Journal of Forest Science

23/12/2025

We are pleased to announce that the new Issue 12/2025 of the Journal of Forest Science has been published online!
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Link: https://jfs.agriculturejournals.cz/magno/jfs/2025/mn12.php

📘 The new EU Timber Regulation 2023/1115 and its legal implications for the Czech forestry and timber sector
Review
Petra Hlaváčková, Martin Cempírek, David Březina
DOI: 10.17221/82/2025‑JFS
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🌱 Effect of pine afforestation on soil physicochemical properties compared to pasture land: A case study in Kosovo
Original Paper
Betim Bresilla, Muhamet Zogaj, Tamás András Szegi, Bekri Xhemali, Gazmend Gjinovci, Florentina Racaj, Zenun Husaj
DOI: 10.17221/73/2025‑JFS
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🌲 Leaf area index and soil water content responses to pre-commercial thinning in Norway spruce plantations under climate change
Original Paper
Jakub Černý, Zdeněk Vacek, Jan Cukor, Dominik Báňa, Stanislav Vacek
DOI: 10.17221/79/2025‑JFS
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🪵 Variation in wood density between mature sessile oak and English oak trees growing in different vegetation zones
Original Paper
Vladimír Gryc, Kyriaki Giagli, Sergei Mikhailov, Marko Stojanović, Dimitrios Tsalagkas, Hanuš Vavrčík, Petr Horáček
DOI: 10.17221/74/2025‑JFS
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UBC Forestry Undergraduate Society (FUS) Daniels Faculty’s Forestry at U of T Agriculture Faculty Forestry Society Forest Family Research í University of Belgrade, Faculty of Forestry Forestry Australia Forest Ecosystems-

An international open access peer-reviewed journal published by the Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences and financed by the Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic. Published since 1955 (by 1999 under the title Lesnictví-Forestry)

19/12/2025

Dear authors, reviewers, and colleagues,
we would like to thank you for your cooperation throughout 2025, for your valuable articles and reviews, and we look forward to our collaboration in 2026 🙂.

🎄 We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! ✨

08/12/2025

Press release:
Editorial Board of the Journal of Forest Science

On Monday, December 8, 2025, the Editorial Board of the Journal of Forest Science held a meeting via online video conference. The editor of the journal, Prof. Ing. Vilém Podrázský, CSc., presented the current status of the journal to the members – the number of articles in review, articles published in the latest issue of the journal, the most cited articles, manuscript statistics and the development of citation indices, as well as the nationalities of article authors in 2025. He pointed out that the journal had recorded an increase in the number of mixed author teams, based on the cooperation of Czech and foreign authors and experts. The editor also stated that the journal plans to expand the Editorial Board with additional members. In conclusion, he thanked the current members for their activity and support of the journal.

Journal website:

An international open access peer-reviewed journal published by the Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences and financed by the Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic. Published since 1955 (by 1999 under the title Lesnictví-Forestry)

04/12/2025

📢 Call for Submissions – Journal of Forest Science
Published by the Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences

🌲 Are you conducting innovative forest research? Share your work with an international audience through the Journal of Forest Science (JFS)!
➡️ https://jfs.agriculturejournals.cz/

Scope of the Journal:
We welcome original research – both basic and applied – across all fields of forestry connected to European forest ecosystems, their functions in the landscape, and the wood-production chain.

✨ Why publish with JFS?
🔍 Fast, rigorous peer-review (double-blind)
🗓️ Published monthly
🌐 Open Access
🖥️📘 Online & printed versions
📚 Indexed in major databases: Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ

Join a respected platform advancing forest science and supporting sustainable forest management across Europe.

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Faculty of Forestry and Environment, Universiti Putra Malaysia Daniels Faculty’s Forestry at U of T University of Belgrade, Faculty of Forestry Agriculture Faculty Forestry Society Forestry Australia Kenya Forestry Research Institute Institute of Forest Sciences, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur Pakistan Forest Family Research Forest Ecosystems UBC Forestry Undergraduate Society (FUS)

An international open access peer-reviewed journal published by the Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences and financed by the Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic. Published since 1955 (by 1999 under the title Lesnictví-Forestry)

28/11/2025

📣We are pleased to announce that Issue 11/2025 of the Journal of Forest Science has been published online!

Link: https://jfs.agriculturejournals.cz/magno/jfs/2025/mn11.php
Thank you for sharing 😊

🌲A review of research on hybrid unmanned vehicles in complex forest and grassland terrains
Peng Wang, Kangkang Pan, Jun Yuan, Sipu Pan, Yujin Yang
Doi: 10.17221/65/2025-JFS

🌲Comparison of shelterwood and clear-cut regeneration methods on morphological traits of naturally regenerated sessile oak [Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl.] seedlings
Eliška Žižková, Martin Kománek, Dominika Krausková, Jakub Černý
Doi: 10.17221/77/2025-JFS

🌲Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) establishment success under climate change: Effect of site, stock type and planting time
Anna Plačková, Zdeněk Vacek, Stanislav Vacek, Jan Cukor, Josef Gallo, Jakub Černý
Doi: 10.17221/84/2025-JFS

🌲Effects of tree characteristics and climatic conditions on gall midge abundance on European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.)
Adam Véle, Martin Fulín, Maan Bahadur Rokaya, Karolína Bílá
Doi: 10.17221/64/2025-JFS

An international open access peer-reviewed journal published by the Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences and financed by the Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic. Published since 1955 (by 1999 under the title Lesnictví-Forestry)

24/11/2025

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04/11/2025

Presentation of the Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences journals at the MendelNet 2025 student conference

On November 5, the 32nd annual conference of Ph.D. students – MendelNet – will take place at the Faculty of Agronomy of Mendel University in Brno. This is an interdisciplinary student conference that offers a unique opportunity for students and their mentors from fields related primarily to agricultural activities to meet. The primary objective of the conference is to present specific research topics actively, share knowledge, and exchange experiences among participants across disciplines.
The conference is competitive in nature – individual contributions are evaluated by expert juries based on their professional level and contribution to the relevant field.
The journals of the Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences are presented at this event in the form of promotional materials. We would like to thank Assoc Prof Ing. Tomáš Vyhnánek, Ph.D., editor of the Czech Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding, for his assistance.¨

Conference web: https://mendelu.cz/akce/32-rocnik-konference-mendelnet/
CAAS Journals site: https://agriculturejournals.cz/

V letošním roce se na Agronomické fakultě Mendelovy univerzity v Brně uskuteční již 32. ročník konference Ph.D. studentů – MendelNet. MendelNet je mezioborová studentská konference, která nabízí jedinečný prostor pro setkání studentů a jejich mentorů z oblastí související...

31/10/2025

🌲 New Issue Alert! Issue 10/2025 of the Journal of Forest Science has been published online!

Link: https://jfs.agriculturejournals.cz/magno/jfs/2025/mn10.php Thank you for sharing :)

📄 Articles & Authors:

Progress and prospects in understanding the effects of forest management practices on soil nitrogen cycling
Lili Liu, Chenyi Yu, Jiayi Yang, Zijun Zhang, Qingwei Guan

Modulating Norway spruce growth and resilience through thinning intensity under climate change conditions
Petra Jablonická, Pavel Horák, Jakub Černý

The use of LiDAR for the documentation and modelling of cultural heritage sites hidden by the forest canopy
Nikola Žižlavská, Stanislav Herber

Himalayan fir growth in central Bhutan reflects variability in temperature and precipitation
Jiří Lehejček, Gabriel Vávrů, Sangay Wangchuk, Miroslav Svoboda, Katrien Boonen



Forest Restoration Research Unit Agriculture and Forestry University Foresters Forest Biometrics Research Institute Forest Research Group ICFRE-Himalayan Forest Research Institute Shimla Forest Research Institute, Papua New Guinea Faculty of Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology Göttingen Faculty of Forestry, Wildlife & RM, University Of Agriculture D.I.Khan Agriculture and Forestry University - AFU Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje / Faculty of Forestry Faculty of Forestry, Royal University of Agriculture Faculty of Forestry, RUA UBC Faculty of Forestry

An international open access peer-reviewed journal published by the Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences and financed by the Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic. Published since 1955 (by 1999 under the title Lesnictví-Forestry)

29/10/2025

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16/10/2025

CAAS Presentation at the UAV Forestry Workshop

On October 14–15, 2025, the Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences at the Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague hosted the professional UAV Forestry 2025 workshop, focused on the use of drones in forestry and nature conservation.

Key topics included forest regeneration mapping, the application of artificial intelligence for tree mortality detection, and the use of drones in biodiversity and wildfire monitoring.

The program also featured a presentation of the Journal of Forest Science and other journals published by the Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS); participants had access to printed materials providing information about publishing opportunities and the academy’s activities.

Workshop web: https://www.uavforestry.cz/en/
Journal website: https://jfs.agriculturejournals.cz/

Forest Restoration Research Unit Agriculture and Forestry University Forest Biometrics Research Institute

The UAV FORESTRY WORKSHOP is focused on advanced remote sensing (RS) methods and their applications in environmental monitoring and data analysis.

10/10/2025

Proč se stát členem České akademie zemědělských věd? 😉👇
Pravidla přijímání nových členů najdete na https://www.cazv.cz/clenstvi/

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10/10/2025

🌲 New Article Alert! 📚
📝 “Progress and prospects in understanding the effects of forest management practices on soil nitrogen cycling”
👩‍🔬 Authors: Lili Liu, Chenyi Yu, Jiayi Yang, Zijun Zhang, Qingwei Guan
🔗 Read here: https://doi.org/10.17221/61/2025-JFS

🌎 Dive into the science driving better forest management and ecosystem resilience! 🌳