Special Issues

Forests publishes Special Issues to create collections of papers on specific topics, with the aim of building a community of authors and readers to discuss the latest research and develop new ideas and research directions. Special Issues are led by Guest Editors, who are experts on the topic. The journal’s Editor-in-Chief and/or designated EBM will oversee Guest Editor appointments and Special Issue proposals, checking their content for relevance and ensuring the suitability of the material for the journal. The papers published in a Special Issue will be collected and displayed on a dedicated page of the journal’s website. For any inquiries related to a Special Issue, please contact the Editorial Office.

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Advances in Detection and Identification of Insect Pests and Pathogens submission deadline 11 Sep 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7251 | Submission Open
Keywords: insect pest; pathogen; tree health; pest management; pest monitoring; pest detection; diagnostic methods; resistographs; non-invasive methods; genetic detection methods; NGS; electronic noses; electronic tongues
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)
Computer Application and Deep Learning in Forestry
edited by , , Qiaolin Ye, and
submission deadline 12 Sep 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5704 | Submission Open
Keywords: deep learning; algorithm; tree detection; tree species classification; forest disturbance detection; remote sensing; satellite image analysis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Inventory, Modeling and Remote Sensing)
Plant Invasions in Forest Ecosystems: Understanding Arrival, Expansion and Management
edited by Jun Liu and Zacchaeus Compson
submission deadline 14 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 915 | 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 Soil Erosion in Karst Areas: Patterns, Processes and Mechanisms
edited by , and Fengling Gan
submission deadline 15 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 943 | 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)
Detection, Identification and Control of Plant Pathogens
edited by , , and Danut Chira
submission deadline 15 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 161 | Submission Open
Keywords: plant pathogens; agricultural crops; phytopathogen control; forests; early detection; diagnostics; ecosystem stability; emerging plant pathogens; food security; genetic resistance to phytopathogens; invasive pathogens; molecular identification and characterization; high-throughput sequencing (HTS); metagenomics; microbial biological control agents (MBCAs); biopesticides
Forest Recreation and Ecotourism
edited by
submission deadline 15 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 74 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest recreation; biodiversity and resilient ecosystems; environmentally responsible behavior; ecotourism management; sustainable ecotourism
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Economics, Policy, and Social Science)
Tree Regeneration-Soil Relationships
edited by
submission deadline 19 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1279 | Submission Open
Keywords: urban forest ecology; urban natural areas conservation; tree natural regeneration; urban forest soils; forest resource management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)
Managing Forests for Multiple Ecosystem Services under Changing Climate
edited by Shuirong Wu, , and Jo van Brusselen
submission deadline 20 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 40 | Submission Open
Keywords: multipurpose forest management; ecosystem services provision and valuation; trade-offs and synergies; payment for ecosystem services (PES); climate change impacts; disturbances; forest resilience; forest planning; forest governance; bioeconomy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)
Measurement and Improvement of Wood Mechanical and Chemical Properties
edited by Wanzhao Li, and Yue Qi
submission deadline 23 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2602 | Submission Open
Keywords: wood; mechanical properties; chemical properties; structure; new technologies; improvement
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wood Science and Forest Products)
Managing Indoor Wood Biodeterioration submission deadline 23 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 737 | Submission Open
Keywords: wood decay; biodeterioration; biodegradation of heritage objects; preservation of wood in indoor environments; wood protection in indoor environments; wood-damaging agents in indoor environments
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wood Science and Forest Products)
The Influence of Forest Management on Wood Quality and End-Product Potential submission deadline 25 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2432 | Submission Open
Keywords: properties; processes and drives of wood formulation; forest management; crop planning; timber production; post-disaster wood
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)
Forest Landscape Cultural Values: Restoration, Management and Protection
edited by
submission deadline 25 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 858 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest landscape; cultural values; history; spiritual values; forest management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)
Functions of Biochar in Carbon Emission and Carbon Sequestration in Forest Ecosystems
edited by
submission deadline 26 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1067 | Submission Open
Keywords: biochar; carbon cycle; carbon sequestration; plant growth; soil microbes; soil nutrients; primary production; soil organic matter; organic matter decomposition; forest management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)
Managing Forest Wildfires in Climate Changes: New Paradigms and Challenges submission deadline 26 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 525 | 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)
Forest Plant, Soil, Microorganisms and Their Interactions
edited by Fuxi Shi, , Yang Zhang and Jiusheng Ren
submission deadline 27 Sep 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 8614 | Submission Open
Keywords: plant functional traits; soil carbon cycling; soil nitrogen cycling; soil phosphorus cycling; soil microbial diversity; plant– soil interaction; microbe– plant– soil interplay
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)
Soil Microbial Ecology in Forest Ecosystems
edited by , Wenqiang Zhao and Linchuan Fang
submission deadline 27 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2360 | Submission Open
Keywords: microbial diversity; microbiome; microbial functions; soil carbon; nutrient cycling; plant– microbe interactions; forest ecosystems; global changes
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)
Monitoring and Modelling of Soil Properties in Forest Ecosystems
edited by Pavel Samec
submission deadline 27 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 629 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil development; soil nutrient balance; erosion– sedimentation processes; environmental indicators; ecosystem restoration; soil mapping; vegetation ecology; forest monitoring; soil adaptation to global change
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)
Changes of Climate and Ecology Recorded by Density and Stable Isotopes of Tree Rings
edited by and Linlin Gao
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 8946 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change; forest ecology; tree rings; stable isotope; wood anatomy; treeline; vegetation coverage; dendrochronology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Meteorology and Climate Change)
Innovation, Transition and Reconstruction of Forestry Oriented by Policies submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7639 | Submission Open
Keywords: institutions; governance; social innovation; transformative changes; transdisciplinary approaches; stakeholder engagement
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Economics, Policy, and Social Science)
Forest Tree Diseases Genomics: Growing Resources and Applications
edited by , Jiajia Chen and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3871 | Submission Open
Keywords: detection; fungi and oomycetes; phylogeny; taxonomy; whole genome sequencing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)
Natural and Anthropogenic Disturbances as Drivers of Forest Ecosystem Change submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2862 | 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)
Forests for Public Health—Selected Papers from the 3rd World Conference on Forests for Public Health submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2509 | Submission Open
Keywords: health beneficial effects of forests and green spaces; environmental epidemiology; urban green spaces planning for health; forests for public health; landscapes architecture for public health; forest medicine; forest therapy and social aspects; outdoor activities for human health; immune functions and human physiology; mental health; environmental psychology; urban forests and their ecosystem services; economic values of nature for health
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Forestry)
Sustainable Development of Forest, Energy, and Climate Change Resilience Nexus submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1559 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change crisis; energy; forest services; poverty
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Economics, Policy, and Social Science)
Recent Advances in Wood Modification and Wood Functionalization Research submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1422 | Submission Open
Keywords: wood modification; nanomaterials; plasma treatment; fungal mycelium treatment; enzymatic treatment; combined modification methods; novel modification methods; high-performance wood-based materials; lignocellulosic raw materials; biopolymers
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wood Science and Forest Products)
Panoptic Segmentation of Tree Scenes from Mobile LiDAR Data
edited by , , and Qiaolin Ye
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1391 | Submission Open
Keywords: tree inventory and monitoring; vegetation mapping; tree structural phenotype analysis; forest management and protection; object segmentation; laser scanning; point cloud processing; point cloud registration; data and multi-modal fusion; classification and detection
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Inventory, Modeling and Remote Sensing)
Satellite Time Series Analysis for Forest Mapping and Change Detection
edited by , Ling Wu and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1290 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest mapping; change detection; remote sensing time series disturbance; trend; vegetation phenology; land cover change
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Inventory, Modeling and Remote Sensing)
Soil Organic Carbon and Nutrient Cycling in the Forest Ecosystems
edited by Shengqiang Wang, , Qiqian Wu and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 919 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil organic carbon; soil nutrients; soil stoichiometry; soil fertility; soil ecology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)
Advances in Vegetation Succession with Soil Erosion
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 665 | Submission Open
Keywords: vegetation succession; soil erosion; vegetation succession of abandoned farmland; rocky desertification; vegetation restoration; soil factor
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)
Impact of Pests, Climate and Other Factors on Forest Health
edited by Anand B. Persad
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 563 | Submission Open
Keywords: invasive spp; climate change; biodiversity; treatments; technology; stewardship; resiliency
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)
Biological Control of Forest Pests: Patterns, Mechanisms, and Prospects
edited by , Ke Wei and Xiong Guan
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 392 | Submission Open
Keywords: biological control; natural enemy insect; pathogenic microorganism; biological properties; pathogenic mechanisms
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)
Response of Forest Trees to Drought
edited by Maria Laura Suarez and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 250 | Submission Open
Keywords: tree dieback; drought: growth trends; vulnerability; early warning metrics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecophysiology and Biology)
Forests and Human Health: Effects on Acute and Chronic Illness, and Public Health
edited by Amy Miner Ross
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 186 | 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)
Biotechnological Improvements of Plant Biomass in Forests submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 163 | Submission Open
Keywords: biotechnology; plant biomass; forests; sustainable forestry; climate change mitigation; genetic engineering; biomass enhancement; yield improvement; forest resilience; bioenergy; genome-editing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Genetics and Molecular Biology)
Sustainable Valorization of Forestry Byproducts submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 157 | Submission Open
Keywords: polyphenols; tannins; lignin; cellulose; hemicellulose; wood extractives; wood chemistry; biocomposites; chemical modification; esterification; acetylation; wood preservation; biorefinery; wood bark; fungal protection; biocides; UV/VIS; FITR; mass spectrometry; bioadhesive; wood treatment; particleboards; plywood; wood-based panels; recyclability. photoprotection; protective coatings; weathering; pigments
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wood Science and Forest Products)
The Importance of Seed Dispersers in Forest Ecosystems
edited by
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 151 | 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)
Molecular Mechanism of Forest Tree Defense against Pathogens and Pests
edited by Jun-Jun Liu
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 115 | Submission Open
Keywords: tree– parasite interactions; plant immunity; induced gene expression; host disease resistance; biotic threats
(This special issue belongs to the Section Genetics and Molecular Biology)
Ecological Research in Bamboo Forests
edited by Xuhua Du, and Ziwu Guo
submission deadline 8 Oct 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5109 | Submission Open
Keywords: bamboo; biogeochemical cycling; physiological ecology; plant microbiome; bamboo-based agroforestry; omics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)
Wood Protection Based on the Study of Chemical and Physical Properties—Series II submission deadline 10 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 128 | Submission Open
Keywords: chemical properties; durability; service life of wood; weathering; wood modification; wood preservation; wood protection; wood technology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wood Science and Forest Products)
The Role of Public Policies in Incentivizing Forest, Mountain and Rural Economy
edited by Valerio Di Stefano, and
submission deadline 14 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 87 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest; mountain and rural policy; governance of mountain forests; rural and mountain area management and governance; forestry and rural legislation; mountain and rural economics; natural resource policy and planning; Common Agricultural Policy (CAP); adaptation and mitigation of climate change in mountain and rural areas; stakeholder involvement and conflict management in mountain and rural areas; public participation as a tool of mountain and rural development
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Economics, Policy, and Social Science)
Sustainable Forest Management, Utilization and Biodiversity Conservation
edited by Yali Wen, and Xiaoqian Chen
submission deadline 15 Oct 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3533 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable forest management and utilization; biodiversity conservation; wildlife conservation; sustainable livelihood; market based instrument; forestry policy; new technology in forest management and conservation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Biodiversity)
Methods and Technologies for Modified Wood submission deadline 15 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 39 | Submission Open
Keywords: wood modification; fiber modification; esterification; etherification thermally modification; fibers technologies; wood technology; durability; fire protection
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wood Science and Forest Products)
Tree Responses to Disturbances: Resistance and Regeneration
edited by Ying-Ning Zou
submission deadline 16 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 71 | Submission Open
Keywords: abiotic stress; biotic stress; disturbances; regeneration; tree
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecophysiology and Biology)
Socio-Economic and Policy Issues of Invasive Species in Forestry
edited by and
submission deadline 21 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 832 | Submission Open
Keywords: invasive species; forest management; socio-economic impact; policy design and analysis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Economics, Policy, and Social Science)
Forest Growth Modeling in Different Ecological Conditions submission deadline 25 Oct 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2028 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change; forest growth; yield models; carbon sequestration; biodiversity; ecosystem services; regeneration; mixed stands; pure stands; mortality; forest management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Inventory, Modeling and Remote Sensing)
Tropical Forests, Water Cycle, Global Cycles of Greenhouse Gases and Climate Change
edited by Gabriel Henrique Pires de Mello Ribeiro and Daniel Magnabosco Marra
submission deadline 25 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 189 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate correlation; greenhouse gases cycle; burned area; wind disturbance; land surface processes; hydroclimatic extremes
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)
Sustainable Forest Operations and Wildfire Management: Prevention, Suppression and Restoration submission deadline 25 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 84 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest mechanization; operational research; forest wildfire management; new forest bioproduct sources; disruptive forest technologies; forest safety and health; salvage logging; environmentally sound forestry; post-wilfire restoration; forest fires prevention; wildfire suppression techniques
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Operations and Engineering)
Multiple-Use and Ecosystem Services of Forests—2nd Edition submission deadline 25 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 66 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest ecosystem management; multiple uses; ecosystem services; inventory and planning; modeling productivity; decision support system; sustainable provision of ecosystem services; profitability of ecosystem services; participatory approaches
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)
Molecular Genetics of Forest Trees and Applications in Breeding, Conservation and Management of Genetic Resources—2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 25 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 62 | Submission Open
Keywords: molecular characterization of forest genetic resources; molecular signatures of adaptation; marker-based breeding strategies; molecular dissection of complex traits; life histories of forest trees and genetic lineages; unique or specific genes/alleles for better adaptation to climate change
(This special issue belongs to the Section Genetics and Molecular Biology)
Methodology and Theory of Forest Parameters Estimation Using Multi-Source Remote Sensing
edited by Shiming Li, and Cangjiao Wang
submission deadline 30 Oct 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1802 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest inventory; tree height; tree density; DBH; above-ground biomass; canopy structure; LiDAR; photogrammetry; forest ecosystem; remote sensing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Inventory, Modeling and Remote Sensing)
Forest Diversity, Structure and Functions: Theories, Concepts and Analyses
edited by
submission deadline 30 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 606 | Submission Open
Keywords: aboveground biomass; climate; disturbance; functional traits; species diversity; soil; tree size
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Biodiversity)
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