Whole-soil-profile warming does not change microbial carbon use efficiency in surface and deep soils

Q Zhang, W Qin, J Feng, X Li, Z Zhang… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
The paucity of investigations of carbon (C) dynamics through the soil profile with warming
makes it challenging to evaluate the terrestrial C feedback to climate change. Soil microbes …

Nitrogen and phosphorus addition mediate soil priming effects via affecting microbial stoichiometric balance in an alpine meadow

W Qin, J Feng, Q Zhang, X Yuan, H Zhou… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Priming effect (PE) plays a crucial role in regulating the decomposition of soil organic matter
(SOM). Multiple empirical results have shown that nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) addition …

Warmer temperature promotes the contribution of invertebrate fauna to litter components release in an alpine meadow on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

R Yin, W Qin, X Wang, H Zhao, Z Zhang, B Zhu - Catena, 2023 - Elsevier
How warming and invertebrate fauna concurrently influence litter carbon and nutrient
turnover in alpine meadow is still poorly known. Using a litterbag technique, we evaluated …

Responses and mechanisms of soil organic carbon dynamics to warming: a review

WK QIN, QF ZHANG, GKL AO… - Chinese Journal of Plant …, 2024 - plant-ecology.com
The alteration of terrestrial carbon cycling under climate warming is regulated by soil organic
carbon (SOC) dynamics. Previous studies have developed multiple warming methods …

Responses of soil carbon dynamics to precipitation and land use in an Inner Mongolian grassland

W Qin, Y Wang, X Yuan, Q Zhang, X Wang, H Zhao… - Plant and Soil, 2023 - Springer
Background and aims Grasslands hold one of the most important soil carbon stocks in the
world, which is vulnerable to climate change (ie precipitation) and human disturbance (ie …

Trade‐off in the partitioning of recent photosynthate carbon under global change

F Li, T Qing, F Wu, K Yue, J Zhu, X Ni - Global Change Biology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
There may be trade‐offs in the allocation patterns of recent photosynthetic carbon (RPC)
allocation in response to environmental changes, with a greater proportion of RPC being …

Effects of whole‐soil warming on CH4 and N2O fluxes in an alpine grassland

Y Chen, M Han, W Qin, Y Hou, Z Zhang… - Global Change …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Global climate warming could affect the methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) fluxes
between soils and the atmosphere, but how CH4 and N2O fluxes respond to whole‐soil …

SWAMP: A new experiment for simulating permafrost warming and active layer deepening on the Tibetan Plateau

Y Bai, Y Peng, W Zhou, Y **e, Q Li… - Methods in Ecology …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Our knowledge on the responses of permafrost ecosystems to climate warming is critical for
assessing the direction and magnitude of permafrost carbon‐climate feedback. However …

Water Niche Characteristics of Subalpine Shrub in Eastern Qilian Mountains, China

L Chou, W Jia, Y Zhang, X Lan, H Luo, Z Yu… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The investigation and research of plant niche provide new ideas for understanding the
extent of resource utilization by plants and the coexistence relationship among species …

Differential temperature responses of diurnal and nocturnal leaf respiration in four alpine herbaceous species

T Zheng, H Kang, Y Yu, T Guo, X Ke, OK Atkin… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2025 - Elsevier
Current estimates of diel respiratory carbon release depend on accurate predictions of the
temperature sensitivity (Q 10) of leaf respiration during the day and night. Such predictions …