Forests

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 938 | 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 375 | 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 136 | 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)

Genomics and High-Throughput Phenotyping to Characterize Forest Genetic Resources for Conservation and Breeding

edited by

Evi Alizoti

and Darius Kavaliauskas

submission deadline 31 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 90 | Submission Open

Keywords: genomics; phenotyping; forest genetic resources (FGR); FGR conservation; forest tree breeding

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

Endangered Epiphytic Lichen Specialists in Forest Ecosystems

edited by Josef P. Halda

submission deadline 31 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 82 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodiversity; lichenized fungi; forest management; epiphytic lichens; succession

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

The Role of Spatial Analysis in Planning Multi-Functional Forest Roads and Transport Routes

edited by Kruno Lepoglavec, Hrvoje Nevečerel and

Anton Poje

submission deadline 31 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 67 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest roads and transport routes; multi-functional use of forest roads; forest resource management; spatial analysis and modeling; sustainable planning and design; forest biodiversity conservation; wildfire protection infrastructure

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

Forest Insect Pests in Response to Global Climate Change

edited by Carlos Frankl Sperber and Fernanda M.P. Oliveira

submission deadline 31 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 54 | Submission Open

Keywords: outbreak risks; complex interactions; direct and indirect effects; forest management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Biodiversity)

Tree Growth and Silviculture

edited by

Edgaras Linkevičius

,

Daiva Tiškutė-Memgaudienė

and

Szymon Bijak

submission deadline 1 Jan 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1262 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; mixtures; pure stands; fast-growing trees; silviculture; productivity; carbon sequestration; growth and yield modeling

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

Quality and Safety of Forest Products

edited by

Yihua Liu

and

Xiao Liang

submission deadline 8 Jan 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1198 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest products; pollutants analysis; nutrients analysis; food safety; food quality; breeding effect; pest and disease control; post-harvest treatment; pre-harvest treatment

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

Forest 4.0: Advancements and Challenges in Digital Technologies for Sustainable Forest Management

edited by

Robertas Damaševičius

,

Gintautas Mozgeris

and

Rytis Maskeliunas

submission deadline 9 Jan 2024 | Viewed by 255 | Submission Open

Keywords: Forest 4.0; digital technologies; sustainable forest management; artificial intelligence; Internet of Things (IoT); blockchain; big data analytics; precision forestry; climate change mitigation; forest conservation

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

GIS and Satellite Image Technology in Forest and Urban Forest Detection and Monitoring

edited by

Michaela De Giglio

and

Maurizio Barbarella

submission deadline 10 Jan 2024 | Viewed by 156 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest detection; urban and periurban forest detection; remote sensing; earth observation; GIS; ecosystem services; monitoring; forest management

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

Development and Utilization of High-Value Products from Woody Biomass

edited by

Gloria Oporto

submission deadline 11 Jan 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2188 | 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)

The Relationship between Forest Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function

edited by

Shuai Ouyang

and

Pifeng Lei

submission deadline 15 Jan 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 8017 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationship; functional diversity; forest structure; tree species identity; ecosystem multifunctionality; soil microbes; forest ecosystems; biodiversity research; environmental conditions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Biodiversity)

Carbon, Water and Energy Fluxes in Forest Ecosystems

edited by

Andrej Varlagin

and

Julia Kurbatova

submission deadline 15 Jan 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 668 | 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 Ecology and Management)

Genetic Adaptation of Agroforestry to Climate Change: Diversity, Development and Function

edited by

Jichen Xu

submission deadline 15 Jan 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 397 | Submission Open

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

Applied Chemical Ecology of Forest Insects

edited by

Qing-He Zhang

and

Jeremy Dean Allison

submission deadline 22 Jan 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 9400 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest insectsinsect– tree interactionchemical communicationsemiochemicalpheromonekairomoneattractantrepellenttrappest control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)

Greenhouse Gas Dynamics and Balance in Forest-Peatland Ecosystem

edited by

Evgeniya A. Golovatskaya

and

Egor A. Dyukarev

submission deadline 22 Jan 2024 | Viewed by 110 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon balance; greenhouse gases; carbon stores; forests; peatlands; climate change; CO2 and CH4 emission; carbon deposition

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

Spatio-Temporal Monitoring of Forest Fires and Vegetation

edited by

Luis A. Ruiz

and

Pablo Crespo-Peremarch

submission deadline 23 Jan 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2413 | 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)

Data Acquisition, Methods and Techniques Applied in Sustainable Forest Management and Hazard Mapping

edited by

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submission deadline 24 Jan 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6936 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest surveying methods; sustainable forest management; forest cadastre; forest management planning; dendrometry; monitoring and mapping; GIS and remote sensing; data integration; natural hazards; hazard and risk assessment; susceptibility and hazard mapping

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

Implications of Forest Biodiversity Conservation in a Changing World

edited by

Ernesto I. Badano

submission deadline 24 Jan 2024 | Viewed by 160 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; land use change; biological invasions; landscape fragmentation; public policies; forest restoration; biological conservation; ecosystem functioning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Biodiversity)

Forest Health: Forest Insect Population Dynamics

edited by Celia K. Boone and

Katherine P. Bleiker

submission deadline 25 Jan 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 6462 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest insect population dynamics; density dependence/independence; life tables; population growth models; population regulation (bottom-up/top-down); outbreak cycles; species interactions; climate change; forest pest management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)

Impacts of Forest Management Practices on Carbon Sequestration and Greenhouse Gas Exchange

edited by Yixiang Wang,

Zhibin Sun

and

Sean Thomas

submission deadline 25 Jan 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 979 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon stock and sequestration; climate change; forest management; carbon cycling; forest soil

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

Forest Growth Modeling in Different Ecological Conditions

edited by

María Menéndez-Miguélez

,

Admir Avdagic

and

Francesca Giannetti

submission deadline 25 Jan 2024 | Viewed by 270 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; forest growth; yield models; carbon sequestration; biodiversity; ecosystem services; regeneration; mixed stands; pure stands; mortality; forest management

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

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 26 Jan 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1031 | 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)

Patterns and Biotic Drivers of Tree Mortality in Diverse Forests in the Anthropocene

edited by

Kateryna Davydenko

submission deadline 30 Jan 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1708 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest disturbance; forest dynamics; tree pest; forest health; forest biodiversity; tree pathogens; climate change; forest management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)

Interactions of Plants, Soil Nutrients, and Microorganisms in the Karst Forest Ecosystems

edited by Dan Xiao,

Jie Zhao

, Wei Zhang, Hanqing Wu and Peilei Hu

submission deadline 30 Jan 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1199 | Submission Open

Keywords: nutrient cycling; vegetation recovery; land-use change; climate warming; microbial biodiversity; soil carbon; soil nitrogen; plant‒soil nutrient interactions; bedrock geochemistry; karst ecosystem

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

Organic Fertilization and Sustainable Soil Management Practices in Trees

edited by

Victor Kavvadias

submission deadline 30 Jan 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 413 | Submission Open

Keywords: organic fertilization; soil quality; soil management techniques; soil conservation practices

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Responses of Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics and GHG Fluxes in Forest Ecosystems to Climate Change and Human Activity

edited by

Xingkai Xu

submission deadline 31 Jan 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 8210 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; dissolved organic matter; forest ecosystem; forest management; human activity; methane flux; nitrous oxide flux; soil carbon and nitrogen dynamic; soil respiration and its components

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

Forest Tree Diseases Genomics: Growing Resources and Applications

edited by

Tingting Dai

, Jiajia Chen and

Simon Francis Shamoun

submission deadline 31 Jan 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1677 | Submission Open

Keywords: detection; fungi and oomycetes; phylogeny; taxonomy; whole genome sequencing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)

Biotic and Abiotic Controls on Crown Function, Morphology, and Dynamics

edited by

Thomas J. Dean

submission deadline 31 Jan 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1515 | Submission Open

Keywords: ideotype; leaf area; branching; live– crown ratio; shade tolerance; light attenuation; remote sensing; herbivory

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

Advances in Forest Growth and Site Productivity Modeling—Series II

edited by

Ram P. Sharma

and

Xiangdong Lei

submission deadline 31 Jan 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1309 | 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)

Remote Sensing Application for Mapping and Monitoring Forest Ecosystems

edited by

Giovanni D'Amico

,

Walter Mattioli

and

Gherardo Chirici

submission deadline 31 Jan 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1067 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest inventory; forest mapping; biodiversity; forest disturbance; sustainable forest management; remote sensing; machine learning; climate change; satellite; lidar

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

Applications of Laser Scanning and Satellite Images in Forest Mensuration—Series II

edited by

Chinsu Lin

and

Wenzhi Liao

submission deadline 31 Jan 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 645 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; information extraction; forest mapping; forest evaluation; stand structure; forest monitoring; MRV processes; forest sustainability; climate change

(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

Simona Altieri

and Francesco Niccoli

submission deadline 31 Jan 2024 | Viewed by 253 | 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 Characterization Assisted by Remote Sensing Technologies

edited by

Diogo Nepomuceno Cosenza

,

Juan Guerra Hernandez

and Bruna Paolinelli Reis

submission deadline 31 Jan 2024 | Viewed by 133 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest mensuration; forest monitoring; forest inventory; laser scanner; radar; photogrammetry; uncertainty; digital forests

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

Advances in Wood- and Bamboo-Based Materials: Modification and Assessment

edited by

Changhua Fang

and

Meiling Chen

submission deadline 31 Jan 2024 | Viewed by 98 | Submission Open

Keywords: wood and wood-based materials; bamboo and bamboo-based materials; modification; assessment; characterization

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

Life Cycle and Service Life Assessment of Wood in the Built Environment

edited by

Jonas Niklewski

and Roja Modaresi

submission deadline 31 Jan 2024 | Viewed by 73 | Submission Open

Keywords: life-cycle costing (LCC); life-cycle analysis (LCA); service life; maintenance; fungal decay; case study

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

Strategies for Tree Improvement under Stress Conditions — 2nd Edition

edited by

Jie Luo

and

Wentao Hu

submission deadline 31 Jan 2024 | Viewed by 70 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest tree; bioinformation; gene expression; cultivation strategy; transgenic technology; beneficial microorganism; stress

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

Cryosphere Information Engraved in Tree Rings

edited by Haifeng Zhu

submission deadline 31 Jan 2024 | Viewed by 63 | Submission Open

Keywords: tree rings; glacier retreat; snow cover; permafrost; avalanche; vegetation succession; mechanisms; multi-circles interaction; numerical modeling; remote sensing

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

Managing Indoor Wood Biodeterioration

edited by

Anna Maria Vettraino

and

Luisa Ghelardini

submission deadline 2 Feb 2024 | Viewed by 158 | Submission Open

Keywords: wood decay; biodeterioration; biodegradation of heritage objects; preservation of wood in indoor environments; wood protection in indoor environments; wood-damaging agents in indoor environments

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

Fungal Dynamics and Diversity in Forests

edited by

Douglas Godbold

and Burenjargal Otgonsuren

submission deadline 5 Feb 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1977 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Biodiversity)

Natural and Anthropogenic Disturbances as Drivers of Forest Ecosystem Change

edited by

Slobodan Milanović

,

Jelena Lazarević

and

Tomasz Oszako

submission deadline 10 Feb 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1137 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest ecosystem; natural disturbance; anthropogenic disturbance; fire; drought; logging; entomology; forest conservation; insect– host relationships; pathogen– disease interactions; resilience

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

Mathematical Modeling of Forest Fire Initiation and Spread

edited by

Valeriy Perminov

,

Denis Kasymov

and

Egor Loboda

submission deadline 10 Feb 2024 | Viewed by 243 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest fire; wildfire; mathematical modeling; pyrolysis; fire spread; crown fire; surface fire; convection; radiation; combustion; turbulence

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

Advances in Woody Oil Species: Past, Present and Future

edited by

Wenbin Guan

and

Yousry A. El-Kassaby

submission deadline 15 Feb 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 7550 | Submission Open

Keywords: woody oil species; natural products; forest product markets; extraction process; analytical methods; carbon; econometrics; forest economics

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

Wood Technology Standardization and Wood Products

edited by

Ioannis A. Barboutis

and

Vasiliki Kamperidou

submission deadline 15 Feb 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3819 | Submission Open

Keywords: certification; composites; norm; panels; standard; standardization; wood; wood based products; wood adhesives; forest product; timber; quality; wood properties; wood structures; furniture; safety

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

Measurement and Application of Computed Tomography Technology in Wood

edited by

Jorge Martinez Garcia

and

Jörg Stelzner

submission deadline 15 Feb 2024 | Viewed by 212 | Submission Open

Keywords: computed tomography; archaeological wood; conservation; non-destructive analysis; image processing; dendrochronology; wood anatomy

(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 Feb 2024 | Viewed by 123 | Submission Open

Keywords: afforestation; hydrology; soil health; carbon sequestration; water use; agroecosystems

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

Deep Learning Techniques for Forests Parameter Retrieval and Accurate Tree Modeling from Remote Sensing Data—Volume Ⅱ

edited by

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submission deadline 20 Feb 2024 | Viewed by 105 | Submission Open

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

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

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