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Bioenergy from Wood: Sustainable Production in the World

edited by Alexandre Santos Pimenta, Laércio C. Couto, Ananias Francisco Dias Junior and

Paulo Fernando Trugilho

submission deadline 5 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9441

Keywords: energy from wood; energetic forests; biomass from trees and woody shrubs; wood thermochemical conversion processes; bioenergy from wood and environmental benefits

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

Planted Forests: A Path towards Sustainable Development

edited by Jesús Fernández-Moya

submission deadline 15 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8144 | Submission Open

Keywords: planted forests; forest plantations; timber production; wood; non-timber products; ecosystem services; agroforestry; afforestation; reforestation

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

Wildlife in Forest Ecosystems: Game Damage vs. Conservation

edited by

Jan Cukor

and Jakub Drimaj

submission deadline 15 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4034 | Submission Open

Keywords: wild ungulates; game damage; bark stripping; forest management; wildlife conservation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Biodiversity)

Bird Communities in Forest Ecosystems: Impact of Forest Management and Climate Changes

edited by Grzegorz Zawadzki,

Dorota Zawadzka

and Stanisław Drozdowski

submission deadline 15 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1474 | Submission Open

Keywords: avian diversity; birds; biodiversity; habitat impact; forest fragmentation; management practices; forest management; climate changing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Biodiversity)

Analysis of Phytochemical Components and Genes of Nut Trees and Woody Oilseeds

edited by

Yihua Liu

Xupo Ding

and Ioannis Manthos

submission deadline 15 May 2025 | Viewed by 477 | Submission Open

Keywords: phytochemical component; gene; omics; nut trees; woody oilseeds

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

Forest Diversity and Stand Structure

edited by João Tavares Calixto Júnior and

Maciej Pach

submission deadline 15 May 2025 | Viewed by 265 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant ecology; floristic diversity patterns; community structure; forest/climate relationship

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Biodiversity)

Carbon, Nitrogen, and Phosphorus Storage and Cycling in Forest Soil

edited by Jiwei Li and Kaibo Wang

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 8337 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon; nitrogen; phosphorus; forest; soil; stoichiometry; storage

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Soil Organic Matter and Soil Multifunctionality in Forest Ecosystems

edited by

Xiong Fang

, Yuzhe Wang,

Xingkai Xu

and

Xiankai Lu

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7940 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil organic carbon; nutrient cycling; soil multifunctionality; soil microbial; biodiversity; climate change; forest restoration; forest succession; forest management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Impacts of Climate Extremes on Forests

edited by

Álvaro Rubio-Cuadrado

and

Jesús Julio Camarero

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6588 | Submission Open

Keywords: resistance; resilience; tree growth; radial growth; forest dynamics; drought; spring frost; late frost

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

Forest Pathogens: Detection, Diagnosis, and Control

edited by

Fengmao Chen

and

Yonglin Wang

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2163 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest pathogens; disease diagnosis; pathogen detection; forest health; disease control strategies; biological control; chemical treatments; silvicultural practices; forest management; sustainable forestry

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)

Urban Green Infrastructure and Urban Landscape Ecology

edited by

Chunlin Li

, Tiemao Shi,

Tangao Hu

and

Zhibin Ren

submission deadline 23 May 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 11854 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban greening; nature-based solutions; urban landscape ecology; ecosystem services; urban forest management; urban planning; landscape architecture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Forestry)

Risk Assessment and Management of Forest Pest Outbreaks

edited by

Rastislav Jakuš

submission deadline 23 May 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 10368 | Submission Open

Keywords: bark beetles; defoliators; semiochemicals; push– pull; repellents; smart forestry; traps; drones; satellite

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)

Urban Forest Landscapes and Forest Therapy

edited by

Rocco Pace

Francesco Meneguzzo

and

Alessandro Paletto

submission deadline 24 May 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10804 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecosystem services; forest bathing; environmental justice; forest medicine; human well-being

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Forestry)

Sustainable Wood Market: The Contribution and Challenges of Forest Products for Carbon Neutrality

edited by

Baodong Cheng

Chenlu Tao

and Ján Parobek

submission deadline 25 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3569 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon neutrality; forest products market and trade; production management; classified forest management; forest carbon sinks; life cycle analysis; carbon footprint; sustainable harvesting; wood industry

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

Improving the Service Life of Wood: Durability and Preservation

edited by

Grant Kirker

submission deadline 25 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3037 | Submission Open

Keywords: wood protection; wood durability; carbon sequestration; life cycle assessment; end-of-life disposal; sustainable forest management

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

Forestry in the Contemporary Bioeconomy

edited by

Marios Trigkas

and

Dimitra Lazaridou

submission deadline 25 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2082 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest bioeconomy; circular economy; forest value chain; entrepreneurship; innovation

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

The Conservation and Management of Agro- and Forest Ecosystems in a Changing Climate

edited by

Monika Toleikienė

, Darius Kavaliauskas and

Viktorija Vaštakaitė-Kairienė

submission deadline 25 May 2025 | Viewed by 145 | Submission Open

Keywords: conservation; biodiversity; sustainable management; climate change adaptation; resilience of ecosystems

Arthropod Biodiversity and Ecology in Forest and Agricultural Ecosystems

edited by

Theodoros I. Stathakis

Filitsa Karamaouna

and

Dimitrios Avtzis

submission deadline 26 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 566 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest and agriculture ecosystem; arthropod biodiversity; forest arthropod ecology; pest management; arthropod community structure

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Biodiversity)

Innovation, Transition and Reconstruction of Forestry Oriented by Policies

edited by

Maria Nijnik

and

Mariana Melnykovych

submission deadline 30 May 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 19270 | Submission Open

Keywords: institutions; governance; social innovation; transformative changes; transdisciplinary approaches; stakeholder engagement

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

Forest Biomass Utilization: Implications for Global Sustainable Development

edited by

Gloria Oporto

submission deadline 30 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3152 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest biomass; bioenergy; engineered wood composites; engineered wood products; biochar; wood products market; carbon sequestration; carbon credits

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

Emerging Potential of Hardwood Resources for Innovative Uses

edited by Dominika Gornik Bučar and Manja Kitek Kuzman

submission deadline 30 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2035 | Submission Open

Keywords: hardwoods; deciduous tree; wood properties; processing; machining; technology; wood products; forest-wood value chain; sustainability; marginal quality

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

Growth Models for Forest Stand Development Dynamics

edited by

Benedicto Vargas-Larreta

José Javier Corral-Rivas

and

Jorge Omar López-Martínez

submission deadline 30 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1846 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest growth model; stand dynamic research; ecological modeling; sustainable forestry; climate change impacts on forests; remote sensing in forest dynamics; machine learning algorithm; sustainable forest management practices

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

Effect of Vegetation Restoration on Forest Soil

edited by Yong Liu

submission deadline 30 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 563 | Submission Open

Keywords: vegetation restoration; biodiversity; functions; soil health; ecosystem sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Somatic Embryogenesis and Organogenesis on Tree Species: 2nd Edition

edited by

Marcos Edel Martinez-Montero

and

Judit Dobránszki

submission deadline 30 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 509 | Submission Open

Keywords: somatic embryogenesis; tree biotechnology; tree products; cryopreservation; mass propagation; forest; genetic diversity; ecosystem; climate change; plant breeding

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

Modeling Post-Fire Forest Vegetation Dynamics Based on Remote Sensing Applications

edited by

Daniela Avetisyan

, Iva Ivanova,

Nataliya Stankova

and

Cristiano Foderi

submission deadline 30 May 2025 | Viewed by 474 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; fire impact; forest vegetation dynamics; post-fire vegetation recovery; post-fire spatial analyses

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

Fungal Metagenome of Tropical Soils

edited by

Tancredo Augusto Souza

and Diego S. Batista

submission deadline 30 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 467 | Submission Open

Keywords: fungal metagenomics; ecosystem services; soil fungi biodiversity; soil– plant interactions; sustainable land management; tropical soils

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Forest Fires Prediction and Detection—2nd Edition

edited by

Rafael Coll Delgado

and Rafael De Ávila Rodrigues

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 14 articles | Viewed by 21758 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; climate change; forest fires; fire models; fire monitoring

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

Advances in the Cultivation, Protection and High-Value Utilization of Forest Resources

edited by

Cheng Li

Sabrina Palanti

, Liping Yu and Lifen Li

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 16850 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-value utilization of wood; forest resources; biomass materials from forest; wood panels and products; forest products; utilization of forest resources; forest resource cultivation; functionalization of wood; wood reinforcement; wood preservation; bio-based wood adhesives; biodegradable wood plastic composites; wood-inorganic nanocomposites; plant nutrition; plant biochemistry

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

Forest Growth Modeling in Different Ecological Conditions

edited by

María Menéndez-Miguélez

Admir Avdagic

and

Francesca Giannetti

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8596 | Submission Open

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

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

Soundscape in Urban Forests - 2nd Edition

edited by

Xin-Chen Hong

Jiang Liu

and

Guangyu Wang

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8290 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural soundscape; ecological pattern of soundscape; multi-sensory interaction; soundscape resource management; environmental behavior; environmental health

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Forestry)

The Influence of Forest Management on Wood Quality and End-Product Potential

edited by

Tomasz Jelonek

and

Peter F. Newton

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7792 | Submission Open

Keywords: properties; processes and drives of wood formulation; forest management; crop planning; timber production; post-disaster wood

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

Remote Sensing-Based Methods for Forest Aboveground Biomass Estimation

edited by

Yongjie Ji

, Yanqiu Xing, Armando Marino and

Jiangping Long

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5055 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; forest AGB; feature optimization; machine learning; deep learning; physical model; forest mapping; uncertainty analysis

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

Multiple-Use and Ecosystem Services of Forests—2nd Edition

edited by

Susete Marques

Emin Z. Başkent

and

Brigite Botequim

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4754 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest ecosystem management; multiple uses; ecosystem services; inventory and planning; modeling productivity; decision support system; sustainable provision of ecosystem services; profitability of ecosystem services; participatory approaches

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

Development and Performance of Wood-Based Products

edited by

Rafael Rodolfo De Melo

Adriano Reis Prazeres Mascarenhas

and

Zhichao Lou

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4050 | Submission Open

Keywords: wood products; particleboards; fiberboards; plywood; wood composites; engineered wood products; adhesives technology; development of new wood-based products; reuse of wood waste

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

Mangrove Forest Ecosystems: Present Status, Challenges, and Future Directions

edited by

Daniel M. Alongi

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1597 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; conservation; management; blue carbon; genomics and genetics; deforestation and degradation

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

Forest Genetic Resources: State, Pressure, Benefit and Response to Global Change

edited by

Ermioni Malliarou

and

Evangelia V. Avramidou

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 1002 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; genetic structure; epigenetic diversity; molecular methods; forest species; biotechnology; conservation; genomics; management; adaptation

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

Dendrochemistry: Tools for Evaluating Variations in Past and Present Forest Environments (2nd Edition)

edited by Paul R Sheppard

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 926 | Submission Open

Keywords: dendrochemistry; environmental chemistry monitoring; dendrochronology; point source contamination; non-point source pollution; inorganic elements; element translocation

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

Challenges and Prospects of Remote Sensing Application for Forest Resources Management

edited by Saverio Francini

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 852 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; forest resources management; forest mapping; biomass estimation; machine learning

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

Innovations in Sustainable Strategies for Managing Forest Ecosystem Services

edited by

Soleiman Mohammadi Limaei

and

Luís C. Santos

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 555 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable forest management; forest ecosystem services; carbon sequestration; ecosystem evaluation; forest conservation; climate change mitigation; monitoring technologies; socio-economic impacts; restoration strategies; ecosystem health

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

Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functions in Forests

edited by

Gabriel Murariu

and

Lucian Dinca

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 534 | Submission Open

Keywords: forests; biodiversity; environment; ecology; management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Biodiversity)

Genetic Mechanisms of Environmental Adaptability of Forest Tree Species

edited by

Mingcheng Wang

Shanshan Zhu

, Lei Zhang and Yonghua Zhang

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 327 | Submission Open

Keywords: genetic adaptability; forest trees; environmental stress; gene expression; climate change adaptation

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

Management of Forest Pests and Diseases—2nd Edition

edited by

Young-Seuk Park

Won Il Choi

and

Jong-Kook Jung

submission deadline 6 Jun 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 22424 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest management; invasive species; alien species; risk assessment; pests; insects; diseases; monitoring; assessment; ecology; effects of climate change; effects of environment change; outbreak; modelling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)

Forest-Based Biomass for Bioenergy

edited by

Sam Van Holsbeeck

and

Natascia Magagnotti

submission deadline 10 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1267 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest biomass; woody biomass; bioenergy; biofuels; biomass recovery

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

Sustainable Development of Forest, Energy, and Climate Change Resilience Nexus

edited by

Dastan Bamwesigye

and

Jitka Fialova

submission deadline 13 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5012 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change crisis; energy; forest services; poverty

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

Wood Anatomy and Evaluation of Wood Structures and Their Modifications—2nd Edition

edited by

Veronica De Micco

Maks Merela

and

Angela Balzano

submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5331 | Submission Open

Keywords: wood anatomy; false rings; frost rings; functional anatomical traits; quantitative wood anatomy; juvenile wood; reaction wood; vessels inclusions; wound wood; scar tissue; compartmentalization

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

Wood Properties: Strength, Density, Hardness

edited by Ying Guan and Xinxin Ma

submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1050 | Submission Open

Keywords: mechanical property; genetic modification; chemical modification; polymer materials; lignocellulose; bamboo and rattan

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

Forest Phenology Dynamics and Response to Climate Change

edited by

and

submission deadline 16 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1546 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest phenology; climate change; functional traits; vegetation dynamics; phenological responses; ecosystem functioning; carbon sequestration; temperature sensitivity; plant– climate interaction; biodiversity conservation

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

Genetic and Molecular Basis and Development Under Environmental Adaptation

edited by

Yunhui Xie

Ermei Chang

Jinhui Chen

and Hao Chen

submission deadline 16 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 191 | Submission Open

Keywords: conifer; tree genomics; genomic selection; adaptation; sequencing; population structure; QTL/association mapping; molecular evolution; proteomics; epigenetics

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

Advances in Forest Medicinal Resources: Evaluation and Diversity

edited by Zivile Pranskuniene, Jūratė Sendžikaitė and

Jurga Bernatoniene

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1108 | Submission Open

Keywords: medicinal plants biodiversity; etnobotany; phytotherapy; natural pharmaceuticals; medicinal plant conservation; forest-derived remedies; ethnomedicinal research; forest medicinal resources; forest ecosystems; non-wood forest products

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

Responses and Adaptation of Trees to Environmental Stress

edited by

Constança Camilo Alves

Raquel Lobo-do-Vale

and Margarida Vaz

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 227 | Submission Open

Keywords: tree ecosystem; climate change; abiotic stress; molecular and genetic mechanisms; tree structure and function; functional ecology; remote sensing and models

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

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