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Abiotic and Biotic Stress Responses in Trees Species—2nd Edition

edited by

Hou-Ling Wang

and

Liu-Qiang Wang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 384 | Submission Open

Keywords: drought; salt; cold; temperature; disease; pests; response; signaling; phytohormone

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

Recent Advances in Agroforestry Ecosystems

edited by Tomasz B. Falkowski and John Groninger

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 376 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate resilience; biodiversity conservation; sustainable development; traditional ecological knowledge; ecosystem services; food sovereignty; agroecology

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

Economic Optimization and Sustainable Management in Forest Resources

edited by Soleiman Mohammadi Limaei

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 317 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest resource management; economic optimization; sustainable forestry; forest policy; supply chain optimization; climate change economics; forest management strategies; technological advancements in forestry; financial models in forestry

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

Pest Infestation in Trees: Mechanisms, Effects and Control Methods

edited by

Zehai Hou

, Jing Tao,

Dun Jiang

Lili Ren

and Tuuli-Marjaana Koski

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 164 | Submission Open

Keywords: tree pests; forest health; invasive species; pest management; integrated pest management (IPM); tree physiology; pathogen vectors; biological control; climate change impacts

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)

Sustainable Forestry: Linking Economics and Management

edited by Karlo Beljan and

Andres I. Susaeta

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 153 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest economics; carbon policy; land-use governance; international climate policy; carbon accounting; policy analysis; sustainable forest management (SFM)

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

Urban Forests and Ecosystem Services

edited by

Le Li

and

Alessandro Paletto

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 132 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban forest; ecosystem services; biodiversity; ecosystem resilience; ecosystem service flows; multi-objective management; heat island

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Forestry)

Forest Tree Seed and Seedling Production

edited by

Nebi Bilir

Kyu Suk Kang

and

Marianthi Tsakaldimi

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 131 | Submission Open

Keywords: afforestation; forest seedling; growing media; plantation; seedling quality; seed orchard; seed stand; seed technology; tree seed

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

Advances in Wood Materials

edited by

Cristian Ioan Timbolmas

and

Francisco J. Rescalvo

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 116 | Submission Open

Keywords: poplar; glulam; timber; hybrid glulam beams; digital image correlation (DIC); non-destructive testing (NDT)

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

Forest Cover and Land Use Change Analysis Using Remote Sensing and GIS Technology

edited by

Costanza Borghi

Giovanni D'Amico

and

Gherardo Chirici

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 113 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; urbanization; biodiversity; climate change; forest inventory; LiDAR; imperviousness; forest disturbance; spatial analysis; forest fragmentation

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

The Influence of Mechanized Timber Harvesting on Soils and Stands

edited by

Eunjai Lee

and

Petros A. Tsioras

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 110 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable forest management; steep slope harvesting; soil compaction; soil erosion; residual stand damage

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

Forest Ecosystem Resilience: Stomatal Regulation and Ecophysiological Responses to Disturbances

edited by

Md. Mahadi Hasan

and

Xu-Dong Liu

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 100 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant ecophysiology; stomatal control; drought; leaf hydraulics

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

Microbial Community Structure and Soil Health in Forests

edited by Francis Dube and

Erick Zagal

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 96 | Submission Open

Keywords: biological quality indicators; litter quality; microbial abundance and diversity; one health; soil microbiomes; sustainable soil management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Forest Fungal Diseases Detection, Diagnosis and Control

edited by Dianguang Xiong and

Ning Jiang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 94 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest disease; fungal pathogens; detection; diagnosis; control strategies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)

Forest Tree Diseases Genomics: Growing Resources and Applications—2nd Edition

edited by

Tingting Dai

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 91 | Submission Open

Keywords: detection; fungi and oomycetes; phylogeny; taxonomy; whole genome sequencing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)

Forest Soil Stability in Response to Global Change Scenarios

edited by Gabriel Oladele Awe and

Miriam Fernanda Rodrigues

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 91 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest soil; soil management; soil stabilization; global change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Advanced Research in Wood Composites

edited by

Kaimeng Xu

and

Jorge Santos

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 86 | Submission Open

Keywords: wood composites; bio-based materials; wood– plastic composites; bamboo microfiber functional materials; environmental sustainability; nanocellulose composites

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

Forests and Slope Stability: Root Reinforcement, Eco-Engineering, and Bioengineering Solutions

edited by

Jiankun Huang

, Beibing Dai and

Wei Zhang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 85 | Submission Open

Keywords: slope stability; vegetation types; root reinforcement; soil-vegetation interactions; eco-engineering; landslide prevention; soil bioengineering approaches; ecological restoration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Hydrology)

Trends and Challenges for Management in Wood Based Sector in the Digital Age—2nd Edition

edited by

Jože Kropivšek

, Darko Motik and

Branko Glavonjic

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 85 | Submission Open

Keywords: wood industry; management; digitalization; digital competences; green economy; sustainable management; forest-wood value chain; wood products; trade

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

Fire Ecology and Management in Forest—3rd Edition

edited by

and

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 82 | Submission Open

Keywords: wildfire; prescribed burning; fire ecology; fire regime; fire behavior; fuel characteristics and management; fire prediction and fighting techniques

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

Forest Growth Modeling in Different Ecological Conditions—Second Edition

edited by

María Menéndez-Miguélez

Admir Avdagic

and

Francesca Giannetti

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 75 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; forest growth; yield models; carbon sequestration; biodiversity; ecosystem services; regeneration; mixed stands and pure stands; mortality; forest management

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

Innovations in Timber Engineering

edited by

Izabela Burawska

Piotr Borysiuk

and Kei Sawata

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 72 | Submission Open

Keywords: timber engineering; engineered wood products; fiber-reinforced timber; sustainable construction; bio-based adhesives; digital fabrication; life-cycle assessment; low-carbon materials

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

Secondary Succession in Forest Ecosystems

edited by

Peter Čuchta

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 62 | Submission Open

Keywords: secondary succession; forest ecosystems; disturbance ecology; vegetation dynamics; biodiversity recovery; forest restoration

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

Microbial Community Composition and Function in Forest Soil, 2nd Edition

edited by

Yujing Yang

Xiankai Lu

and

Xiong Fang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 57 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest soil microbial community; microbe– plant synergy; microbial diversity and function; climate– microbe interactions; forest ecosystem services (microbial contributions); microbial adaptation to environmental disturbances; sustainable forest microbial management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Integrative Phytochemistry and Structural Traits of Forest Trees

edited by

Jelena Nikolić Dimković

Zorica S. Mitić

and Bojan Zlatković

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 54 | Submission Open

Keywords: trees; morpho-anatomy; phytochemistry; bioactivity; plant waxes; extraction methods

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

Afforestation of Degraded Lands

edited by

Cristian Mihai Enescu

, Adrian Ioan Timofte and

Lucian Dinca

submission deadline 8 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1925 | Submission Open

Keywords: afforestation; degraded lands; innovative afforestation techniques; land reclamation; seedlings with potted roots; forest tree species; reforestation

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

Ecohydrology and Ecosystem Services of Forests

edited by

Xiaodong Gao

, Mingyi Wen, Yuanwei Qin and

Tianjie Zhao

submission deadline 10 May 2026 | Viewed by 99 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; extreme climatic events; disturbances; ecohydrology; ecosystem services; forest management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Hydrology)

Advances in Forest Pathology and Molecular Virology

edited by Muhammad Kashif and

Margarida Espada

submission deadline 10 May 2026 | Viewed by 82 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest pathology; molecular virology; tree– pathogen interactions; fungal and viral diseases in forests; genomics and metagenomics; molecular diagnostics; host resistance mechanisms; climate change impacts; invasive forest pathogens; sustainable disease management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)

Wood Treatments and Modification Technologies—2nd Edition

edited by

Mohd Hazim Mohamad Amini

and

Emilia-Adela Salca

submission deadline 15 May 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4428 | Submission Open

Keywords: wood; biomass; modification; treatment; impregnation; wood composite; solid wood; chemical modification; heat treatment; biological treatment

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

Climate-Smart Forestry: Forest Monitoring in a Multi-Sensor Approach

edited by

Wanguo Jiao

Timo Tokola

and

Yin Wu

submission deadline 15 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4075 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart communications technology; wireless sensor networks; carbon mapping; smart sensing and detecting; measurement; point cloud computing; forest fires; forest management; plant phenotype monitoring

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

Measurement and Modeling of Forest Vegetation Structures with Remote Sensing Technology

edited by

Zhengnan Zhang

and

Mark Vanderwel

submission deadline 15 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1575 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest vegetation structure; vegetation functional diversity; remote sensing; forest management and decision; forest structure dynamic monitoring; forest disturbance; climate change and human activities

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

Forest Carbon Markets

edited by George Safonov and

Gary Q. Bull

submission deadline 15 May 2026 | Viewed by 87 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest carbon markets; carbon neutrality; nature-based solutions; afforestation and reforestation; environmental integrity; climate finance; sustainable land use; climate smart forestry; carbon credits

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

The Role of Bryophytes and Lichens in Forest Ecosystem Dynamics

edited by

Miloš Ilić

Dragana Vukov

and Vedran Šegota

submission deadline 18 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2523 | Submission Open

Keywords: bryophytes; lichens; diversity; distribution; ecosystem functions; climate change; ecological interactions; habitat restoration

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

Carbon and Nutrient Cycling in Forest Ecosystem

edited by

Liming Yin

, Peng Wang,

Yanghui He

and Xiaohong Wang

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4681 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon cycling; disturbances; carbon sequestration; nutrient biogeochemistry; ecosystem services; forest management

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

Forest Arthropods and Their Roles in Forest Ecology

edited by

Battal Ciplak

submission deadline 23 May 2026 | Viewed by 76 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest ecology; forest arthropods; global warming; pest management; insect– plant interaction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)

Integrative Forest Governance, Policy, and Economics

edited by Jinlong Liu

submission deadline 25 May 2026 | Viewed by 80 | Submission Open

Keywords: integrative forest governance; forest policy; forest economics; forest management; stakeholder coordination; sustainable forestry

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

Integrated Studies on the Physical and Chemical Properties of Wood and Wood-Based Products

edited by

Przemysław Mania

Magdalena Broda

and

Zuzana Vidholdová

submission deadline 25 May 2026 | Viewed by 63 | Submission Open

Keywords: wood properties; wood chemistry; wood physics; chemical composition; lignocellulosic materials; wood modification; thermal behaviour; hygroscopicity; biodegradation; wood structure

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

Emerging Phytophthora Threats to Forest Ecosystems: Pathogen Ecology, Host Resistance, and Sustainable Management

edited by

Mario González

submission deadline 25 May 2026 | Viewed by 36 | Submission Open

Keywords: Phytophthora; forest pathology; host resistance; invasive pathogens; disease ecology; climate change; forest health; sustainable management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)

Performance Testing of Wood and Wood-Based Materials

edited by

Goran Mihulja

Tomislav Sedlar

Murco Obucina

and Chandan Kumar

submission deadline 25 May 2026 | Viewed by 26 | Submission Open

Keywords: wood drying/seasoning; wood processing; wood protection; performance testing; wood and wood composites; nondestructive testing of wood; engineered wood products; treatment and durability

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

Plant Litter Dynamics in Forest Ecosystems

edited by Yuanqiu Liu and Qifeng Mo

submission deadline 26 May 2026 | Viewed by 33 | Submission Open

Keywords: litter biomass; litter dynamics; carbon and nutrient release; nitrogen deposition; human disturbance; precipitation change; forest development; biodiversity; forest ecosystems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Unlocking the Secrets of Soil: How Carbon and Nutrient Dynamics Shape Forest Ecosystems

edited by

Senhao Wang

and

Taiki Mori

submission deadline 28 May 2026 | Viewed by 48 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest ecosystem functioning; carbon sequestration; nutrient cycle; forest management; forest community composition and structure; global change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Toward the Future of Forestry: Education, Technology, and Governance

edited by

Katsuaki Sugiura

, Antonio Santoro,

Shohei Kameyama

and Kazuhiko W. Nakamura

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | Viewed by 61 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest education; forest governance; sustainable management; digital technology; forest 4.0; policy innovation; community engagement

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

Advances in Remote Sensing and GIS Utilization in Monitoring of Forest Ecosystems

edited by

Hang Li

Aleksandar Dj Valjarević

Menglin Qin

and

Giorgos Mallinis

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9219 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; GIS; forest management; change detection; forest disturbances; carbon sequestration

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

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 3690 | 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)

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 2099 | 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)

Impacts of Climate Change and Disturbances on Forest Ecosystems

edited by

Steve Chhin

and

Xiongqing Zhang

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2060 | 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)

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

edited by

Guillermo Angeles

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2013 | 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)

Species Richness, Diversity and Habitat Modeling of Wildlife in Forests

edited by

Konstantinos Poirazidis

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1815 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Biodiversity)

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 1808 | 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)

Forest Fire Detection, Prevention and Management

edited by Luciana Ghermandi, Sofía Laura Gonzalez and

Guillermo J. Martínez Pastur

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1570 | 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)

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 1384 | 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)

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