Advanced on Remote Sensing Approaches for Understanding Forest Ecosystem Structure, Dynamics, and Sustainability
A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Forest Inventory, Modeling and Remote Sensing".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2027 | Viewed by 14
Editors
Interests: sustainable forest ecology; management; forest ecology; arid land ecosystems
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Interests: remote sensing; forest ecology; conservation biology; airborne sensors; GatorEye; landscape simulation models; ecosystem and canopy ecology
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Interests: landscape fragmentation; biodiversity; habitat connectivity; LULC changes; GIS; remote sensing; ecosystem services; landscape ecology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Recent advances in remote sensing technologies have transformed our ability to characterize, monitor, and model forest ecosystems across multiple spatial and temporal scales. The increasing availability of satellite imagery, airborne and terrestrial LiDAR, unmanned aerial systems (UASs), and multi- and hyperspectral sensors, as well as cloud-computing platforms, has created unprecedented opportunities to improve our understanding of forest structure, composition, productivity, and ecological dynamics. This Special Issue aims to showcase innovative research that utilizes remote sensing tools and advanced analytical approaches to describe, quantify, and predict forest ecosystem attributes and processes. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, forest inventory and structural characterization; biomass and carbon estimation; biodiversity assessment; habitat modeling; forest productivity; site quality evaluation; and monitoring of forest degradation, disturbance, and recovery processes associated with fire, drought, pests, diseases, and land-use change.
We also encourage contributions integrating machine learning, artificial intelligence, ecological modeling, and multi-source data fusion to improve the accuracy and scalability of ecosystem assessments. Particular attention will be paid to studies linking ecological information with economic and social dimensions, including ecosystem services, climate change mitigation, sustainable forest management, conservation planning, and community-based resource management. By bringing together multidisciplinary perspectives, this collection seeks to advance scientific knowledge and provide practical tools for understanding and managing forest ecosystems under rapidly changing environmental conditions.
Dr. Martín Martínez-Salvador
Dr. Eben N. Broadbent
Guest Editors
Dr. Alfredo Pinedo-Alvarez
Guest Editor Assistant
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Keywords
- forest inventory
- forest ecosystem
- biodiversity assessment
- habitat modeling
- forest monitoring
- forest productivity modeling
- silviculture
- geospatial analysis
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