Regeneration Strategies of Forest Species
A special issue of Ecologies (ISSN 2673-4133).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2022) | Viewed by 3383
Special Issue Editor
Interests: plant community ecology; forest ecology; invasive species; grazing
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
An understanding of regeneration is of paramount importance to examine the build-up of future forest structure and composition. The processes involved in sexual and asexual tree regeneration can be influenced by many factors, such as variations in seed dispersal intervals, seed quality, wind direction and speed, slope gradients and aspects, and soil moisture availability. Intra- and interspecific competition for water, nutrients, light, and space are also important factors in the regeneration and growth of species. Moreover, regeneration dynamics are a heterogenic aspect of forests, and environmental conditions are significantly affecting the survivorship rate within the seedling bank as well as their species composition under similar canopy composition. In turn, natural regeneration can also be affected by human disturbances (deforestation, soil degradation, grazing, fire), changing the species composition of the forest stands and determining species diversity at the canopy.
This Special Issue will focus on the impact of disturbances (natural and/or anthropogenic) on regeneration and how they can be considered intrinsic processes of forest dynamics. A relevant question regarding species conservation is how the dependence of many of these species has been affected by changes in the rate or intensity of disturbances due to human activity.
The analysis of grazing, fire, or introduced species on regeneration can reveal important aspects of the sustainability of forest structure and canopy diversity.
Manuscripts on any aspect of forest species regeneration are welcome, though studies that have analyzed relevant disturbances and their relationship with regeneration are of particular interest. These analyses should reveal important aspect of interest for forests restoration and conservation management.
Prof. Dr. José Arévalo Sierra
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- invasive species
- restoration
- forest disturbance
- community ecology
- diversity
