Responses of Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics and GHG Fluxes in Forest Ecosystems to Climate Change and Human Activity

Dear Colleagues,

Both climate change (e.g., dry–wet and freeze–thaw processes, precipitation changes, and global warming) and human activity (e.g., atmospheric N deposition, forest management, and land use) can not only affect the distribution and growth of vegetation in forest ecosystems, but they can also affect the soil environment via physical, chemical and biological processes. These processes have a substantial impact on soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics and greenhouse gases (GHG) fluxes in forest ecosystems. This Special Issue of Forests aims to collect recent results from field experimental observations and laboratory studies at various sites around the world, as well as related meta-analysis and modeling studies, which would improve the understanding of soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics and GHG fluxes in forest ecosystems in a changing world.

We invite submissions for a Special Issue of Forests on the subject of “Responses of Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics and GHG Fluxes in Forest Ecosystems to Climate Change and Human Activity”. Topics for submissions may include, but not be limited to:

• Soil carbon and nitrogen pools;
• Soil carbon and nitrogen leaching;
• Soil respiration and its components;
• Soil methane and nitrous oxide fluxes;
• Soil carbon and nitrogen transformation;
• Dissolved organic matter in forest ecosystems;
• Related meta-analyses and modeling studies.

Prof. Dr. Xingkai Xu
Guest Editor

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