Carbon Sequestration and Climate Change in Crops, Natural Vegetation, and Wetland Dynamics in the High Andes

BARBARA, VENTO; FRANCISCO CUESTA; LOHENGRIN CAVIERES

Frontiers in Plant Science

Frontiers

Año: 2023

Editorial: The Andes, one of the world's most extensive mountain ranges, stretches across a vast latitudinal range from tropical to subpolar regions along the western side of South America They provide relevant natural contributions as freshwater for human settlements or livestock and constitute habitats for particular biodiversity in contrast with other regional Andean landscapes. Climate change is already impacting ecosystems worldwide, and it is expected to continue or accelerate its impact in the future, representing a major threat to high mountain ecosystems worldwide. Andean wetland ecosystem dynamics are mainly regulated by temperature and precipitation, a factor that places them among the most sensitive and vulnerable ecosystems facing global climate change. This Research Topic compiles some of the latest insights into water resources, environmental factors, and climate variables, along with their influence in biological vegetation dynamics within Andean ecosystems.