Forest is the main body of the land ecosystem and plays an important role in global carbon cycle.

Currently, investigating the structure-function relationships in ecological communities remain a major goal for ecologists.

The excessive application of nitrogen (N) fertilizer causes N loss from agricultural soil, through leaching and gaseous losses, such as nitrous oxide (N2O), which have a negative effect on the envi...

Eutrophication is a widespread and increasing problem in water resources in many countries. The riparian zone receives and retains large amounts of nutrient inputs from farmland.

Since the industrial revolution, the atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition has rapidly increased as a result of the ever-accelerated increasing of anthropogenic emissions of reactive forms of N. Exce...