Dynamics of Forested Wetland Vegetation and Hydrology in a Changing Environment
A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Forest Hydrology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2022) | Viewed by 2407
Special Issue Editors
Interests: the effect of water and other variables on wetland plant communities; wetland mitigation; Atlantic white cedar swamps
Interests: ecohydraulics; landscape ecology; river restoration; water environment planning and assessment
Interests: wetland dynamics (response of forested and marsh to changes in physical, chemical, and biological environmental conditions); vegetation dynamics; restoration ecology (particularly forested and tidal wetlands); tree growth and maturation processes; international wetland policy
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Forested wetlands hydrology and vegetative communities are fundamental to the structure, function, and ecosystem services of wetlands. Characteristics of timing, frequency, depth, and duration of flooding have guided evolution within wetland plant communities over millennia. However, novel and intensified stressors to natural ecosystems increasingly interact to cause shifts in plant communities, eruptions of invasive species, altered successional pathways, formation of ghost forests, and endangerment of ecosystems. With the myriad and complex interactions emerging in the Anthropocene era, advances in our understanding of wetland hydrology and vegetated communities needs to keep pace. This Special Issue seeks to address the effects of changing environmental stressors on forest hydrology and indigenous flora. We consider both theoretical and practical perspectives.
Prof. Dr. Robert B. Atkinson
Prof. Dr. Hsiao-Wen Wang
Prof. Dr. James E. Perry
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sea level rise
- dendroecology
- plant community dynamics
- hydrologic alterations
- ecological impairment
- ecological succession
- invasive species
- extinction
- corridors
- restoration ecology
- natural resource management
- climate change mitigation and adaptation
