Climate warming accelerates carbon release from foliar litter—A global synthesis

Y Zhao, N Lu, H Shi, J Huang, B Fu - Global Change Biology, 2025 - Wiley Online Library

Litter decomposition is essential in linking aboveground and belowground carbon, nutrient
cycles, and energy flows within ecosystems. This process has been profoundly impacted by …

Mechanisms of litter input changes on soil organic carbon dynamics: a microbial carbon use efficiency-based perspective

J Zeng, X Li, R Song, H Xie, X Li, W Liu, H Liu… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier

Plant litter is an important source of soil organic carbon (SOC) in terrestrial ecosystems, and
the pattern of litter inputs is also influenced by global change and human activities …

[HTML][HTML] Rapid climate changes responsible for increased net global cropland carbon sink during the last 40 years

H Wei, L Wu, D Chen, D Yang, J Du, Y Xu, J Jia - Ecological Indicators, 2024 - Elsevier

Cropland ecosystem is an essential site for the terrestrial carbon cycle. However, the carbon
sink potential has been severely underestimated or even considered nonexistent since the …

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Isotopic labeling evidence shows faster carbon release from microbial residues than plant litter

J Zhu, Y Cai, F Wu, J Zhang, X Zhang… - Environmental Research …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org

Carbon (C) release from plant and microbial residues is a primary pathway of energy flow
from photosynthetic and metabolic biomass to carbon dioxide (CO 2) in terrestrial …

Distribution pattern of soil nematode communities along an elevational gradient in arid and semi-arid mountains of Northwest China

J Chen, Y Zhang, C Liu, L Huang - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2024 - frontiersin.org

Soil nematodes are the most abundant soil metazoans, occupying multiple trophic levels in
the soil food web and playing an important role in soil function. Research on the …