Indicators and Baselines of Afforestation and Reforestation
A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Forest Ecology and Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2024) | Viewed by 7288
Special Issue Editors
Interests: species distribution and niche modelling; climate change and range shift; vegetation restoration; biodiversity and distribution; GIS spatial analysis; remote sensing application analysis
Interests: vegetation restoration and reconstruction; grassland ecological restoration; water and soil conservation; plant functional traits; GIS spatial analysis; remote sensing application analysis
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Interests: vegetation ecology; vegetation survey, classification and description; regional vegetation mapping; plant ecology and restoration ecology in karst area
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The expansion of population on our planet has led to increased demand for agricultural land and urban land, which has sharply reduced the amount of natural vegetation land, and especially forest land. Afforestation and reforestation have become key rescue actions to reverse this situation. The key for afforestation projects is to establish a baseline and to continuously monitor and evaluate the restored ecosystem. Therefore, developing indicators and establishing a baseline will be of great significance for afforestation projects.
This Special Issue welcomes research and review papers covering all aspects related to the implementation of indicators and baselines in afforestation projects. Research methods can involve experiments, field surveys, model simulation, scenario analysis, or GIS remote sensing analysis. The application of indicators and baselines should deepen our understanding of vegetation restoration processes, and/or convert them into forest management recommendations. Although this Special Issue is mainly focused on forest ecosystems, it also welcomes theories, methods and case studies related to grassland ecosystems and other associated ecosystems.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
- Tree species selection strategies;
- Planting regionalization methods;
- Priority afforestation areas;
- Design of baseline and reference ecosystem;
- Assessment of restoration process;
- Climate change adaptation management.
Dr. Guoqing Li
Prof. Dr. Zhongming Wen
Dr. Changcheng Liu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- forest restoration
- vegetation mapping
- community structure and function
- tree species selection
- priority area for afforestation
- climate adaptation management
- afforestation regionalization
- indicators and baseline
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