Special Issues

Forests publishes Special Issues to create collections of papers on specific topics, with the aim of building a community of authors and readers to discuss the latest research and develop new ideas and research directions. Special Issues are led by Guest Editors, who are experts on the topic. The journal’s Editor-in-Chief and/or designated EBM will oversee Guest Editor appointments and Special Issue proposals, checking their content for relevance and ensuring the suitability of the material for the journal. The papers published in a Special Issue will be collected and displayed on a dedicated page of the journal’s website. For any inquiries related to a Special Issue, please contact the Editorial Office.

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Changes of Climate and Ecology Recorded by Density and Stable Isotopes of Tree Rings
edited by and Linlin Gao
submission deadline 18 Mar 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 7749 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change; forest ecology; tree rings; stable isotope; wood anatomy; treeline; vegetation coverage; dendrochronology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Meteorology and Climate Change)
Soil Carbon, Nitrogen and Phosphorus Changes in Forests submission deadline 20 Mar 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 7908 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil nutrient; soil carbon; soil stoichiometry; soil nutrient-microbe-plant interactions; forest
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)
Effects of Different Management Practices on Structural Diversity of Pine Forests submission deadline 20 Mar 2024 | Viewed by 137 | Submission Open
Keywords: scots pine forest dynamics; stand structure; structural diversity; close-to-nature silviculture; thinning methods; pine forest regeneration
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)
Strategic Planning of Urban Green Space in Large Spatiotemporal Scales
edited by
submission deadline 21 Mar 2024 | 12 articles | Viewed by 15499 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable strategic planning; ecosystem services; urban green spaces mapping and monitoring; modeling and technology-assisted planning; spatial optimization; long time-series simulation; green spaces planning management; social equity; public participation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Forestry)
Spatio-Temporal Changes in Forest Bryophyte Diversity: Patterns, Processes and Conservation Applications
edited by , Jian Wang, and
submission deadline 22 Mar 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1588 | Submission Open
Keywords: bryophytes; distribution; diversity; ecology; evolution; function traits; forest; conversation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Biodiversity)
Agroforestry Practices: Win–Win Solutions for Ecosystem Services
edited by Francisco Aurelio Galindo Maldonado and
submission deadline 24 Mar 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1764 | Submission Open
Keywords: landscape restoration strategy; biodiversity; nutrient cycling; ecosystem services
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)
Ecosystem Degradation and Restoration: From Assessment to Practice submission deadline 25 Mar 2024 | 12 articles | Viewed by 13974 | Submission Open
Keywords: ecological assessment; ecological conservation; ecosystem degradation; ecological design; ecological engineering; ecological planning; ecosystem resilience; ecological restoration; plantation; reforestation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)
Tree Growth and Physiological Properties under Ongoing Global Climate Change submission deadline 25 Mar 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1916 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest management; forest growth and productivity; sustainable silviculture; forest adaptation; tree resilience; physiological traits; forest acclimation; resource use; carbon sequestration; global climate change
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecophysiology and Biology)
Monitoring and Control of Forest Pest and Disease submission deadline 25 Mar 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1817 | Submission Open
Keywords: monitoring of forest ecosystems; forest health status; disturbances; forest pests and diseases; invasive species; remote sensing; forest protection; biological control
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)
Application of Close-Range Sensing in Forestry
edited by
submission deadline 25 Mar 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1749 | Submission Open
Keywords: close-range laser scanning; close-range photogrammetry; forest characterization; forest monitoring; point cloud processing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Inventory, Modeling and Remote Sensing)
Application of Remote Sensing Technology in Forest Fires submission deadline 25 Mar 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1035 | Submission Open
Keywords: remote sensing; satellite; UAV; LiDAR; wildfire; fire risk; fire detection; fire severity; post-fire dynamics; Google Earth engine
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Inventory, Modeling and Remote Sensing)
Application of Active and Passive Remote Sensors in the Forest Inventory submission deadline 25 Mar 2024 | Viewed by 145 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest inventory; diameter at breast height estimation: forest height; remote sensing; satellite images; LiDAR; unmanned aerial vehicles; deep learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Inventory, Modeling and Remote Sensing)
Advances in Plant VOCs and Their Ecological Functions
edited by and Sarathi Weraduwage
submission deadline 26 Mar 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1227 | Submission Open
Keywords: aerosol formation; biochemical control of VOC synthesis and emission; ecological function; human health; signal transfer; VOC measurements and remote sensing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Genetics and Molecular Biology)
Longleaf Pine Ecology, Restoration, and Management
edited by and
submission deadline 27 Mar 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 7017 | Submission Open
Keywords: biodiversity; carbon; climate; cone/seed production; ecological processes; fires; function and service; scaling; species interactions; predicting
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)
Regulation and Application of Aminolevulinic Acid (ALA) in Green Agroforestry
edited by
submission deadline 27 Mar 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6018 | Submission Open
Keywords: agroforestry; ALA; biosynthesis; photosynthesis; plant growth regulation; plant hormones; production; quality; stress resistance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecophysiology and Biology)
Advances in Hazelnut Germplasm and Genetic Improvement submission deadline 28 Mar 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5843 | Submission Open
Keywords: germplasm investigation; genetic diversity and phylogenetic evolution; genome/transcriptome sequencing and biotechnology; breeding programs; genotyping and molecular makers; cultivar selection; nutritional evaluation; precision agriculture; climatic adaptation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Genetics and Molecular Biology)
Population Dynamics, Behaviour Preference and Habitat Conservation of Forest Birds
edited by , Yiqiang Fu and
submission deadline 28 Mar 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1528 | Submission Open
Keywords: conservation biology; forest birds; population dynamics; behaviour preference; habitat suitability; bird reproduction; species distribution; dispersal pattern; biodiversity conservation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Biodiversity)
Application of Biotechnology Techniques on Tree Species—Series II submission deadline 29 Mar 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 13898 | Submission Open
Keywords: acclimatization; bioreactors; breeding; cloning; genetic transformation; in vitro; molecular biology; omics; rooting
(This special issue belongs to the Section Genetics and Molecular Biology)
Diversity, Abundance, and Distribution of Wood-Decay Fungi submission deadline 29 Mar 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4235 | Submission Open
Keywords: wood decay; macrofungi; lignocellulose; habitat; diversity; biogeography; abundance; taxonomy; survey
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wood Science and Forest Products)
Forest Resistance to Insect Pests submission deadline 29 Mar 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1189 | Submission Open
Keywords: phytophagous forest insects; pest injuriousness; host and habitat preferences; tree tolerance; risks of insect damage
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)
Forest, Trees, Human Health and Wellbeing submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 21 articles | Viewed by 35654 | Submission Open
Keywords: health and wellbeing; forest planning; green infrastructure; restoration; stress reduction; biodiversity; landscape perception; nature connectedness; forest bathing; forest guiding; forest therapy; public health; urban forest; shinrin-yoku
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Forestry)
Application of Remote Sensing in Vegetation Dynamic and Ecology
edited by Wangping Li and
submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 16 articles | Viewed by 13382 | Submission Open
Keywords: vegetation type; response to climate change; ecological change; response to human activity; remote sensing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Inventory, Modeling and Remote Sensing)
Ecological Functions of Bamboo Forests: Research and Application submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 10 articles | Viewed by 12483 | Submission Open
Keywords: nutrient cycling; carbon sequestration; bamboo development; bamboo invasion; bamboo microbiome; ecological function
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)
Forest-Tree Comparative Genomics and Adaptive Evolution submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7010 | Submission Open
Keywords: comparative genomics; omics; evolutionary genomics; microbiome; gene family diversification; gene function; bioinformatics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Genetics and Molecular Biology)
Machine Learning and Big Data Analytics in Forestry submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6031 | Submission Open
Keywords: big data; analytics; machine learning; data collection platforms; forestry
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Inventory, Modeling and Remote Sensing)
Genetic Gain, Gene Diversity and Fertility Variation in Forest Populations
edited by , and Eduardo Pablo Cappa
submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2915 | Submission Open
Keywords: genetic gain; gene diversity; tree breeding; genomics; fertility variation; background pollination; seed testing; mass propagation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Genetics and Molecular Biology)
Advances in the Study of Wood Mechanical and Physical Properties
edited by , Diego Martins Stangerlin, Alexandre Pimenta, Mario Vanoli Scatolino and
submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2465 | Submission Open
Keywords: wood science; wood products; physical properties; mechanical properties; non-destructive evaluation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wood Science and Forest Products)
Biomass and Bioenergy from Forests: Challenges and Prospects for the Future submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1885 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest mechanization; harvesting of forest biomass for energy; biomass energy supply chain; economic; social and environmental aspects of the energy uses of forest biomass
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Economics, Policy, and Social Science)
Mechanisms of Adaptation of Forest Trees to Limiting Environments submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1791 | Submission Open
Keywords: stress; nutrient limitation; nutrient scarcity; drought; vegetative period; functional responses
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)
Seedling Management in Temperate Forest Ecosystems
edited by
submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1789 | Submission Open
Keywords: recruitment ecology; allelochemicals; root-system morphology; drought resistance; shade tolerance; resilience; mycorrhiza; coexistence; phenology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)
Fungal Interactions with Host Trees and Forest Sustainability
edited by , and Yunchao Zhou
submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1779 | Submission Open
Keywords: plant– fungal interactions; fungal ecology and taxonomy; mycorrhizal fungi; ethnomycology; common mycorrizal networks; nutrient cycling; biofertilizers; mushroom cultivation; afforestation; sustainable forestry
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecophysiology and Biology)
Forest Fires Prediction and Detection—Volume II
edited by and Rafael De Ávila Rodrigues
submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1325 | Submission Open
Keywords: remote sensing; climate change; forest fires; fire models; fire monitoring
(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Hazards and Risk Management)
Response of Forest Trees to Drought
edited by Maria Laura Suarez and
submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | Viewed by 196 | Submission Open
Keywords: tree dieback; drought: growth trends; vulnerability; early warning metrics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecophysiology and Biology)
Forests Soil Pollution and Advanced Technologies for Remediating Polluted Soils submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | Viewed by 181 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil contamination; bioaccumulation; biological toxicity; risk assessment; xenobiotics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)
Litterfall Production and Decomposition in Forest Plantations
edited by , , Weidong Zhang, Juan Zuo and Xiaogai Ge
submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | Viewed by 180 | Submission Open
Keywords: litter production; litter decomposition; nutrient dynamic; fine root; leaf litter; Twig; planted forest; litter quality; soil organisms
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)
Biological Community Responses to Forest Restoration submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | Viewed by 168 | Submission Open
Keywords: species richness; functional diversity; phylogenetic diversity; food webs; biological productivity; colonization; biotic dispersal; field of dreams hypothesis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)
Biotechnological Improvements of Plant Biomass in Forests submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | Viewed by 134 | Submission Open
Keywords: biotechnology; plant biomass; forests; sustainable forestry; climate change mitigation; genetic engineering; biomass enhancement; yield improvement; forest resilience; bioenergy; genome-editing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Genetics and Molecular Biology)
Survival and Growth of Soil Microbial Communities in Forest Ecosystems
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | Viewed by 122 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil mycobiome; root-associated fungi; mycorrhiza; dual and tripartite symbiosis; forest management; alien species
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)
Can Managing Mixed Stands Mitigate Severe Environmental Change Impacts on Forests?
edited by
submission deadline 2 Apr 2024 | Viewed by 249 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change; adaptive forest management; silviculture prescriptions; growth models; resistance; resilience; governance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)
Changes in the Value of Forest Resources: Impacts of Human Activities
edited by and
submission deadline 8 Apr 2024 | 10 articles | Viewed by 13644 | Submission Open
Keywords: ecosystem service valuation; socioeconomic activities; ecological products; carbon sink; agricultural; rural; and forestry policies; sustainable forest management; national park; community sustainable development
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Economics, Policy, and Social Science)
Juniperus Species and Climate Change: Adaptations and Potentialities submission deadline 10 Apr 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8508 | Submission Open
Keywords: Juniperus; climatic change; drought; post-fire regeneration; ecophysiology; forest restoration
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)
Forest Soil Carbon and Climate Change submission deadline 10 Apr 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4754 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil carbon cycling; soil carbon stability; warming; drought; extreme climate events; interactive effects; thermal acclimation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)
Fixation, Transport and Storage of Carbon by Forest Ecosystems submission deadline 10 Apr 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1993 | Submission Open
Keywords: ecosystem; conifer; photosynthesis; carbon allocation; carbon transport; carbon storage; CO2; CH4; soil biota; stabile isotopes
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecophysiology and Biology)
Wood Quality and Wood Processing
edited by
submission deadline 15 Apr 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 7892 | Submission Open
Keywords: wood; wood-based products; industry 4.0
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wood Science and Forest Products)
Ecological Research in Bamboo Forests
edited by Xuhua Du, and Ziwu Guo
submission deadline 15 Apr 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4455 | Submission Open
Keywords: bamboo; biogeochemical cycling; physiological ecology; plant microbiome; bamboo-based agroforestry; omics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)
Machine Learning Techniques in Forest Mapping and Vegetation Analysis submission deadline 15 Apr 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1796 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; deep learning; remote sensing; monitoring; image processing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Inventory, Modeling and Remote Sensing)
Advances in Wood-Boring Insects Control and Management
edited by Shixiang Zong, Feng Wang, Fanghua Liu, , , and Jing Tao
submission deadline 15 Apr 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1745 | Submission Open
Keywords: outbreak mechanism; detection technologies; monitoring technologies; ecological regulation; sustainable control
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)
Fast-Growing Forest Plantations for Moving Forward to a Low Carbon Bioeconomy
edited by
submission deadline 20 Apr 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5329 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest plantations; woody crops; wood; biomass; production; sustainable; ecosystem services; fast-growing trees
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Economics, Policy, and Social Science)
Economy and Sustainability of Forest Natural Resources
edited by , Changyou Sun and
submission deadline 20 Apr 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2816 | Submission Open
Keywords: classified forest management; forest products trade and security; common prosperity; ecological product value; forest carbon sinks; high-quality development of the forestry sector; forest ecosystem
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Economics, Policy, and Social Science)
Forest Species Distribution, Diversity and Growth under Climate Change submission deadline 25 Apr 2024 | 14 articles | Viewed by 15633 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change; boreal; temperate forest; tree species diversity; forest composition and growth; disturbances; future forests
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Biodiversity)
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