Forest Soil
A section of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907).
Section Information
Forest Soil is a section of the open access peer-reviewed journal Forests, which publishes original, scientifically challenging research articles of international significance that describe and explain the physical, chemical, and biological processes that occur in the soil of forest ecosystems. This section welcomes manuscripts dealing with the wider interactions of forest soils with the environment. This section also publishes state-of-the-art reviews of contemporary research and knowledge syntheses that present significant and novel hypotheses, as well as comments and arguments about specific and often controversial aspects of life in the soil of the forest ecosystem.
Keywords
- Carbon, nutrient, and other elemental cycling;
- Newly emerging fields and methods in soil science;
- Pedology;
- Plant–soil–microbe interactions and feedback;
- Soil biodiversity;
- Soil fertility and plant nutrition;
- Soil genesis;
- Soil geography;
- Soil mapping and evaluation;
- Soil mineralogy;
- Soil-borne pathogens;
- Soil–plant interactions and feedback;
- Soils and global change;
- Soil–water relations;
- Soil and water conservation;
- Terrestrial biogeochemistry;
- Threats to and the protection of soils;
- The ecology of all soil organisms (including viruses);
- Soil biota and forests;
- The effects of soil organisms on forest ecosystem dynamics;
- The effects of land degradation, reclamation, remediation, and rehabilitation on forest soils.
Editorial Board
Topical Advisory Panel
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Sustainable Forest Fertilization Strategies: Impact on Soil Quality, Ecosystem Health and Productivity (Deadline: 15 November 2024)
- Forest Soil Physical, Chemical, and Biological Properties (Deadline: 28 November 2024)
- Agroforestry Systems as Strategy to Recover Soil Health and Mitigate Climate Changes (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Forests Soil Pollution and Advanced Technologies for Remediating Polluted Soils (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Carbon, Nitrogen, and Phosphorus Storage and Cycling in Forest Soil (Deadline: 15 December 2024)
- Distribution Dynamics of Nutrients and Trace Elements in Forest Soil (Deadline: 18 December 2024)
- Soil Organic Matter and Soil Multifunctionality in Forest Ecosystems (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Biogeochemical Cycles in Forests (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Forest Vegetation and Soils: Interaction, Management and Alterations—Second Edition (Deadline: 24 December 2024)
- Soil Carbon in Forest Ecosystems (Deadline: 30 December 2024)
- Organic Fertilization and Sustainable Soil Management Practices in Trees (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Soil Pollution and Remediation of Forests Soil (Deadline: 31 January 2025)
- How Does Forest Management Affect Soil Dynamics? (Deadline: 31 January 2025)
- Rooting into the Soil: Unraveling the Role of Fine Roots, Mycorrhizae and Bacterial Communities in Forests (Deadline: 25 February 2025)
- Ecological Restoration and Soil Amelioration in Forest Ecosystem (Deadline: 28 February 2025)
- Soil Carbon Storage in Forests: Dynamics and Management (Deadline: 28 February 2025)
- Soil Microbial Ecology in Forest Ecosystems (Deadline: 28 March 2025)
- Forest Soil Organic Matter and Biogeochemical Cycle (Deadline: 30 March 2025)
- Forest Soil Microbiology and Biogeochemistry (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
- Impact of Mycorrhiza on the Distribution, Dynamics and Functioning of Forests (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
- Forest Soil Erosion in Karst Areas: Patterns, Processes and Mechanisms (Deadline: 10 April 2025)
- Temperature Sensitivity of Forest Soils and Greenhouse Gas Fluxes (Deadline: 21 April 2025)
- Fungal Metagenome of Tropical Soils (Deadline: 30 May 2025)
- Monitoring and Modelling of Soil Properties in Forest Ecosystems (Deadline: 25 July 2025)
- Elemental Cycling in Forest Soils (Deadline: 15 September 2025)
- Carbon Dynamics of Forest Soils under Climate Change (Deadline: 31 December 2025)