supported by the Biodiversity Survey,Observation and Assessment of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment,China(2019HJ2096001006);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31800191).
Understanding the driving forces of speciation is a central question in evolutionary biology.Cycas bifida(Dyer)K.D.Hill and Cycas micholitzii Dyer are two morphologically similar Cycas(Cycadaceae)species with deeply p...
Dear Editor,Numerous aspects of ecosystem ecology are influenced by insects(Prasad,2022).Herbivory of plant organs by insects may influence the biogeochemistry of forests by changing the speed of litter decomposition(...
funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.32270246 and 31900184 to J.L.);the Scientific Foundation of Urban Management Bureau of Shenzhen(Nos.202019 and 202208 to S.Z.);the Youth Innovation Promotion Association CAS,China(Grant No.:2023410);the Yunnan Fundamental Research Projects(Grant Nos.:202001AT070072 and 2019FD057 to J.L.)。
The evolution of the latitudinal diversity gradient(LDG),characterized by a peak in diversity toward the tropics,has captured significant attention in evolutionary biology and ecology.However,the inverse LDG(i-LDG)mec...
Chilades pandava is a dangerous insect pest of Cycas spp.,which seriously threatens the growth and development of Cycas plants.On the basis of previous studies,the paper summarized the behaviors of different insect st...
This work was supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(2017YF0505200).The authors thank Fangming Zhang for her assistance with plant sampling,and Xiuyan Feng,Rui Yang and Yujuan Zhao for their help and discussion of data analyses.
Cycas panzhihuaensis L.Zhou & S.Y.Yang(Cycadaceae) is an endangered gymnosperm species endemic to the dry-hot valley of the Jinsha River basin in southwest China.Although the wild C.panzhihuaensis population from Panz...
BACKGROUND Gastric cancer is one of the most common and deadly malignancies worldwide.Despite recent medical progress, the 5-year survival rate of gastric cancer is still unsatisfactory. 5-fluorouracil(5-Fu) is one of...
The occurrence and comprehensive prevention and control progresses of Chilades pandava in Cycas spp. are summarized from the aspects of classification and geographic distribution, ecological characteristics, damage a...