Forest Pest Outbreaks under Climate Change
A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2017)
Special Issue Editor
Interests: spatial population ecology; global change; spatial synchrony of population fluctuations; forest-defoliating insects; conservation of biodiversity; invasive species
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
With forests now facing dual and sometimes interacting threats of climate change and pest insect outbreaks, there is a pressing need for studies advancing our understanding of forest pest population dynamics and how these population dynamics may be affected by climate change. We welcome high-quality submissions of articles and reviews addressing any aspect of the spatial and/or temporal patterns of forest pest outbreaks, the drivers of these patterns, effects of climate change on outbreak dynamics, or synergistic effects of climate change and outbreaks on forests.
Dr. Kyle Haynes
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Global Change
- Population Dynamics
- Defoliation
- Wood Borers
- Time Series
- Tree mortality
- Phenological Synchrony
