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• 1. Zhao X, Tian Q*, Michelsen A, Ren B, Feng Z, Chen L, Jiang Q, Zhao R, Liu F*. 2025. Global pattern in terrestrial leaf litter decomposition: The effects of climate, litter chemistry, life form, growth form and mycorrhizal association. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 362: 110368.
  2. Zhao X, Tian Q*, Michelsen A, Chen L, Yue, Feng Z, Lin Q, Zhao R, Liu F*. 2024. Fine roots and extramatrical mycelia regulate the composition of soil organic carbon and nitrogen in a subtropical montane forest. Forest Ecology and Management, 554: 121661.
  3. Tian Q, Jiang Q, Zhao R, Wu Y, Lin Q, Zhao X, Tang Z, Liu F. 2023. Microbial properties control soil priming and exogenous carbon incorporation along an elevation gradient. Geoderma, 431: 116343.
  4. Tian Q, Jiang Q, Huang L, Li D, Lin Q, Tang Z, Liu F*. 2023. Vertical Distribution of Soil bacterial communities in different forest types along an elevation gradient. Microbial Ecology, 85: 628-641.
  5. Zhao X, Tian Q*, Michelsen A, Lu M, Ren B, Huang L, Zhao R. 2023. The effect of experimental warming on fine root functional traits of woody plants: Data synthesis. Science of the Total Environment, 894: 165003.
  6. Tian Q, Jiang Y, Tang Y, Wu Y, Tang Z, Liu F. 2021. Soil pH and organic carbon properties drive soil bacterial communities in surface and deep layers along an elevational gradient. Frontiers in Microbiology, 12: 646124.
  7. Tian Q, Wang D, Li D, Huang L, Wang M, Liao C, Liu F. 2020. Variation of soil carbon accumulation across a topographic gradient in a humid subtropical mountain forest. Biogeochemistry, 149: 337-354.
  8. Liao C, Li D, Huang L, Yue, Liu F, Tian Q*. 2020. Higher carbon sequestration potential and stability for deep soil compared to surface soil regardless of nitrogen addition in a subtropical forest. PeerJ, 8: e9128.
  9. Tian Q, Wang D, Tang Y, Li Y, Wang M, Liao C, Liu F. 2019. Topographic controls on the variability of soil respiration in a humid subtropical forest. Biogeochemistry, 145: 177-192.
  10. Tian Q, Wang X, Wang D, Wang M, Liao C, Yang X, Liu F. 2017. Decoupled linkage between soil carbon and nitrogen mineralization among soil depths in a subtropical mixed forest. Soil Biology &Biochemistry, 109: 135-144.
  11. Tian Q, Yang X, Wang X, Liao C, Li Q, Wang M, Wu Y, Liu F. 2016. Microbial community mediated response of organic carbon mineralization to labile carbon and nitrogen addition in topsoil and subsoil. Biogeochemistry, 128: 125-139.
  12. Tian Q, He H, Cheng W, Bai Z, Wang Y, Zhang X. 2016. Factors controlling soil organic carbon stability along a temperate forest altitudinal gradient. Scientific Report, 6: 18783. 
  13. Tian Q, He H, Cheng W, Zhang X. 2015. Pulse-dynamic and monotonic decline patterns of soil respiration in long term laboratory microcosms. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 68: 329-336.
  14. Zhao X, Tian Q, Michelsen A, Lin Q, Yuan X, Chen L, Lu M, Jiang Q, Zhao R, Liu F. 2024. Home-field advantage of litter decomposition differs among leaves, absorptive roots, and transport roots. Plant and Soil, 500: 391-402.
  15. Lin Q, Tian Q, Liao C, Yuan X, Lu M, Liu F. 2024. Persistence of soil microbial residuals and lignin phenols in forest ecosystems along the latitude gradient. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 24: 2425-2436.
  16. Huang L, Zhao R, Zhao X, Tian Q, Yue, Liu F*. 2023. Effects of stand condition and root density on fine-root dynamics across root functional groups in a subtropical montane forest. Journal of Forestry Research, 34: 665-675.
  17. Zhao X, Tian Q*, Michelsen A, Lin Q, Zhao R, Yuan X, Chen L, Zhou J, Liu F. 2023. The effects of mycorrhizal associations on fine root decomposition in temperate and (sub)tropical forests. Plant and Soil, 487: 299-310.
  18. Zhao X, Tian Q, Huang L, Lin Q, Wu Y, Liu F. 2022. Fine-root functional trait response to nitrogen deposition across forest ecosystems: A meta-analysis. Science of the Total Environment, 844: 157111. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157111
  19. Wang M, Tian Q, Liao C, Zhao R, Liu F. 2021. Effect of Litter-derived dissolved organic carbon addition on forest soil microbial community composition. Frontiers in Soil Science, 1: 733431. 
  20. Liao C, Tian Q, Liu F. 2020. Nitrogen availability regulates deep soil priming effect by changing microbial metabolic efficiency in a subtropical forest. Journal of Forestry Research, 31: 1873-1882.
  21. Wang M, Liao C, Tian Q, Wang D, Wu Y, Tang Y, Liu F. 2020. Dissolved organic matter characteristics and important site factors in a subtropical mountain forest in central China. Forest Science, 66: 49-57.
  22. Zhao R, Yang X, Tian Q, Wang X, Liao C, Li C, Liu F. 2020. Soil microbial community structure, metabolic potentials and influencing factors in a subtropical mountain forest ecosystem of China. Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability, 32: 69-78.
  23. Wang M, Liao C, Tian Q, Wang D, Wu Y, Tang Y, Liu F. 2019. The fate of litter-derived dissolved organic carbon in forest soils: results from an incubation experiment. Biogeochemistry, 144: 133-147.
  24. He M, Zhao R, Tian Q, Huang L, Wang X, Liu, F. 2019. Predominant effects of litter chemistry on lignin degradation in the early stage of leaf litter decomposition. Plant and Soil, 442: 453-469.
  25. Wang X, Tian Q, Li Q, Liao C, He M, Liu F. 2018. Lignin characteristics in soil profiles in different plant communities in a subtropical mixed forest. Journal of Plant Ecology, 11: 560-568.