Dear colleagues, We are pleased to invite you to submit an abstract to an exciting 2018 Fall Meeting AGU session called "B027: Forest ecohydrology under a changing climate". We expect a wide range of ecohydrological studies conducted in various forested systems focusing on how these ecosystems are responding to current and future changes in climate.
We look forward to your contribution, and also please share this session with anybody that might be interested in this theme! Abstract: Forest ecosystems are pivotal for the stability of the global climate system. Beyond their influential role in the global carbon cycle, forests contribute to regional cooling and precipitation recycling through evapotranspiration. About half of the world’s forests have already been fragmented or converted to other land uses, with significant effects on the regional water cycling and climate. Remaining natural forests, as well as recovering secondary forests or plantations, stand to be impacted by climate change (e.g., severe droughts and storms), which will directly affect their ecohydrology and carbon cycling, resulting in climate change feedbacks. In this session, we seek contributions on novel insights and modern applications and tools for forest ecohydrology and their response to climate change. We expect submissions that focus on various forest ecosystems across the globe and that span various subdisciplines (e.g., physiology, modelling, management, ecology, etc.). https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm18/prelim.cgi/Session/44695 Conveners: Dr. Norbert Kunert - Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute Dr. Kristina J Anderson-Teixeira - Smithsonian Institution Dr. Luiza Maria T Aparecido - Arizona State University Dr. Georgianne W Moore - Texas A&M University *------------------------------------------------------------------------* *Luiza Maria T. Aparecido, PhD* Postdoctoral Research Associate Macrosystems Ecology Laboratory Arizona State University - Tempe, AZ, USA
