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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The Urban Forest and Ecosystem Services –
<a name="_GoBack"></a>Tree, Street and City Scale<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">We invite interested author(s) to provide abstracts of possible papers
<b><u>before 30 July 2014</u></b>. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">These abstracts should communicate what they would intend to submit as a full manuscript for the Special Section in the ‘Journal of Environmental Quality’ (impact factor = 2.35).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><a href="https://www.crops.org/publications/jeq/special-sections-in-development">https://www.crops.org/publications/jeq/special-sections-in-development</a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">These abstracts should include a list of contributory authors, an appropriate title and brief abstract of <300 words.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">An Abstract Template can be downloaded from
<a href="http://thegirg.org/urban-forest-special-section-in-jeq/">http://thegirg.org/urban-forest-special-section-in-jeq/</a>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">Submitted abstracts will be considered by the Guest Editors and JEQ Sub-editor.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">Those deemed suitable will then be invited to submit full manuscripts to the ‘Journal of Environmental Quality’
<b><u>between 1 October 2014 and 31 January 2015</u></b>. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">Criteria for evaluating the suitability of submitted abstracts are described below at the JEQ’s website:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><a href="https://dl.sciencesocieties.org/publications/jeq/about">https://dl.sciencesocieties.org/publications/jeq/about</a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">All full manuscript submissions will be subject to the standard JEQ peer review process:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><a href="https://dl.sciencesocieties.org/publications/jeq/author-instructions">https://dl.sciencesocieties.org/publications/jeq/author-instructions</a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Please send your abstracts to one of the guest editors:<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>Dr Stephen Livesley (The University of Melbourne, AUS)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><a href="mailto:sjlive@unimelb.edu.au"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">sjlive@unimelb.edu.au</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt">
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>Dr Carlo Calfapietra (National Research Council, ITA)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><a href="mailto:carlo.calfapietra@ibaf.cnr.it"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">carlo.calfapietra@ibaf.cnr.it</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt">
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>Dr Greg McPherson (USDA Forest Service, USA)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><a href="mailto:egmcpherson@ucdavis.edu"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">egmcpherson@ucdavis.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><b>We are also happy to answer any queries you may have<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Special Section Rationale<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Over recent decades research has shown that urban forests are integral to the environmental quality of cities the world over. Our understanding of relations between urban forest structure and function has grown and led to a more complete
picture of how this complex system operates. As such, urban forest managers are better equipped to resolve the complex problems cities face. There is growing awareness of the intrinsic and monetary value of the ecosystem services provided by functional urban
forests, such as energy conservation, carbon storage, reduced stormwater runoff, improved air quality and enhanced human health and well-being. Urban forest management is maturing into a viable strategy to help address pressing environmental problems that
cities face today. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As awareness of the capacity for urban forests to deliver multiple ecosystem services grows among policy-makers there is increasing need for empirical evidence. Stricter financial standards of the green marketplace demand that project managers
demonstrate that services are real and quantifiable. To support decision-making, research is needed that describes and quantifies the array of biogeochemical processes that operate among urban forest flora and fauna elements and between the forest and the
built environment. Examples include nutrient and mineral cycling, impacts on soil and water quality, catchment water relations, energy exchange and the uptake and release of atmospheric pollutants.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This Special Section aims to integrate new research findings to advance a coherent and conceptually rigorous framework of knowledge about ecological and environmental services provided by the urban forest. Papers are sought that critically
examine aspects of urban forests that influence the environmental quality of cities. Papers must provide evidence of, and insights into, the ecosystem service function of urban trees or the urban forest. The Special Section will provide an international perspective
on the urban forest. Empirical research papers are encouraged, although high-quality modelling-based papers that include model validation by empirical data are also welcome. Multi-disciplinary contributions are encouraged. Papers are expected to address the
management implications of their findings, and as appropriate, address policy issues at urban, regional or international scale.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We look forward to receiving your abstracts.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Please feel free to distribute this email to your colleagues who may have an interest<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Regards<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Steve, Greg and Carlo<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Dr Stephen Livesley<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Senior Lecturer<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Department of Resource Management and Geography<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Burnley campus , The University of Melbourne<o:p></o:p></p>
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