Cycling of Carbon, Nutrients, and Greenhouse Gases in Agro-Ecosystems
A special issue of Agriculture (ISSN 2077-0472). This special issue belongs to the section "Ecosystem, Environment and Climate Change in Agriculture".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2020) | Viewed by 3155
Special Issue Editor
Interests: carbon and nutrient cycling in wetlands and landscapes; greenhouse gas fluxes; constructed wetlands; riparian buffer zones
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Dear Colleagues,
Agriculture is an increasingly important human activity, changing the global biogeochemical cycles. It is indispensable in order to feed the rapidly growing population, but it also has a negative aspect on environment, including climate warming.
This Special Issue will have a collection of investigations on various aspects of carbon and nutrients cycling in agro-ecosystems. We welcome research and review papers presenting analyses on carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus budgets in agro-ecosytems using various innovative methods such as soil microbial (qPCR, meta-omics) and isotope analyses, greenhouse gas flux measurements with different techniques, rhizosphere studies, as well as modelling studies. The studies can vary from the local (field) scale to the landscape level, including several mitigation measures such as optimised fertilisation, riparian buffer zones, and constructed wetlands to treat polluted water from agricultural fields.
Prof. Dr. Ülo Mander
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- carbon and nitrogen budgets
- soil microbial analysis
- fluxes of CO2, CH4 and N2O
- climate warming impact
- isotope analysis
- rhizosphere studies
- cross-scale analysis from field to landscape
- riparian buffer zones and constructed wetlands
- modelling of carbon and nutrient cycling
- mitigation measures and strategies
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