This journal provides in-depth review articles contributed by international experts on the most significant developments in the field of forestry. By providing clear, insightful, balanced contributions the journal intends to highlight and summarize key topics that are of major importance to researchers and managers of forestry resources.


We accomplish this aim by appointing international authorities to serve as Section Editors in key subject areas across the field, such as physiological processes, tree genetics, forest management, remote sensing and wood structure and function. Section Editors, in turn, select topics for which leading experts contribute comprehensive review articles that emphasize new developments and recently published papers of major importance. An international Editorial Board reviews the annual table of contents, suggests articles of special interest to their country/region, and ensures that topics are current and include emerging research.

Editor-in-Chief
Michael Watt (Scion, Christchurch, New Zealand)
Editorial Board
Auro Almeida (CSIRO Land and Water Flagship, Hobart, Australia)
Yves Bergeron (Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada)
Joseph Buongiorno (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)
Tom Fox (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA)
Seppo Kellomäki (University of Eastern Finland, Finland)
Miko Kirschbaum (Landcare Research-Manaaki Whenua, Palmerston North, New Zealand)
Harri Mäkinen (The Fiinnish Forest Research Institute, Finland)
Bart Muys (KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium)
John Raison (CSIRO Ecosystem Services, Yarralumla, Australia)
Stephen Schoenholtz (Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, USA)
Jerry Vanclay (Southern Cross University, Lismore, Australia)
Joanne White (Canadian Forest Service, Pacific Forestry Centre, British Columbia, Canada)
Rafael Rubilar (University of Concepcion, Chile)
Thomas Veblen (University of Colorado, Boulder, USA)
Harald Burkhart (Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, USA)
Kermit Ritland (University of British Columbia, Canada)
Ignacio J. Diaz-Maroto (University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain)
Sections and Section Editors

Climate Change and Carbon Sequestration
Libby Pinkard (The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Canberra, Australia) 

Fire Science and Management
Martin E. Alexander (University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, Canada)

Forest Engineering 
Raffaele Spinelli (Italian National Research Council, CNR Institute of Tree and Timber IVALSA, Italy)

Forest Entomology
Eckehard Brockerhoff (Scion, Christchurch, New Zealand)

Forest Management
Harald Vacik (University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria)

Forest Pathology 
Giles Hardy (Murdoch University, Perth, Australia)
Forest Policy, Economics, and Social Research
Anne Toppinen (University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland)
Modelling Productivity and Function
Michael Battaglia (CSIRO, Hobart, Australia)

Physiological Processes
Maurizio Mencuccini (University of Edinburgh, Scotland)
Remote Sensing
Juan Suarez-Mingez (Forest Research, Roslin, Midlothian, UK)
Wood Structure and Function
Ahmed Koubaa (University of Quebec, Quebec, Canada)