Soil functions and ecosystem services research in the Chinese karst Critical Zone

SM Green, JAJ Dungait, C Tu, HL Buss, N Sanderson… - Chemical …, 2019 - Elsevier
Covering extensive parts of China, karst is a critically important landscape that has
experienced rapid and intensive land use change and associated ecosystem degradation …

Coupling of δ13C and δ15N to understand soil organic matter sources and C and N cycling under different land-uses and management: a review and data analysis

HJ Park, N Baek, SS Lim, YJ Jeong, BS Seo… - Biology and Fertility of …, 2023 - Springer
This review analyzes the data on co-variations in δ13C and δ15N of soils with land-use
types, management, and disturbance obtained from literature to explore potential …

Nitrogen addition stimulates soil aggregation and enhances carbon storage in terrestrial ecosystems of China: A meta‐analysis

X Lu, E Hou, J Guo, FS Gilliam, J Li… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
China is experiencing a high level of atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition, which greatly
affects the soil carbon (C) dynamics in terrestrial ecosystems. Soil aggregation contributes to …

Effects of agricultural abandonment on soil aggregation, soil organic carbon storage and stabilization: Results from observation in a small karst catchment, Southwest …

M Liu, G Han, Q Zhang - Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Soil organic carbon (SOC) storage and stabilization under land-use change, including
agricultural abandonment, are critical for the recuperation of soil productivity and feedback …

Effects of vegetation restoration on soil properties along an elevation gradient in the karst region of southwest China

J Zhang, H Chen, Z Fu, K Wang - Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Vegetation restoration effectively prevents soil degradation. However, the changes in soil
properties that occur in fragile ecosystems in response to vegetation restoration are unclear …

Biochar application enhances microbial interactions in mega-aggregates of farmland black soil

H Zhang, S Wang, J Zhang, C Tian, S Luo - Soil and Tillage Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Soil microbial community diversity and composition are responsive to biochar application.
However, the impacts of biochar application on soil microbial community structure and …

Changing precipitation exerts greater influence on soil heterotrophic than autotrophic respiration in a semiarid steppe

B Zhang, W Li, S Chen, X Tan, S Wang, M Chen… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2019 - Elsevier
Future precipitation change is anticipated to have a profound influence on ecosystem
carbon (C) cycling, especially soil respiration, the largest C flux from the terrestrial …

Forty-year-old orchards promote carbon storage by changing aggregate-associated enzyme activities and microbial communities

JY Zheng, L Wang, JS Zhao, YH Niu, HB Xiao, Z Wang… - Catena, 2022 - Elsevier
Soil organic carbon (SOC) is closely related to ecosystem functions and services, such as
biodiversity conservation and the mitigation of climate change. Soil aggregates are among …

Precipitation-mediated responses of soil acid buffering capacity to long-term nitrogen addition in a semi-arid grassland

J Cai, W Luo, H Liu, X Feng, Y Zhang, R Wang… - Atmospheric …, 2017 - Elsevier
Atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition can result in soil acidification and reduce soil acid
buffering capacity. However, it remains poorly understood how changes in precipitation …

The response of soil organic carbon to climate and soil texture in China

Y Zhang, P Li, X Liu, L Xiao, T Li, D Wang - Frontiers of Earth Science, 2022 - Springer
Soil organic carbon (SOC) plays an essential role in the carbon cycle and global warming
mitigation, and it varies spatially in relation to other soil and environmental properties. But …