Terrestrial Vegetation Dynamics and Its Response to Environmental Change

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the Special Issue “Terrestrial Vegetation Dynamics and Its Response to Environmental Change” in the journal Land. The aim of this Special Issue is to show new findings or new methods that improve our knowledge and understanding of terrestrial vegetation dynamics and response under changing environments. 

The terrestrial vegetation plays a fundamental role in global environment due to the different contributing processes which could be summarized within the wide spectrum of ecosystem services. The degree of vegetation stability and resilience of environmental changes becomes a key factor for nature conservation and sustainable development. The response to the variety of environmental changes, makes vegetation particularly important for modelling and predictions which will improve the capacity of environmental resources management, especially in the case of fragile ecosystems. Systematic analyses of long-term changes in spatiotemporal vegetation dynamics and its response to environmental change are essential to developing appropriate land planning and ecological conservation strategies.

All explored aspects of vegetation changes by different levels of community integrity (individuals, patches, populations, community, landscape, region) could be subjects of article themes, as well as directional trajectories and the endpoints of changes. Trait based, functional studies of vegetation changes may improve our understanding of the mechanisms that drive these changes.

We encourage studies from all aspects and approaches, including experiments, remote sensing, monitoring and modelling, to contribute to this Special Issue in order to promote knowledge and adaptation strategies for the preservation and management of terrestrial ecosystems in the future. The contribution to this special issue is expected to accelerate the understanding of vegetation dynamics and its driving mechanisms, and provide support for scientifically formulating and adjusting ecological restoration projects.

Prof. Dr. Iva Apostolova
Guest Editor

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