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Kelin Wang is a researcher affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China, focusing primarily on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences. Their research encompasses a range of topics related to soil, plant, and ecological systems, with a notable emphasis on soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics as well as hydrology and watershed management studies.

The scientist has contributed extensively to the following fields of study:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Within these broader areas, they have specialized in several subfields including:

  • Soil Science
  • Ecology
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Plant Science
  • Atmospheric Science

Wang's main research topics cover:

  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Soil erosion and sediment transport
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
  • Karst Systems and Hydrogeology

Their recent scientific publications reflect an interest in carbon cycling, vegetation dynamics, urbanization impacts, and ecological patterns in China, including:

  • Forest management in southern China generates short term extensive carbon sequestration, 2020, Nature Communications
  • A large but transient carbon sink from urbanization and rural depopulation in China, 2022, Nature Sustainability
  • Water uptake depth is coordinated with leaf water potential, water-use efficiency and drought vulnerability in karst vegetation, 2020, New Phytologist
  • Construction and optimization strategy of ecological security pattern in a rapidly urbanizing region: A case study in central-south China, 2022, Ecological Indicators
  • Eco-engineering controls vegetation trends in southwest China karst, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment

Wang frequently collaborates with other researchers. Their most common coauthors include:

  • Peilei Hu
  • Yuemin Yue
  • Wei Zhang
  • Jie Zhao
  • Hongsong Chen

The scientist has published numerous studies in several recurring venues that are pivotal to environmental and earth sciences, such as:

  • CATENA
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Journal of Hydrology

Best Publications

  • Increased vegetation growth and carbon stock in China karst via ecological engineering

    Xiaowei Tong;Martin Brandt;Yuemin Yue;Stephanie Horion

  • Karst landscapes of China: patterns, ecosystem processes and services

    Kelin Wang;Chunhua Zhang;Chunhua Zhang;Hongsong Chen;Yueming Yue

  • Forest management in southern China generates short term extensive carbon sequestration

    Xiaowei Tong;Xiaowei Tong;Martin Brandt;Yuemin Yue;Philippe Ciais

  • A large but transient carbon sink from urbanization and rural depopulation in China

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  • Impacts of climate change and human activities on vegetation cover in hilly southern China

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  • Quantifying the effectiveness of ecological restoration projects on long-term vegetation dynamics in the karst regions of Southwest China

    Xiaowei Tong;Kelin Wang;Yuemin Yue;Martin Stefan Brandt

  • Changes in nitrogen and phosphorus limitation during secondary succession in a karst region in southwest China

    Wei Zhang;Jie Zhao;Fujing Pan;Dejun Li

  • Construction and optimization strategy of ecological security pattern in a rapidly urbanizing region: A case study in central-south China

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  • Water uptake depth is coordinated with leaf water potential, water-use efficiency and drought vulnerability in karst vegetation.

    Yali Ding;Yunpeng Nie;Hongsong Chen;Kelin Wang

  • Soil microbial processes and resource limitation in karst and non‐karst forests

    Hao Chen;Dejun Li;Kongcao Xiao;Kelin Wang

  • Satellite-observed Major Greening and Biomass Increase in South China Karst During Recent Decade

    Martin Brandt;Yuemin Yue;Jean Pierre Wigneron;Xiaowei Tong

  • Water source utilization by woody plants growing on dolomite outcrops and nearby soils during dry seasons in karst region of Southwest China

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  • Is southwestern China experiencing more frequent precipitation extremes

    Meixian Liu;Xianli Xu;Alexander Y Sun;Kelin Wang

  • Ecological restoration enhances ecosystem health in the karst regions of southwest China

    Chujie Liao;Yuemin Yue;Kelin Wang;Rasmus Fensholt

  • Quantifying the impacts of climate and human activities on water and sediment discharge in a karst region of southwest China

    Zhenwei Li;Xianli Xu;Bofu Yu;Chaohao Xu

  • Effects of nitrogen addition on activities of soil nitrogen acquisition enzymes:A meta-analysis

    Hao Chen;Dejun Li;Jie Zhao;Kongcao Xiao

  • Effects of environmental factors on soil organic carbon under natural or managed vegetation restoration

    Pei-Lei Hu;Shu-Juan Liu;Ying-Ying Ye;Wei Zhang

  • Dynamics of soil organic carbon and nitrogen following agricultural abandonment in a karst region

    Dejun Li;Li Wen;Liqiong Yang;Pan Luo

  • Nitrogen addition aggravates microbial carbon limitation: Evidence from ecoenzymatic stoichiometry

    Hao Chen;Dejun Li;Jie Zhao;Wei Zhang

  • Assessing Future Vegetation Trends and Restoration Prospects in the Karst Regions of Southwest China

    Xiaowei Tong;Kelin Wang;Martin Brandt;Yuemin Yue

  • Spatial distribution of rock fragments on steep hillslopes in karst region of northwest Guangxi, China.

    Hongsong Chen;Jianwei Liu;Kelin Wang;Wei Zhang

  • Soil erosion rates in two karst peak-cluster depression basins of northwest Guangxi, China: Comparison of the RUSLE model with 137Cs measurements

    Teng Feng;Hongsong Chen;Viktor O. Polyakov;Kelin Wang

  • Karst catchments exhibited higher degradation stress from climate change than the non-karst catchments in southwest China: An ecohydrological perspective

    Meixian Liu;Xianli Xu;Dingbao Wang;Alexander Y. Sun

  • Rapid recuperation of soil nitrogen following agricultural abandonment in a karst area, southwest China

    Li Wen;Dejun Li;Liqiong Yang;Pan Luo

  • Interactions of vegetation succession, soil bio-chemical properties and microbial communities in a Karst ecosystem

    Hanhua Zhu;Xunyang He;Kelin Wang;Yirong Su

Frequent Co-Authors

Dejun Li
Dejun Li Chinese Academy of Sciences
Alexander Y. Sun
Alexander Y. Sun The University of Texas at Austin
Martin Brandt
Martin Brandt University of Copenhagen
Hao Chen
Hao Chen Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhihong Xu
Zhihong Xu Griffith University
Rasmus Fensholt
Rasmus Fensholt University of Copenhagen
Jing Liu
Jing Liu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jinshui Wu
Jinshui Wu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Feng Li
Feng Li City, University of London
Xin Liu
Xin Liu Chinese Academy of Sciences

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