Forests | Invitation to Read Editor’s Choice Articles Selected from Volume 14, Issues 4–6

We are pleased to share the following ten Editor's Choice Articles published in Forests (ISSN: 1999-4907). These papers were selected by our Editors-in-Chief from the most notable papers published in Volume 14, Issues 4‒6. All these papers are of particular interest or importance to readers and are all well received by researchers.

1. “An Overview of Oak Species in Pakistan: Past, Present, and Future Research Perspectives”
by Noor Muhammad, María Ángeles Castillejo, Maria-Dolores Rey and Jesús V. Jorrín-Novo
Forests 2023, 14(4), 777; https://doi.org/10.3390/f14040777
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/14/4/777

2. “A Multi-Country Study Assessing the Mechanisms of Natural Elements and Sociodemographics behind the Impact of Forest Bathing on Well-Being”
by Montse Subirana-Malaret, Alexandre Miró, Aracely Camacho, Alex Gesse and Kirsten McEwan
Forests 2023, 14(4), 904; https://doi.org/10.3390/f14050904
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/14/5/904

3. “Tree Species Classification in a Complex Brazilian Tropical Forest Using Hyperspectral and LiDAR Data”
by Rorai Pereira Martins-Neto, Antonio Maria Garcia Tommaselli, Nilton Nobuhiro Imai, Eija Honkavaara, Milto Miltiadou, Erika Akemi Saito Moriya and Hassan Camil David
Forests 2023, 14(5), 157; https://doi.org/10.3390/f14050945
Available online: http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/14/5/945

4. “Defective or Just Different? Observed Storm Failure in Four Urban Tree Growth Patterns”
by Andrew K. Koeser, Ryan W. Klein, Richard J. Hauer, Jason W. Miesbauer, Zachary Freeman, Christopher Harchick and Brian Kane
Forests 2023, 14(5), 311; https://doi.org/10.3390/f14050988
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/14/5/988

5. “Microevolutionary Processes in a Foundation Tree Inform Macrosystem Patterns of Community Biodiversity and Structure”
by Helen M. Bothwell, Arthur R. Keith, Hillary F. Cooper, Julia B. Hull, Lela V. Andrews, Christian Wehenkel, Kevin R. Hultine, Catherine A. Gehring, Samuel A. Cushman, Thomas G. Whitham et al.
Forests 2023, 14(5), 248; https://doi.org/10.3390/f14050943
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/14/5/943

6. “Exploring the Potential of Portable Spectroscopic Techniques for the Biochemical Characterization of Roots in Shallow Landslides”
by Lorenzo Marzini, Daniele Ciofini, Juri Agresti, Leonardo Ciaccheri, Enrico D’Addario, Leonardo Disperati, Salvatore Siano and Iacopo Osticioli
Forests 2023, 14(4), 385; https://doi.org/10.3390/f14040825
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/14/4/825

7. “Temperature and Tree Size Explain the Mean Time to Fall of Dead Standing Trees across Large Scales”
by Antje Gärtner, Anna Maria Jönsson, Daniel B. Metcalfe, Thomas A. M. Pugh, Torbern Tagesson and Anders Ahlström
Forests 2023, 14(5), 469; https://doi.org/10.3390/f14051017
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/14/5/1017

8. “Suitability of a Historical, Novel, and Occasional Host for Mountain Pine Beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)”
by Katherine P. Bleiker, Claire A. Ethier and Brian H. Van Hezewijk
Forests 2023, 14(5), 559; https://doi.org/10.3390/f14050989
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/14/5/989

9. “Long-Term Simulated Nitrogen Deposition Has Moderate Impacts on Soil Microbial Communities across Three Bioclimatic Domains of the Eastern Canadian Forest”
by Marie Renaudin, Rim Khlifa, Simon Legault, Steven W. Kembel, Daniel Kneeshaw, Jean-David Moore and Daniel Houle
Forests 2023, 14(5), 479; https://doi.org/10.3390/f14061124
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/14/6/1124

10. “Alignment of National Forest Policy Frameworks with the EU Timber Regulation Requirements: Insights from Montenegro and the Republic of Srpska (Bosnia and Herzegovina)”
by Maja Radosavljevic, Mauro Masiero, Todora Rogelja and Dragan Comic
Forests 2023, 14(6), 210; https://doi.org/10.3390/f14061157
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/14/6/1157

We would like to thank all the research groups behind these exceptional papers for their contributions to Forests. We would greatly appreciate it if you could circulate this document among your colleagues or through your network.

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