Forests

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 1255 | 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)

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 989 | 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 693 | 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 | 1 articles | Viewed by 499 | 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)

Development and Properties of Wood Fiber-Based Products

edited by

Ida Poljansek

,

Viljem Vek

and

Primož Oven

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 181 | 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 133 | 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 96 | 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)

Biodiversity and Ecology of Forest Ecosystems: A Multitrophic Perspective

edited by Demetra Kandalepas and

Todd Fredericksen

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 69 | 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 64 | 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)

Wildfire and Forest Resistance and Resilience

edited by

Marcos Francos

and

Víctor Fernández-García

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 55 | 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)

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 40 | 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 32 | 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)

Adaptive Silviculture for Climate Change

edited by

Vladan Ivetic

,

John Stanturf

and

Branko Kanjevac

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 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)

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 28 | 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)

Hydrological Modeling with AI in Forests

edited by André Ferreira Rodrigues and

Carlos Rogério Mello

submission deadline 18 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 5 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; forest water resources; resilience

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Hydrology)

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 3449 | 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)

Forest Ecotourism: Balancing Recreation, Conservation, and Local Development

edited by

,

,

and

submission deadline 25 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 2 | 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)

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 | Viewed by 509 | 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 6774 | 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 Economics and Policy Analysis

edited by

Jinlong Liu

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1322 | 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 1200 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Hydrology)

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 | 1 articles | Viewed by 541 | 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)

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 362 | 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 Zhipeng Zhu,

,

,

and

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 253 | 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)

Sustainable Forestry Operations: Timber Harvesting and Transportation Engineering

edited by

Grzegorz Trzciński

and

Kazuhiro Aruga

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 185 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest road; forest engineering; timber transport; wood supply chain; forestry transport; forest operation; forest road maintenance; road subgrades: axle overload; forest truck unit

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

Genetic Diversity, Adaptive Evolution, and Conservation Genomics of Forest Trees

edited by

Tin Hang Hung

and Konstantin V. Krutovsky

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 74 | Submission Open

Keywords: genetic diversity; adaptive evolution; forest tree genomics; conservation genomics; landscape genomics; epigenetics; climate change adaptation; population structure; provenance and restoration; forest genetic resources

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

Applications of Data Science in Forestry

edited by

Antonio Jesús Pérez-Luque

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 65 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest data; forest mortality; data science in forestry; remote sensing; big data integration; decision support systems; machine learning; open data forest

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

Genetic and Morphological Structure and Diversity of Forest Species: Implications for Conservation and Climate Change Adaptation

edited by

Antonio Vidaković

and

Igor Poljak

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 52 | Submission Open

Keywords: genetic diversity; morphological diversity; conservation; epigenetics; plasticity; molecular markers; experimental plots; climate change adaptation; population genetics

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

Genomic Diversity, Phylogeny, and Conservation of Forest Tree Species

edited by Federico Sebastiani,

Alexis Marchesini

and

Sara Villa

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 51 | Submission Open

Keywords: tree genomics; adaptive genetic variation; phylogenomics; forest conservation genetics; climate resilience (tree species); genomic diversity; endangered tree species; genomic restoration; cryptic species (forest trees)

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

Consequences of Land Use on the Conservation of Forest Ecosystems: Challenges and Solutions

edited by

Gabriel Murariu

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 46 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use change; management strategies; forest ecosystems; biodiversity; genetic tools; policy frameworks

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

Forestry Byproducts: Biorefinery, Nanomaterials, and Forests Productivity and Carbon Sequestration

edited by

Danilo Escobar-Avello

,

Maria Graciela Aguayo

, Rafael A. Rubilar and Miguel Pereira

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 43 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy; phenolic compounds; lignin; wood preservatives; lignocellulose; bio-based adhesives; nanocellulose; forest productivity; climate change mitigation; biochar; life cycle analysis

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

How Does Forest Management Affect Soil Dynamics?—2nd Edition

edited by

Cristian Oneț

and

Vlad Stoian

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 38 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable forestry; forest management practices; forest regeneration; soil health; forest disturbances; forest microbiomes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Impacts of Invasive Species on Forest Biodiversity

edited by

Antonio Morabito

,

Giacomo Mei

and

Gianmarco Tavilla

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 35 | Submission Open

Keywords: Invasive Alien Species (IAS); forest ecosystems; biodiversity loss; ecological impacts; ecosystem functioning; restoration ecology; habitat integrity; conservation and management; habitat fragmentation; forest resilience; topsoil; soil biota; pedofauna; humus forms

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Biodiversity)

Application of Forest Bioindicator Plants in Monitoring Environmental Pollution

edited by Guntis Tabors and Raimonds Kasparinskis

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

Keywords: moss; soil; soil chemistry; soil morphology; forest; pollution; agricultural land

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Latest Progress in Research on Forest Tree Genomics—The Second Edition

edited by Meng Li, Hao Chen and Ting Wang

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 28 | Submission Open

Keywords: tree; genomics; wood formation; transcriptome; forest ecology; genetic diversity of tree species; molecular markers of tree species

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

Forest Inventory: The Monitoring of Biomass and Carbon Stocks—2nd Edition

edited by

Tianxiang Yue

, Zhe Xu and Zong Wang

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 22 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest inventory; biomass assessment; carbon stocks; monitoring techniques; remote sensing; data fusion; climate change mitigation; forest carbon dynamics; biodiversity conservation; policy implications

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

Ecological Research in Bamboo Forests: 3rd Edition

edited by Xuhua Du, Ziwu Guo and

Xiaoping Zhang

submission deadline 15 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 156 | Submission Open

Keywords: bamboo; biogeochemical cycling; physiological ecology; plant microbiome; bamboo-based agroforestry; omics; bamboo expansion

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

Health and Disease Management of Urban Forest Trees

edited by

Miłosz Tkaczyk

and Katarzyna Sikora

submission deadline 15 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 112 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban forestry; tree diseases; forest pathology; tree health monitoring; biotic and abiotic stressors; climate change and tree health; disease management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)

Climate-Ready Urban Park Forestry: Managing Tree Species for Measurable Carbon Benefits

edited by

Alessia Di Giuseppe

and

Andrea Nicolini

submission deadline 15 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 15 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecosystem services; global warming; nature-based solution; urban heat island; urban parks

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Forestry)

Advances in Pine Wilt Disease—2nd Edition

edited by

Luís Bonifácio

, Magdalena Kacprzyk and Hyerim Han

submission deadline 25 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 92 | Submission Open

Keywords: Bursaphelenchus xylophilus; Monochamus pine sawyers; biotic and abiotic interactions; conifer forest management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)

The Sustainable Use of Forests in Tourism and Recreation: 2nd Edition

edited by

Wojciech Zgłobicki

and

Bogusława Baran-Zgłobicka

submission deadline 28 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 49 | Submission Open

Keywords: spatial planning; ecosystem services; conservation forests; recreation and leisure; forest plant communities; spatial forest management; active tourism

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Forestry)

Heavy Metal and Rare-Earth Element Stocks and Concentrations in Forests

edited by

Muhammad Mohsin

submission deadline 30 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 254 | Submission Open

Keywords: remediation techniques; soil– plant interactions; rare-earth elements; phytoremediation; temporal trends; metal recovery

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Innovative Techniques for Monitoring and Managing Invasive Forest Pests and Pathogens

edited by Sarah Facey

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 347 | Submission Open

Keywords: pest monitoring; surveillance; pest detection; invasive species; pest management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)

Forest Soil Health and Quality Monitoring

edited by Raluca Elena Enescu and

Minodora Manu

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 200 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil properties; carbon sequestration; microbial community; soil monitoring; soil quality; soil health; soil restoration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Multi-Sensor Data and Time-Series Analysis: Advancing Mapping and Climate Impact Assessment in Forest and Grassland

edited by

Laura Stendardi

,

Rocco Pace

and

Gianluca Pappaccogli

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 48 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-sensor data fusion; time-series analysis; forest and grassland mapping; climate impact assessment; remote sensing (optical/SAR/LiDAR/UAV); machine learning/AI; vegetation phenology; ecosystem productivity; climate resilience; carbon sequestration

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

Advances in Remote Sensing for Forest Resource Monitoring and Management

edited by

Saygin Abdikan

and

Aliihsan Sekertekin

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 8 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest management; forest parameter extraction; tree identification; deep learning; machine learning; forest fire; carbon and biomass mapping; LiDAR altimetry; SAR imagery; optical imagery

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

The Role of Soil Fauna and Microbial Communities in Forests

edited by Beata Klimek

submission deadline 1 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 82 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil bacteria; soil fungi; biological diversity; soil decomposition rate; soil C stock

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

Functional Genomics of Forest Trees—2nd Edition

edited by

Zhong Chen

and

Meixia Ye

submission deadline 25 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 761 | Submission Open

Keywords: functional genomics; multi-omics analysis; tree genetics; regulation of gene expression; tree molecular biology; tree breeding; bioinformatics; quantitative genetics

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

Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functions in Forests—2nd Edition

edited by

Gabriel Murariu

and

Lucian Dinca

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

Keywords: forests; biodiversity; ecosystem functions; boreal; temperate; tropical; carbon; ecology; management

Forests as Nature-Based Solutions: Ecosystem Services, Multiple Benefits, and Trade-Offs—2nd Edition

edited by

Anže Japelj

and

Silvija Krajter Ostoić

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

Keywords: nature-based solutions; forest ecosystem services; forest owners; trade-offs among ES; policy uptake of NBS; sustainable management; environmental equality; socio-ecological systems

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

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