Effects of Disturbance on Forest Dynamics under Climate Changes
A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Forest Ecology and Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 October 2020) | Viewed by 3608
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Disturbances are an integral part of ecosystem dynamics in forests, influencing their composition, structure, and functional processes. Disturbances can be caused by natural phenomena or factors, both abiotic (fires, wind and snow damage, drought), and biotic (insect and pathogen outbreaks and invasions), but can result from human activities (air pollution and land-use change, fire ignition), that affect forest structure and functions. Not all disturbances are destructive to the overall forest ecosystem – small-scale disturbances can be an important factor contributing in the ecosystem dynamics, driving regeneration – succession processes and/or promoting ecosystem heterogeneity from local to landscape level.
It is obviously known that forest disturbances are sensitive to climates features, that directly contributes in the process or indirectly influences the trees or another factors injurious to them. Our understanding of disturbance dynamics in response to climatic changes seems to be crucial for the forest management towards the adaptation of forest ecosystems to changing conditions. This special issue is focused on the presentation of results and ideas concerning the impact of disturbances stimulated by climate change on forest ecosystems, in terms of ecological processes and resulting forest characteristics. Both the original research and the review papers are welcome.
Prof. Wojciech Grodzki
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Climate change
- Abiotic factors
- Biotic agents
- Effects of disturbances
- Forest ecology
- Forest management
