Biogeochemical Dynamics of Forest Ecosystems: Integrating Geospatial Approaches and Nutrient Management for Ecosystem Resilience

Forest ecosystems play a fundamental role in regulating global biogeochemical cycles through carbon sequestration, nutrient cycling, greenhouse gas exchange, and soil-plant-atmosphere interactions. However, climate change, land-use transformation, biological disturbances, and unsustainable management practices are increasingly altering these processes, hence affecting ecosystem productivity, resilience, and long-term sustainability. Recent advances in remote sensing, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), earth observation technologies, artificial intelligence, and spatial modelling now provide unprecedented opportunities to quantify and monitor forest biogeochemical dynamics across multiple spatial and temporal scales. These technologies enable improved assessment of carbon stocks, nutrient fluxes, greenhouse gas emissions, ecosystem productivity, and restoration outcomes, while supporting evidence-based nutrient management and sustainable forest management strategies.

This Research Topic seeks to bring together cutting-edge research at the intersection of environmental science, forest management, geospatial technologies, ecological modeling, and nutrient dynamics. By integrating these disciplines, we aim to advance understanding of forest ecosystem dynamics, promote methodological innovation, and support the development of more effective, data-driven management strategies.

We welcome original research articles, reviews, and perspectives addressing topics including, but not limited to:

● Remote sensing and GIS-based approaches for forest monitoring and ecosystem assessment

● Nutrient cycling, soil fertility, and biogeochemical dynamics in forest ecosystems

● Forest restoration, ecosystem resilience, and nature-based solutions

● Climate-smart forestry, carbon sequestration, and ecosystem service assessment

● Sustainable forest management under climate change scenarios

● Spatial modeling of land-use change and its environmental consequences

● Interactions among nutrient availability, forest productivity, biodiversity and ecosystem functioning

● Nitrogen use efficiency, greenhouse gas emission dynamics, and advanced soil nutrient management in forest ecosystems

● Biogeochemical consequences of forest disturbances, including wildfire, drought, pests, diseases, and extreme climatic events.

Article types and fees

This Research Topic accepts the following article types, unless otherwise specified in the Research Topic description:

• Brief Research Report
• Data Report
• Editorial
• FAIR² Data
• Hypothesis and Theory
• Methods
• Mini Review
• Opinion
• Original Research
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Article types

This Research Topic accepts the following article types, unless otherwise specified in the Research Topic description:

• Brief Research Report
• Data Report
• Editorial
• FAIR² Data
• Hypothesis and Theory
• Methods
• Mini Review
• Opinion
• Original Research
• Perspective
• Policy and Practice Reviews
• Policy Brief
• Review
• Systematic Review
• Technology and Code

Keywords: Forest biogeochemistry, Nutrient cycling, Carbon dynamics, Geospatial technologies, Ecosystem resilience

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