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Advanced Research and Technology on Biomass Materials in Forestry

edited by

Saman Ghahri

, Bingnan Yuan and

Viktor Savov

submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1178 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural and industrial waste utilization; biomass materials valorization; biomass conversion; bio-adhesives; biomaterials; crosslinking; eco-friendly forest products; technical lignin; vegetable tannins; sustainable production

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

Forest Responses to Fires

edited by

Antonio Parra

and

María Belén Hinojosa

submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1002 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; forest; grassland; land use change; management; prescribed fire; shrubland; wildfire

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

Wood Treatments and Modification Technologies—2nd Edition

edited by

Mohd Hazim Mohamad Amini

and

Emilia-Adela Salca

submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 894 | Submission Open

Keywords: wood; biomass; modification; treatment; impregnation; wood composite; solid wood; chemical modification; heat treatment; biological treatment

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

Research Advances in Management and Planning of Forest Operations

edited by

Krzysztof Polowy

Witold Grzywiński

Marta Molińska-Glura

, Włodzimierz Stempski and Bartłomiej Naskrent

submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 819 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest mechanisation; timber extraction; forest operations; precision forestry; optimisation; simulation; Internet of Things; StanForD2010; ergonomics; big data

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

Spread and Damage of Invasive Forest Insects

edited by

Tara Canelo

Luis Reino

and

Bruno Foggi

submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 434 | Submission Open

Keywords: forests; invasive insects; spread; forest health; invasion ecology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)

The Role of Urban Trees in Ecology Protection

edited by

Lei Wang

and

Yunlong Yao

submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 274 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban ecosystems; urban heat island effect; urban ecological carbon sink; urban biodiversity; monitoring of urban forest structure and function; urban forest landscape planning and design; improvement of urban forests and human well-being

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Forestry)

Wood Modification: Functionalisation, Optimisation and Characterisation of Modified Timbers

edited by

Morwenna Spear

and

Miklós Bak

submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 243 | Submission Open

Keywords: wood modification; thermal modification; chemical modification; impregnation; hygroscopic properties; mechanical properties; surface properties; service life; durability; sustainability

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

Integrated Approaches to Understanding Plant Photosynthesis Dynamics in Forest Ecosystems Under Climate Change

edited by

Nan Xu

submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 152 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest ecosystems; plant photosynthesis; climate change impacts; soil microbial communities; canopy dynamics; ecological modeling; environmental stress; conservation strategies

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

Acclimation and Evolution of Forest Plants under Climate Change

edited by Amy V. Whipple

submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 147 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; plants; forest; adaptation; evolution; acclimation; genomics; common gardens; provenance trials; restoration; conservation

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

Novelties in Wood Engineering and Forestry—2nd Edition

edited by

Aurel Lunguleasa

Florin Dinulica

and

Camelia Cosereanu

submission deadline 15 Mar 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1980 | Submission Open

Keywords: woody biomass; forest byproducts; timber; veneer; furniture; briquettes; pellets; wooden cultural heritage object; wood restoration

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

Forest Therapy and Human Health

edited by

Malgorzata Woznicka

Jitka Fialova

and

Natalia Korcz

submission deadline 15 Mar 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1282 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest therapy; forest bathing; human well-being; Shinrin-yoku; forest healing; physiological; public health; health services

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Forestry)

Ecosystem Services in Urban and Peri-Urban Landscapes

edited by

Remus Creţan

and

Mihai Razvan Nita

submission deadline 15 Mar 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1053 | Submission Open

Keywords: recreational and cultural ecosystem services in urban and peri-urban landscapes; ecosystem services of specific environmental dimensions (air; water; land use/land cover); ecosystem services for urban and peri-urban gardens; farmland ecosystems within urban and peri-urban areas; methods and indicators for assessing ecosystem services in urban and peri-urban spaces; spatial and temporal variations in ecosystem services at the urban and peri-urban scale; planning and management of ecosystem services in urban and peri-urban areas

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Forestry)

Monitoring Tree Phenology under Global Change

edited by Serena Antonucci and

Roberto Tognetti

submission deadline 15 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 212 | Submission Open

Keywords: xylogenesis; spring phenology; autumn phenology; internet of things (IoT); environmental effects; climate change

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

Innovative Management and Multifunctional Utilization of Traditional Coppice Forests

edited by

Valeriu-Norocel Nicolescu

and

Sanja Perić

submission deadline 20 Mar 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5244 | Submission Open

Keywords: coppice; broadleaved tree species; ecological requirements; economics of coppice; wood harvesting; wood end-uses

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

Distribution of Tree Species in a Changing Environment

edited by

Łukasz Walas

and Shirin Alipour

submission deadline 20 Mar 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 767 | Submission Open

Keywords: modelling; climate change; conservation; distribution; fragmentation; landscape ecology

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

Altitude Distribution of Insects in Tropical and Subtropical Rainforests

edited by

Akihiro Nakamura

, Roger Kitching, Chris J. Burwell and Louise Ashton

submission deadline 21 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 557 | Submission Open

Keywords: arthropods; biogeography; climate warming; ecological traits; ecosystem processes; elevational gradients; human disturbances; invertebrates; phylogenetic relationships; species interactions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)

Forest, Trees, Human Health and Wellbeing: 2nd Edition

edited by

Anna Maria Palsdottir

Patrik Grahn

and

Jonathan Stoltz

submission deadline 23 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 320 | Submission Open

Keywords: health and wellbeing; forest planning; green infrastructure; restoration; stress reduction; biodiversity; landscape perception; nature connectedness; forest bathing; forest guiding; forest therapy; public health; urban forest; shinrin-yoku

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Forestry)

Forest Resources and Land Use/Land Cover Dynamics: Implications for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation

edited by Elisa Grieco

submission deadline 25 Mar 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2126 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest resources; forest management; land use change; land cover change; mitigation; adaptation; sustainable development; climate change

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

Wood Protection Based on the Study of Chemical and Physical Properties—2nd Edition

edited by

Jure Žigon

and

Davor Kržišnik

submission deadline 25 Mar 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1289 | Submission Open

Keywords: chemical properties; durability; service life of wood; weathering; wood modification; wood preservation; wood protection; wood technology

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

Regeneration by Totipotency/Pluripotency in Forest Trees: From the Basis to Its Applications

edited by Jian Zhao, Lisheng Kong and Tianqing Zhu

submission deadline 25 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 296 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest trees; regeneration; cutting; organogenesis; somatic embryogenesis; molecular mechanisms; biotechnology applications

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

Pollen Monitoring of Forest Communities

edited by

Federico Di Rita

, Roberta Pini, Juan Ochando Tomás and

Fabrizio Michelangeli

submission deadline 25 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 256 | Submission Open

Keywords: pollen; palynology; forest communities; ecosystems; land use changes; historical ecology

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

Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis in Forest Trees

edited by

Zhong Chen

, Xiong Yang and

Liming Jia

submission deadline 25 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 234 | Submission Open

Keywords: evolution; population genetics; comparative genomics; gene family; omics; tree genetics and genomics

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

Advanced Research and Perspectives on Tree Functional Genomics

edited by Vanessa Castro-Rodríguez and

Fernando de la Torre

submission deadline 25 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 181 | Submission Open

Keywords: genomic mapping; functional genomics; epigenomics; comparative genomics; transcriptomics; proteomics; metabolomics; phenotyping; bioinformatics

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

Soil Microbial Ecology in Forest Ecosystems

edited by

Haijian Bing

, Wenqiang Zhao and Linchuan Fang

submission deadline 28 Mar 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6209 | Submission Open

Keywords: microbial diversity; microbiome; microbial functions; soil carbon; nutrient cycling; plant– microbe interactions; forest ecosystems; global changes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Managing Forests for Multiple Ecosystem Services Under Changing Climate

edited by Shuirong Wu,

Manfred J. Lexer

and

Xufeng Zhang

submission deadline 28 Mar 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3756 | Submission Open

Keywords: multipurpose forest management; ecosystem services provision and valuation; trade-offs and synergies; payment for ecosystem services (PES); climate change impacts; disturbances; forest resilience; forest planning; forest governance; bioeconomy

(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 30 Mar 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 8579 | 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)

Stress Resistance of Rubber Trees: From Genetics to Ecosystem, 2nd Edition

edited by

Jiaming Zhang

Feng An

and

Han Cheng

submission deadline 30 Mar 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4132 | Submission Open

Keywords: rubber tree genetics and breeding; Hevea brasiliensis; ethephon stimulation; molecular regulation mechanism; stress physiology

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

Operations, Machinery, and Transportation in Forestry Timber Harvesting

edited by

Maria Francesca Cataldo

Stelian Alexandru Borz

and

Ebru Bilici

submission deadline 30 Mar 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1228 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest mechanization; productivity; timber extraction; biomass; safety and ergonomics; yarding; skidding; salvage logging; forest operations

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

Forest Soil Organic Matter and Biogeochemical Cycle

edited by

Mahdi (Andrè) Nakhavali

Daniela Dalmonech

and

Mykola Gusti

submission deadline 30 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 533 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil organic matter; biogeochemical cycles; carbon sequestration; forest ecosystems; nutrient cycling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Integrated Measurements for Precision Forestry

edited by

and

Stelian Alexandru Borz

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 13 articles | Viewed by 19117 | 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)

Advances in Detection and Identification of Insect Pests and Pathogens

edited by

Tomasz Oszako

Tadeusz Malewski

and

Piotr Borowik

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 12144 | Submission Open

Keywords: insect pest; pathogen; tree health; pest management; pest monitoring; pest detection; diagnostic methods; resistographs; non-invasive methods; genetic detection methods; NGS; electronic noses; electronic tongues

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)

Forest Microclimate: Predictions, Drivers and Impacts

edited by

Damir Ugarković

and

Urša Vilhar

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6041 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest microclimate; stand structure; forest cover; ecosystem processes; species composition; silviculture; degradation stages; biodiversity; microbiology; urban forests

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

Pathways to “Carbon Neutralization” in Forest Ecosystems

edited by

Shuai Wang

Qianlai Zhuang

Fengkui Qian

and Hui Li

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3877 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest carbon emission efficiency; spatial association network; carbon peak; carbon neutralization; carbon prediction model

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

Biomass Estimation and Carbon Stocks in Forest Ecosystems: 3rd Edition

edited by

Andrzej Węgiel

and

Adrian Łukowski

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3328 | 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)

Novel Insights into the Evaluation of Mechanical Properties of Wood and Wood Products

edited by

Carlos Martins

and

Sofia Knapic

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3016 | Submission Open

Keywords: mechanical properties; non-destructive methodologies; experimental characterization; numerical modelling; fast-growing species; timber structures; engineered wood products

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

Advances in Forest Hydrology in Light of Human Intervention and Climate Change

edited by André Ferreira Rodrigues, Chuan Yuan and

Carlos Rogério Mello

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1735 | Submission Open

Keywords: extreme events; anthropogenic pressure; ecosystem services; canopy interception; evapotranspiration; forest resilience

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Hydrology)

Topicalities in Forest Ecology of Seeds, 2nd Edition

edited by

Božena Šerá

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1577 | Submission Open

Keywords: seed production; seed quality; seed dispersal; seed germination; early seedling growth; soil seed banks; seed dormancy; seed predation

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

Forests and Human Health: Effects on Acute and Chronic Illness, and Public Health

edited by Amy Miner Ross

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1499 | Submission Open

Keywords: forests; greenspaces; forest bathing; Shinrin-Yoku; simulated forest immersion; chronic illness; acute illness

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Forestry)

Forest Soil Microbiology and Biogeochemistry

edited by Gexi Xu and

Hui Li

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1240 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest ecosystems; soil microbiology; soil biogeochemistry; fungi and bacteria; nutrient cycling; ecological processes and mechanisms

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Designing Urban Green Spaces in a Changing Climate

edited by

Bau-Show Lin

and

Cheng-I Hsieh

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1065 | Submission Open

Keywords: nature-based solutions; green infrastructure; ecosystem services; net-zero emissions; good health and well-being; sustainable environment; environmental justice

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Forestry)

Fungal and Oomycete Diseases in Forest Environments: Implications for Nurseries and Beyond

edited by

Mario Riolo

, Federico La Spada and

Antonella Pane

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 625 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest pathology; fungal diseases; oomycete infections; nursery-associated pathogens; biodiversity impact; disease management; anthropogenic factors; diagnostic tools; sustainable forest management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)

Forest Dynamics under Climate and Land Use Change

edited by

Lucia Santorufo

and Giorgia Santini

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 471 | Submission Open

Keywords: vegetation dynamics; soil functioning; soil organisms; restoration; modeling

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

Wood Drying

edited by

Bogdan Bedelean

Mihaela Câmpean

and

Aleš Straže

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 273 | Submission Open

Keywords: wood drying; water migration in wood; heat and mass transfer; drying schedules; drying quality; drying stress; airflow in kiln; modeling and optimization

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

Woody Biomass for Innovative Bioenergy and Bioproducts: Production and Processing Technologies

edited by Luis Saúl Esteban and Irene Mediavilla

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 258 | Submission Open

Keywords: woody plantations; agroforestry system; silvicultural tasks; value chain assessment; solid biofuels; wood-based products; sustainability assessment; quality analysis

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

New Approaches to Enhancing Public Health Through Urban Forestry

edited by Jie Yin and

Liyan Xu

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 187 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban forestry; public health; environmental justice; health disparities; innovative technologies; nature-based solutions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Forestry)

Impact of Mycorrhiza on the Distribution, Dynamics and Functioning of Forests

edited by Dominika Thiem and Katarzyna Hrynkiewicz

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 153 | Submission Open

Keywords: mycorrhizal networks; ectomycorrhiza; arbuscular mycorrhiza; mycorrhizal diversity; forest restoration; tree species distribution; adaptation of trees; migration; climate change; tree nutrition

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Forest Soil Erosion in Karst Areas: Patterns, Processes and Mechanisms

edited by

Youjin Yan

Quanhou Dai

and Fengling Gan

submission deadline 10 Apr 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3487 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest soil; soil erosion; processes and mechanisms; hydrological process; soil erosion reduction; soil and water conservation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Structural Characteristics and Physical Properties of Wood

edited by Jose Antonio Balmori and

Jorge Manuel Branco

submission deadline 12 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 211 | Submission Open

Keywords: wood properties; industrialized wood products properties; wood characterization methods; nondestructive tests; treatments and wood properties

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

Advance in Pine Wilt Disease

edited by

Luís Bonifácio

and

Edmundo Sousa

submission deadline 15 Apr 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 11573 | Submission Open

Keywords: Bursaphelenchus xylophilus; Monochamus pine sawyers; biotic and abiotic interactions; conifer forest management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)

Addressing Forest Ergonomics Issues: Laborers and Working Conditions

edited by