Increased contribution of root exudates to soil carbon input during grassland degradation

Xing Jia Shen, Fan Yang, Chunwang Xiao, +1

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

BiogeochemistrySoil Carbon CycleCarbon InputSoil Organic MatterGrassland Degradation +4

Priming of soil organic matter decomposition scales linearly with microbial biomass response to litter input in steppe vegetation

Chunwang Xiao, Bertrand Guenet, Yong Zhou, +2

Oikos

BiogeochemistryEngineeringSoil Carbon CycleEnvironmental EngineeringSoil Organic Matter +9

Limited increases in savanna carbon stocks over decades of fire suppression

Yong Zhou, Jenia Singh, John R. Butnor, +6

Nature

Carbon SequestrationFire SuppressionFire ResearchWildfire ManagementLimited Increases +1

Rooting depth as a key woody functional trait in savannas

Yong Zhou, Benjamin J. Wigley, Madelon F. Case, +2

New Phytologist

EngineeringBotanyDroughtPotential Rooting DepthNatural Sciences +10

Litter decomposition and soil microbial community composition in three Korean pine (Pinus koraiensis) forests along an altitudinal gradient

Yong Zhou, M. Bruce Clark, Jiaqi Su, +1

Plant and Soil

Forest SoilBiogeochemistryKorean PineMicrobial EcologySoil Microbiology +3

A handbook for the standardised sampling of plant functional traits in disturbance-prone ecosystems, with a focus on open ecosystems

Benjamin J. Wigley, Tristan Charles‐Dominique, Gareth P. Hempson, +19

Australian Journal of Botany

Standardised SamplingBiodiversityPrevious HandbooksBotanyNatural Sciences +8

Divergent rhizosphere and non‐rhizosphere soil microbial structure and function in long‐term warmed steppe due to altered root exudation

Yang Yu, Yong Zhou, Ivan A. Janssens, +8

Global Change Biology

EngineeringSoil BiodiversityMicrobial EvolutionEarth ScienceRoot-soil Interaction +15

Soil C:N:P stoichiometry responds to vegetation change from grassland to woodland

Yong Zhou, Thomas W. Boutton, X. Ben Wu

Biogeochemistry

BiogeochemistryEngineeringP StoichiometrySoil Carbon CycleVegetation-atmosphere Interactions +4

Soil carbon response to woody plant encroachment: importance of spatial heterogeneity and deep soil storage

Yong Zhou, Thomas W. Boutton, X. Ben Wu

Journal of Ecology

Landscape ProcessesCarbon SequestrationBiogeochemistryDeep Soil StorageEngineering +13

Woody plant encroachment amplifies spatial heterogeneity of soil phosphorus to considerable depth

Yong Zhou, Thomas W. Boutton, X. Ben Wu

Ecology