Almost half of the total organic carbon (C) in terrestrial ecosystems is stored in forest soils.
By altering rates of input or release of C from soils, forest management activities can …

Temperate forests cover 16% of the global forest area. Within these forests, the understorey
is an important biodiversity reservoir that can influence ecosystem processes and functions …

Forests constitute important ecosystems in the global carbon cycle. However, how trees and
environmental conditions interact to determine the amount of organic carbon stored in forest …

In Europe only some small isolated patches of forests with a high degree of naturalness still
exist. These are forests, whose structure, composition and function has been shaped by …

A central challenge of today's ecological research is predicting how ecosystems will develop
under future global change. Accurate predictions are complicated by (a) simultaneous …

The urban heat island (UHI) causes strong warming of cities and their urban forests
worldwide. Especially urban forest edges are strongly exposed to the UHI effect, which could …

Functional traits respond to environmental drivers, hence evaluating trait‐environment
relationships across spatial environmental gradients can help to understand how multiple …

Ungulates have become abundant in many temperate forests, shifting tree species
composition by browsing and altering soil physical conditions by trampling. Whether these …

Forests play a key role in global carbon cycling and sequestration. However, the potential for
carbon drawdown is affected by forest fragmentation and resulting changes in microclimate …

Forest management, including setting aside non-intervention forests, is currently debated as
a measure to efficiently mitigate climate change. Temperate, old-growth forests are rare and …