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Wood Testing, Processing and Modification

edited by Bin Luo and

Carmen-Mihaela Popescu

submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2792 | Submission Open

Keywords: wooden products; wood process; woodcutting theory; woodcutting tools; woodworking machinery; intelligent manufacturing

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

Management of the Sustainable Forest Operations and Silviculture

edited by

Benno Richard Eberhard

and

submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2338 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest management; forest technology; smart forestry; operational monitoring; remote sensing; artificial intelligence; forest management software; environmental stewardship

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

Carbon, Nitrogen, and Phosphorus Storage and Cycling in Forest Soil—2nd Edition

edited by Jiwei Li and Kaibo Wang

submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 765 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Climate Change Impacts on Forest Dynamics: Use of Modern Technology

edited by Zacharoula S. Andreopoulou and

Vasiliki Kamperidou

submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 735 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; smart green applications; biodiversity ecosystems; natural resources; forest management; forest products; wood

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

Innovations in Engineered Wood for Sustainable and Resilient Construction

edited by

Assaad Taoum

and Gregory Nolan

submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 201 | Submission Open

Keywords: engineered wood products; mass timber construction; structural timber design; timber durability; timber codes and standards; prefabricated timber systems; mid-rise timber buildings; timber connections and joints; fire performance of timber; timber sustainability and life-cycle

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

Sustainable Soil and Fertility Management Strategies for Tree Crops in Arid Environments Under Climate Stress

edited by

Victor Kavvadias

submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 149 | Submission Open

Keywords: resilient soil management; fertilization strategies; soil quality; soil conservation practices; climate change; arid environments

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Phenomenon of Wood Colour—2nd Edition

edited by

Richard Hrčka

and

Vlastimil Borůvka

submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 102 | Submission Open

Keywords: wood; wood-based materials; colour; processes; surface; discolouration

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

Physiological, Morphological and Anatomical Traits to Abiotic Stress in Woody Plants

edited by

Maks Merela

and

Angela Balzano

submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 77 | Submission Open

Keywords: woody plant; abiotic stress; functional wood traits; tree rings; wood formation; anthropogenic disturbance; structural plasticity; physiological response; morphological adaptation; drought tolerance; climate change

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

Protection and Management of Urban Parks and Nature Reserves

edited by Xiaoqing Xu,

Lei Wang

and

Yunlong Yao

submission deadline 26 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 104 | Submission Open

Keywords: green space; urban parks; urban biodiversity; biodiversity conservation; environmental pollution; urban ecosystems

(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 27 Feb 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7101 | 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)

The Influence of Environment Changes on Tree Seedlings and Clones Development

edited by Paulo Trazzi and Maristela Araujo

submission deadline 27 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 941 | Submission Open

Keywords: tree seedlings; clone development; environmental changes; stress tolerance; morphophysiology; silviculture; climate adaptation

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

Pollination and Bee Biodiversity in Forest Ecosystems

edited by John Pascarella and Daniel Bennett

submission deadline 27 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 288 | Submission Open

Keywords: bee diversity; species richness; faunistics; community ecology; pollination effectiveness; conservation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Biodiversity)

Climate Change Effects on Forest and Peatland Ecosystems

edited by

Kamila Harenda

and

Marcin Strózecki

submission deadline 27 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 160 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; forest; peatland; carbon cycle; greenhouse gas fluxes; ecosystem resilience; hydrology; rewetting; ecological monitoring; vegetation response

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

Social and Cultural Benefits of Forests Contributing to Human Health and Well-Being

edited by

Kangning Xiong

, Xiaofang Zhou and Mingjun Li

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 13659 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest ecosystem services; forest management and restoration; social and cultural benefits; forest eco-industry; human well-being; social– ecological system model simulation

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

Forest Tree Breeding: Genomics and Molecular Biology

edited by Zefu Wang,

Yuanzhong Jiang

and Changwei Bi

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2627 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest tree; genomics; molecular biology; breeding; genome evolution; gene function

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

Forest and Human Well-Being

edited by

Geonwoo Kim

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1347 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest ecosystem services; nexus of ecosystem and human well-being; sustainable forest management; climate change adaptation; forest policy; community forestry; forest biodiversity and human welfare

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Forestry)

Erosion and Forests: Drivers, Impacts, and Management

edited by Tommaso Baggio, Giacomo Pellegrini and

Lorenzo Picco

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1165 | Submission Open

Keywords: forests; erosion; sediment fluxes; large wood recruitment; remote sensing; soil degradation; forest restoration

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

Genetic Variation and Conservation of Forest Species

edited by

Sándor Bordács

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1111 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest genetics and genomics; population genetics; adaptation; functional genomics; phylogeography; genetic monitoring; conservation and use of forest genetic resources; management of conservation units

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

Forests That Heal: Importance of Medicinal Trees and Forest Understory Plants Conservation and Use

edited by

Adnan Amin

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 973 | Submission Open

Keywords: medicinal plants; ethnobotany; phytochemical diversity; conservation strategies; sustainable utilization

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

Production in Forest Nurseries, Field Performance of Seedlings and Natural Regeneration in the Context of Climate Change: 2nd Edition

edited by

Mohammed S. Lamhamedi

Steeve Pepin

and

Damase P. Khasa

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 802 | Submission Open

Keywords: seed and seedling quality; cutting; somatic embryogenesis; nursery production; cultural practices; environmental stress; mycorrhizal and bacteria symbioses; field performance; research and development programs adapted to the production chain of tree seedlings; agroforestry products and their valorization; natural regeneration

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

Ecological Monitoring and Forest Fire Prevention

edited by

Hao Liang

, Yili Zheng and Luis Ángel Ruiz Fernández

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 525 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest fire prevention; remote sensing; early-warning systems; fuel management; machine learning models; climate change adaptation; bio-diversity conservation

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

Impacts of Forest Fire on Ecosystem and Climate-Related Drivers

edited by

Jie Zhao

, Chao Yue and Yuyun Fu

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 497 | Submission Open

Keywords: extreme forest fire; ecosystem impact; climate change; biodiversity loss; ecosystem services; adaptation strategies; successional trajectories

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

Prediction of Carbon and Nitrogen Cycles and Soil Functions in Forest Ecosystems: From Molecular Mechanisms to Landscape Management

edited by

Shuai Wang

Qianlai Zhuang

, Fengkui Qian and Hui Li

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 467 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest ecosystem; carbon– nitrogen cycle; soil function prediction; biogeochemical processes; machine learning; landscape management; adaptation to climate change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Physiological and Biochemical Properties of Forest Soils: Microbial, Nutrient and Structural Perspectives

edited by

Emre Babur

, Ozlem Ustundag and

Ekrem Ozlu

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 309 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest soils; soil physiology; microbial ecology; litterfall; soil organic carbon; nutrient dynamics; soil– plant– climate interactions; biogeochemical cycling; soil enzymes; forest canopy effects; climate– soil feedbacks

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Forests for Soil and Water Conservation: Strategies and Innovations

edited by

Siniša Polovina

and

Veljko Perović

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 248 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil erosion; remote sensing; land use change; forest ecosystems; forest conservation; climate change; model simulation and scenario analysis; forest management scenario; machine learning; environmental modeling; UAV and multisensor data; spatiotemporal analysis; forested watersheds; watershed management; integrated watershed management; conservation; sustainable land management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

The Theory and Practice of Realizing the Value of Forest Ecological Products

edited by

Caiyao Xu

and Fanbin Kong

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 178 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest ecological products; value realization; public product attribute; common prosperity; digital empowerment; sustainable development

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

Drought Impacts on Tree Physiology: Physiological Mechanisms and Adaptive Strategies

edited by Lin Zhu, Danbo Pang and

Domingo Sancho-Knapik

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 159 | Submission Open

Keywords: drought resilience; hydraulic failure; stomatal regulation; osmotic adjustment; water-carbon balance; phenotypic plasticity; drought monitoring; multi-omics integration; ecohydrological modeling

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

Invasive Species in Forest Ecosystems: Ecology and Management

edited by

Min-Jung Kim

Youngwoo Nam

and

Jong-Kook Jung

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 138 | Submission Open

Keywords: invasive species; biological invasion; forest ecosystem; pest management; risk assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)

Climate Change and Stress Factors on Forest Vegetation: Regulation of Morphological, Physiological and Molecular Characteristics

edited by

Ahmed Abou El-Yazied

Yanqun Xu

and

Mohamed F.M Ibrahim

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 133 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; forest vegetation; global warming; stomatal conductance; carbon dioxide; shading; environmental stress; morphological and physiological adaptations; photosynthesis; plant signaling; senescence and aging

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

Sustainable Forest Operations: Technology, Management, and Challenges

edited by Benjamin Engler,

Ferréol Berendt

and

Francesco Latterini

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 130 | Submission Open

Keywords: harvesting technology; digitalization; forest work science; labor; tree planting; timber supply chain; forest ergonomics; quality optimization

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

Wood Structures and Wood-Based Composites Under Natural Hazard Loads

edited by

Ryu Noda

and Kei Sawata

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 127 | Submission Open

Keywords: wooden structures; wood-based composites; natural hazard loads; strength performance of the wooden materials; strength performance of the joints; stability performance as structures; numerical modeling; wooden disaster

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

Forests and Climate Change: Hydraulic Responses and Adaptation Mechanisms Under Extreme Events

edited by

Simona Altieri

and

Francesco Niccoli

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 125 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest resilience; hydraulic stress; water-use efficiency; tree physiological adaptation; climate extremes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Hydrology)

Tree Epigenetic Diversity and Its Role in Tree Adaptation

edited by Ermioni Malliarou and

Evangelia V. Avramidou

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 116 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; epigenetic diversity; adaptation; forest species; molecular methods; DNA methylation; conservation; histone modification; non-coding RNAs

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

Climate Change and Forest Phenology: Ecophysiological Mechanisms and Impacts

edited by

Jiaxin Wang

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 115 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest phenology; global warming; tree physiology; drought and heat stress; carbon and water fluxes; functional traits; phenological plasticity; experimental ecology; remote sensing; tree-ring phenology

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

Forest Soil Physical, Chemical and Biological Properties—2nd Edition

edited by

Milton Cesar Costa Campos

, Bruno Campos Mantovanelli and

Flavio Pereira de Oliveira

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 114 | Submission Open

Keywords: physical attributes of forest soils; chemical attributes of forest soils; biological attributes of forest soils; forest soil management; tropical forest land uses; carbon in forest soils; nutrient input in forest soils

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Forest Plants in Ecological Restoration and Disaster Mitigation

edited by Jungtai Lee and Anthony Kwan Leung

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 104 | Submission Open

Keywords: root-soil interactions; nature-based solutions; disaster monitoring; slope stabilization; root biomechanics; root system; soil stability

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

Forest Entomology and Phytopathology: Contemporary Challenges in Forest Conservation

edited by Robert Kuźmiński and

Marta Bełka

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 99 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest health; climate change; biotic threats; pathogenic fungi; forest pests; invasive species; abiotic stress; urban forestry; forest biosecurity; tree resilience

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)

Multidimensional Stakeholder Engagement in Forest Governance and Certification Systems

edited by Aureliu-Florin Hălălișan

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 92 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest certification; stakeholders’ engagement; standards; voluntary certification; forest governance frameworks; innovative participatory approaches

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

Forest Management for High-Quality Timber: Linking Silviculture, Wood Quality, and End-Use Value

edited by

Tomasz Jelonek

and Bartłomiej Naskrent

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 84 | Submission Open

Keywords: wood quality; forest management; climate change; silvicultural practices; wood value; end-use performance; xylem development; timber utilization

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

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Applications in Forestry—Second Edition

edited by

Yunfei Liu

submission deadline 10 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4486 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligencemachine learningdeep learningforest managementforest protection

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

Forest Fire: Landscape Patterns, Risk Prediction and Fuels Management

edited by

Luís Reis

and

Jorge R.N. Raposo

submission deadline 10 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1486 | Submission Open

Keywords: fire behavior; fire events; forest fires; fire management; fire safety; fire technology; moisture fuel; climate change; fuel management

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

Remote Sensing in Monitoring Forest Fires and Other Disturbances

edited by

José Aranha

submission deadline 10 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 885 | Submission Open

Keywords: rural fires; fire recurrence; land use; land cover; vegetation indices; map algebra; Landsat; Sentinel 2; regression analysis; post-fire recovery; fire hazard indices; remote sensing and GIS

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

Advanced Technologies for Forest Fire Detection and Monitoring

edited by

Change Zheng

, Fengjun Zhao,

Xingdong Li

and

Yunfei Liu

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2854 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest fire; fire danger forecast; early detection; spread prediction; artificial intelligence; remote sensing; UAV; IoT; multi-source data

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

Forest Tree Genetics and Breeding—Identification and Propagation of Hybrids

edited by

Girmantė Jurkšienė

and Darius Kavaliauskas

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 204 | Submission Open

Keywords: hybridisation of trees; hybrid detection; DNA; microsatellite markers; gene flow; morphometric leaf and seed traits; introgression

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

Wildlife in Altered Forestry Habitats: Implications for Conservation and Applications

edited by

Ovidiu Ionescu

and

Georgeta Ionescu

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 96 | Submission Open

Keywords: wildlife; coexistence; wildlife management; animal behaviour

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

Forestry in the Contemporary Bioeconomy

edited by

Marios Trigkas

and

Dimitra Lazaridou

submission deadline 25 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5405 | 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)

Drought Tolerance in Trees: Growth and Physiology

edited by Guangqi Zhang,

Yang Cao

and Peipei Jiang

submission deadline 25 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1683 | Submission Open

Keywords: drought tolerance; drought resistance; tree physiology; tree growth; water stress; hydraulic efficiency; stomatal regulation; xylem cavitation; climate resilience; forest adaptation

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

Forest Growth, Soil Properties and Climate

edited by José Alexandre Varanda Andrade,

Carlos A. Alexandre

and

Ana Cristina Gonçalves

submission deadline 25 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1142 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest growth; forest soil; soil properties; site quality; forest productivity; forest climatology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Litter Decomposition and Soil Nutrient Cycling in Forests

edited by Shengqiang Wang,

Ziliang Zhang

and

Yili Guo

submission deadline 25 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 674 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil organic carbon; soil nutrients; litter decomposition

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Forest Disturbance Monitoring by Remote Sensing: Advancements and Applications

edited by

Longlong Zhao

Chao Ding

Biyao Zhang

and Jinsong Chen

submission deadline 25 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 235 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; data fusion and AI; forest disturbances; fire risk and detection; pest and disease detection; disturbance attribution; ecological impact assessment; forest management

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

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