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24 February 2026
Land | Invitation to Read Papers and Hot Topic Special Issues Related to Wetland Ecosystem
We are delighted to share some papers on wetland ecosystem research that were published in our journal Land (ISSN: 2073-445X) in 2024. In addition, some Special Issues related to this topic are currently open for submission.
The following is a list of articles and Special Issues that we believe will interest you:
1. “The Wetlands of Northeastern Algeria (Guelma and Souk Ahras): Stakes for the Conservation of Regional Biodiversity”
by Chayma Hammana, Jaime F. Pereña-Ortiz, Amel Meddad-Hamza, Tarek Hamel and Ángel Enrique Salvo-Tierra
Land 2024, 13(2), 210; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13020210
2. “Surface Water (SW) and Shallow Groundwater (SGW) Nutrient Concentrations in Riparian Wetlands of a Mixed Land-Use Catchment”
by Bidisha Faruque Abesh, James T. Anderson and Jason A. Hubbart
Land 2024, 13(4), 409; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13040409
3. “Human Impacts on Holocene Vegetation and Wetland Degradation in the Lower Pearl River, Southern China”
by Yaze Zhang, Yanwei Zheng, Qinghua Gong, Shuqing Fu, Cong Chen, Yongjie Tang, Xiao Zhang, Qiuchi Wan, Kangyou Huang and Zhuo Zheng
Land 2024, 13(4), 530; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13040530
4. “Energy Utilization and Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions of Tillage Operation in Wetland Rice Cultivation”
by Suha Elsoragaby, A. F. Kheiralla, Elkamil Tola, Azmi Yahya, Modather Mairghany, Mojahid Ahmed, Wael M. Elamin and Bahaaddein K. M. Mahgoub
Land 2024, 13(5), 587; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13050587
5. “Characteristics of Changes in Typical Mountain Wetlands in the Middle and High Latitudes of China over the Past 30 Years”
by Nana Luo, Rui Yu and Bolong Wen
Land 2024, 13(8), 1124; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13081124
6. “Spatiotemporal Dynamics in Bird Species Assembly in the Coastal Wetlands of Sicily (Italy): A Multilevel Analytical Approach to Promote More Satisfactory Conservation Planning”
by Alessandro Ferrarini, Claudio Celada and Marco Gustin
Land 2024, 13(8), 1333; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13081333
7. “Quantifying the Cumulative Effects of Large-Scale Reclamation on Coastal Wetland Degradation”
by Linlin Cui, Guosheng Li, Miao Zhao and Zhihui Zhang
Land 2024, 13(9), 1404; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13091404
8. “Wetlands in Crisis: The Silent Desertification Threat on the Greek Wetlands”
by Anastasios Zotos, Ioannis P. Kokkoris, Ioannis Charalampopoulos, Eleni S. Bekri and Panayotis Dimopoulos
Land 2024, 13(10), 1567; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13101567
9. “Harnessing Biomass and Blue Carbon Potential: Estimating Carbon Stocks in the Vital Wetlands of Eastern Sumatra, Indonesia”
by Mohammad Basyuni, Andi Aznan Aznawi, Muhammad Rafli, Jeli Manogu Tua Tinumbunan, Erika Trinita Gultom, Revani Dwi Arisindy Lubis, Hegi Alfarado Sianturi, Elham Sumarga, Erizal Mukhtar, Bejo Slamet et al.
Land 2024, 13(11), 1960; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13111960
10. “The Natural Vegetation of Residual Wetlands in the Hinterland of Western Sicily (Italy)”
by Lorenzo Gianguzzi, Orazio Caldarella and Saverio Sciandrello
Land 2024, 13(12), 2009; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13122009
Special Issues:
- “Sustainable Monitoring of Wetland Ecosystems for Environmental Conservation”
Guest Editor: Yongheng Gao
Submission deadline: 31 May 2026
- “Wetland Plant Diversity and Ecosystem Function”
Guest Editors: Maria Sarika and Anastasios Zotos
Submission deadline: 30 June 2026
- “Carbon Cycling and Carbon Sequestration in Wetlands”
Guest Editors: Ligang Xu, Xiaobing Chen, Junxiang Cheng and Jiaxing Xu
Submission deadline: 21 July 2026
