We are delighted to present a list of title story articles selected for display at the top of Forests (ISSN: 1999-4907) homepage for the second half of 2022. These articles cover a wide range of topics, including forest wildfires, forest genetics, forest pests and wood science, to name a few. We hope you will find something of interest.

“The Historical Complexity of Tree Height Growth Dynamic Associated with Climate Change in Western North America”
by Yassine Messaoud, Anya Reid, Nadezhda M. Tchebakova, Jack A. Goldman and Annika Hofgaard
Forests 2022, 13(5), 738; https://doi.org/10.3390/f13050738
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/13/5/738

“Crown Shapes of Urban Trees-Their Dependences on Tree Species, Tree Age and Local Environment and Effects on Ecosystem Services”
by Eleonora Franceschi, Astrid Moser-Reischl, Mohammad A. Rahman, Stephan Pauleit, Hans Pretzsch and Thomas Rötzer
Forests 2022, 13(5), 748; https://doi.org/10.3390/f13050748
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/13/5/748

“Invasion of Emerald Ash Borer Agrilus planipennis and Ash Dieback Pathogen Hymenoscyphus fraxineus in Ukraine—A Concerted Action”
by Kateryna Davydenko, Yuriy Skrylnyk, Oleksandr Borysenko, Audrius Menkis, Natalia Vysotska, Valentyna Meshkova, Åke Olson, Malin Elfstrand and Rimvys Vasaitis
Forests 2022, 13(5), 789; https://doi.org/10.3390/f13050789
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/13/5/789

“Comparing Geography and Severity of Managed Wildfires in California and the Southwest USA before and after the Implementation of the 2009 Policy Guidance”
by Jose M. Iniguez, Alexander M. Evans, Sepideh Dadashi, Jesse D. Young, Marc D. Meyer, Andrea E. Thode, Shaula J. Hedwall, Sarah M. McCaffrey, Stephen D. Fillmore and Rachel Bean
Forests 2022, 13(5), 793; https://doi.org/10.3390/f13050793
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/13/5/793

“Review of Wood Modification and Wood Functionalization Technologies”
by Samuel L. Zelinka, Michael Altgen, Lukas Emmerich, Nathanael Guigo, Tobias Keplinger, Maija Kymäläinen, Emil E. Thybring and Lisbeth G. Thygesen
Forests 2022, 13(7), 1004; https://doi.org/10.3390/f13071004
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/13/7/1004

“Global Wildfire Susceptibility Mapping Based on Machine Learning Models”
by Assaf Shmuel and Eyal Heifetz
Forests 2022, 13(7), 1050; https://doi.org/10.3390/f13071050
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/13/7/1050

“Biocontrol of Phytophthora xcambivora on Castanea sativa: Selection of Local Trichoderma spp. Isolates for the Management of Ink Disease”
by Arcangela Frascella, Sabrina Sarrocco, Antonietta Mello, Francesco Venice, Cristina Salvatici, Roberto Danti, Giovanni Emiliani, Sara Barberini and Gianni Della Rocca
Forests 2022, 13(7), 1065; https://doi.org/10.3390/f13071065
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/13/7/1065

“Heritage Trees as an Important Sanctuary for Saproxylic Beetles in the Central European Landscape: A Case Study from Litovelské Pomoraví, Czech Republic”
by Oto Nakládal, Václav Zumr, Jiří Remeš, Markéta Macháčová and Vítězslava Pešková
Forests 2022, 13(7), 1128; https://doi.org/10.3390/f13071128
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/13/7/1128

“(Re)Designing Urban Parks to Maximize Urban Heat Island Mitigation by Natural Means”
by Victor L. Barradas, Jennifer A. Miranda, Manuel Esperón-Rodríguez and Monica Ballinas
Forests 2022, 13(7), 1143; https://doi.org/10.3390/f13071143
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/13/7/1143  

“The Unabated Atmospheric Carbon Losses in a Drowning Wetland Forest of North Carolina: A Point of No Return?”
by Maricar Aguilos, Ian Warr, Madison Irving, Olivia Gregg, Stanton Grady, Toby Peele, Asko Noormets, Ge Sun, Ning Liu, Steve McNulty et al.
Forests 2022, 13(8), 1264; https://doi.org/10.3390/f13081264
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/13/8/1264  

“Getting Flow: The Place of Production Forests in the Rise of Mountain Biking”
by Karen M. Bayne, Matthew B. Scott and Richard T. Yao
Forests 2022, 13(8), 1326; https://doi.org/10.3390/f13081326
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/13/8/1326

“The New EU Forest Strategy for 2030—An Analysis of Major Interests”
by Evgenia Gordeeva, Norbert Weber and Bernhard Wolfslehner
Forests 2022, 13(9), 1503; https://doi.org/10.3390/f13091503
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/13/9/1503

“Genetic Diversity and Structure of a Diverse Population of Picea sitchensis Using Genotyping-by-Sequencing”
by Tomás Byrne, Niall Farrelly, Colin Kelleher, Trevor R. HodkinsonTrevor R. Hodkinson, Stephen L. Byrne and Susanne Barth
Forests 2022, 13(9), 1511; https://doi.org/10.3390/f13091511
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/13/9/1511  

“Physical and Mechanical Properties of Paulownia tomentosa x elongata Sawn Wood from Spanish, Bulgarian and Serbian Plantations”
by Marius Cătălin Barbu, Katharina Buresova, Eugenia Mariana Tudor and Alexander Petutschnigg
Forests 2022, 13(10), 1543; https://doi.org/10.3390/f13101543
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/13/10/1543