Background Plants condition the soil in which they grow, thereby altering the performance of
subsequent plants growing in this soil. This phenomenon, known as plant-soil feedback …

Sinks of methane (CH 4) become highly variable due to both human activity and climate
change. An urgent need therefore exists to budget key sinks of CH 4, such as forests and …

Abstract Changes in the quality and quantity of litter and root inputs due to climate change
and human activities can influence below-ground biogeochemical processes in forest …

Background and aims The litter layer is a major source of CO 2, and it also influences soil-
atmosphere exchange of N 2 O and CH 4. So far, it is not clear how much of soil greenhouse …

Litter comprises a major nutrient source when decomposed via soil microbes and functions
as subtract that limits gas exchange between soil and atmosphere, thereby restricting …

Forests contribute strongly to global carbon (C) sequestration and the exchange of
greenhouse gases (GHG) between the soil and the atmosphere. Whilst the microbial activity …

Over the past six decades, coastal wetlands in China have experienced rapid and extensive
agricultural reclamation. In the context of saline conditions, long-term effect of cultivation …

Forestland soils play vital role in regulating global soil greenhouse gas (GHG) budgets, but
the interactive effect of the litter layer management and simulated nitrogen (N) deposition on …

Various global change factors (eg elevated CO 2 concentrations, nitrogen deposition, etc.)
can alter the amount of litterfall in terrestrial forests, which could subsequently lead to …

Afforestation plays an important role in regulating the methane (CH 4) exchange between
soil and atmosphere. However, it is not fully understood how afforestation affects soil CH 4 …