Against the background of the ongoing climate change, forest science and Central-European forest management need information about tree species that are suitable of forming resistant and resilient multispecific and multipurpose forest stands. Non-native species are also considered for this purpose. ...

Climate-adaptive forest management aims to sustain the provision of multiple forest ecosystem services and biodiversity (ESB). However, it remains largely unknown how changes in adaptive silvicultural interventions affect trade-offs and synergies among ESB in the long term. We used a...

This thematic issue contains 7 papers focusing on silviculture and forest production under climate change. Topics discussed include: assisted migration vs. close-to-nature forestry: what are the prospects for tree populations under climate change?; substitution of Norway spruce for Douglas-fir:...

The expected climate change makes the Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii [Mirb.] Franco) a promising option for forest management in Central Europe. The species is more resistant to drought than spruce. It grows well and provides valuable sawn timber with superior technical wood properties. More...

Informed forest management requires reliable information. As the demand for finer scale estimates has increased, so has the cost for obtaining them from design-based ground sampling. Small area estimation (SAE) is an estimation technique that leverages ancillary information to augment design-based...

In the Department of Allier, France, douglas fir with 12 500 hectares, is the second species for production, after the oaks. Auvergene's regional silviculture management plan advises that it be grown below 600 meters above sea level, and 8400 hectares of Douglas fir are found here. In 2014, the...

The non-native Douglas fir enjoys an excellent reputation in Central European forestry and is therefore heavily used in our neighboring countries Germany and France. In Switzerland, because of its resistance to summer drought, it is considered a tree of the future with a wide range of locations...

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...

Nursery-grown tree seedlings are a vital component of successful restoration and reforestation programs, useful when calls for increased planting for industrial forest management are made, and a tool for climate change mitigation. One of the most extensively planted and studied trees in Western...

This study aimed to achieve early and sustained rapid growth to attempt to exceed the current known maximum yields of 13 species, thereby demonstrating the climatic limitations to high-yielding species on this site. The species chosen were: Corsican pine, Sitka spruce, Norway spruce, Douglas fir,...