What determines species diversity remains a big challenge. Despite many studies support a latitudinal diversity gradient for the plants and animals, there are still limited evidence to test whether...

Nitrogen (N) application is the major agronomic measures to increase and maintain crop yields.

Climate changes such as drought are becoming increasingly serious worldwide and significantly affect structures and functions of terrestrial ecosystems. Drought reduces the abundance and richness o...

Over the course of forest succession, both components of plant residues and the structure of soil microbial communities play important roles in affecting soil aggregates, and thus the sequestration...

Human activities have significantly changed the environment and climate in the world since the industrial revolution. Nitrogen fixation induced by human activities has considerably altered the nitr...