OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Forest Ecosystems is 10. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Effects of forest canopy density and epixylic vegetation on nutrient concentrations in decaying logs of a subalpine fir forest	62
A bibliometric analysis using machine learning to track paradigm shifts and analytical advances in forest ecology and forestry journal publications from 2010 to 2022	58
Predicting gross primary productivity of poplar plantations based on solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence using an improved machine learning model	54
Drought intensity affects radial growth and recovery of P. schrenkiana at varying elevations in the Western Tianshan Mountains, China	47
Outside Front Cover	44
Root overlap and allocation of above- and belowground growth of European beech in pure and mixed stands of Douglas fir and Norway spruce	43
Drivers of tree demographic trade-offs in a temperate forest	39
Lifespan of tropical trees from seed to 1-cm diameter	35
Competitive effect, but not competitive response, varies along a climatic gradient depending on tree species identity	35
Variability and determinants of vascular plant species composition in patches of old managed oak forest stands dispersed within Scots pine monocultures	34
Hybrid ecophysiological growth model for deciduous Populus tomentosa plantation in northern China	34
Quantifying unseen woody biomass and diversity in understorey trees and shrubs at the extremes of water availability in the Miombo ecoregion	32
Evaluating soil acidification risk and its effects on biodiversity–ecosystem multifunctionality relationships in the drylands of China	31
Large-scale modelling wind damage vulnerability through combination of high-resolution forest resources maps and ForestGALES	29
Environmental and biological factors affecting the abundance of Prosopis flexuosa saplings in the central-west Monte of Argentina	29
Coarse woody debris requirements for maintaining land snail diversity in managed spruce forests	29
An improved area-based approach for estimating plot-level tree DBH from airborne LiDAR data	29
The interaction between temperature and precipitation on the potential distribution range of Betula ermanii in the alpine treeline ecotone on the Changbai Mountain	28
Automated registration of wide-baseline point clouds in forests using discrete overlap search	28
Effects of phosphorus resorption on bioactive phosphorus of different-aged Pinus massoniana plantations	26
Quantifying foliar trait variation and covariation in sun and shade leaves using leaf spectroscopy in eastern North America	26
Rapid escalation and release of risks to forest ecosystems triggered by warming: Insights from tree growth synchrony in temperate forests	25
Optimal integration of forest inventory data and aerial image-based canopy height models for forest stand management	25
Variable growth responses of four tree species to climate and drought in a Madrean pine-oak forest	25
Conversion of Andean montane forest to exotic forest plantation modifies soil physicochemical properties in the buffer zone of Ecuador's Podocarpus National Park	24

Influence of climate fluctuations on Pinus palustris growth and drought resilience	22
Ecological niche modeling of the main forest-forming species in the Caucasus	22
Legacy effects of historical woodland changes on contemporary plant functional composition	21
Influence of soil and elevation on roadside cryptogam diversity in the tropical Andes	20
Land-use change and windstorms legacies drove the recolonization dynamics of laurel forests in Tenerife, Canary islands	20
Effects of forest management and habitat continuity on the genetic structure and ecological corridors of target epiphytic moss species: A landscape genetic study of Dicranum viride	20
Table of Contents	20
Spatial niche segregation between bird species in the Białowieża primeval forest (NE Poland)	20
Allometry-based estimation of forest aboveground biomass combining LiDAR canopy height attributes and optical spectral indexes	19
Sustaining forest biodiversity: Exploring the effect of long-term natural disturbance dynamics on contemporary lichen communities in primary forest ecosystems	19
Species prefer to shifting niche positions rather than expanding niche breadth to adapt to the heterogeneous karst forests	19
Aboveground carbon sequestration of Cunninghamia lanceolata forests: Magnitude and drivers	19
Leaf nitrogen resorption is more important than litter nitrogen mineralization in mediating the diversity–productivity relationship along a nitrogen-limited temperate forest succession chronosequence	19
Silver fir tree-ring fluctuations decrease from north to south latitude—total solar irradiance and NAO are indicated as the main influencing factors	18
Conversion of pure Chinese fir plantation to multi-layered mixed plantation enhances the soil aggregate stability by regulating microbial communities in subtropical China	18
Insect seedling herbivory is influenced by multiple factors, but the plant apparency theory is more supported than other hypotheses – A case study in a subtropical forest	18
Contrasting controls on symbiotic and asymbiotic nitrogen fixation rates along altitudinal gradients in subtropical forests	18
Design strategy of advanced generation breeding population of Pinus tabuliformis based on genetic variation and inbreeding level	18
Drought resilience and legacy effects in two forest tree species on Loess Plateau of China: Growth and water-use efficiency under different drought conditions	18
Urbanization strengthens the edge effects on species diversity and composition of woody plants in remnant forests	17
Evaluating alternative hypotheses behind biodiversity and multifunctionality relationships in the forests of Northeastern China	17
Long-term leaf nitrogen and phosphorus dynamics and drivers in China's forests under global change	17
Understanding visitor preferences: Perceived importance of anthropogenic and natural forest features in supplying cultural ecosystem services	16
Growth phenology adjusts to seasonal changes in water availability in coexisting evergreen and deciduous mediterranean oaks	16
Trunk volume estimation of irregular shaped Populus euphratica riparian forest using TLS point cloud data and multivariate prediction models	16
Remote sensing of subtropical tree diversity: The underappreciated roles of the practical definition of forest canopy and phenological variation	16
A compartmentation approach to deconstruct ecosystem carbon fluxes of a Moso bamboo forest in subtropical China	15
N-fixing tree species promote the chemical stability of soil organic carbon in subtropical plantations through increasing the relative contribution of plant-derived lipids	15
Old-growth mixed dipterocarp forests show variable losses and gains in aboveground biomass and standing carbon over forty years	15
Deadwood position matters: Diversity and biomass of saproxylic beetles in a temperate beech forest	15
Neighborhood competition improves biomass estimation for Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) but not Pyrenean oak (Quercus pyrenaica Willd.) in young mixed forest stands	15
Replanting of broadleaved trees alters internal nutrient cycles of native and exotic pines in subtropical plantations of China	15
Biodiversity in primary vs. managed forests: Biological legacies of old living and large dead trees drive lichen diversity	14
A better carbon-water flux simulation in multiple vegetation types by data assimilation	14
Tree competition in West African tropical forests mediated by the functional attributes of species and variation in soil moisture	14
Near real-time monitoring of carbon effects from continuous forest change in rapidly urbanizing region of China from 2000 to 2020	14
Environmental and canopy conditions regulate the forest floor evapotranspiration of larch plantations	13
Drivers and patterns of community completeness suggest that Tuscan Fagus sylvatica forests can naturally have a low plant diversity	13
Sensitivity of forest phenology in China varies with proximity to forest edges	13
Utilizing quantile regressions to predict vertical distribution of branch size in Larix olgensis Henry: Capturing the differentiated responses of varying branch sizes to stand and tree factors	13
Effects of bamboo invasion on forest structures and diameter–height allometries	13
Old-growthness level assessed by structural heterogeneity indices in Mediterranean Quercus pubescens forests	13
Half a century of demographic responses of Nothofagus cool temperate rainforests to disturbance	12
Spatio-temporal dynamics of future aboveground carbon stocks in natural forests of China	12
Ecosystem service multifunctionality of mixed conifer-broad-leaved forests under climate change and forest management based on matrix growth modelling	12
Assessing the combined effects of forest management and climate change on carbon and water fluxes in European beech forests	12
Quantifying spatiotemporal inconsistencies in runoff responses to forest logging in a subtropical watershed, China	12
Words apart: Standardizing forestry terms and definitions across European biodiversity studies	12
Demographic changes in China's forests from 1998 to 2018	12
Tree-based ecosystem services supply and multifunctionality of church forests and their agricultural matrix near Lake Tana, Ethiopia	12

Forest management causes soil carbon loss by reducing particulate organic carbon in Guangxi, Southern China	12
The anatomical structure of woody plants in arid habitats is closely related to nonstructural carbohydrates storage	11
Addressing nonresponse bias in forest inventory change estimation using response homogeneity classifications	11
Short lifespan and ‘prime period’ of carbon sequestration call for multi-ages in dryland tree plantations	11
Stabilizing forest productivity and resilience at multiple scales	11
Grouping tree species to estimate basal area increment in temperate multispecies forests in Durango, Mexico	11
Scale-dependent variations in photosynthetic processes mediate net primary productivity in temperate forests	11
No generality in biodiversity-productivity relationships along elevation in temperate and subtropical forest landscapes	11
Growth plasticity of conifers did not avoid declining resilience to soil and atmospheric droughts during the 20th century	11
Biotic and abiotic factors jointly drive the temperature sensitivity of soil respiration in forests worldwide	11
Ice storm damage to oak forests in subtropical China	11
A guide for selecting the appropriate plot design to measure ungulate browsing	11
Adaptive optimisation of the management of Korean pine plantation	11
Tree sapling vitality and recovery following the unprecedented 2018 drought in central Europe	11
Table of Contents	11
Both composition and configuration of forests and urban development shape bat activity and diversity in North American temperate forests	10
Mismatch between species distribution and climatic niche optima in relation to functional traits	10
Late spring-early summer drought and soil properties jointly modulate two pine species' decline and climatic sensitivity in temperate Northern China	10
Drivers of spatial structure in thinned forests	10
Editorial Board	10
Stand dynamics of old-growth hemlock forests in central Bhutan are shaped by natural disturbances	10
Disparities in tree mortality among plant functional types (PFTs) in a temperate forest: Insights into size-dependent and PFT-specific patterns	10
Habitat heterogeneity and biotic interactions mediate climate influences on seedling survival in a temperate forest	10
Altitudinal variations of hydraulic traits in Faxon fir (Abies fargesii var. faxoniana): Mechanistic controls and environmental adaptability	10
Biochar amendments increase soil organic carbon storage and decrease global warming potentials of soil CH4 and N2O under N addition in a subtropical Moso bamboo plantation	10