Plant litter decomposition is an indispensable link for matter cycling of ecosystem and an important function of the system .The results were published in Journal of Plant Ecology entitled as Speci...

Winter soil respiration composes 3 - 50% of annual carbon release , plays an important role in the C budget .Temperate forest ecosystem is the biggest C sink in north hemisphere , makes up 10% of g...

Climate change has been attributed as major factor resulting in the migration of tree range boundaries .However , the migration may not keep pace with Climate change , but lagged by the rate of ran...

The formation and subsequent sequestration of soil organic carbon ( SOC ) during forest succession are primarily driven by soil microorganisms .The microbial residues are important source of soil o...

Increasing atmospheric nitrogen ( N ) deposition-induced soil acidification has been an increasing global threat to terrestrial biodiversity and ecosystem functioning .Chronic N inputs could increa...