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Volume 15 Issue 2, April 2026
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Editorial – Reflection on a decade of publications at the journal Forest Ecosystems
Osbert Jianxin Sun, John A. Kershaw Jr.
Published: 01 April 2026
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The overlooked role of individual variability in autumn xylem phenology and carbon sequestration
Chunsong Wang, Jean-Daniel Sylvain, Roberto Silvestro, [...], Guillaume Drolet, Keyan Fang, Sergio Rossi << Fewer
Published: 01 April 2026
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Thinning counteracts drought-induced reduction in soil interception capacity during heavy rainfall in a larch plantation
Jiao Ma, Xiaomei Sun, Chunyan Wu, [...], Dongsheng Chen, Hongxing Wang, Xin Ran, Shougong Zhang << Fewer
Published: 01 April 2026
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Compound heatwave-drought alters eco-hydrological processes in subtropical evergreen and deciduous forests
Diwen Zheng, Yuyu Lu, Jingjing Xiao, [...], Chaoyang Wu, Zhi Ding, Alexandre Maniçoba da Rosa Ferraz Jardim, Thieres George Freire da Silva, Xuguang Tang << Fewer
Published: 01 April 2026
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Floristic diversity and forest structure in two protected miombo woodlands: Insights from permanent plots in Gilé and Niassa, Mozambique
Cremildo Dias, Papin Mucaleque, Cassamo Ismail, [...], Aristides Mamba, Belto João, Jacinto Mafalacusser, Alberto Mussana << Fewer
Published: 01 April 2026
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Radial growth and its temporal stability of Dahurian larch in the southern boreal forest: Divergent trends during climate warming and warming hiatus
Zhongtong Peng, Enzai Du, Yang Tang, [...], Tao He, Yuehan Tian << Fewer
Published: 01 April 2026
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Considering tree species of the future: Tree species in Mexico predicted to have suitable current climate in the United States and Canada
Brice B. Hanberry
Published: 01 April 2026
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Effects of topography and fine roots on soil nitrogen transformations in acidic coniferous forest soils
Zixiao Wang, Makoto Shibata, Guoxiang Niu, [...], Kozue Sawada, Han Lyu, Jinsen Zheng, Keitaro Fukushima, Shinya Funakawa << Fewer
Published: 01 April 2026
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Forest structures are shaped by elevation and precipitation in the Central Himalaya
Kishor Prasad Bhatta, Prakash Basnet, Alejandra Valdés-Uribe, [...], Dominik Seidel, Dirk Hölscher << Fewer
Published: 01 April 2026
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Soil moisture governs the weakening response of transpiration fraction to leaf area index increase: A spatiotemporal analysis in China's Three-North region
Xiao Zhang, Xinxiao Yu, Guodong Jia
Published: 01 April 2026
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Comparison of multiple satellite-derived products for assessing vegetation productivity and evapotranspiration in Nepal: Toward understanding carbon and water coupling in a mountainous region
Jiaxin Song, Decheng Zhou, Lu Hao, [...], Jingfeng Xiao, Xing Li, Liangxia Zhang, Ge Sun << Fewer
Published: 01 April 2026
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Evergreen vs. deciduous species: Whose water use efficiency can influence the plant trait spectrum in the karst evergreen-deciduous mixed broad-leaved forests?
Xuerong Shao, Yingqun Chen, Shuo Wang, [...], Yi Jiang, Lipeng Zang, Guangqi Zhang, Qingfu Liu, Danmei Chen, Fangjun Ding, Mingzhen Sui << Fewer
Published: 01 April 2026
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Six years of nitrogen addition reduced ecosystem carbon sequestration capacity in a subtropical forest
Rudong Zhao, Yu Wu, Chang Liao, [...], Yi li, Qiuxiang Tian, Qinghu Jiang, Xiaoxiang Zhao, Jing Fang, Canlan Jiang, Feng Liu << Fewer
Published: 01 April 2026
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Tree species mixing enhances the diversity–function relationship in subtropical Cunninghamia lanceolata plantations
Yanfeng Bai, Mengyu Jiang, Yawen Zhao, [...], Shoushuai Zhang, Yueqiao Li, Zhuowen Zhang, Chunqian Jiang, Yuhan Xu, Yongjian Wang << Fewer
Published: 01 April 2026
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Land use and landscape pattern changes dominated ecosystem service trade-offs and synergies in a temperate mountain region
Li Liu, Wen J. Wang, Suri G. Bao, [...], Shengjie Ba, Lei Wang, Yu Cong, Haitao Wu, Hong S. He << Fewer
Published: 01 April 2026
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New and established regression techniques to address design-bias trends in fixed populations
Magnus Ekström, Christoffer Axelsson, Göran Ståhl
Published: 01 April 2026
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Erratum | Open Access
Corrigendum to “Lifespan of tropical forest trees from seed to 1-cm sapling” [Forest Ecosystems, 2025, (13), page 100309]
Richard Condit, Andrés Hernández, Oswaldo Calderón, [...], Rolando Pérez, Salomón Aguilar, Liza S. Comita, Stephen P. Hubbell, S. Joseph Wright << Fewer
Published: 01 April 2026
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A comparison of species co-occurrence methods within the dark diversity framework in coniferous-broadleaved mixed forests
Wenjin Cui, Wushuang Li, Juan Wang, [...], Xiuhai Zhao, Chunyu Zhang << Fewer
Published: 01 April 2026
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Effects of habitat fragmentation on multiple ecosystem functions in urban remnant forests
Mengli He, Jingyi Yang, Bingxia Zhang, [...], Minglu Guo, Linfeng Zhou, Jingrong Yin << Fewer
Published: 01 April 2026
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Response of woody vegetation and soils to modern climate change in the Altai Mountains
Andrey Grigoriev, Irina Korkina, Sergey Vyukhin, [...], Yulia Shalaumova, Nail Nizametdinov, Dmitry Balakin, Dmitry Golikov, Pavel Moiseev << Fewer
Published: 01 April 2026
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Growing season extension does not lead to uniform growth response in Qinghai spruce
Dele Hou, Yihui Qin, Ziqing Zhang, [...], Yun Zhao, Wen Lin, Xiaohua Gou, Yongle Chen << Fewer
Published: 01 April 2026
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Invasive bamboo removal enhances soil multifunctionality via increasing fungal but not bacterial community stability
Baogang Zhang, Shuquan Yu, Xiaoling Niu, [...], Shuo Jiao, Xinli Chen, Ye Deng, Yunying Fang, Tony Vancov, Jian Chen, Scott X. Chang, Yanjiang Cai << Fewer
Published: 01 April 2026
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Higher planting density accelerates structural heterogeneity and shifts growth dominance earlier toward large trees in Chinese fir plantations
Yihang Jiang, Jun Chen, Thomas J. Dean, [...], Jianguo Zhang, Xiongqing Zhang << Fewer
Published: 01 April 2026
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