We are pleased to share the following ten Editor's Choice Articles published in Forests (ISSN: 1999-4907). These papers were selected by our Editors-in-Chief as the most notable papers published in Volume 14, Issues 7‒9. All these papers are of particular interest or importance to readers and have all been well received by researchers.

1. “The Wildfire Dataset: Enhancing Deep Learning-Based Forest Fire Detection with a Diverse Evolving Open-Source Dataset Focused on Data Representativeness and a Novel Multi-Task Learning Approach”
by Ismail El-Madafri, Marta Peña and Noelia Olmedo-Torre
Forests 2023, 14(9), 1697; https://doi.org/10.3390/f14091697
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/14/9/1697

2. “Land Suitability Analysis for Forests in Lebanon as a Tool for Informing Reforestation under Climate Change Conditions”
by Noura Jezzini, Nadine Nassif, Valentina Mereu, Ghaleb Faour, Georges Hassoun and Maurizio Mulas
Forests 2023, 14(9), 1893; https://doi.org/10.3390/f14091893
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/14/9/1893

3. “Identification of Candidate Genes Involved in Bud Growth in Pinus pinaster through Knowledge Transfer from Arabidopsis thaliana Models”
by José Manuel Alvarez, Sonia María Rodríguez, Francisco Fuente-Maqueda, Isabel Feito, Ricardo Javier Ordás and Candela Cuesta
Forests 2023, 14(9), 1765; https://doi.org/10.3390/f14091765
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/14/9/1765

4. “Diversity of Phytophthora Species Involved in New Diseases of Mountain Vegetation in Europe with the Description of Phytophthora pseudogregata sp. nov.”
by Carlo Bregant, Giovanni Rossetto, Letizia Meli, Nicolò Sasso, Lucio Montecchio, Ana Brglez, Barbara Piškur, Nikica Ogris, Lucia Maddau and Benedetto Teodoro Linaldeddu
Forests 2023, 14(8), 1515; https://doi.org/10.3390/f14081515
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/14/8/1515

5. “Recent Applications of Smart Technologies for Monitoring the Sustainability of Forest Operations”
by Rachele Venanzi, Francesco Latterini, Vincenzo Civitarese and Rodolfo Picchio
Forests 2023, 14(7), 1503; https://doi.org/10.3390/f14071503
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/14/7/1503

6. “Evaluation of Soundscape Perception in Urban Forests Using Acoustic Indices: A Case Study in Beijing”
by Qi Bian, Chang Zhang, Cheng Wang, Luqin Yin, Wenjing Han and Shujing Zhang
Forests 2023, 14(7), 1435; https://doi.org/10.3390/f14071435
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/14/7/1435

7. “Organic Matter Content in Mangrove Soils from a Karstic Environment: Comparison between Thermogravimetric and Loss-on-Ignition Analytical Techniques”
by José Luis Cortés-Esquivel, Jorge Herrera-Silveira and Patricia Quintana-Owen
Forests 2023, 14(3), 469; https://doi.org/10.3390/f14030469
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/14/3/469

8. “New Technologies for Expedited Forest Inventory Using Smartphone Applications”
by André Sandim, Mariana Amaro, Maria Emilia Silv, Jorge Cunha, Susana Morais, Alexandra Marques, André Ferreira, José Luis Lousada and Teresa Fonseca
Forests 2023, 14(8), 1553; https://doi.org/10.3390/f14081553
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/14/8/1553

9. “The Utilization of European Beech Wood (Fagus sylvatica L.) in Europe”
by Maximilian Pramreiter and Michael Grabner
Forests 2023, 14(7), 1419; https://doi.org/10.3390/f14071419
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/14/7/1419

10. “Volatile Compound Chemistry and Insect Herbivory: Pinus edulis Engelm. (Pinaceae) Seed Cone Resin”
by Tyler M. Wilson, Michael C. Rotter, Emma A. Ziebarth and Richard E. Carlson
Forests 2023, 14(9), 1862; https://doi.org/10.3390/f14091862
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/14/9/1862

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