Global change impacts on forest elementomes and insights for improved management practices
Hu, Zhenhong (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals)
Yan, Pu (Georgia Institute of Technology)
Li, Binbin (Northwest aF University. Institute of Soil and Water Conservation)
Song, Xin (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals)
Li, Jiwei (Northwest aF University. Institute of Soil and Water Conservation)
Peñuelas, Josep (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals)
Collalti, Alessio (National Research Council of Italy. Institute for Agriculture and Forestry Systems in the Mediterranean (Itàlia))
Fernández-Martínez, Marcos (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals)

Date:	2025
Abstract:	Purpose of Review: the elemental composition of organisms (the elementome) strongly determines their functional traits and their functioning. Global change presents signifcant potential impacts on forest elementomes of trees, soils, and soil microbes, infuencing primary production, nutrient cycling, and food-web dynamics in forest ecosystems. This review aims to summarize recent advancements in understanding the response of forest elementomes to global change and how we can help them adapt to new conditions through improved management practices. - Recent Findings: atmospheric CO2 enrichment, increased nitrogen (N) deposition, climate warming and droughts strongly infuence the elemental composition of trees, microbes and soils of forest ecosystems. Accounting for the composition and availability of essential elements such as N, phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) in the plant-soil system can largely improve projections of forest carbon(C) cycle, especially when simulating the capacity of globally increasing C fxation by the rising atmospheric CO2 concentration and N deposition. - Summary: global change infuences forest elementomes across various scales, with diverse spatiotemporal variation and underlying mechanisms. Future research should integrate multi-source information to enhance the monitoring of elementomes and facilitate the adaptation of forests to the new environmental conditions through forest management, particularly focusing on the interaction efects of the multiple facets of global change.
Grants:	European Commission 101076740 Agencia Estatal de Investigación JDC2023-051504-I Agencia Estatal de Investigación PID2022-141972NA-I00 Agencia Estatal de Investigación PID2022-140808NB-I00 Agencia Estatal de Investigación RYC2021-031511-I Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2022/BP-00059
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió acceptada per publicar
Subject:	Climate change ; Biogeochemistry ; Eco2 ; Nitrogen deposition ; Droughts ; Warming ; Forest management
Published in:	Current Climate Change Reports, Vol. 11, issue 1 (December 2025) , art. 4, ISSN 2198-6061

DOI: 10.1007/s40641-025-00200-7

Available from: 2026-12-30 Postprint

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