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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Science, Society and Innovation Nexus in Forestry: Pathways to Global Sustainability
edited by
submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 196 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable forestry; climate resilience; forest biodiversity; innovative ecosystem management; bioeconomy in forestry; innovation; ecosystem services; forest monitoring
Ecological Functions of Bamboo Forests: Research and Application—2nd Edition
edited by and Zhanchao Cheng
submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 165 | Submission Open
Keywords: nutrient cycling; carbon sequestration; bamboo development; bamboo invasion; bamboo microbiome; ecological function
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)
Forest and Urban Tree Pathology and Entomology: Diagnosis, Biology, Ecology and Control submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 108 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest and urban tree pathology and entomology; plant– pathogen interactions; plant– insect interactions; integrated pest management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)
Before and after the Flames: An Ecological Examination of the Factors That Influence Forest Fire Effects and Post-fire Recovery and Resilience
edited by John N. Williams
submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 85 | Submission Open
Keywords: disturbance regime; ecosystem function; fire return interval; fuels; prescribed fire; regeneration; severity; species composition; stand dynamics; wildfire
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)
Forest Inventory and Forest Carbon Assessments with Remote Sensing Technologies
edited by , and Davide Travaglini
submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 82 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest inventory; forest mapping; forest carbon assessments; remote sensing; biodiversity; sustainable forest management; machine learning; climate change; satellite; LiDAR
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Inventory, Modeling and Remote Sensing)
The Relationship between Biomass Growth and Tree Size
edited by Jens Schröder
submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 81 | Submission Open
Keywords: biomass; net primary production; biomass productivity; tree size; stand dynamics; size– growth relationship
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)
Wood Durability and Protection
edited by Gerald Presley, , Beth Stokes, and
submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 72 | Submission Open
Keywords: pressure treatment; wood coatings; biodeterioration; biodegradation; naturally durable wood; wood modification
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wood Science and Forest Products)
Classification of Forest Tree Species Using Remote Sensing Technologies: Latest Advances and Improvements
edited by Udayalakshmi Vepakomma and
submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 63 | Submission Open
Keywords: tree species classification; remote sensing; machine learning; data standardization; cross platform portability; bench marking
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Inventory, Modeling and Remote Sensing)
Vitality of Forest Ecosystems through Genetic, Epigenetic, Physiology and Biodiversity Exploitation submission deadline 9 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1256 | Submission Open
Keywords: genetic; epigenetic; tree physiology; forest ecophysiology; biodiversity; ecology; environment; forest
(This special issue belongs to the Section Genetics and Molecular Biology)
Risk Assessment and Management of Forest Pest Outbreaks
edited by
submission deadline 10 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1685 | Submission Open
Keywords: bark beetles; defoliators; semiochemicals; push– pull; repellents; smart forestry; traps; drones; satellite
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)
Wood Identification: Formation, Structure and Function of Wood
edited by Mirela Tulik and Urszula Zajączkowska
submission deadline 10 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 111 | Submission Open
Keywords: wood texture; false ring; size and arrangement of wood cells; wood rays; pitting; cellulose microfibrils; lignification
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wood Science and Forest Products)
Modeling of Vehicle Mobility in Forests and Rugged Terrain submission deadline 11 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 111 | Submission Open
Keywords: forestry vehicle; military vehicle; rescue vehicle; forest robotic systems; forest structure; tree resilience; DBH; navigation in the forest; forest damage
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Operations and Engineering)
Wood as Cultural Heritage Material—Volume II
edited by , , Paola Mazzanti, Lorenzo Riparbelli and Dawa Shen
submission deadline 14 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 409 | Submission Open
Keywords: wood aging; archaeological wood; waterlogged archaeological wood; painted panels; wooden statues; historical music instruments; historic furniture; historic timber structures; historic wood dating; historic wood numerical modeling; historic wood simulation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wood Science and Forest Products)
Biomass and Bioenergy from Forests: Challenges and Prospects for the Future submission deadline 15 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2208 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest mechanization; harvesting of forest biomass for energy; biomass energy supply chain; economic; social and environmental aspects of the energy uses of forest biomass
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Economics, Policy, and Social Science)
Forest Ecosystem Services: Modelling, Mapping and Valuing submission deadline 15 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 161 | Submission Open
Keywords: ecosystem services (ESs); ESs supply and demand dynamics; ESs mapping techniques; ESs valuation methods; security in ecosystem services; biodiversity conservation; carbon sequestration; water yield and purification
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Economics, Policy, and Social Science)
Carbon, Nitrogen, and Phosphorus Storage and Cycling in Forest Soil
edited by Jiwei Li and Kaibo Wang
submission deadline 15 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 62 | Submission Open
Keywords: carbon; nitrogen; phosphorus; forest; soil; stoichiometry; storage
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)
Emerging Potential of Hardwood Resources for Innovative Uses
edited by Dominika Gornik Bučar and Manja Kitek Kuzman
submission deadline 16 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 27 | Submission Open
Keywords: hardwoods; deciduous tree; wood properties; processing; machining; technology; wood products; forest-wood value chain; sustainability; marginal quality
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wood Science and Forest Products)
Medicinal and Edible Uses of Non-Timber Forest Resources
edited by , and Carmen Zepeda-Gómez
submission deadline 16 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 17 | Submission Open
Keywords: non-timber products; medicinal plants; edible forest products; genetic resources; chemical analysis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wood Science and Forest Products)
Distribution Dynamics of Nutrients and Trace Elements in Forest Soil
edited by
submission deadline 18 Dec 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5033 | Submission Open
Keywords: trace elements; nutrients; nutrient cycle; humus; soil carbon content
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)
Biogeochemical Cycles in Forests
edited by , and Qifeng Mo
submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1075 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest ecosystem; nutrient circle; soil microorganism; ecological stoichiometry; global change; carbon pool; element cycle model
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)
Soil Organic Matter and Soil Multifunctionality in Forest Ecosystems
edited by , Yuzhe Wang, and
submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 718 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil organic carbon; nutrient cycling; soil multifunctionality; soil microbial; biodiversity; climate change; forest restoration; forest succession; forest management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)
Strategic Forest-Based Sector Planning and Management in the Era of Bioeconomy
edited by , Mariana Sedliačiková and
submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 387 | Submission Open
Keywords: bioeconomy; sustainable forest management; data envelopment analysis; forest policy; technological Innovations
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Economics, Policy, and Social Science)
Application of Active and Passive Remote Sensors in the Forest Inventory submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 227 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest inventory; diameter at breast height estimation: forest height; remote sensing; satellite images; LiDAR; unmanned aerial vehicles; deep learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Inventory, Modeling and Remote Sensing)
Safety Control, Fire Protection and Occupational Health Effects of Wood Processing
edited by , Martin Lieskovský, and
submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 189 | Submission Open
Keywords: biomass; wood and wood product production; occupational health effects; safety at work; fire protection; explosion protection; statistical analyses; oxygen-enhanced combustion; thermal efficiency; process modeling and biomass valorization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wood Science and Forest Products)
Forest Wildlife Biology and Habitat Conservation
edited by and Hubert Potočnik
submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 77 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest wildlife; wildlife biology wildlife ecology; conservation; wildlife habitat management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Biodiversity)
Mechanisms of Forest Defense against Abiotic Stress and Genetic Evolution
edited by and
submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 63 | Submission Open
Keywords: abiotic stress; forest; plant growth and development; genetic evolution processes; role of epigenetic mechanisms
(This special issue belongs to the Section Genetics and Molecular Biology)
Forest Vegetation and Soils: Interaction, Management and Alterations—Second Edition
edited by , and
submission deadline 24 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 46 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest vegetation; soil degradation; ecosystem services; forest management; soil microorganisms
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)
Advances and Future Prospects in Science-Based Forest Therapy
edited by
submission deadline 30 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3361 | Submission Open
Keywords: forests and healing; psychological benefits and forests; public health; preventive medicine; therapeutic forests
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Forestry)
Soil Carbon in Forest Ecosystems
edited by Jiangbo Qiao, , and Yuanjun Zhu
submission deadline 30 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 680 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change; human activities; forest ecosystem; soil carbon cycle; global warming
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)
Advances in Forest Cover Change and Its Ecological and Environmental Effects—2nd Edition
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 523 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest land cover; environmental factors; ecological effects; environmental effects; biodiversity; ecological geography
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Inventory, Modeling and Remote Sensing)
Insect Taxonomy and Distribution in Forests
edited by
submission deadline 30 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 226 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest insect; taxonomy; distribution; phylogeny; biodiversity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)
Advances in the Cultivation, Protection and High-Value Utilization of Forest Resources
edited by , , Liping Yu and Lifen Li
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5246 | Submission Open
Keywords: high-value utilization of wood; forest resources; biomass materials from forest; wood panels and products; forest products; utilization of forest resources; forest resource cultivation; functionalization of wood; wood reinforcement; wood preservation; bio-based wood adhesives; biodegradable wood plastic composites; wood-inorganic nanocomposites; plant nutrition; plant biochemistry
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wood Science and Forest Products)
Forest Fires Prediction and Detection—Volume II
edited by and Rafael De Ávila Rodrigues
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2783 | Submission Open
Keywords: remote sensing; climate change; forest fires; fire models; fire monitoring
(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Hazards and Risk Management)
Monitoring Forest Change Dynamic with Remote Sensing submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2496 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest and savanna ecosystem dynamics; land use dynamics; climate change; carbon stock; biogeophysical cycles; deforestation; forest degradation; forest regeneration; flooding; forest fire
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Inventory, Modeling and Remote Sensing)
Advanced Technologies in Physical and Mechanical Wood Modification—Volume II submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2043 | Submission Open
Keywords: wood processing; wood properties; wood physicochemistry; wood compaction; wood thermal treatment; mechanical processing of wood; hydrothermal treatment of wood; new wood-based materials with improved characteristics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wood Science and Forest Products)
Research Advances in Management and Design of Forest Operations submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1867 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate-smart forest operations; harvesting systems; sustainable forest management; best management practices; trafficability maps; reduced-impact logging (RIL) techniques
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Operations and Engineering)
Forest Management: Planning, Decision Making and Implementation
edited by , and Maria De Belém Costa Freitas
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1404 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest management; forest policy; decision support systems; ecosystem services; forest economics; ecosystem services; models; multiple criteria decision analysis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Economics, Policy, and Social Science)
Forest Disturbance and Management
edited by , Chao Yue, and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 657 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest disturbance; forest management; climate change; climate impacts; sustainable management; vegetation responses; biodiversity; forest restoration
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)
The Forest Soil Carbon in a Changing World
edited by , Ziqiang Yuan, and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 508 | Submission Open
Keywords: global changes; forest ecosystem; soil; root; microbes; carbon components; carbon processes
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)
Estimation and Monitoring of Forest Biomass and Fuel Load Components
edited by Haikui Li and Wei-Sheng Zeng
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 344 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest biomass; fuel load components; forest resources inventory; allometric growth models; biomass conversion models; forest carbon storage
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Inventory, Modeling and Remote Sensing)
The Relationship between Forest Vegetation and Water and Its Regulation in Changing Environments
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 220 | Submission Open
Keywords: ecohydrology; forest evapotranspiration; runoff; water use; vegetation carrying capacity; sap flow; infiltration and soil moisture; modelling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Hydrology)
Applications of Advanced Technologies for Improved Precision in Forest Operations
edited by Mauricio Acuna, Kari Väätäinen and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 212 | Submission Open
Keywords: sensing technologies; AI; ML; and optimization algorithms in forest operations; location of trees and harvesting equipment; forest operations planning using sensing technologies; driver-assistance sensing technologies; robotic systems and autonomous vehicles
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Operations and Engineering)
Modeling Forest Physiology under Climate Change
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 157 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change; plant physiology; elevated CO2; acclimation; tree mortality; plant– water relations; extreme events
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Meteorology and Climate Change)
Advances in Forest Carbon Sequestration and Emission Reduction Potential
edited by Jian Xiang, Tiehu He and Gang Liu
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 127 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest carbon sequestration; GHGs emission; soil organic carbon; nitrogen; forestation; deforestation; CO2; CH4; N2O
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)
Dendrochronology in Archaeology: Current Research
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 122 | Submission Open
Keywords: dendroarchaeology; dendroprovenancing; tree rings; historical wood utilization; past forest exploitation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wood Science and Forest Products)
Large-Scale Forest Mapping and Monitoring by Synthetic Aperture Radar and Multi-source Remote Sensing Data
edited by Haiqiang Fu and Qinghua Xie
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 95 | Submission Open
Keywords: SAR; polarimetric SAR; interferometry; tomographic SAR; bio-physical parameter; forest vertical structure; forest dynamics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Inventory, Modeling and Remote Sensing)
Energy Conversion and Efficient Utilization of Woody Biomass
edited by Bruno Esteves, and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 72 | Submission Open
Keywords: woody biomass; energy conversion; efficient utilization; thermochemical processes; integrated biorefineries; valorization; biochar; bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS); sustainability
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wood Science and Forest Products)
Emerging Advances in Digital Forest Monitoring, Analysis, and Modeling
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 47 | Submission Open
Keywords: forests; digital techniques; remote sensing and GIS; ground and air observations; machine learning; ecosystem analysis and modeling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Inventory, Modeling and Remote Sensing)
Growth and Yield Models for Forests submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 47 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest growth and yield; model calibration and evaluation; forest management; growth models; biomass and carbon; seeding; regeneration; recruitment; mortality; site productivity; climate change and drought; disturbance impacts
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Inventory, Modeling and Remote Sensing)
The Adaptation of Forest Trees under Climate Change
edited by
submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 10 | Submission Open
Keywords: meteorological extremes; drought stress; resilience; resistance; tolerance; population variability; species shift; climate-smart forestry
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Meteorology and Climate Change)
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