Science to Sustain the World’s Forests

Forest Ecology and Management focuses on scientific articles linking forest ecology with forest management, with potential application of biological and ecological knowledge to the management and conservation of plantations and natural forests.

The journal encourages communication between scientists in disparate fields who share a common interest in ecology and forest management, bridging the gap between scientists and forest managers. A peer-review process ensures the quality and international interest of the manuscripts accepted for publication. Authors are invited to benefit from editorials that provide advice for constructing strong papers.

We encourage submission of papers that will be of strong interest and value to the Journal's international readership. Some key features of papers with strong interest include:
1. Clear connections between the ecology and management of forests;
2. Novel ideas or approaches to important challenges in forest ecology and management;
3. Studies that address a population of interest beyond the scale of single research sites (see the editorial, Three key points in the design of forest experiments, Forest Ecology and Management 255 (2008) 2022-2023);
4. Review Articles on timely, important topics. Authors are invited to contact one of the Editors to discuss the suitability of a potential review manuscript, which can be a regular review, an Acorn review or a Tamm review (see the Guide for Authors for details about each type of review article).

We invite to read the following editorial article with more advice in relation to preferred articles: How to avoid having your manuscript rejected: Perspectives from the Editors of Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 473, 1 October 2020, 118321.

The Journal encourages proposals for special issues examining important areas of forest ecology and management. Potential guest editors should contact one of the Editors to initiate a discussion about topics, potential papers, and other details.

Regular papers
Review articles
Correspondence
Data in Brief
Papers for Special Issues

Editor-in-Chief
Dan Binkley
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States Email Dan Binkley
Editors
María Elena Fernández
National Scientific and Technical Research Council, Buenos Aires, Argentina Email María Elena Fernández
Todd S. Fredericksen
Ferrum College, Ferrum, Virginia, United States Email Todd S. Fredericksen
Harri Mäkinen
National Resources Institute Finland Department of Forests, Vantaa, Finland Email Harri Mäkinen
Cindy E. Prescott
The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Email Cindy E. Prescott
Margarida Tomé
University of Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal Email Margarida Tomé
Founding Editor
Laurence Roche †
Editorial Advisory Board
Scott R. Abella
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Arshad Ali
Nanjing Forestry University, College of Forestry, Department of Forest Resources Management, Nanjing, China
Christian Ammer
University of Gottingen, Gottingen, Germany
Mark S. Ashton
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Peter Attiwill
University of Melbourne School of BioSciences, University Of Melbourne, Australia
Sue Baker
University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia
Andrea Battisti
University of Padova Department of Land Environment Agriculture and Forestry, Legnaro PD, Italy
Kevin D. Bladon
Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States
Andreas Bolte
Johann Heinrich von Thunen Institute Institute of Forest Ecosystems, Eberswalde, Germany
Arun K. Bose
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest Snow and Landscape Research, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
Jean-Pierre Bouillet
Climate and Functioning of Agro-Ecosystems Research Unit, Montpellier, France
Daniele Castagneri
University of Padova Department of Land Environment Agriculture and Forestry, Legnaro PD, Italy
Jiquan Chen
Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States
Emmanuel N. Chidumayo
Makeni Savanna Research Project, Lusaka, Zambia
Rachel Cook
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Jordi Cortina Segarra
University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain
Thomas J. Dean
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
Paulo M. Fernandes
University of Tras-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal
Chris Fettig
USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station, Albany, California, United States
David Forrester
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest Snow and Landscape Research, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
Mark E. Harmon
Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States
Justin L. Hart
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States
Niro Higuchi
National Institute of Amazonian Research, MANAUS, Brazil
Robert Jandl
Federal Office and Research Centre for Forests, Wien, Austria
Dan Kashian
Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States
Rod Keenan
The University of Melbourne School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
Thomas E. Kolb
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States
Jari Kouki
University of Eastern Finland, JOENSUU, Finland
Andrew J. Kroll
Weyerhaeuser Company, Federal Way, Washington, United States
Jean-Paul Laclau
Climate and Functioning of Agro-Ecosystems Research Unit, Montpellier, France
Shirong Liu
Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, China
Vincent Medjibé
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Chelcy F. Miniat
Center for Forest Watershed Research, Coweeta Hydrologic Lab, Otto, North Carolina, United States
Joerg Mueller
Bavarian Forest National Park, Grafenau, Germany
José Negrón
USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
Anne Oxbrough
Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, United Kingdom
Yoan Paillet
University Grenoble Alpes, INRAE, Saint-Martin d'Hères, France
John Parrotta
US Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Keryn Paul
CSIRO Black Mountain Laboratories, Canberra, Australia
Arne Pommerening
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden
Francis E. (Jack) Putz
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States
Matthew B. Russell
University of Minnesota Department of Forest Resources, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
Ervan Rutishauser
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama, Panama
Mike R. Saunders
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States
Rupert Seidl
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, Wien, Austria
Carolyn Sieg
USDA Forest Service Flagstaff Forestry Sciences Laboratory, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States
Yowhan Son
Korea University Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Sam St. Clair
Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, United States
John A. Stanturf
US Forest Service Center For Forest Disturbance Science, Athens, Georgia, United States
Hubert Sterba
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, Wien, Austria
Osbert Sun
Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
Hailemariam Temesgen
Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States
Lars Vesterdal
University of Copenhagen Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, København, Denmark
David Weise
PSW Research Station Forest Fire Laboratory, Riverside, California, United StatesAaron Weiskittel
University of Maine, Orono, Maine, United States
Christopher W. Woodall
USDA Forest Service Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States