Deepened snow cover increases grassland soil carbon stocks by incorporating carbon inputs into deep soil layers

M Deng, P Li, W Liu, P Chang, L Yang… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Climate‐induced changes in snow cover can greatly impact winter soil microclimate and
spring water supply. These effects, in turn, can influence plant and microbial activity and the …

CO2 fertilization contributed more than half of the observed forest biomass increase in northern extra‐tropical land

Y He, Y Liu, L Lei, C Terrer, C Huntingford… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The existence of a large‐biomass carbon (C) sink in Northern Hemisphere extra‐tropical
ecosystems (NHee) is well‐established, but the relative contribution of different potential …

Variability of ecosystem carbon source from microbial respiration is controlled by rainfall dynamics

H Huang, S Calabrese… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Soil heterotrophic respiration (R h) represents an important component of the terrestrial
carbon cycle that affects whether ecosystems function as carbon sources or sinks. Due to the …

Patterns and controls of aboveground litter inputs to temperate forests

FV Jevon, A Polussa, AK Lang, J William Munger… - Biogeochemistry, 2022 - Springer
Aboveground litter production is an important biogeochemical pathway in forests whereby
carbon and nutrients enter soil detrital pools. However, patterns and controls of …

Observation‐based global soil heterotrophic respiration indicates underestimated turnover and sequestration of soil carbon by terrestrial ecosystem models

Y He, J Ding, T Dorji, T Wang, J Li… - Global Change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Soil heterotrophic respiration (Rh) refers to the flux of CO2 released from soil to atmosphere
as a result of organic matter decomposition by soil microbes and fauna. As one of the major …

Reading tea leaves worldwide: Decoupled drivers of initial litter decomposition mass‐loss rate and stabilization

JM Sarneel, MM Hefting, T Sandén… - Ecology …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The breakdown of plant material fuels soil functioning and biodiversity. Currently, process
understanding of global decomposition patterns and the drivers of such patterns are …

A data-driven estimate of litterfall and forest carbon turnover and the drivers of their inter-annual variabilities in forest ecosystems across China

X Zhao, X Tang, J Du, X Pei, G Chen, T Xu - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Strong influences of climate and land-cover changes on terrestrial ecosystems urgently
need to re-estimate forest carbon turnover time (τ forest), ie, the residence time of carbon (C) …

Divergent roles of UV exposure and microclimatic conditions in the decomposition of standing and soil surface litter in a semi‐arid steppe

S Yang, J Wang, J Su, Z Peng, L Guo… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Recent studies have highlighted the crucial role of abiotic processes, such as
photodegradation and microclimatic fluctuation, in accelerating dryland litter decomposition …

Warming and altered precipitation rarely alter N addition effects on soil greenhouse gas fluxes: a meta-analysis

X Wei, F Wu, K Van Meerbeek, E Desie, X Ni, K Yue… - Ecological …, 2023 - Springer
Background Changes in soil greenhouse gas (GHG) fluxes caused by nitrogen (N) addition
are considered as the key factors contributing to global climate change (global warming and …

The dependence of evaporative efficiency of vegetated surfaces on ground cover mass fractions in vegetated soils in mesic ecosystems

Y Wang, RM Petrone, B Van Huizen - Hydrological Processes, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Bare soil evaporation has been studied extensively, but less is certain regarding how site‐
specific features, especially the overstory tree canopy and ground covers, mediate …