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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Using Genomic Information in Forest Tree Breeding, Restoration, and Conservation: Separating Hype from Reality submission deadline 14 Jun 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 18530 | Submission Open
Keywords: genomics; genomic selection; pedigree reconstruction; management of genetic diversity; inbreeding depression; resistance to pests and pathogens; genome-wide association studies (GWAS); gene/genome editing; biotechnology; climate change adaptation; assisted migration; tree improvement
(This special issue belongs to the Section Genetics and Molecular Biology)
Landslides in Forests around the World: Causes and Mitigation—2nd Edition submission deadline 15 Jun 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9883 | Submission Open
Keywords: landslides in forests; landslide inventory; remote sensing; spatial– temporal prediction; machine learning; deep learning; physics-based and data-driven hybrid modeling; susceptibility and hazard mapping; risk assessment and management; monitoring and early warning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Hazards and Risk Management)
Forest and Climate Change Adaptation
edited by , , and Sheri Andrews-Key
submission deadline 15 Jun 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7251 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest Inventory; remote sensing; LIDAR; modeling; biomass; carbon evaluation; carbon market; carbon projects; climate change
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)
Effects of Disturbances and Climate Change on Woody Plants
edited by Albin Lobo and Jens-Peter Barnekow Lillesø
submission deadline 20 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1498 | Submission Open
Keywords: disturbances; climate change; fire; grazing; resilience; vegetation dynamics; adaptation; mitigation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)
Specialization, Rarity, and Conservation Ecology of Forest Biodiversity
edited by
submission deadline 20 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 129 | Submission Open
Keywords: niche breadth; specialization; generalist; biodiversity conservation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)
Global Change, Forest Declines and Ecological Restoration submission deadline 21 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 301 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest ecosystems; climate change; ecological disturbances; biological loss; carbon sequestration; ecological restoration
(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 24 Jun 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6559 | 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)
Advances in Biological Control of Forest Diseases and Pests
edited by Daniela K. Pilarska, and Georgi Georgiev
submission deadline 24 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2064 | 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)
Diversity, Abundance, Distribution, and Traits of Forests Fungi submission deadline 24 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 399 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)
Urban Forestry and Sustainable Cities submission deadline 25 Jun 2024 | 19 articles | Viewed by 25180 | Submission Open
Keywords: urban biodiversity; urban landscape ecology; urban forest design and planning; urban forest nature-based solutions; urban and peri-urban forests; urban forest governance; urban greening; nature-based solutions; ecosystem services and disservices; citizen science; spatial analysis and geo-information; human health and well-being; green infrastructure
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Forestry)
Somatic Embryogenesis and Organogenesis on Tree Species submission deadline 25 Jun 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 13688 | 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)
Economic Valuation of Forest Resources submission deadline 25 Jun 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 8526 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest resources; forest goods and services; forest economics; valuation techniques; multiple values
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Economics, Policy, and Social Science)
Forest Gas Exchange and Carbon–Water Balance under Climate Change submission deadline 25 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 182 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change; nitrogen; carbon; hydrology; forest management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Meteorology and Climate Change)
Diversity, Taxonomy and Functions of Forest Microorganisms submission deadline 28 Jun 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 9395 | Submission Open
Keywords: fungi; bacteria; nematode; phytoplasma; phylogeny; morphology; plant diseases
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Biodiversity)
Conservation and Management of Forest Wildlife
edited by
submission deadline 28 Jun 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7725 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest wildlife; conservation; management; conflict analysis; wildlife acceptance; influencing factors
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)
Hydrology and Ecosystem Services in Forests
edited by Liangxin Fan, and
submission deadline 28 Jun 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6639 | Submission Open
Keywords: hydrology; forest; ecosystem services; climate change; ecological restoration
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Hydrology)
Impact of Global Economic Changes on the Wood-Based Industry
edited by , , and Daniela Ventsislavova Georgieva
submission deadline 28 Jun 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4187 | Submission Open
Keywords: wood industry; wood products; timber products; wood industry economics; wood supply chains; wood supply and demand; forest policy; green economy; eco-friendly solutions
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Economics, Policy, and Social Science)
EcoResource: Sustainable Materials and Waste Management in Wood and Non-wood Resources
edited by , Nikola Španić, and
submission deadline 28 Jun 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3462 | Submission Open
Keywords: wood engineering; pulp; fiber resources from non-woody plants; wood-inhabiting insects and fungi; wood biomass; ecological issues related to forest products; recycling; utilization of natural waste
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wood Science and Forest Products)
Development of Nuclear SNP Markers for Tracing Timber submission deadline 28 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1680 | Submission Open
Keywords: illegal logging; forensics; SNP markers; SSR markers; timber tracking; trees; tropical trees
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wood Science and Forest Products)
Forest Pathology and Entomology—Series II submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 10 articles | Viewed by 17836 | Submission Open
Keywords: disease and pest outbreaks; plant health; disturbances; global warming; biodiversity; ecosystem services; forest management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)
Wood Quality and Mechanical Properties submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 15 articles | Viewed by 17538 | Submission Open
Keywords: wood characterization; classification methods; wood testing; non-destructive tests; normative procedures
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wood Science and Forest Products)
Modeling Aboveground Forest Biomass: New Developments submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 13140 | Submission Open
Keywords: biomass; modelling; data sets; methods; uncertainties; data science
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Inventory, Modeling and Remote Sensing)
Biomass Estimation and Carbon Stocks in Forest Ecosystems—Volume II submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 9449 | 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)
Forest Mechanization and Harvesting—Trends and Perspectives submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6626 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest mechanization; timber extraction; biomass; ergonomics; efficiency; precision forestry; plantation forestry
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Operations and Engineering)
Recent Advances in Forests Roads Research submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5880 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest road; road network; operations planning; construction; maintenance; transportation systems; forest engineering; cost control
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Operations and Engineering)
Soil Nutrient Cycling and Microbial Dynamics in Forests
edited by , Jianping Wu and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4958 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil nutrients; soil microbes; soil– food web; soil function; soil water; climate change; forest management practice; decomposition
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)
Silviculture and Management Strategy in Coniferous Forests
edited by and Jungkee Choi
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3856 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificially regenerated coniferous forests; naturally regenerated coniferous forests; silvicultural treatments; growth and yield models; stand density management; regeneration; forest carbon; climate change
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)
Addressing Forest Ergonomics Issues: Laborers and Working Conditions submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3366 | Submission Open
Keywords: forestry; laborers; work humanization; working condition; biomechanical workloads; neuroergonomics; new technologies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Operations and Engineering)
Innovations in Forest Fire Detection and Monitoring: Integrating GISs, Remote Sensing, and AI
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3022 | Submission Open
Keywords: GIS and remote sensing; forest surveying methods; wildfires/forest fires; big data analytics and artificial intelligence; machine/deep learning; data integration and fusion analysis; monitoring and prediction; susceptibility and risk mapping
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Inventory, Modeling and Remote Sensing)
Forest/Urban Forest Systems under Climate Change: Carbon Dynamics, Ecological Functions, and Sustainable Management
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2341 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest ecosystem; ecosystem services; sustainable forest management; climate change; green policies; multi-source remote sensing; artificial intelligence; carbon dynamic; carbon allocation; carbon transport; carbon storage; carbon sinks; GIS
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Meteorology and Climate Change)
UAV Application in Forestry
edited by , Jie Shao and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2307 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest ecosystem; forest inventory; UAV remote sensing; physical-based modelling; machine learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Inventory, Modeling and Remote Sensing)
Wildlife Ecology and Conservation in Forest Habitats submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2163 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest management and restoration; impact of forests on the conservation of organisms; number and density of forest animals; wildlife conservation; adaptations of organisms; human influence on wildlife
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)
Trends in the Production, Management and Reuse of Forest Resources: New Uses, New Applications, and Innovation throughout the Entire Production Chain submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2146 | Submission Open
Keywords: innovation in forest products and processes; new applications and uses of forest products; uses of cork products from comparative perspectives; uses of cork products from historical perspectives; forest production chain and climate change; circular economy in forest production; environmental and economic sustainability in the management of forest resources; carbon footprint in forest products; industrial ecosystems in forest sector; forest production chain; forest history
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Economics, Policy, and Social Science)
Latest Progress in Research on Forest Tree Genomics
edited by Meng Li, Hao Chen and Ting Wang
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1914 | Submission Open
Keywords: tree; genomics; wood formation; transcriptome; forest ecology; genetic diversity of tree species; molecular markers of tree species
(This special issue belongs to the Section Genetics and Molecular Biology)
Coastal Forest Dynamics and Coastline Erosion—Series II submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1893 | Submission Open
Keywords: coastal forests; sea level rise; silviculture; ecohydrology; tolerance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Hydrology)
Airborne and Terrestrial Laser Scanning in Forests
edited by , Zhouxin Xi, and Shangshu Cai
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1852 | Submission Open
Keywords: airborne and terrestrial laser scanning; forest parameter estimation; individual tree detection and delineation; point cloud data processing; data fusing; radiative transfer models; machine learning; deep learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Inventory, Modeling and Remote Sensing)
Construction and Maintenance of Desert Forest Plantation
edited by Yajuan Zhu, Yulin Li, , Lin Zhu, Haiyang Xi and Hai Zhou
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1523 | Submission Open
Keywords: desert plantation; ecohydrology; oasis security; sand dune fixation; vegetation restoration
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)
Observation and Research on Ecological Restoration of Degraded Forests submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 486 | Submission Open
Keywords: degraded forest; ecological forest restoration; observation technology; plant– soil feedback; sustainable forestry; silvicultural measures; optimization of forest structure and function
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)
Mathematical Modeling in Wood Processing
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 255 | Submission Open
Keywords: mathematical model; optimisation; simulation; prediction; efficiency; improvement
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wood Science and Forest Products)
Forest Physiological Traits Research: Trace Gases Emissions submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 235 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest ecosystem; gas exchange; climate change; forest– atmosphere interactions; air chemistry; trace gases
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecophysiology and Biology)
Quaternary Forest Dynamics in Monsoon Asia
edited by Caiming Shen and Deke Xu
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 223 | Submission Open
Keywords: pollen analysis; phytolith analysis; plant macrofossil; stomata; charcoal; forest dynamics; paleoenvironment records; paleoecological reconstructions; Quaternary; Asia
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)
Forest Growth and Yield under Environmental Changes
edited by , Thomas B. Lynch and Sheng-I Yang
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 218 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest growth and yield; growth models; height growth; mortality; biomass and carbon; site productivity; climate change and drought; environment impact; soil and fire; dendrochronology; wind; hurricane or ice storm impacts on growth
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)
Forest Species Distribution, Diversity and Growth under Climate Change submission deadline 5 Jul 2024 | 18 articles | Viewed by 22867 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change; boreal; temperate forest; tree species diversity; forest composition and growth; disturbances; future forests
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Biodiversity)
Response of Tree Rings to Climate Change and Climate Extremes submission deadline 5 Jul 2024 | 15 articles | Viewed by 19214 | Submission Open
Keywords: tree rings; stable isotopes; process-based model; wood anatomy; dendrochronology; dendroclimatology; dendroecology; climate change; climate extremes; tree growth; forest ecology; forest meteorology; forest carbon sink; intrinsic water-use efficiency (iWUE)
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)
Impacts of Climate Change on Forest by Using Growth Modeling
edited by , and Rongjia Wang
submission deadline 5 Jul 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6088 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change; forest growth; forest management; growth model; environmental factors; ecological function
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Inventory, Modeling and Remote Sensing)
Stress Resistance of Rubber Trees: From Genetics to Ecosystem submission deadline 8 Jul 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 8746 | Submission Open
Keywords: stress response; Hevea brasiliensis; adaptation; good agriculture practice; biotic and abiotic stresses
(This special issue belongs to the Section Genetics and Molecular Biology)
Forest Fires: Latest Advances and Perspectives submission deadline 13 Jul 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5140 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest fires; forest fuels; fire ecology; weather and climate; extreme wildfires; wildfire management; wildfire modeling; decision support systems; forest and fire technologies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Hazards and Risk Management)
Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Forestry
edited by and
submission deadline 15 Jul 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 16004 | Submission Open
Keywords: forestry; artificial intelligence; remote sensing; meteorology; hydroecology; forest hydrology; climate change
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Inventory, Modeling and Remote Sensing)
Carbon, Water and Energy Fluxes in Forest Ecosystems submission deadline 15 Jul 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5981 | Submission Open
Keywords: carbon fluxes; water fluxes; energy fluxes; eddy covariance; climate change; land cover change; climate change; primary forests
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Meteorology and Climate Change)
Physical and Mechanical Properties of Wood- and Bamboo-Based Materials
edited by Xuehua Wang and Yan Wu
submission deadline 15 Jul 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 4520 | Submission Open
Keywords: wood- and bamboo-based materials; physical and mechanical properties; modification and application; microstructure
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wood Science and Forest Products)
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