Managing Forest Ecosystems: Landscapes, Ecosystem Services and Disturbances
A special issue of Land (ISSN 2073-445X). This special issue belongs to the section "Landscape Ecology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 October 2023) | Viewed by 16228
Special Issue Editors
Interests: forest management planning; fire management; multiple criteria decision analysis; ecosystem services
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue will comprise a selection of papers reporting recent advances on approaches to integrate concerns with disturbance agents (e.g., pests, diseases, wildfires and wind and snowstorms) in forest ecosystem management planning. The Special Issue aims to contribute to our understanding of disturbance agents and how they can be addressed in management planning and the assessment of ecosystem services. In this context, we welcome manuscripts that address challenges regarding (a) the characterization of disturbance regimes; (b) the ecology and management of disturbance agents; (c) the assessment of the impacts of disturbances on the provision of ecosystem services; (d) the integration of concerns with disturbance agents in management planning; and (e) the development of regulatory frameworks and policy analysis to address concerns about the impact of disturbance agents on forested landscapes.
Dr. Susete Marques
Dr. Paulo Borges
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- forest management planning
- ecosystem services
- resistant and resistant landscapes
- agroforestry
- disturbances agents
- risk
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