Forests | Invitation to Read Selected Papers from Editor’s Choice Articles (Volume 13, Issues 7–9)

We are pleased to share the following 10 Editor’s Choice Articles published in Forests (ISSN: 1999-4907). The Editor’s Choice Articles were selected from the most notable publications in Volume 13, Issues 7‒9 by our Editors-in-Chief. All these papers are of particular interest or importance to readers and are all well received by researchers.

1. “Wood Preservation Practices and Future Outlook: Perspectives of Experts from Finland”
by Jami Järvinen, Hüseyin Emre Ilgın and Markku Karjalainen
Forests 2022, 13(7), 1044; https://doi.org/10.3390/f13071044
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/13/7/1044

2. “A Small Target Forest Fire Detection Model Based on YOLOv5 Improvement”
by Zhenyang Xue, Haifeng Lin and Fang Wang
Forests 2022, 13(8), 1332; https://doi.org/10.3390/f13081332
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/13/8/1332

3. “Psychological Well-Being and Nature Relatedness”
by Olga Grabowska-Chenczke, Sandra Wajchman-Świtalska and Marcin Woźniak
Forests 2022, 13(7), 1048; https://doi.org/10.3390/f13071048
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/13/7/1048

4. “Twelve Years into Genomic Selection in Forest Trees: Climbing the Slope of Enlightenment of Marker Assisted Tree Breeding”
by Dario Grattapaglia
Forests 2022, 13(10), 1554; https://doi.org/10.3390/f13101554
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/13/10/1554

5. “Culturable Endophytic Fungi in Fraxinus excelsior and Their Interactions with Hymenoscyphus fraxineus”
by Marek Barta, Katarína Pastirčáková, Radovan Ostrovský, Marek Kobza and Miriam Kádasi Horáková
Forests 2022, 13(7), 1098; https://doi.org/10.3390/f13071098
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/13/7/1098

6. “A National Map of Snag Hazard to Reduce Risk to Wildland Fire Responders”
by Karin L. Riley, Christopher D. O’Connor, Christopher J. Dunn, Jessica R. Haas, Richard D. Stratton and Benjamin Gannon
Forests 2022, 13(8), 1160; https://doi.org/10.3390/f13081160
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/13/8/1160

7. “Effect of Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) Rooting on Soil Characteristics in a Deciduous Forest Affected by Sedimentation”
by Natalia Pitta-Osses, Csaba Centeri, Ádám Fehér and Krisztián Katona
Forests 2022, 13(8), 1234; https://doi.org/10.3390/f13081234
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/13/8/1234

8. “Towards Continuous Stem Water Content and Sap Flux Density Monitoring: IoT-Based Solution for Detecting Changes in Stem Water Dynamics”
by Shahla Asgharinia, Martin Leberecht, Luca Belelli Marchesini, Nicolas Friess, Damiano Gianelle, Thomas Nauss, Lars Opgenoorth, Jim Yates and Riccardo Valentini
Forests 2022, 13(7), 1040; https://doi.org/10.3390/f13071040
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/13/7/1040

9. “Assessing Structural Complexity of Individual Scots Pine Trees by Comparing Terrestrial Laser Scanning and Photogrammetric Point Clouds”
by Noora Tienaho, Tuomas Yrttimaa, Ville Kankare, Mikko Vastaranta, Ville Luoma, Eija Honkavaara, Niko Koivumäki, Saija Huuskonen, Jari Hynynen, Markus Holopainen et al.
Forests 2022, 13(8), 1305; https://doi.org/10.3390/f13081305
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/13/8/1305

10. “Recreational Visit to Suburban Forests during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study of Taiwan”
by Yung-Chih Chen, Frank C. Tsai, Ming-Jer Tsai and Wan-Yu Liu
Forests 2022, 13(8), 1181; https://doi.org/10.3390/f13081181
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/13/8/1181
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