FORESTIA and the Special Issue of “Adapting forests ecosystems and wood products to biotic and abiotic stress”

FORESTIA organized the international conference held in March 2019 at Bariloche city, Argentina, in the frame of the European Union Marie-Curie project TOPWOOD 

The organizers and the participants of the conference decided to edit a special Issue of Forest Ecology and Management dedicated to the main topic of the conference. This Special Issue gathers contributions addressing the topic of the conference, i.e. the functional role and the genetic determinism of adaptive traits involved in tree responses to stressors associated to global change.

The articles cover the advantages and limitations of several methods for medium to high throughput phenotyping of wood hydraulic traits and technological properties; the inter- and intraspecific variation in xylem and leaf traits related to drought resistance in broadleaf species; the role of phenotypic plasticity of morpho-physiological traits on seedling establishment under contrasting environmental conditions; the trade-offs between productivity and yield stability across different site qualities; pests (fungi) affecting the mortality of South-American temperate forests; and the regeneration patterns of forest species studied by reciprocal transplanting experiments in altitudinal gradients. The studied taxa comprise forestry species planted worldwide (Populus spp, Eucalyptus spp, Pinus sp) as well as less-studied native species from South-American temperate forests (Nothogafus spp, Austrocedrus chilensis) and subtropical forests (Araucaria angustifolia, Cabralea canjerana). From the disciplinary point of view, the articles provide insights from forest ecology, tree physiology, functional wood anatomy, mycology, wood technology and population genetics. The conference participants provide new evidence -coming from collaborative international research- on the potential adaptation and adaptability of forest and wood products to environmental more stressful conditions.

Forest Ecology and Management Special Issue: Adapting forests ecosystems and wood products to biotic and abiotic stress

Guest Editor: María Elena Fernández

Special Issue articles:

• Sergent A.S., S.A.Varela, T.S. Barigah, E. Badel, H. Cochard, G. Dalla-Salda, S.Delzon, M.E. Fernández, J.Guillemot, J.Gyenge, L.J. Lamarque, A.Martinez-Meier, P.Rozenberg, J.M.Torres-Ruiz, N.K.Martin-StPaul. 2020. A comparison of five methods to assess embolism resistance in trees. Forest Ecology and Management Volume 468, 15 July 2020, 118175, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118175
• Olguin Flavia Y., Ana Paula Moretti, Martín Pinazo, Fermín Gortari, José Vera Bahima, Corina Graciano 2020. Morphological and physiological plasticity in seedlings of Araucaria angustifolia and Cabralea canjerana is related to plant establishment performance in the rainforest. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2020.117867
• Fernández M.E., A.J.Barotto, A.Martínez Meier, J.E.Gyenge, N.Tesón, A.S.Quiñones Martorello, E.Merlo, G.Dalla Salda, P.Rozenberg, S.Monteoliva. 2019. New insights into wood anatomy and function relationships: How Eucalyptus challenges what we already know. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2019.117638
• Ignazi Griselda, Sandra J.Bucci, Andrea C.Premoli. 2020. Stories from common gardens: Water shortage differentially affects Nothofagus pumilio from contrasting precipitation lengaregimes. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2019.117796.
• Diaz Dayana G. , Paula Mathiasen, Andrea C.Premoli. 2020. Subtle precipitation differences yield adaptive adjustments in the mesic Nothofagus dombeyi. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2020.117931.
• Duboscq-Carra V.G., J.A.Arias-Rios, V.A.El Mujtar, P. Marchelli, M.J.Pastorino. 2020. Differentiation in phenology among and within natural populations of a South American Nothofagus revealed by a two-year evaluation in a common garden trial. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2019.117858.
• Alvarez Javier A., Silvia C.Cortizo, Javier E.Gyenge. 2020. Yield stability and phenotypic plasticity of Populus spp. clones growing in environmental gradients: I-yield stability under field conditions. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2020.117995
• Molina Lucía, Mario Rajchenberg, Andrés de Errasti, Mary CatherineAime, María Belén Pildain.2020. Sapwood-inhabiting mycobiota and Nothofagus tree mortality in Patagonia: Diversity patterns according to tree species, plant compartment and health condition. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2020.117997.
• Cagnacci J. , M.Estravis-Barcala, M.V.Lia, A.Martínez-Meier, M.Gonzalez Polo, M.V.Arana. 2020.The impact of different natural environments on the regeneration dynamics of two Nothofagus species across elevation in the southern Andes. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118034.
• Caballé Gonzalo, Oscar Santaclara, Juan P.Diez, Federico Letourneau, Esther Merlo, Alejandro Martinez Meier. 2020. Where to find structural grade timber: A case study in ponderosa pine based on stand and tree level factors. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2019.117849.
• Sergent A.S. , V.Segura, J.P.Charpentier, G.Dalla-Salda, M.E.Fernández, P.Rozenberg, A.Martinez-Meier. 2020. Assessment of resistance to xylem cavitation in cordilleran cypress using near-infrared spectroscopy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2020.117943.