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With the improvements in computer hardware performance and deep learning, a new generation of information technology has been continuously integrated into the core business of forestry, and the application of artificial intelligence and machine learning technology in the field of forestry has become...

This Section focuses on advancing the understanding and sustainable management of forest ecosystems through integrated ecological and silvicultural research. It welcomes studies that explore the autecology of forest plants, including growth dynamics, phenology, pollen and seed dispersal, and species...

This section focuses on the physiological mechanisms that regulate the function, adaptation, and resilience of forests and their responses to multiple environmental drivers. We encourage submissions that advance our understanding of how trees acquire, transport, store, and allocate water, carbon, an...

Forest Biodiversity is a Section of the open-access peer-reviewed journal Forests that publishes articles on the unique biological diversity, status, and conservation of forests worldwide. Intact and primary forests harbor over half the estimated terrestrial biodiversity on the planet, and provide u...

Forest Economics, Policy, and Social Science is a Section of the open-access peer-reviewed journal Forests, which publishes advanced studies and applications of economics and other social sciences to forest systems. The primary aim of this Section is to provide a medium for research throughout the w...

The Section “Forest Health” publishes original research and full-length review articles describing research on all aspects of forest health. Examples of areas included in the Section “Forest Health” include but are not limited to:  Physiological and genetic interactio...

This section highlights progress in the mensuration, modelling and monitoring of forests around the world. The total woody volume and stem volume of a tree, aboveground biomass and basal area are key forest inventory attributes that are required by forest managers. Reliable mapping of volumes and bi...

This section highlights progress in forest meteorology and climate change around the world. The main objective is to understand the exchange processes of momentum, matter, and energy between forests and the atmosphere as well as the impact of different environmental conditions on them. Great import...

Forest operations and engineering is a forestry discipline which addresses the design, implementation, control, and continuous improvement of forest operations systems and technologies related to environmental complexities and sustainability. The associated IUFRO division 3.00.00 which summarizes it...

Forest Soil is a section of the open access peer-reviewed journal Forests, which publishes original, scientifically challenging research articles of international significance that describe and explain the physical, chemical, and biological processes that occur in the soil of forest ecosystems. This...

The Section “Genetics and Molecular Biology” publishes original research and full-length review articles describing research on all aspects of genetics and molecular biology in forest trees. Examples of areas included in the Section “Genetics and Molecular Biology” include bu...

This Section, “Natural Hazards and Risk Management”, publishes original research and full-length review articles describing research on natural hazards and risk management within forests. Examples of areas included in “Natural Hazards and Risk Management” include but are not ...

"Wood Science and Forest Products" is a section of Forests that publishes original research studies, applications and review articles describing research on all aspects of wood, including forests and plantations, wood components, and wood-based products. The section also publishes articles on non-wo...