Papers Recently Issued

Research Articles Standing tree assessment for the maintenance of historic wooden buildings: a case study of a World Heritage site in China Yin W, Yamamoto H Early View :: online: May 08, 2013

Research Articles Reforestation and land use change in a drainage basin of southern Italy D’Ippolito A, Ferrari E, Iovino F, Nicolaci A, Veltri A Early View :: online: May 08, 2013

Research Articles An assessment of climate change impacts on the tropical forests of Central America using the Holdridge Life Zone (HLZ) land classification system Khatun K, Imbach P, Zamora J Early View :: online: May 08, 2013

Research Articles Evaluation of fast growing tree water use under different soil moisture regimes using wick lysimeters Mantovani D, Veste M, Badorreck A, Freese D Early View :: online: May 08, 2013

Review Papers Risk assessment of GM trees in the EU: current regulatory framework and guidance Aguilera J, Nielsen K, Sweet J vol. 6, pp. 127-131 :: online: Apr 08, 2013

Research Articles Differences of fire activity and their underlying factors among vegetation formations in Greece Xystrakis F, Koutsias N vol. 6, pp. 132-140 :: online: Apr 08, 2013

Review Papers Payment for forest environmental services: a meta-analysis of successful elements Gios G, Rizio D vol. 6, pp. 141-149 :: online: Apr 08, 2013

Research Articles Rapid assessment of wind storm-caused forest damage using satellite images and stand-wise forest inventory data Jonikavičius D, Mozgeris G vol. 6, pp. 150-155 :: online: Apr 08, 2013

Research Articles A LiDAR-based approach for a multi-purpose characterization of Alpine forests: an Italian case study Alberti G, Boscutti F, Pirotti F, Bertacco C, De Simon G, Sigura M, Cazorzi F, Bonfanti P vol. 6, pp. 156-168 :: online: Apr 08, 2013

Review Papers Green Infrastructure as a tool to support spatial planning in European urban regions Lafortezza R, Davies C, Sanesi G, Konijnendijk C vol. 6, pp. 102-108 :: online: Mar 05, 2013

Short Communications Endophytes in changing environments - do we need new concepts in forest management? Krabel D, Morgenstern K, Herzog S vol. 6, pp. 109-112 :: online: Mar 05, 2013

Research Articles Regional-scale stand density management diagrams for Pyrenean oak (Quercus pyrenaica Willd.) stands in north-west Spain Castaño-Santamaría J, Barrio-Anta M, Álvarez-Álvarez P vol. 6, pp. 113-122 :: online: Mar 05, 2013

Technical Notes Stem-injection of herbicide for control of Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) Swingle: a practical source of power for drilling holes in stems Badalamenti E, La Mantia T vol. 6, pp. 123-126 :: online: Mar 05, 2013

Aims and Scopes

iForest is an Open Access, peer-reviewed online journal published by the Italian Society of Silviculture and Forest Ecology (SISEF).

The journal encompasses a broad range of research aspects concerning forest science: forest ecology, biodiversity/genetics and ecophysiology, silviculture, forest inventory and planning, forest protection and monitoring, forest harvesting, landscape ecology, forest history, wood technology.

iForest is freely and universally accessible online. It has been selected for coverage in the following ISI Thomson Reuters products:

• Journal Citation Reports - Science Edition (JCR)
• Science Citation Index - Expanded
• Current Contents / Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences

iForest is indexed by Elsevier Products (Scopus™, Embase™, etc), in the directory of Open Access Journal (DOAJ™), and is a member of the Crossref consortium™.

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Publication Policy

iForest aims to a rapid publication of submitted material in the following sections:

• Research articles:
  original research works that present experimental results, conceptual advances, innovations in research techniques and methods.
• Review articles:
  papers that present the state of the art in a particular field, including metanalysis of published data set.
• Short communications:
  original research articles intended as brief reports of findings.
• Technical advances:
  papers that present new research tools, techniques and methods, including new modeling approaches.
• Technical reports:
  technical and methodological short notes aimed to convey technical information on a specific topic.
• Commentaries:
  persuasive comments on recently published research results.

No articles processing charge is applied.

iForest will consider only original manuscripts that have not been published elsewhere and are not under consideration by another journal.

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