Forests

Plant Invasions in Forest Ecosystems: Understanding Arrival, Expansion and Management

edited by Jun Liu and Zacchaeus Compson

submission deadline 14 Sep 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5183 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant invasions; plant expansion; forest ecosystems; ecosystem resilience; biodiversity; management strategies; ecological restoration

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

Forest Recreation and Ecotourism

edited by

Chi-Ming Hsieh

submission deadline 15 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2206 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest recreation; biodiversity and resilient ecosystems; environmentally responsible behavior; ecotourism management; sustainable ecotourism

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

Detection, Identification and Control of Plant Pathogens

edited by

Stefania Mang

,

Ippolito Camele

,

Rosa Paola Radice

and Danut Chira

submission deadline 15 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 308 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant pathogens; agricultural crops; phytopathogen control; forests; early detection; diagnostics; ecosystem stability; emerging plant pathogens; food security; genetic resistance to phytopathogens; invasive pathogens; molecular identification and characterization; high-throughput sequencing (HTS); metagenomics; microbial biological control agents (MBCAs); biopesticides

Tree Regeneration-Soil Relationships

edited by

Robert E. Loeb

submission deadline 19 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1832 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban forest ecology; urban natural areas conservation; tree natural regeneration; urban forest soils; forest resource management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Managing Forests for Multiple Ecosystem Services under Changing Climate

edited by Shuirong Wu,

Manfred J. Lexer

and

Xufeng Zhang

submission deadline 20 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1363 | Submission Open

Keywords: multipurpose forest management; ecosystem services provision and valuation; trade-offs and synergies; payment for ecosystem services (PES); climate change impacts; disturbances; forest resilience; forest planning; forest governance; bioeconomy

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

Measurement and Improvement of Wood Mechanical and Chemical Properties

edited by Wanzhao Li,

Xinzhou Wang

and Yue Qi

submission deadline 23 Sep 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5122 | Submission Open

Keywords: wood; mechanical properties; chemical properties; structure; new technologies; improvement

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

Managing Indoor Wood Biodeterioration

edited by

Anna Maria Vettraino

and

Luisa Ghelardini

submission deadline 23 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1239 | Submission Open

Keywords: wood decay; biodeterioration; biodegradation of heritage objects; preservation of wood in indoor environments; wood protection in indoor environments; wood-damaging agents in indoor environments

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

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

edited by

Tomasz Jelonek

and

Peter F. Newton

submission deadline 25 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3666 | 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)

Forest Landscape Cultural Values: Restoration, Management and Protection

edited by

Mauro Agnoletti

submission deadline 25 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1513 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest landscape; cultural values; history; spiritual values; forest management

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

Functions of Biochar in Carbon Emission and Carbon Sequestration in Forest Ecosystems

edited by

Shinpei Yoshitake

submission deadline 26 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2539 | Submission Open

Keywords: biochar; carbon cycle; carbon sequestration; plant growth; soil microbes; soil nutrients; primary production; soil organic matter; organic matter decomposition; forest management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Managing Forest Wildfires in Climate Changes: New Paradigms and Challenges

edited by

Rafael Coll Delgado

and

Marcos Gervásio Pereira

submission deadline 26 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2159 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; forest fires; forest soils; gross primary productivity; carbon emissions; deforestation; remote sensing; fire meteorology

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

Forest Plant, Soil, Microorganisms and Their Interactions

edited by Fuxi Shi,

Xianwei Wang

, Yang Zhang and Jiusheng Ren

submission deadline 27 Sep 2024 | 14 articles | Viewed by 15086 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant functional traits; soil carbon cycling; soil nitrogen cycling; soil phosphorus cycling; soil microbial diversity; plant– soil interaction; microbe– plant– soil interplay

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Soil Microbial Ecology in Forest Ecosystems

edited by

Haijian Bing

, Wenqiang Zhao and Linchuan Fang

submission deadline 27 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3650 | Submission Open

Keywords: microbial diversity; microbiome; microbial functions; soil carbon; nutrient cycling; plant– microbe interactions; forest ecosystems; global changes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Monitoring and Modelling of Soil Properties in Forest Ecosystems

edited by Pavel Samec

submission deadline 27 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2102 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil development; soil nutrient balance; erosion– sedimentation processes; environmental indicators; ecosystem restoration; soil mapping; vegetation ecology; forest monitoring; soil adaptation to global change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Changes of Climate and Ecology Recorded by Density and Stable Isotopes of Tree Rings

edited by

Changfeng Sun

and Linlin Gao

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 12064 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; forest ecology; tree rings; stable isotope; wood anatomy; treeline; vegetation coverage; dendrochronology

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

Innovation, Transition and Reconstruction of Forestry Oriented by Policies

edited by

Maria Nijnik

and

Mariana Melnykovych

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 11494 | 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 Tree Diseases Genomics: Growing Resources and Applications

edited by

Tingting Dai

, Jiajia Chen and

Simon Francis Shamoun

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5798 | Submission Open

Keywords: detection; fungi and oomycetes; phylogeny; taxonomy; whole genome sequencing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)

Natural and Anthropogenic Disturbances as Drivers of Forest Ecosystem Change

edited by

Slobodan Milanović

,

Jelena Lazarević

and

Tomasz Oszako

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4507 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest ecosystem; natural disturbance; anthropogenic disturbance; fire; drought; logging; entomology; forest conservation; insect– host relationships; pathogen– disease interactions; resilience

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

Panoptic Segmentation of Tree Scenes from Mobile LiDAR Data

edited by

Sheng Xu

,

Shaobo Xia

,

Di Wang

and Qiaolin Ye

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4236 | Submission Open

Keywords: tree inventory and monitoring; vegetation mapping; tree structural phenotype analysis; forest management and protection; object segmentation; laser scanning; point cloud processing; point cloud registration; data and multi-modal fusion; classification and detection

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

Forests for Public Health—Selected Papers from the 3rd World Conference on Forests for Public Health

edited by

Christos Gallis

and

Dominique Dorion

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3959 | Submission Open

Keywords: health beneficial effects of forests and green spaces; environmental epidemiology; urban green spaces planning for health; forests for public health; landscapes architecture for public health; forest medicine; forest therapy and social aspects; outdoor activities for human health; immune functions and human physiology; mental health; environmental psychology; urban forests and their ecosystem services; economic values of nature for health

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Forestry)

Soil Organic Carbon and Nutrient Cycling in the Forest Ecosystems

edited by Shengqiang Wang,

Yili Guo

, Qiqian Wu and

Pujia Yu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3228 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil organic carbon; soil nutrients; soil stoichiometry; soil fertility; soil ecology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

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

edited by

Dastan Bamwesigye

and

Jitka Fialova

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3114 | Submission Open

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

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

Satellite Time Series Analysis for Forest Mapping and Change Detection

edited by

Chao Ding

, Ling Wu and

Kai Yan

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2848 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest mapping; change detection; remote sensing time series disturbance; trend; vegetation phenology; land cover change

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

Recent Advances in Wood Modification and Wood Functionalization Research

edited by

Mátyás Báder

,

Miklós Bak

and

Róbert Németh

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2112 | Submission Open

Keywords: wood modification; nanomaterials; plasma treatment; fungal mycelium treatment; enzymatic treatment; combined modification methods; novel modification methods; high-performance wood-based materials; lignocellulosic raw materials; biopolymers

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

Response of Forest Trees to Drought

edited by Maria Laura Suarez and

Ester González-de-Andrés

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1954 | Submission Open

Keywords: tree dieback; drought: growth trends; vulnerability; early warning metrics

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

Advances in Vegetation Succession with Soil Erosion

edited by

Xudong Peng

and

Quanhou Dai

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1850 | Submission Open

Keywords: vegetation succession; soil erosion; vegetation succession of abandoned farmland; rocky desertification; vegetation restoration; soil factor

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Sustainable Valorization of Forestry Byproducts

edited by

Jorge Santos

,

Danilo Escobar-Avello

,

Cecilia Fuentealba

and

Raquel Fernandes

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1678 | Submission Open

Keywords: polyphenols; tannins; lignin; cellulose; hemicellulose; wood extractives; wood chemistry; biocomposites; chemical modification; esterification; acetylation; wood preservation; biorefinery; wood bark; fungal protection; biocides; UV/VIS; FITR; mass spectrometry; bioadhesive; wood treatment; particleboards; plywood; wood-based panels; recyclability. photoprotection; protective coatings; weathering; pigments

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

Biological Control of Forest Pests: Patterns, Mechanisms, and Prospects

edited by

Songqing Wu

, Ke Wei and Xiong Guan

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1224 | Submission Open

Keywords: biological control; natural enemy insect; pathogenic microorganism; biological properties; pathogenic mechanisms

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)

Impact of Pests, Climate and Other Factors on Forest Health

edited by Anand B. Persad

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1116 | Submission Open

Keywords: invasive spp; climate change; biodiversity; treatments; technology; stewardship; resiliency

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)

Molecular Mechanism of Forest Tree Defense against Pathogens and Pests

edited by Jun-Jun Liu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1048 | Submission Open

Keywords: tree– parasite interactions; plant immunity; induced gene expression; host disease resistance; biotic threats

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)

Forests and Human Health: Effects on Acute and Chronic Illness, and Public Health

edited by Amy Miner Ross

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 906 | Submission Open

Keywords: forests; greenspaces; forest bathing; Shinrin-Yoku; simulated forest immersion; chronic illness; acute illness

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Forestry)

The Importance of Seed Dispersers in Forest Ecosystems

edited by

Diana F. Tomback

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 309 | Submission Open

Keywords: animal seed dispersers; forest disturbance; forest ecosystems; forest regeneration; forest restoration; fragmented landscapes; long-distance seed dispersal; understory plant seed dispersal; zoochory

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

Biotechnological Improvements of Plant Biomass in Forests

edited by

Jae-Heung Ko

and

Kyung-Hwan Han

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 255 | Submission Open

Keywords: biotechnology; plant biomass; forests; sustainable forestry; climate change mitigation; genetic engineering; biomass enhancement; yield improvement; forest resilience; bioenergy; genome-editing

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

Ecological Research in Bamboo Forests

edited by Xuhua Du,

Xiaoping Zhang

and Ziwu Guo

submission deadline 8 Oct 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 9750 | Submission Open

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

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

Wood Protection Based on the Study of Chemical and Physical Properties—2nd Edition

edited by

Jure Žigon

and

Davor Kržišnik

submission deadline 10 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 843 | Submission Open

Keywords: chemical properties; durability; service life of wood; weathering; wood modification; wood preservation; wood protection; wood technology

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

The Role of Public Policies in Incentivizing Forest, Mountain and Rural Economy

edited by Valerio Di Stefano,

Alessandro Paletto

and

Raffaele Cortignani

submission deadline 14 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1000 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest; mountain and rural policy; governance of mountain forests; rural and mountain area management and governance; forestry and rural legislation; mountain and rural economics; natural resource policy and planning; Common Agricultural Policy (CAP); adaptation and mitigation of climate change in mountain and rural areas; stakeholder involvement and conflict management in mountain and rural areas; public participation as a tool of mountain and rural development

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

Sustainable Forest Management, Utilization and Biodiversity Conservation

edited by Yali Wen,

Runsheng Yin

and Xiaoqian Chen

submission deadline 15 Oct 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7535 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable forest management and utilization; biodiversity conservation; wildlife conservation; sustainable livelihood; market based instrument; forestry policy; new technology in forest management and conservation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Biodiversity)

Methods and Technologies for Modified Wood

edited by

Waldemar Perdoch

and

Bartłomiej Mazela

submission deadline 15 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 261 | Submission Open

Keywords: wood modification; fiber modification; esterification; etherification thermally modification; fibers technologies; wood technology; durability; fire protection

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

Tree Responses to Disturbances: Resistance and Regeneration

edited by Ying-Ning Zou

submission deadline 16 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 178 | Submission Open

Keywords: abiotic stress; biotic stress; disturbances; regeneration; tree

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

Socio-Economic and Policy Issues of Invasive Species in Forestry

edited by

Nana Tian

and

Jianbang Gan

submission deadline 21 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1266 | Submission Open

Keywords: invasive species; forest management; socio-economic impact; policy design and analysis

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

Forest Growth Modeling in Different Ecological Conditions

edited by

María Menéndez-Miguélez

,

Admir Avdagic

and

Francesca Giannetti

submission deadline 25 Oct 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4848 | 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)

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

edited by

Susete Marques

,

Emin Z. Başkent

and

Brigite Botequim

submission deadline 25 Oct 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1596 | 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)

Molecular Genetics of Forest Trees and Applications in Breeding, Conservation and Management of Genetic Resources—2nd Edition

edited by

Paraskevi Alizoti

submission deadline 25 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 688 | Submission Open

Keywords: molecular characterization of forest genetic resources; molecular signatures of adaptation; marker-based breeding strategies; molecular dissection of complex traits; life histories of forest trees and genetic lineages; unique or specific genes/alleles for better adaptation to climate change

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

Application of Molecular Genetic Tools for Forest Pathology

edited by

Nevenka Ćelepirović

,

Sanja Novak-Agbaba

and

Aikaterini Dounavi

submission deadline 25 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 463 | Submission Open

Keywords: molecular genetics; forest pathology; disease identification; pest detection; pathogen detection; phylogenetic analysis; disease management; host– pathogen interactions; fungal diversity; next-generation sequencing; barcoding; meta-barcoding

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)

Tropical Forests, Water Cycle, Global Cycles of Greenhouse Gases and Climate Change

edited by Gabriel Henrique Pires de Mello Ribeiro and Daniel Magnabosco Marra

submission deadline 25 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 299 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate correlation; greenhouse gases cycle; burned area; wind disturbance; land surface processes; hydroclimatic extremes

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

Sustainable Forest Operations and Wildfire Management: Prevention, Suppression and Restoration

edited by

Eduardo Tolosana

and

Enrico Marchi

submission deadline 25 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 215 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest mechanization; operational research; forest wildfire management; new forest bioproduct sources; disruptive forest technologies; forest safety and health; salvage logging; environmentally sound forestry; post-wilfire restoration; forest fires prevention; wildfire suppression techniques

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

Forest Parameter Detection and Modeling Using Remote Sensing Data

edited by

Marcos Benedito Schimalski

, Vasco M. Mantas and Camile Sothe

submission deadline 28 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 154 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; forest parameters; remote sensing; UAV; digital photogrammetry

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

Methodology and Theory of Forest Parameters Estimation Using Multi-Source Remote Sensing

edited by Shiming Li,

Steven L. Petersen

and Cangjiao Wang

submission deadline 30 Oct 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2890 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest inventory; tree height; tree density; DBH; above-ground biomass; canopy structure; LiDAR; photogrammetry; forest ecosystem; remote sensing

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

Forest Diversity, Structure and Functions: Theories, Concepts and Analyses

edited by

Arshad Ali

submission deadline 30 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 746 | Submission Open

Keywords: aboveground biomass; climate; disturbance; functional traits; species diversity; soil; tree size

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Biodiversity)

Forest Resistance to Complex Actions of Insects and Pathogens

edited by

Valentyna Meshkova

,

Jaroslav Holuša

and

Mihai-Leonard Duduman

submission deadline 30 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 281 | Submission Open

Keywords: phytophagous forest insects and tree pathogens; pest injuriousness; host and habitat preferences; tree tolerance; risks of tree damage by insects and pathogens

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)

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