Quaternary Forest Dynamics in Monsoon Asia
A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Forest Ecology and Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2024 | Viewed by 146
Special Issue Editors
Interests: Quaternary palynology; charcoal analysis and forest fires; paleoecology and paleoclimatology
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Only 15% of monsoon Asia is nowadays covered by forests, with more area being occupied by forests in the Quaternary as estimated by reconstructed and potential natural vegetation. Although a lot of paleoecological studies have been done for revealing the spatiotemporal distribution and dynamics of Quaternary forests in Asia, the actual forest coverage and dynamics in different periods (as evidenced by glacials/interglacials, stadials/interstadials) as well as the Holocene period of the Quaternary remain to be determined. More well-dated and high-resolution proxy records of forests are needed to develop a detailed picture of Quaternary forests in Asia so that we can better understand natural and anthropogenic forces driving Quaternary forest dynamics and provide high spatial and temporal resolution land cover maps that are essential for precise simulations of paleovegetation and paleoclimates as well as predictions of future vegetation and climate. This Special Issue invites paleoecological studies, syntheses, and reviews on Quaternary forest dynamics in monsoon Asia.
Prof. Dr. Caiming Shen
Dr. Deke Xu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- pollen analysis
- phytolith analysis
- plant macrofossil
- stomata
- charcoal
- forest dynamics
- paleoenvironment records
- paleoecological reconstructions
- Quaternary
- Asia
Planned Papers
The below list represents only planned manuscripts. Some of these manuscripts have not been received by the Editorial Office yet. Papers submitted to MDPI journals are subject to peer-review.
Title: The evolution of Quaternary mammalian faunas in monsoon dominated regions in China and the relationship with their forest habítate
Authors: Wei Dong; Weipeng Bai; Limin Zhang
Affiliation: the Institute of Nihewan Archaeology, College of History and Culture, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang 050024, China;
Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins of Chinese Academy of Sciences, IVPP, CAS, Beijing 100044, China.
Title: Anthropogenic impacts on a temperate forest ecosystem, revealed by a late Holocene pollen record from an archaeological site in NE China
Authors: Keliang Zhao
Affiliation: University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
