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In the forest, minds part ways

Essay Moritz Baumeister 1,* 1 Fachbereich für Landwirtschaft, Ökotrophologie und Landschaftsentwicklung, Hochschule Anhalt, Bernburg (DE) There is laughter, sometimes anger, whenever the name Peter (...)

Moritz Baumeister

04/2025

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Annual review of Swiss forest policy 2024

Wissen Valentin Tippmann 1 , Brigitte Wolf 2 , Roland Norer 3 , Eva Lieberherr 1,* 1 Natural Resource Policy Group, ETH Zürich (CH) 2 Arbeitsgemeinschaft für den Wald (CH) 3 Lehrstuhl für öffentliches (...)

Valentin Tippmann
Brigitte Wolf
Roland Norer
Eva Lieberherr

03/2025

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Peter Wohlleben, a modern-day druid?

Essay Philippe Domont 1,* 1 sylvacom.ch, Zurich (CH) In his books, Peter Wohlleben alleges that trees are intelligent and sentient beings, capable of feelings and suffering. This view contradicts (...)

Philippe Domont

04/2025

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The impact of game on forest regeneration continues to increase in Switzerland

Sandro Krättli 1,2,* , Harald Bugmann 3 , Marco Conedera 4 , Christof Gantner 1,5 , Andrea Doris Kupferschmid 1,6 , Simon Meier 1,7 , Nora Zürcher 1,8 , Samuel Zürcher 9 1 Arbeitsgruppe Wald und (...)

Sandro Krättli
Harald Bugmann
Marco Conedera
Christof Gantner
Andrea Doris Kupferschmid
Simon Meier
Nora Zürcher
Samuel Zürcher

03/2025

Fig. 1 Point dendrometers automatically measure changes in the radius of tree trunks.

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Growth and drought stress – physiological characterisation of Swiss forest trees

The monitoring network TreeNet uses automatic sensors on tree stems – so-called point dendrometers – to study the water balance and growth of forest trees at around 70 sites in Switzerland (incl. 13 (...)

02/2025

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Good things take time: findings on forest health from long-term observations

The condition of the tree crown is an important indicator of the vitality of a tree. In Swiss forests, the crown condition has been surveyed since 1985 as part of the Sanasilva inventories and since (...)

02/2025

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Trends in atmospheric deposition and effects on soil water quality and tree nutrition

Long-term forest ecosystem research (LWF) in Switzerland provides detailed results on the impacts of air pollution and climate change on forest soils and tree nutrition. Since the 1980s, sulphur (...)

02/2025

Fig. 1 LWF area in Davos with rain and snow collectors.

Kick-off

30 years of Long-Term Forest Ecosystem Research: synthesis and outlook

Forests are of vital importance for biodiversity, climate regulation and other ecosystem services. The Long-Term Forest Ecosystem Research (LWF) conducted by the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, (...)

02/2025

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25 years of growth development in 19 Swiss forests under increasing drought

Forests are an important carbon sink but are under increasing pressure due to more frequent climate extremes such as heat and drought. After 25 years of monitoring at the 19 sites of the Long-Term (...)

02/2025

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“It would not be lawful to no longer examine the real replacement.”

Perspektive The Forest Police Act of 1876, passed almost 150 years ago, marked the beginning of strict protection of forest areas in Switzerland. Following its revision in 1902, it has applied to the (...)

04/2025

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In the forest, minds part ways

Annual review of Swiss forest policy 2024

Peter Wohlleben, a modern-day druid?

The impact of game on forest regeneration continues to increase in Switzerland

Growth and drought stress – physiological characterisation of Swiss forest trees

Good things take time: findings on forest health from long-term observations

Trends in atmospheric deposition and effects on soil water quality and tree nutrition

30 years of Long-Term Forest Ecosystem Research: synthesis and outlook

25 years of growth development in 19 Swiss forests under increasing drought

“It would not be lawful to no longer examine the real replacement.”