Impacts of Ozone on Forest Plants and Ecosystems
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 November 2019) | Viewed by 22566
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Interests: plant biology; environmental science; climate change; greenhouse gases; biodiversity
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Dear Colleagues,
Healthy and resilient forest ecosystems are key players in the mitigation of climate change through their massive carbon sequestration capacity. They provide ecosystem services such as maintaining biodiversity and soil fertility, and providing us clean water, recreational areas, and raw materials for innovative products, and preventing erosion. Yet, the function of forest ecosystems is severely threatened by multiple abiotic and biotic perturbations, such as climate warming, air pollutants, drought, nutrient imbalance, weather extremes, pests, pathogens, and intensive land use. Tropospheric ozone is globally one of the most important air pollutant and greenhouse gases affecting forest trees and ecosystems. Although the responses of forest trees to ozone have been studied for decades, more knowledge and assessment is required to understand the acclimation and adaptation capacity of trees, phenotypic plasticity, and the molecular mechanisms behind the responses, as well as the interactions between ozone and other climatic and stress factors to devise better strategies for climate change mitigation and adaptation.
This Special Issue of Forests is focused on the effects of ozone on forest plants, covering all ecosystems and geographical areas. Research articles may focus on any aspect of ozone responses in forest plants, including physiological, biochemical, genetic and metabolic studies, and forest ecosystems, including interactions of other abiotic or biotic factors. Studies dealing with ozone resistance breeding and adaptive forest management are also welcome.
Prof. Dr. Elina Oksanen
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- ozone
- forest plants
- ecosystems
- interactions
- climate change
- adaptation
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