A5078279608- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Forest ecology and management
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
- Plant Ecology and Soil Science
- Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
- Plant responses to elevated CO2
- Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
- Soil and Environmental Studies
- Forest, Soil, and Plant Ecology in China
- Gut microbiota and health
- Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
- Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
- Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
- Agriculture, Soil, Plant Science
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Nitrogen and Sulfur Effects on Brassica
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
- Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
- Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
- Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
- Tree Root and Stability Studies
- Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure
- Soil and Unsaturated Flow
Minzu University of China
2017-2025
State Ethnic Affairs Commission
2021-2025
Institute of Botany
2003-2017
Chinese Academy of Sciences
2005-2017
Beijing Botanical Garden
2010
University of Antwerp
2003-2005
Institute of Physics
2005
Carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) are the primary elements involved in growth development of plants. The C:N ratio is an indicator use efficiency (NUE) input parameter for some ecological ecosystem models. However, knowledge remains limited about convergent or divergent variation ratios among different plant organs (e.g., leaf, branch, trunk, root) how evolution environment affect coefficient shifts. Using systematic measurements leaf-branch-trunk-root 2,139 species from tropical to cold-temperate...
While there is an extensive body of research on the influence climate warming total soil microbial communities, our understanding how rhizosphere and non-rhizosphere microorganisms respond to remains limited. To address this knowledge gap, we investigated impact 4 years diversity composition communities in a temperate steppe, focusing changes root exudation rates exudate compositions. We used open top chambers simulate conditions, resulting average temperature increase 1.1°C over span years....
We estimated above- and belowground biomass net primary production (NPP) of a 73-year-old Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) forest stand in the Belgian Campine region. Total for was 176 Mg ha(-1), which 74.4% found stems. The root system contained 12.6% total biomass, most it coarse roots (> 5 mm). Fine (< mm) comprised only about 1.7% more than 50% fine retrieved litter layer upper 15 cm mineral soil. ratio to aboveground 0.14, is lower that other forests coniferous forests. Between 1995...
Fresh plant litter inputs accelerate soil organic matter (SOM) decomposition through a ubiquitous mechanism called priming. Insufficient priming has been suggested as stabilization of SOM at depth, well the long‐term persistence some highly degradable compounds in soils. Priming therefore plays crucial, albeit unquantified and commonly neglected, role global carbon cycle. Because intensity is likely to be altered by change‐induced changes net primary productivity, it casts substantial...
Abstract Aims Grassland degradation represents a major challenge in the maintenance of grassland productivity. This process has dramatic impacts on energy flows and soil nutrient dynamics, thus directly or indirectly influencing microbes. Here, we aim to (i) examine changes microbial composition, diversity functionality response different levels (i.e. non-degraded, moderately severely degraded) temperate Inner Mongolia, (ii) elucidate biotic abiotic factors that are responsible for these...
Continuous and pulsed inputs of labile organic carbon (LOC) into soil are common. However, because microbial responses to LOC input rapid, the relative contributions respiration derived from total their influencing factors remain elusive. Furthermore, although numerous studies have explored priming effect (PE) matter (SOM) mineralization induced by addition, few focused on its short-term effects. There some indications that response microbes depends demand nutrients, especially C N....
Standing biomass, net primary production (NPP) and soil carbon (C) pools were studied in a 67-year-old pedunculate oak (Quercus robur L.) stand neighboring 74-year- old Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris the Belgian Campine region. Despite 14% lower tree density height stand, standing biomass was slightly higher than (177 169 Mg ha−1 oaks pines, respectively), indicating that individual trees contained more of similar diameter. Moreover, NPP double (17.7 8.1 year−1, respectively). Several...
Pyramid-like Fe3O4 nanostructures (see Figure) are formed over large areas on α-Fe2O3(0001) substrates using a plasma-sputtering technique. No catalysts or templates used in the reaction process. This nanostructure resembles Egyptian pyramids, possessing many layers and standing perpendicular to substrate surface. These structures may have potential applications constructing nanoscale magnetic high-density storage devices.
• Global climate change is generally expected to increase net primary production, resulting in increased soil carbon (C) inputs. To gain an understanding of how such C inputs would affect cycling the vast grasslands northern China, we conducted a field experiment which responses plant and microbial biomass respiration were studied. Our included below-ground addition particulate organic matter (POM) at rates equivalent 0, 60, 120 240 g m−2, under either natural precipitation or enhanced...
Global climatic change is generally expected to stimulate net primary production, and consequently increase soil carbon (C) input. The enhanced C input together with potentially increased precipitation may affect microbial processes plant growth.To examine the effects of water additions on properties growth, we conducted an experiment lasting two years in a temperate steppe northeastern China. We found that significantly affected stimulated growth. Carbon addition biomass activity but had...
Assessing the health of ecosystem based on landscape pattern national parks can facilitate policy makers in formulating more targeted conservation policies to better manage park ecosystems. To analyze patterns and characteristics park, evaluation index system was constructed using vigor-organization-resilience (VOR) model evaluate status. In this study, Shennongjia National Park China selected as a case study area be assessed system. The results revealed that patches construction land...
The concurrent environmental challenges of invasive species and soil microplastic contamination increasingly affect agricultural ecosystems, yet their combined effects remain underexplored. This study investigates the interactive impact legacy Canada goldenrod (Solidago canadensis L.) invasion on wheat (Triticum aestivum seed germination root development. We measured growth parameters by utilizing a controlled potted experiment with four treatments (control, S. legacy, microplastics,...
Abstract Leaf construction cost (LCC), a proxy for the energetic investment plants make to construct leaf biomass, indicates carbon strategies of across diverse habitats. However, large-scale variations in LCC and their correlations with climate soil factors have yet be fully explored. Here, we compiled dataset comprising 442 species-site combinations, spanning nearly all vegetation types China, address this knowledge gap. We found that exhibited substantial variation, ranging from 0.72 g...
Abstract Alpine meadows in Sanjiangyuan (SJY) National Park are experiencing degradation, and soil microbes play a critical role maintaining the health stability of these ecosystems. Soil showed strong habitat specificity during meadow but we poorly understood ecological assembly processes microbial communities. This study explores changes components across original degraded patches alpine SJY Park. We examined vegetation-soil characteristics through field surveys, community structure by...
Summary statement We redefine plant rewilding as a biodiversity‐focused restoration approach, outlining its conceptual framework, conservation potential, and implementation pathways. This work advances ecological theory while providing practical guidelines for global biodiversity recovery.