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Climate Change and Forest Adaptation in Plantation

A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Forest Meteorology and Climate Change".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2023) | Viewed by 1341

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Shirong Liu

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Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Environment of National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Ecology and Nature Conservation Institute, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China
Interests: forest ecosystems; eco-hydrology; forest landscape restoration; climate change and forest resilience; multifunctional forest management
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Prof. Dr. Changhui Peng

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Department of Biology Sciences, Institute of Environment Sciences, University of Quebec at Montreal, C.P. 8888, Succ. Centre-Ville, Montreal, QC H3C 3P8, Canada
Interests: climate change; carbon cycle; ecological modeling; forest ecology and management
Prof. Dr. Wenhua Xiang

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Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China
Interests: subtropical forests; forest plantation management; C and N cycling; mycorrhizal associations; land use
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Prof. Dr. Hui Wang

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Ecology and Nature Conservation Institute, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100080, China
Interests: forest ecology; soil ecology; forest carbon; forest management; tree species diversity; plantations; tropical and subtropical forests

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Being an essential component of the world’s forest resources, planted forests alleviate the stresses placed on natural forests by timber production and play a significant role in forest landscape restoration, environmental amelioration and carbon capture to combat climate change. In comparison to natural forests, despite remarkable increases in plantation area, most plantations are monocultures with less tree species diversity, and higher vulnerability to pests, diseases and invasive species. In addition, the frequent short rotations with a continuous cropping regime applied in plantations have caused soil degradation and productivity decline in the long run, and consequently, a potential reduction in forest carbon sequestration capacity, a high risk of forest fires and poor ecological stability. As a result, planted forests, and in particular monocultures, are relatively more susceptible to climate warming, precipitation changes, extreme weather events such as severe droughts and heatwaves, and other negative impacts caused by climate change. The ecosystem resilience and multifunctionality of planted forests in the context of climate change, for the purpose of making well-informed and well-prepared forest management decisions against such a climatic backdrop, have received much attention throughout the world. Therefore, there is a need to improve the understanding of the underlying ecology of forest resilience to climate change, in order to develop appropriate management options for planted forests to adapt climate change. This Special Issue focuses on the specific research area of climate change and forest adaptation in plantations, and invites contributions on advances in our understanding of the impacts of climate change on plantations, and on possible solutions to enhance their resilience and adaptation to climate change.

Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

  • Case studies of global/regional climate change mitigation and adaptation in plantations;
  • Tree species diversity and resilience in plantations attributed to climate change;
  • Case studies of site-appropriate and climate-smart forest management approaches and practices in plantations;
  • Mechanisms of the underlying ecology of forest resilience to climate change;
  • Detected changes in plantations beyond the current knowledge;
  • Scenario projection about the future of planted forest management using both known impacts and detected but unknown changes.

Prof. Dr. Shirong Liu
Prof. Dr. Changhui Peng
Prof. Dr. Wenhua Xiang
Prof. Dr. Hui Wang
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • plantations/planted forests
  • ecosystem services
  • climate change impacts
  • forest resilience and adaptation
  • climate-smart forestry

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Differences in the Growth and the Ecophysiology of Newly Bred, Drought-Tolerant Black Locust Clones
by Tamás Ábri, Attila Borovics, József Csajbók, Elza Kovács, András Koltay, Zsolt Keserű and Károly Rédei
Forests 2023, 14(9), 1802; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/f14091802 - 04 Sep 2023
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In this study, the growth and physiological performance of four newly bred black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia L.) clones (‘NK1’, ‘NK2’, ‘PL040’, ‘PL251’) together with one registered in Hungary (‘Üllői’) were monitored and compared in a field experiment located in the dry temperate [...] Read more.
In this study, the growth and physiological performance of four newly bred black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia L.) clones (‘NK1’, ‘NK2’, ‘PL040’, ‘PL251’) together with one registered in Hungary (‘Üllői’) were monitored and compared in a field experiment located in the dry temperate climatic zone of Eastern Central Europe. Tree height and diameter at breast height were measured monthly during May–August 2022, an extremely dry period. Ecophysiological parameters such as leaf temperature, vapor pressure deficit, intercellular carbon dioxide level, transpiration and assimilation rates, and stomatal conductance to water and CO2 were measured in situ. There was a high clonal effect on survival rate and growth of the trees and on the physiological parameters. ‘NK1’ performed best regarding height (1.88 m), while ‘PL040’ (23.76 mm) had the highest diameter increment (n = 16–26). The highest carboxylation efficiency was found in ‘NK2’ (0.077 µmol m−2 s−1), while the lowest was in ‘NK1’ (0.035 µmol m−2 s−1), not showing a significant difference from the ‘Üllői’. Water-use efficiency values were found to be the highest in ‘NK2’ and ‘Üllői’ (4.92 and 4.78 kg m−3, respectively). Ci was found to be maximum in ‘NK1’ and ‘PL040’ (286.15 and 287.37 µmol mol−1, respectively), while it was minimum in ‘Üllői’ (248.30 µmol mol−1). Physiological parameters were found to be significantly different in the clones due to their genetic differences. A strong positive correlation was found between the transpiration and the assimilation rates (r = 0.843–0.994). Within the growing period, the loss of leaves due to abiotic stress was 0 for ‘NK1’ and negligible for the others. ‘NK2’ stood out among the other clones in most of the parameters tested (height, thickness, assimilation, WUE). In addition to its high photosynthetic intensity, its water-use efficiency was also high. Full article
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