Biodiversity and Management of Temperate Floodplain Forests

Dear Colleagues,

Floodplain forests are considered as key forest ecosystems in lowland regions of the temperate climate zone. Ecosystem services of floodplain forests are manifold, extending from flood risk management to maintaining biodiversity, supporting of sustainable management of water resources, timber production, etc. Very often, the floodplain forest’s ecosystem function is gravely disturbed due to the modification of stream channels or hydroelectricity development and flood protection structures. The ecological role of floodplain forest ecosystems in landscape is emphasized in the context of global changes because of the flood event frequency and extent rising in landscapes along lowland rivers.
This Special Issue (SI) of Forests deals with these important ecosystem functions of floodplain forests from a worldwide perspective. The aim of this SI is to fill the knowledge gaps related to the mapping, assessment, management, conservation, and restoration of floodplain forest habitats, dynamics, and its ecosystem services. Papers in this SI should support the building of bridges between forest sciences, forest management practices via the applcation of sustainability principles to multifunctional forestry and land-use in alluvial landscapes. Papers dealing with floodplain forest ecosystem function and their alteration by hydro-engineering structures and possibilities for the restoration of dynamics and ecosystem functions are also welcome. Finally, manuscripts which deal with the role of stakeholders and social–economical aspects of floodplain forest management are also invited to this SI. Papers published in this SI will be important in helping to better understand floodplain forests’ functions and their restoration and in the development of sustainable forest management practices, including biodiversity conservation of these unique forest ecosystems.

Prof. Dr. Ivo Machar
Guest Editor

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