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{"title":"Design strategy of advanced generation breeding population of Pinus tabuliformis based on genetic variation and inbreeding level","authors":"Chengcheng Zhou ,&nbsp;Fan Sun ,&nbsp;Zhiyuan Jiao ,&nbsp;Yousry A. El-Kassaby ,&nbsp;Wei Li","doi":"10.1016/j.fecs.2025.100320","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.fecs.2025.100320","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The level of genetic variation within a breeding population affects the effectiveness of selection strategies for genetic improvement. The relationship between genetic variation level within <em>Pinus tabuliformis</em> breeding populations and selection strategies or selection effectiveness is not fully investigated. Here, we compared the selection effectiveness of combined and individual direct selection strategies using half- and full-sib families produced from advanced-generation <em>P</em>. <em>tabuliformis</em> seed orchard as our test populations. Our results revealed that, within half-sib families, average diameter at breast height (DBH), tree height, and volume growth of superior individuals selected by the direct selection strategy were higher by 7.72%, 18.56%, and 31.01%, respectively, than those selected by the combined selection strategy. Furthermore, significant differences (<em>P</em> ​&lt; ​0.01) were observed between the two strategies in terms of the expected genetic gains for average tree height and volume. In contrast, within full-sib families, the differences in tree average DBH, height, and volume between the two selection strategies were relatively minor with increase of 0.17%, 2.73%, and 2.21%, respectively, and no significant differences were found in the average expected genetic gains for the studied traits. Half-sib families exhibited greater phenotypic and genetic variation, resulting in improved selection efficiency with the direct selection strategy but also introduced a level of inbreeding risk. Based on genetic distance estimates using molecular markers, our comparative seed orchard design analysis showed that the Improved Adaptive Genetic Programming Algorithm (IAPGA) reduced the average inbreeding coefficient by 14.36% and 14.73% compared to sequential and random designs, respectively. In conclusion, the combination of the direct selection strategy with IAPGA seed orchard design aimed at minimizing inbreeding offered an efficient approach for establishing advanced-generation <em>P</em>. <em>tabuliformis</em> seed orchards.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54270,"journal":{"name":"Forest Ecosystems","volume":"13 ","pages":"Article 100320"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143637497","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Lifespan of tropical trees from seed to 1-cm diameter","authors":"Richard Condit ,&nbsp;Andrés Hernández ,&nbsp;Oswaldo Calderón ,&nbsp;Rolando Pérez ,&nbsp;Salomón Aguilar ,&nbsp;Liza S. Comita ,&nbsp;Stephen P. Hubbell ,&nbsp;S. Joseph Wright","doi":"10.1016/j.fecs.2025.100309","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.fecs.2025.100309","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>The full lifespan of long-lived trees includes a seedling phase, during which a seed germinates and grows to a size large enough to be measured in forest inventories. Seedling populations are usually studied separately from adult trees, and the seedling lifespan, from seed to sapling, is poorly known. In the 50-ha Barro Colorado forest plot, we started intensive censuses of seeds and seedlings in 1994 in order to merge seedling and adult demography and document complete lifespans.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>In 17 species abundant in seedling censuses, we subdivided populations into six size classes from seed to 1 ​cm dbh, including seeds plus five seedling stages. The smallest seedling class was subdivided by age. Censuses in two consecutive years provided transition matrices describing the probability that a seedling in one stage moved to another one year later. For each species, we averaged the transition matrix across 25 censuses and used it to project the seedling lifespan, from seed until 1 ​cm dbh or death.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>The predicted mean survival rate of seeds to 1 ​cm dbh varied 1000-fold across species, from 2.9 × 10⁻⁶ to 4.4 × 10⁻³; the median was 2.0 × 10⁻⁴. The seedling lifespan, or the average time it takes a seed to grow to 1 ​cm dbh, varied across species from 5.1 to 53.1 years, with a median of 20.3 years. In the median species, the 10% fastest-growing seeds would reach 1 ​cm dbh in 9.0 years, and the slowest 10% in 34.6 years.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Combining seedling results with our previous study of lifespan after 1 ​cm dbh, we estimate that the focal species have full lifespans varying from 41 years in a gap-demanding pioneer to 320 years in one shade-tolerant species. Lifetime demography can contribute precise survival rates and lifespans to forestry models.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54270,"journal":{"name":"Forest Ecosystems","volume":"13 ","pages":"Article 100309"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143577580","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Corrigendum to “Topographic complexity drives trait composition as well as functional and phylogenetic diversity of understory plant communities in microrefugia: New insights for conservation” [Forest Ecosyst. 12 (2025) 100278]","authors":"Kata Frei ,&nbsp;Anna E-Vojtkó ,&nbsp;Csaba Tölgyesi ,&nbsp;András Vojtkó ,&nbsp;Tünde Farkas ,&nbsp;László Erdős ,&nbsp;Gábor Li ,&nbsp;Ádám Lőrincz ,&nbsp;Zoltán Bátori","doi":"10.1016/j.fecs.2025.100307","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.fecs.2025.100307","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54270,"journal":{"name":"Forest Ecosystems","volume":"13 ","pages":"Article 100307"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143488709","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The effect of Douglas-fir on biodiversity in European forests – What do we know and what do we not know?","authors":"Marlene Graf ,&nbsp;Rafael Achury ,&nbsp;Isabelle Lanzrein ,&nbsp;Ronja Wenglein ,&nbsp;Peter Annighöfer ,&nbsp;Stefan Scheu ,&nbsp;Wolfgang W. Weisser","doi":"10.1016/j.fecs.2025.100319","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.fecs.2025.100319","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>1. In recent years, climate change has led to drought and severe bark beetle infestations, affecting Norway spruce (<em>Picea abies</em>) across Europe, with detrimental consequences for forest owners, the forestry sector and associated industries. As a result, silviculture now faces the challenge of identifying tree species more resilient to these stressors to mitigate the impacts on forest management, forest-dependent economies and rural livelihoods. The North American Douglas-fir (<em>Pseudotsuga menziesii</em>) has emerged as a promising conifer species, better suited to future climate conditions and capable of producing high timber yields.</div><div>2. Non-native tree species may affect native biodiversity, yet the impacts of Douglas-fir on native forest biodiversity are not clear. A comprehensive review evaluating the impact of Douglas-fir on faunal and floral biodiversity in European forests is lacking.</div><div>3. Here, we present the results of a systematic literature review on Douglas-fir effects on native biodiversity, focusing on studies conducted in Europe. For arthropods, sufficient studies were found to do more detailed quantitative assessments. For fungi, birds, plants and soil fauna some studies existed, but only qualitative evaluations could be made. Other taxa were not investigated.</div><div>4. In the present literature, the effects of Douglas-fir inclusion in stands on native biodiversity, compared to stands of solely native tree species, were mostly non-significant (78.6%, based on 32 studies). Positive effects were noted in 12% of cases, while negative effects were observed in 9.4% (total of 1,936 effects). Above-ground fauna was more extensively studied than below-ground fauna. Mechanisms proposed to explain taxa responses were often discussed but not always formally tested. For arthropods, there were varying effects on diversity between studies evaluating different scales (i.e., tree-scale vs. stand-scale). In general, differences in effects depended on a range of factors, including stand composition and structure, season, and sampling site and period.</div><div>5. Our review indicates limited evidence of adverse effects of Douglas-fir on biodiversity in European forests, highlighting a significant knowledge gap due to the scarcity of studies. Douglas-fir's impact on biodiversity likely varies depending on the forest type and management practices. Further research in diverse contexts is crucial to determine optimal levels of admixture and guide forest management.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54270,"journal":{"name":"Forest Ecosystems","volume":"13 ","pages":"Article 100319"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143637496","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Shrub height and crown projection area are effective predictors in aboveground biomass models for multi-stemmed European hazel","authors":"Jozef Pajtík ,&nbsp;Bohdan Konôpka ,&nbsp;Ivan Barka ,&nbsp;Katarína Merganičová ,&nbsp;Martin Lukac","doi":"10.1016/j.fecs.2025.100316","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.fecs.2025.100316","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>While numerous allometric models exist for estimating biomass in trees with single stems, models for multi-stemmed species are scarce. This study presents models for predicting aboveground biomass (AGB) in European hazel (<em>Corylus avellana</em> L.), growing in multi-stemmed shrub form. We measured the size and harvested the biomass of 30 European hazel shrubs, drying and weighing their woody parts and leaves separately. AGB (dry mass) and leaf area models were established using a range of predictors, such as the upper height of the shrub, number of shoots per shrub, canopy projection area, stem base diameter of the thickest stem, and the sum of cross-sectional areas of all stems at the stem base. The latter was the best predictor of AGB, but the most practically useful variables, defined as relatively easy to measure by terrestrial or aerial approaches, were the upper height of the shrub and the canopy projection area. The leaf biomass to AGB ratio decreased with the shrub's height. Specific leaf area of shaded leaves increases with shrub height, but that of leaves at the top of the canopy does not change significantly. Given that the upper shrub height and crown projection of European hazel can be estimated using remote sensing approaches, especially UAV and LIDAR, these two variables appear the most promising for effective measurement of AGB in hazel.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54270,"journal":{"name":"Forest Ecosystems","volume":"13 ","pages":"Article 100316"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143684799","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Recreational and aesthetic values of forest landscapes (RAFL): Quantifying management impacts and trade-offs with provisioning and regulatory ecosystem services","authors":"Dagm Abate ,&nbsp;Brigite Botequim ,&nbsp;Susete Marques ,&nbsp;Constantino Lagoa ,&nbsp;Juan Guerra Hernández ,&nbsp;Geerten Hengeveld ,&nbsp;Marjanke Hoogstra-Klein ,&nbsp;José G. Borges","doi":"10.1016/j.fecs.2025.100318","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.fecs.2025.100318","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Cultural ecosystem services (CES), which encompass recreational and aesthetic values, contribute to human well-being and yet are often underrepresented in forest management planning due to challenges in quantifying these services. This study introduces the Recreational and Aesthetic Values of Forested Landscapes (RAFL) index, a novel framework combining six measurable recreational and aesthetic components: Stewardship, Naturalness, Complexity, Visual Scale, Historicity, and Ephemera. The RAFL index was integrated into a Linear Programming (LP) Resource Capability Model (RCM) to assess trade-offs between CES and other ecosystem services, including timber production, wildfire resistance, and biodiversity. The approach was applied in a case study in Northern Portugal, comparing two forest management scenarios: Business as Usual (BAU), dominated by eucalyptus plantations, and an Alternative Scenario (ALT), focused on the conversion to native species: cork oak, chestnut, and pedunculate oak. Results revealed that the ALT scenario consistently achieved higher RAFL values, reflecting its potential to enhance CES, while also supporting higher biodiversity and wildfire resilience compared to the BAU scenario. Results highlighted further that management may maintain steady timber production and wildfire regulatory services while addressing concerns with CES. This study provides a replicable methodology for quantifying CES and integrating them into forest management frameworks, offering actionable insights for decision-makers. The findings highlight the effectiveness of the approach in designing landscape mosaics that provide CES while addressing the need to supply provisioning and regulatory ecosystem services.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54270,"journal":{"name":"Forest Ecosystems","volume":"13 ","pages":"Article 100318"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143552315","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Neighborhood competition improves biomass estimation for Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) but not Pyrenean oak (Quercus pyrenaica Willd.) in young mixed forest stands","authors":"Eric Cudjoe ,&nbsp;Ricardo Ruiz-Peinado ,&nbsp;Hans Pretzsch ,&nbsp;Shamim Ahmed ,&nbsp;Felipe Bravo","doi":"10.1016/j.fecs.2025.100317","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.fecs.2025.100317","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Neighborhood competition is a critical driver of individual tree growth, and aboveground biomass (AGB) accumulation, which together play key roles in forest dynamics and carbon storage. Therefore, accurate biomass estimation is essential for understanding ecosystem functioning and informing forest management strategies to mitigate climate change. However, integrating neighborhood competition into biomass estimation models, particularly for young mixed forest stands, remains unexplored. In this study, we examined how incorporating neighborhood competition improves biomass prediction accuracy and how the influence of neighborhood competition differs between Scots pine (<em>Pinus sylvestris</em> L.) and Pyrenean oak (<em>Quercus pyrenaica</em> Willd.), as well as the relative contributions of intra- and interspecific competition to AGB. Our findings revealed that including neighborhood competition alongside tree size variables (DBH and total tree height) significantly improved the predictive accuracy of AGB models for Scots pine. This addition reduced the root mean square error (RMSE) by 14% and improved the model efficiency factor (MEF) by 15%. Furthermore, intraspecific competition in Scots pine slightly reduced AGB, whereas interspecific competition had a significant negative effect on AGB. In contrast, DBH alone was the best predictor of AGB for Pyrenean oak, as neighborhood competition did not improve model performance. Also, intra- and interspecific competition in Pyrenean oak had positive but nonsignificant effects on AGB. These findings highlight the important role of competition in biomass models and suggest species-specific approaches in competition dynamics to inform sustainable forest management and climate change adaptation strategies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54270,"journal":{"name":"Forest Ecosystems","volume":"13 ","pages":"Article 100317"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143510792","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Half a century of demographic responses of Nothofagus cool temperate rainforests to disturbance","authors":"Kate A. Simmonds ,&nbsp;Ross J. Peacock ,&nbsp;Raphaël Trouvé ,&nbsp;Craig R. Nitschke ,&nbsp;Patrick J. Baker","doi":"10.1016/j.fecs.2025.100308","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.fecs.2025.100308","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Temperate rainforests have historically been considered highly vulnerable to disturbance. Climate change, which is expected to increase the intensity, frequency, and impacts of disturbance events, is consequently a significant threat to their long-term persistence. However, data describing the long-term response of temperate rainforests to disturbance is rare. In the cool temperate rainforests of northern New South Wales, Australia, <em>Nothofagus moorei</em> is considered especially vulnerable to climate change due to a decreasing number of mature individuals, limited remaining suitable habitat, and low rates of sexual regeneration. In this study, we used over 50 years of empirical data from silvicultural experiments with multiple thinning intensities to characterise the demographic responses (i.e., growth, mortality, and recruitment) of cool temperate rainforest species, including <em>N. moorei</em>, to disturbance over time. Cool temperate rainforest species showed resilience to disturbance, predominantly through their widespread ability to basally coppice. <em>Nothofagus moorei</em>, in particular, demonstrated higher rates of successful sexual and vegetative recruitment and grew faster in response to higher intensities of disturbance, in comparison to very low rates of recruitment pre-disturbance. These results challenge successional models that position rainforests as disturbance-sensitive ecosystems and identify <em>N. moorei</em> as a species that requires large-scale disturbance to successfully regenerate. Management regimes that actively exclude disturbance from these forests risk the local loss of disturbance-dependent rainforest species such as <em>N. moorei</em>.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54270,"journal":{"name":"Forest Ecosystems","volume":"13 ","pages":"Article 100308"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143527554","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Growth dynamics of longleaf pine during conversion to uneven-aged stands","authors":"Ashton Shell ,&nbsp;Ajay Sharma ,&nbsp;John L. Willis ,&nbsp;John Tracy ,&nbsp;Adam Polinko ,&nbsp;Santosh Ojha ,&nbsp;Jason Vogel","doi":"10.1016/j.fecs.2025.100305","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.fecs.2025.100305","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A growing recognition that uneven-aged silviculture can offer multiple benefits to forested ecosystems has encouraged some landowners in the southern region of the United States to convert even-aged pine stands into multi-aged stands. For shade-intolerant pines of the southern United States, however, few studies have examined residual tree growth following silvicultural treatments that convert even-aged stands to multi-aged stands. Understanding the growth response of residual trees to different kinds of stand conversion treatments is critical to stand development and sustainability, as trees must be recruited into larger size classes during the conversion process to develop the desired stand structure and maintain productivity. In this study, we utilized a replicated, long-term silvicultural experimental trial in the southeastern United States to assess the effects of two cutting treatments (dispersed “single tree cutting” that created small canopy gaps and the “patch cutting” that created 0.1–0.8 ​ha patch openings) and an uncut control on the 14-year growth (∼cutting cycle length) of residual longleaf pine (<em>Pinus palustris</em> Mill.) trees. We found that tree growth, measured as mean basal area increment (BAI), was significantly higher following patch cutting (mean BAI of 16.97 ​cm²) compared to both the single tree cutting (13.33 ​cm²) and the uncut control (12.68 ​cm²) (<em>p</em> ​&lt; ​0.001). In patch cutting, the size of the patch opening, the location of trees surrounding the patch opening, and the position of the tree canopy all had a significant effect on BAI. Trees surrounding patch openings of 0.4 ​ha exhibited greater growth, with a mean BAI of 19.24 ​cm², compared to those surrounding 0.1 and 0.8 ​ha patch openings, which had mean BAI values of 15.89 and 15.71 ​cm², respectively (<em>p</em> ​&lt; ​0.001). The position of a tree around the patch opening also influenced tree growth, as residual trees more to the North, South, and East sides exhibited significantly higher mean BAI than trees on the West side of the patch openings (<em>p</em> ​&lt; ​0.001). However, distance from the patch opening border did not significantly affect the mean BAI (<em>p</em> ​= ​0.522). In all treatments, dominant and co-dominant trees exhibited higher BAI than intermediate and overtopped trees, indicating that tree canopy position significantly influenced tree growth (<em>p</em> ​&lt; ​0.001). Understanding how residual trees grow after these silvicultural treatments is crucial for thoroughly assessing their efficacy with longleaf pine. This study's findings will enhance our understanding of stand dynamics during stand conversion and help land managers anticipate the growth of longleaf pine into larger size categories after single tree and patch cuttings.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54270,"journal":{"name":"Forest Ecosystems","volume":"13 ","pages":"Article 100305"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143518958","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Understanding visitor preferences: Perceived importance of anthropogenic and natural forest features in supplying cultural ecosystem services","authors":"Dumitru-Mircea Dușcu ,&nbsp;Geta Rîșnoveanu","doi":"10.1016/j.fecs.2025.100306","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.fecs.2025.100306","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Cultural ecosystem services (CES) provided by urban green infrastructure are essential for enhancing social well-being and resilience. Identifying and mapping CES at a local scale is crucial for informed land-use decisions that align with citizens' perceptions. However, research on ecosystem services in Romania has been limited, with a notable gap in the assessment of CES provided by urban green spaces. This study is the first to focus on Băneasa Forest, the only urban forest in Bucharest, which serves as a vital recreational area for thousands of residents and visitors. For the first time in Romania, this research uses a web-based Participatory GIS survey to collect spatially referenced data. The survey, which combines questionnaires and mapping exercises, allows us to produce high-resolution CES maps based on 816 responses. The results reveal that the forest's natural characteristics are perceived as the primary contributors to CES. These findings are valuable for urban planners, as they highlight the needs and expectations of forest visitors, promote conservation efforts, and foster collaboration to prevent conflicts. Alongside factors frequently discussed in the literature, such as age and accessibility, the percentage of green space in residents' neighborhoods emerges as a significant factor influencing CES preferences. This insight presents a novel contribution to the literature, being of particular importance for urban planners and policymakers, as it underscores the need to consider not just the green space within parks and forests, but also the broader context of surrounding neighborhoods when planning for CES. Understanding that the availability of nearby green space influences residents' CES preferences can guide more effective strategies to enhance access to CES in urban areas, both in Bucharest and elsewhere. This is especially relevant in the face of climate change and other emerging challenges, which are likely to increase the demand for CES in the future.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54270,"journal":{"name":"Forest Ecosystems","volume":"13 ","pages":"Article 100306"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143444264","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}