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📣 New #Announcement | #Forests — 10 Highly Cited Review Papers Published in 2025 We are pleased to share a new Forests announcement featuring a selection of highly cited review papers published in 2025 — 10 articles gathered in one collection. 🌍🔬 The collection includes 📚 🌿 Understanding the Ecosystem Services of Riparian Forests: Patterns, Gaps, and Global Trends — Dinca, Murariu & Lupoae (Forests 2025, 16(6), 947) 🌲 Timber Harvesting in Mountainous Regions: A Comprehensive Review — Dinca, Constandache, Postolache, Murariu & Tupu (Forests 2025, 16(3), 495) 🧬 Forest Soil Microbiomes: A Review of Key Research from 2003 to 2023 — Onet, Grenni, Onet, Stoian & Crisan (Forests 2025, 16(1), 148) 📡 Remote Sensing of Forest Above‑Ground Biomass Dynamics: A Review — Zhang, Zou & Wang (Forests 2025, 16(5), 821) 🌊 Global Meta‑Analysis of Mangrove Primary Production: Implications for Carbon Cycling in Mangrove and Other Coastal Ecosystems — Alongi (Forests 2025, 16(5), 747) 🌳 The Myth That Eucalyptus Trees Deplete Soil Water—A Review — de Medeiros, Pimenta, Miranda, de Melo, da Silva Amorim & Barbosa de Azevedo (Forests 2025, 16(3), 423) 🪵 Delignification as a Key Strategy for Advanced Wood‑Based Materials: Chemistry, Delignification Parameters, and Emerging Applications — Terzopoulou, Vouvoudi & Achilias (Forests 2025, 16(6), 993) 🔥 Advancements in Artificial Intelligence Applications for Forest Fire Prediction — Liu, Shu, Liu, Cheng, Wang & Huang (Forests 2025, 16(4), 704) 🎋 Engineered Bamboo Building Materials: Types, Production, and Applications — Hosseini, Gaff, Wei & Tu (Forests 2025, 16(4), 662) 🔥🌍 The Impact of Forest Fires on Ecosystem Services: The Case of Greece — Misseyanni, Christopoulou, Kougkoulos, Vassilakis & Arianoutsou (Forests 2025, 16(3), 533) Together, these 10 reviews span topics from riparian ecology and soil microbiomes to remote sensing, wood science, and wildfire — offering a useful overview of some of the research areas that have seen strong interest in 2025. 📖 👉 Browse the full collection: https://brnw.ch/21x52go #ForestResearch #RiparianForests #SoilMicrobiome #RemoteSensing #Mangroves #Eucalyptus #Delignification #AI #Bamboo #ForestFires

🥳 2026 Q2 Editor's Choice Articles | #Forests — 10 standout papers, now gathered in one place. 🌲📚 We are pleased to share the Editor's Choice Articles selected from Forests Volume 17, Issues 4–6. These 10 papers were selected by the journal's Editor-in-Chief for their quality, significance, and broad interest to the forest research community. Each of these 10 articles has been featured individually throughout this month — and now they're all available in one convenient collection for easy browsing and reference. The collection includes 📖 🌿 The Overlooked Carbon Reservoir: Marginalization of Mangrove Soils in Climate Change Mitigation Research 🏙️ Assessment on Ecological Health Effects of Plant Communities in Typical Urban Green Spaces 🌲 Silvicultural Measures for the Protection of Early-Stage Forest Regeneration from Deer Browsing 📡 Vegetation-Cover Change Trends Across Different Lengths of Time Series Using NDVI 🪵 Reduction of Mould Growth on Beech Timbers Through Optimised Drying and Chemical Protection Strategies 🧬 Genetic Diversity of Broussonetia monoica and Congeneric Species by Novel EST-SSR Markers 🔥 Assessing Community and Protected Area Exposure to Wildfires in Navarra, Spain 🔬 Wood Modification Using Fast Pyrolysis Bio-Oil (FPBO) 🌳 The Fate of a Wild White Fringetree Population in Ohio 10 Years After Invasion by Emerald Ash Borer 🌍 Regional Comparison of Atlantic Forest Physiognomies Using GEDI-Derived Structural Metrics Spanning forest ecology, soil science, wood technology, genetics, wildfire management, and remote sensing — this collection reflects the breadth of research published in Forests. 📖 Browse the full collection: https://brnw.ch/21x4obM #EditorChoice #ForestResearch #2026Collection #ForestEcology #SoilScience #WoodScience #WildfireResearch

📢 #Forests 2026 First‑Half Title Story Collection — 15 Selected Articles, now gathered in one place. 🥳New Collection brings you the Full Diversity of Forest Science! 🌲 What's inside? 🪲 Forest health & biological control — Host‑specific fungal assemblages in Scots pine bark beetles (Slovakia) — Entomopathogenic fungi as biocontrol agents against emerald ash borer (USA) 🌿 Forest ecology & biodiversity — Understorey plant diversity in ravine forests (Slovenia) — Diagnostic role of epigeic bryophytes in forest alliances (Poland) — Reproductive investment across native and invasive regions of a range‑expanding tree (Australia/global) 🌳 Urban forestry & human‑dominated landscapes — Urbanisation shapes endophytic bacteriome in common urban tree species (Bulgaria) — Impervious surfaces show no impact on urban tree crown growth (Australia) 🌍 Forest management & policy — Interactive visualizations for long‑term monitoring data on public lands (USA) — The policy‑implementation gap in Türkiye's forest governance transition 🌱 Restoration & afforestation — Mixed‑species afforestation increases deep soil water consumption on the semi‑arid Loess Plateau (China) — Omorika spruce as a potential substitute for Norway spruce and blue spruce in post‑pollution reforestation (Czech Republic/Poland) 🌊 Hydrology & disturbance response — Hydrochemical resilience of mountain forest catchments to bark beetle disturbance (Czech Republic) 🧬 Genetics & wood science — Genetic structure and diversity of Quercus glabrescens along a white oak species gradient (Mexico) — Multi‑scale anatomical wood identification of traditional Japanese chord instruments (Italy/Japan) …and more — 15 articles spanning the full spectrum of forest research. 📖 Browse the Collection and Read the Wonderful Articles 🔗 https://brnw.ch/21x44YX #TitleStory #ForestResearch #Collection #ForestEcology #UrbanForestry #ForestManagement #ForestSoil #ForestPolicy

🌳 Calling all early-career forest scientists! 🌳 The #Forests Young Investigator Award 2026 nomination deadline has been extended to *31 August 2026* — giving you more time to put together a compelling application. Established in 2025, this award recognizes outstanding achievements of young investigators in the field of forest and forest ecology. Two winners will be selected this year and each will receive: ✅ CHF 1,000 prize ✅ An electronic certificate ✅ A voucher waiving the Article Processing Charges (APCs) for one submission to #Forests (subject to peer review, valid for one year) 🧐*Eligibility requirements:* - PhD obtained on or after *1 January 2021* - Ground-breaking research with significant contributions to forest science - Must be *nominated by senior scientists* 📁*Required nomination documents:* - Detailed CV with publication list and research grants - Scanned copy of doctorate certificate - Signed nomination letters from *two established senior scientists* Winners will be announced on *October 31, 2026*. If you know a brilliant early-career researcher in forest science — or if you are one — don't miss this opportunity. Nominate today! Read Details 🔗 https://brnw.ch/21x3Q9i #Award #YIA

🌍 Ready to take your forest research global? 📢The #Forest Travel Award is currently recruiting – and this could be your ticket to presenting your work on the global stage in 2027! Since 2017, this award has helped PhD students and postdocs from around the world attend major conferences, expand networks, and boost academic visibility. 🎯 Who can apply? ✔️ PhD students ✔️ Postdoctoral fellows (in forest science, forest ecology, or related fields). 📅 Key dates: ⏳ Application period: May 2026 – January 2027 🏆 Winners announced: by the end of March 2027 📄 What to submit: • Conference details + your abstract (oral or poster) • Your CV and full publication list • A justification letter (max. 800 words) – explain why this conference matters for your career • A recommendation letter from your supervisor or head of department. 🌍 Why apply? ✅ Get funding to present your latest findings ✅ Gain international exposure ✅ Connect with leading scientists ✅ Join a community of past awardees from top institutions worldwide. 💡 This is more than a travel grant – it's a career accelerator. If you have a strong research story and a clear vision for your conference participation, we want to hear from you. Don't wait – start preparing your application today! 👉 Apply now: https://brnw.ch/21x3TSC #Forestry #TravelAward #PhD #Postdoc #ResearchFunding #ForestEcology

🌲Exciting news from the Forests journal! We are proud to announce that our CiteScore 2025 has increased from 4.6 to 5.4! This milestone wouldn't be possible without the support from our incredible community, and we would like to express our sincere appreciation to all the authors, reviewers, and editors who contributed to this success ✨ Dive into the high-impact articles that made this achievement possible: http://bit.ly/4xAu7Sv #CiteScore #OpenAccess #Forests