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Soil Science
Huimin Lei, Liang Chen, Hui Wang, Xiaoxu Qi, Jiaqi Liu, Shuai Ouyang, Xiangwen Deng, Pifeng Lei, Guigang Lin, Yakov Kuzyakov, Wenhua Xiang
Summary: Trees and their associated fungi play a crucial role in carbon and nitrogen cycling. The dominance of different types of mycorrhizal fungi in the soil affects nitrogen availability and cycling. The study found that ectomycorrhizal trees reduce net nitrogen mineralization by producing recalcitrant litter and depleting nitrogen directly from soil organic matter. Additionally, the low pH and high C:N ratio in ectomycorrhizal-dominated soils inhibit ammonia-oxidizers and decrease net nitrification rate.
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Environmental Sciences
Danni Miao, Xingyi Peng, Qiumei Teng, Muhammad Fahad Sardar, Qianqian Zhang, Xiangtao Zhu, Yongchun Li
Summary: This study examined the contributions of bacterial and fungal communities to soil nitrogen mineralization during plant invasion. The results showed that the bacterial community played a leading role in soil net ammonification during bamboo invasion.
JOURNAL OF SOILS AND SEDIMENTS
(2023)
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Soil Science
Xinxin Wang, Lingyan Zhou, Guiyao Zhou, Huimin Zhou, Chunyan Lu, Zhizhuang Gu, Ruiqiang Liu, Yanghui He, Zhenggang Du, Xiaona Liang, Hongbo He, Xuhui Zhou
Summary: Global climate change has accelerated hydrological processes and increased the frequency of drought events, impacting soil carbon dynamics. A 7-year field experiment in a subtropical evergreen forest of Eastern China revealed that long-term drought influenced microbial residues, with fungal residues decreasing and bacterial residues increasing, leading to changes in soil carbon cycling.
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
(2022)
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Forestry
Minmin Cao, Xiang Zheng, Lina Cui, Fan Wu, Haidong Gao, Jiang Jiang
Summary: The increasing rate of atmospheric nitrogen deposition has a significant impact on the structure and function of ecosystems. This study investigated the response of soil microbial communities in a subtropical forest ecosystem to short-term nitrogen deposition. The results showed that nitrogen deposition significantly altered the composition and richness of soil bacterial communities, while the impact on fungal communities was relatively small. The changes in soil water content, pH, and nitrogen availability were found to be the main factors driving the response of microbial communities to nitrogen deposition.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2023)
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Forestry
Jiajia Chen, Jing Zhu, Ziwei Wang, Cong Xing, Bo Chen, Xuelin Wang, Chensi Wei, Jinfu Liu, Zhongsheng He, Daowei Xu
Summary: The formation of canopy gaps affects microenvironment, litter decomposition, and nutrient release. This study investigated the leaf and branch litter decomposition in different-sized gaps and non-gaps using the litter bag method. The results showed that medium-sized gaps had lower remaining litter mass and faster leaf litter decomposition. Environmental factors were identified as the primary drivers of carbon and nitrogen release during decomposition.
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Soil Science
Suhui Ma, Xiao Chen, Haojie Su, Aijun Xing, Guoping Chen, Jiangling Zhu, Biao Zhu, Jingyun Fang
Summary: The addition of nitrogen and phosphorus in tropical forests can impact soil microbial diversity, with phosphorus inputs reducing soil fungal richness and altering fungal functional guilds.
SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
(2022)
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Limnology
Kailin Liu, Koji Suzuki, Bingzhang Chen, Hongbin Liu
Summary: Research showed that the growth response of one type of phytoplankton to warming could be weaker under nutrient-limiting conditions than in nutrient-replete waters, while the other type of phytoplankton's growth was less affected by nutrient supply scenarios. The temperature sensitivity of half-saturation constants and the level of nutrient limitation may counteract the response of one type of phytoplankton growth rate to increasing temperature.
LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY
(2021)
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Forestry
Xiangping Su, Gaochao Zheng, Han Y. H. Chen
Summary: This study investigated understory vegetation in Chinese fir plantations and natural secondary forests in subtropical China and found that shrub richness was higher in natural and primary forests, while bryophyte richness was higher in plantations. Shrub cover was positively correlated with shrub richness and had a positive indirect effect on shrub richness, but a negative indirect effect on herb richness through its impact on soil carbon and nitrogen. Stand age had a positive direct effect on bryophyte richness.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2022)
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Biodiversity Conservation
Yuhua Ma, Chun Feng, Zhaocheng Wang, Cheng Huang, Xingzhao Huang, Wenjing Wang, Shaobo Yang, Songling Fu, Han Y. H. Chen
Summary: The study revealed that soil bacterial diversity increased over time since restoration, with community compositions shifting towards those of old-growth forests. The recovery process was prolonged, as significant differences in bacterial diversity between degraded and restored forests did not occur until after 24 years since restoration. Soil properties such as carbon, water content, and pH played a significant role in explaining variations in bacterial community dynamics following restoration.
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION
(2021)
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Soil Science
Jing Zhang, Mianhai Zheng, Yanju Zhang, Jun Wang, Hao Shen, Yongbiao Lin, Xuli Tang, Dafeng Hui, Hans Lambers, Jordi Sardans, Josep Penuelas, Zhanfeng Liu
Summary: Diazotrophs play a key role in nitrogen cycling in tropical/subtropical forests, but little is known about the dynamics of diazotroph communities during forest succession. The study found that diazotrophic diversity increased with forest succession in one chronosequence, while relative abundance of the dominant genus Bradyrhizobium was influenced by soil phosphorus concentration. Soil phosphorus availability was identified as a crucial factor in mediating diazotroph community composition during forest succession in subtropical forests.
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
(2021)
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Microbiology
Shuo Jiao, Ziheng Peng, Jiejun Qi, Jiamin Gao, Gehong Wei
Summary: This study explores the factors influencing the relationships between microbial diversity and soil nutrient cycling in complex terrestrial ecosystems. It reveals that the balance between positive and negative bacterial-fungal associations plays a crucial role in determining the strength of these relationships. Understanding these factors can help manage soil microbial communities for better provisioning of ecosystem services.
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Plant Sciences
Meihua Liu, Shengxian Chen, Helena Korpelainen, Hui Zhang, Jingru Wang, Huahong Huang, Lita Yi
Summary: Under mixed planting conditions, nitrogen addition exacerbated competition between the two tree species and weakened their growth, largely determined by the changing root architecture and biomass allocation causing competition for resources.
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
(2021)
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Soil Science
Zhijian Mou, Luhui Kuang, Jing Zhang, Yue Li, Wenjia Wu, Chao Liang, Dafeng Hui, Hans Lambers, Jordi Sardans, Josep Penuelas, Juxiu Liu, Hai Ren, Zhanfeng Liu
Summary: The persistence of soil organic carbon (SOC) is influenced by microbial metabolic activities, but how microbial effects on SOC sequestration are affected by soil nutrient status remains unclear. This study found that higher nutrient availability promoted the production and accumulation of microbial necromass, enhancing SOC accumulation in fertile soil. In contrast, nutrient deficiency led to preferential resource allocation to stress-tolerant fungi and Gram-positive bacteria, resulting in SOC loss in infertile sand.
SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
(2023)
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Environmental Sciences
Tong Zhang, Xingyun Liang, Qing Ye, Hormoz BassiriRad, Hui Liu, Pengcheng He, Guilin Wu, Xiankai Lu, Jiangming Mo, Xi'an Cai, Xingquan Rao, Junhua Yan, Shenglei Fu
Summary: Nitrogen addition can lead to increased plant water loss to the atmosphere and increased leaf hydraulic vulnerability.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
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Environmental Sciences
Anqi Wu, Xiaofei Hu, Fangchao Wang, Chunlan Guo, Huimin Wang, Fu-Sheng Chen
Summary: The study investigates the impact of nitrogen deposition and phosphorus addition on the mobility and equilibration of trace elements in forest ecosystems. Different trace elements showed varied responses to nitrogen and phosphorus treatments, with phosphorus having a greater influence on element mobility. Forests adapt to environmental changes by adjusting the tradeoff between capture and resorption strategies, with element mobility being dominated by phosphorus rather than nitrogen.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Soil Science
Qiufang Zhang, Jiacong Zhou, Xiaojie Li, Yong Zheng, Lin Xie, Zhijie Yang, Xiaofei Liu, Chao Xu, Huiying Lin, Xiaochun Yuan, Chengchung Liu, Biao Zhu, Yuehmin Chen, Yusheng Yang
Summary: Climate warming and nitrogen deposition have complex effects on soil microbial functional genes in subtropical forests, with warming alone not significantly impacting functional genes within four years. The combination of nitrogen addition and warming significantly increases the diversities and abundances of functional genes associated with carbon and nitrogen cycling, leading to accelerated soil nitrogen loss.
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Biodiversity Conservation
Jiguang Feng, Keyi He, Qiufang Zhang, Mengguang Han, Biao Zhu
Summary: Global changes can alter plant inputs and affect soil carbon and microbial communities in forests. A meta-analysis of 166 experiments worldwide revealed that alterations in aboveground litter and/or root inputs had profound effects on soil carbon and microbial communities. Litter addition stimulated soil organic carbon (SOC) pools and microbial biomass, whereas removal of litter, roots or both (no inputs) decreased them. The responses to litter alterations positively correlated with litter input rate and total litter input.
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
(2022)
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Forestry
Xiaochun Yuan, Juyan Cui, Lianzuan Wu, Cheng-Chung Liu, Qiufang Zhang, Quanxin Zeng, Jiacong Zhou, Kaimiao Lin, Yue Wu, Huiying Lin, Xiaoqing Zhang, Yuehmin Chen
Summary: This study investigates the effect of nitrogen addition on forest soil bacterial communities, dissolved organic matter (DOM) components, and their relationships. The results show that low levels of nitrogen addition lead to eutrophication of the surface bacterial community and a decrease in diversity. Short-term nitrogen addition decreases dissolved organic carbon content but increases DOM humification degree. Key bacterial taxa are associated with specific DOM components, and nitrogen addition helps regulate the interactions between soil bacterial communities and DOM.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2022)
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Environmental Sciences
Xiaochun Yuan, Juyan Cui, Kaimiao Lin, Cheng-Chung Liu, Jiacong Zhou, Qiufang Zhang, Quanxin Zeng, Lianzuan Wu, Yue Wu, Kongcan Mei, Huiying Lin, Huan Xie, Yuehmin Chen
Summary: This study investigated the influence and contribution of microbial community characteristics on dissolved organic matter (DOM) concentration and composition under experimental nitrogen addition. The results revealed significant effects of microbial community characteristics on DOM concentration and hydrophilic matter.
JOURNAL OF SOILS AND SEDIMENTS
(2022)
Article
Soil Science
Juyan Cui, Ping Yuan, Qiufang Zhang, Xiaochun Yuan, Quanxin Zeng, Yuehmin Chen
Summary: Different vegetation types have significant effects on soil parameters and the composition and diversity of soil bacterial community. This study investigated the influence of different vegetation types on soil bacterial community structure in a subtropical forest. The results showed that pH, CEC, and tree species diversity were associated with the composition of bacterial community in the soil. The study highlights the ecological effects of forest management and elucidates the differences in the functional structure of soil bacterial communities under different vegetation types and soil depths.
SOIL SCIENCE SOCIETY OF AMERICA JOURNAL
(2022)
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Plant Sciences
Qiufang Zhang, Jiguang Feng, Jian Li, Ching-Yu Huang, Yawen Shen, Weixin Cheng, Biao Zhu
Summary: This study combines two experiments and a meta-analysis to investigate the priming effect (PE) of soil organic carbon (SOC) and its relationship with SOC stability. The results show that the PE increases with the prolongation of soil preincubation, indicating that stable SOC is more vulnerable to PE compared to labile SOC. The meta-analysis supports this finding and reveals that soil C availability plays a crucial role in regulating the difference in PE between labile and stable SOC. These findings highlight the importance of considering the vulnerability of stable SOC to priming in future studies on SOC cycling and global change.
Article
Soil Science
Qingyan Qiu, Hao Wang, Qiufang Zhang, Abubakari Said Mgelwa, Biao Zhu, Yalin Hu
Summary: This study found that tree root residues generally induce a more negative priming than tree leaf residues. The extent of priming varied with tree species. The chemical properties of tree residues are closely related to priming effects, which could help improve our understanding of SOC dynamics.
Article
Agronomy
Wenkuan Qin, Yonghui Wang, Xia Yuan, Qiufang Zhang, Xudong Wang, Hongyang Zhao, Biao Zhu
Summary: This study investigated the responses and mechanisms of soil organic carbon (SOC) decomposition and accumulation to precipitation and land-use in an Inner Mongolian grassland. The results showed that increased precipitation led to higher SOC accumulation, while decreased precipitation resulted in increased SOC decomposition. Compared to land-use regimes, precipitation treatments had a more significant impact on SOC dynamics.
Article
Agronomy
Quanxin Zeng, Yuexin Fan, Qiufang Zhang, Xiaochun Yuan, Kaimiao Lin, Jiacong Zhou, Huiying Lin, Huan Xie, Juyan Cui, Yue Wu, Yuehmin Chen
Summary: Elevated nitrogen deposition affects soil phosphorus (P) composition and availability in subtropical forests. Wet season nitrogen deposition reduces labile and organic P content, while increasing NaHCO3-Pi content. Acid phosphatase and root P content are the primary factors affecting soil P in the wet season, while organic-bound Fe (Fe-p) and NO3--N concentrations are key factors in the dry season.
Article
Forestry
Min Xu, Quanxin Zeng, Yuanyuan Liu, Chengchung Liu, Qiufang Zhang, Kongcan Mei, Xiaochun Yuan, Xiaoqing Zhang, Yuehmin Chen
Summary: This study demonstrates the importance of microbial community-level properties and keystone taxa in the priming effect and decomposition of soil organic matter. Single carbon addition induced a greater priming effect compared to repeated carbon additions, and the shifts in fungal/bacterial dominance play a crucial role in regulating the priming effect. Sufficient carbon facilitates the proliferation of r-strategy bacterial taxa and saprophytic fungal taxa, leading to increased soil organic matter decomposition.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Wenkuan Qin, Ying Chen, Xudong Wang, Hongyang Zhao, Yanhui Hou, Qiufang Zhang, Xiaowei Guo, Zhenhua Zhang, Biao Zhu
Summary: The structure and function of plant communities in alpine meadow ecosystems are influenced by climate warming, as shown in a field manipulation experiment on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. The experiment revealed that plant species diversity, biomass, and net primary productivity generally resisted warming, but plant community composition gradually changed. Legumes' biomass significantly decreased by 45%, while forbs' biomass increased by 84% due to favorable growth conditions. Overall, short-term warming can affect plant community composition by altering interspecific competition and survival strategies, leading to changes in plant productivity and carbon dynamics in alpine meadow ecosystems.
FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Soil Science
Quanxin Zeng, Yuanyuan Liu, Qiufang Zhang, Kongcan Mei, Xiaochun Yuan, Kaimiao Lin, Jiacong Zhou, Xiaoxia Wu, Min Xu, Yuehmin Chen
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the effects of long-term nitrogen (N) fertilization on priming effects (PE) induced by labile carbon (C) inputs. It was found that the previously fertilized soil had lower cumulative primed carbon regardless of the mode of glucose addition, and it showed a positive relationship with soil pH and peroxidase activity. The frequency of glucose addition affected the intensity and regulation of soil PE.
BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS
(2023)
Article
Forestry
Xiaojie Li, Qiufang Zhang, Jiguang Feng, Demeng Jiang, Biao Zhu
Summary: This study reveals that forest management intervention significantly reduces soil organic carbon (SOC) content in Guangxi, Southern China, primarily through the decrease of particulate organic carbon (POC). Root input and microbial properties together regulate the dynamics of soil POC during forest management.
Review
Ecology
Qiufang Zhang, Wenkuan Qin, Jiguang Feng, Biao Zhu
Summary: The response of microbial carbon use efficiency (CUE) to warming is more complex than expected, with factors such as water stress and depletion of soil organic matter influencing CUE. However, warming may also enhance microbial CUE by increasing soil nutrient availability.
SOIL ECOLOGY LETTERS
(2022)
