We are pleased to share the following 10 Editor's Choice Articles published in Forests (ISSN: 1999-4907). Our Editors-in-Chief selected these papers from the most notable papers published in Volume 13, Issues 10‒12. They are all of particular interest or importance to readers and are all well received by researchers.

1. “Water in Wood: A Review of Current Understanding and Knowledge Gaps”
by Emil Engelund Thybring, Maria Fredriksson, Samuel L. Zelinka and Samuel V. Glass
Forests 2022, 13(12), 2051; https://doi.org/10.3390/f13122051
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/13/12/2051

2. “Forest Management, Barred Owls, and Wildfire in Northern Spotted Owl Territories”
by Monica L. Bond, Tonja Y. Chi, Curtis M. Bradley and Dominick A. DellaSala
Forests 2022, 13(10), 1730; https://doi.org/10.3390/f13101730
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/13/10/1730

3. “Contribution of Dry Forests and Forest Products to Climate Change Adaptation in Tigray Region, Ethiopia”
by Musse Tesfaye, Ashenafi Manaye, Berihu Tesfamariam, Zenebe Mekonnen, Shibire Bekele Eshetu, Katharina Löhr and Stefan Sieber
Forests 2022, 13(12), 2026; https://doi.org/10.3390/f13122026
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/13/12/2026

4. “The Macroeconomic Implications of the Transition of the Forestry Industry towards Bioeconomy”
by Alin Emanuel Artene, Lucian-Ionel Cioca, Aura Emanuela Domil, Larisa Ivascu, Valentin Burca and Oana Bogdan
Forests 2022, 13(11), 1961; https://doi.org/10.3390/f13111961
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/13/11/1961

5. “The Role of Provenance for the Projected Growth of Juvenile European Beech under Climate Change”
by Peter Petrík, Rüdiger Grote, Dušan Gömöry, Daniel Kurjak, Anja Petek-Petrik, Laurent J. Lamarque, Alena Sliacka Konôpková, Mohammad Mukarram, Harish Debta and Peter Fleischer Jr.
Forests 2023, 14(1), 26; https://doi.org/10.3390/f14010026
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/14/1/26

6. “Water Retention Characteristics of Mineral Forest Soils in Finland: Impacts for Modeling Soil Moisture”
by Samuli Launiainen, Antti-Jussi Kieloaho, Antti-Jussi Lindroos, Aura Salmivaara, Hannu Ilvesniemi and Juha Heiskanen
Forests 2022, 13(11), 1797; https://doi.org/10.3390/f13111797
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/13/11/1797

7. “Critical Aspects of People’s Participation in Community-Based Forest Management from the Case of Van Panchayat in Indian Himalaya”
by Kazuyo Nagahama, Satoshi Tachibana and Randeep Rakwal
Forests 2022, 13(10), 1667; https://doi.org/10.3390/f13101667
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/13/10/1667

8. “A Dynamical Model Based on the Chapman–Richards Growth Equation for Fitting Growth Curves for Four Pine Species in Northern Mexico”
by Joao Marcelo Brazao Protazio, Marcos Almeida Souza, Jose Ciro Hernández-Díaz, Jonathan G. Escobar-Flores, Carlos Antonio López-Sánchez, Artemio Carrillo-Parra and Christian Wehenkel
Forests 2022, 13(11), 1866; https://doi.org/10.3390/f13111866
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/13/11/1866

9. “Assessing Structural Complexity of Individual Scots Pine Trees by Comparing Terrestrial Laser Scanning and Photogrammetric Point Clouds”
by Paolo Baldi and Nicola La Porta
Forests 2022, 13(12), 2016; https://doi.org/10.3390/f13122016
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/13/12/2016

10. “Linking Bacterial Rhizosphere Communities of Two Pioneer Species, Brachystegia boehmii and B. spiciformis, to the Ecological Processes of Miombo Woodlands”
by Camilo B. S. António, Chinedu Obieze, João Jacinto, Ivete S. A. Maquia, Tara Massad, José C. Ramalho, Natasha S. Ribeiro, Cristina Máguas, Isabel Marques and Ana I. Ribeiro-Barros
Forests 2022, 13(11), 1840; https://doi.org/10.3390/f13111840
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/13/11/1840

We thank all the research groups behind these exceptional papers for their contributions to Forests. You are welcome to circulate this announcement among your colleagues or through your network.

If you want to learn more about the contributions published in Editor’s Choice Articles, please click here.