Forest Sustainable Management

Dear Colleagues,

The departure and steep trajectory of climate trends over past norms threatens the resilience of our forest ecosystems and all that depend on them, including us. The current state of forests across northern latitudes and the cascade of associated ecological linkages and services that have been shaped slowly over thousands of years are now facing rapidly changing pressures for which there is no modern analog. Already, the frequency and severity of natural disturbance events, such as periods of drought, wildfire, and insect outbreak are on the rise. Stand-replacing disturbance events under current climate pressures may initiate new trajectories in forest succession and ecosystem response at different scales that are unprecedented and difficult to forecast given our current knowledge. New and coordinated forest management strategies offer both opportunities to better understand novel successional effects of climate change, as well as time to conserve and bolster the resilience of existing forest ecosystems. Hence, studies from all aspects of forest management and forest ecology research are encouraged, including, but not limited to, ecological forestry, monitoring approaches and forecast modeling, to contribute to this Special Issue in order to promote knowledge and adaptation strategies for the preservation, management and future development of forest ecosystems.

Dr. Peter Wolter
Guest Editor

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