Carbon and Water Cycles in Boreal Forest Landscapes

A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Forest Ecology and Management".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 October 2019)

Special Issue Editors

Department of Forest Ecology & Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 901 83 Umeå, Sweden
Interests: terrestrial ecosystem carbon cycle; forests; peatlands; biosphere-atmosphere exchanges of carbon; greenhouse gases; water and energy; eddy covariance; phenology; management impacts; model-data integration; global change
Department of Forest Ecology & Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. Skogsmarksgränd 1, 901 83 Umeå, Sweden
Interests: biogeochemistry; biosphere–atmosphere interactions; boreal ecosystems; carbon cycle; climate change; soil science

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Boreal forests constitute important components in the global carbon and water cycles and thus strongly affect our climate system. In addition, they provide a renewable source of bioenergy and wooden products. Boreal ecosystems are unique in that they experience distinct seasonal dynamics in temperature, solar radiation and snow cover, which makes them particularly vulnerable to the severe climatic changes projected for high-latitude areas. Management practices and natural disturbances further affect their biosphere–atmosphere exchanges and lateral fluxes of carbon and water. Altogether, this results in considerable uncertainty and poses a challenge in quantifying boreal forest carbon and water budgets as well as identifying mechanistic drivers and global change feedbacks. Thus, we need to improve our understanding to better define the role of boreal forests in the global climate context and to develop sustainable and climate-responsible forest practices.

We therefore call for contributions to this Special Issue in order to promote knowledge on the carbon and water cycles of boreal forest landscapes. We encourage all types of studies including experimental, monitoring and modeling approaches across all scales in both natural and managed forest ecosystems. We also welcome studies on strategies related to climate change mitigation, adaptation, and sustainable forest management.

Prof. Dr. Matthias Peichl
Prof. Dr. Mats B. Nilsson
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • Carbon fluxes
  • Carbon sequestration
  • Climate change mitigation
  • Disturbances
  • Global change
  • Forest management
  • Water balance
  • Water use efficiency

Published Papers

There is no accepted submissions to this special issue at this moment.
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