Carbon Dynamics of Forest Soils Under Climate Change
A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Forest Soil".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 792
Special Issue Editors
Interests: soil organic carbon; tropical ecosystems; climate change; temperature sensitivity; forest restoration
Interests: carbon cycle; micrometeorology; ecosystem ecology; long-term ecological research; climate change
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Forest soils store vast amounts of organic carbon, potentially more than above-ground biomasses in many ecosystems. Understanding the mechanisms governing soil carbon storage and the threats posed by climate change is fundamental to predicting future carbon dynamics and developing sustainable land management practices.
We now have a relatively comprehensive understanding of the process of soil carbon dynamics. The size of a soil C pool depends on the balance between the input of plant material (litter, roots, and woody debris) and SOC mineralization. The stability of carbon in forest soils depends on various factors such as temperature, moisture levels, microbial activity, and soil type. However, climate change increases the uncertainty of this complex process. Therefore, this Special Issue aims to collect recent findings from different geographic locations to improve our ability to understand and predict the evolution of forest soil C accumulation and SOC stability under a changing climate.
You are welcome to submit your research to this issue. All topics related to forest soil carbon are encouraged, including the following:
- New technologies in forest soil carbon research;
- Climatic effects on soil C storage and stability;
- Soil carbon fractions and formation;
- Temperature sensitivity of C mineralization;
- Forest management and climatic changes.
Dr. Xiang Zhang
Prof. Dr. Zheng Hong Tan
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- soil organic carbon
- soil respiration
- climate change
- forest management
- drought
- warming
- temperature sensitivity
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