Yongfei Bai

TL;DR: The study provides new insights for better management and restoration of the rapidly degrading Inner Mongolia grassland and corroborate some previous findings of compensatory effects.

TL;DR: It is suggested that the critical threshold for N-induced species loss to mature Eurasian grasslands is below 1.75gNm � 2 yr � 1, and that changes in aboveground biomass, species richness, and plant functional group composition to both mature and degraded ecosystems saturate at N addition rates of approximately 10.5 gNm� 2 yr� 1.

TL;DR: The results clearly indicate that the patterns of both ANPP and RUE are scale dependent, and the seemingly conflicting patterns of RUE in space vs. time suggest distinctive underlying mechanisms, involving interactions among precipitation, soil N, and biotic factors.

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: The results update the estimates of carbon pools in China’s terrestrial ecosystems based on direct field measurements, essential to the validation and parameterization of carbon models in China and globally.