Report title： Current research on carbon and nutrient cycling in forest soils + Ten tips for publishing in Forest Ecology and Management
Reporter: Prof. Cindy Prescott (the University of British Columbia, Canada)
Time： 16:30-17:30, May 3, 2016
Venue：Meeting Room, 5th floor, College of Forestry 
About the reporter: 
Cindy Prescott, the full professor of Faculty of Forestry, the University of British Columbia, Canada and editor of Forest Ecology and Management(http://www.journals.elsevier.com/forest-ecology-and-management/editorial-board/). She received her PhD from University of Calgary in 1988 majoring terrestrial ecology. Her research covers both pure and applied aspects of forest nutrition. The pure research has been exploring the factors that control N availability in forests through their influence on rates of decomposition and nitrogen mineralization of litter and humus. More recent studies have included factors that influence carbon sequestration in forest soils, and recreating functional soils on reclaimed oil sands sites. The more applied research has been related impacts of forest management practices on N cycling and a variety of studies related to fertilization of forests. Most of the applied studies have been designed in such a way that new insights into mechanisms underlying nutrition can be gained while getting operationally useful information.
To date, her most significant contributions have been in the following five areas of research. These contributions are not represented in single studies, but rather in series of papers and presentations in each theme: 
1. Controls of litter decomposition and nutrient release
2. Influence of site and species on N availability
3. Effects of clear cutting and other silvicultural systems on N availability
4. Causes and amelioration of nutrient deficiencies in forests.
5. Long-term effects of repeated N fertilization

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