Drought Tolerance in Trees: Growth and Physiology
A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Forest Ecophysiology and Biology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2025 | Viewed by 539
Special Issue Editors
Interests: forest ecology; plant functional traits; droughts; wood anatomy; non-structural carbohydrate
Interests: forest ecology; tree ring ecology; restoration ecology; ecosystem service functions
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The increasing frequency and intensity of drought events worldwide pose significant challenges to forest ecosystems, affecting tree growth, survival, and ecosystem functioning. As the backbone of many terrestrial ecosystems, trees play a critical role in maintaining biodiversity, carbon storage, and water cycles. Understanding the mechanisms that underpin tree responses to drought is, therefore, pivotal to predicting and mitigating the impacts of climate change on forests.
This Special Issue, "Drought Tolerance in Trees: Growth and Physiology", aims to bring together cutting-edge research and synthesis on how trees respond to drought at various scales, from molecular to ecosystem levels. By highlighting the latest advances in this field, we hope to foster interdisciplinary collaborations and inspire innovative strategies for forest management and conservation under changing environmental conditions.
The Special Issue welcomes contributions that explore the multifaceted responses of trees to drought. Key areas of focus include, but are not limited to, the following: studies on hydraulic architecture, stomatal regulation, osmotic adjustment, and carbon allocation in trees under drought stress; studies on how drought influences tree growth patterns, biomass distribution, and phenological adjustments; and studies on how tree responses to drought scale up to affect community structure, ecosystem function, and biogeochemical cycles.
We look forward to your contributions to this exciting collection.
Dr. Guangqi Zhang
Dr. Yang Cao
Dr. Peipei Jiang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- drought tolerance
- drought resistance
- tree physiology
- tree growth
- water stress
- hydraulic efficiency
- stomatal regulation
- xylem cavitation
- climate resilience
- forest adaptation
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