Exploring cultural ecosystem service hotspots: Linking multiple urban forest features with public participation mapping data

•We examined 21 urban forest characteristicsin a single statistical model to rank their relative importance for cultural ecosystem services supply.•We used a random forest for regression and kernel density estimates which is an innovative approach in the field of research.•3354 participants mapped 10800 places they found relevant for cultural ecosystem services supply.•We found humanmade infrastructure being most important while forest characteristics derived from inventory data were least important.•Findings of this paper have the potential to better incorporate public demands into urban forest management