Forests

Integrated Approaches to Understanding Plant Photosynthesis Dynamics in Forest Ecosystems Under Climate Change

edited by

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1111 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest ecosystems; plant photosynthesis; climate change impacts; soil microbial communities; canopy dynamics; ecological modeling; environmental stress; conservation strategies

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

Woody Plant Ecophysiology, Morphology, and Functional Diversity Across Tropical Forest Ecosystems

edited by

Guillermo Angeles

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 635 | Submission Open

Keywords: wood anatomy; ecophysiology; functional diversity; tropical forests; climate change; ecosystem processes; conservation and management; hydraulic architecture; liana and shrub ecology

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

Forest Tree Breeding: Genomics and Molecular Biology

edited by Zefu Wang,

Yuanzhong Jiang

and Changwei Bi

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 375 | Submission Open

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

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

How Mycorrhizal Associations Drive Plant Communities in Forest Ecosystems

edited by

Robin Wilgan

, Marta Brygida Kujawska and

Hojka Kraigher

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 331 | Submission Open

Keywords: ectomycorrhiza; arbuscular mycorrhiza; soil mycobiome; forest ecosystems; climate

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

Integrated Forest Products Biorefinery Perspectives

edited by

Vasiliki Kamperidou

and

Ioannis A. Barboutis

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 223 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioenergy; biochemicals; biomaterials; forest biomass; forest products; forest resource; forest biorefinery; wood; bark; rosin gum

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

Innovative Forest Management for Climate Change Mitigation and Biodiversity Conservation

edited by

Matthew Ogwu

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 219 | Submission Open

Keywords: afforestation; reforestation; carbon sequestration; climate resilience; endangered species; forest ecosystems; remote sensing; GIS; artificial intelligence; forest conservation; community engagement; indigenous knowledge; sustainable management; forest restoration; biodiversity; degraded lands; climate change mitigation; ecosystem services; conservation policies; adaptive management

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

The Role of Forests in Carbon Cycles, Sequestration, and Storage

edited by

Houxi Zhang

and Lijun Chen

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 211 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest ecosystems; biogeochemical cycles; carbon sequestration; carbon cycle; soil organic carbon (SOC); microbial carbon pump (MCP); mineral-associated organic carbon (MAOC); dissolved organic carbon (DOC); plant litter; root exudates; forest management; climate change

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

Drought Tolerance in Trees: Growth and Physiology

edited by Guangqi Zhang,

Yang Cao

and Peipei Jiang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 199 | 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)

Pollination and Bee Biodiversity in Forest Ecosystems

edited by John Pascarella and Daniel Bennett

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 156 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Biodiversity)

Forest Fire: Landscape Patterns, Risk Prediction and Fuels Management

edited by

Luís Reis

and

Jorge R.N. Raposo

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 147 | 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)

Genetic Variation and Conservation of Forest Species

edited by Sándor Bordács

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 135 | 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)

Deadwood Decomposition and Its Impact on Forest Soil

edited by Chunsheng Wu and Yuanqiu Liu

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 117 | 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

Qirong Guo

and Guibin Wang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 111 | 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

edited by

Maria Francesca Cataldo

,

Stelian Alexandru Borz

and

Ebru Bilici

submission deadline 5 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2421 | 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

Yunfei Liu

submission deadline 10 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2365 | 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

edited by

Mohd Hazim Mohamad Amini

and

Emilia-Adela Salca

submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2436 | 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 1835 | 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

edited by

Rongzhou Man

and

Philip G. Comeau

submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1314 | 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 1430 | 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

edited by

Edgaras Linkevičius

,

Daiva Tiškutė-Memgaudienė

and

Szymon Bijak

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3721 | 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

edited by

Marek Sławski

,

Alvaro Fuentealba

and

Teresa Vasconcelos

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2899 | 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

Liming Yin

, Peng Wang,

Yanghui He

and Xiaohong Wang

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2694 | 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

Wanguo Jiao

,

Timo Tokola

and

Yin Wu

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1866 | 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

Łukasz Walas

and Shirin Alipour

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1710 | 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

Daesung Lee

, Jungkee Choi and

Saverio Francini

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1238 | 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

Wendeson Castro

and Marcos Silveira

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 529 | 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

edited by

Manuela Plutino

and

Andrea R. Proto

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 90 | 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

W. Keith Moser

submission deadline 26 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 991 | 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

Carlos Rogério Mello

submission deadline 29 Sep 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3710 | 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

edited by

Rodolfo Picchio

,

Francesco Latterini

and

Rachele Venanzi

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 9946 | 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

António Manuel de Sousa Xavier

,

Rui Manuel de Sousa Fragoso

and Maria De Belém Costa Freitas

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 9782 | 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

Cristian Oneț

and

Vlad Stoian

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6398 | 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 6068 | 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)

Advancing Forest Management: Remote Sensing for Early Detection and Warning of Environmental Threats

edited by

Haidi Abdullah

,

Elnaz Neinavaz

and Margarita Huesca

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3463 | 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)

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 3253 | 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)

Recent Advances in Nondestructive Evaluation of Wood: In-Forest Wood Quality Assessments—2nd Edition

edited by

Xiping Wang

and

Brunela Pollastrelli Rodrigues

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3233 | 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

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submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2508 | 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

Akihiro Nakamura

, Roger Kitching, Chris J. Burwell and Louise Ashton

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2472 | 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

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submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2235 | 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,

Rafael Rodolfo De Melo

and

Juarez Benigno Paes

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1868 | 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)

Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis in Forest Trees

edited by

Zhong Chen

, Xiong Yang and

Liming Jia

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1243 | 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)

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 1186 | 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)

Structure, Function, and Value of Urban Forest

edited by

Peter (Sang-Hoon) Lee

,

Won Seok Jang

and Hye-mi Park

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1113 | 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)

Applications of LiDAR in Forestry: Challenges, Opportunities and the Future

edited by

Jozef Výbošťok

, Arunima Singh and Juliána Chudá

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1073 | 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)

Guidelines for Sustainable Forest Management: Vegetation and Soil and Water Conservation in Arid Areas

edited by

Martín Martínez-Salvador

, Gabriel Sosa-Perez, Sandra Rodríguez-Piñeros and

Eduardo Santellano-Estrada

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 1042 | 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)

Forestry Activities and Water Resources

edited by Rongjia Wang and

Junjiong Shao

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 584 | 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,

Carlos A. Alexandre

and

Ana Cristina Gonçalves

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 383 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Microclimate Development in Urban Spaces

edited by

David Hidalgo García

and

Dimitra Founda

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 325 | 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

Cristian Mihai Enescu

, Adrian Ioan Timofte and

Lucian Dinca

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 289 | 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)

Climate Stress Impacts on Forest Ecosystem Water Dynamics

edited by

Athanassios Bourletsikas

,

Nikolaos Proutsos

and

Stefanos Stefanidis

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 246 | 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)

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