We are pleased to share the following 10 Editor's Choice Articles published in Forests (ISSN: 1999-4907). These papers were selected by our Editor-in-Chief from the most notable papers published in Volume 16, Issues 7‒9. All these papers have garnered a high degree of interest among our readers and have all been well received by researchers.

1. “Assessing and Mapping Forest Fire Vulnerability in Romania Using Maximum Entropy and eXtreme Gradient Boosting”
by Adrian Lorenț, Marius Petrila, Bogdan Apostol, Florin Capalb, Șerban Chivulescu, Cătălin Șamșodan, Cristiana Marcu and Ovidiu Badea
Forests 2025, 16(7), 1156; https://doi.org/10.3390/f16071156
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/16/7/1156

2. “Modelling Wood Product Service Lives and Residence Times for Biogenic Carbon in Harvested Wood Products: A Review of Half-Lives, Averages and Population Distributions”
by Morwenna J. Spear and Jim Hart
Forests 2025, 16(7), 1162; https://doi.org/10.3390/f16071162
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/16/7/1162

3. “Mangrove Damage and Early-Stage Canopy Recovery Following Hurricane Roslyn in Marismas Nacionales, Mexico”
by Samuel Velázquez-Salazar, Luis Valderrama-Landeros, Edgar Villeda-Chávez, Cecilia G. Cervantes-Rodríguez, Carlos Troche-Souza, José A. Alcántara-Maya, Berenice Vázquez-Balderas, María T. Rodríguez-Zúñiga, María I. Cruz-López and Francisco Flores-de-Santiago
Forests 2025, 16(8), 1207; https://doi.org/10.3390/f16081207
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/16/8/1207

4. “Climate-Driven Habitat Shifts and Conservation Implications for the Submediterranean Oak Quercus pyrenaica Willd.”
by Isabel Passos, Carlos Vila-Viçosa, João Gonçalves, Albano Figueiredo and Maria Margarida Ribeiro
Forests 2025, 16(8), 1226; https://doi.org/10.3390/f16081226
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/16/8/1226

5. “Edge Effects in the Amazon Rainforest in Brazil’s Roraima State”
by Paulo Eduardo Barni, Liana Oighenstein Anderson, Luiz Eduardo Oliveira e Cruz de Aragão, Arthur Camurça Citó, Reinaldo Imbrozio Barbosa, Haron Abrahim Magalhães Xaud, Maristela Ramalho Xaud and Philip Martin Fearnside
Forests 2025, 16(8), 1322; https://doi.org/10.3390/f16081322
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/16/8/1322

6. “Automatic Registration of Terrestrial and UAV LiDAR Forest Point Clouds Through Canopy Shape Analysis”
by Sisi Yu, Zhanzhong Tang, Beibei Zhang, Jie Dai and Shangshu Cai
Forests 2025, 16(8), 1347; https://doi.org/10.3390/f16081347
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/16/8/1347

7. “Integrating a Newcomer: Niche Differentiation and Habitat Use of Eurasian Red Squirrels and Native Species in a Forest Reserve Under Human Disturbance”
by Wuyuan Zhang, Xiaoxiao Liu, Tong Zhang and Guofa Cui
Forests 2025, 16(8), 1360; https://doi.org/10.3390/f16081360
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/16/8/1360

8. “Temperature Effects on Forest Soil Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Mechanisms, Ecosystem Responses, and Future Directions”
by Tiane Wang, Yingning Wang, Yuan Wang, Juexian Dong and Shaopeng Yu
Forests 2025, 16(9), 1371; https://doi.org/10.3390/f16091371
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/16/9/1371

9. “Interdisciplinary Approach to Regenerate Contaminated Urban Sites with Novel Ecosystems: The Multi-Layer Analysis of La Goccia Forest, a Case Study in Milan”
by Gianluca Rapaccini, Zeno Porro, Laura Passatore, Giovanni Trentanovi, Brenda Maria Zoderer, Paola Pirelli, Lorenzo Guerci, Gabriele Galasso, Lara Assunta Quaglini, Elisa Cardarelli et al.
Forests 2025, 16(9), 1410; https://doi.org/10.3390/f16091410
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/16/9/1410

10. “The Application of Structural Adhesives in Glulam Beams: A Comparative Study”
by Leonor da Cunha Mastela, Pedro Gutemberg de Alcântara Segundinho, Fabricio Gomes Gonçalves, Clara Gaspar Fossi de Souza, Francisco Antônio Rocco Lahr, Daniela Minini, Daniela Minini, Michel Picanço Oliveira, Maria Alice Romanha Belumat and Caroline Palacio de Araujo
Forests 2025, 16(9), 1421; https://doi.org/10.3390/f16091421
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/16/9/1421

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