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Dafeng Hui is affiliated with Tennessee State University in the United States and has a research focus primarily in the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work spans over 200 publications in these areas, focusing especially on soil science, ecology, and plant science.

The scientist's research covers multiple subfields including:

  • Soil Science
  • Ecology
  • Plant Science
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation

The main topics explored in their studies include:

  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Coastal Wetland Ecosystem Dynamics
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions

Dafeng Hui has contributed extensively to journals often publishing in venues such as:

  • Global Change Biology (10 publications)
  • The Science of The Total Environment (10 publications)
  • Soil Biology and Biochemistry (8 publications)
  • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology (7 publications)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (7 publications)

Selected recent papers include:

  • "Phosphorus addition decreases microbial residual contribution to soil organic carbon pool in a tropical coastal forest," 2020, Global Change Biology
  • "Effect of degradable microplastics, biochar and their coexistence on soil organic matter decomposition: A critical review," 2024, TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry
  • "Soil properties rather than climate and ecosystem type control the vertical variations of soil organic carbon, microbial carbon, and microbial quotient," 2020, Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • "Stimulation of ammonia oxidizer and denitrifier abundances by nitrogen loading: Poor predictability for increased soil N₂O emission," 2021, Global Change Biology
  • "Climatic and edaphic controls over the elevational pattern of microbial necromass in subtropical forests," 2021, CATENA

The scientist frequently collaborates with several researchers, with the most frequent co-authors being:

  • Hai Ren
  • Josep Peñuelas
  • Zhanfeng Liu
  • Jordi Sardans
  • Jun Wang

Best Publications

  • Acclimatization of soil respiration to warming in a tall grass prairie

    Yiqi Luo;Shiqiang Wan;Dafeng Hui;Linda L. Wallace

  • Rates of litter decomposition in terrestrial ecosystems: global patterns and controlling factors

    Deqiang Zhang;Deqiang Zhang;Dafeng Hui;Dafeng Hui;Yiqi Luo;Guoyi Zhou

  • Elevated CO2 stimulates net accumulations of carbon and nitrogen in land ecosystems: a meta-analysis.

    Yiqi Luo;Dafeng Hui;Deqiang Zhang;Deqiang Zhang

  • Comprehensive comparison of gap-filling techniques for eddy covariance net carbon fluxes

    Antje M. Moffat;Dario Papale;Markus Reichstein;David Y. Hollinger

  • FIRE EFFECTS ON NITROGEN POOLS AND DYNAMICS IN TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS: A META-ANALYSIS

    Shiqiang Wan;Dafeng Hui;Yiqi Luo

  • Soil extracellular enzyme activities, soil carbon and nitrogen storage under nitrogen fertilization: A meta-analysis

    Siyang Jian;Jianwei Li;Ji Chen;Ji Chen;Gangsheng Wang

  • Responses of soil carbon sequestration to climate-smart agriculture practices: A meta-analysis.

    Xiongxiong Bai;Xiongxiong Bai;Yawen Huang;Wei Ren;Mark Coyne

  • Joint control of terrestrial gross primary productivity by plant phenology and physiology

    Jianyang Xia;Shuli Niu;Philippe Ciais;Ivan A Janssens

  • Response of soil CO2 efflux to water manipulation in a tallgrass prairie ecosystem

    Xiaozhong Liu;Shiqiang Wan;Bo Su;Dafeng Hui

  • Global pattern of temperature sensitivity of soil heterotrophic respiration (Q10) and its implications for carbon‐climate feedback

    Tao Zhou;Tao Zhou;Peijun Shi;Dafeng Hui;Yiqi Luo

  • Geographical and interannual variability in biomass partitioning in grassland ecosystems: a synthesis of field data

    Dafeng Hui;Robert B. Jackson

  • Direct and indirect effects of experimental warming on ecosystem carbon processes in a tallgrass prairie

    Shiqiang Wan;Shiqiang Wan;Dafeng Hui;Linda Wallace;Yiqi Luo

  • OAK FOREST CARBON AND WATER SIMULATIONS: MODEL INTERCOMPARISONS AND EVALUATIONS AGAINST INDEPENDENT DATA

    P. J. Hanson;J. S. Amthor;S. D. Wullschleger;K. B. Wilson

  • Probabilistic inversion of a terrestrial ecosystem model: Analysis of uncertainty in parameter estimation and model prediction

    Tao Xu;Luther White;Dafeng Hui;Dafeng Hui;Yiqi Luo

  • Soil microbial community and its interaction with soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics following afforestation in central China.

    Qi Deng;Xiaoli Cheng;Dafeng Hui;Qian Zhang

  • Responses of terrestrial ecosystem phosphorus cycling to nitrogen addition: A meta-analysis

    Qi Deng;Dafeng Hui;Samuel Dennis;Chandra Reddy

  • Greenhouse gas emissions and crop yield in no-tillage systems: A meta-analysis

    Yawen Huang;Wei Ren;Lixin Wang;Dafeng Hui

  • Gap-filling missing data in eddy covariance measurements using multiple imputation (MI) for annual estimations

    Dafeng Hui;Shiqiang Wan;Bo Su;Gabriel Katul

  • Electrical conductivity of nutrient solution influenced photosynthesis, quality, and antioxidant enzyme activity of pakchoi (Brassica campestris L. ssp. Chinensis) in a hydroponic system.

    Xiaotao Ding;Yuping Jiang;Hong Zhao;Doudou Guo

  • Impacts of urbanization on carbon balance in terrestrial ecosystems of the Southern United States

    Chi Zhang;Hanqin Tian;Guangsheng Chen;Arthur Chappelka

  • Oak forest carbon and water simulations: model intercomparisons and evaluations against independent data. Ecol Monogr

    Hanson Pj;Amthor Js;Wullschleger Sd;Wilson Kb

Frequent Co-Authors

Yiqi Luo
Yiqi Luo Cornell University
Shiqiang Wan
Shiqiang Wan Henan University
Hai Ren
Hai Ren Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jun Wang
Jun Wang University of Central Florida
Jian Song
Jian Song Tsinghua University
Robert B. Jackson
Robert B. Jackson Stanford University
Lin Jiang
Lin Jiang Georgia Institute of Technology
Guoyi Zhou
Guoyi Zhou Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology
Xiaofeng Xu
Xiaofeng Xu San Diego State University
Quanfa Zhang
Quanfa Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences

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