Dr. David Ian Forrester

Function

Visiting scientist

Forest Resources and Management

Stand Dynamics and Silviculture

Contact

david.forrester(at)wslto make life hard for spam bots.ch

+41 44 739 28 69+41 44 739 28 69

Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL
Zürcherstrasse 111
8903 Birmensdorf

Site

Birmensdorf Bi HP D 57

Information about the Experimental Forest Management project's growth and yield plots can be found here.

My other research projects, a list of publicatons and CV can be found here.

FURTHER INFORMATION

Publications WSL

Scientific publication article peer reviewed

Forrester, D.I.; Limousin, J.; Pfautsch, S., 2022: The relationship between tree size and tree water-use: is competition for water size-symmetric or size-asymmetric?. Tree Physiology, 42: 1916-1927. doi: 10.1093/treephys/tpac018

Forrester, D.I.; Schmid, H.; Nitzsche, J., 2022: Growth and structural changes in Swiss uneven-aged forests over 100 years, and comparisons between 15 uneven-aged forest types of Europe, North America and Australia. Forestry, 95, 2: 166-186. doi: 10.1093/forestry/cpab042

Feng, Y.; Schmid, B.; Loreau, M.; Forrester, D.I.; Fei, S.; Zhu, J.; Tang, Z.; Zhu, J.; Hong, P.; Ji, C.; Shi, Y.; Su, H.; Xiong, X.; Xiao, J.; Wang, S.; Fang, J., 2022: Multispecies forest plantations outyield monocultures across a broad range of conditions. Science, 376, 6595: 865-868. doi: 10.1126/science.abm6363

Hu, Y.; Xiang, W.; Schäfer, K.V.R.; Lei, P.; Deng, X.; Forrester, D.I.; Fang, X.; Zeng, Y.; Ouyang, S.; Chen, L.; Peng, C., 2022: Photosynthetic and hydraulic traits influence forest resistance and resilience to drought stress across different biomes. Science of the Total Environment, 828: 154517 (10 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154517

Serrano-León, H.; Nitschke, R.; Scherer-Lorenzen, M.; Forrester, D.I., 2022: Intra-specific leaf trait variability of F. sylvatica, Q. petraea and P. abies in response to inter-specific competition and implications for forest functioning. Tree Physiology, 42, 2: 253-272. doi: 10.1093/treephys/tpab109

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Further scientific publications

Ferretti, M.; Brang, P.; Fischer, C.; Forrester, D.; Hägeli, M.; Schweier, J.; Thürig, E., 2021: Research Unit Forest Resources and Management. In: Ferretti, M.; Fischer, C.; Gessler, A. (eds), 2021: Towards an advanced inventorying and monitoring system for the Swiss forest. Towards an advanced inventorying and monitoring system for the Swiss forest, Birmensdorf. 29-30.

Brockerhoff, E.G.; Barbaro, L.; Castagneyrol, B.; Forrester, D.I.; Gardiner, B.; González-Olabarria, J.R.; Lyver, P.O'B.; Meurisse, N.; Oxbrough, A.; Taki, H.; Thompson, I.D.; Van der Plas, F.; Jactel, H., 2017: Forest biodiversity, ecosystem functioning and the provision of ecosystem services. Biodiversity and Conservation, 26, 13: 3005-3035. doi: 10.1007/s10531-017-1453-2

Pretzsch, H.; Knoke, T.; Paul, C.; Bauhus, J.; Forrester, D.I., 2017: Perspectives for future research on mixed-species systems. In: Forrester, D.I.; Pretzsch, H.; Bauhus, J. (eds), 2017: Mixed-species forests. Ecology and management. Berlin; Heidelberg, Springer. 579-606. doi: 10.1007/978-3-662-54553-9_12

Bauhus, J.; Forrester, D.I.; Pretzsch, H.; Felton, A.; Pyttel, P.; Benneter, A., 2017: Silvicultural options for mixed-species stands. In: Forrester, D.I.; Bauhus, J.; Pretzsch, H. (eds), 2017: Mixed-species forests. Ecology and management. Berlin; Heidelberg, Springer. 433-501. doi: 10.1007/978-3-662-54553-9_9

Pretzsch, H.; Rötzer, T.; Forrester, D.I., 2017: Modelling mixed-species forest stands. In: Forrester, D.I.; Pretzsch, H.; Bauhus, J. (eds), 2017: Mixed-species forests. Ecology and management. Berlin; Heidelberg, Springer. 383-431. doi: 10.1007/978-3-662-54553-9_8

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