Forest Vegetation and Soils: Interaction, Management and Alterations—Second Edition

Dear Colleagues,

Forests’ grassland vegetation and its soil understory are always shifting as a result of global climate change, altering the function of forest-ecosystem services.

For this reason, the following issues must be addressed urgently by both researchers of forests and grass and those in management departments:

• How do different heterogeneous spatial distributions of forest (grassland) vegetation and soils respond to global climate change?
• What are their strengths and driving mechanisms?
• How can we manage forest vegetation and soil sources efficiently?
• How can we improve the function of ecosystem services?

We welcome papers and reviews concerning, but not limited to, the following: changes in forest and grassland vegetation and soils in different areas, forest and grassland vegetation and soil management, plant–soil–microorganism interactions, the resource utilization of forestry waste, etc. Moreover, studies investigating changes in forest and grassland resources as a result of climate change and related policies, together with the characteristics of soil change and its driving mechanisms, will also be considered.

Dr. Qiwu Sun
Dr. Lingyu Hou
Prof. Dr. Suyan Li
Guest Editors

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• forest vegetation
• soil degradation
• ecosystem services
• forest management
• soil microorganisms