Disturbance Effects on Soil Carbon and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Forest Ecosystems

Forests

ScottX Chang¹  Yanjiang Cai² 

[1] F University, Hangzhou 311300, China;;State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang A&

关键词: ch₄ emissions;    co₂ emissions;    climate change mitigation;    global change;    land-use change;    n₂o emissions;    soil carbon sequestration;   

DOI  :  10.3390/f11030297

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

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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