Effects of Climate Change on Tree-Ring Growth—2nd Edition
A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Forest Ecology and Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 November 2025 | Viewed by 101
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Interests: tree-ring isotopes; climate change; climate reconstruction
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Interests: treeline ecotone; dendroecology; alpine shrub; climate warming; Tibetan Plateau
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Interests: ecosystem ecology; forest ecology; climate change
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Interests: climate modeling; tree-ring analysis; tree growth; climate dynamics; climatology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Forest dynamics have shown pervasive shifts in our changing world. Climate change can cause tree growth decline and high tree mortality across global forests. Tree ring growth is affected by climate change, and this determines whether a tree species has a high rate of mortality. We therefore invite contributions to this Special Issue studying the effects of climate change on tree ring growth. These contributions can explore all aspects of tree ring studies, related to topics such as the following:
- Forest carbon dynamics and climate change;
- Climate change-induced treeline or shrubline movement, insect outbreaks or forest dynamics with tree rings;
- Response and adaptation of tree or shrub growth to climate change;
- Tree ring-based past climate reconstruction;
- Wood anatomy of tree rings, tree growth monitoring and climate change;
- Fusing tree ring and forest inventory data;
- Linking remote sensing and dendrochronology.
Prof. Dr. Qiang Li
Prof. Dr. Yafeng Wang
Dr. Liang Shi
Prof. Dr. Xianliang Zhang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- tree ring
- dendroecology
- stable isotopes
- extreme climate events
- drought
- forest growth
- climate changes
- trees and shrubs
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