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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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 3865 | 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 3275 | 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 1635 | 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 17500 | 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 16926 | 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 | 4 articles | Viewed by 12652 | 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 9132 | 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 6429 | 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 5653 | 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 4829 | 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 3703 | 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 3208 | 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 2883 | 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 2121 | 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)
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 2094 | 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)
UAV Application in Forestry
edited by , Jie Shao and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1907 | 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)
Coastal Forest Dynamics and Coastline Erosion—Series II submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1848 | Submission Open
Keywords: coastal forests; sea level rise; silviculture; ecohydrology; tolerance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Hydrology)
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 1842 | 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)
Airborne and Terrestrial Laser Scanning in Forests
edited by , Zhouxin Xi, and Shangshu Cai
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1697 | 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)
Wildlife Ecology and Conservation in Forest Habitats submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1674 | 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)
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 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1209 | 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 475 | 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 230 | 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 225 | 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)
Forest Growth and Yield under Environmental Changes
edited by , Thomas B. Lynch and Sheng-I Yang
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 191 | 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)
Quaternary Forest Dynamics in Monsoon Asia
edited by Caiming Shen and Deke Xu
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 188 | 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 Species Distribution, Diversity and Growth under Climate Change submission deadline 5 Jul 2024 | 18 articles | Viewed by 22018 | 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 18401 | 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 5950 | 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 8328 | 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 4979 | 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 15564 | 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 5727 | 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 | 6 articles | Viewed by 3783 | 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 1284 | 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 submission deadline 19 Jul 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4418 | 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 submission deadline 25 Jul 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 7612 | 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 and Burenjargal Otgonsuren
submission deadline 25 Jul 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4755 | 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
submission deadline 25 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2220 | 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 266 | 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 submission deadline 25 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 166 | 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 submission deadline 29 Jul 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9335 | 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 submission deadline 30 Jul 2024 | 11 articles | Viewed by 13258 | 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 , Gileno Brito De Azevedo and
submission deadline 30 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1000 | 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 submission deadline 30 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 630 | 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
submission deadline 30 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 174 | 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 94 | 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
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 16285 | 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 , and Xin Xiong
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 10 articles | Viewed by 14810 | Submission Open
Keywords: remote sensing; modeling; forest ecosystem; aboveground biomass; forest mapping; 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 submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 10 articles | Viewed by 10059 | 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)
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