Qing Ye

Topographic decoupling of tree-mortality disturbances drives contrasting soil carbon fates via divergent microbial strategies

Climate change is exacerbating tree mortality worldwide, threatening the stability of forest soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks. However, how SOC responds to tree mortality amid co-occurring disturbances remains mechanistically unresolved. Here, we demonstrate that topography spati...

Declining hydraulic safety in a drier world

Forests worldwide are increasingly exposed to soil drought under climate change, with their fates depending on the ability to maintain essential functions like water transport (hydraulics) and photosynthesis. Acclimation is expected to mitigate drought impacts, but the extent to...