The Relationship between Biomass Growth and Tree Size
A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Forest Ecology and Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2024 | Viewed by 69
Special Issue Editor
Interests: forest ecology; dendroclimatology; biomass production in forest ecosystems; sustainable forest management; adaptation to climate change; integration of non-native tree species
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Biomass growth in forest ecosystems is of the utmost interest to a large range of scientific and societal fields because of its relevance for resource production, carbon sequestration, provision of habitats, and many other ecosystem services. Forest management strategies as well as conservation and protective efforts seek to maintain and improve biomass production. Important aspects of these targets comprise quantity as well as quality and the diversity of biomass growth, addressing issues of biodiversity and the balance between growth and decomposition on the landscape level.
Because of the major role of trees as structural elements in forest ecosystems, the effects of tree size on biomass growth and vice versa have been at the center of a large number of studies and projects. In this Special Issue, we will present contributions that highlight the manifold relationships between tree size and biomass growth in all their variety, their implications for forest ecosystem services, and their consequences for forest management and conservation.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
- Recent advances in the assessment and modeling of tree size and biomass growth;
- A closer look: components, nutrient contents, usage, and decomposition of biomass;
- Effects of forest site conditions on biomass growth, tree size, and their connections;
- Biomass growth in various ecosystem types and management intensities, from primary forests to plantations;
- Biomass dynamics in relation to tree size variance;
- Energy and material balances on the ecosystem level in dependence on tree size;
- Consequences of tree–size–biomass relationships for forest ecosystem management and conservation.
Prof. Dr. Jens Schröder
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- biomass
- net primary production
- biomass productivity
- tree size
- stand dynamics
- size–growth relationship
