Influence of Environmental Changes on Forest Soil Quality and Health: 2nd Edition
A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Forest Soil".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 112
Special Issue Editors
Interests: soil respiration; nutrient cycle; carbon stocks; forest biomass; soil quality evaluation; silviculture; forest management
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Interests: biomass and primary productivity; CO2 eflux; carbon storage and sequestration; nutrient cycle; forest hydrology; ecosystem services
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Interests: long-term forest ecosystem study; carbon flux; urban forest; agro-forestry; phytoremediation; structure and function of subtropical forests
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Natural disturbances and human activity have resulted in significant structural, functional, and environmental changes in forest ecosystems. These changes directly or indirectly impact the quality and health of forest soil. Key indicators of these impacts include soil organic matter, carbon pools, carbon sequestration capacity, soil fertility, nutrient cycling, soil water content, soil temperature, soil fauna, and the composition as well as activity of soil microorganisms. However, the specific extent and mechanisms of how environmental changes affect soil quality and health are still not fully understood. This Special Issue aims to provide an overview of recent developments in the fields of forest soil quality and fertility in relation to environmental change. Additionally, it offers scientific references that can contribute to the sustainable management of forest soils.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Amount and distribution of carbon stocks in soil;
- Ecological stoichiometry of soil nutrients;
- Carbon sequestration capacity;
- Evaluation of soil quality;
- Dynamic patterns of soil CO2 efflux;
- Phytoremediation of polluted soils;
- Restoration of degenerated land;
- Role of soil animal community in the improvement of soil properties;
- Relationships between soil physicochemical properties and soil carbon pools.
Dr. Yuanying Peng
Prof. Dr. Xiaoyong Chen
Prof. Dr. Wende Yan
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- soil quality
- soil carbon pool
- nutrient cycle
- soil respiration
- forest management
- phytoremediation
- environmental change
- soil property
- ecological stoichiometry
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