supported by Open Foundation of the Key Laboratory of Natural Resource Coupling Process and Effects(2023KFKTA005,2023KFKTB012);by the Science and Technology Research Program of Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment,Chinese Academy of Sciences(IMHE-ZDRW-06).
Plants adapt to the limitation of soil phosphorus(P)induced by nitrogen(N)deposition through a complex interaction of various root and leaf functional traits.In this study,a pot experiment was conducted to explore the...
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.41971056);the National Key R&D Program of China(No.2017YFC0504903)。
The distribution and availability of phosphorus(P)fractions in restored cut slope soil aggregates,along altitude gradients,were analyzed.Samples were collected at 3009,3347,3654 and 3980 m of altitude.We examined soil...
The main objective of this study was to examine how different stand types influenced the tendency of visitors for varying recreational activities(i.e.,hiking,trekking,camping and hunting)from 1993 to 2018 in the surro...
supported by the National Science Foundation of China(Grant No.31971490).
Wetland ecosystems are the most important natural methane(CH_(4))sources,whose fluxes periodically fluctuate.Methanogens(methane producers)and methanotrophs(methane consumers)are considered key factors affecting CH_(4...
financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 31922052, 32022056 and 32171641)
Base cation loads are rarely considered in forest gap edge canopies,but they can play critical roles in capturing or buffering atmospheric deposition in forests with frequent gap disturbances,such as subalpine forests...
supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China(Grant No.2016YFC0502104).
Global climate change has been seen to result in marked impacts on forest ecosystems such as accelerated tree mortality worldwide due to incidental hydraulic failure caused by intensified and more frequent occurrence ...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31988102);the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2017YFC0503906).
As one of the main food bamboo species of the giant panda(Ailuropoda melanoleuca),Fargesia denudata is widely distributed in the understory of spruce-fir forests in the mountainous area of southwestern China.However,t...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 41877317);the State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology,China University of Geosciences,Wuhan (No. GBL11612);the fundamental research funds for the central universities (Nos. CUGCJ1703,CUGQY1902)。
Epidermal leaf waxes of terrestrial higher plants have been widely utilized for the reconstructions of paleoenvironment and paleoclimate in peat deposits. In this study, specimens of four plant species growing in both...
The authors acknowledge with thanks the financial support from the Polish National Science Centre(Grant No.UMO-2015/19/B/NZ9/00024);The authors also thank Krystyna Boratynska from the Institute of Dendrology,Polish Academy of Sciences,for providing plant material.
The dwarf mountain pine(Pinus mugo)and the Pyrenean pine(P. uncinata)constitute a pair of closely related coniferous taxa of poorly resolved evolutionary history and affinity,which inhabit numerous stands scattered ov...
funded by the National Key R&D Program of China (Grant No. 2017YFC0503906);the Nation Nature Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 31570445, 31622018, 31670526 and 31901295);the Sichuan Province and Technology Project for Youth Innovation Team (Grant No. 2017TD0022)
Reducing the threats of sulfate ion(SO42-)deposition to terrestrial ecosystems is a great challenge.The canopy interception effect on SO42-deposition has been well documented,but the interception efficiency of the gap...