Meet the editor

Dr. Ling Zhang obtained his Ph.D in Soil Science from Nanjing Agricultural University, China, and visiting Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Rice University, USA, from July 2012 to December 2013. Dr. Zhang is now working as professor at the College of Forestry, Jiangxi Agricultural University, China, supervising graduate students. Dr. Zhang studies global change biology, forest ecology, plant invasion, and soil carbon and ni-

trogen cycling. He has published more than 50 papers related to global change ecology or forest ecology, and authored or coauthored several books on forest ecology or soil ecology in recent years. Dr. Zhang is serving as associate editor of ISI journal Plant Ecology and reviewer for more than 10 ISI journals.

Contents

**Section 1**

**Section 2**

*by Elena Runova*

**Section 3**

*by Bangliang Deng and Ling Zhang*

**Preface XI**

Forest Management and Nutrient Cycling **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

**Chapter 2 25**

**Chapter 3 43**

Forest Management and Biodiversity Conservation **57**

**Chapter 4 59**

**Chapter 5 75**

Forest Protection and Fire Prevention **93**

**Chapter 6 95**

Nitrogen Cycling and Soil Amelioration in *Camellia oleifera* Plantations

Research Progress of Forest Land Nutrient Management in China *by Zhi Li, Yanmei Wang, Xiaodong Geng, Qifei Cai and Xiaoyan Xue*

*by Nasir Shad, Ling Zhang, Ghulam Mujtaba Shah, Fang Haifu,* 

Increasing Biodiversity of Russian Taiga Forests by Creating Mixed

Sustainable Management of National Parks and Protected Areas

Gypsum/Desulfurization Fly Ash/Activated Shale Char/Claystone of Şırnak with Popped Biochar Composite Granules as Fire Inhibitor

*Amandeep Kaur, Sheenu Sharma, Sabir Hussain, Diksha Tokas* 

*by Abhishek Kumar, Rajni Yadav, Meenu Patil, Pardeep Kumar, Ling Zhang,* 

Plant Invasion and N2O Emission in Forest Ecosystems

*Muhammad Ilyas, Abbas Ali and Salman Ali Khan*

Forest Cultures of Scots Pine and Siberian Larch

for Conserving Biodiversity in India

for Fire Hazard Risk in Forest Management

*and Anand Narain Singh*

*by Yıldırım Ismail Tosun*
