Responses of forest ecosystems in Europe to decreasing nitrogen deposition

A Schmitz, TGM Sanders, A Bolte, F Bussotti… - Environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Average nitrogen (N) deposition across Europe has declined since the 1990s. This resulted
in decreased N inputs to forest ecosystems especially in Central and Western Europe where …

Dynamic carbon-nitrogen coupling under global change

S Niu, L Song, J Wang, Y Luo, G Yu - Science China Life Sciences, 2023 - Springer
Carbon-nitrogen coupling is a fundamental principle in ecosystem ecology. However, how
the coupling responds to global change has not yet been examined. Through a …

Global variation in the fraction of leaf nitrogen allocated to photosynthesis

X Luo, TF Keenan, JM Chen, H Croft… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Plants invest a considerable amount of leaf nitrogen in the photosynthetic enzyme ribulose-
1, 5-bisphosphate carboxylase-oxygenase (RuBisCO), forming a strong coupling of nitrogen …

Detection and attribution of vegetation greening trend in China over the last 30 years

S Piao, G Yin, J Tan, L Cheng, M Huang… - Global change …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The reliable detection and attribution of changes in vegetation growth is a prerequisite for
the development of strategies for the sustainable management of ecosystems. This is an …

Global response patterns of plant photosynthesis to nitrogen addition: A meta‐analysis

X Liang, T Zhang, X Lu, DS Ellsworth… - Global Change …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A mechanistic understanding of plant photosynthetic response is needed to reliably predict
changes in terrestrial carbon (C) gain under conditions of chronically elevated atmospheric …

Global‐scale impacts of nitrogen deposition on tree carbon sequestration in tropical, temperate, and boreal forests: A meta‐analysis

L Schulte‐Uebbing, W de Vries - Global Change Biology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Elevated nitrogen (N) deposition may increase net primary productivity in N‐limited
terrestrial ecosystems and thus enhance the terrestrial carbon (C) sink. To assess the …

The composition, spatial patterns, and influencing factors of atmospheric wet nitrogen deposition in Chinese terrestrial ecosystems

J Zhu, N He, Q Wang, G Yuan, D Wen, G Yu… - Science of the Total …, 2015 - Elsevier
Atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition is an important component of the global N cycle, and is
a key source of biologically available N. Understanding the spatio-temporal patterns and …

Spatial and decadal variations in inorganic nitrogen wet deposition in China induced by human activity

Y Jia, G Yu, N He, X Zhan, H Fang, W Sheng, Y Zuo… - Scientific reports, 2014 - nature.com
Atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition, an important component in the global N cycle, has
increased sharply in recent decades in China. Here, we constructed national-scale …

Nitrogen deposition is the most important environmental driver of growth of pure, even-aged and managed European forests

S Etzold, M Ferretti, GJ Reinds, S Solberg… - Forest Ecology and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Changing environmental conditions may substantially interact with site quality and forest
stand characteristics, and impact forest growth and carbon sequestration. Understanding the …

C: N: P stoichiometry in terrestrial ecosystems in China

J Zhang, M Li, L Xu, J Zhu, G Dai, N He - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Ecological stoichiometry is an efficient tool for exploring the balance and cycling of coupled
elements (eg, carbon [C], nitrogen [N], and phosphorus [P]). Therefore, C: N: P ratios are …