Under the auspices of National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.41371190,31021001);Scientific and Tech-nical Projects of Western China Transportation Construction,Ministry of Transport of China(No.2008-318-799-17)
The structure and function of network is a central issue in landscape ecology.Road networks with hierarchical structure are crucial for understanding landscape dynamics.In this study,we compared the distribution of na...
Under the auspices of National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.41371190,31021001);Scientific and Tech-nical Projects of Western China Transportation Construction,Ministry of Transport of China(No.2008-318-799-17)
Road network is a critical component of public infrastructure,and the supporting system of social and economic development.Based on a modified kernel density estimate(KDE)algorithm,this study evaluated the road servic...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(41071124 and 31021001)
Vegetation dynamics could lead to changes in the global carbon and hydrology cycle,as well as feedbacks to climate change.This paper reviews the response of forest dynamics to climate change.Based on palaeoecological ...
National Basic Research Program of China on Global Change(2010CB950600);National Natural Science Foundation of China(#31021001);Ministry of Science and Technology(2010DFA31290).
Aims Tropical forest plays a key role in global C cycle;however,there are few studies on the C budget in the tropical rainforests in Asia.This study aims to(i)reveal the seasonal patterns of total soil respiration(R_(...
This study was supported by the EU 7th FP Project BACCARA(Contract No.226299);the MOST Sino-EU Cooperation Program(Contract No.Sino-EU 0916);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.31025005 and 31021001).
Aims Clear-cutting is a common forest management practice,especially in subtropical China.However,the potential ecological consequences of clear-cutting remain unclear.In particular,the effect of clear-cutting on soil...
National Natural Science Foundation of China(31021001);National Basic Research Program of China on Global Change(2010CB950600);Ministry of Science and Technology(2010DFA31290).
Aims Boreal forest is the largest and contains the most soil carbon among global terrestrial biomes.Soil respiration during the prolonged winter period may play an important role in the carbon cycles in boreal forests...
This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31021001);National Basic Research Program of China on Global Change(2010CB950600);Ministry of Science&Technology(2010DFA31290).
Aims Root and heterotrophic respiration may respond differently to environmental variability,but little evidence is available from largescale observations.Here we aimed to examine variations of root and heterotrophic ...
National Basic Research Program of China on Global Change(2010CB950600);National Natural Science Foundation of China(#31021001);Ministry of Science and Technology(2010DFA31290).
Anthropogenic nitrogen(N)emissions to atmosphere have increased dramatically in China since 1980s,and this increase has aroused great concerns on its ecological impacts on terrestrial ecosystems.Previous studies have ...
supported by the National Basic Research Program of China on Global Change (2010CB950600);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31021001, 30721140306);'Strategic Priority Research Program-Climate Change: Carbon Budget and Related Issues' of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDA05050503)
Forests play a leading role in regional and global carbon (C) cycles. Detailed assessment of the temporal and spatial changes in C sinks/sources of China's forests is critical to the estimation of the national C budge...