Plantation forests are increasing rapidly in the world in order to alleviate deforestation and
degradation of natural forests, along with providing various goods and services. While …

Forests are the planet's main CO 2 filtering agent as well as important economical,
environmental and social assets. Climate change is exerting an increased stress, resulting …

INTRODUCTION The biodiversity-productivity relationship (BPR; the effect of biodiversity on
ecosystem productivity) is foundational to our understanding of the global extinction crisis …

The boreal forests of Fennoscandia are largely dominated by Norway spruce and Scots
pine. Conifer monocultures have been favoured in forest management during the last …

Forest mensuration–the science of measurement applied to forest vegetation and forest
products–holds value for basic ecology as well as sustainable forest management. As …

Whereas there is evidence that mixed-species approaches to production forestry in general
can provide positive outcomes relative to monocultures, it is less clear to what extent …

The growth and yield of mixed-species stands has become an important topic of research
since there are certain advantages of this type of forest as regards functions and services …

Determining tree species composition in natural forests is essential for effective forest
management. Species classification at the individual tree level requires fine-scale traits …

Studies on tree communities have demonstrated that species diversity can enhance forest
productivity, but the driving mechanisms at the local neighbourhood level remain poorly …

A great share of ecosystem services (ES) at the global scale is provided by forest biomes,
and acknowledging the value of forest ES is critically important towards sustainable decision …