2025, Medina, María, Reyes-Martín, Marino P., Levy, Laura, Lázaro-González, Alba, Andivia, Enrique, Annighöfer, Peter, Assaad, Farhah, Bauhus, Jürgen, Benavides, Raquel, Böhlenius, Henrik, Cambria, Vito E., Carbonero, María D., Castro, Jorge, Chalatashvili, Akaki, Chiatante, Donato, Cocozza, Claudia, Corticeiro, Sofia, Lazdina, Dagnija, De Dato, Giovanbattista, De Sanctis, Michele, Devetaković, Jovana, Drossler, Lars, Ehrenbergerová, Lenka, Ferus, Peter, Gómez-Aparicio, Lorena, Hampe, Arndt, Hanssen, Kjersti H., Heinze, Berthold, Jakubowski, Marcin, Jiménez, María N., Kanjevac, Branko, Keizer, Jan J., Kerkez-Janković, Ivona, Klisz, Marcin, Kowalkowski, Wojciech, Kremer, Klaus, Kroon, Johan, La Montagna, Dario, Lazarević, Jelena, Lingua, Emanuele, Lucas-Borja, Manuel E., Łukowski, Adrian, Löf, Magnus, Maia, Paula, Mairota, Paola, Maltoni, Alberto, Mariotti, Barbara, Martiník, Antonín, Marzano, Raffaella, Matías, Luis, Mcclory, Ryan W., Merino, Manuel, Mondanelli, Lucia, Montagnoli, Antonio, Monteverdi, Maria C., Moreno-Llorca, Ricardo, Navarro, Francisco B., Nonić, Marina, Nunes, Luís, Oliet, Juan A., Patrício, Maria S., Poduška, Zoran, Popovic, Vladan, Puchałka, Radosław, Rey-Benayas, José M., Robakowski, Piotr, Sewerniak, Piotr, Szczerba, Marek, Ureña-Lara, Carmen, Vendina, Viktorija, Villar-Salvador, Pedro, Witzell, Johanna, Leverkus, Alexandro B.

Abstract Key message We provide data on seedlot germination potential—a key trait related to regeneration—of 12 oak species. Germination was tested at the University of Granada following international protocols with 8985 acorns from 93 batches and 16 countries across Europe. Data on germination probability, acorn origin, mass, and moisture content measured on another 4544 acorns are available at https://doi.org/10.30827/Digibug.87318. Associated metadata are available at https://metadata-afs.nancy.inra.fr/geonetwork/srv/fre/catalog.search#/metadata/a742c6d8-bc37-4ca2-8b81-2447c5a8858d.

2023, Tomczak, Karol, Mania, Przemysław, Jakubowski, Marcin, Tomczak, Arkadiusz

The research on Paulownia cultivation and wood properties is up to date in many countries. However, there are no data on the properties of this wood defined on a microscale, on microtome samples. The main aim of this study was to find the best valorization path for the wood of Paulownia Shang Tong Hybrid F1 from an extensively cultivated plantation established in April 2017 in Poland by determining the tensile strength, the wood density, the strength-to-density ratio, and the modulus of elasticity on a cross-section of the trunk. The wood was collected from extensive plantation, where production is based on the natural resources of the habitat and ambient weather conditions, which is the opposite to the intensive cultivation model, which is the recommended model of Paulownia cultivation. The results of this study show that the mean density of the analyzed samples was approximately 210 kg/m3 when the mean value of the modulus of elasticity (MOE) was approximately 2400 MPa. The mean result for the tensile strength ratio to density was 11.25 km. In the case of anatomical structure, the increasing trend with age was noticed both in fiber and vessel characteristics. The study results provide unique data worldwide about Paulownia wood’s properties based on a cross-section of the trunk, from plantations cultivated in conditions which are not recommended by seedlings producers. The obtained data indicate that the Paulownia wood (examined) from the cultivation in this study has a technical quality similar to that of model-intensive agricultural plantations.

2024, Jevšenak, Jernej, Klisz, Marcin, Mašek, Jiří, Čada, Vojtěch, Janda, Pavel, Svoboda, Miroslav, Vostarek, Ondřej, Treml, Vaclav, van der Maaten, Ernst, Popa, Andrei, Popa, Ionel, van der Maaten-Theunissen, Marieke, Zlatanov, Tzvetan, Scharnweber, Tobias, Ahlgrimm, Svenja, Stolz, Juliane, Sochová, Irena, Roibu, Cătălin-Constantin, Pretzsch, Hans, Schmied, Gerhard, Uhl, Enno, Kaczka, Ryszard, Wrzesiński, Piotr, Šenfeldr, Martin, Jakubowski, Marcin, Tumajer, Jan, Wilmking, Martin, Obojes, Nikolaus, Rybníček, Michal, Lévesque, Mathieu, Potapov, Aleksei, Basu, Soham, Stojanović, Marko, Stjepanović, Stefan, Vitas, Adomas, Arnič, Domen, Metslaid, Sandra, Neycken, Anna, Prislan, Peter, Hartl, Claudia, Ziche, Daniel, Horáček, Petr, Krejza, Jan, Mikhailov, Sergei, Světlík, Jan, Kalisty, Aleksandra, Kolář, Tomáš, Lavnyy, Vasyl, Hordo, Maris, Oberhuber, Walter, Levanič, Tom, Mészáros, Ilona, Schneider, Lea, Lehejček, Jiří, Shetti, Rohan, Bošeľa, Michal, Copini, Paul, Koprowski, Marcin, Sass-Klaassen, Ute, Izmir, Şule Ceyda, Bakys, Remigijus, Entner, Hannes, Esper, Jan, Janecka, Karolina, Martinez del Castillo, Edurne, Verbylaite, Rita, Árvai, Mátyás, de Sauvage, Justine Charlet, Čufar, Katarina, Finner, Markus, Hilmers, Torben, Kern, Zoltán, Novak, Klemen, Ponjarac, Radenko, Puchałka, Radosław, Schuldt, Bernhard, Škrk Dolar, Nina, Tanovski, Vladimir, Zang, Christian, Žmegač, Anja, Kuithan, Cornell, Metslaid, Marek, Thurm, Eric, Hafner, Polona, Krajnc, Luka, Bernabei, Mauro, Bojić, Stefan, Brus, Robert, Burger, Andreas, D'Andrea, Ettore, Đorem, Todor, Gławęda, Mariusz, Gričar, Jožica, Gutalj, Marko, Horváth, Emil, Kostić, Saša, Matović, Bratislav, Merela, Maks, Miletić, Boban, Morgós, András, Paluch, Rafał, Pilch, Kamil, Rezaie, Negar, Rieder, Julia, Schwab, Niels, Sewerniak, Piotr, Stojanović, Dejan, Ullmann, Tobias, Waszak, Nella, Zin, Ewa, Skudnik, Mitja, Oštir, Krištof, Rammig, Anja, Buras, Allan

2025, Jelonek, Tomasz, Klimek, Katarzyna, Naskrent, Bartłomiej, Tomczak, Arkadiusz, Jakubowski, Marcin, Kuźmiński, Robert Hubert, Szwed, Tomasz, Kopaczyk, Joanna, Grabowski, Daniel, Szaban, Jarosław

This study investigates the effects of aging trees on wood properties, which are caused by climate change, the withdrawal of coniferous species from Central Europe, and the increased crown sweep in old beech stands. The research was carried out in old tree stands with a high proportion of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) and beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) species. The collected material was from five tree pine stands aged between 151 and 182 and three beech stands between the ages of 165 and 184. The samples were subjected to an analysis of wood properties such as density and modulus of elasticity. The results and findings of this study indicate that the Scots pine currently reaches the optimal wood tissue quality at around 80 years of age, which is approximately 20 years earlier than the species’ anticipated cutting age. However, the beech, which reaches maturity at about 120–140 years, reaches the maximal quality of wood tissue already at the age of 80–90 years. Above the age of 110, the quality of beech wood (density and modulus of elasticity) decreases. Moreover, it is necessary to emphasize that the radial trend of wood density does not coincide with the trend of the modulus of elasticity. Additionally, it is found that wood density is not a perfect representation of its mechanical qualities; it can, however, be regarded as a measure of the technical quality of wood tissue. The results indicate that the pine and the beech that grow on the European Plain mature faster and reach technical quality earlier than just a couple of decades before.

2025, Popa, Andrei, Jevšenak, Jernej, Dyderski, Marcin, Puchałka, Radosław, Buras, Allan, Popa, Ionel, Wilmking, Martin, Kalisty, Aleksandra, Roibu, Catalin‐Constantin, Jakubowski, Marcin, Thurm, Eric, Šenfeldr, Martin, Smiljanić, Marko, van der Maaten, Ernst, Esper, Jan, Martinez del Castillo, Edurne, Treml, Vaclav, Tumajer, Jan, Zlatanov, Tzvetan, Matisons, Roberts, Florenta, Gheorghe, Florenta, Veronica, Netsvetov, Maksym, Grati, Vladislav, Burger, Andreas, Janecka, Karolina, Kostić, Saša, Pilch, Kamil, Jansone, Diāna, Liepiņa, Agnese, Prokopuk, Yulia, Sylenko, Oleksandr, Árvai, Mátyás, Bräuning, Achim, Marques, Cristina, Häusser, Martin, Horváth, Emil, Jeleń, Jakub, Kaczka, Ryszard, Kern, Zoltán, Kolář, Tomáš, Koprowski, Marcin, Metslaid, Sandra, Morgós, András, Khodosovtsev, Oleksandr, Potapov, Aleksei, Rybníček, Michal, Sochová, Irena, Sohar, Kristina, Budzhak, Vasyl, Zin, Ewa, Schneider, Tassilo, Gil, Wojciech, Klisz, Marcin

ABSTRACT Climate is a primary, but non‐stationary, driver of tree growth. Climate change is altering the sensitivity of forest growth to water availability and temperature over time. It is considered that pedunculate oak ( Quercus robur L.) will cope with the changing climatic conditions in Europe in the near future. However, while species distribution models project expansion zones, they also identify reductions in occurrence at the dry and warm distribution margins. Whereas species distribution models primarily rely on occurrence data, tree rings—given their long‐term perspective and their use in empirical models—can provide a mechanistic view of forest growth dynamics, including temporally changing climate responses. Increased climate sensitivity and growth synchrony are key dendroecological indicators of tree stress. Here, we used an unprecedented network of 150 Q. robur sites (over 3300 trees), covering the full projected range of contracting to persistent areas across Europe, to assess the dendroecological indicators over recent decades in relation to species distribution model predictions. We reveal that oaks in areas projected to experience range contraction exhibited greater sensitivity to current growing season climatic conditions, whereas those in persistence areas responded more strongly to previous season conditions. Growth synchrony among trees was higher in the contraction areas, but showed no significant increasing trend over the last 70 years, as expected from ecotone theory. Temporal shifts in climate sensitivity were stronger for temperature and vapor pressure deficit in the persistence areas, whereas the climatic water balance gained importance in the contraction zones. These findings suggest that Q. robur growth is not yet being severely affected by climate change, and that the species is currently coping well with the climate changes, even in regions with projected range contractions, thereby challenging statistically derived scenarios of range shift based on species distribution models.

2023, Klisz, Marcin, Puchałka, Radosław, Jakubowski, Marcin, Koprowski, Marcin, Netsvetov, Maksym, Prokopuk, Yulia, Jevšenak, Jernej

2024, Łukowski, Adrian, Korzeniewicz, Robert, Kowalkowski, Wojciech, Jakubowski, Marcin, Krupiński, Dariusz, Baranowska, Marlena

2026, Leverkus, Alexandro B., Medina, María, Lázaro-González, Alba, Levy, Laura, Lorente-Casalini, Olivia, Reyes Martín, Marino P., Andivia, Enrique, Bizzarri, Alessandro, Böhlenius, Henrik, Cambria, Vito E., Cocozza, Claudia, Cvjetković, Branislav, de Dato, Giovanbattista, Ehrenbergerová, Lenka, Ferus, Peter, Gómez-Aparicio, Lorena, Hampe, Arndt, Hanssen, Kjersti Holt, Jakubowski, Marcin, Kerkez Janković, Ivona, Klisz, Marcin, Kowalkowski, Wojciech, Kremer, Klaus, Lazarevic, Jelena, Lazdiņa, Dagnija, Lingua, Emanuele, Löf, Magnus, Lucas-Borja, Manuel E., Łukowski, Adrian, Maia, Paula, Mairota, Paola, Maltoni, Alberto, Mariotti, Barbara, Marzano, Raffaella, Mondanelli, Lucia, Montagnoli, Antonio, Monteverdi, Maria Cristina, Navarro Reyes, Francisco B., Oliet, Juan A., Patrício, Maria S., Poduška, Zoran, Popovic, Vladan, Puchałka, Radosław, Robakowski, Piotr, Sewerniak, Piotr, Ureña-Lara, Carmen, Villar-Salvador, Pedro, Witzell, Johanna, Anselmetto, Nicolò, Bauhus, Jürgen, Benavides, Raquel, Bolzon, Paola, Carbonero Muñoz, María D., Castro, Jorge, Chiatante, Donato, Corticeiro, Sofia, De Sanctis, Michele, Devetaković, Jovana, Dūmiņš, Kārlis, Sundheim, Fløistad Inger, Jiménez Morales, M. Noelia, Jovanović, Sanja, Kanjevac, Branko, Kroon, Johan, La Montagna, Dario, Malik, Roman, Martiník, Antonín, Matías, Luis, McClory, Ryan, Meloni, Fabio, Merino Ceballos, Manuel, Moreno Llorca, Ricardo A., Nonić, Marina, Nunes, Luís, Plaza-Álvarez, Pedro Antonio, Proietti, Roberta, Puccinelli, Stefano, Rey Benayas, José María, Szczerba, Marek, Tomczak, Arkadiusz, Topalovic, Ana, Vendiņa, Viktorija

2025, Szaban, Jarosław, Płońska-Kaczor, Kamila, Jelonek, Tomasz, Naskrent, Bartłomiej, Tomczak, Arkadiusz, Grzywiński, Witold, Jakubowski, Marcin, Molińska-Glura, Marta

2024, Medina, María, Reyes-Martín, Marino P., Levy, Laura, Lázaro-González, Alba, Andivia, Enrique, Annighöfer, Peter, Assaad, Farhah, Bauhus, Jürgen, Benavides, Raquel, Böhlenius, Henrik, Cambria, Vito E., Carbonero, María D., Castro, Jorge, Chalatashvili, Akaki, Chiatante, Donato, Cocozza, Claudia, Corticeiro, Sofia, Lazdina, Dagnija, De Dato, Giovanbattista, De Sanctis, Michele, Devetaković, Jovana, Drossler, Lars, Ehrenbergerová, Lenka, Ferus, Peter, Gómez-Aparicio, Lorena, Hampe, Arndt, Hanssen, Kjersti H., Heinze, Berthold, Jakubowski, Marcin, Jiménez, María N., Kanjevac, Branko, Keizer, Jan J., Kerkez-Janković, Ivona, Klisz, Marcin, Kowalkowski, Wojciech, Kremer, Klaus, Kroon, Johan, La Montagna, Dario, Lazarević, Jelena, Lingua, Emanuele, Lucas-Borja, Manuel E., Łukowski, Adrian, Löf, Magnus, Maia, Paula, Mairota, Paola, Maltoni, Alberto, Mariotti, Barbara, Martiník, Antonín, Marzano, Raffaella, Matías, Luis, Mcclory, Ryan W., Merino, Manuel, Mondanelli, Lucia, Montagnoli, Antonio, Monteverdi, Maria C., Moreno-Llorca, Ricardo, Navarro, Francisco B., Nonić, Marina, Nunes, Luís, Oliet, Juan A., Patrício, Maria S., Poduška, Zoran, Popovic, Vladan, Puchałka, Radosław, Rey-Benayas, José M., Robakowski, Piotr, Sewerniak, Piotr, Szczerba, Marek, Ureña-Lara, Carmen, Vendina, Viktorija, Villar-Salvador, Pedro, Witzell, Johanna, Leverkus, Alexandro B.

Abstract Key message We provide data on seedlot germination potential—a key trait related to regeneration—of 12 oak species. Germination was tested at the University of Granada following international protocols with 8985 acorns from 93 batches and 16 countries across Europe. Data on germination probability, acorn origin, mass, and moisture content measured on another 4544 acorns are available at https://doi.org/10.30827/Digibug.87318. Associated metadata are available at https://metadata-afs.nancy.inra.fr/geonetwork/srv/fre/catalog.search#/metadata/a742c6d8-bc37-4ca2-8b81-2447c5a8858d.