How Global Warming Affects Xylogenesis: Tree Responses and Consequences
A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Forest Ecophysiology and Biology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (29 August 2017) | Viewed by 20434
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Interests: tree-ring dating; dendroecology; wood anatomy; forest history
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Dear Colleagues,
Ongoing global warming is considerably expected to modify the performance of terrestrial ecosystems, and, consequently, have a critical impact on forest productivity. As environmental changes occur, trees need to adapt to the new prevalent conditions by altering many physiological processes. Among them, xylogenesis, i.e., the production of wood throughout the season, is one of the most affected. Thus, cambial activity occurs annually, and new xylem and phloem are produced as long as certain requirements are met, mainly temperature and day length. However, the raise of temperature is considerably modifying the rate and duration of this process, especially by advancing the breaking of dormancy in spring. However, these responses considerably vary across tree species and geographical regions, which can lead to a considerable variation of the distribution of species and the performance of ecosystems. The behavior of different forest species, ecosystems, and biomes needs to be better understood in order to project the potential future consequences on forest productivity. Therefore, studies involving any aspect of the influence of changing environmental conditions caused by global warming on the dynamics of xylem and phloem formation are welcome to this Special Issue.
Dr. Ignacio García-González
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Global change
- Wood formation
- Tree Ring
- Cambial activity
- Phenology
- Growing period length
- Season advancment
- Cell differentiation
- Threshold temperature
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