Forests

Forest Carbon Management and Monitoring: Insight from Silvicultural Practices and Climate Change

edited by Xavier Cavard

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4078 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest carbon management; carbon sequestration; carbon sink; climate change; greenhouse gas emissions; soil carbon storage

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Meteorology and Climate Change)

Water Relations in Tree Physiology

edited by

Ning Du

, Qiang Li and

José Javier Peguero-Pina

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3633 | Submission Open

Keywords: water transport efficiency; plant hydraulic traits; drought; recovery; mortality mechanisms; climate change; ecological strategy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecophysiology and Biology)

Species Richness, Diversity and Habitat Modeling of Wildlife in Forests

edited by

Konstantinos Poirazidis

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2826 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest biodiversity; habitat suitability models; management of wildlife conservation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Biodiversity)

Impacts of Climate Change and Disturbances on Forest Ecosystems

edited by

Steve Chhin

and

Xiongqing Zhang

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2502 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; forest conservation; forest soils; forest disturbances; forest health; forest management; modeling; monitoring; multifunctional forests; quantitative methods; silviculture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)

Advances in Forest Restoration and Applied Conservation: Bridging Science and Practice

edited by Griet An Erica Cuyckens and

Guillermo Martinez-Pastur

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2467 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest restoration; biodiversity conservation; climate change; habitat degradation; sustainable forest management; UN decade on ecosystem restoration; applied conservation; restoration strategies; ecological restoration; experimental studies; meta-analyses

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)

Woody Plant Ecophysiology, Morphology, and Functional Diversity Across Tropical Forest Ecosystems

edited by

Guillermo Angeles

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2315 | Submission Open

Keywords: wood anatomy; ecophysiology; functional diversity; tropical forests; climate change; ecosystem processes; conservation and management; hydraulic architecture; liana and shrub ecology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecophysiology and Biology)

Forest Fire Detection, Prevention and Management

edited by Luciana Ghermandi, Sofía Laura Gonzalez and

Guillermo J. Martínez Pastur

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2200 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest fires; fire detection; fire prevention; fire management; post-fire restoration; controlled burns; firefighting techniques; firebreaks; fire risk assessment; wildland– urban interface

(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Hazards and Risk Management)

Advances in Wood Characterization and in Tree Sorting and Inspections: Insights from Acoustic Testing and Tomographic Imaging

edited by

Raquel Gonçalves

and

Guillermo Íñiguez-González

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2058 | Submission Open

Keywords: nondestructive technologies; acoustic tests; acoustic tomography; inspection methods; characterization methods; classification methods

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wood Science and Forest Products)

Multi-Source Data Application for Forestry Conservation

edited by

Sisi Yu

, Zhenyang Hui and Xiao Wang

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1643 | Submission Open

Keywords: vegetation index; remote sensing; greenness; spatiotemporal dynamic; ecological conservation; environmental assessment; forestry management; forestry application; multi-source data

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Inventory, Modeling and Remote Sensing)

Interlinks of Environmental Policy, Forest Resource Use, and Economic Dynamics

edited by Abdul Rehman and Radulescu Magdalena

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1590 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest production; environmental policy; carbon emission; forests and climate change; technological innovation; energy resources; forest resource management; economics of urban forestry; forests and bio-economy; land use and deforestry

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Economics, Policy, and Social Science)

Soil and Water Conservation and Forest Ecosystem Restoration

edited by

Jifeng Deng

and Juergen Knauer

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1238 | Submission Open

Keywords: water management; forest ecology; silviculture; soils and hydrology; urban and community forestry; forest ecosystem restoration; water use efficiency

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Hydrology)

Influence of Environmental Changes on Forest Soil Quality and Health: 2nd Edition

edited by

Yuanying Peng

,

Xiaoyong Chen

and

Wende Yan

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1085 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil quality; soil carbon pool; nutrient cycle; soil respiration; forest management; phytoremediation; environmental change; soil property; ecological stoichiometry

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Soil and Water Conservation in Forestry

edited by Jiangkun Zheng,

Filippo Giadrossich

and

Miriam Fernanda Rodrigues

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 982 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecosystem services; hillslope and watershed hydrology; soil moisture; runoff path; forest management; sediment dynamics; forest operation; land restoration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Smart Forest Inventory, Management and Planning: Intelligent Technologies and Their Applications

edited by

Zixuan Qiu

,

Zhongke Feng

and

Huiqing Pei

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 980 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart forestry; remote sensing; UAV; LiDAR; IoT; forest management; forest biomass and carbon stock estimation; deep learning; GIS; digital twin

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Inventory, Modeling and Remote Sensing)

Recent Advances in Tree Genetics and Genomics

edited by

Weiwei Zhang

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 628 | Submission Open

Keywords: tree genetics; forest genomics; molecular breeding; CRISPR-Cas9 applications; gene function identification; enrichment of nutrient elements; stress resilience mechanisms

(This special issue belongs to the Section Genetics and Molecular Biology)

Development and Properties of Wood Fiber-Based Products

edited by

Ida Poljansek

,

Viljem Vek

and

Primož Oven

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 201 | Submission Open

Keywords: wood; properties; wood fibers; new products; reinforcement; new functionalities; bioactivities; modification of rheological properties; barrier of oxygen; bark; lignocellulosic biomass; chemistry; structure; cellulose; lignin; hemicelluloses; decomposition; nanocrystalline cellulose; nanofibrillated cellulose; nanolignin; application of building blocks of lignocellulosic biomass; advanced methods; characterization; bionanocomposites; biopolymers; biodegradable

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wood Science and Forest Products)

Wood Preservation and Protection

edited by

Katie M. Ohno

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 145 | Submission Open

Keywords: wood durability; wood protection; wood treatments; wood modification; surface treatments; pressure treatments; naturally durable wood

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wood Science and Forest Products)

AI Applications in Forest Fires

edited by Zhong Zheng,

Jinfei Wang

and

Bin Zou

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 117 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest fires; machine learning analysis; geospatial deep learning; artificial intelligence; geospatial data; AI-driven system

(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Hazards and Risk Management)

Wildfire and Forest Resistance and Resilience

edited by

Marcos Francos

and

Víctor Fernández-García

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 94 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest fire; post-fire recovery; ecosystem restoration; restoration of fire regimes; fuel characteristics and management; forest management; decision making

(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Hazards and Risk Management)

Biodiversity and Ecology of Forest Ecosystems: A Multitrophic Perspective

edited by Demetra Kandalepas and

Todd Fredericksen

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 90 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest biodiversity; ecosystem ecology; trophic interactions; microbial diversity; fungal ecology; climate change impacts; forest conservation; community structure; habitat fragmentation; species interactions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Biodiversity)

Forests in Protected Areas: Removing Threats and Improving Preservation (2nd Edition)

edited by

Aureliu-Florin Hălălișan

and

Bogdan Popa

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 81 | Submission Open

Keywords: forests; protected areas; management; policy; communities; biodiversity; land use; sustainability; policy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)

Adaptive Silviculture for Climate Change

edited by

Vladan Ivetic

,

John Stanturf

and

Branko Kanjevac

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 68 | Submission Open

Keywords: adaptation; adaptive management; climate change; forest adaptation; silviculture; forest management; forest modeling; desired future conditions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)

Linking Microbial Processes to Forest Soil Organic Matter Cycling

edited by

Mohamed Idbella

,

Giuseppina Iacomino

and

Giuliano Bonanomi

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 66 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest soils; organic matter; microbial dynamics; carbon cycling; soil ecology; carbon sequestration; biogeochemical processes; global climate change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Elevational Distribution of Forest Organisms

edited by

Akihiro Nakamura

, Louise Ashton, Chris J. Burwell and Roger Kitching

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 53 | Submission Open

Keywords: biogeography; climate warming; ecological traits; ecosystem processes; elevational gradients; human disturbances; insects; invertebrates; phylogenetic relationships; species interactions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Biodiversity)

Forest Pathology: Current and Future Challenges

edited by

Benedetto T. Linaldeddu

and

Sergio Murolo

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 31 | Submission Open

Keywords: exotic pathogens; geographic range expansion; new forest diseases; ecosystem resilience; biodiversity; diagnostic tools; management strategies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)

Diagnosing and Managing Forest and Tree Diseases: Advances, Challenges and Strategies

edited by

Pratima Devkota

and

Kateryna Davydenko

submission deadline 10 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 970 | Submission Open

Keywords: forests; forest pathology; tree physiology; invasive species; disease diagnosis; tree defenses

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)

Wood as Cultural Heritage Material: 2nd Edition

edited by

Nicola Macchioni

,

Elisa Pecoraro

, Paola Mazzanti, Lorenzo Riparbelli and Dawa Shen

submission deadline 12 Jun 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10263 | Submission Open

Keywords: wood aging; archaeological wood; waterlogged archaeological wood; painted panels; wooden statues; historical music instruments; historic furniture; historic timber structures; historic wood dating; historic wood numerical modeling; historic wood simulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wood Science and Forest Products)

Economic Research on Forest Ecosystem Services

edited by Juan Manuel Torres-Rojo, Adan L. Martinez-Cruz and Gustavo Perez-Verdin

submission deadline 12 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2655 | Submission Open

Keywords: non-market valuation; nature-based solution valuation; valuation of changes in ecosystem services; transversality of valuation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Economics, Policy, and Social Science)

Functional Ecology of Mangroves

edited by

M. E. B. Fernandes

,

Francisco Javier Flores De Santiago

and

Pedro Walfir Martins E. Souza-Filho

submission deadline 12 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 69 | Submission Open

Keywords: mangrove ecosystem; functional ecology; carbon and nutrient dynamics; ecophysiological adaptations; blue carbon; biogeochemical processes; ecosystem resilience; land cover and land use changes; remote sensing and modeling; climate change adaptation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)

Application and Development of Artificial Intelligence Technology in Forestry Management

edited by Weijun Xie,

Ying Liu

and

Deyong Yang

submission deadline 16 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 379 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision breeding; phenotypic analysis; forest mapping; wildfire monitoring; pest management; autonomous harvesting systems; defect detection; wildlife conservation; forest food resource management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Inventory, Modeling and Remote Sensing)

Hydrological Modeling with AI in Forests

edited by André Ferreira Rodrigues and

Carlos Rogério Mello

submission deadline 18 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 69 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; forest water resources; resilience

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Hydrology)

Assessment and Monitoring Technologies in Forestry

edited by Gileno Brito De Azevedo,

Carlos Antonio Da Silva Junior

and Glauce Tais Souza De Azevedo

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 38 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest monitoring; remote sensing; hyperspectral data; machine learning; forest inventory; dendrometry; growth and yield modeling; sustainable forest management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Inventory, Modeling and Remote Sensing)

Geospatial and Geomorphological Analysis of Forest Using Machine Learning

edited by

Halil Şenol

and

Fusun Sanli

submission deadline 21 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 57 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest geomorphology; geospatial analysis; machine learning; forest ecosystem mapping; AI-based environmental modeling; forest monitoring and management; remote sensing; LiDAR; UAV photogrammetry

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Inventory, Modeling and Remote Sensing)

Mangrove Wetland Restoration and Rehabilitation Under Climate Change and Human Cumulative Impacts in the 21st Century

edited by Victor H. Rivera-Monroy, Jorge Lopez-Portillo, Xosé Lois Otero-Pérez and

Tiago Osorio Ferreira

submission deadline 25 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3911 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodiversity; biogeochemistry; blue carbon; climate change; community-based restoration; ecophysiology; ecosystem services; hydrological restoration; monitoring and modeling; natural regeneration; stakeholder participation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)

Recent Advances and Future Perspectives in Forest Hydrology

edited by

Francisco Balocchi

, Andrés A. Iroumé, Silvio Ferraz and

Teresa Reyna

submission deadline 25 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 987 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest hydrology; groundwater– surface-water interactions; paired-catchment; remote sensing; climate extremes; forest disturbances; socio-hydrology; nature-based solutions; machine learning; global change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Hydrology)

Forest Ecotourism: Balancing Recreation, Conservation, and Local Development

edited by

,

,

and

submission deadline 25 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 166 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest ecotourism; sustainable tourism; conservation and recreation; community-based tourism; forest landscapes; ecosystem services; protected areas; participatory planning; forest policy; tourism and local development

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Economics, Policy, and Social Science)

Wood Quality, Smart Timber Harvesting, and Forestry Machinery

edited by

Maria Francesca Cataldo

and

Salvatore F. Papandrea

submission deadline 25 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 38 | Submission Open

Keywords: wood supply chain; precision forestry; decision support systems (DSS); life cycle assessment (LCA); timber traceability; waste wood recovery; worksite management; human– machine interaction (HMI); non-destructive testing (NDT); wood transportation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Operations and Engineering)

Growth and Yield Models for Forests—Second Edition

edited by

Elia Vangi

,

Alessio Collalti

and

Gherardo Chirici

submission deadline 25 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 27 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest growth and yield; model calibration and evaluation; forest management; growth models; biomass and carbon; seeding; regeneration; recruitment; mortality; site productivity; climate change and drought; disturbance impacts

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Inventory, Modeling and Remote Sensing)

Advanced Methods and Technologies for Forest Wildfire Prevention

edited by

Abdullah Emin Akay

,

Michael Wing

, Helen Margaret de Klerk and

Coskun Okan Güney

submission deadline 26 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 889 | Submission Open

Keywords: wildfire prevention; wildfire risk; fuel management; remote sensing; artificial intelligence; decision-support systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Hazards and Risk Management)

Measurement and Enhancement of Wood Mechanical and Chemical Properties, 2nd Edition

edited by Wanzhao Li,

Marek Wieruszewski

and Yue Qi

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 7628 | Submission Open

Keywords: change in wood properties; laboratory measurements; industrial measurements; energy-efficient technologies for processing wood and wood-based materials; materials and technologies for curing improved wood products; ecological and technological aspects of harvesting and use of wood biomass; climate regulations in the processing of wood and wood-based materials; legal; economic; and technological aspects of the use of modified wood; sustainable development of wood production

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wood Science and Forest Products)

Forest Ecosystem Services and Sustainable Management

edited by

,

,

, Seunguk Shin,

and

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4018 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest ecosystem services; sustainable management; payment for ecosystem services (PESs); corporate ESG strategies; ecosystem function; carbon sequestration; climate resilience; biodiversity conservation; cultural ecosystem services; socio-economic impacts; forest policy; ecosystem service valuation; regulating services; provisioning services

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)

Urban Trees Under Climate Change: Growth, Environmental Benefits and Potentials

edited by

Astrid Reischl

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1829 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomass; ecosystem services; size– growth– ecosystem service relationships; tree management; tree size; urban greening; urban heat island

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Forestry)

Forest Economics and Policy Analysis

edited by

Jinlong Liu

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1542 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest economics; forest governance; forest policy; AI; forest management; community-based forest management; biodiversity conservation; bioeconomy; urban forests

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Economics, Policy, and Social Science)

Water and Carbon Cycles and Their Coupling in Forest

edited by

Beibei Zhang

,

Futing Liu

and

Jian Wang

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1353 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest ecosystem; carbon cycle; water cycle; carbon– water coupling; climate change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Hydrology)

Conservation and Restoration of Forest Biodiversity

edited by Chunjing Wang, Chunhui Zhang and

Tomasz Oszako

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1111 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodiversity; biological conservation; conservation planning; forest biodiversity; ecological restoration; environmental management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Biodiversity)

Impacts of Climate Change and Forest Management on Forest Carbon and Nitrogen Budgets

edited by

Yunjian Luo

, Hesong Wang, Xiaolei Sun and

Hongwei Xu

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 934 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest carbon and nitrogen; climate change; forest management; field investigation; modeling; remote sensing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)

The Vulnerability and Resilience of Tropical Forests Under Extreme Climate Change

edited by

Wendeson Castro

and Marcos Silveira

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 763 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecology; alternative stable state; forest system dieback; functional redundancy; hydraulic properties; water/thermal stress dynamics; facilitation; competition (intensity and importance); intermediate disturbance hypothesis; biodiversity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecophysiology and Biology)

Degradation and Restoration of Tropical Forests

edited by

Rodrigo Vasconcelos

, Eduardo Mariano Neto and

Washington Franca-Rocha

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 387 | Submission Open

Keywords: degradation; restoration; tropical forests; forest regeneration; agroforestry; forests biodiversity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)

Climate-Driven Radial Growth Patterns of Forest Trees in Mountainous Regions

edited by

Wentao Zhang

,

Liang Jiao

,

Anastasia N. Christopoulou

and Yiping Zhang

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 378 | Submission Open

Keywords: dendroecology; radial growth; climate change; forest dynamic; mountainous regions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Meteorology and Climate Change)

Ecological Functions of Urban Green Spaces

edited by

,

,

,

and

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 313 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban green space; ecological functions; urban sustainability; climate change; air pollution; social justice; socio-economic benefits; resilient cities; smart cities; health; urban biodiversity; landscape and urban planning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Forestry)

Journal Menu

Journal Browser

Special Issues

Further Information

Guidelines

MDPI Initiatives

Follow MDPI