Forestry - An Int. Journal of Forest Research

Figure showing how separated the wild pear and cultivated pear are arranged by qc in ascending order. Increasing affinity to cultivation is shown from left to right. The ranking also shows on an individual level how close the two major gene pools were

Genetics of the rare wild pear (Pyrus pyraster) 🍐

Wagner and Wagner examine the genetic and morphological trait diversity of wild pears in central Europe.

The consequences for conservation and silviculture of the species are also discussed.

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Announcement for the call for papers for a new special issue with SilviLaser 2025. In the top right there is the Forestry and Silvilaser2025 logos. There are several green and grey boxes with text. Text reads: Call for papers! SilviLaser 2025: Laser scanning applications in forest management. Open for submissions from SilviLaser 2025 conference participants, as well as non-participants. Guest editors: Dr. Alexis Achim, Université Laval, Canada; Dr. Nicholas Coops, University of British Columbia, Canada; Dr. Amy Wotherspoon, University of British Columbia, Canada. Submission deadline 30th November 2025. More information here: https://academic.oup.com/forestry/pages/call-for-papers. There is also a QR code that takes you to Forestry special issue webpage.

🚨 Deadline approaching to submit to our special issue with @silvilaser2025.bsky.social on

“Laser scanning applications in forest management”

⏰ Submissions are due 30th November 2025

More information here:
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Three photos showing examples of snow disturbance in boreal, coniferous forests: A, left image) top breakages in a spruce forest, B, middle image) stem breakages in a pine-dominated forest, and C, right image) stem breakage in a spruce-dominated forest.

Detecting snow disturbances in boreal forests 🔎 ❄️ 🌲

@jjraty.bsky.social et al. use airborne lidar data and aerial images to examine snow disturbance at the individual tree level in Finnish boreal forests.

Read more how this detection system could aid forestry management 👇
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A summary infographic comparing the effects of wildfire and forest harvesting on woodland caribou habitat selection and distribution, demographics, movement, and forage availability.

Ecosystem-based management and caribou in Canada 🦌

Stevenson et al. review a range of responses from habitat selection to population dynamics of woodland caribou to forestry and wildfire practices.

Read more about their findings here 👇
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A summary infographic comparing the effects of wildfire and forest harvesting on woodland caribou habitat selection and distribution, demographics, movement, and forage availability.

Ecosystem-based management and caribou in Canada 🦌

Stevenson et al. review a range of responses from habitat selection to population dynamics of woodland caribou to forestry and wildfire practices.

Read more about their findings here 👇
doi.org/10.1093/fore...

Reminder:

We have a call for papers for a new Special Issue with
@silvilaser2025.bsky.social

SilviLaser 2025: Laser scanning applications in forest management

⏰ Submission deadline: 30th November 2025

More information here👇
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Join researchers, practitioners & policymakers at the Britain’s Forest Future event hosted by Defra, @uktreescapes.bsky.social & @forest-protection.bsky.social.

📅 17 & 18 Nov📍Durham

Chaired by ICF Executive Director, Louise Simpson.

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A three-part panel plot showing the experimental setup and methodology for investigating tree architectural uniqueness. Bitemporal terrestrial laser scanning was used to obtain point cloud reconstructions of a tree population (top two figures, A and B). The bottom figure (C) shows the stem profile and branching arrangement based on the point cloud data.

⭐ Editor’s choice article ⭐

In search of “tree fingerprints”:

Yrttimaa and colleagues use terrestrial laser scanning to quantify architectural uniqueness in Scots pine trees.

Read more about their approaches and possible applications 👇
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Distribution of native forest tree species Cybistax antisyphilitica (panel a) and Platycyamus regnellii (panel b) in Brazil, with the respective proportion of total occurrence records for each species in each Brazilian region, location of the study area and individual occurrence records of both species in Minas Gerais state (panel c)

Out now by Fagundes et al. 🌱

An assessment on the ecological adaptation and financial feasibility of forest seedling development under global warming for two key tree species in Brazil.

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Distribution of native forest tree species Cybistax antisyphilitica (panel a) and Platycyamus regnellii (panel b) in Brazil, with the respective proportion of total occurrence records for each species in each Brazilian region, location of the study area and individual occurrence records of both species in Minas Gerais state (panel c)

Out now by Fagundes et al. 🌱

An assessment on the ecological adaptation and financial feasibility of forest seedling development under global warming for two key tree species in Brazil.

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/fore...

It’s Red Squirrel Awareness Week! 🐿️

Share your stories, photos and support using the hashtags #RSAW2025 and #RedSquirrelAwarenessWeek.

Find out more and view the events taking place this week ⬇️

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New issue announcement for the October issue of Forestry. Text reads: Editor's Choice: Quantifying architectural uniqueness of Scots pine trees using terrestrial laser scanning: toward individual tree fingerprinting by Tuomas Yrttimaa, Samuli Junttila, Juha Hyyppä, Markus Holopainen, Michael A Wulder and Mikko Vastaranta. Plus articles on: Development of ivy vines in central European forests. Detecting snow disturbances in boreal forests with lidar data and aerial images. Genetics, conservation and silviculture of the wild pear (Pyrus pyraster).

October issue is now out! 🧪

Articles include:

🌲 Quantifying architectural uniqueness in Scots pine trees
📈 Development of ivy vines
❄️ Detecting snow disturbances in boreal forests
🍐 Genetics and conservation of the wild pear

Read more here: academic.oup.com/forestry/iss...

Announcement for the call for papers for a new special issue with SilviLaser 2025. In the top right there is the Forestry and Silvilaser2025 logos. There are several green and grey boxes with text. Text reads: Call for papers! SilviLaser 2025: Laser scanning applications in forest management. Open for submissions from SilviLaser 2025 conference participants, as well as non-participants. Guest editors: Dr. Alexis Achim, Université Laval, Canada; Dr. Nicholas Coops, University of British Columbia, Canada; Dr. Amy Wotherspoon, University of British Columbia, Canada. Submission deadline: 30th November 2025. More information here: https://academic.oup.com/forestry/pages/call-for-papers. There is also a QR code that takes you to Forestry special issue webpage.

We have a call for papers for a new Special Issue with
@silvilaser2025.bsky.social

SilviLaser 2025: Laser scanning applications in forest management

⏰ Submission deadline: 30th November 2025

More information here👇
academic.oup.com/forestry/pag...

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Three maps showing the six woodland planting scenarios for the three catchments: Lowther (a), Colne (b), and Ennerdale (c).

Out now:

Woodland planting and flood management 🤝

Willis and colleagues use hydrological modelling to evaluate a range of woodland planting scenarios for flood risk management in the north of England.

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Location of study area in south-eastern Norway (left panel) and the systematic distribution of sample and validation plots (right panel).

Out now:

A study by Candelas Bielza et al. on the uncertainty in remote sensing-based predictions of species composition and site index. 🌲🛰️

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/fore...

Advance articles | Forestry: An International Journal of Forest Research | Oxford Academic Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University's objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide

Want to keep up with the latest research and practice in Forestry?

Have a browse of our advance articles. 👇
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Our Centenary National Study Tour 2025 is now open to non-members!

Next month we head to Windsor Great Park to continue our 100th anniversary celebrations.

➡️ Only 10 places left – book now: charteredforesters.org/event/centen...

Thanks to Cheviot Trees for sponsoring.

Flowchart of the Real Twig processing steps and an illustration of a Quantitative Structural Model (QSM) for a European ash tree with a single “path” highlighted in black (middle illustration). A path starts at the basal cylinder in the QSM and proceeds to a terminal twig; the number of paths in the tree is equal to the number of twigs. The bottom shows six illustrations of various QSM cylinders.

Improving tree volume and biomass estimates 🌳 📐

Morales and MacFarlane develop Real Twig, a method for correcting branch and twig overestimation biases in quantitative structure models.

Read more about the Real Twig validation process for a range of tree species.👇

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Editorial Board Editor-in-chief Fabian Fassnacht forestry.fassnacht@gmail.com Freie Universität Berlin, Germany Deputy Editor Ruben Manso Forest Research, UK Editors Ar

Here at Forestry we cover all things trees from:

🛰️ Remote sensing
📈 Forest economics
🪲 Forest health
🌳 Tropical forest management
🏡 Urban forestry

... and more!

Take a look at the range of topics we cover and expertise of our editorial board 👇
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A map showing location of sampling sites in subalpine fir (A. lasiocarpa) forests along north-facing slopes of the Rocky Mountains in northern British Columbia. Red circles indicate the five site locations. From the top (highest latitude) to the bottom (lowest latitude), subalpine fir was sampled at Pine Le Moray Provincial Park, Mount Chingee, Mount Averil, Grizzly Den, and McBride Peak sites.

Drought responses across time and space 🪵📉

Using dendrochronological analyses, Haghshenas and Wood studied changes in wood density of subalpine fir trees to historical drought over a 500 km latitudinal gradient in northern British Columbia, Canada.

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A map showing location of sampling sites in subalpine fir (A. lasiocarpa) forests along north-facing slopes of the Rocky Mountains in northern British Columbia. Red circles indicate the five site locations. From the top (highest latitude) to the bottom (lowest latitude), subalpine fir was sampled at Pine Le Moray Provincial Park, Mount Chingee, Mount Averil, Grizzly Den, and McBride Peak sites.

Drought responses across time and space 🪵📉

Using dendrochronological analyses, Haghshenas and Wood studied changes in wood density of subalpine fir trees to historical drought over a 500 km latitudinal gradient in northern British Columbia, Canada.

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/fore...

Banner showing Silvilaser 2025 logo as well as photos of the three keynote speakers

#Silvilaser2025 is coming up in 3 weeks!

We're getting excited so we wanted to remind you of our ✨3 keynote speakers✨

To read more about them visit 👉 www.silvilaser2025.com/speakers

Which talk are you most looking forward to?!

#remotesensing #laserscanning #forestmanagement #foresters

Presenting at #Silvilaser2025 or have some new research in laser scanning for forest management to publish?

⏰ NOW is the time!
Get your papers in for this special issue of @forestryoup.bsky.social!
📆 Submission deadline: November 30, 2025

#remotesensing #laserscanning #forestmanagement

Announcement for the call for papers for a new special issue with SilviLaser 2025. In the top right there is the Forestry and Silvilaser2025 logos. There are several green and grey boxes with text. Text reads: Call for papers! SilviLaser 2025: Laser scanning applications in forest management. Open for submissions from SilviLaser 2025 conference participants, as well as non-participants. Guest editors: Dr. Alexis Achim, Université Laval, Canada; Dr. Nicholas Coops, University of British Columbia, Canada; Dr. Amy Wotherspoon, University of British Columbia, Canada. Submission deadline: 30th November 2025. More information here: https://academic.oup.com/forestry/pages/call-for-papers. There is also a QR code that takes you to Forestry special issue webpage.

We have a call for papers for a new Special Issue with
@silvilaser2025.bsky.social

SilviLaser 2025: Laser scanning applications in forest management

⏰ Submission deadline: 30th November 2025

More information here👇
academic.oup.com/forestry/pag...

Diagram showing the study workflow: the left side displays the GAM formation for comparing potential decline drivers at individual tree and tree group levels. The right side demonstrates the remote sensing analysis on the bare soils of two declining and non-declining tree groups.

Drivers of tree decline in semi-arid mountainous forests ⛰️📉

Shafeian et al. combine environmental data from open source databases and spectral imaging to assess tree decline in semi-arid Zagros forests in Iran.

Read more about how their findings impact forest management 👇
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Diagram showing the study workflow: the left side displays the GAM formation for comparing potential decline drivers at individual tree and tree group levels. The right side demonstrates the remote sensing analysis on the bare soils of two declining and non-declining tree groups.

Drivers of tree decline in semi-arid mountainous forests ⛰️📉

Shafeian et al. combine environmental data from open source databases and spectral imaging to assess tree decline in semi-arid Zagros forests in Iran.

Read more about how their findings impact forest management 👇
doi.org/10.1093/fore...

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Check out this innovative work in Forestry:
Yrttimaa et al. Quantifying architectural uniqueness of Scots pine trees using terrestrial laser scanning: toward individual tree fingerprinting. #lidar #tls
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Have you seen our collection of high-impact articles?

Take a look at the most read and cited papers of the last two years at Forestry with topics ranging from:

🌳 Forest monitoring
💻 Deep learning
🍂 Ash dieback and more!

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