Forest Reaction to the Effect of Global Changes
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 December 2018)
Special Issue Editor
Interests: forest sustainability; forest reaction to the effect of global changes; forest health and productivity; stem radial increment
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The integrative effects of environmental changes, including air pollution and climate followed by changes in social and political conditions, have increasingly significant effect on forest ecosystem services, thus introducing uncertainties in operational forest management system. Efforts of multiple and cumulative assessments of these changes are critical, given the potential impacts of newly formed threats to forest sustainability.
The main objective of the presented Special Issue will mainly focus on filling the knowledge gaps in the areas of: (i) ecophysiological tree responses to multiple climate and pollution stressors, in particular the interaction of ozone (O3) with nitrogen (N) deposition, biogenic organic volatile compounds (VOC) and increased temperature and drought probability; (ii) linkage between tree DNR (tree genetic) and its physiological activity; (iii) embedding individual tree performance into the multi-factorial stand-level interaction network; (iv) forest CO2 sequestration in carbon balance maintenance; and (v) forest ecosystem services and needs in new forest management models as suggested by the IUFRO work group specialists in Air Pollution and Climate Change Effects on Forest Ecosystems.
Therefore, we would like to foster the submission of manuscripts in the area of detection of integrated effects of environmental stress factors on a forest’s capacity to adapt to and mitigate the main threats of global changes, and the development of the most reliable scenarios of forest development and forestry management recommendations aimed at maintenance of forest sustainability and its socio-ecological function.
Prof. Dr. Algirdas AugustaitisGuest Editor
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Keywords
- Air pollutants
- Climate change
- Carbon balance
- Biodiversity
- Tree ecophysiological reaction
- Adaptation and mitigation abilities
- Ecosystem Services
- Forest management treatments
- Forest development scenarios
