Forest ecosystems from mountain regions (FEMR) provide a wide range of ecosystem services and are a hub of biodiversity. Information about their condition under the action of diverse actors is essential in facing current global and climatic challenges. As ecosystems in mountain regions are vulnerable to changing environmental conditions and other factors, the assessment of their condition with respect to diverse impacts and risks will provide essential and significant knowledge for their further management and adaptation strategies. Ecosystem services provisioning is dependent on the ecosystems' condition in mountain areas and the information in the socio-ecological context supports outlining the pathways for sustainable regional development. Considering the wide diversity of driving factors and the variety of complex mountainous ecosystems across biomes new knowledge on interrelations in socio-ecological systems in mountain regions across the world is of special interest.This Research Topic aims to provide new scientific-based information on the status of forest ecosystems from mountain areas under global climatic changes, different anthropogenic factors and risks. Ecological studies focusing on ecosystem services, effects of different factors on mountain forest ecosystems and their components, risk assessments and socio-ecological studies from different regions of the world are welcome.We welcome articles that research and review mountain forest ecosystems. Topics may include, but are not limited to:- Ecology, biodiversity and forestry management; - Assessment of the effects of climatic and anthropogenic impacts on forests in mountain regions in different climatic regions; - Forest fires, drought, pests and diseases, flooding, erosion; - Impact of logging on forest resources in mountain areas;- Mountain wildlife conservation and management; - Improving and preserving the genetic diversity of mountain forests; - Policy, science, and practice in the field of mountain ecosystems.
Forest ecosystems from mountain regions (FEMR) provide a wide range of ecosystem services and are a hub of biodiversity. Information about their condition under the action of diverse actors is essential in facing current global and climatic challenges. As ecosystems in mountain regions are vulnerable to changing environmental conditions and other factors, the assessment of their condition with respect to diverse impacts and risks will provide essential and significant knowledge for their further management and adaptation strategies. Ecosystem services provisioning is dependent on the ecosystems' condition in mountain areas and the information in the socio-ecological context supports outlining the pathways for sustainable regional development. Considering the wide diversity of driving factors and the variety of complex mountainous ecosystems across biomes new knowledge on interrelations in socio-ecological systems in mountain regions across the world is of special interest.This Research Topic aims to provide new scientific-based information on the status of forest ecosystems from mountain areas under global climatic changes, different anthropogenic factors and risks. Ecological studies focusing on ecosystem services, effects of different factors on mountain forest ecosystems and their components, risk assessments and socio-ecological studies from different regions of the world are welcome.We welcome articles that research and review mountain forest ecosystems. Topics may include, but are not limited to:- Ecology, biodiversity and forestry management; - Assessment of the effects of climatic and anthropogenic impacts on forests in mountain regions in different climatic regions; - Forest fires, drought, pests and diseases, flooding, erosion; - Impact of logging on forest resources in mountain areas;- Mountain wildlife conservation and management; - Improving and preserving the genetic diversity of mountain forests; - Policy, science, and practice in the field of mountain ecosystems.