Volume 473, Issue 1-2

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April 2022

Challenges and opportunities in Chinese meadow grasslands: perspectives in a land-use change context

Issue Editors:

Tang Huajun,
Li Linghao,
Xin Xiaoping

43 articles in this issue

China’s meadow grasslands: challenges and opportunities
Li Linghao
Xin Xiaoping
Longyu Hou
Editorial 07 April 2022 Pages: 1 - 8
Effects of stocking rate on the interannual patterns of ecosystem biomass and soil nitrogen mineralization in a meadow steppe of northeast China
Yu Zhang
Jinling Zhao
Linghao Li
Regular Article 05 April 2021 Pages: 9 - 31
Stocking rate changed the magnitude of carbon sequestration and flow within the plant-soil system of a meadow steppe ecosystem
Dongyan Jin
Ruirui Yan
Xiaoping Xin
Regular Article 12 November 2021 Pages: 33 - 47
Livestock diversification implicitly affects litter decomposition depending on altered soil properties and plant litter quality in a meadow steppe
Iqra Naeem
Xuefeng Wu
Deli Wang
Regular Article 05 July 2021 Pages: 49 - 62
Changes of community composition strengthen the positive effects of nitrogen deposition on litter N:P stoichiometry in a semi-arid grassland
Shuang-Li Hou
Jun-Jie Yang
Xiao-Tao Lü
Regular Article 22 April 2020 Pages: 63 - 71
Phosphorus addition regulates the responses of soil multifunctionality to nitrogen over-fertilization in a temperate grassland
Haiying Cui
Wei Sun
Xiaoli Ling
Regular Article 02 July 2020 Pages: 73 - 87
Effects of mowing frequency on abundance, genus diversity and community traits of soil nematodes in a meadow steppe in northeast China
F. J. Pan
L. Y. Yang
X. P. Xin
Regular Article 30 October 2020 Pages: 89 - 107
Nitrogen and phosphorus additions interactively affected composition and carbon budget of soil nematode community in a temperate steppe
Zhi-Wei Zhang
Qi Li
Xiao-Tao Lü
Regular Article 03 September 2021 Pages: 109 - 121
Immediate responses of soil nematode community to addition of multiple nutrients in a degraded grassland
Zhi-Wei Zhang
Qi Li
Xiao-Tao Lü
Regular Article 20 August 2020 Pages: 123 - 136
Chronic and intense droughts differentially influence grassland carbon-nutrient dynamics along a natural aridity gradient
Wentao Luo
Xiaoan Zuo
Josep Peñuelas
Regular Article 26 May 2020 Pages: 137 - 148
Divergent responses of plant biomass and its allocation to the altered precipitation regimes among different degraded grasslands in China
Tianxue Yang
Junda Chen
Wei Sun
Regular Article 08 August 2021 Pages: 149 - 166
Contrasting responses of plant above and belowground biomass carbon pools to extreme drought in six grasslands spanning an aridity gradient
Md. Shahariar Jaman
Honghui Wu
Yiqi Luo
Regular Article 19 February 2022 Pages: 167 - 180
Resistance of steppe communities to extreme drought in northeast China
Wang Ma
Xiaosa Liang
Xingguo Han
Regular Article 14 November 2020 Pages: 181 - 194
Special Issue: Challenges and opportunities in Chinese meadow grasslands: perspectives in a land-use change context

Short Note 26 March 2022 Pages: 195 - 195
Integrated management of Striga gesnerioides in cowpea using resistant varieties, improved crop nutrition and rhizobium inoculants
Wajiha M. Abdullahi
Mahamadi Dianda
Bernard Vanlauwe
Review Article Open access 19 January 2022 Pages: 197 - 213
Sexual reproduction trait expressions of grassland species along a gradient of nitrogen: phosphorus stoichiometry
Shuqiong Wang
Jerry van Dijk
Martin J. Wassen
Regular Article Open access 12 March 2022 Pages: 215 - 234
Altered diversity and functioning of soil and root-associated microbiomes by an invasive native plant
Siyu Li
Dong Xie
Junwei Luan
Regular Article 01 March 2022 Pages: 235 - 249
Balancing litterfall and decomposition in cacao agroforestry systems
Rika Ratna Sari
Danaë M. A. Rozendaal
Meine van Noordwijk
Regular Article Open access 08 January 2022 Pages: 251 - 271
Soil water repellence increased early wheat growth and nutrient uptake
S. G. H. Yeap
R. W. Bell
S. Davies
Regular Article Open access 22 January 2022 Pages: 273 - 289
Positive microbial legacy and short-term clonal plasticity aid grazing tolerance of a widespread grass species
Xiliang Li
G. Kenny Png
Yuanheng Li
Regular Article 03 February 2022 Pages: 291 - 303
Synergistic interactions between zinc and nitrogen addition in promoting plant Zn uptake as counteracted by mowing management in a meadow grassland
Yanyan Li
Ruzhen Wang
Yong Jiang
Regular Article 28 January 2022 Pages: 305 - 318
Alpine meadow degradation depresses soil nitrogen fixation by regulating plant functional groups and diazotrophic community composition
Lu Zhang
Xiangtao Wang
Chao Zhang
Regular Article 04 January 2022 Pages: 319 - 335
Rare soil species impact the rhizosphere bacterial communities and cadmium uptake by Lolium multiflorum Lam.
Chenxin Gao
Yan Zhu
Yuan Zhao
Regular Article 05 January 2022 Pages: 337 - 350
Spatial variability of iron, zinc and selenium content in faba bean (Vicia faba L.) seeds from central and southwestern highlands of Ethiopia
Frehiwot Sileshi
Amsalu Nebiyu
Pascal Boeckx
Regular Article 12 January 2022 Pages: 351 - 368
Do caliche nodules in loessial profiles affect root growth?
Mi Meixia
Chen Yupeng
Wang Yushen
Regular Article 04 January 2022 Pages: 369 - 387
Microbial response of distinct soil types to land-use intensification at a South-Indian rural-urban interface
Virna Estefania Moran-Rodas
Suvarna V. Chavannavar
Christine Wachendorf
Regular Article Open access 01 March 2022 Pages: 389 - 405
Interactive long-term effects of liming and P application on clay soil: crop yield increases up to pH 7.5_(aq)
Gunnar Börjesson
Holger Kirchmann
Regular Article 12 January 2022 Pages: 407 - 421
Evaluation of nitrate leaching, fatty acids, physiological traits and yield of rapeseed (Brassica napus) in response to tillage, irrigation and fertilizer management
Ghorban Khodabin
Kyra Lightburn
Ashkan Jalilian
Regular Article 19 January 2022 Pages: 423 - 440
Root Growth Dynamics, Dominant Rhizosphere Bacteria, and Correlation Between Dominant Bacterial Genera and Root Traits Through Brassica napus Development
Zelalem M. Taye
Kalli Noble
Eric G. Lamb
Regular Article 06 January 2022 Pages: 441 - 456
Keystone microbiome in the rhizosphere soil reveals the effect of long-term conservation tillage on crop growth in the Chinese Loess Plateau
Lijuan Jia
Zhen Wang
Ke Jin
Regular Article 11 March 2022 Pages: 457 - 472
Improvement of plant diversity along the slope of an historical Pb–Zn slag heap ameliorates the negative effect of heavy metal on microbial communities
Caili Sun
Pan Wu
Xingjie Kong
Regular Article 17 January 2022 Pages: 473 - 487
Massive methane emission from tree stems and pneumatophores in a subtropical mangrove wetland
Changwei Zhang
Yuxue Zhang
Jiafang Huang
Regular Article 18 January 2022 Pages: 489 - 505
Nitrogen fixation by Paenibacillus polymyxa WLY78 is responsible for cucumber growth promotion
Qin Li
Shuang Liu
Sanfeng Chen
Regular Article 31 January 2022 Pages: 507 - 516
Soil nutrients and climate seasonality drive differentiation of ecological strategies of species in forests across four climatic zones
Xin Han
Jihong Huang
Runguo Zang
Regular Article 21 January 2022 Pages: 517 - 531
Soil aggregate stability of forest islands and adjacent ecosystems in West Africa
Amelie Baomalgré Bougma
Korodjouma Ouattara
Jonathan Lloyd
Regular Article 29 January 2022 Pages: 533 - 546
Stenotrophomonas sp. SRS1 promotes growth of Arabidopsis and tomato plants under salt stress conditions
Ho Manh Tuong
Sonia Garcia Mendez
Sofie Goormachtig
Regular Article 03 February 2022 Pages: 547 - 571
Soil fungi regulate the response of plant production-community composition relationship to grazing and mowing in a semi-arid steppe
Huimin Bai
Zhiying Liu
Taogetao Baoyin
Regular Article 30 January 2022 Pages: 573 - 589
Invasive annual cheatgrass enhances the abundance of native microbial and microinvertebrate eukaryotes but reduces invasive earthworms
Dorota L. Porazinska
Timothy R. Seastedt
Steven K. Schmidt
Regular Article 08 February 2022 Pages: 591 - 604
Chemical fertilizer reduction with organic material amendments alters co-occurrence network patterns of bacterium-fungus-nematode communities under the wheat–maize rotation regime
Xian Wu
He Hu
Weiming Xiu
Regular Article 05 February 2022 Pages: 605 - 623
Regulative effect of imazethapyr on Arabidopsis thaliana growth and rhizosphere microbial community through multiple generations of culture
Binyu Zheng
Qianqiu Zhao
Haifeng Qian
Regular Article 02 February 2022 Pages: 625 - 637
Woolly beech aphid infestation reduces soil organic carbon availability and alters phyllosphere and rhizosphere bacterial microbiomes
Karin Potthast
Alexander Tischer
Beate Michalzik
Regular Article Open access 02 February 2022 Pages: 639 - 657
Screening Ca concentration in staple food crops with energy dispersive x-ray fluorescence (EDXRF)
Georgia E. Guild
James C. R. Stangoulis
Methods Paper Open access 24 January 2022 Pages: 659 - 667
Correction to: Synergistic interactions between zinc and nitrogen addition in promoting plant Zn uptake as counteracted by mowing management in a meadow grassland
Yanyan Li
Ruzhen Wang
Yong Jiang
Correction 12 March 2022 Pages: 669 - 669

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