Response and Feedback of Forest Vegetation to Global Change
A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Forest Ecophysiology and Biology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2022) | Viewed by 6547
Special Issue Editors
Interests: abiotic stresses; climate change; environmental pollution; urban forest
2. Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 4888 Shengbei Street, Changchun 130102, China
Interests: forest carbon sequestration; plant diversity conservation; urban forests and function evaluation; forest soil carbon and nutrient dynamics; internet street-view utlizaiton in forest evalution; shelterbelt forests
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Global change including climate change, such as warming and drought, environmental pollution, biogeochemical cycles, and their synergism and interaction, directly or indirectly impact the forest ecosystems. The result is forest degeneration or changes in the structure and function of forest vegetation. Therefore, there is not only a change in the environmental conditions but also in the plant species and communities. Response and feedback processes such as BVOC emission at different levels ranging from the individual tree to a community of forests are unlikely to keep up with the speed of climatic changes in future. Particularly, extreme climatic scenarios, such as warming and drought, and abiotic stresses including air and soil pollution, can jointly cause extensive damage. For these reasons, it is essential to gain sufficient knowledge about the changes in response and feedback mechanisms as a result of global change. We encourage studies from all fields, including experimental studies, field surveys, and monitoring approaches, to contribute to this Special Issue in order to broaden the knowledge on response mechanisms and adaptation strategies of tree species and forest vegetation in natural and urban environments for the sustainable management and development of forest ecosystems under the background of global change.
Dr. Sheng Xu
Dr. Wenjie Wang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- abiotic stresses
- BVOC Emission
- carbon and nitrogen cycles
- climate change
- ecosystem function
- ecophysiological mechanisms
- ozone pollution
- phenological response
- secondary metabolites
- urban forest