Understory vegetation composes the majority of species diversity in boreal forest ecosystems, affecting canopy succession and nutrient cycling.

Sand dune mobility in desert ecosystems reflects the underlying ecological processes, including biotic interactions, seed dispersal, vegetation succession, and environmental change.

On October 30, 2018, the first journal paper affiliated to the CAS-CSI Joint Laboratory of Research and Development for Monitoring Forest Fluxes of Trace Gas and Isotope Elements (CAS-CSI Joint Lab...

The Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico had a profound impact on the Gulf Coast marshes. An understanding of how indigenous oil-degrading bacteria respond to oil exposure is important for...

In conservation tillage systems, at least 30% of the soil surface remains covered by crop residue which generally contains significant amounts of nitrogen. Crop residues are important resources inv...