Forests

Stress Resistance of Rubber Trees: From Genetics to Ecosystem

edited by

Jiaming Zhang

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Feng An

and

Han Cheng

submission deadline 13 Dec 2023 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3942 | 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)

Trees and Their Benefits: Social, Ecological & Economic Considerations

edited by

Richard W. Harper

submission deadline 15 Dec 2023 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8480 | 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)

Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Forestry

edited by

Guojie Wang

and

Zengxin Zhang

submission deadline 15 Dec 2023 | 6 articles | Viewed by 4940 | 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)

Truffle Hunting and Mushrooms Ecology in Forest Ecosystems

edited by

Slaven Zjalić

and

Ivan Širić

submission deadline 15 Dec 2023 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3119 | Submission Open

Keywords: forests; symbiosis; truffles; mushrooms; bioaccumulation; bioindicators

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

Stress Resistance and Genetic Improvement of Forest Trees

edited by

Xiaojiao Han

and

Jing Xu

submission deadline 15 Dec 2023 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2366 | Submission Open

Keywords: global changes; abiotic stresses; integrated multi-omics analysis; enhance tolerance; genetic transformation; breeding of tree varieties

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

Effects of Natural Disturbances and Human Activities on Forest Soils

edited by

Speranza Claudia Panico

and

Lucia Santorufo

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

Keywords: soil contamination; human-managed forest; soil quality; soil conservation; recovery; soil biodeversity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Wood-Based Composite Materials and Products: Development and Performance Characterization

edited by

André Luís Christóforo

submission deadline 15 Dec 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 807 | Submission Open

Keywords: particleboard; fiberboard; oriented strand board; plywood; glued laminated timber; cross-laminated timber; LVL

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

Soil Microbial Communities in Forests: Assessing Impact of Disturbances and Climate Change

edited by

Aurelia Onet

and

Paola Grenni

submission deadline 15 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 357 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest soil microorganisms; forest disturbance; climate change; anthropogenic forest conversion; microbial community profile; microbial metabolic activity; diversity and abundance of forest soil biota; disturbance responses of soil bacterial and fungal communities; soil microbial community and on plant microbiome interactions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Wildland Fire Suppression and Fuel Management: Accidents, Near Accidents and Stress Issues

edited by

Domingo M. Molina-Terrén

submission deadline 15 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 151 | Submission Open

Keywords: wildfire accidents; wildfire fatalities; wildland– urban interface; heat stress; mitigation strategies; wildland firefighters

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

Sensitivity of Forest Tree Growth to Heavy Metals

edited by Ewa Chudzińska and Aleksandra Wojnicka-Półtorak

submission deadline 15 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 103 | Submission Open

Keywords: heavy metals; forest tree sensitivity/tolerance; bioindication; environmental pollution

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

Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: "Durability and Moisture Dynamics of Wood"

edited by

Boštjan Lesar

and

Ian D. Hartley

submission deadline 15 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 101 | Submission Open

Keywords: durability; moisture dynamics; engineered wood products; service life

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

Forest Coverage and Spatial Distribution of Tree Species under Regional and Global Changes

edited by Valery V. Fomin, Larissa A. Ivanova and

Natalya Ivanova

submission deadline 15 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 101 | Submission Open

Keywords: forests dynamics; climate change; carbon balance; adaptation; forest typologies; wildfires; permafrost thawing; forest management strategies

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

Advances in Tree Germplasm Innovation and High-Efficiency Propagation

edited by

Ling Yang

and

Iraida Nikolaevna Tret’yakova

submission deadline 20 Dec 2023 | 19 articles | Viewed by 12297 | Submission Open

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)

Response of Tree Rings to Climate Change and Climate Extremes

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submission deadline 20 Dec 2023 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5673 | 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)

New Development of Smart Forestry: Machine and Automation

edited by

Jiangming Kan

,

Feng Kang

and

Liangkuan Zhu

submission deadline 20 Dec 2023 | 7 articles | Viewed by 4267 | 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)

Genome-Wide Identification and Expression Analysis for the Genetic Improvement of Forest Plants

edited by

Mingcheng Wang

,

Shaofei Tong

and

Shanshan Zhu

submission deadline 20 Dec 2023 | 6 articles | Viewed by 4151 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest plants; genetic improvement; growth trait-related genes; expression analysis; functional diversity; high-throughput sequencing

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

Impacts of Climate Change on Forest by Using Growth Modeling

edited by

Jianfeng Zhang

,

Honggang Sun

and Rongjia Wang

submission deadline 20 Dec 2023 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2976 | 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)

Forest Regeneration and Landscape Resilience after Wildfire

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submission deadline 20 Dec 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1434 | Submission Open

Keywords: wildfire; fire ecology; post-fire vegetation recover; post-fire forest regeneration; post-fire landscape resilience; vegetation succession

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

Ecology and Management of Forest Pests—Series II

edited by

Roman Modlinger

and

Anna Jirošová

submission deadline 20 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 200 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest pest management; control methods; disturbance; population dynamics; invasive species; bark beetles; tree diseases; semiochemicals; remote sensing; pheromones; forest health; predisposition

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)

Coastal Forest Dynamics and Coastline Erosion—Series II

edited by

William H. Conner

and

Thomas J. Dean

submission deadline 20 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 101 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal forests; sea level rise; silviculture; ecohydrology; tolerance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Hydrology)

Forests and Cold Temperatures: Understanding and Managing Freezing Stress under Climate Change

edited by

Rongzhou Man

, Benjamin Marquis and Qianqian Ma

submission deadline 21 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 223 | Submission Open

Keywords: spring frost; dehardening; cold hardiness; climate change; forest regeneration; assistant migration; silviculture; freezing damage

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

Non-timber Forest Products: Beyond the Wood

edited by

Giuseppe Sortino

and

Giovanna Sala

submission deadline 22 Dec 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1182 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodiversity conservation; avoiding ecosystem degradation; multipurpose plant; bioeconomy; non-timber products; unconventional species; food security

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

Chain of Dependence: Forest Production, Harvesting, Transport and Properties of Raw Materials Wood and Their Processing and Application in the Wood Industry

edited by

Grzegorz Trzciński

and

Paweł Kozakiewicz

submission deadline 23 Dec 2023 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8103 | Submission Open

Keywords: genetic origin; forest habitat; dendrometric; logs and timber transport; wood supply chain; gross vehicle weight; axle load; biomass transport; wood raw materials; sawmilling; wood properties; forest operation planning and productivity

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

Impacts of Global Change on Forest Litter Decomposition

edited by

Congde Huang

and

Shixing Zhou

submission deadline 23 Dec 2023 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3236 | Submission Open

Keywords: litter decomposition; global change; nitrogen deposition; global warming; CO2 enrichment; precipitation change; phosphorus fertilization; carbon and nutrient cycling; soil decomposers; soil biota mediation; forest ecosystems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Urban Forestry and Sustainable Cities

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submission deadline 25 Dec 2023 | 6 articles | Viewed by 3513 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban biodiversity; urban landscape ecology; urban forest design and planning; urban forest nature-based solutions; urban and peri-urban forests; urban forest governance; urban greening; nature-based solutions; ecosystem services and disservices; citizen science; spatial analysis and geo-information; human health and well-being; green infrastructure

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Forestry)

Tree Water Physiology and Ecology - Xylem Structure and Function

edited by

Jing Cai

,

Han Zhao

and

Steven McNulty

submission deadline 25 Dec 2023 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3312 | Submission Open

Keywords: tree water relations; tree hydraulics; xylem structure; xylem function; global change; whole-plant performance; community assembly; ecosystem function

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Hydrology)

Biogeochemical Cycles in Forests

edited by

Hao Zhang

,

Robert G. Qualls

and Qifeng Mo

submission deadline 25 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 139 | 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)

Editorial Board Members' Collection Series: Advances in Forest Health: Invasive Species, Insects and Diseases

edited by

Benedetto T. Linaldeddu

and

Roberto Faedda

submission deadline 25 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 138 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; emerging forest diseases; pest outbreaks; biological invasions; natural enemies; tree breeding; forest management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)

Effects of Climate Change on Tree-Ring Growth

edited by Xianliang Zhang, Liang Shi,

Yafeng Wang

and

Qiang Li

submission deadline 27 Dec 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 889 | Submission Open

Keywords: tree-ring; dendroecology; stable isotopes; extreme climate events; drought; forest growth; climate changes

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

Forest Diversity, Structure and Functions: Theories, Concepts and Analyses

edited by

Arshad Ali

submission deadline 28 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 349 | Submission Open

Keywords: aboveground biomass; climate; disturbance; functional traits; species diversity; soil; tree size

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Biodiversity)

Wood Chemistry in a Changing Global Environment

edited by

Ana Alves

and José Carlos Carvalho Rodrigues

submission deadline 29 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 135 | Submission Open

Keywords: annual growth rings; biomacromolecules; extreme weather events; drought; wave heat; analytical pyrolysis; extractives; lignin; cellulose; hemicelluloses

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

Wood Inter- and Intra-annual Chemical Variation

edited by José Carlos Carvalho Rodrigues and Ana Alves

submission deadline 29 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 52 | Submission Open

Keywords: annual growth rings; earlywood/latewood; juvenile/mature wood; wood chemistry; analytical pyrolysis; vibrational spectroscopy; extractives; lignin content and composition; cellulose; hemicelluloses

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

Advances in Sound Absorption of the Forest by Product and Wood-Based Materials and Its Application

edited by

Eunsuk Jang

submission deadline 30 Dec 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 781 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural sound-absorbing material; co-friendly sound absorption material; forest by products; wood modification; sound absorption coefficient; pore structure of wood; wood porosity

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

Phylogenetic Relationships and Molecular Evolution of Plants in Forests

edited by

Xupo Ding

, Chunlai Wu and Minjie Deng

submission deadline 30 Dec 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 442 | Submission Open

Keywords: tree plant evolution; plastid genomics; species relationships; ultra-long sequencing of rDNA; molecular evaluate method; molecular marker; mitochondria; phylogenetic

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

Ecological Forestry and Restoration

edited by

Jurij Diaci

,

Christel Kern

and

Hiromi Mizunaga

submission deadline 31 Dec 2023 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8841 | Submission Open

Keywords: uneven-aged forest; mixed species forest; ecological processes; natural structures; biodiversity conservation; closer-to-nature management; nature-based management; gradual conversion; succession control; natural disturbance regime; potential natural vegetation; natural tree regeneration; legacy trees; retention forestry; restoration

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

Landsenses in Green Spaces

edited by

Jiang Liu

,

Xinhao Wang

and

Xin-Chen Hong

submission deadline 31 Dec 2023 | 7 articles | Viewed by 8300 | Submission Open

Keywords: green space; landsenses ecology; multi-sensory interaction; psychological perception; environmental behavior and health; Internet of Things; sustainable development

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Forestry)

Detection and Mitigation of Forest Degradation and Fragmentation

edited by

Xisheng Hu

,

Weibin You

and

Jian Li

submission deadline 31 Dec 2023 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5880 | Submission Open

Keywords: forests; vegetation; deforestation; degradation; fragmentation; connection; resilience; assessment; mitigation; remote sensing and GIS

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

Conservation and Management of Forest Wildlife

edited by

Linas Balčiauskas

submission deadline 31 Dec 2023 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3841 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest wildlife; conservation; management; conflict analysis; wildlife acceptance; influencing factors

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

Advance in Pine Wilt Disease

edited by

Luís Bonifácio

and

Edmundo Sousa

submission deadline 31 Dec 2023 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3158 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)

Plant Adaptation to Extreme Environments in Drylands—Series II

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submission deadline 31 Dec 2023 | 5 articles | Viewed by 2727 | Submission Open

Keywords: arid desert region; structure and function; functional traits; environmental stress; salinization; hydraulic limitation; drought; nutrition restriction

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

Forest Hydrology under Climate Change

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submission deadline 31 Dec 2023 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2212 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecohydrology; water consumption; climate change; tree hydraulics; hydrological model; isotopic hydrology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Hydrology)

Synergies and Trade-Offs between Nature Conservation and Climate Mitigation in European Beech Forests

edited by

Thomas Dirnböck

,

Robert Jandl

and

Hanns Kirchmeir

submission deadline 31 Dec 2023 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1559 | 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)

Forest Fires: Latest Advances and Perspectives

edited by

Gilberto Vaz

,

Jorge R. N. Raposo

and

Michele Salis

submission deadline 31 Dec 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1534 | 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)

Structure Diversity and Productivity of Mixed Forests

edited by

Xiongqing Zhang

, Jinghui Meng and

Henn Korjus

submission deadline 31 Dec 2023 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1357 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest structural diversity; forest growth models; forest productivity; mixed forests; uneven-aged forests; stand structural indices; forest assessment

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

Indicators and Baselines of Afforestation and Reforestation

edited by

Guoqing Li

,

Zhongming Wen

and

Changcheng Liu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1300 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest restoration; vegetation mapping; community structure and function; tree species selection; priority area for afforestation; climate adaptation management; afforestation regionalization; indicators and baseline

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

Trends in the Production, Management and Reuse of Forest Resources: New Uses, New Applications, and Innovation throughout the Entire Production Chain

edited by

Francisco Manuel Parejo-Moruno

,

José Francisco Rangel Preciado

,

Antonio Miguel Linares Luján

and

José Álvarez-García

submission deadline 31 Dec 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 968 | 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)

Sustainable Materials in the Forest Products Industry

edited by

Zeki Candan

and

Mehmet Hakki Alma

submission deadline 31 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 377 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable materials; green materials; composites; biomaterials; biocomposites; forest products industry; wood-based materials; furniture; pulp and paper science; nanoscience and nanotechnology; renewable energy; biomass energy; lignocellulosic materials; bioadhesives; carbon footprint

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

Utilization of Forest Products for Sustainable Growth

edited by

Jegatheswaran Ratnasingam

submission deadline 31 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 175 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon footprint; LCA; forest products; green building; market; optimum design; SDGs

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

Genetic Adaptations and Morphological Variation of Forest Tree

edited by

Hanna Fuchs

and

Witold Wachowiak

submission deadline 31 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 151 | Submission Open

Keywords: genetic diversity; genetics; genomics; genetic adaptations; epigenetics; transcriptomics; proteomics; phenotypic evolution; phenotypic variation

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

Ecology of Soil Microorganisms in Forests under Climate Change: Monitoring Plant and Soil Response and Adaptation

edited by

Hui Wang

,

Tianlin Shen

and

Peiming Zheng

submission deadline 31 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 137 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil microorganisms; soil process; plant community; plant– soil feedbacks; climate change

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