Disturbance Effects on Soil Carbon and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Forest Ecosystems
Forests cover around 30% of the global land area and forest ecosystems can store over 70% of total soil organic carbon (SOC) of all terrestrial ecosystems, but SOC stocks and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions may be affected by both natural and anthropogenic disturbances. Even though the changes in for...
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doaj-cabe17acbd6e43568cf93739ac2d67a22020-11-25T01:48:39ZengMDPI AGForests1999-49072020-03-0111329710.3390/f11030297f11030297Disturbance Effects on Soil Carbon and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Forest EcosystemsYanjiang Cai0Scott X Chang1State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, ChinaForests cover around 30% of the global land area and forest ecosystems can store over 70% of total soil organic carbon (SOC) of all terrestrial ecosystems, but SOC stocks and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions may be affected by both natural and anthropogenic disturbances. Even though the changes in forest soil C pool can have a significant effect on climate change, there are some contradictory results regarding the role of forest disturbance on SOC sequestration, GHG emissions, and the mitigation of global changes. Therefore, there is a need to better understand the impact of different disturbance regimes on forest soil C storage and GHG emissions. A Special Issue was therefore organized for discussing the responses of soil C storage and GHG emissions to various types of disturbances in forest ecosystems and a total of 15 studies were accepted for this special issue to assess these responses. This Special Issue includes the effects of storms and beetle outbreaks, Karstification, rock desertification, warming, nitrogen addition, land-use change, field tillage, and biochar application on soil C dynamics and/or GHG emissions.https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/11/3/297ch<sub>4</sub> emissionsco<sub>2</sub> emissionsclimate change mitigationglobal changeland-use changen<sub>2</sub>o emissionssoil carbon sequestration |
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Disturbance Effects on Soil Carbon and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Forest Ecosystems |
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Disturbance Effects on Soil Carbon and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Forest Ecosystems |
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Disturbance Effects on Soil Carbon and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Forest Ecosystems |
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Disturbance Effects on Soil Carbon and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Forest Ecosystems |
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Disturbance Effects on Soil Carbon and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Forest Ecosystems |
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Forests cover around 30% of the global land area and forest ecosystems can store over 70% of total soil organic carbon (SOC) of all terrestrial ecosystems, but SOC stocks and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions may be affected by both natural and anthropogenic disturbances. Even though the changes in forest soil C pool can have a significant effect on climate change, there are some contradictory results regarding the role of forest disturbance on SOC sequestration, GHG emissions, and the mitigation of global changes. Therefore, there is a need to better understand the impact of different disturbance regimes on forest soil C storage and GHG emissions. A Special Issue was therefore organized for discussing the responses of soil C storage and GHG emissions to various types of disturbances in forest ecosystems and a total of 15 studies were accepted for this special issue to assess these responses. This Special Issue includes the effects of storms and beetle outbreaks, Karstification, rock desertification, warming, nitrogen addition, land-use change, field tillage, and biochar application on soil C dynamics and/or GHG emissions. |
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ch<sub>4</sub> emissions co<sub>2</sub> emissions climate change mitigation global change land-use change n<sub>2</sub>o emissions soil carbon sequestration |
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