Once forests have achieved a full canopy, their growth rate declines progressively with age. This work used a global data set with estimates from a wide range of forest types, aged 20-795 years, of their annual photos...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.41271318);the Open Foundation of State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture of China(Y20160022)
Climate change is predicted to alter global precipitation regimes.However,the response of soil carbon and nitrogen cycles and soil microorganisms to precipitation reduction is poorly understood but is dependent on eco...
supported by the Chinese Academy of Sciences Key Research Project for Frontier Science(QYZDJ-SSW-DQC006);by the ‘‘Strategic Priority Research Program’’ of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDA01020304)
Nitrogen (N) deposition to alpine forest ecosystems is increasing gradually, yet previous studies have seldom reported the effects of N inputs on soil CO2 flux in these ecosystems. Evaluating the effects of soil respi...
Foundation project: This study was supported by China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (20070410226) and the Special Foundation for Youn Scientists of Fu'ian Province (2006F3038)Acknowledgement This research was sponsored by China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (20070410226) and the Special Foundation for Young Scientists of Fujian Province (2006F3038). The authors are grateful to Dr. Chen Guang-shui and Xie Jin-sheng for their valuable advice and to Qian Wei and Sun Jie for their help in the laboratory analyses.
Soil samples collected from the surface soil (0-10 cm) in an 88-year-old Chinese fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata) forest in Nanping Fujian, China were incubated for 90 days at the temperatures of 15℃, 25℃ and 35℃ ...
This paper was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 39970627) and the Key Project of State Department of Science Technology (2002BA515B05).
Influences of temperature, humidity, and CO2 concentration on the photosynthesis and respiration of three-year-oldBetula platyphylla was investigated. Light compensation point, saturation point and CO2 compensation po...