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Soil acidification enhanced soil carbon sequestration through increased mineral protection
As a significant land carbon sink, highly acid subtropical forests in southern China continued to accumulate a significant amount of soil carbon under elevated acid deposition, yet the mechanism of how soil or...
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Ten years of warming increased plant-derived carbon accumulation in an East Asian monsoon forest
Soil warming significantly influences soil organic carbon (SOC) pools in terrestrial ecosystems through its impact on the processes of carbon (C) input and decomposition as well as the stabilization of SOC poo...
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Plant community and soil properties drive arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal diversity: A case study in tropical forests
The mutual interdependence of plants and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) is important in carbon and mineral nutrient exchange. However, an understanding of how AMF community assemblies vary in different for...
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Estimated Soil Respiration Rates Decreased with Long-Term Soil Microclimate Changes in Successional Forests in Southern China
The response of soil respiration to short-term environmental factors changes has been well studied, whereas the influences of long-term soil microclimate changes on soil respiration are still highly unclear, e...
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Different patterns of ecosystem carbon accumulation between a young and an old-growth subtropical forest in Southern China
Using long-term (22 years) measurements from a young and an old-growth subtropical forest in southern China, we found that both forests accumulated carbon from 1982 to 2004, with the mean carbon accumulation r...
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Factors influencing leaf litter decomposition: an intersite decomposition experiment across China
The Long-Term Intersite Decomposition Experiment in China (hereafter referred to as LTIDE-China) was established in 2002 to study how substrate quality and macroclimate factors affect leaf litter decomposition...
