The Relationship between Forest Vegetation and Water and Its Regulation in Changing Environments
A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Forest Hydrology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2024 | Viewed by 891
Special Issue Editors
Interests: forest hydrology; forest–water management; forest–water relationship
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Dear Colleagues,
Extensive afforestation has contributed to the mitigation of some environmental problems (e.g., soil erosion and desertification), but has also led to severe soil water deficit and water yield reduction. In water-limited regions especially, forest growth is gradually limited by the coupled effects of excessive tree density and water shortages; such water use conflicts are likely to be further exacerbated by climate change, particularly global warming. Therefore, complete understanding of the forest–water relationship and its coordinated management are required to achieve the high-quality and sustainable development of forestry, especially in dry and water-limited regions.
The forest–water relationship is complex and varies with spatiotemporal scales. For example, influenced by climate, terrain, soil, and vegetation structure, the hydrological impacts of forests are highly variable, and it is still unclear how the related factors affect the forest–water relationship at different spatiotemporal scales. Therefore, in the context of global climate and environmental change, exploring the forest–water relationship and its spatiotemporal variation mechanism has become an urgent issue to be addressed.
This Special Issue aims to present an overview of the most recent advances in the field of the hydrological impacts and responses of forests to changes in water-related conditions in diverse spatiotemporal scales. Papers of all theoretical, methodological, and practical studies on forest–water relationships and management are welcome.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
- Water use through evaporation and/or transpiration;
- Hydrological modelling;
- Impact of afforestation on the hydrological process and water yields;
- Tree water use strategy;
- Forest growth and water use;
- Vegetation carrying capacity of water resources;
- Coupled climate–landform–soil–vegetation–water processes;
- Integrated forest–water management.
Prof. Dr. Yanhui Wang
Dr. Zebin Liu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- ecohydrology
- forest evapotranspiration
- runoff
- water use
- vegetation carrying capacity
- sap flow
- infiltration and soil moisture
- modelling
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