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Xiaoxia Zhang, Pengzhi Lin and Xinping Chen
Mangroves provide many ecosystem services, including coastal protection against storm surges and waves. As an adaptive method for coastal defense, mangroves were widely restored and planted in tropical and subtropical regions, such as the coastal regions...
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Astika Bhugeloo,Syd Ramdhani,Kabir Peerbhay,Olivier Kambol Kambaj,- Sershen
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Aim of the study: Alien and indigenous species emergence patterns within canopy gaps in urban subtropical forests are poorly understood. This study compared canopy gap floristics in relation to abiotic and physical characteristics across three subtropica...
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Chipeng He, Longbin Sha, Dongbo Zhao, Lu Dai, Zheng Li, Jiabing Tang, Xianfu Li and Dongling Li
A new pollen analysis and major and trace element contents were conducted on a 40 m long gravity core recovered from the Taiwan Shoal (sand ridges), south of the Taiwan Strait, beginning in the Late Pleistocene. The changes in the pollen assemblage and c...
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Jiaxing Xu, Derrick Y. F. Lai and Suvadip Neogi
Changes in land use types can alter the soil and environmental characteristics of wetlands, which in turn influence the magnitude of greenhouse gas production by soil microbes. However, the effects of land use change on the production potential of methan...
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Hua Zhou, Yang Luo, Guang Zhou, Jian Yu, Sher Shah, Shengwang Meng and Qijing Liu
Subtropical forest productivity is significantly affected by both natural disturbances (local and regional climate changes) and anthropogenic activities (harvesting and planting). Monthly measures of forest aboveground productivity from natural forests (...
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Jingjing Wang,Jun Cui,Zhen Teng,Wei Fan,Mengran Guan,Xiaoya Zhao,Xiaoniu Xu
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Aim of the study: The aim of this study was to examine the effects of a 5-year simulated nitrogen (N) deposition on soil microbial biomass carbon (MBC), nitrogen (MBN), microbial community activity and diversity in subtropical old-growth forest ecosystem...
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Ngakhainii Trune Pao,Krishna Upadhaya
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Aim of the study: The aim of the study was to assess the seasonal dynamics of microbial biomass and its contribution to soil system along a fragment size gradient in subtropical humid forest of Meghalaya. Area of study: The study was conducte...
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George E. Mustoe, Mike Viney and Jim Mills
Central Wyoming, USA, was the site of ancient Lake Gosiute during the Early Eocene. Lake Gosiute was a large body of water surrounded by subtropical forest, the lake being part of a lacustrine complex that occupied the Green River Basin. Lake level rises...
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Xinliang Liu, Yi Wang, Yong Li and Jinshui Wu
The integrated recognition of spatio-temporal characteristics (e.g., speed, interaction with surrounding areas, and driving forces) of urbanization facilitates regional comprehensive development. In this study, a large-scale data-driven approach was form...
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Xianbin Liu, Xiucheng Zeng, Xiaoming Zou, D. Jean Lodge, Sarah Stankavich, Grizelle González and Sharon A. Cantrell
Hurricanes are an important disturbance in the tropics that can alter forest ecosystem properties and processes. To understand the immediate influence of hurricane disturbance on carbon cycling, we examined soil labile organic carbon (LOC) in a Canopy Tr...
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