Aims
Forests (ISSN 1999-4907) is an international and cross-disciplinary scholarly journal of forestry and forest ecology. It publishes research papers, short communications and review papers. There is no restriction on the length of the papers. Our aim is to encourage scientists to publish their experimental and theoretical research in as much detail as possible. Full experimental and/or methodical details must be provided for research articles.
There are, in addition, unique features of this journal:
computed data or files regarding the full details of the experimental procedure, if unable to be published in a normal way, can be deposited as supplementary material
we also accept manuscripts communicating to a broader audience with regard to research projects financed with public funds
manuscripts regarding research proposals and research ideas are welcomed
Subject Areas
forest ecology, management, and restoration
forest economics, natural resource policy and planning
silvicultural systems
forest entomology, forest pathology
forest ecophysiology and biology
forest genetics, tree breeding and biotechnology
climate change impacts, adaptation and mitigation in forests
forest biomass, bioenergy, and carbon sequestration
forest engineering
tropical forests and management
forest inventory, quantitative methods, and remote sensing
forest soil management
forest simulation modeling
forest and nature based recreation
wildland fire science and management
wood properties
human dimensions
urban forests

Editorial Board
Editorial Board
Forest Ecology and Management Section
Forest Ecophysiology and Biology Section
Forest Economics and Human Dimensions Section
Forest Inventory, Quantitative Methods and Remote Sensing Section
Editors (9)
Prof. Dr. Timothy A. Martin E-Mail Website 
Editor-in-Chief
School of Forest Resources and Conservation, PO Box 110410, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, 32611-0410, USA
Tel. 3528460866 
Interests: tree ecophysiology; forest biology; silviculture; stand dynamics; carbon sequestration; water relations
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals
Prof. Dr. Luis Diaz-Balteiro E-Mail Website 
Section Editor-in-Chief


Department of Forest and Environmental Engineering and Management, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid 28040, Spain
Interests: forest management; forest sustainability; multi-criteria decision-making techniques; industrial forest plantations; non-timber forest products; forest economics
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals
Prof. Dr. L. Monika Moskal E-Mail Website 
Section Editor-in-Chief


School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, College of the Environment, University of Director, UW Precision Forestry Cooperative and Remote Sensing and Geospatial Analysis Laboratory, Washington, Box 352100, Seattle WA 98195-2100, USA
Tel. 2062251510 
Interests: ALT; TLS; MLS; lidar precision forestry; hyper-resolution (spatial, temporal, spectral) remote sensing; ecosystem services
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Dr. Cate Macinnis-Ng E-Mail Website 
Section Editor-in-Chief


School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland 1072, New Zealand
Tel. +6499232343 
Interests: plant ecophysiology, carbon and water cycles, forest function, global change
Prof. Dr. Stefan Arndt E-Mail Website 
Section Editor-in-Chief


School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, The University of Melbourne, 500 Yarra Boulevard, Richmond, 3121, Victoria, Australia
Interests: plant ecophysiology, stress physiology, drought tolerance, water relations, forest growth and carbon balance, trace gas emissions
Prof. Dr. Damian C. Adams E-Mail Website 
Section Editor-in-Chief


School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida, 355 Newins-Ziegler Hall, Gainesville, FL 32611-0410, USA
Tel. 352-846-0872 
Interests: nonmarket valuation; economic analysis; ecosystem services; invasive species; policy analysis; choice modeling; survey methods; bioeconomic modeling
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Prof. Dr. Eric J. Jokela E-Mail Website 
Founding Editor-in-Chief


School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida, 353 Newins-Ziegler Hall, PO Box 110410, Gainesville, FL 32611-0410, USA
Tel. 352 846-0890; Fax: +1 352 846 1277 
Interests: tree nutrition; production ecology; nutrient cycling; forest soil carbon management; silvicultural management systems
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Dr. Libby Pinkard * E-Mail Website 
Founding Section Editor-in-Chief


CSIRO Land and Water, Private Bag 12, Hobart 7000, TAS, Australia
Tel. +61 362375656 
Interests: tree physiology; climate change; environmental stress; forest management; pests and diseases
* Section Forest Ecology and Management 
Prof. Dr. Dave Verbyla * E-Mail Website 
Founding Section Editor-in-Chief


Department of Forest Sciences, School of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775-7200, USA
Tel. 907-371-5372; Fax: +1 907 474 6184 
Interests: remote sensing; geographic information systems; spatial analysis; multi-temporal trends in boreal forests; boreal wildfire severity; bias in change detection estimates; GIS analysis techniques
* Section Forest Inventory, Quantitative Methods and Remote Sensing 
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Editorial Board Members (266)
Dr. Mauricio Acuna E-Mail Website 


Forest Industries Research Centre, University of the Sunshine Coast, Locked Bag 4, Maroochydore DC, Queensland 4558, Australia
Interests: wood and biomass supply chain optimisation; harvesting and transport logistics; forest operations planning; mathematical programming; decision support systems; sensor and computer vision technologies
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:
Special Issue in Forests: Supply Chain Optimization for Biomass and Biofuels
Prof. Dr. Francisca C. Aguiar E-Mail Website 


Department of Natural Resources, Environment and Landscape, School of Agriculture, Forest Research Centre (CEF), University of Lisbon, 1349-017 Lisbon, Portugal
Interests: riparian forests; river management, ecosystem services, biogeography; functional ecology; adaptation to climate change; effects of land-use and stream flow regulation; indicators of ecological quality; monitoring and conservation of riparian forests; invasive alien species
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:
Special Issue in Forests: Spatial and Temporal Patterns and Ecosystem Services of Riparian Forests
Dr. Iciar Alberdi E-Mail Website 


National Institute of Agricultural Research, Centre for Forest Research, La Coruña km 7,5 28040 Madrid, Spain
Interests: forest monitoring; National Forest Inventory; conservation; natural resources management; forest biodiversity indicators, forest information harmonization
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:
Special Issue in Forests: Forest Resources Assessments: Mensuration, Inventory and Planning
Dr. Auro C. Almeida E-Mail Website 


Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Private Bag 12, Hobart TAS 7001, Australia
Interests: Tree ecophysiology, forest hydrology, process-based modelling, water relations, catchment and basin management, climate change adaptation
Dr. Pedro Álvarez Álvarez E-Mail Website 


Department of Organisms and Systems Biology, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
Interests: forest ecology; ecosystem services; silviculture; forest management; forest biomass; forest structure
Prof. Dr. Arild Angelsen E-Mail Website 


School of Economics and Business, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), P.O. Box 5003, 1432 Ås, Norway
Interests: climate and forest (REDD); environmental income; international climate policy; poverty analysis; tropical deforestation
Prof. Dr. Altaf Arain E-Mail Website 


School of Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4K1, Canada
Tel. 905-525-9140 Ext 27941; Fax: 905 546 0463 
Interests: hydrometeorology; forest hydrology; evaporation; forest carbon cycle; managed forests; afforestation; eddy covariance technique; ecosystem models; land surface atmosphere interaction models
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:
Special Issue in Forests: Forest Hydrology and Watershed
Prof. Dr. José Aranha E-Mail Website 


Department of Forestry Sciences and Landscape Architecture (CIFAP), University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, 5001-801 Vila Real, Portugal
Interests: forestry inventory; spatial analysis; biomass; wild fires; ecosystem services
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:
Special Issue in Forests: Applications of Remote Sensing Data in Mapping of Forest Growing Stock and Biomass
Prof. Dr. Filippos A. Aravanopoulos E-Mail Website 


Faculty of Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Environment, PO Box 238, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 54124, Greece
Interests: forest genetics; conservation of genetic resources - genetic monitoring; population genetics; epigenetics - epigenomics; molecular breeding - QTL mapping - MAS; coevolution; fluctuating asymmetry & allometry
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:
Special Issue in Forests: Genetics and Genomics of Forest Trees
Dr. Arne Arnberger E-Mail Website 


Institute for Landscape Development, Recreation and Conservation Planning, BOKU - University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, A-1190 Vienna, Austria
Interests: outdoor recreation, forests and human health; forest aesthetics; crowding; visitor conflicts; visitor monitoring; visitor management