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Pollination and Bee Biodiversity in Forest Ecosystems
edited by John Pascarella and Daniel Bennett
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 192 | Submission Open
Keywords: bee diversity; species richness; faunistics; community ecology; pollination effectiveness; conservation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Biodiversity)
Deadwood Decomposition and Its Impact on Forest Soil
edited by Chunsheng Wu and Yuanqiu Liu
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 152 | Submission Open
Keywords: coarse woody debris; deadwood; fallen trees; fallen wood; soil microbes; soil fauna; tree traits; soil characteristics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)
Genetic Resources and Prebreeding
edited by and Guibin Wang
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 129 | Submission Open
Keywords: genetic resources for trees; forest breeding; new and innovative molecular technologies; aeronautical and astronautical seedling technologies and facility-based seedling technologies; precision cultivation technology based on high-functional components of improved and vigorous seedlings; application of innovative molecular technologies in forest tree genetic analysis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Genetics and Molecular Biology)
Operations, Machinery, and Transportation in Forestry Timber Harvesting submission deadline 5 Sep 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3593 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest mechanization; productivity; timber extraction; biomass; safety and ergonomics; yarding; skidding; salvage logging; forest operations
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Operations and Engineering)
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Applications in Forestry—Second Edition
edited by
submission deadline 10 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3105 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligencemachine learningdeep learningforest managementforest protection
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Inventory, Modeling and Remote Sensing)
Wood Treatments and Modification Technologies—2nd Edition submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2830 | Submission Open
Keywords: wood; biomass; modification; treatment; impregnation; wood composite; solid wood; chemical modification; heat treatment; biological treatment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wood Science and Forest Products)
Elemental Cycling in Forest Soils
edited by Shengli Wang
submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2116 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil nutrients; stoichiometry; soil organic carbon sequestration; ecological restoration; heavy metals; soil environmental quality; water environmental quality; forest management; different forest types
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)
Forest Growth and Regeneration Dynamics submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1562 | Submission Open
Keywords: silvicultural treatments/interventions; regeneration; stand dynamics; density management; growth and yield; quantitative silviculture
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)
Pest Invasions and Biological Control in Forests
edited by Claudia Pisuttu and Valeria Zeni
submission deadline 20 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1828 | Submission Open
Keywords: biological control; alien species; citizen science; early detection; climate change; modelling; prediction; surveillance; pest management; long-term control
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)
Tree Growth and Silviculture submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3912 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change; mixtures; pure stands; fast-growing trees; silviculture; productivity; carbon sequestration; growth and yield modeling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecophysiology and Biology)
Monitoring and Control of Forest Pests submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3526 | Submission Open
Keywords: integrated pest management; biological control; chemical control; pheromones; bark beetle; defoliating insects; predicting outbreaks; non-native pests; resilience; climate change.
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)
Carbon and Nutrient Cycling in Forest Ecosystem
edited by , Peng Wang, and Xiaohong Wang
submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3083 | Submission Open
Keywords: carbon cycling; disturbances; carbon sequestration; nutrient biogeochemistry; ecosystem services; forest management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Meteorology and Climate Change)
Climate-Smart Forestry: Forest Monitoring in a Multi-Sensor Approach
edited by , and
submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2477 | Submission Open
Keywords: smart communications technology; wireless sensor networks; carbon mapping; smart sensing and detecting; measurement; point cloud computing; forest fires; forest management; plant phenotype monitoring
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Inventory, Modeling and Remote Sensing)
Distribution of Tree Species in a Changing Environment
edited by and Shirin Alipour
submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1939 | Submission Open
Keywords: modelling; climate change; conservation; distribution; fragmentation; landscape ecology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)
Forest Monitoring and Modeling Under Climate Change
edited by , Jungkee Choi and
submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1772 | Submission Open
Keywords: long-term monitoring plots; silvicultural interventions; forest management scenarios; growth and yield models; process-based models; stand density management; mortality; regeneration; forest dynamics; forest carbon sequestration; climate change
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Inventory, Modeling and Remote Sensing)
The Vulnerability and Resilience of Tropical Forests Under Extreme Climate Change
edited by and Marcos Silveira
submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 585 | Submission Open
Keywords: ecology; alternative stable state; forest system dieback; functional redundancy; hydraulic properties; water/thermal stress dynamics; facilitation; competition (intensity and importance); intermediate disturbance hypothesis; biodiversity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecophysiology and Biology)
Sustainable and Suitable Ecological Management of Forest Plantation submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 137 | Submission Open
Keywords: ecosystem services; sustainable forest management; suitable ecological management; conifer plantations; wood production; adaptation climate change; mitigation climate change; forest operations; wood quality
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Operations and Engineering)
Suitable Ecological Management of Forest Dynamics
edited by
submission deadline 26 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1133 | Submission Open
Keywords: stages of stand development; “ ecological” silviculture; complexity; mixed- and single-species; age classes
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)
Advances in Forest Hydrology in Light of Human Intervention and Climate Change
edited by André Ferreira Rodrigues, Chuan Yuan and
submission deadline 29 Sep 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4114 | Submission Open
Keywords: extreme events; anthropogenic pressure; ecosystem services; canopy interception; evapotranspiration; forest resilience
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Hydrology)
Research Advances in Management and Design of Forest Operations submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 10902 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate-smart forest operations; harvesting systems; sustainable forest management; best management practices; trafficability maps; reduced-impact logging (RIL) techniques
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Operations and Engineering)
Forest Management: Planning, Decision Making and Implementation
edited by , and Maria De Belém Costa Freitas
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 10735 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest management; forest policy; decision support systems; ecosystem services; forest economics; ecosystem services; models; multiple criteria decision analysis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Economics, Policy, and Social Science)
How Does Forest Management Affect Soil Dynamics?
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 8521 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable forestry; forest management practices; forest regeneration; soil health; forest disturbances; forest microbiomes
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)
Latest Progress in Research on Forest Tree Genomics
edited by Meng Li, Hao Chen and Ting Wang
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6616 | Submission Open
Keywords: tree; genomics; wood formation; transcriptome; forest ecology; genetic diversity of tree species; molecular markers of tree species
(This special issue belongs to the Section Genetics and Molecular Biology)
Forest Resources and Land Use/Land Cover Dynamics: Implications for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation
edited by Elisa Grieco
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4026 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest resources; forest management; land use change; land cover change; mitigation; adaptation; sustainable development; climate change
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)
Advancing Forest Management: Remote Sensing for Early Detection and Warning of Environmental Threats
edited by , and Margarita Huesca
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3937 | Submission Open
Keywords: early detection and warning of forest insect infestations; fires; and other environmental stressors; integrating remote-sensing data into environmental DNA for the early detection of forest stress; utilizing image spectroscopy and hyperspectral and other remote-sensing data for early detection and warning by identifying spectral signatures and temperature anomalies indicative of forest disturbances; time series analysis of remote-sensing data to monitor temporal changes and predict future threats; integration of novel platforms and sensors; such as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs); for high-resolution forest surveys; development of predictive models for forecasting and mitigating forest disturbances based on historical data and environmental parameters
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Inventory, Modeling and Remote Sensing)
Recent Advances in Nondestructive Evaluation of Wood: In-Forest Wood Quality Assessments—2nd Edition submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3814 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest; forest management; genetic improvement; nondestructive testing and evaluation; silviculture; standing trees; wood and fiber properties; wood quality; wood utilization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wood Science and Forest Products)
Assessing, Valuing, and Mapping Ecosystem Services submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3005 | Submission Open
Keywords: ecosystem services (ESs); land use change; the leaf area index; vegetation cover; ES assessment and valuation; ES trade-offs and synergies; ES supply; demand; and budgets; carbon sequestration; carbon neutrality; human wellbeing; scenario analysis; nature-based solutions
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)
Altitude Distribution of Insects in Tropical and Subtropical Rainforests
edited by , Roger Kitching, Chris J. Burwell and Louise Ashton
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2970 | Submission Open
Keywords: arthropods; biogeography; climate warming; ecological traits; ecosystem processes; elevational gradients; human disturbances; invertebrates; phylogenetic relationships; species interactions
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)
Remote Sensing Approach for Early Detection of Forest Disturbance submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2860 | Submission Open
Keywords: remote sensing; forest disturbance; forest monitoring; ecological environment; machine learning; artificial intelligence; high resolution; LiDAR; UAV; recovery and management; deep learning; multispectral remote sensing; infrared remote sensing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Inventory, Modeling and Remote Sensing)
Demonstrating Forestry Value and Exploring Emerging Technologies for Non-Wood Products
edited by Alexandre Santos Pimenta, and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2051 | Submission Open
Keywords: non-wood forest products; new trends in NWFP harnessing; natural products; circular economy; sustainable development
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wood Science and Forest Products)
Applications of LiDAR in Forestry: Challenges, Opportunities and the Future
edited by , Arunima Singh and Juliána Chudá
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1712 | Submission Open
Keywords: LiDAR; point cloud; forest inventory; forest management; forest remote sensing; forest ecosystems; data fusion; individual tree detection; biomass estimation; tree species identification
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Inventory, Modeling and Remote Sensing)
Physical and Mechanical Properties of Wood- and Bamboo-Based Materials: 2nd Edition
edited by Xuehua Wang, Xiazhen Li and Sarath Vega Gutierrez
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1483 | Submission Open
Keywords: wood- and bamboo-based materials; physical and mechanical properties; modification and application; microstructure
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wood Science and Forest Products)
Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis in Forest Trees
edited by , Xiong Yang and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1381 | Submission Open
Keywords: evolution; population genetics; comparative genomics; gene family; omics; tree genetics and genomics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Genetics and Molecular Biology)
Structure, Function, and Value of Urban Forest
edited by , and Hye-mi Park
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1255 | Submission Open
Keywords: urban forest use; urban forest measurement; monitoring and assessment; spatial analysis; climate change impacts; adaptations; and mitigations; sustainable management; urban forest resilience; natural disasters; ecosystem services; biodiversity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Forestry)
Guidelines for Sustainable Forest Management: Vegetation and Soil and Water Conservation in Arid Areas
edited by , Gabriel Sosa-Perez, Sandra Rodríguez-Piñeros and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 1244 | Submission Open
Keywords: land cover assessment; water conservation; soil erosion; forest policy; water supply in arid lands; forest plantations in arid lands; climate change; drought; dry forests
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)
Advances in Wood Characterization and in Tree Sorting and Inspections: Insights from Acoustic Testing and Tomographic Imaging submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 977 | Submission Open
Keywords: nondestructive technologies; acoustic tests; acoustic tomography; inspection methods; characterization methods; classification methods
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wood Science and Forest Products)
Microclimate Development in Urban Spaces submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 942 | Submission Open
Keywords: urban spaces; land surface temperature; urban heat island; remote sensing; pollution; heat mitigation; land use/land cover; heat stress; microclimate urban; climate change; urban climate; heat waves; synergies; vegetation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Forestry)
Afforestation of Degraded Lands
edited by , Adrian Ioan Timofte and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 820 | Submission Open
Keywords: afforestation; degraded lands; innovative afforestation techniques; land reclamation; seedlings with potted roots; forest tree species; reforestation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)
Forestry Activities and Water Resources
edited by Rongjia Wang and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 638 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest ecosystem; forestry activities; climate adaptation; ecological restoration; water resources; mutual feedback mechanism
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Hydrology)
Forest Growth, Soil Properties and Climate
edited by José Alexandre Varanda Andrade, and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 563 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest growth; forest soil; soil properties; site quality; forest productivity; forest climatology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)
Climate Stress Impacts on Forest Ecosystem Water Dynamics submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 310 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest hydrology; water balance; soil– water interactions; evapotranspiration; hydrometeorological monitoring; climate-induced water stress; drought; watershed management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Hydrology)
Soil and Water Conservation in Forestry
edited by Jiangkun Zheng, and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 180 | Submission Open
Keywords: ecosystem services; hillslope and watershed hydrology; soil moisture; runoff path; forest management; sediment dynamics; forest operation; land restoration
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)
Forest Restoration for Resilient Landscapes and Enhanced Ecosystem Services
edited by Cong Wang
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 166 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest restoration strategies; landscape resilience; ecosystem service trade-offs; climate adaptation; biodiversity recovery; socio-ecological governance; traditional ecological knowledge; restoration monitoring frameworks; nature-based solutions (NbSs); sustainable land management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)
Forest Roads: Design, Construction and Maintenance
edited by David Miranda Carlos, Margarida Pinho-Lopes and Joaquim Macedo
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 157 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest roads; design; preventive maintenance; corrective maintenance; sustainability; innovative materials; innovative solutions; pathologies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Operations and Engineering)
The Role of Bryophytes and Lichens in Forest Ecosystem Dynamics
edited by , and Vedran Šegota
submission deadline 13 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 944 | Submission Open
Keywords: bryophytes; lichens; diversity; distribution; ecosystem functions; climate change; ecological interactions; habitat restoration
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)
Ecological Research in Bamboo Forests: 2nd Edition
edited by Xuhua Du, Ziwu Guo and
submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 2741 | 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)
Functional Genomics of Forest Trees—2nd Edition
edited by and
submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 434 | Submission Open
Keywords: functional genomics; multi-omics analysis; tree genetics; regulation of gene expression; tree molecular biology; tree breeding; bioinformatics; quantitative genetics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Genetics and Molecular Biology)
Advanced Research and Perspectives on Tree Functional Genomics
edited by Vanessa Castro-Rodríguez and
submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 338 | Submission Open
Keywords: genomic mapping; functional genomics; epigenomics; comparative genomics; transcriptomics; proteomics; metabolomics; phenotyping; bioinformatics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Genetics and Molecular Biology)
Digital Photogrammetry in Forestry: Opportunities, Challenges, and Future Directions
edited by Kornél Czimber and Péter Burai
submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 134 | Submission Open
Keywords: digital photogrammetry; terrestrial; airborne; UAV/UAS; stem detection; crown delineation; forest monitoring; image matching; artificial intelligence
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Inventory, Modeling and Remote Sensing)
Essential Oil Composition of Forests Trees submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 694 | Submission Open
Keywords: monoterpenes; diterpenes; diterpenes; triterpenes; sesquiterpenes; biological activity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecophysiology and Biology)
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