Priority science can accelerate agroforestry as a natural climate solution

DE Terasaki Hart, S Yeo, M Almaraz, D Beillouin… - Nature Climate …, 2023 - nature.com
The expansion of agroforestry could provide substantial climate change mitigation (up to
0.31 Pg C yr− 1), comparable to other prominent natural climate solutions such as …

Towards mechanistic integration of the causes and consequences of biodiversity

S Wang, P Hong, PB Adler, E Allan, Y Hautier… - Trends in ecology & …, 2024 - cell.com
The global biodiversity crisis has stimulated decades of research on three themes: species
coexistence, biodiversity–ecosystem functioning relationships (BEF), and biodiversity …

Forestation at the right time with the right species can generate persistent carbon benefits in China

H Xu, C Yue, Y Zhang, D Liu, S Piao - … of the National Academy of Sciences, 2023 - pnas.org
Previous evaluations on the biophysical potential of forest carbon sink have focused on
forestation area distribution and the associated carbon stock for equilibrium-state forests …

Herbivory limits success of vegetation restoration globally

C Xu, BR Silliman, J Chen, X Li, MS Thomsen, Q Zhang… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Restoring vegetation in degraded ecosystems is an increasingly common practice for
promoting biodiversity and ecological function, but successful implementation is hampered …

Enhancing ecosystem productivity and stability with increasing canopy structural complexity in global forests

X Liu, Y Feng, T Hu, Y Luo, X Zhao, J Wu… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Forest canopy structural complexity (CSC) plays a crucial role in sha** forest ecosystem
productivity and stability, but the precise nature of their relationships remains controversial …

Cost-effectiveness of natural forest regeneration and plantations for climate mitigation

J Busch, JJ Bukoski, SC Cook-Patton, B Griscom… - Nature Climate …, 2024 - nature.com
Mitigating climate change cost-effectively requires identifying least-cost-per-ton GHG
abatement methods. Here, we estimate and map GHG abatement cost (US pertCO2) …

Asymmetry of carbon sequestrations by plant and soil after forestation regulated by soil nitrogen

S Hong, J Ding, F Kan, H Xu, S Chen, Y Yao… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Forestation is regarded as an effective strategy for increasing terrestrial carbon
sequestration. However, its carbon sink potential remains uncertain due to the scarcity of …

Higher productivity in forests with mixed mycorrhizal strategies

S Luo, RP Phillips, I Jo, S Fei, J Liang, B Schmid… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Decades of theory and empirical studies have demonstrated links between biodiversity and
ecosystem functioning, yet the putative processes that underlie these patterns remain …

Ecosystem‐dependent responses of soil carbon storage to phosphorus enrichment

J Feng, Y Song, B Zhu - New Phytologist, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Phosphorus deposition can stimulate both plant carbon inputs and microbial carbon outputs.
However, how P enrichment affects soil organic carbon (SOC) storage and the underlying …

Species mixing improves soil properties and enzymatic activities in Chinese fir plantations: A meta-analysis

J Guo, H Feng, P McNie, Q Liu, X Xu, C Pan, K Yan… - Catena, 2023 - Elsevier
It is becoming a tendency for multispecies plantations to be promoted worldwide to enhance
carbon sequestration and provide better ecosystem services. Soil physicochemical …