Effect of Disturbance on Natural Forest Regeneration in a Changing Tropical Environment

Donald Mlambo, Munesh Kumar, Stephen Syampungani, Uttam Kumar Sahoo

Frontiers Media SA

Recent research shows that tropical forests are experiencing changes driven by many factors...

Sustainability Forests and Global Change Tropical Forests

Keywords: forest disturbance,­natural regeneration,­Climate Change,­tropical forests,­woody plants

Mountainous Forest Ecosystems: Challenges and Management Implications

Shreekar Pant, Jahangeer A. Bhat, Zishan Ahmad Wani, K. V. Satish, Vikram S. Negi

Frontiers Media SA

Sustainability Forests and Global Change Forest Management

Keywords: Mountain forests,­ecosystem services,­Climate Change,­pressures,­Management implications,­biodiversity conservation

Living far from the ground: Strategies of forest epiphytes

Paolo Giordani, Helena Einzmann, Glenda Mendieta Leiva, Ángel Benítez

Frontiers Media SA

Sustainability Forests and Global Change Forest Ecophysiology

Keywords: epiphytes,­Ecology,­Ecophysiology,­functional traits,­Epiphytic communities,­conservation,­competition

Small area estimation in forest inventories: New needs, methods, and tools

Barry Wilson, John Coulston, Steve Prisley, Philip Radtke

Frontiers Media SA

Sustainability Forests and Global Change Forest Management

Keywords: Small area estimation,­National Forest Inventory,­NFI

Forests under pressure: The need for interdisciplinary approaches to address forest vulnerability to tree mortality in response to drought

Angelo Rita, Francesco Ripullone, Jesús Julio Camarero, Giovanna Battipaglia, Veronica De Micco

Frontiers Media SA

Science Plant Science Functional Plant Ecology

Keywords: global environmental change,­Forest health,­Natural disturbances,­forest management,­tree mortality

Lianas, Ecosystems, and Global Change

Geertje M. F. Van Der Heijden, Félicien Meunier, Stefan A. Schnitzer

Frontiers Media SA

Sustainability Forests and Global Change Tropical Forests

Keywords: lianas,­Forest ecosystems,­tropical forests,­functional traits,­Liana-tree interactions

Forest Pathology in Changing Climate

Denita Hadziabdic, Jane E. Stewart, Caterina Villari, Richard Hamelin, Matt Kasson

Frontiers Media SA

Sustainability Forests and Global Change Pests, Pathogens and Invasions

Keywords: abiotic stress,­biotic stress,­forest pathology,­Climate Change,­plant-vector-host interactions

Functional Ecology and Conservation of Palms

Gerardo Avalos, Thaise Emilio, Silvia Alvarez-Clare, Kelly M. Andersen

Frontiers Media SA

Palms (Arecaceae) represent one of the most ecologically important and taxonomically diverse plant...

Sustainability Forests and Global Change Forest Ecophysiology

Keywords: functional ecology,­palms,­Arecaceae,­Physiology,­biotic interactions,­Climate Change,­Palm Adaptation,­food webs,­genetic differentiation,­phylogenetic structure

Understanding Patterns and Mechanisms of Forest Canopy Diversity and Ecosystem Functions in a Changing World

Akihiro Nakamura, Brett Scheffers, Roger Laurence Kitching, Louise A. Ashton

Frontiers Media SA

Sustainability Forests and Global Change Forest Growth

Keywords: community assembly,­food web,­Herbivory,­predation,­species interaction,­Trophic network,­Population Dynamics,­vertical stratification