Forests

Functions of Biochar in Carbon Emission and Carbon Sequestration in Forest Ecosystems, 2nd Edition

edited by

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2039 | Submission Open

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

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

Advances in Tree Improvement and Biotechnology: Paving the Way for a Sustainable Forestry

edited by Chen Ding, Hao Chen, Ran Zhou and Jean-François Trontin

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1529 | Submission Open

Keywords: tree improvement; molecular breeding; forest biotechnology; forest health; biomass; conservation; sustainable forestry; genomic selection

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

Monitoring Tree Phenology under Global Change

edited by Serena Antonucci and

Roberto Tognetti

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1525 | Submission Open

Keywords: xylogenesis; spring phenology; autumn phenology; internet of things (IoT); environmental effects; climate change

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

Soil Organic Matter Dynamics in Forests

edited by

Minhuang Wang

and

Robert G. Qualls

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1097 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; ecosystem complexity; ecological restoration; forest disturbance; land use change; land cover change; land management practice; molecular analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Conservation of Birds and Their Habitats in Forest Landscapes

edited by Laura Marisa Bellis and

Luis Osvaldo Rivera

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 846 | Submission Open

Keywords: landscape; native forest; management; birds; degradation; habitat; ecosystem functionality

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Biodiversity)

Soil and Water Conservation and Forest Ecosystem Restoration

edited by

Jifeng Deng

and Juergen Knauer

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 781 | Submission Open

Keywords: water management; forest ecology; silviculture; soils and hydrology; urban and community forestry; forest ecosystem restoration; water use efficiency

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Hydrology)

Wood Drying and Other Heat Treatments of Wood

edited by

Bogdan Bedelean

,

Mihaela Câmpean

and

Aleš Straže

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 582 | Submission Open

Keywords: wood drying; water migration in wood; heat and mass transfer; drying schedules; drying quality; drying stress; airflow in kiln; modeling and optimization

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

Genetic Innovation and Breeding in Ornamental Plants

edited by Lulu Li,

Ping Li

,

Adriana F. Sestras

and Yiqian Ju

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 296 | Submission Open

Keywords: ornamental plants; high-throughput sequencing; regulatory mechanisms; genes; transcription factors; epigenetic regulation; origins and evolution

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

The Conservation and Management of Agro- and Forest Ecosystems in a Changing Climate

edited by

Monika Toleikienė

, Darius Kavaliauskas and

Viktorija Vaštakaitė-Kairienė

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 264 | Submission Open

Keywords: conservation; biodiversity; sustainable management; climate change adaptation; resilience of ecosystems

Diagnosing and Managing Forest and Tree Diseases: Advances, Challenges and Strategies

edited by

Pratima Devkota

and

Kateryna Davydenko

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 234 | Submission Open

Keywords: forests; forest pathology; tree physiology; invasive species; disease diagnosis; tree defenses

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)

Biological Control and Management of Tree Diseases and Insect Pests in Forests

edited by

Han Xue

and

Ning Jiang

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 226 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant pathology; parasitoids; natural enemies; biological control; mechanisms; induced systemic resistance; ecology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)

Recent Advances in Tree Genetics and Genomics

edited by

Weiwei Zhang

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 193 | Submission Open

Keywords: tree genetics; forest genomics; molecular breeding; CRISPR-Cas9 applications; gene function identification; enrichment of nutrient elements; stress resilience mechanisms

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

Innovative Approaches to Modifying Wood and Wood-Based Material Properties in the 21st Century

edited by

Miklós Bak

,

Tamás Hofmann

and

Fanni Fodor

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 177 | Submission Open

Keywords: wood modification; nanotechnology; wood durability enhancement; life cycle analysis; color stability of wood; sustainability in the wood industry; improvement of wood-based materials; biopolymer impregnation of wood; wood recycling

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

Innovations in Wood Coating for Enhanced Durability and Protection

edited by

Ondřej Dvořák

and

Monika Sarvašová Kvietková

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 172 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanoparticles; antibacterial nanocoatings and nanocomposites; adhesion; self-repair; coatings; surface

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

Forest Soil Health and Quality Monitoring

edited by Raluca Elena Enescu and

Minodora Manu

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 151 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil properties; carbon sequestration; microbial community; soil monitoring; soil quality; soil health; soil restoration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Imaging Sensors for Monitoring Forest Dynamics: 2nd Edition

edited by

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,

,

and

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 149 | Submission Open

Keywords: imaging technique; imaging sensor; image process system; forest dynamics; monitoring; remote sensing; precision forestry; machine learning

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

Role of Microorganisms and Plants in Forest Restoration: Research Progress and Perspectives

edited by

Chao Huang

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 133 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest restoration; microorganisms; plants; mycorrhizal fungi; bioremediation; climate change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

The Functional Anatomy of Tree Xylem: From Cell Structure to Ecological Roles

edited by Mirela Tulik

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 119 | Submission Open

Keywords: autophagy; cell wall; conductive elements; dendroecology; heartwood; hormonal and environmental regulation; sapwood; xylem sap; xylem traits; trees' xylogenesis

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

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

edited by

Astrid Reischl

submission deadline 5 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1340 | Submission Open

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 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5747 | 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 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2032 | 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 244 | 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 178 | 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 139 | 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)

Degradation and Restoration of Tropical Forests

edited by

Rodrigo Vasconcelos

, Eduardo Mariano Neto and

Washington Franca-Rocha

submission deadline 18 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 295 | Submission Open

Keywords: degradation; restoration; tropical forests; forest regeneration; agroforestry; forests biodiversity

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

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 | Viewed by 1194 | 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 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1219 | 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 210 | 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 | 6 articles | Viewed by 15891 | 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 | 1 articles | Viewed by 886 | 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 | Viewed by 237 | 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 122 | 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 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3152 | 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 3516 | 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 2654 | 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 1818 | 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 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1049 | 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 954 | 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 14253 | 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 12708 | 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 | 9 articles | Viewed by 10929 | 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 10094 | 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 8481 | 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 7620 | 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 7390 | 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 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4219 | 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 3569 | 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)

Modeling Forest Dynamics

edited by

Zongzheng Chai

, Xianzhao Liu,

Lingbo Dong

and

Zaixing Zhou

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2799 | 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)

Tree Breeding: Genetic Diversity, Differentiation and Conservation

edited by

Hanna Fuchs

, Ewelina Ratajczak and

Konrad Celiński

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2762 | 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)

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 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2480 | 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)

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