Forests

Forest Resilience to Extreme Climatic Events

edited by

and

submission deadline 10 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 556 | Submission Open

Keywords: resistance; resilience; tree decline; tree growth; radial growth; forest dynamics; drought; heatwave; spring frost; late frost

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

Species Diversity and Habitat Conservation in Forest

edited by

Marek Sławski

and

Francesco Parisi

submission deadline 14 Aug 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5088 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest biodiversity; forest management; species conservation; species diversity; habitat conservation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Biodiversity)

Plant Invasions in Forest Ecosystems: Understanding Arrival, Expansion and Management: 2nd Edition

edited by Jun Liu and Zacchaeus Compson

submission deadline 14 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 239 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant invasions; alien species; forest ecosystems; arrival mechanisms; expansion pathways; management strategies; ecological restoration; biological invasion; climate change; insect pests

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Biodiversity)

Biodiversity Patterns and Ecosystem Functions in Forests

edited by

Zuoqiang Yuan

submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4613 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest biodiversity; ecosystem function; functional diversity; carbon sequestration; forest dynamics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Biodiversity)

Wildfire Behavior and the Effects of Climate Change in Forests

edited by

Gilberto Vaz

and

Jorge R.N. Raposo

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2446 | 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)

Forest Plant Disease Diagnostics and Management Innovation

edited by

Deividas Valiunas

,

Algirdas Ivanauskas

and

Carmine Marcone

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 613 | Submission Open

Keywords: identification of forest plant disease-causing microbes and pests; various PCRs; CRISPR technology; LAMP amplification; phylogenetic analysis of forest pathogens; forest trees; shrubs and undergrowth plants; insect vectors and disease spread; climate change and diseases; invasive plants and diseases; biocontrol and disease management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)

Modeling of Forest Structure with Remote Sensing Data

edited by Xin Tian,

Xiaoli Zhang

and Yanqiu Xing

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 240 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest 3D structure information; height; diameter at breast height; canopy density; leaf area index; forest stem volume/carbon storage/biomass; LiDAR/SAR/photogrammetry remote sensing; forest dynamic information

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

Wood Products and Wood-Based Composites: Innovation Toward Sustainability

edited by

Sofia Knapic

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 161 | Submission Open

Keywords: wood-based products; engineered wood materials; sustainable construction materials; circular bioeconomy; valorization of forest biomass; life cycle assessment (LCA); sustainable wood innovation

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

Forest Entomology and Phytopathology: Contemporary Challenges in Forest Conservation

edited by Robert Kuźmiński and

Marta Bełka

submission deadline 21 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 892 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest health; climate change; biotic threats; pathogenic fungi; forest pests; invasive species; abiotic stress; urban forestry; forest biosecurity; tree resilience

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)

Forest and Urban Green Space Ecosystem Services and Management

edited by

Jianping Wu

, Xin Xiong, Jianling Li and

Zhongbing Chang

submission deadline 25 Aug 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 13280 | 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)

Forest Pathogen Detection, Diagnosis and Control

edited by

Roberto Faedda

submission deadline 25 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3060 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest pathogens; diagnostics tools; early detection; identification; forest health; forest management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)

Wood Chemistry and Quality

edited by José Carlos Carvalho Rodrigues and

Ana Alves

submission deadline 25 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1349 | Submission Open

Keywords: earlywood/latewood; juvenile/mature wood; wood chemistry; vibrational spectroscopy; extractives; lignin content and composition; cellulose; hemicelluloses

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

Functional Genomics of Forest Trees—2nd Edition

edited by

Zhong Chen

and

Meixia Ye

submission deadline 25 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1276 | 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)

Physiological, Morphological and Anatomical Traits to Abiotic Stress in Woody Plants

edited by

Maks Merela

and

Angela Balzano

submission deadline 25 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 336 | Submission Open

Keywords: woody plant; abiotic stress; functional wood traits; tree rings; wood formation; anthropogenic disturbance; structural plasticity; physiological response; morphological adaptation; drought tolerance; climate change

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

Sustainable Soil and Fertility Management Strategies for Tree Crops in Arid Environments Under Climate Stress

edited by

Victor Kavvadias

submission deadline 25 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 315 | Submission Open

Keywords: resilient soil management; fertilization strategies; soil quality; soil conservation practices; climate change; arid environments

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

The Theory and Practice of Realizing the Value of Forest Ecological Products

edited by

Caiyao Xu

and Fanbin Kong

submission deadline 28 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3638 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest ecological products; value realization; public product attribute; common prosperity; digital empowerment; sustainable development

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

Applications of LiDAR and Photogrammetry for Forests

edited by

Azadeh Abdollahnejad

and

Dimitrios Panagiotidis

submission deadline 28 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2537 | Submission Open

Keywords: LiDAR; photogrammetry; forest inventory forest structure; biomass and carbon stock; habitat mapping; biodiversity assessment; change detection; point cloud processing; UAV and remote sensing

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

Drought Impacts on Tree Physiology: Physiological Mechanisms and Adaptive Strategies

edited by Lin Zhu, Danbo Pang and

Domingo Sancho-Knapik

submission deadline 28 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1207 | Submission Open

Keywords: drought resilience; hydraulic failure; stomatal regulation; osmotic adjustment; water-carbon balance; phenotypic plasticity; drought monitoring; multi-omics integration; ecohydrological modeling

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

Forests and Climate Change: Hydraulic Responses and Adaptation Mechanisms Under Extreme Events

edited by

Simona Altieri

and

Francesco Niccoli

submission deadline 28 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 298 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest resilience; hydraulic stress; water-use efficiency; tree physiological adaptation; climate extremes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Hydrology)

Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functions in Forests—2nd Edition

edited by

Gabriel Murariu

and

Lucian Dinca

submission deadline 30 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 259 | Submission Open

Keywords: forests; biodiversity; ecosystem functions; boreal; temperate; tropical; carbon; ecology; management

Application of Remote Sensing in Vegetation Dynamics and Ecology—2nd Edition

edited by Wangping Li and

Donghui Shangguan

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3457 | 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)

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 31 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3275 | 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)

Advances in Wood Furniture Design: Materials, Style, Structure, Ergonomics, and Manufacturing

edited by

Wengang Hu

and

Andreja Pirc Barčić

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2877 | Submission Open

Keywords: wood furniture; wood material; furniture design; wood structure; ergonomics; wood product manufacturing

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

Exploring the Antioxidant Potential and Phenolic Diversity of Forest-Derived Plants

edited by

Kristina Zymonė

and Laura Rimkienė

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2766 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest-derived plants; antioxidant mechanism; antioxidant components; activity and potential; phytochemical analysis; phenolic compounds and diversity; multi-omics technologies; phenols quality control

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

Forest Vegetation Dynamics and Environmental Monitoring Using GIS and Remote Sensing

edited by

Uroš Durlević

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2534 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest vegetation dynamics; remote sensing (RS); geographic information systems (GIS); wildfire risk assessment; land use; forest protection and restoration; vegetation indices; machine learning; multi-criteria decision making; numerical simulations

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

Climate Change and Forest Phenology: Ecophysiological Mechanisms and Impacts

edited by

Jiaxin Wang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1807 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest phenology; global warming; tree physiology; drought and heat stress; carbon and water fluxes; functional traits; phenological plasticity; experimental ecology; remote sensing; tree-ring phenology

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

The Role of Urban Vegetation and Forests in Climate Change Adaptation: Implications for Air Quality and Thermal Comfort in Cities

edited by

Beatriz Sanchez

,

Esther Rivas

and

Jose Luis Santiago

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1331 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban air quality; thermal comfort; urban vegetation; future climate; climate change; nature-based solutions; urban overheating; urban climate

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Forestry)

Fast-Growing Tree Species in Different Land-Use Systems and Their Utilization Options

edited by

Dirk Landgraf

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1183 | Submission Open

Keywords: fast-growing trees; short rotation coppice (SRC); wood plantations; agroforest systems (AFSs); ecosystem services; biodiversity; carbon sequestration; multiple benefits

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

Integrated Forest Biorefineries: Emerging Technologies, Pilot-Scale Case Studies, and Advances in Biomass-Derived Bioproducts

edited by

María Noel Cabrera

, Beatriz Gullón and

María Cristina Area

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 958 | Submission Open

Keywords: lignocellulosic biomass; cellulose; hemicelluloses; lignin; extractives; value-added products; cascade biomass use; pretreatment technologies; biochemical route; thermochemical route; techno-economical analysis; life cycle assessment; biocomposites; biobased materials; nanocellulose

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

Tree Epigenetic Diversity and Its Role in Tree Adaptation

edited by Ermioni Malliarou and

Evangelia V. Avramidou

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 839 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; epigenetic diversity; adaptation; forest species; molecular methods; DNA methylation; conservation; histone modification; non-coding RNAs

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

Soil Nutrition, Soil Hydrology, and Soil Microbial Diversity and Activity in Forest Ecosystem

edited by Hongwei Xu,

Guirong Hou

and Danbo Pang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 744 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest ecosystems; forest management; global change; vegetation restoration; carbon cycling; carbon stability; soil nutrients; soil hydrology; soil physical property; soil biodiversity; soil erosion; soil enzyme activity; soil microbial

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Forests for Soil and Water Conservation: Strategies and Innovations

edited by

Siniša Polovina

and

Veljko Perović

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 465 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil erosion; remote sensing; land use change; forest ecosystems; forest conservation; climate change; model simulation and scenario analysis; forest management scenario; machine learning; environmental modeling; UAV and multisensor data; spatiotemporal analysis; forested watersheds; watershed management; integrated watershed management; conservation; sustainable land management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Forests as Nature-Based Solutions: Ecosystem Services, Multiple Benefits, and Trade-Offs—2nd Edition

edited by

Anže Japelj

and

Silvija Krajter Ostoić

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 406 | 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 Ecology and Management)

Advancing Climate-Resilient Forestry: Novel Strategies for Conservation and Restoration

edited by

Pablo Antúnez

and

Christian Wehenkel

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 405 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; nature conservation; biodiversity; anthropogenic pressures; land-use change; social dimensions of conservation; IUCN red list of threatened species; deforestation and defaunation

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

Physiological Responses and Functional Traits of Woody Plants Under Drought and Heat Stresses

edited by Francesca Alderotti and

Ermes Lo Piccolo

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 336 | Submission Open

Keywords: heat stress; drought; woody species; tree mortality; forests; urban environment

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

Multidimensional Stakeholder Engagement in Forest Governance and Certification Systems

edited by Aureliu-Florin Hălălișan

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 333 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest certification; stakeholders’ engagement; standards; voluntary certification; forest governance frameworks; innovative participatory approaches

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

Forest Fine Roots and Soil Properties

edited by

Zongrui Lai

and

María Fernández-Raga

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 297 | Submission Open

Keywords: fine root dynamics; soil physical and chemical properties; root– soil– microbe interactions; carbon and nutrient cycling; forest management; belowground biomass; rhizosphere processes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Impact of Climate Change on Anatomical Traits and Chemical Composition of Wood

edited by Ana Alves and

Vicelina Sousa

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 286 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; wood anatomy; chemical composition; tree physiology; environmental stress; lignocellulosic properties

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

Advances in Wood Borer Control and Management

edited by

Jianrong Wei

, Liangming Cao,

Eiriki Sunamura

and

Francesco Nugnes

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 273 | Submission Open

Keywords: wood borer; cerambyicd; weevil; Buprestidae; carpenter moths; wood wasp; longhorn beetle; biological control; tee resistance; integrated pest management; sustainable forestry

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)

Application of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems for Natural Resource Management of Forest Ecosystems—2nd Edition

edited by

Pablito M. López-Serrano

and

Marín Pompa-García

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 256 | 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)

Facing the Forest: Exploring Local Knowledge and Sustainable Governance

edited by

Teodora Ivanova

and

Mihail S. Chervenkov

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 221 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest resources; local knowledge; ecosystem services; social– ecological systems; non-timber forest products (NTFPs); bioeconomy; bioculture

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

Urban Forests and Green Infrastructure: Multi-Scale Approaches to Achieving SDG 11 in Sustainable Cities

edited by

Haoran Yu

, Tong Li and

Yang Yi

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 202 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban green space; forest networks; biodiversity conservation; ecosystem services; urban heat island mitigation; air quality improvement; urban wildlife; water cycles; and acoustic pollution; policy and governance frameworks for urban forestry

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Forestry)

Root Traits, Litterfall, and Radial Growth: Seasonal Dynamics and Silvicultural Modulation

edited by

Ji Young An

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 197 | Submission Open

Keywords: silvicultural practices; tree root traits; litterfall dynamics; xylogenesis; seasonal dynamics; phenology; aboveground-belowground linkages; forest ecosystem function; dendroecology; nutrient cycling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

The Forest Vegetation-Soil System: Interactions and Feedback

edited by Di Wu and

Huanhuan Wei

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 190 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant– soil feedback; greenhouse gas fluxes; soil microbiome; biogeochemical processes; climate change impacts; nutrient cycling; carbon sequestration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Molecular Biology and Genetic Breeding of Tree Stress Resistance

edited by

Shaofei Tong

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 166 | Submission Open

Keywords: stress signal; abiotic stress; biotic stress; epigenetic modification; genome; multi-omics; marker-assisted breeding; tree– microbe interaction

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

Tree Health and Mycorrhizal Fungal Communities

edited by

Haihua Wang

and

Chunyan Wang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 146 | Submission Open

Keywords: mycorrhizal fungi; tree health; forest ecosystems; nutrient cycling; soil-plant-microbe interactions; climate change; forest resilience

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)

High-Throughput Sequencing and Gene Expression Analysis in Forest Plant Breeding

edited by

Shanwen Sun

,

Chenghao Li

and

Bowei Chen

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 136 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-throughput sequencing; forest trees; gene expression; molecular breeding; genomics; genetic improvement

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

The Relationship Between Forest Vegetation and Water and Its Regulation in Changing Environments

edited by

Yanhui Wang

and

Zebin Liu

submission deadline 4 Sep 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8901 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecohydrology; forest evapotranspiration; runoff; water use; vegetation carrying capacity; sap flow; infiltration and soil moisture; modelling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Hydrology)

Growth and Photosynthetic Responses of Seedlings Under Climate Change in Forests

edited by

Jimei Han

submission deadline 11 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2340 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; forest seedlings; photosynthesis; growth response; forest regeneration; physiological adaptation; environmental stress

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

Linking Forest and Geodiversity Management

edited by

Marie Balková

and Aleš Bajer

submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 218 | Submission Open

Keywords: anthropogenic influence; ecosystem diversity; forest hydrology; geoarchaeology; geodiversity maps; geohazards; geospatial models; landscape transformation; soil diversity; sustainable forest management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

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