Functional Ecology, systematically reported the progresses in the ecosystem traits across North-South Transect of Eastern China in the form of special issue. These studies filled the knowledge gap of domestic and foreign large-scale trait researches, developed a set of method on the scaling of organ-level traits to community-level traits, and initially established the quantitative relationships between various traits and functions in natural forest ecosystems, all of which will enrich the contents and direction of traditional trait researches.
Functional traits along a transect
1. Niu SL, Classen AT & Luo YQ. 2018. Functional traits along a transect. (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2435.13023/epdf)
2.He NP, Liu CC, Yu GR, Guo DL, Yu Q Hou JH. 2018. Variation in leaf anatomical traits from tropical to cold-temperate forests and linkage to ecosystem functions. (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2435.12934/full)
3.Liu CC, He NP, Zhang JH, Sack L, Yu GR. 2018. Variation of stomatal traits from cold temperate to tropical forests and association with water use efficiency. (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2435.12973/full)
4.Wang RL, Wang QF, Zhao N, Xu ZW, Zhu XJ, Jiao CC, Yu GR, He NP. 2018. Different phylogenetic and environmental controls of first-order root morphological and nutrient traits: Evidence of multidimensional root traits. (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2435.12983/full )
5.Zhao N, Liu HM, Wang QF, Yu GR, He NP. 2018. Root elemental composition in Chinese forests: Implications for biogeochemical niche differentiation. (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2435.12938/full)
6.Zhang JH, Zhao N, Liu CC, Yang H, Li ML, Yu GR, Wilco K, Yu Q, He NP. 2018. C:N:P stoichiometry in China’s forests: From organs to ecosystems. (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2435.12979/full )
7.Tian J, He NP, Hale L, Niu SL, Yu GR, Liu Y, Blagodatskaya E, Kuzyakov Y, Gao Q, Zhou JZ. 2018. Soil organic matter availability and climate drive latitudinal patterns in bacterial diversity from tropical to cold temperate forests. (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2435.12952/full )
8.Wang JS, Sun J, Xia JY, He NP, Li ML, Niu SL. 2018. Soil and vegetation carbon turnover times from tropical to boreal forests. (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2435.12914/full )
9.Wang CH, Wang NN, Zhu JX,, Niu SL, Yu GR, Han XG, He NP. 2018. Soil gross N ammonification and nitrification from tropical to temperate forests in eastern China. (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2435.13024/full )
10.Li Y, Tian DS, Yang H, Niu SL. 2018. Size-dependent nutrient limitation of tree growth from subtropical to cold temperate forests. (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2435.12975/full )
11. Zhang XY, Yang Y, Zhang C, Niu SL, Yang H, Yu GR, Wang HM, Blagodatskaya E, Kuzyakov Y, Tian DS, Tang YQ, Liu S, Sun XM. 2018. Contrasting responses of phosphatase kinetic parameters to nitrogen and phosphorus in forest soils. (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2435.12936/full )