Nitrogen and phosphorus co-addition stimulates soil respiration in a subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forest

S Wei, L Tie, J Liao, X Liu, M Du, S Lan, X Li, C Li… - Plant and Soil, 2020 - Springer
Background and aims Nutrient availability is a key regulator of soil respiration.
Anthropogenic activities have dramatically accelerated the inputs of reactive nitrogen (N) …

Seasonal variations in depth of water uptake for a subtropical coniferous plantation subjected to drought in an East Asian monsoon region

B Yang, X Wen, X Sun - Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 2015 - Elsevier
Seasonal drought will become more intense and frequent in some regions due to global
climate change, which may lead to significant changes in the competitive interactions and …

Combined effects of precipitation and air temperature on soil moisture in different land covers in a humid basin

H Feng, Y Liu - Journal of Hydrology, 2015 - Elsevier
Soil moisture is a key variable in hydrological processes. Although the combined effects of
multiple climatic factors in different land cover conditions are highly valuable for water …

Plant functional groups regulate soil respiration responses to nitrogen addition and mowing over a decade

Y Du, H Han, Y Wang, M Zhong, D Hui… - Functional …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Nitrogen (N) deposition and land‐use practice (eg mowing) could have profound effects on
soil respiration. However, the changes in other ecosystem components, such as plant …

Effects of land use on soil organic carbon and microbial processes associated with soil health in southern Brazil

D Bini, CA dos Santos, KB do Carmo, N Kishino… - European Journal of Soil …, 2013 - Elsevier
Carbon plays a key role in determining soil health, which is defined as the soil's capacity to
maintain environmental functions and biological productivity. In this study, C cycling was …

Changing rainfall frequency rather than drought rapidly alters annual soil respiration in a tropical forest

Q Deng, D Zhang, X Han, G Chu, Q Zhang… - Soil Biology and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Tropical forests play an important role in global carbon (C) cycling due to high primary
productivity and rapid litter and soil organic C decomposition. However, it is still unclear how …

Predicting the responses of forest distribution and aboveground biomass to climate change under RCP scenarios in southern China

E Dai, Z Wu, Q Ge, W Xi, X Wang - Global Change Biology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
In the past three decades, our global climate has been experiencing unprecedented
warming. This warming has and will continue to significantly influence the structure and …

Spatial non-stationarity effects of driving factors on soil respiration in an arid desert region

J Wang, D Teng, X He, L Qin, X Yang, G Lv - Catena, 2021 - Elsevier
Soil respiration (Rs) has significant spatial changes in terrestrial ecosystems, especially in
arid areas where ecological factors and vegetation distribution have obvious patches …

Rainfall pulse primarily drives litterfall respiration and its contribution to soil respiration in a young exotic pine plantation in subtropical China

Y Wang, ZL Wang, H Wang, C Guo… - Canadian Journal of …, 2012 - cdnsciencepub.com
Although litterfall respiration (RL) is a key process of soil carbon dynamics in forests, factors
that drive RL and its contribution to soil respiration (RS) have not been sufficiently studied …

Assessing differences in the response of forest aboveground biomass and composition under climate change in subtropical forest transition zone

Z Wu, E Dai, Z Wu, M Lin - Science of the Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
The subtropical forest transition zone in southern China is a typical transition zone with high
coverage and diverse vegetation. Projected climate change will affect physiological …