Long-Term Monitoring of Forest Biodiversity and Dynamics in China

Dear Colleagues,

Forests harbor two thirds of terrestrial plant species and serve as a global carbon sink. Under the scenario of global climate change, however, have forests been experiencing pervasive shifts in structure and species composition? What are the consequences in biodiversity dynamics and ecosystem services? Forest dynamics occur as a result of demography (e.g., mortality, recruitment, and growth) influenced by environmental conditions and disturbances. The question of forest shifts and its consequences in biomass, functions, and ecosystem services could be answered via long-term monitoring. Forests obviously differ from region to region across the world; nevertheless, long-term biodiversity monitoring in China has the possibility to give us a comprehensive overview of forest change around the world due to the fact that China has most forest types across its latitude.

In this Special Issue, we would like to cover a variety of forests from temperate to tropical regions in Chinese Forest biodiversity Monitoring Networks (CForBio). We invite observational studies which explore mechanisms of community assembly, ecosystem functioning, and biodiversity dynamics from taxonomical, functional, and phylogenetic dimensions. In addition, studies modeling the relationships between impacts of projected climate scenarios and forest ecosystem characteristics are welcome. Articles in this Special Issue will contribute to understanding and predicting forest biodiversity change under climate change.

Dr. Xiangcheng Mi
Dr. Jie Yang
Dr. Xiaoyang Song
Dr. Yahuang Luo
Dr. Yuanzhi Li
Guest Editors

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