Modeling of Climate Change Impact on Urban Forest Ecosystems and related Ecosystem Service Provisioning

Dear Colleagues,

Urban forests comprise forests around densely populated areas as well as trees and forest vegetation inside urban areas. Either way, under warmer climates, urban forests face an increasing demand for ecosystem services, such as recreation, shading, and cooling. On the other hand, urban trees and forests will face more severe environmental conditions due to heat island effects and changing hydrological conditions. Process-based models are required to estimate cooling and shading effects as well as other services for society, and to support decision-making processes in urban forest management, such as choice of suitable tree species and optimizing tree species mixtures. For this Special Issue, we welcome contributions dealing with model development, evaluation, as well as model applications to better understand climate change impacts on urban forests and the provisioning of ecosystem services that are relevant for urban areas.

Prof. Dr. Manfred J. Lexer
Guest Editor

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