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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Silviculture and Management Strategy in Coniferous Forests
edited by and Jungkee Choi
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2286 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificially regenerated coniferous forests; naturally regenerated coniferous forests; silvicultural treatments; growth and yield models; stand density management; regeneration; forest carbon; climate change
(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 submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1815 | 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)
Innovations in Forest Fire Detection and Monitoring: Integrating GISs, Remote Sensing, and AI
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1790 | Submission Open
Keywords: GIS and remote sensing; forest surveying methods; wildfires/forest fires; big data analytics and artificial intelligence; machine/deep learning; data integration and fusion analysis; monitoring and prediction; susceptibility and risk mapping
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Inventory, Modeling and Remote Sensing)
Addressing Forest Ergonomics Issues: Laborers and Working Conditions submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1605 | Submission Open
Keywords: forestry; laborers; work humanization; working condition; biomechanical workloads; neuroergonomics; new technologies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Operations and Engineering)
Coastal Forest Dynamics and Coastline Erosion—Series II submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1580 | Submission Open
Keywords: coastal forests; sea level rise; silviculture; ecohydrology; tolerance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Hydrology)
Latest Progress in Research on Forest Tree Genomics
edited by Meng Li, Hao Chen and Ting Wang
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1486 | Submission Open
Keywords: tree; genomics; wood formation; transcriptome; forest ecology; genetic diversity of tree species; molecular markers of tree species
(This special issue belongs to the Section Genetics and Molecular Biology)
UAV Application in Forestry
edited by , Jie Shao and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1169 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest ecosystem; forest inventory; UAV remote sensing; physical-based modelling; machine learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Inventory, Modeling and Remote Sensing)
Construction and Maintenance of Desert Forest Plantation
edited by Yajuan Zhu, Yulin Li, , Lin Zhu, Haiyang Xi and Hai Zhou
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 964 | Submission Open
Keywords: desert plantation; ecohydrology; oasis security; sand dune fixation; vegetation restoration
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)
Airborne and Terrestrial Laser Scanning in Forests
edited by , Zhouxin Xi, and Shangshu Cai
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 885 | Submission Open
Keywords: airborne and terrestrial laser scanning; forest parameter estimation; individual tree detection and delineation; point cloud data processing; data fusing; radiative transfer models; machine learning; deep learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Inventory, Modeling and Remote Sensing)
Forest/Urban Forest Systems under Climate Change: Carbon Dynamics, Ecological Functions, and Sustainable Management
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 818 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest ecosystem; ecosystem services; sustainable forest management; climate change; green policies; multi-source remote sensing; artificial intelligence; carbon dynamic; carbon allocation; carbon transport; carbon storage; carbon sinks; GIS
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Meteorology and Climate Change)
Observation and Research on Ecological Restoration of Degraded Forests submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 419 | Submission Open
Keywords: degraded forest; ecological forest restoration; observation technology; plant– soil feedback; sustainable forestry; silvicultural measures; optimization of forest structure and function
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)
Wildlife Ecology and Conservation in Forest Habitats submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 199 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest management and restoration; impact of forests on the conservation of organisms; number and density of forest animals; wildlife conservation; adaptations of organisms; human influence on wildlife
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)
Mathematical Modeling in Wood Processing
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 199 | Submission Open
Keywords: mathematical model; optimisation; simulation; prediction; efficiency; improvement
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wood Science and Forest Products)
Forest Physiological Traits Research: Trace Gases Emissions submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 192 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest ecosystem; gas exchange; climate change; forest– atmosphere interactions; air chemistry; trace gases
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecophysiology and Biology)
Forest Growth and Yield under Environmental Changes
edited by , Thomas B. Lynch and Sheng-I Yang
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 143 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest growth and yield; growth models; height growth; mortality; biomass and carbon; site productivity; climate change and drought; environment impact; soil and fire; dendrochronology; wind; hurricane or ice storm impacts on growth
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)
Quaternary Forest Dynamics in Monsoon Asia
edited by Caiming Shen and Deke Xu
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 104 | Submission Open
Keywords: pollen analysis; phytolith analysis; plant macrofossil; stomata; charcoal; forest dynamics; paleoenvironment records; paleoecological reconstructions; Quaternary; Asia
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)
Response of Tree Rings to Climate Change and Climate Extremes submission deadline 5 Jul 2024 | 13 articles | Viewed by 14888 | 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)
Impacts of Climate Change on Forest by Using Growth Modeling
edited by , and Rongjia Wang
submission deadline 5 Jul 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5149 | 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)
Stress Resistance of Rubber Trees: From Genetics to Ecosystem submission deadline 8 Jul 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7133 | 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)
Forest Fires: Latest Advances and Perspectives submission deadline 13 Jul 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4070 | 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)
Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Forestry
edited by and
submission deadline 15 Jul 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 12849 | 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)
Carbon, Water and Energy Fluxes in Forest Ecosystems submission deadline 15 Jul 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4140 | Submission Open
Keywords: carbon fluxes; water fluxes; energy fluxes; eddy covariance; climate change; land cover change; climate change; primary forests
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Meteorology and Climate Change)
Physical and Mechanical Properties of Wood- and Bamboo-Based Materials
edited by Xuehua Wang and Yan Wu
submission deadline 15 Jul 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1463 | Submission Open
Keywords: wood- and bamboo-based materials; physical and mechanical properties; modification and application; microstructure
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wood Science and Forest Products)
Impact of Afforestation on Soil and Hydrology in Agroecosystems
edited by Makki Khorchani, Rhae Drijber and Anastasios Mazis
submission deadline 15 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1052 | Submission Open
Keywords: afforestation; hydrology; soil health; carbon sequestration; water use; agroecosystems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)
Synergies and Trade-Offs between Nature Conservation and Climate Mitigation in European Beech Forests submission deadline 19 Jul 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3749 | 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)
Wildfire Monitoring and Risk Management in Forests submission deadline 25 Jul 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5056 | Submission Open
Keywords: wildfire mitigation strategy; wildfire risk; firefighting; fire index; wildfire prediction models; fire activity; fire behavior; fire management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Hazards and Risk Management)
Fungal Dynamics and Diversity in Forests
edited by and Burenjargal Otgonsuren
submission deadline 25 Jul 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4225 | Submission Open
Keywords: forests; saprotrophic fungi; mycorrhizal fungi; pathogenic fungi; ecosystem function
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Biodiversity)
Forest Restoration and Secondary Succession—Series II
edited by
submission deadline 25 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1916 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest restoration approaches; indicators of restoration success; cost of restoration; succession trajectories; ecosystem services accrued from forest restoration; carbon sequestration and forest restoration; policy and governance related to forest restoration; secondary succession in logged over areas
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)
How Natural and Anthropogenic Disturbances Affect Plant Communities in Actively Managed Temperate Forests
edited by Shaik M. Hossain and Matthew G. Olson
submission deadline 25 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 181 | Submission Open
Keywords: natural disturbances; anthropogenic disturbances; plant communities; stand structure and composition; forest restoration and conservation; forest resilience and stability; sustainable forest management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)
Plant-Insect Interactions in Forests submission deadline 25 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 133 | Submission Open
Keywords: phytophagous insects; insect– plant relationships; defence mechanisms of woody plants; stability of forest ecosystems; tree– phytophagous– antagonist trophic chains; phytophagous outbreaks
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)
Geospatial Monitoring of Urban Green Space submission deadline 29 Jul 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8405 | Submission Open
Keywords: urban green spaces; remote sensing; deep learning; classification; geospatial techniques; monitoring; green infrastructure; SAR-based features; optical-based features
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Forestry)
New Development of Smart Forestry: Machine and Automation submission deadline 30 Jul 2024 | 11 articles | Viewed by 11125 | 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)
New Tools for Forest Science
edited by , Gileno Brito De Azevedo and
submission deadline 30 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 809 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest breeding; forest measurement; forest inventory; forest growth and production; machine learning; data analysis; forestry; remote sensing; wood quality; forest protection
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Inventory, Modeling and Remote Sensing)
Hydrological Functions and Hydrological Modeling in Forested Watershed submission deadline 30 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 538 | Submission Open
Keywords: infiltration; interception; runoff; concentration time; water budget; surface– subsurface water interaction; hydrological modeling; vegetation hydraulics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Hydrology)
Forest Pests and Pathogens—The Need for a Global Strategy
edited by Matteo Bracalini and
submission deadline 30 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 139 | Submission Open
Keywords: invasive species; global change; emerging diseases; secondary pests and pathogens; integrated pest management; forest epidemics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)
Conversion of Forest to Other Land Uses: Consequences in Greenhouse Gas Fluxes
edited by Shih-Chieh Chang
submission deadline 30 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 58 | Submission Open
Keywords: land use change; forests; greenhouse gas flux; carbon flux
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Meteorology and Climate Change)
Trees and Their Benefits: Social, Ecological & Economic Considerations
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 13935 | 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)
Modeling and Remote Sensing of Forests Ecosystem
edited by , and Xin Xiong
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 10 articles | Viewed by 12793 | Submission Open
Keywords: remote sensing; modeling; forest ecosystem; aboveground biomass; forest mapping; forest management; land use/cover change; climate change
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Inventory, Modeling and Remote Sensing)
Integrated Measurements for Precision Forestry submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 6456 | 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)
Fungal Biodiversity, Systematics, and Evolution submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5870 | Submission Open
Keywords: mushrooms; biotechnology; fungal taxonomy; fungal phylogeny; fungal ecology; secondary metabolites of fungi; biological activities of fungi; artificial cultivation of fungi; ectomycorrhizal fungi
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Biodiversity)
Advances in Tree Physiology and Ecology under Drought Stress submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5102 | Submission Open
Keywords: tree ecophysiology; water use efficiency; climate change; forest ecosystems; plant water relationships; drought stress; forest dieback
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecophysiology and Biology)
Water Cycle and Energy Balance Measurements in Forests submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3779 | Submission Open
Keywords: rainfall partitioning; evapotranspiration; energy budget; eddy covariance; tree hydraulics; forest drought responses; soil hydrology; forest runoff; catchment hydrology; forest management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecophysiology and Biology)
Indicators and Baselines of Afforestation and Reforestation submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3383 | 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)
Forest Tree Genetics and Breeding in Response to Different Threats
edited by , , and Hanzeng Wang
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2652 | Submission Open
Keywords: trees; genetics and breeding; heat stress; cold stress; salt stress; metal stress; abiotic and biotic stresses; environmental adaptation; gene regulation; genetic engineering
(This special issue belongs to the Section Genetics and Molecular Biology)
Study of Forest Landscape Development Based on Geospatial Technologies
edited by , and Yihang Zhang
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2576 | Submission Open
Keywords: geospatial technologies; remote sensing; machine learning; forests; forest management; forest disturbance; forest dynamics; forest inventory
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Inventory, Modeling and Remote Sensing)
Water Use Efficiency and Hydraulic Traits of Forest Trees in Changing Environment
edited by and Francesco Niccoli
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2150 | Submission Open
Keywords: forests; water-use efficiency; hydraulic traits; climate change; tree adaptations; forest management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Hydrology)
Forest Ecology and Resource Monitoring Based on Sensors, Signal and Image Processing
edited by Yili Zheng, Xinwen Yu, , Yue Zhao, Guang Deng and
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1871 | Submission Open
Keywords: sensors; remote sensing; LiDAR; artificial intelligence; machine learning; IoT (internet of things); ecology monitoring; resource monitoring; carbon sequestration monitoring; wildlife and plant monitoring
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Inventory, Modeling and Remote Sensing)
Forest Biometrics, Inventory, and Modelling of Growth and Yield
edited by Antonio Carlos Ferraz Filho, Emanuel José Gomes De Araújo and
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1460 | Submission Open
Keywords: mensuration; growth dynamics; forest management; forest inventory; data collection; remote sensing; silviculture; statistical methods; resource assessment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Inventory, Modeling and Remote Sensing)
Production in Forest Nurseries, Field Performance of Seedlings and Natural Regeneration in the Context of Climate Change submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 922 | 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)
Aboveground and Belowground Interaction and Forest Carbon Cycling—Volume II
edited by , and Tao Wang
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 834 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest ecosystem; aboveground biomass; belowground biomass; root biomass; forest productivity; biomass turnover; litter production; litter decomposition; carbon cycling; forest management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)
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