Biogeochemical Cycles in Forests: 2nd Edition
A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Forest Soil".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 December 2025 | Viewed by 795
Special Issue Editors
Interests: karst forest; functional trait; stoichiometry
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Interests: forest biogeochemistry; wetland biogeochemistry; succession and ecosystem development; effects of climatic warming and CO2 fertilization on forest soils; soil organic matter chemistry; microbial ecology; chlorine chemistry in water; ultraviolet light disinfection
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
A forest is an ecosystem composed of a biological community (including plants, animals, and microorganisms) with trees as the main body and the abiotic environment surrounding it (light, heat, water, air, soil, etc.). With the largest carbon stores and the most economical carbon absorbers on land, we can estimate that forest ecosystems contain more than half of the carbon in terrestrial ecosystems. Under the influence of global climate change and human interference, major elements (C, N, P, etc.) and trace metal elements (Pb, Cd, etc.) undergo biogeochemical cycles and migration processes in the vegetation–water–soil system, thus realizing a variety of forest ecosystem services. In recent years, with the development of isotopes, molecular biology, the model of geochemical cycles, and geographic information technology, significant progress has been made in studies on forest biogeochemical cycles. To reflect the latest research on biogeochemical cycles in forest ecosystems, we encourage the submission of studies from all fields that focus on the nutrient circle, plant stoichiometry, microbial stoichiometry, soil stoichiometry, and the element cycle model from a field-to-region scale, contributing to this Special Issue, which aims to enrich forest biogeochemistry theories and provide a basis for forest ecosystem management.
Prof. Dr. Hao Zhang
Prof. Dr. Robert G. Qualls
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- forest ecosystem
- nutrient circle
- soil microorganism
- ecological stoichiometry
- global change
- carbon pool
- element cycle model
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