Reprint

Impact of Natural Hazards on Forest Ecosystems and Their Surrounding Landscape under Climate Change

Edited by
October 2021
232 pages
  • ISBN978-3-0365-2004-9 (Hardback)
  • ISBN978-3-0365-2005-6 (PDF)

This is a Reprint of the Special Issue Impact of Natural Hazards on Forest Ecosystems and Their Surrounding Landscape under Climate Change that was published in

Biology & Life Sciences
Chemistry & Materials Science
Engineering
Environmental & Earth Sciences
Public Health & Healthcare
Summary

In recent decades, the increasing frequency of natural hazards has impacted forest ecosystems and their surroundings. It is because of climate change that the dynamics of the ecosystem structure, feedbacks, and relationships are changing. These structural changes are too complicated and complex to be entirely, or at least satisfactorily, explained. However, it is possible to explain at least some of these interconnections. Water is the primary transport medium for energy and material fluxes in ecosystems, and, therefore, it is a common denominator of the complex interconnections between their partial components.Consequently, we paid attention to water as the primary agent driving the impact of natural hazards in forest ecosystems and their surroundings. Water scarcity causes drought, and its surplus causes flood, respectively. Additionally, it is also necessary to understand temporal distribution patterns of water in a warmer climate and ecophysiological consequences in forest structures. Thus, we decided to prepare a book in which contributors of the articles tried to explain some water-related examples of natural hazard impacts on the forest and the surrounding ecosystem.

Format
  • Hardback
License and Copyright
© 2022 by the authors; CC BY-NC-ND license
Keywords
leaf colouring; phenological shifts; climate change; Fagus sylvatica L.; altitude; trends; forest ecosystem; climate change; abiotic stressors; drought; wind gust; high temperature; drought; Slovakia; Hron river; trend analyses; altitude; climate change; windthrow; bark beetle outbreak; chamber CO2 flux upscaling; LAI; streamflow characteristics; precipitation quality; mountain forests; long-term changes; acid components; base cations; climate change; dendrometer; stem water deficit; shrinkage; morlet wavelet; hemiparasite; oak stands dieback; water deficit; mineral nutrition; photosynthesis; growth response; windstorms; forest area; land use change; climate change; Carabus; Báb; seasonal activity; abundance; recovering forest stand; climate; drought; forest stand transpiration; European beech; environmental drivers; drought; time lag; snow density; snow tube; technology; artificial snow; ski slope; piste; VS-43; snow depth; snow lances; water balance; n/a

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