Modelling and Managing the Dynamics of Pine Forests
A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Forest Inventory, Modeling and Remote Sensing".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2021) | Viewed by 27487
Special Issue Editors
Interests: silviculture; forest management, biometrics; forest inventory; data science
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Interests: silviculture and carbon forestry; remote sensing and climate change
Interests: ecology and silviculture of pine; pine (management) and climate change; production of high-value timber of pine; subtropical and tropical pine plantations
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Interests: quantified silviculture; forest productivity; stand structure
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Pine forests are widely represented around the world, and play important ecological and economic roles. Climate change might affect pine forest dynamics and the management of these forests. Additionally, changing policies and the diversification of primary uses (sawmill, pellets, panels, pulp and paper, among others) lead to different silvicultural regimes. With this Special Issue, researchers are invited to present the results of their studies on the dynamics of pine forests (regeneration, growth, and mortality), on statistical models which describe those dynamics, or on the silvicultural guidelines for distinct management purposes (timber, biomass, energy, carbon). The submitted papers can focus on factors which influence the natural regeneration process failures such as water stress, soil degradation after fire, and site factors. Papers about the dynamics of seedling growth, tree or stand development, or mortality associated with tree competition or driven by external factors are also welcome.
With this Special Issue, we hope to discuss the latest research and compile bibliographic reviews about the natural dynamics of pine forests, models describing those dynamics or supportive of silvicultural guidelines, and to identify adaptive management measures to deal with challenging conditions in pine forests of different species around the area of distribution.
This special issue is sponsored by IUFRO research unit 1.01.10 - Ecology and silviculture of pine.
Dr. Teresa Fidalgo FonsecaGuest Editor
Dr. Gurveen Arora
Prof. Dr. Peter Spathelf
Dr. Xiongqing Zhang
Dr. Tadesse Wubalem
Co-Guest Editors
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Keywords
- regeneration dynamics
- tree- and stand-level growth
- self-thinning
- abiotic and biotic risks
- wood volume
- biomass and energy
- stand management
- thinning
- tree and forest models
- ecology and silviculture of pine
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