Terrestrial N2O emissions and related functional genes under climate change: A global meta‐analysis

…, R Qian, C Xu, B Zhang, F Wang, S Zhou… - Global Change …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Nitrous oxide (N 2 O) emissions from soil contribute to global warming and are in turn
substantially affected by climate change. However, climate change impacts on N 2 O production …

Litter amendment rather than phosphorus can dramatically change inorganic nitrogen pools in a degraded grassland soil by affecting nitrogen-cycling microbes

R Che, J Qin, I Tahmasbian, F Wang, S Zhou… - Soil Biology and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Phosphorus fertilisation and increasing litter input are widely employed to restore the degraded
grasslands. Despite the key roles of nitrogen-cycling microbes in determining the soil …

Unimodal productivity–biodiversity relationship along the gradient of multidimensional resources across Chinese grasslands

…, S Zhou, F Wang, R Che, D Wang, C Zhou… - National Science …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Resources can affect plant productivity and biodiversity simultaneously and thus are key
drivers of their relationships in addition to plant–plant interactions. However, most previous …

Drought and heat wave impacts on grassland carbon cycling across hierarchical levels

…, Q Ran, B Zhang, C Xu, F Wang, S Zhou… - Plant, Cell & …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Droughts and heat waves are increasing in magnitude and frequency, altering the carbon
cycle. However, understanding of the underlying response mechanisms remains poor, …

Spatial patterns of microbial nitrogen-cycling gene abundances along a precipitation gradient in various temperate grasslands at a regional scale

S Zhou, K Xue, B Zhang, L Tang, Z Pang, F Wang… - Geoderma, 2021 - Elsevier
Despite the importance of microorganisms in soil nitrogen (N) cycling, studies on spatial
patterns of microbial N-cycling gene abundances in temperate grasslands are still lacking, …

[HTML][HTML] Liver microRNA-291b-3p promotes hepatic lipogenesis through negative regulation of adenosine 5′-monophosphate (AMP)-activated protein kinase α1

…, J Guo, W Fang, L Dou, M Li, X Huang, S Zhou… - Journal of Biological …, 2016 - ASBMB
In a microarray study, we found that hepatic miR-291b-3p was significantly increased in
leptin-receptor-deficient type 2 mice (db/db), a mouse model of diabetes. The function of miR-…

Environmental selection overturns the decay relationship of soil prokaryotic community over geographic distance across grassland biotas

B Zhang, K Xue, S Zhou, K Wang, W Liu, C Xu, L Cui… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Though being fundamental to global diversity distribution, little is known about the
geographic pattern of soil microorganisms across different biotas on a large scale. Here, we …

Mixed grazing and clipping is beneficial to ecosystem recovery but may increase potential N2O emissions in a semi-arid grassland

L Zhong, X Zhou, Y Wang, FY Li, S Zhou, Y Bai… - Soil Biology and …, 2017 - Elsevier
A more detailed understanding of the soil nitrogen (N) cycling and the associated functional
microbial groups of nitrous oxide (N 2 O) production under different management practices …

[HTML][HTML] Machine learning-based prediction for grassland degradation using geographic, meteorological, plant and microbial data

H Yan, Q Ran, R Hu, K Xue, B Zhang, S Zhou… - Ecological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Extensive grassland degradation under climate change and intensified human activities has
threatened ecological security and caused a variety of environmental problems. However, it …

Precipitation drives the biogeographic distribution of soil fungal community in Inner Mongolian temperate grasslands

…, Y Hao, L Tang, Z Pang, B Zhang, S Zhou… - Journal of soils and …, 2018 - Springer
Purpose Understanding the biogeographic distribution of soil fungal communities is crucial
for assessing the impacts of environmental factors on terrestrial biodiversity and ecosystem …