Women in Forest Growth 2027: Resilience and Recovery in a Changing Climate

Forest growth research spans work from reading tree rings and maintaining long-term plots to modelling stand dynamics and guiding forest management, and women contribute across all of it. Yet their contributions are not always as visible as they should be. Women make up only around a third of researchers worldwide (UNESCO), and they remain under-represented in senior and leadership roles across science.We are delighted to present the first “Women in” article collection for the Forest Growth section of Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. Led by editorial board members of the Forest Growth section, this Research Topic aims to showcase the diversity of research by women across the full breadth of the field, with a focus on how trees and forests grow, respond and recover in a changing climate. We welcome advances in theory, fieldwork, experiment, modelling and applied practice. We are particularly keen to receive work that links growth research to forest management and policy, and research from under-studied forest regions and the Global South.We welcome submissions on themes including, but not limited to:• Tree growth and forest productivity under climate change, including drought and heat stress• Growth and recovery after fire and other disturbances• Dendrochronology and tree-ring approaches to growth, climate and disturbance history• Wood formation, xylogenesis and the physiology of tree growth• Carbon and water use, allocation and storage in trees and stands• Growth and yield modelling, from individual trees to landscapes• Long-term plots, forest inventory and remote sensing of forest growth• Silviculture, thinning and mixed-species management for resilient growth• Regeneration, recruitment and growth–mortality trade-offs• Provenance, adaptation and assisted migration of tree species• Linking forest growth research to management, restoration and climate policyWe also welcome submissions that reflect on gender equity in forest science, such as barriers to fieldwork, mentoring and career pathways, and strategies that help women researchers thrive. Article types which may be submitted to this collection are: Original Research, Review, Systematic Review, Mini Review, Methods, Hypothesis and Theory, and Technology and Code.Please note: To be considered for this collection, the first or last author should be a researcher who identifies as a woman. Topic editors: Ana Marina Srur, Maria Laura Suarez Source: https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/87445/women-in-forest-growth-2027-resilience-and-recovery-in-a-changing-climate