Kerong Zhang

TL;DR: This finding indicates that the implementation of the ecological restoration projects in China has significantly increased ecosystem C sequestration across the country and demonstrates that these restoration projects have substantially contributed to CO2 mitigation in China.

TL;DR: Li et al. as discussed by the authors studied the change in soil organic carbon (SOC) following the "Grain-for-Green" Programme (GGP), i.e., conversion from farmland to plantation, secondary forests and grasslands in China.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors studied the vegetation community and soil characteristics (nutrients, bulk density, water content and pH) of Pinus tabulaeformis plantations and abandoned croplands in different successional stages in the Foping National Nature Reserve.

TL;DR: Evidence is provided that SOC decomposition rates vary with temperature and precipitation, and thereby implies that global warming may accelerate SOM decomposition.

TL;DR: Li et al. as discussed by the authors studied the litter and fine root production, quality, decomposition, C and N input in ecosystems along a secondary successional gradient following agricultural abandonment in China's Qinling Mountains.