About this Research Topic
During the Anthropocene, Earth's forests have been subject to alterations by human and natural disturbances. These disturbances and other environmental variations experienced by the trees during tree growth are continuously recorded in tree rings. Because trees have relatively long lifespans, these records provide unique documentation of how forests have responded to changes in the environment and how their ecophysiology has changed through time.
This Research Topic seeks research addressing changes and trends in altered forests related to direct or indirect abiotic and/or biotic stressors and how, why, and by what mechanisms tree rings can be useful in understanding these. It also seeks research addressing the ecophysiological mechanism underlying these responses. We call for papers covering, but not limited to, the following topics and the ways tree rings can be used to understand different forest responses:
1. Forests response to hot droughts and changes in the frequency of extreme climate.
2. Forests response to increasing CO2 concentrations and the effects on the water use efficiency.
3. Forests response to changes in fire regimes and their implications on forest management.
4. Forests response to Insect outbreaks.
5. Urban forests response to pollution in large metropolises.
These global and environmental changes recorded in tree rings play an essential role in understanding how these forests can cope with anthropogenic global change. Therefore, a broad collection of knowledge of these effects is fundamental to achieve better management tools for the foreseen future.
This collection should be a reference for future research and reports, as many studies have been discovering emerging trends in many areas from Forest ecology and ecophysiology. These efforts aim to better understand the effects of anthropogenic global change on forests and how trees respond to different alterations in their environment.
This Research Topic seeks research addressing changes and trends in altered forests related to direct or indirect abiotic and/or biotic stressors and how, why, and by what mechanisms tree rings can be useful in understanding these. It also seeks research addressing the ecophysiological mechanism underlying these responses. We call for papers covering, but not limited to, the following topics and the ways tree rings can be used to understand different forest responses:
1. Forests response to hot droughts and changes in the frequency of extreme climate.
2. Forests response to increasing CO2 concentrations and the effects on the water use efficiency.
3. Forests response to changes in fire regimes and their implications on forest management.
4. Forests response to Insect outbreaks.
5. Urban forests response to pollution in large metropolises.
These global and environmental changes recorded in tree rings play an essential role in understanding how these forests can cope with anthropogenic global change. Therefore, a broad collection of knowledge of these effects is fundamental to achieve better management tools for the foreseen future.
This collection should be a reference for future research and reports, as many studies have been discovering emerging trends in many areas from Forest ecology and ecophysiology. These efforts aim to better understand the effects of anthropogenic global change on forests and how trees respond to different alterations in their environment.
Keywords: forest disturbance, tree rings, forest response, environmental change, forest ecophysiology
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