sativa Mill.) in the absence of larch (Larix spp.). This represents the major risk in France.
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Castanea sativa; Larix kaempferi; Epidemiology; Invasive forest pathogen
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Annals of Forest Science Blog
2M ago
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Evolving societal demands and accelerated ecological dynamics due to global change are rapidly altering forest ecosystems and their services. This has prompted the need for advancing forest inventorying and monitoring initatives to expand their scope, improve data collection, foster scientific understanding, and better inform policy responses. Here, we discuss the collaborative processes followed to develop an Advanced Inventorying and Monitoring (AIM) system for Swiss forests. Further, we provide the key messages that emerged from this process which can be of interest to those inv ..read more