Ecology of Forested Wetlands
A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Forest Ecology and Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 436
Special Issue Editors
Interests: forested wetland ecology; wetland management; wetland creation and restoration; effects of man and nature on natural environments; wetlands for wastewater treatment; estuarine/upland connections; changing land-use impacts on natural systems
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Interests: contribution of trees and herbaceous plants to carbon and water cycling; effect of environmental drivers on plant community composition and productivity; influence of flooding regimes and soil salinity on freshwater to oligohaline marshes, and forests of the upper estuary; sap flow studies in peatlands; southern pine forests; remote Pacific atoll forests; mangroves, and temperate rainforests
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Forested wetlands, more commonly known as swamps, flatwoods, mangals (mangroves), or inundated forests, have a wide distribution, occurring on every continent except Antarctica. They are extensive in equatorial areas (e.g., the Amazon) and the most abundant wetland type in temperate and boreal regions. Approximately 3% of the global land area is wetland and of this, it is estimated that 60% is forested. While descriptive literature on the most widely studied forested wetland ecosystem, mangrove swamps, can be traced back to 325 BC, research on ecosystem functions was not conducted until the 1930s. Compared to upland forests, forested wetlands are a relatively understudied ecosystem world-wide. It was not until the 1970s that we began to focus on the ecological processes of forested wetlands and examine the importance of these sytems and how natural and anthropogenic disturbances affect forest health and growth. More recently, we have begun to realize that these forest ecosystems are also subject to a series of disturbances related to extreme climatic phenomena.
We invite researchers to contribute to this Special Issue of the journal Forests focusing on ‘Ecology of Forested Wetlands’ in order to promote knowledge on the drivers, patterns, mechanisms, and consequences of natural and anthropogenic events, including the estimation of the resistance, resilience, and recovery of these forested wetlands. Studies involving empirical, retrospective, and prospective approaches and using multiple disciplines (forestry, ecophysiology, dendroecology, pathology, climatology, etc.) are welcome.
Prof. Dr. William H. Conner
Dr. Jamie Duberstein
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- forested wetlands
- mangroves
- swamps
- bottomland hardwoods
- mangles
- tidal forests
- coastal forests
- sea level rise
- climate change
- deforestation
- hydrology
- productivity
- community composition
- blue carbon
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