Forest Soil Erosion Control and Conservation
A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Forest Soil".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2025 | Viewed by 68
Special Issue Editors
Interests: soil erosion; soil and water conservation; ecohydrology; soil carbon; ecology restoration
Interests: soil erosion; soil and water conservation; soil hydrology; underground leakage; rainfall runoff; nutrient loss; karst hydrology; rock–soil interface; rocky desertification
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Interests: hydrological; ecological restoration; soil carbon; soil erosion; ecohydrology
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Interests: soil erosion; ecohydrology; soil carbon; ecology restoration; global change
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Interests: best management practices; food–energy–water nexus; water conservation; regenerative agriculture; precision agriculture; smart irrigation; soil health assessment; soil physics; nutrient management; crop physiology; crop model; climate change; agricultural pollution control (N & P); machine learning; UAV
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Forest ecosystems play a crucial role in regulating runoff and controlling sediment transport, offering significant value in mitigating soil erosion. For forest ecosystems, their extensive horizontal and vertical spatial dimensions significantly complicate the spatiotemporal relationship between rainfall and hydrological processes. Additionally, changes in extreme climate conditions, geological structures, and human activities introduce variability in factors influencing soil and water conservation functions across different forest communities. These factors include soil quality, soil carbon sequestration, and other ecological parameters, leading to distinct ecological challenges and deficiencies in soil and water conservation functions within various forest regions.
Current research on forest soil erosion control and conservation primarily focuses on the following factors: (1) the response mechanisms of forest soil erosion under extreme climatic conditions and anthropogenic change; (2) the synergistic effects of nature-based ecological restoration technologies, vegetation, and soil improvement measures; and (3) the application of intelligent monitoring and management technologies.
To advance this field, this Special Issue aims to comprehensively investigate the interactions among forest community attributes, rainfall patterns, and soil properties, as well as their regulatory effects and underlying mechanisms driving forest hydrological processes, soil erosion dynamics, and ecosystem functions. We hereby invite submissions of research papers that explore forest hydrological processes, soil erosion dynamics, and ecosystem functions, as well as the monitoring and assessment methodologies and policy and management strategies concerning forest soil erosion influenced by extreme climate events and human activities.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Hydrological processes;
- Ecosystem functions;
- Soil erosion dynamics;
- Soil quality;
- Soil carbon sequestration.
Prof. Dr. Binghui He
Dr. Xudong Peng
Dr. Fengling Gan
Dr. Youjin Yan
Dr. Yuchuan Fan
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- hydrological processes
- ecosystem functions
- soil erosion dynamics
- soil quality
- soil carbon sequestration
- soil organic matter
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