Forests

Urban Trees Under Climate Change: Growth, Environmental Benefits and Potentials

edited by

submission deadline 5 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1663

Keywords: biomass; ecosystem services; size– growth– ecosystem service relationships; tree management; tree size; urban greening; urban heat island

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Forestry)

Ecosystem Services in Urban and Peri-Urban Landscapes

edited by

Remus Creţan

and

Mihai Razvan Nita

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7891 | Submission Open

Keywords: recreational and cultural ecosystem services in urban and peri-urban landscapes; ecosystem services of specific environmental dimensions (air; water; land use/land cover); ecosystem services for urban and peri-urban gardens; farmland ecosystems within urban and peri-urban areas; methods and indicators for assessing ecosystem services in urban and peri-urban spaces; spatial and temporal variations in ecosystem services at the urban and peri-urban scale; planning and management of ecosystem services in urban and peri-urban areas

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Forestry)

Properties and Uses of Value-Added Wood-Based Products and Composites

edited by

Francesco Negro

and

Roberto Zanuttini

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3704 | Submission Open

Keywords: characterizationdevelopment and innovationsolid wood and structural timbervalue addedvalorizationwood processingwood compositeswood-based products

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

Application and Development of Artificial Intelligence Technology in Forestry Management

edited by Weijun Xie,

Ying Liu

and

Deyong Yang

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 355 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision breeding; phenotypic analysis; forest mapping; wildfire monitoring; pest management; autonomous harvesting systems; defect detection; wildlife conservation; forest food resource management

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

Impacts of Extreme Climate Events on Tree Growth and Carbon Dynamics

edited by Xianliang Zhang and Zhongjie Shi

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 247 | Submission Open

Keywords: extreme climate events; drought stress; tree growth; carbon dynamics; forest productivity

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

Detection and Identification of Forest Cover Change

edited by

Marcos Benedito Schimalski

,

Veraldo Liesenberg

and

Rorai Pereira Martins-Neto

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 213 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; active sensors; passive sensors; monitoring; processing; extract; forest; machine learning

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

Physiological Responses of Woody Plants to Elevated CO₂, Drought, and Climate Variations from Local to Global

edited by

Luis Ubaldo Castruita-Esparza

,

Arian Correa Díaz

,

Julián Cerano Paredes

,

Gerónimo Quiñónez Barraza

and

Concepción Luján Álvarez

submission deadline 19 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1678 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; physiological responses; drought stress; woody plants; forests; temperature change; tree growth; photosynthesis; water-use efficiency; forest physiological

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

Pollen Monitoring of Forest Communities

edited by

Federico Di Rita

,

Roberta Pini

, Juan Ochando Tomás and

Fabrizio Michelangeli

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2180 | Submission Open

Keywords: pollen; palynology; forest communities; ecosystems; land use changes; historical ecology

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

Ecological Preferences and Bioindicative Role of Bryophytes in Forest Ecosystems

edited by

Grzegorz J. Wolski

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 290 | 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 18229 | 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 1781 | 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 769 | 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 161 | 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 4467 | 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 4368 | 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 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3528 | 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 2893 | 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 1824 | 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 1482 | 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)

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 16621 | 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)

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 16365 | 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)

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

edited by

Andrzej Węgiel

and

Adrian Łukowski

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 11 articles | Viewed by 16180 | 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 13246 | 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 9819 | 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)

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 9428 | 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)

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 9311 | 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)

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 6852 | 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)

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 6612 | 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)

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 4348 | 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)

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

edited by Dario Liberati and

Ronald S. Zalesny, Jr.

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3772 | 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)

Modeling Forest Dynamics

edited by

Zongzheng Chai

, Xianzhao Liu,

Lingbo Dong

and

Zaixing Zhou

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3693 | 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 3612 | 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)

Wood Processing, Modification and Performance

edited by

Xinyou Liu

and

Grant Kirker

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3246 | 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)

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 3009 | Submission Open

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

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

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 2589 | 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 2173 | 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)

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 1769 | 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)

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 1765 | 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)

Tree-Ring Analysis: Response and Adaptation to Climate Change

edited by

Aldo Rafael Martínez-Sifuentes

and

José Villanueva Díaz

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1602 | Submission Open

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

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

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 1576 | 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)

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 1197 | 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)

Seed Dispersal by Animals in Forests

edited by

Ning Li

, Xianfeng Yi and Zheng Wang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 1157 | Submission Open

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

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

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 1068 | 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 1045 | 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)

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 1025 | 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 806 | 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 591 | 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 362 | 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 317 | 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