Global food loss and waste embodies unrecognized harms to air quality and biodiversity hotspots

Y Guo, H Tan, L Zhang, G Liu, M Zhou, J Vira, PG Hess… - Nature food, 2023 - nature.com
Global food loss and waste (FLW) undermines the resilience and sustainability of food
systems and is closely tied to the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals on …

Delayed recovery of surface water chemistry from acidification in subtropical forest region of China

D Xie, B Zhao, R Kang, X Ma, T Larssen, Z Jin… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
The three largest acid rain regions of current earth are located in northern and western
Europe, eastern North America, and East Asia. Sulfur and nitrate concentrations in …

Context-dependency of agricultural legacies in temperate forest soils

H Blondeel, MP Perring, L Berges, J Brunet, G Decocq… - Ecosystems, 2019 - Springer
Anthropogenic activities have affected forests for centuries, leading to persistent legacies.
Observations of agricultural legacies on forest soil properties have been site specific and …

Indicators and thresholds for nitrogen saturation in forest ecosystems

D Xie, L Duan, E Du, W de Vries - Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition to …, 2024 - Elsevier
Nitrogen (N) saturation occurs when N inputs exceed the total N demand by plants and
microbial organisms in forest ecosystems. Long-term observations, N deposition gradient …

No species loss, but pronounced species turnover in grasslands in the Northern Alps over 25 years

H Schwaiger, B Lenzer, F Essl - Applied Vegetation Science, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The abandonment of marginally productive habitats and the intensification of land use on
productive sites have caused transformative changes in vegetation composition in Central …

[HTML][HTML] Benefit of China's reduction in nitrogen oxides emission to natural ecosystems in East Asia with respect to critical load exceedance

D Xie, B Zhao, S Wang, L Duan - Environment international, 2020 - Elsevier
The emission of nitrogen oxides (NO x) in China decreased by 15% from 2010 to 2015
(without a significant decrease in NH 3 emission), resulting in the decline of nitrogen (N) …

Migration and Transformation of Multiple Heavy Metals in the Soil–Plant System of E-Waste Dismantling Site

J Lu, M Yuan, L Hu, H Yao - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
E-waste generation has become a major environmental issue worldwide. Heavy metals
(HMs) in e-waste can be released during inappropriate recycling processes. While their …

Individualistic responses of forest herb traits to environmental change

H Blondeel, MP Perring, E De Lombaerde… - Plant …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Intraspecific trait variation (ITV; ie variability in mean and/or distribution of plant attribute
values within species) can occur in response to multiple drivers. Environmental change and …

Nitrogen induced DOC and heavy metals leaching: Effects of nitrogen forms, deposition loads and liming

A Zia, L van den Berg, M Riaz, M Arif, D Zia… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition is believed to accelerate dissolved organic carbon
(DOC) production and could lead to increased heavy metal mobility into water resources …

Larger direct than indirect effects of multiple environmental changes on leaf nitrogen of forest herbs

H Blondeel, E Remy, MP Perring, D Landuyt, S Bodé… - Plant and Soil, 2019 - Springer
Aims Disentangling direct and indirect effects of global change drivers on plant nitrogen (N)
uptake in leaves is important for understanding species and community responses in a …