The Impact of Land Use Change on Soil Quality Evolution

Dear Colleagues,

Land use is a comprehensive reflection of the land production activities carried out by human beings. The state of soil quality is an important factor in the sustainable development of the global biosphere and an important evaluation criterion for agricultural soil management. This Special Issue discusses the impact of land use change on the evolution of soil quality characteristics, and provides a scientific basis for the study of soil ecological processes and the final formulation of rational land management countermeasures.

This Special Issue will cover a broad range of topics, including the following:

• Effects of land use/cover change on soil quality in ecologically sensitive areas;
• Remote-sensing-based monitoring and assessment of land use/cover change and soil quality degradation;
• Conservation tillage for soil quality conservation and fertility enhancement;
• Long-term positional observations of cropland soil quality by different land use practices;
• Effects of land use change on soil carbon or soil nitrogen cycling.

The article is not limited to model evaluation and remote sensing retrieval; related laboratory mechanism research is also encouraged.

Prof. Dr. Yunfeng Hu
Prof. Dr. Wei Wei
Guest Editors

Dr. Wei Wan
Guest Editor Assistant

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