Forests

Urban Green Spaces, Human Health and Happiness

edited by

Paloma Cariñanos

and María del Mar Ramos Lorente

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 877 | Submission Open

Keywords: quality of life; urban green spaces; happiness; living environment; social capital; health; inequality

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Forestry)

Effect of Mangrove Ecosystems on Coastal Ecology and Climate Change

edited by Yuhan Zheng,

Junyu He

and

Qutu Jiang

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 309 | Submission Open

Keywords: mangrove conservation; ecological value; blue carbon; remote sensing; sustainable development; spatiotemporal modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Hydrology)

Remote Sensing of Forest Land-Cover Change and Microclimate Conditions

edited by

Carlos José Novillo Camacho

, Silvia Merino De Miguel and Adrián García Bruzón

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 303 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest remote sensing; land cover-change; monitoring of climate conditions; GIS; satellite imagery

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

Adaptive Mechanisms of Tree Seedlings to Adapt to Stress—Second Edition

edited by

Bo Liu

,

Shaofei Jin

, Mulualem Tigabu and

Jing Zhou

submission deadline 15 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 76 | Submission Open

Keywords: adaptation; regeneration; seedlings; forest growth; climate change

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

Wood Anatomy and Evaluation of Wood Structures and Their Modifications—2nd Edition

edited by

Veronica De Micco

,

Maks Merela

and

Angela Balzano

submission deadline 15 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 47 | Submission Open

Keywords: wood anatomy; false rings; frost rings; functional anatomical traits; quantitative wood anatomy; juvenile wood; reaction wood; vessels inclusions; wound wood; scar tissue; compartmentalization

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

Recent Scientific Developments in Forest Pathology

edited by

Deividas Valiunas

submission deadline 20 Nov 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 379 | Submission Open

Keywords: identification of forest plant diseases and causing microbes; phylogenetic analysis of forest pathogens; plant microbiome and microbiota; forest trees; shrubs and fruit plants; forest medicine; herbal plants; insect vectors; biocontrol and disease management; climate change and diseases

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)

Trends and Challenges for Management in Wood Based Sector in the Digital Age

edited by

Jože Kropivšek

, Darko Motik and

Branko Glavonjic

submission deadline 20 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 89 | Submission Open

Keywords: wood industry; management; digitalization; digital competences; green economy; sustainable management; forest-wood value chain; wood products; trade

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

Impacts of Climate Extremes on Forests

edited by

Álvaro Rubio-Cuadrado

and

Jesús Julio Camarero

submission deadline 25 Nov 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1146 | Submission Open

Keywords: resistance; resilience; tree growth; radial growth; forest dynamics; drought; spring frost; late frost

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

Improving the Service Life of Wood: Durability and Preservation

edited by

Grant Kirker

submission deadline 25 Nov 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1017 | Submission Open

Keywords: wood protection; wood durability; carbon sequestration; life cycle assessment; end-of-life disposal; sustainable forest management

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

Forest Stand and Biomass Management

edited by

Marcos Vinicius Winckler Caldeira

submission deadline 25 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 78 | Submission Open

Keywords: nutrient cycling; carbon stock; root biomass; harvest residues; productivity

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

Biodiversity in Forests: Management, Monitoring for Conservation

edited by

Víctor Rincón

,

Javier Velázquez Saornil

and

Derya Gulcin

submission deadline 25 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 74 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodiversity; ecosystem services; forest fires; regeneration; forest management; climate change; conservation; connectivity; land use

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Biodiversity)

Monitoring and Control of Forest Pests

edited by

Marek Sławski

,

Alvaro Fuentealba

and

Teresa Vasconcelos

submission deadline 25 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 48 | Submission Open

Keywords: integrated pest management; biological control; chemical control; pheromones; bark beetle; defoliating insects; predicting outbreaks; non-native pests; resilience; climate change.

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)

Forest Soil Physical, Chemical, and Biological Properties

edited by

Milton Cesar Costa Campos

, Bruno Campos Mantovanelli and

Flavio Pereira de Oliveira

submission deadline 28 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 58 | Submission Open

Keywords: physical attributes of forest soils; chemical attributes of forest soils; biological attributes of forest soils; forest soil management; tropical forest land uses; carbon in forest soils; nutrient input in forest soils

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

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 29 Nov 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4287 | 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)

Planted Forests: A Path towards Sustainable Development

edited by Jesús Fernández-Moya

submission deadline 29 Nov 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1596 | Submission Open

Keywords: planted forests; forest plantations; timber production; wood; non-timber products; ecosystem services; agroforestry; afforestation; reforestation

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

Growth Models for Forest Stand Development Dynamics

edited by

Benedicto Vargas-Larreta

,

José Javier Corral-Rivas

and

Jorge Omar López-Martínez

submission deadline 29 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 42 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest growth model; stand dynamic research; ecological modeling; sustainable forestry; climate change impacts on forests; remote sensing in forest dynamics; machine learning algorithm; sustainable forest management practices

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

Urban Green Infrastructure and Urban Landscape Ecology

edited by

Chunlin Li

, Tiemao Shi,

Tangao Hu

and

Zhibin Ren

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3415 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban greening; nature-based solutions; urban landscape ecology; ecosystem services; urban forest management; urban planning; landscape architecture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Forestry)

The Sustainable Use of Forests in Tourism and Recreation

edited by

Bogusława Baran-Zgłobicka

and

Wojciech Zgłobicki

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1192 | Submission Open

Keywords: spatial planning; ecosystem services; conservation forests; recreation and leisure; forest plant communities; spatial forest management; active tourism

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Forestry)

Forests Soil Pollution and Advanced Technologies for Remediating Polluted Soils

edited by

Oleg S. Sutormin

and

Valentina À. Kratasyuk

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 230 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil contamination; bioaccumulation; biological toxicity; risk assessment; xenobiotics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Science, Society and Innovation Nexus in Forestry: Pathways to Global Sustainability

edited by

Giorgos Mallinis

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 134 | 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

Xiaoping Zhang

and Zhanchao Cheng

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 120 | 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)

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 80 | 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 and Urban Tree Pathology and Entomology: Diagnosis, Biology, Ecology and Control

edited by

Milica Zlatkovic

,

Roman Modlinger

and

Jovan Dobrosavljević

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 75 | 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)

The Relationship between Biomass Growth and Tree Size

edited by Jens Schröder

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 62 | 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)

Classification of Forest Tree Species Using Remote Sensing Technologies: Latest Advances and Improvements

edited by Udayalakshmi Vepakomma and

Costas Armenakis

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 36 | 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)

Wood Durability and Protection

edited by Gerald Presley,

Grant Kirker

, Beth Stokes,

Lili Cai

and

Katie M. Ohno

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 25 | 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)

Forest Inventory and Forest Carbon Assessments with Remote Sensing Technologies

edited by

Giovanni D'Amico

,

Elia Vangi

and Davide Travaglini

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 9 | 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)

Vitality of Forest Ecosystems through Genetic, Epigenetic, Physiology and Biodiversity Exploitation

edited by

Evangelia V. Avramidou

,

Evangelia Korakaki

and

Alexandra D. Solomou

submission deadline 9 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1150 | 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

Rastislav Jakuš

submission deadline 10 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1129 | 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 96 | 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

edited by

Marian Rybanský

and

Tomáš Mikita

submission deadline 11 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 103 | 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

Nicola Macchioni

,

Elisa Pecoraro

, Paola Mazzanti, Lorenzo Riparbelli and Dawa Shen

submission deadline 14 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 125 | 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

edited by

Giulio Sperandio

,

Andrea Acampora

and

Vincenzo Civitarese

submission deadline 15 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2103 | 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

edited by

Bahman Jabbarian Amiri

submission deadline 15 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 138 | 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 38 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon; nitrogen; phosphorus; forest; soil; stoichiometry; storage

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Distribution Dynamics of Nutrients and Trace Elements in Forest Soil

edited by

Michael Englisch

submission deadline 18 Dec 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4729 | 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

Hao Zhang

,

Robert G. Qualls

and Qifeng Mo

submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 977 | 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

Xiong Fang

, Yuzhe Wang,

Xingkai Xu

and

Xiankai Lu

submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 381 | 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

Nikolay Neykov

, Mariana Sedliačiková and

Petar Antov

submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 347 | 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

edited by

Pablito Marcelo López-Serrano

,

Daniel J. Vega-Nieva

and

José Javier Corral-Rivas

submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 207 | 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

Eva Mračková

, Martin Lieskovský,

Ján Kizek

and

Martin Kučerka

submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 154 | 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

Kristijan Tomljanović

and Hubert Potočnik

submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 52 | 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

Cuihua Gu

and

Fan Yang

submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 49 | 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

Qiwu Sun

,

Lingyu Hou

and

Suyan Li

submission deadline 24 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 12 | 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

Won Sop Shin

submission deadline 30 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3077 | 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,

Yang Yang

,

Tongchuan Li

and Yuanjun Zhu

submission deadline 30 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 337 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; human activities; forest ecosystem; soil carbon cycle; global warming

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Insect Taxonomy and Distribution in Forests

edited by

Bonk Kyu Byun

submission deadline 30 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 212 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest insect; taxonomy; distribution; phylogeny; biodiversity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)

Advances in Forest Cover Change and Its Ecological and Environmental Effects—Series II

edited by

Wei Shui

and

Junyu Qi

submission deadline 30 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 78 | 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)

Advances in the Cultivation, Protection and High-Value Utilization of Forest Resources

edited by

Cheng Li

,

Sabrina Palanti

, Liping Yu and Lifen Li

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4657 | 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

Rafael Coll Delgado

and Rafael De Ávila Rodrigues

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2200 | 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)

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