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(2018) Noah W. Sokol et al.   Nature Geoscience

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(2017) Xiaofei Liu et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

How Plant Root Exudates Shape the Nitrogen Cycle

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(2016) Xiaoyang Liu et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

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(2016) Tamir Klein et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

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(2016) Qiufang Zhang et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

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Forest conversion stimulated deep soil C losses and decreased C recalcitrance through priming effect in subtropical China

(2015) Maokui Lü et al.   BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS

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(2015) Anne Krapp   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Integrating plant litter quality, soil organic matter stabilization, and the carbon saturation concept

(2015) Michael J. Castellano et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

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(2015) Edward R. Brzostek et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Revisiting the ‘Gadgil effect’: do interguild fungal interactions control carbon cycling in forest soils?

(2015) Christopher W. Fernandez et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Increased litter input increases litter decomposition and soil respiration but has minor effects on soil organic carbon in subtropical forests

(2015) Xiong Fang et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Microbial denitrification dominates nitrate losses from forest ecosystems

(2015) Yunting Fang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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(2014) M. Luke McCormack et al.   ECOLOGY

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(2014) Xiaohua Wan et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

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(2012) Jonathan W. Leff et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

The Microbial Efficiency-Matrix Stabilization (MEMS) framework integrates plant litter decomposition with soil organic matter stabilization: do labile plant inputs form stable soil organic matter?

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Harvest residue management effects on tree growth and ecosystem carbon in a Chinese fir plantation in subtropical China

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Litter quality impacts short- but not long-term soil carbon dynamics in soil aggregate fractions

(2011) Roberta Gentile et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Increases in the flux of carbon belowground stimulate nitrogen uptake and sustain the long-term enhancement of forest productivity under elevated CO2

(2011) John E. Drake et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

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(2011) Jinbo Zhang et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

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(2011) Emma J. Sayer et al.   Nature Climate Change

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(2010) Hirotsugu Arai et al.   GEODERMA

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(2010) Chengfang Lin et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Increased coniferous needle inputs accelerate decomposition of soil carbon in an old-growth forest

(2009) Susan E. Crow et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Coupled isotopic and process-based modeling of gaseous nitrogen losses from tropical rain forests

(2009) Edith Bai et al.   GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES

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(2008) J. M. Talbot et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

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(2008) THOMAS HICKLER et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

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(2008) A. Stuart Grandy et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT