Despite the importance of financial outcomes to stand-level forest management decision-making, long-term assessments are rare. We compared the quality and value of mixed, northern conifer (Picea-Abies-Tsuga) stands in Maine, USA, treated with a range of silvicultural systems and exploitive cuttings ...

This proceedings contains abstracts of papers presented at the conference. The papers cover the following topics: (i) biogeography and phylogenetics of fir species; (ii) demography and mycology of fir forests; (iii) effects of ungulate browsing on fir forests; (iv) climate change and natural...

Research Highlights: Management of the risks forests are exposed to is based on the dynamics of the composition and structure of the stands and the forest. Background and Objectives: This study aimed to document the dynamics of the composition and structure of stands and forest in the Romanian...

This special feature on fir species and forests is based on presentations from an international conference, Abies 2016, organized by IUFRO WP 1.01.09 Ecology and silviculture of fir and the Boreal Forest Society, Japan. The special feature includes a review paper and two basic research papers, all...

Basilicata, a land of forests and home to a Forest Sciences university program. We talk about the launch, in the eighties, of the higher education program in Forest Sciences at the University of Basilicata, in Southern Italy. Basilicata is a land of beautiful forests that have undergone great...

Research Highlights: Forests, due to their aesthetic properties, have huge recreational potential, but their management must take into account the requirements of all parties interested in these services. Background and Objectives: We sought to determine the main indicators that characterize the...

Forests provide a range of ecosystem services essential for human wellbeing. In a changing climate, forest management is expected to play a fundamental role by preserving the functioning of forest ecosystems and enhancing the adaptive processes. Understanding and quantifying the future forest...

This paper explores the possibilities of optimizing forest management regimes to get best possible outcomes by compromise or best-fitting choice for one or more ecosystem services. The paper also provides details of the Italian sites studied, including: evenaged pure beech forests; Apennines...

Key message: The diversity of forest management systems and the contrasted competition level treatments applied make the experimental networks of the GIS Coop, a nationwide testing program in the field of emerging forestry topics within the framework of the ongoing global changes. Context: To...

Tree species segmentation is an essential condition for research forestry and has a large impact on forest resource monitoring, sustainable forest management, and biodiversity research. Recently, the development of hardware and software has been rapidly increasing. Regarding hardware, the active...