Post-Fire Recovery and Monitoring of Forest Ecosystems
A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Natural Hazards and Risk Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 January 2026 | Viewed by 42
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Due to the utmost importance of developing and implementing appropriate strategies for forest regeneration and recovery after fires via natural or assisted processes, we are pleased to invite you to submit your contributions to this Special Issue, ‘Post-Fire Recovery and Monitoring of Forest Ecosystems’. This Special Issue aims to cover recent state-of-the-art research on burn severity, hydrological impacts, changes in plant and animal communities over time after forest fires, soil erosion, remote sensing, carbon sequestration, and biodiversity recovery, among others. High levels of biodiversity have been associated with complex early seral forests, called "snag forests", which are as biodiverse as old growth. A multitude of bird and insect species require high-severity burn patches of snag forests recovered from the green forests during a severe fire event. In this regard, this Special Issue also intends to cover biodiversity dependence on severely burned areas: What species depend on them, in what regions, and in what patch sizes and frequencies? This Special Issue intends to publish original research articles and medium-sized review papers related to novel developments or achievements in this field. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: the loss of topsoil due to weakened vegetation cover, the use of satellite images and drones to assess burn severity and monitor vegetation recovery, the restoration of ecological functions in burned areas, etc. We look forward to receiving your valuable contributions.
Dr. Emiliya Velizarova
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- burn severity
- soil erosion
- ash deposition
- hydrological impact
- carbon sequestration
- resilience and vegetation regrowth
- reforestation
- succession and biodiversity recovery
- biodiversity recovery of snag forests
- remote sensing
- long-term monitoring
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