Niche separation of comammox Nitrospira and canonical ammonia oxidizers in an acidic subtropical forest soil under long-term nitrogen deposition

X Shi, HW Hu, J Wang, JZ He, C Zheng, X Wan… - Soil Biology and …, 2018 - Elsevier
The recent discovery of comammox Nitrospira capable of converting ammonia to nitrate in a
single organism radically challenged our century-long perception of the classic two-step …

Effects of forest restoration on soil carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, and their stoichiometry in Hunan, southern China

C Xu, W Xiang, M Gou, L Chen, P Lei, X Fang, X Deng… - Sustainability, 2018 - mdpi.com
Forest restoration affects nutrient cycling in terrestrial ecosystems. However, the dynamics of
carbon (C), nitrogen (N), and phosphorous (P), and their stoichiometry (C: N: P ratio) in the …

Stoichiometry controls asymbiotic nitrogen fixation and its response to nitrogen inputs in a nitrogen‐saturated forest

M Zheng, W Zhang, Y Luo, D Li, S Wang, J Huang… - Ecology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Lowland tropical forests with chronic nitrogen (N) deposition and/or abundant N‐fixing
organisms are commonly rich in N relative to other nutrients. The tropical N richness …

C: N: P stoichiometry of rhizosphere soils differed significantly among overstory trees and understory shrubs in plantations in subtropical China

X Dai, X Fu, L Kou, H Wang… - Canadian Journal of …, 2018 - cdnsciencepub.com
Rhizosphere soil C: N: P stoichiometry is useful for identifying the linkage of plant species
and soil nutrients, which can be particularly helpful for understory vegetation management of …