Climate Variation & Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling in Forests
A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Forest Ecology and Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2025 | Viewed by 258
Special Issue Editors
2. School of Geography and Tourism, Qilu Normal University, Jinan 250200, China
Interests: forest ecology
Interests: forest ecology; forest soils
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Climate change and the associated increases in extreme events (heat waves, droughts, floods, etc.) is likely to have significant impacts on elemental cycling in forest ecosystems; however, there are still many uncertainties about how the carbon and nitrogen cycling in forest ecosystems may respond to climate change. Understanding the impact of climate change on element cycles in forest ecosystems is essential for ecological conservation and the implementation of adaptive management strategies. The purpose of this Special Issue is to explore the response of elemental cycling in forest ecosystems to climate change and we welcome original and innovative research articles and review papers related to the impacts of climate change on forest biogeochemistry, including field observations, experimental studies, model simulations, remote sensing monitoring, and meta-analyses.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
- Atmosphere-plant-soil interactions;
- Microorganisms and element cycling;
- Migration and transformation of soil carbon and nitrogen;
- Soil element cycling, nutrient absorption and transport, and signal transduction;
- Soil and rhizosphere microecology;
- Forest ecology, carbon cycling, and nitrogen cycling;
- Litter nutrients.
Dr. Hede Gong
Prof. Dr. Fuzhong Wu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- climate variation
- forest ecosystems
- carbon cycling
- nitrogen cycling
- litter nutrients
- soil element cycling
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