Editorial: Forest Management Alters Forest Water Use and Drought Vulnerability

Management strategies, including changing forest structure through density reduction (thinning) and planting, which are commonly implemented to meet other objectives, have the potential to influence water demand and availability. How management influences future forests is a function of near-term de...

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Published in:Frontiers in Forests and Global Change Vol. 4; p. 671437
Main Authors: Tague, Christina, Hurteau, Matthew D., Parolari, Anthony
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Lausanne Frontiers Media SA 13.04.2021
Frontiers Media S.A
Subjects:
Climate change
Climate variability
Composition
Conflicts of interest
Decision making
Dendrochronology
Drought
forest density
forest health
Forest management
Forests
Precipitation
Productivity
species change
Species composition
Stream flow
Thinning
Tree rings
Trees
Vegetation
Water demand
Water use
ISSN:2624-893X, 2624-893X
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Summary:Management strategies, including changing forest structure through density reduction (thinning) and planting, which are commonly implemented to meet other objectives, have the potential to influence water demand and availability. How management influences future forests is a function of near-term decision-making that can shape species composition and growth. van Mantgem et al. for example found species differences in drought and thinning responses in their review of tree ring analysis of growth in southwestern US forests. Taken together the studies in this Research Topic confirm that forest water use and drought responses are intimately tied to forest structure and composition, but that these relationships are sensitive to local-to-regional-scale variability in climate, species, and geologic/topographic setting.
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ISSN:2624-893X
2624-893X
DOI:10.3389/ffgc.2021.671437