funded by the German Research Foundation(DFG FOR 891/1,2 and 3);funds from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC 30710103907,30930005,31170457 and 31210103910);the Swiss National Science Foundation(SNSF);financed by the Sino-German Centre for Research Promotion in Beijing(GZ 524,592,698,699 and 785);the University of Tübingen,Germany(PROMOS).
Aims The aim of our research was to understand small-scale effects of topography and soil fertility on tree growth in a forest biodiversity and ecosystem functioning(BEF)experiment in subtropical SE China.Methods Geom...
the European project BACCARA funded by the European Commission’s Seventh Framework Program(FP7/2007-2013 under Grant Agreement No.226299)for financial support;the administration of the Gutianshan National Nature Reserve and to the members of the BEF-China consortium for logistic and intellectual support;the National Science Foundation of China(NSFC 30710103907 and 30930005);the German Research Foundation(DFG FOR 891)that granted and permitted the establishment of the experiment.
Aims Plant diversity has been linked to both increasing and decreasing levels of arthropod herbivore damage in different plant communities.So far,these links have mainly been studied in grasslands or in artificial tre...
National Natural Science Foundation of China(31210103910,30930005,31470545,31570499).
Aims Mycorrhizal fungi can re-distribute nutrients among plants through formation of underground common mycorrhizal networks and therefore may alter interspecific plant competition.However,the effect of ectomycorrhiza...
We thank Thailand Research Fund(grant:BRG5280002);The National Research Council of Thailand(grant for Pestalotiopsis No:55201020008);Mae Fah Luang University(grant for Pestalotiopsis No:55101020004);The National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant:30930005);the Knowledge Innovation Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(grant:KSCX2-YW-Z0935);Mushroom Research Foundation,Chiang Mai,Thailand;State Key Laboratory of Mycology,Institute of Microbiology,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing,China and the King Saud University for supporting this research.
Pestalotiopsis is a taxonomically confused,pathogenic and chemically creative genus requiring a critical reexamination using a multi-gene phylogeny based on ex-type and ex-epitype cultures.In this study 40 isolates of...
supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemein-schaft (German Science Foundation) (No. DFG FOR 891/1);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 30710103907, 30930005)
Sand-fflled splash cups were used to study the erosive power of rainfall and throughfall in the humid subtropics of Southeast China. The splash cup measurements yielded precise and reproducible results under both open...