Nitrogen Cycling in the Amazonian Basin

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

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 February 2022) | Viewed by 502

Special Issue Editors

Department of Thematic Studies –Environmental Change, Linköping University, 581 83 Linköping, Sweden
Interests: environmental microbiology; biogeochemistry
Department of Botany, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Interests: nitrogen cycling; tropical forest ecology; soil biogeochemistry

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

In tropical ecosystems, nitrogen has been recognized as a nonlimited nutrient in soils and is responsible for a number of microbial processes. As consequence, some tropical forest soils experience substantial losses of bioavailable N by gaseous emissions and leaching. The N dynamics in the Amazon rainforest, the largest tropical forest in the world, are greatly influenced by the wide heterogeneity of the ecosystem in terms of soil and water type, hydrological dynamics and zonation, such as upland and floodplain forests and aquatic bodies. Such heterogeneity plays an important role in how the N dynamics control the bioavailability of N, which is reflected in variations in the rates at which microbial processes take place and consequently in N losses. However, the mechanisms behind this control and the interconnection of different forest zones and the N cycle are not well documented, and there are many open questions concerning N dynamics in the Amazonian ecosystems. Therefore, we are now accepting submissions for a Special Issue of Forests entitled “Nitrogen Cycling in the Amazonian Basin”. We welcome all types of studies based on N cycling and gas emissions, N-use-efficiency, and different ecosystem scales of the natural or altered Amazon Basin. Papers that link N to C and P dynamics are also welcome.

Prof. Dr. Alex Enrich-Prast
Dr. Viviane Figueiredo
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • nitrogen
  • Amazon rainforest
  • microbial N dynamic
  • nitrous oxide
  • N-use efficiency

Published Papers

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