Factors Affecting Carbon Storage and Biomass Stock in Tropical Forest Ecosystems
A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Forest Soil".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 May 2023) | Viewed by 3110
Special Issue Editors
Interests: carbon dynamics of the tropical forest ecosystems; successional changes in ecosystem structure and functional properties; land-use change and carbon sequestration for greenhouse gas mitigation; ecosystem services
Interests: biogeochemical processes related to tropical ecosystem structure and functioning; soil biogeochemistry and nutrient (C, N, P, and others) dynamics
Interests: surface–atmosphere interactions over semiarid environments; desertification processes and ecosystem services of seasonally dry tropical forests; monitoring and modeling of soil–vegetation–atmosphere interactions
Interests: tropical forest structure, diversity and woody plant composition; secondary forest succession and dynamics; forest aboveground biomass estimation and monitoring
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Tropical forests store about one fourth of the terrestrial biomass and soil organic carbon. The role of these ecosystems in sequestering atmospheric CO2 to mitigate climate change has been acknowledged widely. However, carbon storage in tropical forest ecosystems depends on multiple natural and anthropogenic factors. Disturbances, climate, topography, stand age, availability of nutrient elements, biological diversity, changes in species composition, and ecosystem structure are some important factors that directly or indirectly influence carbon storage in these ecosystems. Our understanding regarding factors and mechanisms that determine carbon input, output, and stocks in diverse tropical forest ecosystems across the globe is still limited. A better understanding of the multiple factors affecting carbon storage can help us make decisions on forest conservation and management to enhance the carbon sink that contributes to mitigating climate change. In this Special Issue, we aim to consolidate the recent advancements in research on factors affecting the carbon storage of tropical and subtropical forest ecosystems from different parts of the globe.
Disciplinary and interdisciplinary research, as well as review articles, related, but not limited to, the following topics are welcome for submission to this Special Issue:
- Changes in stand structure, functional diversity, and biomass stocks of the tropical forests.
- Trends in carbon storage related to forest age, species composition, and plant traits.
- Soil organic carbon dynamics of the tropical and subtropical forests.
- Relationships between carbon storage, nutrient cycling, and soil properties.
- Effect of climate and climate change on forest carbon storage.
- Forest management practices and their effect on carbon storage.
- Anthropogenic and natural disturbances that affect biomass and soil carbon storage.
- Effect of topography and local environmental conditions on carbon sequestration.
- Biogeochemical processes and mechanisms that explain C input, output, and stocks.
- Other studies related to any factor(s) that influence biomass or soil C storage.
- Novel approaches to assess carbon storage in tropical forest ecosystems.
Dr. Deb Raj Aryal
Prof. Dr. Yareni Perroni Ventura
Dr. Pedro Rodrigues Mutti
Dr. Juan Manuel Dupuy Rada
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- tropical forests
- carbon sequestration
- biogeochemical processes
- soil carbon
- disturbances
- biomass stock
- carbon storage
- climate change
