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Trees and Their Benefits: Social, Ecological & Economic Considerations

edited by

Richard W. Harper

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 18528

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

Jianping Wu

Zhongbing Chang

and Xin Xiong

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 11 articles | Viewed by 17119

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)

Fungal Biodiversity, Systematics, and Evolution

edited by

Nian-Kai Zeng

Li-Ping Tang

and

Dong-Qin Dai

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7985

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

edited by

Ning Du

Janusz Zwiazek

and

Wen-Qing Zhang

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6752

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)

Study of Forest Landscape Development Based on Geospatial Technologies

edited by

Leiguang Wang

Guanglong Ou

and Yihang Zhang

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 6429

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)

Indicators and Baselines of Afforestation and Reforestation

edited by

Guoqing Li

Zhongming Wen

and

Changcheng Liu

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5700

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)

Water Cycle and Energy Balance Measurements in Forests

edited by

and

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5016

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)

Forest Tree Genetics and Breeding in Response to Different Threats

edited by

Jingli Yang

Haizhen Zhang

Shicheng Zhao

and Hanzeng Wang

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3904

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)

Aboveground and Belowground Interaction and Forest Carbon Cycling—2nd Edition

edited by

Xiaokang Hu

Jiangling Zhu

and Tao Wang

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3624

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)

Sustainable Forest Operations Planning and Management

edited by

Vasile Rǎzvan Câmpu

Jiří Dvořák

and Rudolf Alexandru Derczeni

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2836

Keywords: sustainable harvesting; forest operations; environmental impacts; mechanization; time and productivity studies; labor safety and health; wood debris; timber losses

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

Fungal Diversity in Forests

edited by Bernardo Ernesto Lechner,

Izabela Kałucka

and Viktor Papp

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2242

Keywords: fungal diversity; fugal taxonomy; fungal biology; forests; biodiversity

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

Composites from Recycled and Modified Woods—Technology, Properties, Application—2nd Edition

edited by

Ján Iždinský

and

Ladislav Reinprecht

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1205

Keywords: wood composites; particleboards; plywood; recycled wood; modified wood; processing; finishing; physical– mechanical properties; service life; bio-resistance; abio-resistance

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

Forest Fire Ecology and Ecological Restoration

edited by

Sandra Josefina Bravo

and Laura M. Bellis

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 398

Keywords: forest disturbance; burnt areas; fire resilience; post-fire land management

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

Heavy Metals in Forests: Future Research Needs

edited by Panagiotis Michopoulos

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 353

Keywords: heavy metals; deposition; forest soils; climate change; biogeochemistry

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Forest Growth and Water Use—Opportunities for Management in Future Forests

edited by Donald A. White

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 205

Keywords: drought physiology; water relations; forest– water interactions; quantitative physiology; plantation water use

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

Resident Engagement in Urban Forests and Parks Management

edited by Jason S. Gordon

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 162

Keywords: urban forest equity; forest planning; civic science; participatory research; environmental education

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Forestry)

Precise Forestry: Forest Dynamic Change Mapping, Monitoring and Modeling

edited by

Chunying Ren

Chunyan Lu

and

Antonio J. Pérez-Luque

submission deadline 5 Aug 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4684 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest monitoring; remote sensing; mapping; modeling; disturbance; dynamic changes; biomass estimation; forest structure

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

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

edited by

Jichen Xu

submission deadline 15 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1060 | Submission Open

Keywords: gene; alternative splicing; abiotic stress; transformation; gene editing

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

Research on Vegetation Change in Forest Wetlands

edited by

Jasmin Mantilla-Contreras

submission deadline 15 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 262 | Submission Open

Keywords: wetlands; deforestation; climate change; land use; invasive species; conservation; restoration

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

Urban Forest Landscape Planning, Management and Evaluation

edited by

Milena D. Lakicevic

Kazuhiro Aruga

and

Won-Sop Shin

submission deadline 18 Aug 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4702 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban biodiversity; urban landscape planning; biotic factors; abiotic factors; decision-making process; IT tools

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

Forest Characterization Assisted by Remote Sensing Technologies

edited by

Diogo Nepomuceno Cosenza

Juan Guerra Hernandez

and Bruna Paolinelli Reis

submission deadline 18 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 449 | 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)

Organic Fertilization and Sustainable Soil Management Practices in Trees

edited by

Victor Kavvadias

submission deadline 20 Aug 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6871 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Sustainable Utilization of Low-Value Tree Biomass for Bio-Based Products

edited by

Ida Poljansek

Primož Oven

and

Viljem Vek

submission deadline 20 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 144 | Submission Open

Keywords: lignocellulosic biomass; wood bark; heartwood; low-value biomass; chemistry structure; cellulose; lignin; hemicelluloses; extractives; polyphenols; natural antioxidants; antifungal properties; fine chemicals; decomposition; nanocrystalline cellulose; nanofibrillated cellulose; nanolignin; advanced methods; characterization; application; bionanocomposites; biopolymers; biodegradable

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

Genetic Variation and Adaptation of Forest Trees to Environmental Changes

edited by

Ronan Xavier Corrêa

and

Andrei Caíque Pires Nunes

submission deadline 23 Aug 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 9407 | Submission Open

Keywords: agroforest systems; climate; soil; and water changes; conservation genetics; genetic diversity; native trees; non-native trees; evolution; genomics; ecology; sustainable developing goals

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

Forest Responses to Fires

edited by

Antonio Parra

and

María Belén Hinojosa

submission deadline 24 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 312 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; forest; grassland; land use change; management; prescribed fire; shrubland; wildfire

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

Forest Paleoecology

edited by

Mar Génova

submission deadline 25 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1715 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant macrofossil; pollen analysis; charcoal; fossil wood; dendrochronology; fossil forest; paleoenvironment record; paleoecological reconstructions

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

Phenomenon of Wood Colour

edited by

Richard Hrčka

Magdalena Broda

and

Vlastimil Borůvka

submission deadline 25 Aug 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1560 | Submission Open

Keywords: wood; wood-based materials; colour; processes; surface; discolouration

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

Impact of Disturbance on Forest Regeneration and Recruitment

edited by

Jordan M. Marshall

submission deadline 25 Aug 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1187 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial regeneration; ecological processes; forest biodiversity; natural regeneration; recruitment; reforestation; restoration; structure; succession

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

Pathways to “Carbon Neutralization” in Forest Ecosystems

edited by

Shuai Wang

Qianlai Zhuang

Fengkui Qian

and Hui Li

submission deadline 25 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 839 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest carbon emission efficiency; spatial association network; carbon peak; carbon neutralization; carbon prediction model

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

Transforming Forest Governance and Rural Livelihoods to Address Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss

edited by

Jinlong Liu

Dominick A. DellaSala

and

Peter Edwards

submission deadline 25 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 688 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest governance; biodiversity and ecosystem services; direct and indirect drivers; forest governance transformation; communities’ livelihoods; forest policy

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

Topicalities in Forest Ecology of Seeds, 2nd Edition

edited by

Božena Šerá

submission deadline 25 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 616 | Submission Open

Keywords: seed production; seed quality; seed dispersal; seed germination; early seedling growth; soil seed banks; seed dormancy; seed predation

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

Physiological, Biochemical and Morphological Adaptation Characteristics of Woody Plants to the External Environment

edited by

Eun Ju Cheong

submission deadline 26 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1371 | Submission Open

Keywords: woody plants; physiological adaptation; biochemical adaptation; morphological adaptation; environmental stress; drought; heat; carbon dioxide

(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 26 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 206 | 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)

Woody Plant Phenology in a Changing Climate

edited by

Yanjun Du

and

Miaogen Shen

submission deadline 28 Aug 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5434 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest phenology; woody species; remote sensing; vegetation; climate change

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

Effects of Climate Change on Tree-Ring Growth

edited by Xianliang Zhang, Liang Shi,

Yafeng Wang

and

Qiang Li

submission deadline 29 Aug 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4621 | 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)

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Applications in Forestry

edited by

Yunfei Liu

Ling Jiang

and

Haifeng Lin

submission deadline 30 Aug 2024 | 19 articles | Viewed by 34693 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; machine learning; deep learning; forest management; forest protection

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

Forest Hydrology under Climate Change

edited by

and

submission deadline 30 Aug 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 7614 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Hydrology)

Forest Microclimate: Predictions, Drivers and Impacts

edited by

Damir Ugarković

and

Urša Vilhar

submission deadline 30 Aug 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3552 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest microclimate; stand structure; forest cover; ecosystem processes; species composition; silviculture; degradation stages; biodiversity; microbiology; urban forests

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

Forest Litter Decomposition and Biogeochemistry

edited by Yanlong Jia,

Robert G. Qualls

, Jūratė Aleinikovienė, Zhongqi Xu,

Zhidong Zhang

, Li Xu and Yue Pang

submission deadline 30 Aug 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2800 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest litter; litter decomposition; forest biogeochemistry; global climate change; soil organisms; fallen trees; understory plant; mixed forests

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Contribution of Forestry Ecological Restoration Projects to the Realization of Sustainable Development Goals

edited by Shunbo Yao

submission deadline 30 Aug 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1763 | Submission Open

Keywords: forestry ecological restoration projects (FERPs); eco-environmental effects; socio-economic effects; United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); experience in forestry ecological restoration; forestry policy evaluation

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

Forest Bathing and Smart Devices

edited by Atsushi Ito, Kazutaka Ueda and

Yuko Hiramatsu

submission deadline 30 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 893 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest bathing; forest therapy; mental health; after COVID-19; cognitive neuroscience; measuring the effect of forest bathing; wellness tourism; smart devices; wearable devices; forest bathing support application

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Forestry)

The Synergistic Response of Ecosystem Vegetation and Soil Microorganisms under the Background of Global Change

edited by Nan Xu,

Wenxu Zhu

and Yining Wu

submission deadline 30 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 226 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant photosynthesis; climate change; microbial community; litter decomposition; functional diversity; carbon cycle

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

Soil Bioengineering and Ecological Restoration in Forestry

edited by Áron Béni

submission deadline 30 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 178 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest ecology; carbon sequestration; climate change impacts; climate change adaptation and mitigation; remote sensing; forest soil management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Strategies for Tree Improvement under Stress Conditions — 2nd Edition

edited by

Jie Luo

and

Wentao Hu

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 5846 | 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)

Tree Growth and Physiological Properties under Ongoing Global Climate Change

edited by

Jakub Černý

Petr Maděra

and

Zdeněk Patočka

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4358 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest management; forest growth and productivity; sustainable silviculture; forest adaptation; tree resilience; physiological traits; forest acclimation; resource use; carbon sequestration; global climate change

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

LiDAR Remote Sensing for Forestry

edited by Zhenyang Hui, Penggen Cheng, Bo Liu and

Mark Vanderwel

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4078 | Submission Open

Keywords: LiDAR; point cloud; forest inventory; filtering; biomass; quantitative structure model; forest dynamics; forest structure analysis; carbon cycle/sequestration; forest management

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

Seedling Management in Temperate Forest Ecosystems

edited by

Antonino Di Iorio

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3307 | Submission Open

Keywords: recruitment ecology; allelochemicals; root-system morphology; drought resistance; shade tolerance; resilience; mycorrhiza; coexistence; phenology

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

Urban Forest Landscapes and Forest Therapy

edited by

Rocco Pace

Francesco Meneguzzo

and

Alessandro Paletto

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3071 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecosystem services; forest bathing; environmental justice; forest medicine; human well-being

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Forestry)

Carbon Sequestration and Stability, and Soil Erosion in Forest Ecosystem

edited by Hongwei Xu, Jun Xiao and Danbo Pang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2930 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest ecosystems; forest management; global change; vegetation restoration; carbon cycling; carbon stability; soil physical property; soil biodiversity; soil erosion; plant diversity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Forests as Nature-Based Solutions: Ecosystem Services, Multiple Benefits, and Trade-Offs

edited by

Anže Japelj

and

Silvija Krajter Ostoić

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1306 | Submission Open

Keywords: nature-based solutions; forest ecosystem services; forest owners; trade-offs among ES; policy uptake of NBS; sustainable management; environmental equality; socio-ecological systems

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

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