The global significance of biodiversity science in China: An overview

X Mi, G Feng, Y Hu, J Zhang, L Chen… - National Science …, 2021‏ - academic.oup.com
Biodiversity science in China has seen rapid growth over recent decades, ranging from
baseline biodiversity studies to understanding the processes behind evolution across …

Effects of biochar application in forest ecosystems on soil properties and greenhouse gas emissions: a review

Y Li, S Hu, J Chen, K Müller, Y Li, W Fu, Z Lin… - Journal of Soils and …, 2018‏ - Springer
Purpose Forests play a critical role in terrestrial ecosystem carbon cycling and the mitigation
of global climate change. Intensive forest management and global climate change have had …

Effects of national ecological restoration projects on carbon sequestration in China from 2001 to 2010

F Lu, H Hu, W Sun, J Zhu, G Liu, W Zhou… - Proceedings of the …, 2018‏ - pnas.org
The long-term stressful utilization of forests and grasslands has led to ecosystem
degradation and C loss. Since the late 1970s China has launched six key national …

Decipher soil organic carbon dynamics and driving forces across China using machine learning

H Li, Y Wu, S Liu, J **ao, W Zhao, J Chen… - Global Change …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
The dynamics of soil organic carbon (SOC) play a critical role in modulating global warming.
However, the long‐term spatiotemporal changes of SOC at large scale, and the impacts of …

Forest adaptation to climate change—is non-management an option?

R Jandl, P Spathelf, A Bolte, CE Prescott - Annals of forest science, 2019‏ - Springer
Key message Climate change is posing a considerable challenge to foresters. The intensity
of required adaptive measures and the relevance of old-growth forests as benchmark for …

Seeing the forest from drones: Testing the potential of lightweight drones as a tool for long-term forest monitoring

J Zhang, J Hu, J Lian, Z Fan, X Ouyang, W Ye - Biological Conservation, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Long-term ecological monitoring has contributed substantially towards advancements in
theoretical and applied ecology. However, the costs to maintain a long-term monitoring site …

Distinct patterns of soil bacterial and fungal community assemblages in subtropical forest ecosystems under warming

SYD Zhou, Z Lie, X Liu, YG Zhu… - Global Change …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Climate change globally affects soil microbial community assembly across ecosystems.
However, little is known about the impact of warming on the structure of soil microbial …

Economic growth and deforestation in African countries: Is the environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis applicable?

BA Ajanaku, AR Collins - Forest Policy and Economics, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Deforestation is a significant environmental problem, contributing to biodiversity loss, land
degradation, soil erosion, and climate change. During the past half-century, the continent of …

Long‐term nitrogen addition modifies microbial composition and functions for slow carbon cycling and increased sequestration in tropical forest soil

J Tian, JAJ Dungait, X Lu, Y Yang… - Global change …, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Nitrogen (N) deposition is a component of global change that has considerable impact on
belowground carbon (C) dynamics. Plant growth stimulation and alterations of fungal …

Old-growth forests as global carbon sinks

S Luyssaert, ED Schulze, A Börner, A Knohl… - Nature, 2008‏ - nature.com
Old-growth forests remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, at rates that vary with
climate and nitrogen deposition. The sequestered carbon dioxide is stored in live woody …