Tree Growth in Relation to 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: closed (30 April 2024) | Viewed by 13013
Special Issue Editors
Interests: height growth; regeneration; reproduction; species range; boreal and temperate forests; forest dynamic at the ecotone; climate change
Interests: forestry; stress ecology; forest ecology; tree growth; ecophysiology; climate change
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The impact of climate on tree growth has recently received increased interest in the context of climate change. Notwithstanding, studies showed that growth differed, and their pattern was often contrary. Species-specific traits, environmental conditions, and the spatio-temporal scale of the study appear to be the major factors explaining the complexity of the relationship between growth and climate change. The growth pattern associated with climate change could provide essential insights to highlight the potential interspecific growth competition. Hence, this will detect possible spatiotemporal shifts in species distribution, especially in the more limiting environment (species’ leading and tailing ranges, or at higher elevations). Accordingly, performance under future climate change scenarios could be more complex than can be anticipated by simulated predictions. Therefore, this Special Issue focuses on improving the current knowledge of how climate change affects tree growth.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
- Tree growth and spatio-temporal climate change
- Tree growth at the species' northern or altitudinal limits
- Competition in tree growth at the ecotone between two forest types
- Comparison in tree growth between geographic provenances
- Dendroclimatology
- Dendroecology
Dr. Yassine Messaoud
Dr. Jan Světlík
Dr. Giorgio Alberti
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- tree growth
- ecotone
- species northern and altitudinal limits
- species range
- boreal and temperate forests
- climate change
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