Editorial: recent advances in restoration, preservation, and eco-morphophysiology of plants under integrated management approaches and current climate change

Integrated forest management has become a critical strategic action considering forests’ multiple roles in nature conservation, renewable energy strategies, climate change mitigation, and adaptation policies (Sotirov and Arts, 2018). It generally involves considering the totality of interactions of various sub-systems (social, economic, and ecological) within the biosphere and integrating goals set for such management (Aggestam et al., 2020). Ecological drivers for tree restoration and preservation include biotic and abiotic factors, such as climate, type of substrate, and site aspect (Santoyo et al., 2017) and interactions with other species of a given plant community, animals or soil microorganisms (Asbeck et al., 2021). Morphological and physiological approaches seek to understand better how species cope with variations in given conditions and resources and how organisms’ responses affect their distribution and abundance patterns, community structure, and ecosystem processes (Walthert and Meier, 2017; Marchi et al., 2018).