Forests

Advances in Tree Germplasm Innovation and High-Efficiency Propagation

edited by

and

submission deadline 1 Jun 2023 | 8 articles | Viewed by 4794

Keywords: somatic embryogenesis; genetic transformation; gene editing; cell culture; cryopreservation; cutting propagation; grafting propagation; seedling nursing with equipment

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

Diseases of Forests and Urban Trees Transmitted by Insects

edited by

Milan Pernek

and

Marta Kovač

submission deadline 2 Jun 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 827 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest pests and diseases; phoresy; insect vectoring; fungi; viruses; bacteria; phytoplasma; bark beetles; ambrosia beetles; Ophiostomatales; Microascales

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)

Novel Insights into the Assessment of Wood Properties

edited by

Carlos Martins

and

Alfredo Dias

submission deadline 5 Jun 2023 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2389 | Submission Open

Keywords: wood 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)

Modeling National and Global Forest Product Markets and Trade

edited by

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and

submission deadline 9 Jun 2023 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3928 | Submission Open

Keywords: traditional wood products; new and emerging wood products; forest carbon; harvested wood products carbon; international trade; avoided emissions; climate smart forestry; wood energy; forest sector outlook; environmental policy

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

Wood Quality and Mechanical Properties

edited by

André Luis Christoforo

submission deadline 10 Jun 2023 | 6 articles | Viewed by 4322 | 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)

Geographic Distribution of Quantitative Trait Variation and Genetic Variability in Natural Tree Species

edited by

Evandro Vagner Tambarussi

,

David James Bush

and Ananda Virgínia De Aguiar

submission deadline 10 Jun 2023 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1683 | Submission Open

Keywords: multiscale landscape; genetic diversity; contemporary gene flow; quantitative trait variation; molecular markers

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

Diversity, Abundance, and Distribution of Wood-Decay Fungi

edited by

Carolina Girometta

and

Giancarlo Angeles Flores

submission deadline 10 Jun 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 609 | Submission Open

Keywords: wood decay; macrofungi; lignocellulose; habitat; diversity; biogeography; abundance; taxonomy; survey

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

Fungal–Plant Interactions: Latest Advances and Prospects

edited by Ying-Ning Zou,

Xianan Xie

and

Qiang-Sheng Wu

submission deadline 11 Jun 2023 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5803 | Submission Open

Keywords: mycorrhiza; endophytic fungi; pathogenic fungi

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Biodiversity)

Using Dendrochronology to Extract Climate Change Impact over Past Decades

edited by

Julián Cerano-Paredes

,

Mariano Martín Amoroso

and

José Villanueva-Díaz

submission deadline 12 Jun 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 917 | Submission Open

Keywords: tree rings; forest; growth; climate; drought; streamflow; anatomical analysis; biotic and abiotic disturbances

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

Diversity and Regulation of Metabolites in Forest Plants

edited by

Zhonghua Tang

,

Chao Wang

and

Fang Yu

submission deadline 15 Jun 2023 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4640 | Submission Open

Keywords: metabolites; diversity and function; forest plant; environmental changes

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

Wood Protection Based on the Study of Chemical and Physical Properties

edited by

Davor Kržišnik

and

Jure Žigon

submission deadline 15 Jun 2023 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2016 | Submission Open

Keywords: wood protection; wood preservation; chemical properties; physical properties; durability; service life of wood; weathering; wood surface; coatings

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

Advances on the Influence of Vegetation and Forest on Urban Air Quality and Thermal Comfort—Series II

edited by

Jose Luis Santiago

,

Esther Rivas

and

Beatriz Sanchez

submission deadline 15 Jun 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 894 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban air quality and climate; thermal comfort; urban vegetation; trees in the streets; urban forests; vegetation barriers; urban parks; nature-based solutions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Forestry)

Mode of Action of Chemical and Thermal Wood Modification Techniques

edited by

Lukas Emmerich

and

Giacomo Goli

submission deadline 15 Jun 2023 | Viewed by 277 | Submission Open

Keywords: chemical wood modification; thermal wood modification; durability; moisture; fire protection; mode of action; solid wood; wood-based composites; novel wood materials; renewable resources

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

Dynamics of Soil N Cycling and Its Response to Vegetation

edited by

Ivan Vasenev

submission deadline 15 Jun 2023 | Viewed by 118 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental conservation; forest management; forest nitrogen cycling; nitrogen-saving forestry systems; seasonal dynamics; soil nitrogen behavior; soil nitrogen cycling; soil nitrogen fluxes; soil nitrogen modelling; soil spatial and temporal variability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Deep Learning Techniques for Forest Parameter Retrieval and Accurate Tree Modeling from Remote Sensing Data

edited by

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and

submission deadline 20 Jun 2023 | 9 articles | Viewed by 10664 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; forest phenotypic traits; tree modelling; forest scenario rendering; digital twin; deep learning; computer graphics; machine vision

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

Wood Treatments and Modification Technologies

edited by

Mohd Hazim Mohamad Amini

,

Ali Temíz

and

Emilia-Adela Salca

submission deadline 20 Jun 2023 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2741 | 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)

Restoration in Pine Forests

edited by

Paweł Rutkowski

submission deadline 20 Jun 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 841 | Submission Open

Keywords: Pinus; ecology; management; protection; diseases; habitat conditions

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

Soil Faunal Diversity and Ecological Functions in Forest Ecosystems

edited by

Pengfei Wu

and Manqiang Liu

submission deadline 20 Jun 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 758 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil fauna; forest ecosystems; ecological functions; global change; forest management; nutrient cycling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Global Biogeography and Invasion Risk of Forest Pathogens

edited by

Jolanta Behnke-Borowczyk

,

Joanna Mucha

and

Radoslaw Witkowski

submission deadline 20 Jun 2023 | Viewed by 135 | Submission Open

Keywords: diversity; alien species; invasiveness of fungi; sucess of invasion; plant protecion

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)

Non-timber Forest Products (NTFPs) and Prospects for Bioeconomy in the Tropics

edited by

Sónia Maria Carvalho-Ribeiro

and

Shalini Dhyani

submission deadline 22 Jun 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1533 | Submission Open

Keywords: NTFP; household and macro-economics; livelihoods; policy; sustainability; sustainable development transformation; new product development; bioeconomy

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

Tree and Wind Interactions in a Changing Climate

edited by

Oskars Krišāns

,

Heli Peltola

and

Tom Locatelli

submission deadline 22 Jun 2023 | Viewed by 232 | Submission Open

Keywords: wind-tree interactions; wind loading; biomechanics; wind damage modeling; tree stability; soil-root interactions; wind resistance; risk assessment; adaptive forest management; managed and urban forests

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

Forest Fires Prediction and Detection

edited by

Rafael Coll Delgado

and Rafael De Ávila Rodrigues

submission deadline 23 Jun 2023 | 8 articles | Viewed by 7769 | 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)

Forest Ecosystem Services and Landscape Design

edited by

Radu-Daniel Pintilii

submission deadline 25 Jun 2023 | 16 articles | Viewed by 14850 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest disturbance; forest management; ecosystem services; human and communities’ well-being; urban and rural landscapes; landscape design and modeling; landscape protection and conservation

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

Plant Functional Traits in Forests: Variation and Linkages with Function

edited by

Ruili Wang

,

Congcong Liu

and

Ying Li

submission deadline 25 Jun 2023 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5746 | Submission Open

Keywords: intra- and inter-species variation; different plant organs; environmental gradient; response to global changes; plant phylogenetic effects; whole-plant performance; community assembly; ecosystem function

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

Forest Species Distribution, Diversity and Growth under Climate Change

edited by

Nadezhda Tchebakova

and

Sergey V. Verkhovets

submission deadline 25 Jun 2023 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3701 | 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)

Fungal Dynamics and Diversity in Forests

edited by

Douglas Godbold

and Burenjargal Otgonsuren

submission deadline 25 Jun 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1015 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Biodiversity)

Development and Utilization of High-Value Products from Woody Biomass

edited by

Gloria Oporto

submission deadline 27 Jun 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 991 | Submission Open

Keywords: woody biomass; woody bioenergy; renewable materials; biomaterials; nanocellulose; lignin; cellulose; hemicellulose; sustainable materials

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

Advanced Technologies in Physical and Mechanical Wood Modification

edited by Radoslaw Mirski and

Dorota Dziurka

submission deadline 30 Jun 2023 | 14 articles | Viewed by 17105 | 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)

Frontiers in Modification of Wood and Wood-Based Composites

edited by

Seng Hua Lee

,

Wei Chen Lum

and

Manfred Dunky

submission deadline 30 Jun 2023 | 10 articles | Viewed by 11882 | Submission Open

Keywords: wood science; wood composite; wood treatment; bioadhesive; bamboo

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

Response of Forests to Climate Change: Tree-Ring Analysis and Wood Anatomy

edited by

Jianguo Huang

submission deadline 30 Jun 2023 | 7 articles | Viewed by 8179 | Submission Open

Keywords: Tree rings; Wood anatomy; Micro-sampling; Forest ecology; Climate change; Xylem formation; Extreme climates; Forest management

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

Wildfire Behavior and Risk: From Fundamental Research to Pioneering Modeling Approaches

edited by

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, Donatella Spano,

Costantino Sirca

and

Valentina Bacciu

submission deadline 30 Jun 2023 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7724 | Submission Open

Keywords: wildfire behavior; wildfire risk; wildfire spread; large wildfires; fuels; weather and climate; topography; decision support systems; wildfire management.

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

Nutrient Cycling through the Forest and Soil System

edited by Stefano Carnicelli and

Anna Andreetta

submission deadline 30 Jun 2023 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7207 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest soils; soil– plant interactions; nutrient source tracing; phosphorus; nitrogen; potassium; nutrient cycling and stores; element fluxes and budgets; forest humus forms

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Advances in Resilient Adaptation to Climate Change in the Forest Sector

edited by

Chul-Hee Lim

and

Moonil Kim

submission deadline 30 Jun 2023 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6246 | Submission Open

Keywords: resilient adaptation; climate change; spatial assessment; adaptation capacity; climate risk; carbon neutral

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

Urban Forest Construction and Sustainable Tourism Development

edited by

Jinyang Deng

and

Chad Pierskalla

submission deadline 30 Jun 2023 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5673 | Submission Open

Keywords: aesthetics; images; benefits; visitors; values; attitudes; festivals; impact; ecotourism sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Forestry)

Trees and Their Benefits: Social, Ecological & Economic Considerations

edited by

Richard W. Harper

submission deadline 30 Jun 2023 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5289 | 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)

Cultivation, Development, and Utilization of Multifunctional Tree Species

edited by

Shengzuo Fang

and

Hailong Shen

submission deadline 30 Jun 2023 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5105 | Submission Open

Keywords: multifunctional trees; target biomass production; wood quality; phytochemicals; biological activities; vegetative propagation; genotype– environment interactions; secondary metabolite regulation; oriented cultivation pattern

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

Fire Effects on Fuel and Vegetation: Linking Process to Pattern

edited by

Mohammad M. Bataineh

submission deadline 30 Jun 2023 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4444 | Submission Open

Keywords: fire behavior; fireline intensity; fire spread; mortality; regeneration; fuel reduction; combustion; fuel consumption

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

Impact of Climate Change on Tree Growth

edited by

Marcin Klisz

submission deadline 30 Jun 2023 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4306 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon sequestration; tree-rings; extreme weather events; climate sensitivity; early life-history traits; reciprocal transplantation experiment; species distribution models

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

Long-Term Genetic Improvement and Molecular Breeding of Chinese Fir

edited by

Aiguo Duan

and

Guoyun Zhang

submission deadline 30 Jun 2023 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3942 | Submission Open

Keywords: genetic breeding; breeding population; seed orchards; genetic diversity; biology breeding; long-term genetic breeding; Chinese fir

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

The Influence of Forest Operations on the Sustainable Management of Forest Soils

edited by

Enrico Marchi

,

Elena Marra

and

Meghdad Jourgholami

submission deadline 30 Jun 2023 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2245 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable harvesting; environmental impacts; forest roads; mechanization; soil compaction; soil physical– hydric properties; soil erosion; soil recovery process; climate change

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

Reimagining Conservation and Management: Prioritizing Human Dimensions in Sustainable Forestry

edited by

Ting Ma

and Baorong Huang

submission deadline 30 Jun 2023 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1971 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable forestry; socioecological systems; collaborative governance; comanagement; natural resource conservation; sustainable livelihoods; community development; environmental policy; empowerment; gender dimensions

(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 30 Jun 2023 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1598 | 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)

Spatio-Temporal Monitoring of Forest Fires and Vegetation

edited by

Luis A. Ruiz

and

Pablo Crespo-Peremarch

submission deadline 30 Jun 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1435 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest structure; wildfires; hyperspectral; imagery; time series; ALS; TLS; UAV; spatial analysis; vegetation monitoring

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

Understanding and Managing Fungal Pathogens in Forest Ecosystems

edited by

Sophie Stroheker

and

George Newcombe

submission deadline 30 Jun 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1078 | Submission Open

Keywords: disease; pathogenic fungi; disturbance; host-pathogen interaction; dieback; invasive fungal pathogens; tree mortality

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

Prevention and Control of Basal Stem Rot of Oil Palm

edited by

Chai Ling Ho

,

Shamala Sundram

and

Khim Phin Chong

submission deadline 30 Jun 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 808 | Submission Open

Keywords: oil palm; pathogens; basal stem rot (BSR); prevention; disease control; sustainable management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)

Microbiomes of Forest Pests and Their Hosts

edited by

Petr Pyszko

and

Vítězslav Plášek

submission deadline 30 Jun 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 726 | Submission Open

Keywords: microbiomes; plant signaling pathways; plant chemical defense; bark beetles; herbivorous insects; pest control; multi-trophic interactions; climate change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)

Environmental DNA as a Rapid Forest Biodiversity Inventory Tool

edited by

Yann Surget-Groba

submission deadline 30 Jun 2023 | Viewed by 456 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest biodiversity; environmental DNA; DNA metabarcoding; inventory methods; species identification; bulk sample analysis; long-term monitoring

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

Advances in Forest Growth and Site Productivity Modeling—Series II

edited by

Ram P. Sharma

and

Xiangdong Lei

submission deadline 30 Jun 2023 | Viewed by 353 | Submission Open

Keywords: tree growth models; stand growth models; dominant height growth models; growth trends; climate-sensitive growth models; site index; site productivity index; competition index; growth series database; empirical growth models; processed-based growth models; LiDAR time-series data; species mixture effects; dendrochronology; modeling forest biomass; carbon dynamics

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

Sustainable Management of Forest Genetic Resources

edited by

Patricia E. Maloney

submission deadline 30 Jun 2023 | Viewed by 204 | Submission Open

Keywords: adaptation; seed source selection strategies; environmental heterogeneity; genetic variation; genetic conservation; reforestation; natural selection; climate change mitigation; plant traits

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

Forest Tree Breeding and Sustainable Management Strategies under Climate Change

edited by

Cristina Vettori

and

Donatella Paffetti

submission deadline 30 Jun 2023 | Viewed by 193 | Submission Open

Keywords: genetic diversity; adaptive genomics; genomic prediction; genome-wide association studies; assisted gene flow; tree breeding; adaptation; ecosystem biodiversity; forest management; silviculture; ecosystem and forest service

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

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