Dear Folia Oecologica Authors, Readers, and Friends,

thank you for your ongoing interest in Folia Oecologica. Year 2023 marks the 50^th anniversary of its publication, and we are thrilled to commemorate this important occasion with you.

The editorial board would want to take this opportunity to thank all of our authors, reviewers, as well as everyone who has contributed throughout the past five decades!

Year after year, we progress and thereby provide you with a useful, open-access journal for the publishing of your results, as well as a platform presenting the newest trends in forest ecological research.

We wish you all the best.

Editor-in-Chief and Executive Editor