Plateau Ecosystem Carbon Cycling: Towards Sustainable Ecosystem Management
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sustainability and Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2023) | Viewed by 809
Special Issue Editors
Interests: wetland water and carbon cycles and their coupling relationship; wetland GHGs; wetland ecological restoration
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
- Introduction, including scientific background and highlighting the importance of this research area
Plateau regions, already sensitive and vulnerable areas, may be experiencing the most severe climate change in recent decades. Taking the Qinghai–Tibet plateau as an example, its widely distributed alpine grassland, woodland, shrub, wetland and other types of ecosystems are important carbon pools that affect the regional carbon balance. Many studies have shown that the warming and wetting trend of the Tibetan plateau is obvious, leading to an increase in the instability of the carbon pool and the risks of carbon leakage, including greenhouse gases in the permafrost. In light of the above-mentioned background, it is of great necessity to reveal the influence of both human activities and climate change on the carbon pool, carbon flux and evolution laws of plateau ecosystems, to ensure regional, ecological and social security, as well as economic sustainability.
- Aim of the Special Issue and how the subject relates to the journal scope
This Special Issue stems from the need to stimulate and collect the most recent research in this field with a specific focus on plateaus. Understanding the basic processes of carbon flow will provide an important basis to reveal the dynamic characteristics, patterns, processes and functions of various ecosystems in the plateau area to lead to the development of tools and models for the sustainable utilization and management of plateau ecosystems.
- Suggest themes
This Special Issue focuses on, but is not limited to, the study of carbon cycles in plateau ecosystems. Original research articles and reviews are welcome, as well as contributions from field experiments, remote sensing, and modeling studies. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Carbon/nitrogen cycles, carbon fluxes, and carbon pools;
- Ecosystem carbon sequestration;
- Low-carbon-oriented ecosystem protection and restoration;
- Ecosystem assessment and management;
- Anthropogenic impacts on plateau ecosystems;
- Ecosystem changes under climate change.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Xu’feng Mao
Prof. Dr. Yilei Yu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- plateau ecosystems
- carbon fluxes
- carbon pools
- carbon cycles
- ecological modelling
- ecohydrological models
- biogeochemical modeling
- ecological restoration
- ecological risk assessment
- remote sensing
