Forests

Forest Species Distribution, Diversity and Growth under Climate Change

edited by

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submission deadline 5 Jul 2024 | 19 articles | Viewed by 24789 | 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

edited by

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submission deadline 5 Jul 2024 | 15 articles | Viewed by 20225 | 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

Jianfeng Zhang

,

Honggang Sun

and Rongjia Wang

submission deadline 5 Jul 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6280 | 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

edited by

Jiaming Zhang

,

Feng An

and

Han Cheng

submission deadline 8 Jul 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 9202 | 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

edited by

Gilberto Vaz

,

Jorge R. N. Raposo

and

Michele Salis

submission deadline 13 Jul 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5433 | 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

Guojie Wang

and

Zengxin Zhang

submission deadline 15 Jul 2024 | 11 articles | Viewed by 17680 | 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

edited by

Andrej Varlagin

and

Julia Kurbatova

submission deadline 15 Jul 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6437 | 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 | 9 articles | Viewed by 5593 | 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)

Impact of Afforestation on Soil and Hydrology in Agroecosystems

edited by Makki Khorchani, Rhae Drijber and Anastasios Mazis

submission deadline 15 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1386 | Submission Open

Keywords: afforestation; hydrology; soil health; carbon sequestration; water use; agroecosystems

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

Synergies and Trade-Offs between Nature Conservation and Climate Mitigation in European Beech Forests

edited by

Thomas Dirnböck

,

Robert Jandl

and

Hanns Kirchmeir

submission deadline 19 Jul 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4786 | Submission Open

Keywords: European beech; Fagus sylvatica; climate mitigation; greenhouse gas; forest biodiversity; forest nature conservation; forest management; forest adaptation; beech wood

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

Wildfire Monitoring and Risk Management in Forests

edited by

Manuel Marey-Pérez

submission deadline 25 Jul 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 8899 | Submission Open

Keywords: wildfire mitigation strategy; wildfire risk; firefighting; fire index; wildfire prediction models; fire activity; fire behavior; fire management

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

Fungal Dynamics and Diversity in Forests

edited by

Douglas Godbold

and Burenjargal Otgonsuren

submission deadline 25 Jul 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5062 | Submission Open

Keywords: forests; saprotrophic fungi; mycorrhizal fungi; pathogenic fungi; ecosystem function

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Biodiversity)

Forest Restoration and Secondary Succession—Series II

edited by

Mulualem Tigabu

submission deadline 25 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2369 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest restoration approaches; indicators of restoration success; cost of restoration; succession trajectories; ecosystem services accrued from forest restoration; carbon sequestration and forest restoration; policy and governance related to forest restoration; secondary succession in logged over areas

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

How Natural and Anthropogenic Disturbances Affect Plant Communities in Actively Managed Temperate Forests

edited by Shaik M. Hossain and Matthew G. Olson

submission deadline 25 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 312 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural disturbances; anthropogenic disturbances; plant communities; stand structure and composition; forest restoration and conservation; forest resilience and stability; sustainable forest management

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

Plant-Insect Interactions in Forests

edited by

Jaroslav Holuša

,

Andrzej Mazur

and

Radoslaw Witkowski

submission deadline 25 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 189 | Submission Open

Keywords: phytophagous insects; insect– plant relationships; defence mechanisms of woody plants; stability of forest ecosystems; tree– phytophagous– antagonist trophic chains; phytophagous outbreaks

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

Geospatial Monitoring of Urban Green Space

edited by

Dino Dobrinic

,

Mateo Gašparović

and

Ivan Pilaš

submission deadline 29 Jul 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9854 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban green spaces; remote sensing; deep learning; classification; geospatial techniques; monitoring; green infrastructure; SAR-based features; optical-based features

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Forestry)

New Development of Smart Forestry: Machine and Automation

edited by

Jiangming Kan

,

Feng Kang

and

Liangkuan Zhu

submission deadline 30 Jul 2024 | 12 articles | Viewed by 14519 | Submission Open

Keywords: forestry chassis; harvesting and transportation machine; forest cultivation machine; picking robot; automatic testing system; autonomous robot; computer vision; artificial intelligence

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

New Tools for Forest Science

edited by

Paulo Eduardo Teodoro

, Gileno Brito De Azevedo and

Larissa Pereira Ribeiro Teodoro

submission deadline 30 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1110 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest breeding; forest measurement; forest inventory; forest growth and production; machine learning; data analysis; forestry; remote sensing; wood quality; forest protection

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

Hydrological Functions and Hydrological Modeling in Forested Watershed

edited by

Shang-Shu Shih

and

Shaohua Marko Hsu

submission deadline 30 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 682 | Submission Open

Keywords: infiltration; interception; runoff; concentration time; water budget; surface– subsurface water interaction; hydrological modeling; vegetation hydraulics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Hydrology)

Forest Pests and Pathogens—The Need for a Global Strategy

edited by Matteo Bracalini and

Luisa Ghelardini

submission deadline 30 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 202 | Submission Open

Keywords: invasive species; global change; emerging diseases; secondary pests and pathogens; integrated pest management; forest epidemics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)

Conversion of Forest to Other Land Uses: Consequences in Greenhouse Gas Fluxes

edited by Shih-Chieh Chang

submission deadline 30 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 128 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use change; forests; greenhouse gas flux; carbon flux

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Meteorology and Climate Change)

Trees and Their Benefits: Social, Ecological & Economic Considerations

edited by

Richard W. Harper

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 17418 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban forestry; tree growth; tree survival; human health; aesthetic values; heat island; carbon storage/sequestration; wood usage; fruit crops; biodiversity; wildlife habitat; economic contributions; pests; construction; climate change; UAS and new technologies; forestry

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

Modeling and Remote Sensing of Forests Ecosystem

edited by

Jian** Wu

,

Zhongbing Chang

and **n **ong

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 11 articles | Viewed by 16250 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; modeling; forest ecosystem; aboveground biomass; forest map**; forest management; land use/cover change; climate change

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

Integrated Measurements for Precision Forestry

edited by

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and

Stelian Alexandru Borz

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 11 articles | Viewed by 11810 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision forestry; smart forestry; instrument; sensor; forest monitoring; ecology

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

Fungal Biodiversity, Systematics, and Evolution

edited by

Nian-Kai Zeng

,

Li-** Tang

and

Dong-Qin Dai

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7598 | Submission Open

Keywords: mushrooms; biotechnology; fungal taxonomy; fungal phylogeny; fungal ecology; secondary metabolites of fungi; biological activities of fungi; artificial cultivation of fungi; ectomycorrhizal fungi

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Biodiversity)

Advances in Tree Physiology and Ecology under Drought Stress

edited by

Ning Du

,

Janusz Zwiazek

and

Wen-Qing Zhang

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6371 | Submission Open

Keywords: tree ecophysiology; water use efficiency; climate change; forest ecosystems; plant water relationships; drought stress; forest dieback

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

Study of Forest Landscape Development Based on Geospatial Technologies

edited by

Leiguang Wang

,

Guanglong Ou

and Yihang Zhang

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 5846 | Submission Open

Keywords: geospatial technologies; remote sensing; machine learning; forests; forest management; forest disturbance; forest dynamics; forest inventory

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

Indicators and Baselines of Afforestation and Reforestation

edited by

Guoqing Li

,

Zhongming Wen

and

Changcheng Liu

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5259 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest restoration; vegetation map**; community structure and function; tree species selection; priority area for afforestation; climate adaptation management; afforestation regionalization; indicators and baseline

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

Water Cycle and Energy Balance Measurements in Forests

edited by

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and

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4728 | Submission Open

Keywords: rainfall partitioning; evapotranspiration; energy budget; eddy covariance; tree hydraulics; forest drought responses; soil hydrology; forest runoff; catchment hydrology; forest management

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

Forest Tree Genetics and Breeding in Response to Different Threats

edited by

**gli Yang

,

Haizhen Zhang

,

Shicheng Zhao

and Hanzeng Wang

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3671 | Submission Open

Keywords: trees; genetics and breeding; heat stress; cold stress; salt stress; metal stress; abiotic and biotic stresses; environmental adaptation; gene regulation; genetic engineering

(This special issue belongs to the Section Genetics and Molecular Biology)

Forest Ecology and Resource Monitoring Based on Sensors, Signal and Image Processing

edited by Yili Zheng, **nwen Yu,

Paul Sestras

, Yue Zhao, Guang Deng and

Ankur Srivastava

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3465 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensors; remote sensing; LiDAR; artificial intelligence; machine learning; IoT (internet of things); ecology monitoring; resource monitoring; carbon sequestration monitoring; wildlife and plant monitoring

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

Aboveground and Belowground Interaction and Forest Carbon Cycling—2nd Edition

edited by

**aokang Hu

,

Jiangling Zhu

and Tao Wang

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3229 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest ecosystem; aboveground biomass; belowground biomass; root biomass; forest productivity; biomass turnover; litter production; litter decomposition; carbon cycling; forest management

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

Production in Forest Nurseries, Field Performance of Seedlings and Natural Regeneration in the Context of Climate Change

edited by

Mohammed S. Lamhamedi

,

Steeve Pepin

and

Damase P. Khasa

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3205 | Submission Open

Keywords: seed and seedling quality; cutting; somatic embryogenesis; nursery production; cultural practices; environmental stress; mycorrhizal and bacteria symbioses; field performance; research and development programs adapted to the production chain of tree seedlings; agroforestry products and their valorization; natural regeneration

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

Water Use Efficiency and Hydraulic Traits of Forest Trees in Changing Environment

edited by

Simona Altieri

and Francesco Niccoli

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2670 | Submission Open

Keywords: forests; water-use efficiency; hydraulic traits; climate change; tree adaptations; forest management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Hydrology)

Forest Biometrics, Inventory, and Modelling of Growth and Yield

edited by Antonio Carlos Ferraz Filho, Emanuel José Gomes De Araújo and

Chris Cieszewski

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2500 | Submission Open

Keywords: mensuration; growth dynamics; forest management; forest inventory; data collection; remote sensing; silviculture; statistical methods; resource assessment

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

Sustainable Forest Operations Planning and Management

edited by

Vasile Rǎzvan Câmpu

,

Jiří Dvořák

and Rudolf Alexandru Derczeni

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2470 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable harvesting; forest operations; environmental impacts; mechanization; time and productivity studies; labor safety and health; wood debris; timber losses

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

Fungal Diversity in Forests

edited by Bernardo Ernesto Lechner,

Izabela Kałucka

and Viktor Papp

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1731 | Submission Open

Keywords: fungal diversity; fugal taxonomy; fungal biology; forests; biodiversity

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

Composites from Recycled and Modified Woods—Technology, Properties, Application—2nd Edition

edited by

Ján Iždinský

and

Ladislav Reinprecht

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1118 | Submission Open

Keywords: wood composites; particleboards; plywood; recycled wood; modified wood; processing; finishing; physical– mechanical properties; service life; bio-resistance; abio-resistance

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

Forest Fire Ecology and Ecological Restoration

edited by

Sandra Josefina Bravo

and Laura M. Bellis

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 371 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest disturbance; burnt areas; fire resilience; post-fire land management

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

Heavy Metals in Forests: Future Research Needs

edited by Panagiotis Michopoulos

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 331 | Submission Open

Keywords: heavy metals; deposition; forest soils; climate change; biogeochemistry

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Forest Growth and Water Use—Opportunities for Management in Future Forests

edited by Donald A. White

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 175 | Submission Open

Keywords: drought physiology; water relations; forest– water interactions; quantitative physiology; plantation water use

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

Resident Engagement in Urban Forests and Parks Management

edited by Jason S. Gordon

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 127 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban forest equity; forest planning; civic science; participatory research; environmental education

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Forestry)

Precise Forestry: Forest Dynamic Change Map**, Monitoring and Modeling

edited by

Chunying Ren

,

Chunyan Lu

and

Antonio J. Pérez-Luque

submission deadline 5 Aug 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4311 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest monitoring; remote sensing; map**; modeling; disturbance; dynamic changes; biomass estimation; forest structure

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

Genetic Adaptation of Agroforestry to Climate Change: Diversity, Development and Function

edited by

Jichen Xu

submission deadline 15 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 963 | Submission Open

Keywords: gene; alternative splicing; abiotic stress; transformation; gene editing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Genetics and Molecular Biology)

Research on Vegetation Change in Forest Wetlands

edited by

Jasmin Mantilla-Contreras

submission deadline 15 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 219 | Submission Open

Keywords: wetlands; deforestation; climate change; land use; invasive species; conservation; restoration

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

Urban Forest Landscape Planning, Management and Evaluation

edited by

Milena D. Lakicevic

,

Kazuhiro Aruga

and

Won-Sop Shin

submission deadline 18 Aug 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4448 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban biodiversity; urban landscape planning; biotic factors; abiotic factors; decision-making process; IT tools

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

Forest Characterization Assisted by Remote Sensing Technologies

edited by

Diogo Nepomuceno Cosenza

,

Juan Guerra Hernandez

and Bruna Paolinelli Reis

submission deadline 18 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 404 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest mensuration; forest monitoring; forest inventory; laser scanner; radar; photogrammetry; uncertainty; digital forests

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

Organic Fertilization and Sustainable Soil Management Practices in Trees

edited by

Victor Kavvadias

submission deadline 20 Aug 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6444 | Submission Open

Keywords: organic fertilization; soil quality; soil management techniques; soil conservation practices

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Sustainable Utilization of Low-Value Tree Biomass for Bio-Based Products

edited by

Ida Poljansek

,

Primož Oven

and

Viljem Vek

submission deadline 20 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 99 | Submission Open

Keywords: lignocellulosic biomass; wood bark; heartwood; low-value biomass; chemistry structure; cellulose; lignin; hemicelluloses; extractives; polyphenols; natural antioxidants; antifungal properties; fine chemicals; decomposition; nanocrystalline cellulose; nanofibrillated cellulose; nanolignin; advanced methods; characterization; application; bionanocomposites; biopolymers; biodegradable

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

Genetic Variation and Adaptation of Forest Trees to Environmental Changes

edited by

Ronan Xavier Corrêa

and

Andrei Caíque Pires Nunes

submission deadline 23 Aug 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 8582 | Submission Open

Keywords: agroforest systems; climate; soil; and water changes; conservation genetics; genetic diversity; native trees; non-native trees; evolution; genomics; ecology; sustainable develo** goals

(This special issue belongs to the Section Genetics and Molecular Biology)

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