Accelerated increase in vegetation carbon sequestration in China after 2010: A turning point resulting from climate and human interaction

Y Chen, X Feng, H Tian, X Wu, Z Gao… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
China has increased its vegetation coverage and enhanced its terrestrial carbon sink
through ecological restoration since the end of the 20th century. However, the temporal …

Widespread spring phenology effects on drought recovery of Northern Hemisphere ecosystems

Y Li, W Zhang, CR Schwalm, P Gentine… - Nature Climate …, 2023 - nature.com
The time required for an ecosystem to recover from severe drought is a key component of
ecological resilience. The phenology effects on drought recovery are, however, poorly …

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

H Li, Y Wu, S Liu, J Xiao, 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 …

Net primary productivity of forest ecosystems in the southwest karst region from the perspective of carbon neutralization

B Zhou, Z Liao, S Chen, H Jia, J Zhu, X Fei - Forests, 2022 - mdpi.com
The net primary productivity (NPP) of forest ecosystems is an important factor for
understanding the carbon budget of forest ecosystems. There have been many studies on …

Quantifying the impacts of climate change and ecological restoration on streamflow changes based on a B udyko hydrological model in C hina's L oess P lateau

W Liang, D Bai, F Wang, B Fu, J Yan… - Water Resources …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding hydrological effects of ecological restoration (ER) is fundamental to develop
effective measures guiding future ER and to adapt climate change in China's Loess Plateau …

Global distribution of soil fauna functional groups and their estimated litter consumption across biomes

P Heděnec, JJ Jiménez, J Moradi, X Domene… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Soil invertebrates (ie, soil fauna) are important drivers of many key processes in soils
including soil aggregate formation, water retention, and soil organic matter transformation …

Contrasting responses of water use efficiency to drought across global terrestrial ecosystems

Y Yang, H Guan, O Batelaan, TR McVicar, D Long… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Drought is an intermittent disturbance of the water cycle that profoundly affects the terrestrial
carbon cycle. However, the response of the coupled water and carbon cycles to drought and …

The Palaearctic steppe biome: a new synthesis

K Wesche, D Ambarlı, J Kamp, P Török… - Biodiversity and …, 2016 - Springer
The Palaearctic steppes range from the Mediterranean basin towards China, forming one of
the largest continuous terrestrial biomes. The literature on steppe ecology and conservation …

The effect of drought on vegetation gross primary productivity under different vegetation types across China from 2001 to 2020

X Wu, R Zhang, VA Bento, S Leng, J Qi, J Zeng… - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
Highlights Two drought indices (SPEI and VPD) were used to characterize the degree of
dryness/wetness. The water deficit represented by two drought indices was mostly …

Response of net primary production to land use and land cover change in mainland China since the late 1980s

J Li, Z Wang, C Lai, X Wu, Z Zeng, X Chen… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Land use and land cover patterns in mainland China have substantially changed in the
recent decades under the economic reform policies of the government. The terrestrial …