Conservation and Restoration of Mediterranean Oak Forests: Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Forest Ecology and Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2021) | Viewed by 1917
Special Issue Editors
Interests: forest ecology; landscape ecology and dynamics; ecological resilience and regime shifts; restoration ecology; ecosystem services; land use change and climate change
Interests: forest ecology; sustainable forest management; fire ecology and management; restoration ecology; ecosystem services
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: forest and wildlife ecology and conservation; conservation of biodiversity and of ecosystem services
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Mediterranean oak forests occur in the Mediterranean basin (Southern Europe, North Africa, and Western Asia) and in California (North America). Despite their geographical distance, Mediterranean oak forests share a similar Mediterranean climate and dominant vegetation types, as well as common management and land-uses. Mediterranean oak forests across regions also face similar ecological and socioeconomic challenges, including land abandonment and overuse, landscape fragmentation, recurrent wildfires, pathogen spread, oak mortality, and lack of oak regeneration. Research on conservation and restoration of Mediterranean oak forests is crucial to assist its sustainable management and needs to be contextualized within the services generated by these ecosystems.
This Special Issue of Forests covers research on the conservation and restoration of Mediterranean oak forests and the ecosystem services they generate, including supporting services such as biodiversity conservation; regulation services such as soil protection, water regulation, or carbon sequestration; provisioning services such as cork production and livestock production; and cultural services such as recreational activities. It also welcomes studies that assess, quantify, and map ecosystem services, in order to help to promote the conservation and restoration of Mediterranean oak forests.
Dr. Vanda Acácio
Dr. Filipe X. Catry
Dr. Miguel N. Bugalho
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sustainable forest management
- forest restoration
- land use change
- oak regeneration
- oak plantation
- oak decline
- grazing
- browsing
- wildfires
- pests and diseases
