Management of Forest Pests and Diseases—3rd Edition
A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Forest Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 March 2026 | Viewed by 681
Special Issue Editors
Interests: ecological modeling; community ecology; ecosystem monitoring and assessment; invasion biology; aquatic ecosystem management
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Interests: climate change; entomology; ecological modeling; forest pests; population dynamics
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Forest insects as well as microorganisms are important parts of the forest ecosystem, acting as regulating factors in the nutrient cycle and energy flow. However, many pests and diseases severely impact these ecosystems, negatively impacting forestry economy, ecosystem services, biodiversity, etc. Recently, forest pests and diseases have mainly emerged as a result of habitat changes or climate change. International trade and travel increase the movement of organisms from their original habitat to new areas, inducing the dispersal of organisms as invasive species. Meanwhile, climate change, including temperature increase, changes the potential distribution area of species by changing their habitat condition. Therefore, surveillance and monitoring of their occurrences and assessment of their impacts on the forest ecosystem would be the first step towards sustainable forest ecosystem management. Surveillance and monitoring play a fundamental role in effective control and management strategies for pests and diseases. In addition, accumulated monitoring data are used for the development of new methods for monitoring, assessing impacts and developing management techniques.
To minimize the impacts of pests and diseases and provide a better understanding of the structure and processes of the management of forest ecosystems, this Special Issue is seeking studies from a broad range of research topics related to forest pests and diseases, including:
- Report on new forest pests;
- Monitoring;
- Assessment;
- Impacts;
- Management;
- Sustainable ecosystem management;
- Invasive species;
- Dispersal of invasive species;
- Dispersal modeling;
- Effects of climate change;
- Habitat change;
- Risk assessment.
Prof. Dr. Young-Seuk Park
Dr. Won Il Choi
Dr. Dae-Seong Lee
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- forest management
- invasive species
- alien species
- risk assessment
- pests
- insects
- diseases
- monitoring
- assessment
- ecology
- effects of climate change
- effects of environment change, outbreak, modelling
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