Biochar and Ecosystem Function: Applications in Agroforestry, Urban, and Peri-Urban Soils
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Innovative Cropping Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2023) | Viewed by 3781
Special Issue Editors
Interests: biochar; forestry ecology; methane; carbon; physiological ecology; global change; silviculture
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Interests: biochar; climate change; green infrastructure; forest ecology & management; biometeorology; biogeochemistry; remote sensing & GIS; designing cost-effective environmental sensor-logger systems
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Ecosystem functions are key to sustaining various land-use systems, as they regulate essential ecological processes and biological systems. These functions depend on environmental conditions that are often threatened by climate change and increasing anthropogenic pressure; this is particularly true for highly disturbed ecosystems such as urban, peri-urban, and agroforestry systems. These managed systems face increasing pressures such as soil erosion, salinization, deposition of toxic metals and organic pollutants, nutrient depletion and imbalances, and reduced plant growth and net primary productivity. There has been increasing interest in using biochar, or pyrolyzed biomass added to soils, as a solution to address many of these challenges.
This Special Issue focuses on biochar applications in highly disturbed ecosystems. We intend to compile cutting-edge knowledge on biochar applications to restore and improve ecosystem functions, including (but not exclusive to) erosion control, nutrient retention, pollutant immobilization and detoxification, microbial community function, greenhouse gas emissions, and plant growth. We invite a variety of manuscript formats on this research topic, including, but not limited to, reviews, method papers, and original research, including both laboratory and field studies.
Prof. Dr. Sean Thomas
Dr. Md Abdul Halim
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- ecosystem functions ecosystem services biochar
- soil health greenhouse gas C sequestration plant growth agroforestry urban soil peri-urban soil climate change
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