1. Planning for restorative forests: describing stress-reducing qualities of forest stands using available forest stand data

   • Jonathan Stoltz
   • Ylva Lundell
   • Ann Dolling

   Original Paper 21 July 2016 Pages: 803 - 813

   

2. Genetic parameters for wood quality traits and resistance to the pathogens Heterobasidion parviporum and Endoconidiophora polonica in a Norway spruce breeding population

   • Arne Steffenrem
   • Halvor Solheim
   • Tore Skrøppa

   Original Paper Open access 24 June 2016 Pages: 815 - 825

3. Alternative silvicultural stand density management options for Chilimo dry afro-montane mixed natural uneven-aged forest using species proportion in Central Highlands, Ethiopia

   • Mehari A. Tesfaye
   • Felipe Bravo
   • Andrés Bravo-Oviedo

   Original Paper 29 June 2016 Pages: 827 - 838

   

4. Nestling food of three hole-nesting passerine species and experimental increase in their densities in Mediterranean oak woodlands

   • Ricardo S. Ceia
   • Rui A. Machado
   • Jaime A. Ramos

   Original Paper 07 July 2016 Pages: 839 - 847

   

5. Ungulates decelerate litter decomposition by altering litter quality above and below ground

   • Michiru Kasahara
   • Saori Fujii
   • Akira S. Mori

   Original Paper 09 July 2016 Pages: 849 - 856

   

6. Overmature periurban Quercus–Carpinus coppice forests in Austria and Japan: a comparison of carbon stocks, stand characteristics and conversion to high forest

   • Viktor J. Bruckman
   • Toru Terada
   • Eduard Hochbichler

   Original Paper 27 July 2016 Pages: 857 - 869

   

7. Responses of photosynthetic parameters to differences in winter temperatures throughout a temperature gradient in two evergreen tree species

   • Sonia Mediavilla
   • Patricia González-Zurdo
   • Alfonso Escudero

   Original Paper 19 July 2016 Pages: 871 - 883

   

8. Scenario analysis of planting density and pre-commercial thinning: will the mixed forest have a chance?

   • Emma Holmström
   • Karin Hjelm
   • Urban Nilsson

   Original Paper Open access 02 August 2016 Pages: 885 - 895

   

9. Consistent limitation of growth by high temperature and low precipitation from range core to southern edge of European beech indicates widespread vulnerability to changing climate

   • A. J. Hacket-Pain
   • L. Cavin
   • A. S. Jump

   Original Paper Open access 29 July 2016 Pages: 897 - 909

   

10. Nutritional and defensive properties of Fagaceae nuts dispersed by animals: a multiple species study

    • Zhenyu Wang
    • Yihao Zhang
    • Xianfeng Yi

    OriginalPaper 22 August 2016 Pages: 911 - 917

    

11. Adapting Douglas-fir forestry in Central Europe: evaluation, application, and uncertainty analysis of a genetically based model

    • Debojyoti Chakraborty
    • Tongli Wang
    • Silvio Schueler

    Original Paper 16 August 2016 Pages: 919 - 936

    

12. Effects of uncertainty in upper-stem diameter information on tree volume estimates

    • James A. Westfall
    • Ronald E. McRoberts
    • Aaron R. Weiskittel

    Original Paper 23 August 2016 Pages: 937 - 947

    

13. Influence of ground-based skidding on physical and chemical properties of forest soils and their effects on maple seedling growth

    • Ramin Naghdi
    • Ahmad Solgi
    • Eric K. Zenner

    Original Paper 11 August 2016 Pages: 949 - 962

    

14. Species-specific and general allometric equations for estimating tree biomass components of subtropical forests in southern China

    • Wenhua Xiang
    • Jing Zhou
    • David I. Forrester

    Original Paper 11 August 2016 Pages: 963 - 979

    

15. Fine-scale patch mosaic of developmental stages in Northeast American secondary temperate forests: the European perspective

    • Kamil Král
    • Jessica Shue
    • Sean M. McMahon

    Original Paper 17 August 2016 Pages: 981 - 996