Response of Tree Rings to Climate Change and Climate Extremes

Dear Colleagues,

Global warming is an undoubted fact, and climate change leads further to variability in the distribution and pattern of precipitation. The frequency and intensity of climate extreme events have increased significantly in the context of global climatic change. Climate change and climate extremes (high temperature, frost, drought, floods, heavy snow etc.) have a profound impact on forest ecosystems. Therefore, it is critical to understand the response and feedback of tree growth to climate change and climate extremes. The climate change and extreme events are recorded by tree rings, including tree-ring width, stable carbon and oxygen isotopes, density. Tree-ring analysis can provide insights into the seasonal/annual time scale, while wood anatomy and the micro-sampling approach allow us to obtain knowledge on a weekly time scale. We encourage authors of studies on tree rings or wood anatomy from all fields, including experimental studies, monitoring approaches, and process-based models, to contribute to this Special Issue in order to promote an in-depth understanding of the response and feedback mechanism of tree growth to climate change and climate extremes in the context of global change.

Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

• Impacts of climate change and climate extremes on forest ecosystems.
• Response and adaptation of tree growth to climate change.
• Extreme events recorded by tree rings.
• Climate change and forest carbon sinks.
• The water–carbon process of tree growth.
• Climate reconstruction based on tree-ring multiple parameters.

Prof. Li Qin
Dr. Lushuang Gao
Prof. Dr. Vladimir V. Shishov
Prof. Dr. Ruibo Zhang
Guest Editors

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