Forests | Invitation to Read Editor’s Choice Articles Selected from Volume 15, Issues 7–9

We are pleased to share the following 10 Editor’s Choice Articles published in Forests. These papers were selected by our Section Editor-in-Chief from the most notable papers published in Volume 15, Issues 7‒9. All of the papers included are of particular interest or importance to readers and are all well-received by researchers.

1. “Different Responses of Terrestrial Carbon Fluxes to Environmental Changes in Cold Temperate Forest Ecosystems”
by Mihang Jiang, Xinjie Liu and Liangyun Liu
Forests 2024, 15(8), 1340; https://doi.org/10.3390/f15081340
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/15/8/1340

2. “Reduction and Reuse of Forestry and Agricultural Bio-Waste through Innovative Green Utilization Approaches: A Review”
by Jianhui Guo, Yi Zhang, Jianjun Fang, Ziwei Ma, Cheng Li, Mengyao Yan, Naxin Qiao, Yang Liu and Mingming Bian
Forests 2024, 15(8), 1372; https://doi.org/10.3390/f15081372
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/15/8/1372

3. “A Comparative Literature Review of Machine Learning and Image Processing Techniques Used for Scaling and Grading of Wood Logs”
by Yohann Jacob Sandvik, Cecilia Marie Futsæther, Kristian Hovde Liland and Oliver Tomic
Forests 2024, 15(7), 1243; https://doi.org/10.3390/f15071243
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/15/7/1243

4. “Mapping Planted Forests in the Korean Peninsula Using Artificial Intelligence”
by Ankita Mitra, Cesar Ivan Alvarez, Akane O. Abbasi, Nancy L. Harris, Guofan Shao, Bryan C. Pijanowski, Mohammad Reza Jahanshahi, Javier G. P. Gamarra, Hyun-Seok Kim, Tae-Kyung Kim et al.
Forests 2024, 15(7), 1216; https://doi.org/10.3390/f15071216
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/15/7/1216

5. “Challenges and Prospects of Applying Nanocellulose for the Conservation of Wooden Cultural Heritage—A Review”
by Paulina Kryg, Bartłomiej Mazela, Waldemar Perdoch and Magdalena Broda
Forests 2024, 15(7), 1174; https://doi.org/10.3390/f15071174
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/15/7/1174

6. “Analysis of Spatiotemporal Evolution and Driving Forces of Vegetation from 2001 to 2020: A Case Study of Shandong Province, China”
by Dejin Dong, Ziliang Zhao, Hongdi Gao, Yufeng Zhou, Daohong Gong, Huaqiang Du and Yuichiro Fujioka
Forests 2024, 15(7), 1245; https://doi.org/10.3390/f15071245
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/15/7/1245

7. “Geoforms and Biogeography Defining Mangrove Primary Productivity: A Meta-Analysis for the American Pacific”
by Carolina Velázquez-Pérez, Emilio I. Romero-Berny, Clara Luz Miceli-Méndez, Patricia Moreno-Casasola and Sergio López
Forests 2024, 15(7), 1215; https://doi.org/10.3390/f15071215
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/15/7/1215

8. “Climate as a Driver of Aboveground Biomass Density Variation: A Study of Ten Pine Species in Mexico”
by Dioseline Girón-Gutiérrez, Jorge Méndez-González, Tamara G. Osorno-Sánchez, Julián Cerano-Paredes, José C. Soto-Correa and Víctor H. Cambrón-Sandoval
Forests 2024, 15(7), 1160; https://doi.org/10.3390/f15071160
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/15/7/1160

9. “Soil Microbial Communities Responses to Multiple Generations’ Successive Planting of Eucalyptus Trees”
by Chenyang Jiang, Yaqin He, Yuhong Cui, Yahui Lan, Han Zhang and Shaoming Ye
Forests 2024, 15(7), 1166; https://doi.org/10.3390/f15071166
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/15/7/1166

10. “Total Polyphenol Content and Antioxidant Activity of Leaves and Fine Roots as Indicators of Drought Resistance in the Native Quercus robur and Alien Quercus rubra”
by Tsvetana Masante, Sofia Cafà and Antonino Di Iorio
Forests 2024, 15(9), 1647; https://doi.org/10.3390/f15091647
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/15/9/1647

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

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