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Pathways to “Carbon Neutralization” in Forest Ecosystems

edited by

Shuai Wang

Qianlai Zhuang

Fengkui Qian

and Hui Li

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3459 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest carbon emission efficiency; spatial association network; carbon peak; carbon neutralization; carbon prediction model

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

Novel Insights into the Evaluation of Mechanical Properties of Wood and Wood Products

edited by

Carlos Martins

and

Sofia Knapic

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2887 | Submission Open

Keywords: mechanical properties; non-destructive methodologies; experimental characterization; numerical modelling; fast-growing species; timber structures; engineered wood products

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

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

edited by

Andrzej Węgiel

and

Adrian Łukowski

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2582 | 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)

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 31 Mar 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1538 | Submission Open

Keywords: extreme events; anthropogenic pressure; ecosystem services; canopy interception; evapotranspiration; forest resilience

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Hydrology)

Topicalities in Forest Ecology of Seeds, 2nd Edition

edited by

Božena Šerá

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1461 | Submission Open

Keywords: seed production; seed quality; seed dispersal; seed germination; early seedling growth; soil seed banks; seed dormancy; seed predation

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

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

edited by Amy Miner Ross

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1391 | 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)

Forest Soil Microbiology and Biogeochemistry

edited by Gexi Xu and

Hui Li

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1143 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest ecosystems; soil microbiology; soil biogeochemistry; fungi and bacteria; nutrient cycling; ecological processes and mechanisms

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Designing Urban Green Spaces in a Changing Climate

edited by

Bau-Show Lin

and

Cheng-I Hsieh

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 963 | Submission Open

Keywords: nature-based solutions; green infrastructure; ecosystem services; net-zero emissions; good health and well-being; sustainable environment; environmental justice

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Forestry)

Fungal and Oomycete Diseases in Forest Environments: Implications for Nurseries and Beyond

edited by

Mario Riolo

, Federico La Spada and

Antonella Pane

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 601 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest pathology; fungal diseases; oomycete infections; nursery-associated pathogens; biodiversity impact; disease management; anthropogenic factors; diagnostic tools; sustainable forest management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)

Woody Biomass for Innovative Bioenergy and Bioproducts: Production and Processing Technologies

edited by Luis Saúl Esteban and Irene Mediavilla

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 249 | Submission Open

Keywords: woody plantations; agroforestry system; silvicultural tasks; value chain assessment; solid biofuels; wood-based products; sustainability assessment; quality analysis

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

Wood Drying

edited by

Bogdan Bedelean

Mihaela Câmpean

and

Aleš Straže

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 244 | 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)

Forest Dynamics under Climate and Land Use Change

edited by

Lucia Santorufo

and Giorgia Santini

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 229 | Submission Open

Keywords: vegetation dynamics; soil functioning; soil organisms; restoration; modeling

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

New Approaches to Enhancing Public Health Through Urban Forestry

edited by Jie Yin and

Liyan Xu

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 161 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban forestry; public health; environmental justice; health disparities; innovative technologies; nature-based solutions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Forestry)

Impact of Mycorrhiza on the Distribution, Dynamics and Functioning of Forests

edited by Dominika Thiem and Katarzyna Hrynkiewicz

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 138 | Submission Open

Keywords: mycorrhizal networks; ectomycorrhiza; arbuscular mycorrhiza; mycorrhizal diversity; forest restoration; tree species distribution; adaptation of trees; migration; climate change; tree nutrition

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Forest Soil Erosion in Karst Areas: Patterns, Processes and Mechanisms

edited by

Youjin Yan

Quanhou Dai

and Fengling Gan

submission deadline 10 Apr 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2781 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest soil; soil erosion; processes and mechanisms; hydrological process; soil erosion reduction; soil and water conservation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Structural Characteristics and Physical Properties of Wood

edited by Jose Antonio Balmori and

Jorge Manuel Branco

submission deadline 12 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 194 | Submission Open

Keywords: wood properties; industrialized wood products properties; wood characterization methods; nondestructive tests; treatments and wood properties

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

Advance in Pine Wilt Disease

edited by

Luís Bonifácio

and

Edmundo Sousa

submission deadline 15 Apr 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 10617 | Submission Open

Keywords: Bursaphelenchus xylophilus; Monochamus pine sawyers; biotic and abiotic interactions; conifer forest management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)

Addressing Forest Ergonomics Issues: Laborers and Working Conditions

edited by

Matija Landekić

and

Marin Bačić

submission deadline 15 Apr 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6261 | Submission Open

Keywords: forestry; laborers; work humanization; working condition; biomechanical workloads; neuroergonomics; new technologies

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

Specialized Metabolites and Structure of Woody Plants

edited by Zorica S. Mitić and

Dalibor Ballian

submission deadline 15 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 447 | Submission Open

Keywords: woody plants; specialized metabolites; morpho-anatomy; bioactive compounds; extraction techniques

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

Temperature Sensitivity of Forest Soils and Greenhouse Gas Fluxes

edited by Beata Klimek

submission deadline 21 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 145 | Submission Open

Keywords: global warming; soil C stock; temperate and boreal forests; soil microorganisms; soil respiration rate

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Physiological, Biochemical and Morphological Adaptation Characteristics of Woody Plants to the External Environment

edited by

Eun Ju Cheong

submission deadline 24 Apr 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3329 | Submission Open

Keywords: woody plants; physiological adaptation; biochemical adaptation; morphological adaptation; environmental stress; drought; heat; carbon dioxide

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

Advances in Remote Sensing for Forestry: Theory, Methods, Applications, and Validation

edited by

Ying Yu

and

Xiguang Yang

submission deadline 25 Apr 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 15624 | Submission Open

Keywords: forests; remote sensing; forest resource inventory; carbon cycle; climate change; retrieval algorithm

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

Precise Forestry: Forest Dynamic Change Mapping, Monitoring and Modeling

edited by

Chunying Ren

Chunyan Lu

and

Antonio J. Pérez-Luque

submission deadline 25 Apr 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 9190 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest monitoring; remote sensing; mapping; modeling; disturbance; dynamic changes; biomass estimation; forest structure

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

Wood Testing, Processing and Modification

edited by Bin Luo and

Carmen-Mihaela Popescu

submission deadline 25 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 143 | Submission Open

Keywords: wooden products; wood process; woodcutting theory; woodcutting tools; woodworking machinery; intelligent manufacturing

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

Tree Breeding: Genetic Diversity, Differentiation and Conservation

edited by

Hanna Fuchs

, Ewelina Ratajczak and

Konrad Celiński

submission deadline 28 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 163 | 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)

Influence of Environmental Changes on Forest Soil Quality and Health

edited by

Yuanying Peng

Xiaoyong Chen

and

Wende Yan

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 12474 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Forest Bathing and Forests for Public Health—Series II

edited by

Qing Li

Won Sop Shin

and

Christos Gallis

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 11967 | Submission Open

Keywords: beneficial effects of forests; blood pressure; city park; forest bathing; forests for public health; forest landscapes; forest medicine; forest therapy; green care; green space; immune function; mental health; nature therapy; POMS test; shinrin-yoku

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Forestry)

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

edited by Jun Liu and Zacchaeus Compson

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 8965 | 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 Ecology and Resource Monitoring Based on Sensors, Signal and Image Processing

edited by Yili Zheng, Xinwen Yu,

Paul Sestras

, Yue Zhao, Guang Deng and

Ankur Srivastava

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6794 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensors; remote sensing; LiDAR; artificial intelligence; machine learning; IoT (internet of things); ecology monitoring; resource monitoring; carbon sequestration monitoring; wildlife and plant monitoring

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

Natural and Anthropogenic Disturbances as Drivers of Forest Ecosystem Change

edited by

Slobodan Milanović

Jelena Lazarević

and

Tomasz Oszako

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5679 | 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)

Seedling Management in Temperate Forest Ecosystems

edited by

Antonino Di Iorio

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5630 | Submission Open

Keywords: recruitment ecology; allelochemicals; root-system morphology; drought resistance; shade tolerance; resilience; mycorrhiza; coexistence; phenology

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

Adaptive Mechanisms of Tree Seedlings to Adapt to Stress—Second Edition

edited by

Bo Liu

Shaofei Jin

, Mulualem Tigabu and

Jing Zhou

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 5575 | Submission Open

Keywords: adaptation; regeneration; seedlings; forest growth; climate change

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

Hydrological Modelling of Forested Ecosystems

edited by

Zhangwen Liu

and

Shirong Liu

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5085 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest hydrology; streamflow; hydrological processes; forecasts and projections; climate change; hydrological modelling; forested ecosystems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Hydrology)

Enhancing Human Well-Being through Urban Forestry: Strategies for Planning, Policies and Management

edited by

Jinguang Zhang

, Bing Zhao and

Zhaowu Yu

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4742 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban forestry; green space exposure; public health; urban heat islands; green injustice; climate change; air pollution; ecosystem services; nature-based solutions; exposure ecology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Forestry)

Forests as Nature-Based Solutions: Ecosystem Services, Multiple Benefits, and Trade-Offs

edited by

Anže Japelj

and

Silvija Krajter Ostoić

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4360 | Submission Open

Keywords: nature-based solutions; forest ecosystem services; forest owners; trade-offs among ES; policy uptake of NBS; sustainable management; environmental equality; socio-ecological systems

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

Managing Forest Wildfires in Climate Changes: New Paradigms and Challenges

edited by

Rafael Coll Delgado

and

Marcos Gervásio Pereira

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2986 | 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)

Recent Scientific Developments in Forest Pathology

edited by

Deividas Valiunas

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2500 | Submission Open

Keywords: identification of forest plant diseases and causing microbes; phylogenetic analysis of forest pathogens; plant microbiome and microbiota; forest trees; shrubs and fruit plants; forest medicine; herbal plants; insect vectors; biocontrol and disease management; climate change and diseases

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)

New Approaches to Wood Protection and Preservation

edited by

Ioannis A. Barboutis

and

Vasiliki Kamperidou

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1598 | Submission Open

Keywords: wood impregnation; surface modification; chemical treatment; preservation; wood improvement; archaeological wood; cultural heritage; wood modification; wood treatment; durability

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

Urban Forests and Greening for Sustainable Cities

edited by Simona Aprile and

Manuel Esperon-Rodriguez

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1557 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; parks; gardens; green roofs; green infrastructures; vegetal ground cover

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Forestry)

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 30 Apr 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1073 | 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)

Invasive Ecology and Forest Ecosystems: Process, Mechanisms and Aftereffects

edited by

Xiao Guo

Congyan Wang

and Yi Wang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1021 | Submission Open

Keywords: biological invasion; forest ecosystems; invasion resistance; global change; biodiversity

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

Economic Assessment Research in Agroforestry Products, Environmental, and Renewable Resources Issues

edited by

Hongge Zhu

, Shaopeng Zhang and

Noriko Sato

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 890 | Submission Open

Keywords: agroforestry systems; environmentally friendly agroforestry products; renewable resource utilization; forest carbon sink; integrated forest management; economic outcome assessment

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

The Importance of Seed Dispersers in Forest Ecosystems

edited by

Diana F. Tomback

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 396 | 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)

Economic Research on Forest Ecosystem Services

edited by Juan Manuel Torres-Rojo,

Adan L. Martinez-Cruz

and Gustavo Perez-Verdin

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 281 | Submission Open

Keywords: non-market valuation; nature-based solution valuation; valuation of changes in ecosystem services; transversality of valuation

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

Forests and Nature Tourism: Navigating Conservation, Recreation, and Change in the Anthropocene

edited by

Abhik Chakraborty

and

Young-joo Ahn

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 209 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest ecosystems; conservation; ecological integrity; habitat fragmentation; nature-based tourism; climate change adaptation; stakeholder engagement; biodiversity protection; environmental impact assessment; anthropocene

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Forestry)

Forest Biomaterials and Technology

edited by

Nadir Ayrilmis

and

Carlo Santulli

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

Keywords: forest biomaterials; biomaterials technology; wood; biocomposites; bioenergy; life cycle analysis; biorefinery; timber; biomaterials economy; carbon footprint

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

Effects of Forest Structure Management on Species Richness and Diversity

edited by Irena Šapić,

Damir Ugarković

and

Igor Poljak

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 138 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodiversity; forest structure; managed forests; habitat change; species composition; species richness; species diversity; ecosystem disturbance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Biodiversity)

Insights of Dendrochronology Based on Forest Dynamics, Fire History, and Climate Change

edited by

Julián Cerano-Paredes

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 114 | 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)

New Research Developments on Forest Road Planning and Design

edited by

Petr Hrůza

and Luca Marchi

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 103 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest access; forest road network; routing; forest road design; forest road parameters; water runoff management; technology integration

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

Impact of Environmental and Trade Regulations on Forest Supply Chains

edited by

Xin Feng

and Zhengyi Li

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 80 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable forestry; wood supply chain; circular economy; green logistics; biodiversity conservation; deforestation mitigation; ecosystem services

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

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