Liang Kou

1.5k total citations
56 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Liang Kou is a scholar working on Soil Science, Plant Science and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Liang Kou has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Soil Science, 29 papers in Plant Science and 25 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Liang Kou's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (38 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (18 papers) and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (15 papers). Liang Kou is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (38 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (18 papers) and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (15 papers). Liang Kou collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Liang Kou's co-authors include Shenggong Li, Huimin Wang, Xiaoli Fu, Xiaoqin Dai, Wenlong Gao, Hao Yang, Lei Jiang, Dali Guo, Huimin Wang and Frederick C. Meinzer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, The Science of The Total Environment and New Phytologist.

In The Last Decade

Liang Kou

53 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Peers

Liang Kou
Shri Kant Tripathi India
Qifeng Mo China
Silvia Álvarez-Clare United States
Mengguang Han China
Songze Wan China
Xi Fang China
Zaipeng Yu China
Eva Kaštovská Czechia
Xianzhen Luo China
Guoyong Yan China
Shri Kant Tripathi India
Liang Kou
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Countries citing papers authored by Liang Kou

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Fields of papers citing papers by Liang Kou

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Liang Kou

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Liang Kou. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Liang Kou based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Liang Kou. Liang Kou is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Jiang, Lei, Stephan Hättenschwiler, Yeqing Ying, et al.. (2025). Root mixing effects on belowground decomposition depend on mycorrhizal type. Nature Communications. 16(1). 10274–10274.
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Wang, Huimin, Frederick C. Meinzer, Xiaoqin Dai, et al.. (2025). Resource Segmentation: A New Dimension of the Segmentation Hypothesis in Drought Adaptive Strategies and Its Links to Tree Growth Performance. Plant Cell & Environment. 48(6). 3875–3889. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Huimin, Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo, Xiaoqin Dai, et al.. (2025). Nutrient enrichment shapes litter micro-food webs in a subtropical plantation. Forest Ecology and Management. 580. 122545–122545.
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Freschet, Grégoire T., Leho Tedersoo, Shenggong Li, et al.. (2024). A trait-based root acquisition-defence-decomposition framework in angiosperm tree species. Nature Communications. 15(1). 5311–5311. 13 indexed citations
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Jiang, Lei, Shenggong Li, Huimin Wang, et al.. (2023). Mechanisms Underlying Aboveground and Belowground Litter Decomposition Converge over Time under Nutrient Deposition. Forests. 14(1). 130–130. 2 indexed citations
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Liu, Qianyuan, Fengting Yang, Xiaoqin Dai, et al.. (2023). Complementary belowground strategies underlie species coexistence in an early successional forest. New Phytologist. 238(2). 612–623. 17 indexed citations
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Wu, Huili, Liang Chen, Shuai Ouyang, et al.. (2023). Phosphorus cycling and supply–demand balance across a chronosequence of Chinese fir plantations. CATENA. 228. 107117–107117. 7 indexed citations
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Jiang, Lei, Huimin Wang, Shenggong Li, et al.. (2023). A ‘Get‐Save‐Return’ process continuum runs on phosphorus economy among subtropical tree species. Journal of Ecology. 111(4). 861–874. 10 indexed citations
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Wang, Huimin, Fengting Yang, Xiaoqin Dai, et al.. (2023). Relationships between root exudation and root morphological and architectural traits vary with growing season. Tree Physiology. 44(1). 18 indexed citations
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Meinzer, Frederick C., Huimin Wang, Shengwang Meng, et al.. (2022). Spatio‐temporal variation in deep soil water use patterns of overstorey and understorey layers in subtropical plantations predicts community assembly. Journal of Ecology. 110(12). 2998–3011. 7 indexed citations
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Li, Shenggong, Huimin Wang, Xiaoqin Dai, et al.. (2022). Home‐field advantage meets priming effect in root decomposition: Implications for belowground carbon dynamics. Functional Ecology. 37(3). 676–689. 12 indexed citations
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Yan, Han, Grégoire T. Freschet, Huimin Wang, et al.. (2022). Mycorrhizal symbiosis pathway and edaphic fertility frame root economics space among tree species. New Phytologist. 234(5). 1639–1653. 54 indexed citations
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Liu, Qianyuan, Minghua Song, Liang Kou, Qingkang Li, & Huimin Wang. (2022). Contrasting effects of nitrogen and phosphorus additions on nitrogen competition between coniferous and broadleaf seedlings. The Science of The Total Environment. 861. 160661–160661. 14 indexed citations
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Yuan, Ye, et al.. (2020). Characteristics of soil nitrogen mineralization in the rhizosphere of trees, shrubs, and herbs in subtropical forest plantations. Chinese Journal of Plant Ecology. 44(12). 1285–1295. 1 indexed citations
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Dai, Xiaoqin, et al.. (2019). Characteristics of soil enzymes stoichiometry in rhizosphere of understory vegetation in subtropical forest plantations. Chinese Journal of Plant Ecology. 43(3). 258–272. 6 indexed citations
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Chen, Wei Wei, Liang Kou, Lei Jiang, et al.. (2017). [Short-term responses of foliar multi-element stoichiometry and nutrient resorption of slash pine to N addition in subtropical China].. PubMed. 28(4). 1094–1102. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Chuang, Xinyu Zhang, Hongtao Zou, et al.. (2017). Contrasting effects of ammonium and nitrate additions on the biomass of soil microbial communities and enzyme activities in subtropical China. Biogeosciences. 14(20). 4815–4827. 35 indexed citations
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Kou, Liang, Weiwei Chen, Lei Jiang, et al.. (2017). Simulated nitrogen deposition affects stoichiometry of multiple elements in resource-acquiring plant organs in a seasonally dry subtropical forest. The Science of The Total Environment. 624. 611–620. 49 indexed citations

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