Plant functional traits and soil carbon sequestration in contrasting biomes

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Functional differences in the microbial processing of recent assimilates under two contrasting perennial bioenergy plantations

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Community-weighted mean traits play crucial roles in driving ecosystem functioning along long-term grassland restoration gradient on the Loess Plateau of China

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Carbon sequestration at land use conversion – Early changes in total carbon stocks for six tree species grown on former agricultural land

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Microsite determinants of variability in seedling and cutting establishment in tropical forest restoration plantations

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Soil organic carbon pool in diverse land utilization patterns in North-East India: an implication for carbon sequestration

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An integrated fast–slow plant and nematode economics spectrum predicts soil organic carbon dynamics during natural restoration

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The role of legume roots in carbon sequestration, soil health enhancement, and salinity mitigation under climate change: A comprehensive review

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The transient shift of driving environmental factors of carbon dioxide and methane fluxes in Tibetan peatlands before and after hydrological restoration

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Spatial distribution of coarse root biomass and carbon in a high-density olive orchard: effects of mechanical harvesting methods

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Spatial Variability of Organic Carbon, CaCO3 and Nutrient Burial Rates Spanning a Mangrove Productivity Gradient in the Coastal Everglades

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Stoichiometric ratios support plant adaption to grazing moderated by soil nutrients and root enzymes

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Positive Effects of Legumes on Soil Organic Carbon Stocks Disappear at High Legume Proportions Across Natural Grasslands in the Pyrenees

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Reducing soil organic carbon mineralization under moderate thinning magnifies the soil carbon sink in a Larix principis-rupprechtii plantation

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Microbiological mechanism underlying vegetation restoration across climatic gradients in a karst ecosystem

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Long-term addition of fertilizer, labile carbon, and fungicide alters the biomass of plant functional groups in a subarctic-alpine community

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Incorporation of root C and fertilizer N into the food web of an arable field: Variations with functional group and energy channel

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Trait space of rare plants in a fire‐dependent ecosystem

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Evaluation of nutrient stoichiometric relationships among ecosystem compartments of a subtropical treatment wetland. Do we have “Redfield wetlands”?

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Mikania micrantha invasion enhances the carbon (C) transfer from plant to soil and mediates the soil C utilization through altering microbial community

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Five years of simulated atmospheric nitrogen deposition have only subtle effects on the fate of newly synthesized carbon in Calluna vulgaris and Eriophorum vaginatum

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Drought alters carbon fluxes in alpine snowbed ecosystems through contrasting impacts on graminoids and forbs

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Fear and below-ground food-webs

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Nitrogen economy of alpine plants on the north Tibetan Plateau: Nitrogen conservation by resorption rather than open sources through biological symbiotic fixation

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Soil organic carbon storage in forest restoration models and environmental conditions

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Links Among Crop Diversification, Microbial Diversity, and Soil Organic Carbon: Mini Review and Case Studies

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Changes in carbon and nitrogen storage along a restoration gradient in a semiarid sandy grassland

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Effects of snow pack reduction and drought on litter decomposition in subalpine grassland communities

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Can flooding-induced greenhouse gas emissions be mitigated by trait-based plant species choice?

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Soil substrate utilization pattern and relation of functional evenness of plant groups and soil microbial community in five low mountain NATURA 2000

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Additive effects of dung amendment and plant species identity on soil processes and soil inorganic nitrogen in grass monocultures

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Smart Mixture Design Can Steer the Fate of Root‐Derived Carbon Into Mineral‐Associated and Particulate Organic Matter in Intensively Managed Grasslands

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Do functional diversity and trait dominance determine carbon storage in an altered tropical landscape?

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Exploring variability in rangeland soil organic carbon stocks across California (USA) using a voluntary monitoring network

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Grazing effects on the relationship between plant functional diversity and soil carbon sequestration regulated by livestock species

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Bacteria associated with Comamonadaceae are key arsenite oxidizer associated with Pteris vittata root

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The Impacts of Vegetation Types and Soil Properties on Soil Microbial Activity and Metabolic Diversity in Subtropical Forests

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Disentangling the Contributions of Plant Taxonomic and Functional Diversities in Shaping Aboveground Biomass of a Restored Forest Landscape in Southern China

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Grouping tree species to estimate afforestation-driven soil organic carbon sequestration

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Geographic Linkages of Root Traits to Salt Marsh Productivity

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Composition of lipophilic compounds and carbohydrates in the accumulated plant litter and soil organic matter in boreal forests

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Long-term agroforestry enhances soil organic carbon pools and deep soil carbon sequestration in the Indian Himalayas

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Ecosystem Changes Following Restoration of a Buckthorn‐Invaded Woodland

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Environmental Controls on the Distribution of Tidal Wetland Soil Organic Carbon in the Continental United States

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An Investigation of the Mediator Role of School Burnout Between Academic Stress and Academic Motivation

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Plant Functional Traits on Tropical Ultramafic Habitats Affected by Fire and Mining: Insights for Reclamation

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Bioenergy Underground: Challenges and opportunities for phenotyping roots and the microbiome for sustainable bioenergy crop production

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Rapid improvement in soil health following the conversion of abandoned farm fields to annual or perennial agroecosystems

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Divergent effects of moderate grazing duration on carbon sequestration between temperate and alpine grasslands in China

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New insight into blue carbon stocks and natural-human drivers under reclamation history districts for sustainable coastal development: A case study from Liaohe River Delta, China

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Close coupling of plant functional types with soil microbial community composition drives soil carbon and nutrient cycling in tundra heath

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Long-term grazing affects relationships between nitrogen form uptake and biomass of alpine meadow plants

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Response of dust particle pollution and construction of a leaf dust deposition prediction model based on leaf reflection spectrum characteristics

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Levels and variations of soil organic carbon and total nitrogen among forests in a hotspot region of high nitrogen deposition

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The driving mechanisms for community expansion in a restored Carex tussock wetland

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An integrated assessment of ecosystem carbon pools and fluxes across an oceanic alpine toposequence

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Twenty years of woodland establishment through natural succession on a sandy landfill site in Berlin, Germany

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A wildfire event influences ecosystem carbon fluxes but not soil respiration in a semi-arid woodland

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Spatial plant resource acquisition traits explain plant community effects on soil microbial properties

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A systematic analysis and review of soil organic carbon stocks in urban greenspaces

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Drivers of C cycling in three arctic-alpine plant communities

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