Advances in Precision Forestry: The Efficacy of Multisource Optical and LiDAR Technologies
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: 31 July 2026 | Viewed by 53
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Plantation forests are valuable natural assets that require coordinated management across multiple spatial scales to balance economic productivity, environmental sustainability, and socio-economic objectives. While remote sensing has become an integral tool in forestry that supports decision-making throughout the value chain, data from a single sensor often provides an incomplete picture of complex forest dynamics. By integrating multiple data sources (i.e., spaceborne, airborne, and terrestrial sensors), multisource remote sensing enables complementary observations of the same landscape at varying spatial, temporal, and spectral resolutions. This fusion enhances accuracy and provides a more holistic understanding essential for precision forestry inventory. In recent years, LiDAR data used independently or in combination with multispectral, hyperspectral, and radar sensors has greatly advanced forest characterization and assessments including the precise estimation of canopy attributes, understory conditions, and timber quality and productivity.
This Special Issue of Forests aims to showcase innovative use of multisource remotely sensed datasets and/or LiDAR in precision forestry applications, and contributions that demonstrate the application of modern remote sensing technologies for precision forestry applications related to forest data acquisition, monitoring, and sustainability assessments are particularly welcome.
Dr. Kabir Peerbhay
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Forests is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- precision forestry
- LiDAR
- spaceborne, airborne, and terrestrial sensors
- remote sensing
- forest monitoring
Benefits of Publishing in a Special Issue
- Ease of navigation: Grouping papers by topic helps scholars navigate broad scope journals more efficiently.
- Greater discoverability: Special Issues support the reach and impact of scientific research. Articles in Special Issues are more discoverable and cited more frequently.
- Expansion of research network: Special Issues facilitate connections among authors, fostering scientific collaborations.
- External promotion: Articles in Special Issues are often promoted through the journal's social media, increasing their visibility.
- Reprint: MDPI Books provides the opportunity to republish successful Special Issues in book format, both online and in print.
Further information on MDPI's Special Issue policies can be found here.
