During 2007, three new members joined the International Editorial Board:

• Prof Reinhart CEULEMANS (University Antwerpen) will act in the field of ecophysiology, climate change and short rotation forestry;
• Dr Matthias DOBBERTIN (WSL-Birmensdorf) will act in the field of forest health monitoring and analysis of long term trends in productivity and stability of forest ecosystems;
• Dr Chritophe PLOMION (INRA Bordeaux) will act in forest tree biotechnology and molecular biology.

These three new members will contribute to the quality of the papers published in Annals of Forest Science in their fields of expertise.