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Monitoring GHG Emissions from Land Use Change and Disturbances
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Monitoring GHG Emissions from Land Use Change and Disturbances

A special issue of Land (ISSN 2073-445X). This special issue belongs to the section "Land–Climate Interactions".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2023) | Viewed by 5348

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Shamil Maksyutov

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Earth System Division, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba 305-8506, Japan
Interests: carbon cycle; emission inventory; remote sensing; data assimilation
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Dr. Julia Kurbatova

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A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119071, Russia
Interests: eddy covariance; meteorology; ecosystems; atmosphere; ecology; climate change
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Dr. Pavel Shirokikh

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Ufa Institute of Biology, Ufa Federal Research Centre of Russian Academy of Sciences, Ufa 450054, Russia
Interests: forest ecology; geobotany; ecosystems; biodiversity

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Greenhouse gas (GHG) fluxes from land use change and disturbances are important outcomes of the anthropogenic impacts on biosphere. Studies of both emissions (a loss of carbon, methane, and nitrous oxide emissions) and removals (increased carbon sinks) are key topics in this Special Issue. We welcome original experimental papers, analytical studies, and reviews covering the areas listed below:

  • Carbon accumulation in land converted to forest from agriculture;
  • GHG balance of carbon farms and plantations;
  • Loss of carbon by dried peatlands;
  • Methane emissions following the rewetting of peatlands;
  • Postfire GHG emissions due to the decomposition of roots and dead wood;
  • GHG emissions after forest/crop disturbances by pests and plant diseases;
  • Changes in GHG emissions due to changes in agricultural practices;
  • Impact of deforestation and conversion from forest to agricultural land.

Dr. Shamil Maksyutov
Dr. Julia Kurbatova
Dr. Pavel Shirokikh
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Keywords

  • land-use change
  • carbon cycle
  • GHG emissions and sinks
  • ecosystem processes
  • disturbances
  • post-fire recovery

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The Impact of Wildfires on Soil CO2 Emission in Middle Taiga Forests in Central Siberia
by Anastasia Makhnykina, Alexey Panov and Anatoly Prokushkin
Land 2023, 12(8), 1544; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12081544 - 4 Aug 2023
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Boreal forest ecosystems are regions vulnerable to climate change. Such areas act as the main atmospheric carbon sinks in the world. Wildfires are among the drivers of ecosystem modification and functioning. Boreal wildfires emit an annual average of about 10% of global fire [...] Read more.
Boreal forest ecosystems are regions vulnerable to climate change. Such areas act as the main atmospheric carbon sinks in the world. Wildfires are among the drivers of ecosystem modification and functioning. Boreal wildfires emit an annual average of about 10% of global fire emissions. Taking into account recent climate warming and increases in the frequency of wildfires, boreal forests might switch their functional role from carbon sink to an additional source of atmospheric carbon. Soil respiration is the second largest component of the global carbon cycle and is highly sensitive to disturbance factors, including wildfires. To study the effect of wildfires on soil CO2 emission rates, the fire chronosequence was investigated. During the first few years following the fire, the soil CO2 emission rates were lower compared with the usual levels. It was found that 23 years after a fire, the site demonstrated transition behavior in soil emission rates between disturbed and completely recovered areas. The emission rates at the earliest successional stages are mainly controlled by soil moisture during the summer period. For the other successional stages, soil temperature had a huge impact on soil emission. Full article
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Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Forest Growing Stock Volume and Carbon Stocks: A Case Study of Kandry-Kul Natural Park, Russia
by Aleksandr Volkov, Larisa Belan, Ekaterina Bogdan, Azamat Suleymanov, Iren Tuktarova, Ruslan Shagaliev and Dilara Muftakhina
Land 2023, 12(7), 1441; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12071441 - 19 Jul 2023
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This paper presents the evaluation and digital mapping of forest growing stock volume (GSV) and carbon stocks of the natural park Kandry-Kul (Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia). The field observations were conducted in the process of forest surveys in 1994 and 2018. According to [...] Read more.
This paper presents the evaluation and digital mapping of forest growing stock volume (GSV) and carbon stocks of the natural park Kandry-Kul (Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia). The field observations were conducted in the process of forest surveys in 1994 and 2018. According to these materials, we identified the predominant tree species in each studied plot. Then, we produced the digital maps of GSV and carbon stocks for each study year and calculated the annual increment. The results showed that birch (Betula pendula) and pine (Pinus sylvestris) were the dominant species in the studied park. The comparison of the two maps showed that the maximum annual GSV between 1994 and 2018 occurred in areas with a fairly small GSV in 1994. These areas were characterized by young trees of different species and pines of different ages, which had not yet reached the age of maturity, when the growth of trees is significantly reduced. We found that young pine crops contributed the greatest potential of carbon sequestration, with an annual GSV of 4.2 m3/ha per year. The birch trees made a minor contribution to the sequestration potential, characterized by relatively average annual growth (1.2 m3/ha per year). The change in carbon stocks for pine stands was on average 2 t/ha per year. For birch stands, the change in carbon stocks was approximately 0.5 t/ha per year, which is 30% of the average values for the forest-steppe region. Our results provide quantitative information on the carbon accumulation rate in secondary forests under conditions of intensive recreational load. Full article
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Response of Bare Soil Respiration to Air and Soil Temperature Variations According to Different Models: A Case Study of an Urban Grassland
by Egor A. Dyukarev and Sergey A. Kurakov
Land 2023, 12(5), 939; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12050939 - 22 Apr 2023
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Soil respiration is an important component of the global carbon cycle and is highly responsive to disturbances in the environment. Human impacts on the terrestrial ecosystem lead to changes in the environmental conditions, and following this, changes in soil respiration. Predicting soil respiration [...] Read more.
Soil respiration is an important component of the global carbon cycle and is highly responsive to disturbances in the environment. Human impacts on the terrestrial ecosystem lead to changes in the environmental conditions, and following this, changes in soil respiration. Predicting soil respiration and its changes under future climatic and land-use conditions requires a clear understanding of the processes involved. The observation of CO2 fluxes was conducted at an urban grassland, where plants were removed and respiration from bare soil was measured. Nine soil respiration models were applied to describe the temperature dependence of heterotrophic soil respiration. Modified models were suggested, including a linear relationship of the temperature sensitivity and base respiration coefficients with soil temperature at various depths. We demonstrate that modification improves the simulated soil respiration. The exponential and logistic models with linear dependences on the model parameters from the soil temperatures were the best models describing soil respiration fluxes. Variability of the apparent temperature sensitivity coefficient (Q10) was demonstrated, depending on the model used. The Q10 value can be extremely high and does not reflect the actual relationships between soil respiration and temperature. Our findings have important implications for better understanding and accurately assessing the carbon cycling characteristics of terrestrial ecosystems in response to climate change in a temporal perspective. Full article
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