Wildlife Management and Conservation in Forests Ecosystems
A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Forest Biodiversity".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 September 2026 | Viewed by 1933
Editors
Interests: wildlife management; wildlife conservation; wildlife biology; wild animal ecology
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: forest protection; forest rodents; population dynamics; forest zoonoses
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Forests are among the most important terrestrial ecosystems in terms of maintaining biodiversity, carbon storage, regulating climate, protecting soil, and conserving water on Earth. The monitoring and management of forest wildlife are important for maintaining global ecological balance, especially in times of climate change, the emergence of new diseases, deforestation, and poaching. Due to the limitations of existing models for the protection and management of forest wildlife, it is often not possible to effectively respond to the aforementioned challenges.
In order to effectively conserve species significant for forest ecosystems, new approaches to monitoring, tracking health status, preventing damage, and implementing management policies are essential for forest wildlife on a global level. The goal of this Special Issue is to contribute to the understanding of issues related to wildlife management, with an emphasis on the conservation of rare and endangered species and the preservation of their habitats.
This Special Issue invites authors to publish scientific papers and reviews that will make a scientific contribution to the knowledge of forest wildlife management, wildlife species interactions, and forest wildlife conservation and protection. Also, we welcome papers that expand our understanding of the biology and ecology of endangered and poorly researched species of forest birds and mammals and assess the impact of anthropogenic burdens and interventions in the habitat on their population dynamics.
Dr. Kristijan Tomljanović
Dr. Marko Vucelja
Dr. Linda Bjedov
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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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-anonymized 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.
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Keywords
- forest wildlife management
- forest wildlife conservation
- forest wildlife biology
- forest disturbance—wildlife interactions
- forest management—wildlife interaction
- forest habitat conservation
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