Xiaobao Deng

TL;DR: The broad suite of measurements made at CTFS-ForestGEO sites makes it possible to investigate the complex ways in which global change is impacting forest dynamics, and continued monitoring will provide vital contributions to understanding worldwide forest diversity and dynamics in an era of global change.

TL;DR: Wang et al. as mentioned in this paper used 15 years of paired catchments water observation data and one year paired eddy covariance water flux data in primary tropical rain forest and tropical rubber plantation to clarify how rubber plantation affects local water resources of Xishuangbanna, China.

TL;DR: In this paper, a tropical seasonal rain forest in Xishuangbanna, SW China was surveyed on the basis of the data collected from a permanent plot of 1 ha. Comparisons in species number between this forest and the tropical rain forests of other continents were made.

TL;DR: The role of primary tropical rain forests in the global carbon cycle is under active debate as discussed by the authors, by combining long-term forest inventory data with physiological measurement data in a permanent ecological research plot beneath an eddy covariance flux tower in a primary tropical seasonal rain forest, the ecosystem carbon balance was investigated and a detailed site-specific carbon budget was established.

TL;DR: Wang et al. as discussed by the authors conducted a field experiment on leaf litter and collected DOC and DN from the underlying soil in a tropical rainforest in Xishuangbanna, southwest China.