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Innovations in Wood Coating for Enhanced Durability and Protection submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 125 | 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)
Innovative Approaches to Modifying Wood and Wood-Based Material Properties in the 21st Century submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 120 | 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)
Recent Advances in Tree Genetics and Genomics
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submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 117 | 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)
Biological Control and Management of Tree Diseases and Insect Pests in Forests
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 101 | Submission Open
Keywords: plant pathology; parasitoids; natural enemies; biological control; mechanisms; induced systemic resistance; ecology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)
Forest Soil Health and Quality Monitoring
edited by Raluca Elena Enescu and
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 100 | 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 submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 95 | 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
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 81 | 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 60 | 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
submission deadline 5 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1081 | 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 submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4356 | 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 submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1015 | 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, and
submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 179 | 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 124 | 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 submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 71 | 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 , Eduardo Mariano Neto and
submission deadline 18 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 183 | 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 submission deadline 19 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 929 | 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 , Roberta Pini, Juan Ochando Tomás and
submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 615 | 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
submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 145 | 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 submission deadline 22 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 14490 | 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)
Biogeochemical Cycles in Forests: 2nd Edition
edited by and
submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 168 | 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)
Application of Remote Sensing in Vegetation Dynamics and Ecology—2nd Edition
edited by Wangping Li and
submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 155 | 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)
Advanced Studies in Gene Expression in Woody Plants
edited by Long-Hai Zou, Ming-Bing Zhou and
submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 98 | 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 , Bingnan Yuan and
submission deadline 26 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2795 | 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)
Application of Machine-Learning Methods in Forestry
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1282 | 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)
Somatic Embryogenesis and Organogenesis on Tree Species: 2nd Edition submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 853 | 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)
Forest Pathogen Detection, Diagnosis and Control
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submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 527 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest pathogens; diagnostics tools; early detection; identification; forest health; forest management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)
Climate and Land-Use Change Effects on the Biogeography of Woody Plant Species and Biodiversity Conservation submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 479 | 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)
Wildfire Behavior and the Effects of Climate Change in Forests submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 180 | 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, , Wei Zhang, Hanqing Wu and Peilei Hu
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 12963 | 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 submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 10187 | 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 submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 8430 | 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 Cover Change and Its Ecological and Environmental Effects—2nd Edition
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7622 | 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)
Application of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems for Natural Resource Management of Forest Ecosystems submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7389 | 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 Carbon Sequestration and Emission Reduction Potential
edited by , Tiehu He and Gang Liu
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6565 | 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 , Xin Xiong, Jianling Li and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5644 | 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
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3318 | 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)
Forest Tree Genetics and Breeding in Response to Different Threats: 2nd Edition
edited by , , and Hanzeng Wang
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2073 | 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)
Modeling Forest Dynamics
edited by , Xianzhao Liu, and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1753 | 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)
Degraded Forest Carbon Sink Restoration and Sustainable Management of Forest Carbon Sinks
edited by Yongjun Shi, and Yufeng Zhou
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1428 | Submission Open
Keywords: degraded forest management; degraded forest restoration; carbon sink afforestation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)
Tree Breeding: Genetic Diversity, Differentiation and Conservation
edited by , Ewelina Ratajczak and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1413 | 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)
Tree- and Shrub-Based Phytoremediation: Pollution Control and Ecosystem Services
edited by Dario Liberati and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1338 | Submission Open
Keywords: phytotechnologies; phytoremediation; regulating; provisioning; and cultural ecosystem services; nature-based solutions; carbon sequestration; soil fertility; urban hydrology regulation; species and ecosystem diversity; reduction of airborne particulate matter; plant biomass production; aesthetic value of green areas; citizen science; citizen health
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Forestry)
Advancing Forest Ecosystem Sustainability: Integrating Plant Physiology, Microbial Ecology, and Spatial Technologies
edited by and Xuechen Yang
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1138 | 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)
Innovating Indicators: New Approaches for Tracking Forest Health Status and Trends in a Rapidly Changing World submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1104 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest health monitoring; indicators; status and trends; invasive species; climate change; insects and diseases; regeneration trends; drought; wildfire; fragmentation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)
Carbon Dynamics of Forest Soils Under Climate Change
edited by and Zheng Hong Tan
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1049 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil organic carbon; soil respiration; climate change; forest management; drought; warming; temperature sensitivity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)
Wood Processing, Modification and Performance
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 932 | Submission Open
Keywords: wood processing; wood modification; durability enhancement; sustainable materials; chemical treatment; mechanical performance; wood preservation; environmental impact; material innovation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wood Science and Forest Products)
Advances in Wood Furniture Design: Materials, Style, Structure, Ergonomics, and Manufacturing submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 811 | 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)
Arthropod Biodiversity and Ecology in Forest and Agricultural Ecosystems submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 808 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest and agriculture ecosystem; arthropod biodiversity; forest arthropod ecology; pest management; arthropod community structure
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Biodiversity)
Dendrochronology Beyond the Ordinary: Understanding Wood Formation and Climate Change (2nd Edition) submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 797 | Submission Open
Keywords: dendrochronology; xylogenesis; phloem formation; wood anatomy; functional anatomical traits; quantitative wood anatomy; trees’ environmental response; climate change
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Meteorology and Climate Change)
Recent Advances and Future Perspectives in Forest Hydrology
edited by , Andrés A. Iroumé, Silvio Ferraz and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 764 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest hydrology; groundwater– surface-water interactions; paired-catchment; remote sensing; climate extremes; forest disturbances; socio-hydrology; nature-based solutions; machine learning; global change
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Hydrology)
Application of Machine-Learning Techniques in Forestry submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 744 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; biogeophysical cycles; carbon stock; climate change; deep learning; deforestation; ecological services; forest conservation; forest degradation; forest dynamics; forest fire; forest landscapes; forest management; forest productivity; forest protection; forest regeneration; land use dynamics; machine learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Inventory, Modeling and Remote Sensing)
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