About this Research Topic
The impact of environmental change not only affects the survival of trees but also is closely related to the interests of human beings. Woody plants are a key element of the ecosystem since they help mitigate the negative impacts of complex climate changes such as increased carbon dioxide, high temperature, drought, etc. When trees suffer from environmental stress, they have to respond physiologically and ecologically to all kinds of adversity to improve their survival ability. This includes changes from population to individual, and involves the knowledge of ecology, morphology, and also physiology. To explore the physiological ecology of trees under environmental stresses is of great significance to improve forestry production and environmental protection.
The goal of this Research Topic is to present an overview of the fundamental discoveries in the field of physiological ecology of trees under environmental stresses. The definition of stress in this special issue is external environmental factors or abiotic stress, although biotic factors such as pathogens and weeds can also cause stress on the physiological ecology of trees.
This Research Topic aims to collect physiological, biochemical, and also genetic studies to improve our understanding of the response mechanisms of trees under abiotic stresses, especially about climate changes such as global warming, drought, atmospheric nitrogen deposition, soil acidification, salinization, etc. We warmly welcome researches ranging from population ecology to individual physiology, such as tree mortality, trade-offs between growth and secondary metabolism, photosynthesis, nutrient uptake, soil microbial diversity and their interactions with trees. Large-scale field experiment, common garden, and applied molecular or omics research are all our concerns. We welcome submissions of different types of manuscripts including original research papers, reviews, and methods, including but not limited to:
• Plant-soil interactions
• Phytohormones and nitric oxide
• Secondary metabolites and plant defense
• Elemental stoichiometry
• Provenance trial
• Molecular adaptation mechanisms
• Microbial diversity
• Functional traits
The goal of this Research Topic is to present an overview of the fundamental discoveries in the field of physiological ecology of trees under environmental stresses. The definition of stress in this special issue is external environmental factors or abiotic stress, although biotic factors such as pathogens and weeds can also cause stress on the physiological ecology of trees.
This Research Topic aims to collect physiological, biochemical, and also genetic studies to improve our understanding of the response mechanisms of trees under abiotic stresses, especially about climate changes such as global warming, drought, atmospheric nitrogen deposition, soil acidification, salinization, etc. We warmly welcome researches ranging from population ecology to individual physiology, such as tree mortality, trade-offs between growth and secondary metabolism, photosynthesis, nutrient uptake, soil microbial diversity and their interactions with trees. Large-scale field experiment, common garden, and applied molecular or omics research are all our concerns. We welcome submissions of different types of manuscripts including original research papers, reviews, and methods, including but not limited to:
• Plant-soil interactions
• Phytohormones and nitric oxide
• Secondary metabolites and plant defense
• Elemental stoichiometry
• Provenance trial
• Molecular adaptation mechanisms
• Microbial diversity
• Functional traits
Keywords: Photosynthesis, Physiology and stress defense, Ecological stoichiometry, Nitric oxide signaling, Environmental factors
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