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

edited by

Houxi Zhang

and Lijun Chen

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2084 | 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)

Forestry Activities and Water Resources

edited by Rongjia Wang and

Junjiong Shao

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1448 | 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 Restoration for Resilient Landscapes and Enhanced Ecosystem Services

edited by Cong Wang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1383 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest restoration strategies; landscape resilience; ecosystem service trade-offs; climate adaptation; biodiversity recovery; socio-ecological governance; traditional ecological knowledge; restoration monitoring frameworks; nature-based solutions (NbSs); sustainable land management

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

Forest Recreation and Tourism

edited by Dalia Perkumienė

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1001 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest recreation; nature-based tourism; forest utilization; forest management processes; integrated tourism applications; sustainable forest recreation

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

Integrated Forest Products Biorefinery Perspectives

edited by

Vasiliki Kamperidou

and

Ioannis A. Barboutis

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 920 | 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)

Modelling and Estimation of Forest Biomass

edited by

Pradip Saud

, Mukti Ram Subedi and

Daniel J. Vega-Nieva

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 778 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest biomass; carbon sequestration; modeling; estimation; remote sensing; machine learning

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

Abiotic and Biotic Stress Responses in Trees Species—2nd Edition

edited by

Hou-Ling Wang

and

Liu-Qiang Wang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 698 | Submission Open

Keywords: drought; salt; cold; temperature; disease; pests; response; signaling; phytohormone

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

Advances in Biological Control of Forest Diseases and Pests: 2nd Edition

edited by Daniela K. Pilarska,

Margarita Georgieva

and Georgi Georgiev

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 689 | Submission Open

Keywords: biological control; forest diseases; forest pests; microorganisms; natural enemies; biocontrol; beneficial microorganisms; pests and pathogens; biology of control organisms; invasive species

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)

Integrated Pest Management and Control in Forestry

edited by Ke Wei and Xiaoyi Wang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 628 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest insect pests; forest pathogens; invasive alien pest; biodiversity; intelligent monitoring and accurate detection; sustainable management; novel control agents

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)

Applications of Landsat and Satellite Remote Sensing Data

edited by

Mustafa Zeybek

and

Guojin He

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 505 | Submission Open

Keywords: Landsat; satellite remote sensing; forest monitoring and management; forest disturbance and recovery; carbon sequestration; wildfire monitoring; climate change impacts on forests; biodiversity and habitat assessment; urban and peri-urban forestry; sustainable forest management

Recent Advances in Agroforestry Ecosystems

edited by Tomasz B. Falkowski and John Groninger

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 391 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate resilience; biodiversity conservation; sustainable development; traditional ecological knowledge; ecosystem services; food sovereignty; agroecology

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

Economic Optimization and Sustainable Management in Forest Resources

edited by Soleiman Mohammadi Limaei

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 338 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest resource management; economic optimization; sustainable forestry; forest policy; supply chain optimization; climate change economics; forest management strategies; technological advancements in forestry; financial models in forestry

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

Forest Fungal Diseases Detection, Diagnosis and Control

edited by Dianguang Xiong and

Ning Jiang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 282 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest disease; fungal pathogens; detection; diagnosis; control strategies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)

Pest Infestation in Trees: Mechanisms, Effects and Control Methods

edited by

Zehai Hou

, Jing Tao,

Dun Jiang

Lili Ren

and Tuuli-Marjaana Koski

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 177 | Submission Open

Keywords: tree pests; forest health; invasive species; pest management; integrated pest management (IPM); tree physiology; pathogen vectors; biological control; climate change impacts

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)

Urban Forests and Ecosystem Services

edited by

Le Li

and

Alessandro Paletto

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 175 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban forest; ecosystem services; biodiversity; ecosystem resilience; ecosystem service flows; multi-objective management; heat island

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Forestry)

Sustainable Forestry: Linking Economics and Management

edited by Karlo Beljan and

Andres I. Susaeta

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 170 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest economics; carbon policy; land-use governance; international climate policy; carbon accounting; policy analysis; sustainable forest management (SFM)

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

Forest Tree Seed and Seedling Production

edited by

Nebi Bilir

Kyu Suk Kang

and

Marianthi Tsakaldimi

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 158 | Submission Open

Keywords: afforestation; forest seedling; growing media; plantation; seedling quality; seed orchard; seed stand; seed technology; tree seed

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

The Influence of Mechanized Timber Harvesting on Soils and Stands

edited by

Eunjai Lee

and

Petros A. Tsioras

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 145 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable forest management; steep slope harvesting; soil compaction; soil erosion; residual stand damage

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

Advances in Wood Materials

edited by

Cristian Ioan Timbolmas

and

Francisco J. Rescalvo

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 128 | Submission Open

Keywords: poplar; glulam; timber; hybrid glulam beams; digital image correlation (DIC); non-destructive testing (NDT)

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

Forest Cover and Land Use Change Analysis Using Remote Sensing and GIS Technology

edited by

Costanza Borghi

Giovanni D'Amico

and

Gherardo Chirici

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 126 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; urbanization; biodiversity; climate change; forest inventory; LiDAR; imperviousness; forest disturbance; spatial analysis; forest fragmentation

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

Forests and Slope Stability: Root Reinforcement, Eco-Engineering, and Bioengineering Solutions

edited by

Jiankun Huang

, Beibing Dai and

Wei Zhang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 118 | Submission Open

Keywords: slope stability; vegetation types; root reinforcement; soil-vegetation interactions; eco-engineering; landslide prevention; soil bioengineering approaches; ecological restoration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Hydrology)

Forest Ecosystem Resilience: Stomatal Regulation and Ecophysiological Responses to Disturbances

edited by

Md. Mahadi Hasan

and

Xu-Dong Liu

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 111 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant ecophysiology; stomatal control; drought; leaf hydraulics

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

Microbial Community Structure and Soil Health in Forests

edited by Francis Dube and

Erick Zagal

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 111 | Submission Open

Keywords: biological quality indicators; litter quality; microbial abundance and diversity; one health; soil microbiomes; sustainable soil management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Forest Growth Modeling in Different Ecological Conditions—Second Edition

edited by

María Menéndez-Miguélez

Admir Avdagic

and

Francesca Giannetti

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 106 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; forest growth; yield models; carbon sequestration; biodiversity; ecosystem services; regeneration; mixed stands and pure stands; mortality; forest management

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

Fire Ecology and Management in Forest—3rd Edition

edited by

and

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 105 | Submission Open

Keywords: wildfire; prescribed burning; fire ecology; fire regime; fire behavior; fuel characteristics and management; fire prediction and fighting techniques

(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Hazards and Risk Management)

Forest Soil Stability in Response to Global Change Scenarios

edited by Gabriel Oladele Awe and

Miriam Fernanda Rodrigues

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 98 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest soil; soil management; soil stabilization; global change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Advanced Research in Wood Composites

edited by

Kaimeng Xu

and

Jorge Santos

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 96 | Submission Open

Keywords: wood composites; bio-based materials; wood– plastic composites; bamboo microfiber functional materials; environmental sustainability; nanocellulose composites

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

Forest Tree Diseases Genomics: Growing Resources and Applications—2nd Edition

edited by

Tingting Dai

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 95 | Submission Open

Keywords: detection; fungi and oomycetes; phylogeny; taxonomy; whole genome sequencing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)

Trends and Challenges for Management in Wood Based Sector in the Digital Age—2nd Edition

edited by

Jože Kropivšek

, Darko Motik and

Branko Glavonjic

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 90 | Submission Open

Keywords: wood industry; management; digitalization; digital competences; green economy; sustainable management; forest-wood value chain; wood products; trade

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

Secondary Succession in Forest Ecosystems

edited by

Peter Čuchta

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 82 | Submission Open

Keywords: secondary succession; forest ecosystems; disturbance ecology; vegetation dynamics; biodiversity recovery; forest restoration

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

Innovations in Timber Engineering

edited by

Izabela Burawska

Piotr Borysiuk

and Kei Sawata

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 81 | Submission Open

Keywords: timber engineering; engineered wood products; fiber-reinforced timber; sustainable construction; bio-based adhesives; digital fabrication; life-cycle assessment; low-carbon materials

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

Microbial Community Composition and Function in Forest Soil, 2nd Edition

edited by

Yujing Yang

Xiankai Lu

and

Xiong Fang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 72 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest soil microbial community; microbe– plant synergy; microbial diversity and function; climate– microbe interactions; forest ecosystem services (microbial contributions); microbial adaptation to environmental disturbances; sustainable forest microbial management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Integrative Phytochemistry and Structural Traits of Forest Trees

edited by

Jelena Nikolić Dimković

Zorica S. Mitić

and Bojan Zlatković

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 69 | Submission Open

Keywords: trees; morpho-anatomy; phytochemistry; bioactivity; plant waxes; extraction methods

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

Afforestation of Degraded Lands

edited by

Cristian Mihai Enescu

, Adrian Ioan Timofte and

Lucian Dinca

submission deadline 8 May 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2765 | 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)

Advances in Forest Pathology and Molecular Virology

edited by Muhammad Kashif and

Margarida Espada

submission deadline 10 May 2026 | Viewed by 122 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest pathology; molecular virology; tree– pathogen interactions; fungal and viral diseases in forests; genomics and metagenomics; molecular diagnostics; host resistance mechanisms; climate change impacts; invasive forest pathogens; sustainable disease management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)

Ecohydrology and Ecosystem Services of Forests

edited by

Xiaodong Gao

, Mingyi Wen, Yuanwei Qin and

Tianjie Zhao

submission deadline 10 May 2026 | Viewed by 119 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; extreme climatic events; disturbances; ecohydrology; ecosystem services; forest management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Hydrology)

Wood Treatments and Modification Technologies—2nd Edition

edited by

Mohd Hazim Mohamad Amini

and

Emilia-Adela Salca

submission deadline 15 May 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4703 | 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)

Climate-Smart Forestry: Forest Monitoring in a Multi-Sensor Approach

edited by

Wanguo Jiao

Timo Tokola

and

Yin Wu

submission deadline 15 May 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4587 | 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)

Measurement and Modeling of Forest Vegetation Structures with Remote Sensing Technology

edited by

Zhengnan Zhang

and

Mark Vanderwel

submission deadline 15 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1735 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest vegetation structure; vegetation functional diversity; remote sensing; forest management and decision; forest structure dynamic monitoring; forest disturbance; climate change and human activities

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

Forest Carbon Markets

edited by George Safonov and

Gary Q. Bull

submission deadline 15 May 2026 | Viewed by 108 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest carbon markets; carbon neutrality; nature-based solutions; afforestation and reforestation; environmental integrity; climate finance; sustainable land use; climate smart forestry; carbon credits

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

The Role of Bryophytes and Lichens in Forest Ecosystem Dynamics

edited by

Miloš Ilić

Dragana Vukov

and Vedran Šegota

submission deadline 18 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2711 | Submission Open

Keywords: bryophytes; lichens; diversity; distribution; ecosystem functions; climate change; ecological interactions; habitat restoration

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

Carbon and Nutrient Cycling in Forest Ecosystem

edited by

Liming Yin

, Peng Wang,

Yanghui He

and Xiaohong Wang

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4993 | 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)

Forest Arthropods and Their Roles in Forest Ecology

edited by

Battal Ciplak

submission deadline 23 May 2026 | Viewed by 86 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest ecology; forest arthropods; global warming; pest management; insect– plant interaction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)

Integrative Forest Governance, Policy, and Economics

edited by Jinlong Liu

submission deadline 25 May 2026 | Viewed by 114 | Submission Open

Keywords: integrative forest governance; forest policy; forest economics; forest management; stakeholder coordination; sustainable forestry

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

Integrated Studies on the Physical and Chemical Properties of Wood and Wood-Based Products

edited by

Przemysław Mania

Magdalena Broda

and

Zuzana Vidholdová

submission deadline 25 May 2026 | Viewed by 82 | Submission Open

Keywords: wood properties; wood chemistry; wood physics; chemical composition; lignocellulosic materials; wood modification; thermal behaviour; hygroscopicity; biodegradation; wood structure

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

Emerging Phytophthora Threats to Forest Ecosystems: Pathogen Ecology, Host Resistance, and Sustainable Management

edited by

Mario González

submission deadline 25 May 2026 | Viewed by 48 | Submission Open

Keywords: Phytophthora; forest pathology; host resistance; invasive pathogens; disease ecology; climate change; forest health; sustainable management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)

Performance Testing of Wood and Wood-Based Materials

edited by

Goran Mihulja

Tomislav Sedlar

Murco Obucina

and Chandan Kumar

submission deadline 25 May 2026 | Viewed by 42 | Submission Open

Keywords: wood drying/seasoning; wood processing; wood protection; performance testing; wood and wood composites; nondestructive testing of wood; engineered wood products; treatment and durability

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

Plant Litter Dynamics in Forest Ecosystems

edited by Yuanqiu Liu and Qifeng Mo

submission deadline 26 May 2026 | Viewed by 49 | Submission Open

Keywords: litter biomass; litter dynamics; carbon and nutrient release; nitrogen deposition; human disturbance; precipitation change; forest development; biodiversity; forest ecosystems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Unlocking the Secrets of Soil: How Carbon and Nutrient Dynamics Shape Forest Ecosystems

edited by

Senhao Wang

and

Taiki Mori

submission deadline 28 May 2026 | Viewed by 62 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest ecosystem functioning; carbon sequestration; nutrient cycle; forest management; forest community composition and structure; global change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Forest-Based Biomass for Bioenergy

edited by