In a new study published in Global Ecology and Biogeography, an international research group led by Dr. WANG Xugao of the Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, has made progres...

Natural forests have been widely converted to meet other land needs such as plantation, agriculture and pasture, and the loss of natural forest is estimated to be 130 million hectares between 2000 ...

The amount of CO2 released to the atmosphere through soil microbial respiration (Rs) is estimated to be 60 Pg C.

Trees usually associate with different mycorrhizal fungi, which help them take up nutrient from soil.

Researchers from the Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences established a high-throughput method for the rapid detection of pesticide residues (i.e. Chlorpyrifos and Carbofuran) ...