Forests play a central role in the global carbon cycle. China's forests have a high carbon sequestration potential owing to their wide distribution, young age and relatively low carbon density. Forest biomass is an essential variable for assessing carbon sequestration capacity, thus determining the ...

Background: Natural forests in the Hengduan Mountains Region (HDMR) have pivotal ecological functions and provide diverse ecosystem services. Capturing long-term forest disturbance and drivers at a regional scale is crucial for sustainable forest management and biodiversity conservation. Methods:...

To study the effects of mulching on fine roots and fruits of Camellia oleifera Abel, four materials (Peanut stalk + straw, black mulch, eco-film, C. oleifera shell) were used to mulch on the C. oleifera forest land. The nondestructive minirhizotrons were used to in-situ monitor the growth, death,...

Forest soil as an important carbon sink plays a critical role in the global carbon cycle and mitigation of climate warming. Fertilization, fire, cutting, understory management an dmulching have changed the productivity of forest ecosystem, which significantly affects the carbon input and carbon...

Mongolian Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica) is one of the main afforestation tree species in the Three North shelterbelt project in China, and an accurate estimation of its transpiration is of importance for plantation scientific density management especially under future climate change...

Forest soils are the main sinks of atmospheric CH₄. This study is aimed to provide a basis for forest management practices under climate change. The databases of Scopus, Web of Science, SDOS and China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) were used to review current status of studies on CH₄...

Litter decomposition plays an important role in nutrient cycling and ecosystem functions. Although litter quality has been considered as an important factor of decomposition rate, how litter quality regulates the gross nitrogen (N) fluxes (release and immobilization) remains unclear. Here, we...

Background: Wood basic density (WBD) is one of the most crucial wood property in tree and mainly determined the end use of wood for industry. However, the measurement WBD is time- and cost-consuming, which an alternatively fast and no-destructive measurement is needed. In this study, capability of...

The paper discusses the chronological changes in Indian participatory forest management from the perspectives of forest conservation and the impact of participatory forest management approach in the context of socio-economic issues of native dwellers, using archival resources, secondary information ...

Global warming is one of the hottest environment problems. One of the reasons is the sharp increase of CO₂ in atmosphere. Soil respiration in forest ecosystems accounts to 60%-90% of total ecosystem respiration and is therefore one of the key components of the global C cycle. This paper summarized...