Impacts of Climate Change and Forest Management on Forest Carbon and Nitrogen Budgets
A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Forest Ecology and Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2026 | Viewed by 51
Special Issue Editors
Interests: carbon accounting; forest ecosystem monitoring
Interests: vegetation dynamics; global change; remote sensing
Interests: ecosystem resilience; nutrient cycling under stress; soil-water interface
Interests: forest ecology; ecosystem carbon cycle
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Forest ecosystems play a critical role in mitigating climate change by sequestering atmospheric CO2 through photosynthesis and storing carbon in biomass and soil, and nitrogen cycling, a key driver of forest productivity, significantly influences carbon sequestration and ecosystem resilience. However, climate change—characterized by rising temperatures, shifting precipitation patterns, and more frequent extreme weather events—poses significant challenges to forest carbon and nitrogen budgets. Simultaneously, forest management practices, such as harvesting, thinning, afforestation, and fire management, profoundly influence these budgets by altering biomass accumulation, soil processes, and nutrient availability. Despite their importance, the combined effects of climate change and forest management on carbon and nitrogen budgets remain insufficiently explored across spatial and temporal scales.
This Special Issue seeks to advance our understanding of the synergistic impacts of climate change and forest management on forest carbon and nitrogen budgets. By fostering interdisciplinary research, we aim to inform sustainable forest management strategies in a rapidly changing world. Consequently, the scope of this Special Issue includes both natural and managed forest ecosystems across temperate, boreal, and tropical biomes.
We invite submissions of original research articles, reviews, and meta-analyses that examine the effects of climate change and forest management on forest carbon and nitrogen dynamics. Contributions should be scientifically robust, innovative, and relevant to the journal’s readership.
Dr. Yunjian Luo
Prof. Dr. Hesong Wang
Dr. Xiaolei Sun
Dr. Hongwei Xu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- forest carbon and nitrogen
- climate change
- forest management
- field investigation
- modeling
- remote sensing
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