Forest Modelling Laboratory

📘 New Book Release! 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝑮𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑫𝒚𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒄𝒔 15 years of cutting-edge research and code development, distilled into one essential manual on forest ecosystem modelling! 🌍🌳 @ale-collalti.bsky.social 👇 www.forest-modelling-lab.com/_files/ugd/0... youtu.be/WXXf30l-lR8

💧Are we all measuring the same WUE? Puchi, Saurer & Collalti compare 14 Water Use Efficiency metrics in Current Climate Change Reports. 📄 doi.org/10.1007/s40641-026-00210-z Behind the paper communities.springernature.com/posts/one-metric-many-meanings-why-water-use-efficiency-needs-a-common-language

🌳 New in Scientific Reports: climate shapes tropical forest carbon stocks indirectly, through forest structure, not directly, as often assumed. www.nature.com/articles/s41... #TropicalForests #ForestEcology

🌿The lab is glad to share a new paper, led by Daniela Dalmonech! Mediterranean forests can look green and productive from satellite imagery, while trees are actually struggling to grow. Canopy greening masks hidden vulnerability under climate change. 🌳@ddalmo.bsky.social 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.fo...

🌲🌳We are pleased and proud to share a recent interview with Alessio Collalti, Head of the Forest Modelling Lab, focusing on key topics in forest ecosystem research and their role in the context of climate change. 👉 Watch the interview here: fb.watch/GsKlduGQC9/ @ale-collalti.bsky.social

So proud of you guys!!

🌲𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓! A new study shows that in Italian black pine forests, moderate thinning best balances wood production with key ecosystem services like carbon storage, soil protection & recreational value. Read more👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1...?

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New study looks at the effects of #forestation on #temperature in Europe using #climate model experiments, showing that conversion from coniferous to broadleaved trees in forested areas can provide #cooling for #summer hot extremes. @ethz.ch www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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🌲 Forests breathe, grow, and mitigate climate change! 🌍 First-ever national-scale study using NFI plots in Italy with 3D-CMCC-FEM shows how forests manage carbon and respond to climate change. Essential insights for policymakers & forest managers. 📖 Read more: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🌲 Forests breathe, grow, and mitigate climate change! 🌍 First-ever national-scale study using NFI plots in Italy with 3D-CMCC-FEM shows how forests manage carbon and respond to climate change. Essential insights for policymakers & forest managers. 📖 Read more: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🌍 Study the past to understand future trajectories! A new Nature Geoscience study (PIK Potsdam, co-auth. Daniela Dalmonech from For.Mod.Lab) shows how a bipolar convection seesaw may recur if the AMOC weakens under climate change. 🌡️🌊 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

💨The evaluation of carbon sequestration is a crucial consideration in the management of forests everywhere. 👀Discover the innovative efforts of @for-mod-lab.bsky.social in this context as part of the development of the TimberTracer tool: #FutureForests #Biodiversity

🆕 Exciting news: the model just got a major upgrade in accessibility! Say hello to R3DFEM—a new open-source R package that makes this powerful forest simulator much easier to use: link.springer.com/article/10.1... @ale-collalti.bsky.social , @ddalmo.bsky.social

Our new study, led by @Issam Boukhris, presents TimberTracer: a tool to track HWP carbon, substitution & emissions Applied in Italy with #3DCMCCFEM: 3 management, 4 wood-use Findings: – Selective thinning = best outcome – +10% recycling/lifespan = major gains – Static assumptions risk overestimates

New review in 𝐶𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝐹𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑦 𝑅𝑒𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑠 @springernature.com explores how forest growth models tackle the complex carbon source–sink feedback under climate change. 📄Paper Open-access: link.springer.com/article/10.1... 🧠Behind the paper: communities.springernature.com/posts/modeli...

🌳📢 Call for Papers! Forests Special Issue: "𝑨𝒅𝒗𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝑾𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝑨𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒎𝒚: 𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑺𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝑰𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝑬𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑻𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒏𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝑰𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔" 🧠 Guest Editors: Dr. Paulina Puchi & Dr. Arturo Pacheco-Solana 📅 Deadline: 30 Nov 2025 📖 Learn more: 👉 www.mdpi.com/journal/fore...

🌍Big news from the forest front! The #OptFor-EU project, featuring insights from Alessio Collalti, is in #HorizonMagazine, showcasing how science is helping Europe’s forests adapt to climate change! 📖 Read more: projects.research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/en/horizon-m... @ale-collalti.bsky.social

🌿Just out of press: 𝑮𝒍𝒐𝒃𝒂𝒍 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝑰𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝑬𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑰𝒎𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝑴𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝑷𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒔 🌲 📌 Read more: link.springer.com/article/10.1... @ale-collalti.bsky.social @jpreixach.bsky.social @burriach.bsky.social @globalecounit.bsky.social #forestmanagement #SustainableForests

🌳Out of press "𝐶𝑙𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑊𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐴𝑙𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑁𝑢𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝐶𝑦𝑐𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑛 𝐶𝑂₂ 𝐹𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑧𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝐺𝑙𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑙 𝐹𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑠", a study on how climate warming affects nutrient cycling and CO₂ fertilization in forests, co-authored by Alessio Collalti 🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1... @ale-collalti.bsky.social

🌿 🌲 The 6th 𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝑰𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒑 & 𝑶𝒑𝒕𝑭𝒐𝒓-𝑬𝑼 𝑴𝒊𝒅-𝑻𝒆𝒓𝒎 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 has wrapped up! 𝐼𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚–𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑧𝑒–𝐶𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒: 𝐵𝑢𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑆𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝐹𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝐹𝑢𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑅𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝐶𝑜𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼𝑛𝑛𝑜𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛.🌍🌿 The journey toward resilient forests continues!🌱 #ForestInnovation25 #OptforEU forestinnovation.eu

Enhancing ecosystem service provision through the silvicultural management of European black pine stands from afforestation and reforestation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.31.635893v1

🌿✨ 𝐶𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑌𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑅𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ 𝑏𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐹𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑀𝑜𝑑𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐿𝑎𝑏 ✨🌿 📚🔬We’re proud of the remarkable work accomplished in 2024 with 2 books and 17 articles published (9 under review) www.forest-modelling-lab.com/publications 🌲Stay tuned for more in 2025! #ForestModellingLab #3DCMCCFEM #ClimateChange

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In a recent study published in @environmentalpollution journal, we found that relevant spatial differences in the AOT40 and PODy are shown in O3 risk assessments. Check out at: doi.org/10.1016/j.en... Get rights and content

We reviewed @scienceofthetotalenvironment fire emissions in the Mediterranean region, where “top-down” methods have not yet been implemented. Data reveals discrepancies across the four inventories examined (GFED, GFAS, FINN, and EDGAR). Check out at: doi.org/10.1016/j.sc... @for-mod-lab.bsky.social