Advances in Forest Carbon, Water Use and Growth Under Climate Change
A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Forest Ecophysiology and Biology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2024 | Viewed by 138
Special Issue Editors
Interests: environmental microorganisms and climate change; relationship between forest soil and microorganism; forest hydrology; isotope hydrology; soil and water conservation
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: ecosystem services; soil erosion risk assessment; digital soil mapping
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Forests play a key role in coupled land–atmosphere exchange processes, which determine a range of ecosystem services. But how will forest functions of the future change in the face of climate change? Answering this question is critical if we are to understand feedback in the carbon and climate systems at multiple spatiotemporal scales, as forests are essential in regulating global carbon and water cycles and are critical in terms of mitigating climate change. When forecasting responses to climate change for trees, such changes may influence plant growth via several pathways and these effects can be integrated with the metrics of water use processes such as runoff, infiltration, evapotranspiration and water retention. Meanwhile, the climate sensitivity of plant growth, such as seasonal life cycles, phenology or growth strategies also impart significant carbon cycle feedbacks that in turn influence climatic change. Therefore, a better understanding of changes to forest carbon, water use and growth, and their potential feedback relationships is essential for improved predictions of forest dynamics under climate change.
This Special Issue will keep researchers and other stakeholders on the cutting edge of the latest developments in the field of forest ecology. Those interested in forest ecology are welcome to collaborate and share their more recent results in this field.
Dr. Ziqiang Liu
Prof. Dr. Liangjie Wang
Dr. Yifan Liu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- carbon cycle
- climate change
- ecosystem services
- forest dynamics
- growth strategy
- water use
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