Atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition continuously increases in decades under human activities, which exerts huge impacts on terrestrial forest ecosystems.
　　Researchers led by Dr. KUANG Yuanwen from the South China Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences found that nitrogen addi...

　　Biological nitrogen (N) fixation, a key process of N conversion performed by symbiotic or free-living N-fixing organisms, plays an important role in terrestrial N cycling and represents a key driver of terrestrial net primary productivity (NPP). Despite the importance of N fixation in terres...

　　Recently, the book Conservation and Reintroduction of Rare and Endangered Plants in China, edited by Prof. REN Hai from South China Botanical Garden of Chinese Academy of Sciences, was published by Springer, an international renowned academic publishing organization.
　　This is the first bo...

　　Forest trees play a critical role in regulating global carbon, water and energy cycles and mitigating global warming. The phenology of trees is a key to understanding the feedbacks between terrestrial vegetation and Earth’s climate. Recent climate warming has changed the seasonal timing of ...

　　Intensification of the Earth’s hydrological cycle amplifies the interannual variability of precipitation, which will significantly impact on terrestrial carbon cycle. However, it is still unknown whether previously observed relationship between soil respiration and precipitation remains app...