Forests

Ecological Preferences and Bioindicative Role of Bryophytes in Forest Ecosystems

edited by

Grzegorz J. Wolski

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 248 | Submission Open

Keywords: bryophytes; forest communities; bioindication; ecological preferences

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

Advances in Testing the Biological Durability and Quality Assurance of Wood-Based Materials and Products

edited by

Tripti Singh

and

Christian Brischke

submission deadline 22 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 17199 | Submission Open

Keywords: field test; fungal decay; laboratory test; marine borer attack; performance; quality control; staining fungi; termite attack; test methodology; wood modification; wood protection; wood deterioration

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

Application of Remote Sensing in Vegetation Dynamics and Ecology—2nd Edition

edited by Wangping Li and

Donghui Shangguan

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1486 | Submission Open

Keywords: vegetation type; response to climate change; ecological change; response to human activity; remote sensing

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

Biogeochemical Cycles in Forests: 2nd Edition

edited by

Hao Zhang

and

Robert G. Qualls

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 489 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest ecosystem; nutrient circle; soil microorganism; ecological stoichiometry; global change; carbon pool; element cycle model

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Advanced Studies in Gene Expression in Woody Plants

edited by Long-Hai Zou, Ming-Bing Zhou and

Xianhai Zhao

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 150 | Submission Open

Keywords: woody plants; gene expression; genomics; bioinformatics; wood formation; stress tolerance; disease resistance; epigenetic mechanisms; transcription factors; functional genomics

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

Advanced Research and Technology on Biomass Materials in Forestry

edited by

Saman Ghahri

, Bingnan Yuan and

Viktor Savov

submission deadline 26 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3939 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural and industrial waste utilization; biomass materials valorization; biomass conversion; bio-adhesives; biomaterials; crosslinking; eco-friendly forest products; technical lignin; vegetable tannins; sustainable production

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

Somatic Embryogenesis and Organogenesis on Tree Species: 2nd Edition

edited by

Marcos Edel Martinez-Montero

and

Judit Dobránszki

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4066 | 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)

Climate and Land-Use Change Effects on the Biogeography of Woody Plant Species and Biodiversity Conservation

edited by

Kostas Kougioumoutzis

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3168 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodiversity patterns; conservation biology and prioritization; ecosystems services; ethnobotany; extinction risk; genetic; taxonomic; phylogenetic; and functional diversity; plant– pollinator networks; phylogeography; physiology; species distribution modelling

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

Application of Machine-Learning Methods in Forestry

edited by

Leiguang Wang

and

Chinsu Lin

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2414 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; forestry; remote sensing; forest management; forest inventory; growth prediction; health management; forest structure parameter inversion; fire prediction; tree species identification; pest and disease monitoring; biomass estimation; vegetation mapping; spatial distribution

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

Forest Pathogen Detection, Diagnosis and Control

edited by

Roberto Faedda

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1452 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest pathogens; diagnostics tools; early detection; identification; forest health; forest management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)

Wildfire Behavior and the Effects of Climate Change in Forests

edited by

Gilberto Vaz

and

Jorge R.N. Raposo

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1279 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest fires; wildfire behavior; climate change; extreme wildfires; wildfire modeling; wildfire management; forest management; forest and fire technologies; forest landscape and fire data

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

Interactions of Plants, Soil Nutrients, and Microorganisms in the Karst Forest Ecosystems

edited by Dan Xiao,

Jie Zhao

, Wei Zhang, Hanqing Wu and Peilei Hu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 15444 | Submission Open

Keywords: nutrient cycling; vegetation recovery; land-use change; climate warming; microbial biodiversity; soil carbon; soil nitrogen; plant‒soil nutrient interactions; bedrock geochemistry; karst ecosystem

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

Soundscape in Urban Forests—2nd Edition

edited by

Xin-Chen Hong

,

Jiang Liu

and

Guangyu Wang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 14921 | 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)

Biomass Estimation and Carbon Stocks in Forest Ecosystems: 3rd Edition

edited by

Andrzej Węgiel

and

Adrian Łukowski

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 13808 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomass allocation; allometric equations; growth models; biomass expansion factors; remote sensing; bioenergy; carbon and nutrient storage; ecosystem biodiversity; soil productivity; forest management

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

Application of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems for Natural Resource Management of Forest Ecosystems

edited by

Pablito M. López-Serrano

and

Marín Pompa-García

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 11959 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; geographic information systems (GISs); machine learning; forest management; geoprocessing and spatial analysis; unmanned aerial vehicles

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

Advances in Forest Cover Change and Its Ecological and Environmental Effects—2nd Edition

edited by

Wei Shui

and

Junyu Qi

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9306 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest land cover; environmental factors; ecological effects; environmental effects; biodiversity; ecological geography

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

Advances in Forest Carbon Sequestration and Emission Reduction Potential

edited by

Jian Xiang

, Tiehu He and Gang Liu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8540 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest carbon sequestration; GHGs emission; soil organic carbon; nitrogen; forestation; deforestation; CO2; CH4; N2O

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

Forest and Urban Green Space Ecosystem Services and Management

edited by

Jianping Wu

, Xin Xiong, Jianling Li and

Zhongbing Chang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8518 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest ecosystem; urban green space ecosystem; ecosystem services; forest management; climate change; land use and cover change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Forestry)

Growth and Stand Dynamics of Unmanaged and Managed Forests Under Global Change

edited by

Maciej Pach

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 5573 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; adaptive forest management; old-growth stands; stand dynamics; growth models; resistance; resilience; recovery; silvicultural prescriptions

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

Advancing Forest Ecosystem Sustainability: Integrating Plant Physiology, Microbial Ecology, and Spatial Technologies

edited by

Nan Xu

and Xuechen Yang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5295 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest plant physiology; soil microbial ecology; GIS applications; nutrient cycling; biodiversity; ecosystem modeling; stress physiology; climate change adaptation; spatial analysis

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

Tree Breeding: Genetic Diversity, Differentiation and Conservation

edited by

Hanna Fuchs

, Ewelina Ratajczak and

Konrad Celiński

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3781 | Submission Open

Keywords: genetic diversity; tree breeding; conservation genetics; genomic selection; molecular markers; forest ecosystems; genetic differentiation; climate change adaptation; rare species conservation; population structure

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

Modeling Forest Dynamics

edited by

Zongzheng Chai

, Xianzhao Liu,

Lingbo Dong

and

Zaixing Zhou

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3239 | Submission Open

Keywords: forests; ecological services; natural factors; anthropogenic factors; modeling forest dynamics; modeling techniques; forest dynamics; tree growth; mortality patterns; forest landscapes; forest productivity; forest management; forest conservation

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

Forest Tree Genetics and Breeding in Response to Different Threats: 2nd Edition

edited by

Jingli Yang

,

Haizhen Zhang

,

Shicheng Zhao

and Hanzeng Wang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3155 | Submission Open

Keywords: trees; genetics and breeding; heat stress; cold stress; salt stress; metal stress; abiotic and biotic stresses; environmental adaptation; gene regulation; genetic engineering

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

Tree- and Shrub-Based Phytoremediation: Pollution Control and Ecosystem Services

edited by Dario Liberati and

Ronald S. Zalesny, Jr.

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3150 | Submission Open

Keywords: phytotechnologies; phytoremediation; regulating; provisioning; and cultural ecosystem services; nature-based solutions; carbon sequestration; soil fertility; urban hydrology regulation; species and ecosystem diversity; reduction of airborne particulate matter; plant biomass production; aesthetic value of green areas; citizen science; citizen health

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Forestry)

Degraded Forest Carbon Sink Restoration and Sustainable Management of Forest Carbon Sinks

edited by Yongjun Shi,

Lin Xu

and Yufeng Zhou

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2641 | Submission Open

Keywords: degraded forest management; degraded forest restoration; carbon sink afforestation

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

Wood Processing, Modification and Performance

edited by

Xinyou Liu

and

Grant Kirker

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2417 | Submission Open

Keywords: wood processing; wood modification; durability enhancement; sustainable materials; chemical treatment; mechanical performance; wood preservation; environmental impact; material innovation

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

Carbon Dynamics of Forest Soils Under Climate Change

edited by

Xiang Zhang

and Zheng Hong Tan

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2221 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil organic carbon; soil respiration; climate change; forest management; drought; warming; temperature sensitivity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Application of Machine-Learning Techniques in Forestry

edited by

Gilson Alexandre Ostwald Pedro da Costa

,

Raul Queiroz Feitosa

,

Veraldo Liesenberg

,

Guilherme Lucio Abelha Mota

and

Pedro Juan Soto Vega

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1949 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; biogeophysical cycles; carbon stock; climate change; deep learning; deforestation; ecological services; forest conservation; forest degradation; forest dynamics; forest fire; forest landscapes; forest management; forest productivity; forest protection; forest regeneration; land use dynamics; machine learning

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

Advances in Wood Furniture Design: Materials, Style, Structure, Ergonomics, and Manufacturing

edited by

Wengang Hu

and

Andreja Pirc Barčić

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1507 | Submission Open

Keywords: wood furniture; wood material; furniture design; wood structure; ergonomics; wood product manufacturing

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

Innovating Indicators: New Approaches for Tracking Forest Health Status and Trends in a Rapidly Changing World

edited by

Kevin M. Potter

and

Frank H. Koch

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1456 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest health monitoring; indicators; status and trends; invasive species; climate change; insects and diseases; regeneration trends; drought; wildfire; fragmentation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)

Arthropod Biodiversity and Ecology in Forest and Agricultural Ecosystems

edited by

Theodoros I. Stathakis

,

Filitsa Karamaouna

and

Dimitrios Avtzis

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1427 | 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)

Seed Dispersal by Animals in Forests

edited by

Ning Li

, Xianfeng Yi and Zheng Wang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 1104 | Submission Open

Keywords: seed dispersal; frugivore; birds; seed dispersal networks; forests

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

Tree-Ring Analysis: Response and Adaptation to Climate Change

edited by

Aldo Rafael Martínez-Sifuentes

and

José Villanueva Díaz

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1076 | Submission Open

Keywords: tree-ring; climate change; climatic response; adaptation; dendrochronology

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

Exploring the Antioxidant Potential and Phenolic Diversity of Forest-Derived Plants

edited by

Kristina Zymonė

and Laura Rimkienė

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1026 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest-derived plants; antioxidant mechanism; antioxidant components; activity and potential; phytochemical analysis; phenolic compounds and diversity; multi-omics technologies; phenols quality control

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

Dendrochronology Beyond the Ordinary: Understanding Wood Formation and Climate Change (2nd Edition)

edited by

Angela Balzano

,

Maks Merela

and

Veronica De Micco

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 1025 | Submission Open

Keywords: dendrochronology; xylogenesis; phloem formation; wood anatomy; functional anatomical traits; quantitative wood anatomy; trees’ environmental response; climate change

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

Ecology of Forested Wetlands

edited by

William H. Conner

and Jamie Duberstein

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 935 | Submission Open

Keywords: forested wetlands; mangroves; swamps; bottomland hardwoods; mangles; tidal forests; coastal forests; sea level rise; climate change; deforestation; hydrology; productivity; community composition; blue carbon

(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 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 925 | 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)

Conservation and Restoration of Forest Biodiversity

edited by Chunjing Wang, Chunhui Zhang and

Tomasz Oszako

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 918 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Biodiversity)

Tropical Forest Ecology Monitoring—New Techniques and Future Implications

edited by Milton Marques Fernandes,

André Quintão de Almeida

and Márcia Rodrigues de Moura Fernandes

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 895 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; remotely operated vehicles; tropical forests; species diversity; forest structure; forest restoration; climate change; artificial intelligence; forest management

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

Insights of Dendrochronology Based on Forest Dynamics, Fire History, and Climate Change

edited by

Julián Cerano-Paredes

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 620 | Submission Open

Keywords: dendrochronology; tree-rings; forest dynamics; fire history; climate change; disturbance ecology; species succession; ecological adaptation

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

Phenotypic and Genetic Diversity in Tree Species

edited by Chiara Catalano and

Gaetano Distefano

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 564 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest tree biodiversity; genetic variability; phenotypic trait characterization; future perspectives for tree system sustainability; biodiversity conservation

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

Microbial Dynamics and Nutrient Cycling in Forest Soil

edited by

Li Ji

,

Sara Wahdan

and Heng Gui

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 322 | Submission Open

Keywords: nutrient cycling; forest soil; microbial community; mycorrhizal fungi; soil sustainability; ecosystem process; forest management; plant– microbe interactions; metagenomics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Non-Native Species in Forest Ecosystems

edited by

Margarita Arianoutsou

,

Ioannis Bazos

and

Giuseppe Brundu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 295 | Submission Open

Keywords: invasive alien species; non-native trees; forest ecosystems; sustainable forestry; risk assessment; biodiversity conservation; policy and legislation

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

Growth, Maintenance, and Function of Urban Trees

edited by

Shidong Ge

,

Valánszki István

,

Xiaoping Chen

and Sihan Xue

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 239 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban tree; growth; maintenance; ecosystem services; social benefits; tree management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Forestry)

Advanced Research in Lauraceae Plants: From Foundations to Applications

edited by

Zhaojiang Zuo

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 235 | Submission Open

Keywords: exploitation and utilization; genetic breeding; Lauraceae; physiological response; secondary metabolism

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

Sustaining Soil Health in Forest Ecosystems: Ecological Approaches, Best Practices, Strategies and Innovations

edited by

Rossana Marzaioli

and

Gaurav Mishra

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 175 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil quality; forest soil; sustainable soil management; healthy soil; ecosystem services; SDGs

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Applications of Optical and Active Remote Sensing in Forestry

edited by

Dandan Xu

and

Xulin Guo

submission deadline 10 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2716 | Submission Open

Keywords: forests; plantations; satellite images; UAV images; UAV-LiDAR; biophysical parameters

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

Responses and Adaptation of Trees to Environmental Stress

edited by

Constança Camilo Alves

,

Raquel Lobo-do-Vale

and Margarida Vaz

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1540 | 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)

Species Diversity and Habitat Conservation in Forest

edited by

Marek Sławski

and

Francesco Parisi

submission deadline 16 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 959 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest biodiversity; forest management; species conservation; species diversity; habitat conservation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Biodiversity)

Growth and Photosynthetic Responses of Seedlings Under Climate Change in Forests

edited by

Jimei Han

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 827 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; forest seedlings; photosynthesis; growth response; forest regeneration; physiological adaptation; environmental stress

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

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