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#Forests | 2026 Feature Papers 🦠 Cross-ecosystem pathogen transmission by Marina Khusnitdinova et al. mdpi.com/1999-4907/17/1/76 🌳 Beech diameter growth in mixed stands by Živa Bončina et al. mdpi.com/1999-4907/17/2/248 🌲 From crop pathogens to competition dynamics.

📢 #Forests | 2026 Q3 Editor's Choice Genetic Erosion and Fine-Scale Genetic Structure in a Mediterranean Oak: Defining Genetically Informed Conservation Strategies for Quercus trojana in Southern Italy 🌳🧬 by Francisco Alcaide et al. Call for Reading: mdpi.com/1999-4907/17/8/901

#Forests | Highly Cited Review (24–25) – Forest Health & Ecology 📖 Forest fires & ecosystem services in Greece (13) mdpi.com/1999-4907/16/3/533 📖 Forest fragmentation & mortality (7) mdpi.com/1999-4907/16/4/565 🌲 From pathogens to landscapes.

#Forests | Highly Cited Papers (24–25) – Forest Health & Ecology 🐛 Trunk-injected emamectin in pecan trees (9) mdpi.com/1999-4907/15/3/535 🌲 Ecological niche of Hylurgus ligniperda (6) mdpi.com/1999-4907/15/5/792 🍄 True slime molds in Polish swamp forests (8) mdpi.com/1999-4907/16/8/1259

#Forests | Highly Cited Papers (24–25) – Forest Health & Ecology 🌲 MaxEnt & Biomod2 for larch shoot blight (14) mdpi.com/1999-4907/15/8/1313 🍄 Antifungal activity against oak wilt (6) mdpi.com/1999-4907/15/2/332 🪵 Fomes fomentarius in Belgian beech forests (6) mdpi.com/1999-4907/15/2/221

📣 The first paper published in SI "#Forest Genomics for Environmental Adaptation and Resilient Breeding", edited by Dr. Yingting Zhang, Prof. Dr. Yuanzheng Yue & Dr. Hui Xia. Congratulations! Explore the SI 👉brnw.ch/21x6GYz Call for Reading 👉brnw.ch/21x6GYy

#Forests | 2026 Feature Papers – Forest Soil 🌍 Soil carbon along the East European Plain mdpi.com/1999-4907/17/1/69 by Anna Zavarzina et al. 🍄 Ectomycorrhiza & plant stress tolerance REVIEW mdpi.com/1999-4907/17/2/171 by Yuanhao Wang et al. 🌱 Soil carbon & symbiotic fungi.

📢 #Forests | 2026 Q3 Editor's Choice A Time-Resolved Analysis of VOCs and VVOCs from Interior Wood Materials in Low-Ventilation Environments by Shahla Ghaffari Jabbari et al. 📣 Call for Reading: brnw.ch/21x6G1f #IndoorAirQuality #VOCs #WoodScience #EditorChoice

#Forests | Highly Cited Reviews (24–25) – Forest Ecology & Management 📖 European beech in the Baltic region (7) mdpi.com/1999-4907/16/1/109 📖 The Eucalyptus water depletion myth (22) mdpi.com/1999-4907/16/3/423 🌲 From invasions to soil myths.

#Forests | Highly Cited Papers (24–25) – Forest Ecology & Management 🌲 Disturbance & succession of Abies ziyuanensis (5) mdpi.com/1999-4907/15/6/1001 🌱 Long-term cultivation & soil microbes (6) mdpi.com/1999-4907/16/1/172 🌿 Lantana camara impacts in Nepal (8) mdpi.com/1999-4907/15/8/1427

#Forests | Highly Cited Papers (24–25) – Forest Ecology 🏝️ Invasive plants on subtropical islands (6) mdpi.com/1999-4907/15/7/1273 🌊 Drivers of plant invasion in stream restoration (5) mdpi.com/1999-4907/15/6/964 🏞️ Karst ecosystem services & eco-industry (14) mdpi.com/1999-4907/15/2/363

🌲 #Forests | New SI | Physiological & Molecular Mechanisms of Stress Adaptation in Trees 🧬 Guest Eds: Dr. Md. Mahadi Hasan & Dr. Muhammad Waseem 📅 Deadline: 31 Mar 2027 👉 Share your contribution: mdpi.com/journal/forests/spe… #CallForPapers #AbioticStress #DroughtTolerance

#Forests | 2026 Feature Papers – Wood Science & Products 🌳 Growing sites & black locust wood color mdpi.com/1999-4907/17/4/471 🛢️ Wood modification with pyrolysis bio-oil mdpi.com/1999-4907/17/6/709 🌲 Exploring wood color & bio-based modification.

📣 #Forests | 2026 Q3 Editor's Choice Quantifying Tree-Ring Metrics Across Heterogenous Environmental Gradient by Felipa De Jesús Rodríguez-Flores and Marín Pompa-García Explore it 🔗mdpi.com/1999-4907/17/8/885 #TreeRings #ForestEcolog #EditorChoice

#Forests | Highly Cited Papers (24–25) – Wood Science & Products 📖 Monitoring wooden painting deformations (7) mdpi.com/1999-4907/16/3/546 📖 Engineered bamboo materials (16) mdpi.com/1999-4907/16/4/662 🪵 From molecular IDs to engineered composites.

#Forests | Highly Cited Papers (24–25) – Wood Science & Products 🏗️ Camphor branch insulation board (6) mdpi.com/1999-4907/15/1/156 📐 Creep model for tropical wood (6) mdpi.com/1999-4907/16/5/824 🌳 Homogenizing beech wood color (9) mdpi.com/1999-4907/15/6/1009

#Forests | Highly Cited Papers (24–25) – Wood Science & Products 🪵 CatBoost for wood dyeing prediction (10) mdpi.com/1999-4907/16/8/1279 🎋 Bamboo-plastic composite properties (10) mdpi.com/1999-4907/15/3/478 🧬 DNA barcodes for Chamaecyparis (8) mdpi.com/1999-4907/15/7/1106

🌲 #Forests | Extended SI Natural & Anthropogenic Disturbances as Drivers of Forest Ecosystem Change (2nd Ed.) Guest Eds: Prof. Dr. Slobodan Milanović et al. 📅 New Deadline: 28 Feb 2027 📣More opportunities: brnw.ch/21x6C4K

#Forests | 2026 Feature Papers – Natural Hazards & Risk Management 🔥 Global shifts in fire regimes under climate change mdpi.com/1999-4907/17/1/104 🛰️ XGBoost for plateau forest fire prediction mdpi.com/1999-4907/17/1/74 🌍 Predicting fire risk in a warming world. #mdpi #Forestfire