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Responses of Forest Ecosystems to Climate Change

A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Forest Meteorology and Climate Change".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (24 February 2023) | Viewed by 6422

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Dr. Jean Philippe Mévy

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Mediterranean Institute of Biodiversity and Marine and Continental Ecology, Marseille, France
Interests: ecophysiology; plant physiology; global change; ecosystems; adaptation

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Different climate change variables, such as the increase in atmospheric CO2 levels, the resulting rise in temperature, and the drop in precipitation expected in certain regions of the world, have an impact on ecosystems and the benefits they provide. Forests ecosystems in particular are of great importance globally, since they cover about 30% of the world’s land surface and harbor most terrestrial biodiversity. They are also recognized as important carbon sinks, thus exhibiting a pivotal role in climate regulation. Nevertheless, our knowledge of how forest ecosystems will respond to climate change still remains limited.

Accordingly, this Special Issue welcomes original research papers, perspectives, hypotheses, opinions, reviews, modeling approaches, and methods with an emphasis on this topic. We especially welcome research concerning forest productivity, soil microorganisms and fauna, plant-insect interactions, and plant–plant interactions. Other topics of interest include, studies on how ecosystems function from local to regional scales; biodiversity; plant traits; physiology; ecophysiology; biochemistry; plant nutrition and nutrient cycling; abiotic and biotic stressors; as well as transcriptome, proteome, metabolome, and epigenome studies from cellular, sub-cellular, and whole individuals. Field experiments and more controlled experiments are welcome.

Dr. Jean Philippe Mévy
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • forest
  • climate change
  • adaptation
  • biotic interactions
  • biodiversity
  • ecogenomic
  • functional ecology
  • net productivity
  • biogeochemical cycle

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The Radial Growth of Juniperus squamata Showed Sharp Increase in Response to Climate Warming on the Three-River Headwaters Region of Tibetan Plateau since the Early 21st Century
by Guoqing Zhao, Zhongbao Xin, Jinhao Liu, Yanzhang Huang, Maierdang Keyimu and Zongshan Li
Forests 2023, 14(6), 1219; https://doi.org/10.3390/f14061219 - 12 Jun 2023
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In order to explore the impact of climate change on the ecosystem at high altitudes, dendroclimatology was used to study the response of radial growth of Juniperus squamata Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don to the rapid warming in Nangqian County over the past 60 years, [...] Read more.
In order to explore the impact of climate change on the ecosystem at high altitudes, dendroclimatology was used to study the response of radial growth of Juniperus squamata Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don to the rapid warming in Nangqian County over the past 60 years, and a tree-ring width chronology for 115 years was established. (1) Meteorological data showed that the temperature in Nangqian County of the Tibetan Plateau has increased continuously during the past 60 years, and the minimum temperature has had the most significant change (0.63 °C/10a), especially between 2000–2019 (0.12 °C/a). Over the same time period precipitation has not changed significantly (0.94 mm/a, p > 0.10). The standard chronology was used to reconstruct the mean temperature series from July to September in Nangqian meteorological station during the past 115 years (1905–2019). The explained variance of the reconstructed equation was 42.8% (40.8%, after adjusting for degrees of freedom). The reconstructed temperature series can be roughly divided into two stages: from 1905 to 1999, the temperature fluctuated around the average value, 12.10 °C, and from 2000 to 2019, the temperature showed a significant upward trend. (2) The analysis of the climate-tree growth relationship indicated that the response of radial growth of Juniperus squamata to temperature was significantly stronger than the response to precipitation; especially in the last 20 years, when the radial growth of Juniperus squamata was positively correlated with temperature (p < 0.01). Compared to the maximum temperature and mean temperature, the correlation between radial growth of Juniperus squamata and minimum temperature was more significant. (3) Under the background of climate warming, the radial growth trend of Juniperus squamata in Nangqian county was consistent with temperature changes. Particularly in the past 20 years, the radial growth of Juniperus squamata showed a significantly increased trend and entered a rapid growth period. Full article
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NDVI-Based Vegetation Dynamics and Response to Climate Changes and Human Activities in Guizhou Province, China
by Xu Xue, Zhijie Wang and Shuangshuang Hou
Forests 2023, 14(4), 753; https://doi.org/10.3390/f14040753 - 6 Apr 2023
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Guizhou Province is a typical representative karst region in China, with poverty and a fragile ecology, and knowledge of vegetation dynamics and its response to climate changes and human activities can provide basic information for ecological environmental resource management. Based on MOD13Q1 NDVI [...] Read more.
Guizhou Province is a typical representative karst region in China, with poverty and a fragile ecology, and knowledge of vegetation dynamics and its response to climate changes and human activities can provide basic information for ecological environmental resource management. Based on MOD13Q1 NDVI remote sensing products and meteorological data, spatial-temporal variations of NDVI in Guizhou Province from 2000 to 2021 were investigated using trend analysis, a coefficient of variation and the Hurst index. Simultaneously, the response to climate change and human activities was also explored using partial correlation and residual analysis. It was concluded that, firstly, the regional average NDVI in Guizhou Province displays a significant improving trend, with a rate of 0.056/10a from 2000 to 2021. NDVI in Guizhou Province displays notable spatial heterogeneity, with high values mainly concentrated in forests and woody savanna regions in eastern and northwestern Guizhou and low values distributed in croplands and rapid urban expansion regions in western and central Guizhou. In addition, the overall spatial distribution of NDVI displays an upward trend, and the area of extreme and light significant improvement accounts for 81.0% of Guizhou total area. Secondly, the NDVI variation in Guizhou Province is relatively stable and the area of lower-to-moderate fluctuation accounts for 90.1% of Guizhou total area; meanwhile, the future trend of NDVI variation in Guizhou is largely sustainable. Thirdly, the NDVI variations in Guizhou are more strongly influenced by air temperature than precipitation; meanwhile, compared to climatic factors, human activities have a stronger impact on vegetation dynamics in Guizhou Province. Fourthly, the trend, stability, sustainability and relationship with climatic factors and human activities of NDVI variations are varied among different vegetation types. These results will provide valuable information for ecosystem restoration and environment protection in Guizhou Province. Full article
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Modelling Response of Norway Spruce Forest Vegetation to Projected Climate and Environmental Changes in Central Balkans Using Different Sets of Species
by Dragica Obratov-Petković, Jelena Beloica, Dragana Čavlović, Vladimir Djurdjević, Snežana Belanović Simić and Ivana Bjedov
Forests 2022, 13(5), 666; https://doi.org/10.3390/f13050666 - 26 Apr 2022
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The structure and function of many forest ecosystems will be modified as a result of air pollution and climate change. Norway spruce (Picea abies L.) forests are among the first terrestrial ecosystems to respond to this change. We analysed how changes in [...] Read more.
The structure and function of many forest ecosystems will be modified as a result of air pollution and climate change. Norway spruce (Picea abies L.) forests are among the first terrestrial ecosystems to respond to this change. We analysed how changes in climate and environmental factors will affect vegetation cover in Norway spruce forests and whether it is possible to assemble a list of diagnostically important/sensitive species that would be the first to react to changes in habitats of Norway spruce in Central Balkan. Significant changes in the vegetation cover of Norway spruce forests are mainly influenced by temperature increases (≈4 °C), and precipitation decreases (≈102 mm) by the end of the 21st century. Projections show that vegetation cover changes and future habitat conditions for Norway spruce forests on podzolic brown soils with a low base saturation and soil pH decreases, and temperature growth and precipitation decline, with the worst in the Rodope montane forest ecoregion. In Dinaric Mountain and Balkan mixed forest ecoregions, the range of natural occurrence of Norway spruce forest will shift to higher altitudes, or to the north. One of the cognitions of this paper is that, through available environmental models and their indices, species from the IUCN Red List should be recognised more properly and included in model calculations. Full article
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