funded by the National Research Foundation of Korea grants to BSL (No.2020R1A2C1099624) and to SJC (No.2021R1A2C1009687)
We reestablished the Serratognathus bilobatus Biozone in the Taebaek Group of Korea,where Serratognathus bilobatus was first reported by Lee(1970),based on new data from the uppermost Dumugol Formation to the Lower Ma...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.32372058);Provincial Policy Guidance Program‒Jiangsu“100 Foreign Experts Program”(Grant No.SBX2020010098);Jiangsu Agricultural Biodiversity Cultivation and Utilization Research Center(Grant No.0270756100ZX).
Biogeographic patterns of microbial communities in wetland soils at broad scales remain underexplored compared to those in welldrained soils,particularly regarding abundant and rare taxa.Here,we investigated the ecolo...
supported by grants from the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China(31570211);the Natural Sciences Foundation of Hunan Province(2019JJ40232);the Smithsonian Institution Barcode Network(SIBN);supported by the Natural History Research Experience(NHRE)Internship Program(REU Site,EAR-1062692,OCE-1560088)at the National Museum of Natural History。
Panax(Araliaceae)is a small genus containing several well known medicinally important species.It has a disjunct distribution between Eastern Asia and Eastern North America,with most species from eastern Asia,especiall...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31860043);also in part by the scientific research capacity building project for the Nonggang Karst Ecosystem Observation and Research Station of Guangxi(GK23-026-273).
The Himalayas represent a complex mountain system housing some of the world's richest floras along with a high level of endemism.Among them,Lysionotus(Gesneriaceae)stands out as a small genus(~34 species)that is unexp...
the support by the RUDN University Strategic Academic Leadership Program;infrastructural support by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft(DFG,German Research Foundation)under Germany's Excellence Strategy,cluster of Excellence EXC2124,project ID 390838134;supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.U22A20608,42293264&41977271);Tianjin Municipal Science and Technology Bureau(Grant Nos.23ZYJDJC00050&24ZYJDJC00330)。
Fungi are known to be crucial in the formation and stabilization of soil organic matter through their exudates and dead residues(necromass).Yet,it remains unclear how fungi contribute to the persistence of carbon in s...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.31970223);the Yunnan Province Science and Technology Department(Grant No.202203AP140007);the Yunnan Key Laboratory for the Conservation of Tropical Rainforests and Asian Elephants(Grant No.202305AG070003);the Hainan Institute of National Park(Grant No.KY-24ZK02);the Hainan Province Science and Technology Special Fund(Grant No.ZDYF2023RDYL01)。
The origin of the biota of Hainan Island,China,remains a fundamental scientific problem.Comparative studies on the biota,geological tectonics,and paleomagnetism proposed that during the Eocene,Hainan Island connected ...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31670212,32060056,and 31300181);the Thousand Talents Program of Jiangxi Province(jxsq2018106032);Jiangxi Provincial Natural Science Foundation,China(ZBG20230418029 and 20232ACB205010).
Pterocarya (Juglandaceae) is disjunctly distributed in East Asia and the Caucasus region today, but its fossils are widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere. We first inferred phylogeny with time estimation of Pt...
Spatial phylogenetics on Poaceae was funded by CONICET(Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas—Proyecto de Unidades Ejecutoras(PUE)Nro.22920200100029).
In this study,we explored the distributions of grass genera in the Southern Cone(SC)of South America,applying several phylogenetic diversity(PD)metrics and randomization tests.Grasses appear to have been present in So...
supported by the National Science Foundation(USA),grant number DEB-1916632;the Department ofEnergy(DOE),grant number DE-SC0018247.
Astragalus (Fabaceae) is astoundingly diverse in temperate, cold arid regions of Earth, positioning this group as a model clade for investigating the distribution of plant diversity in the face of environmental challe...
supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS)(grant nos.XDA23080000);the National Key Research and Development Program of China(grant number 2017YFA0605100);the Strategic Priority Research Program of CAS(grant no.XDB31010000).
Coniferous forests are under severe threat of the rapid anthropogenic climate warming.Abies(firs),the fourth-largest conifer genus,is a keystone component of the boreal and temperate dark-coniferous forests and harbor...