supported by the Frontier Science Key Programs of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(QYZDY-SSW-SMC011);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(41871332,31971575,41901358).
Forest structural complexity can mediate the light and water distribution within forest canopies,and has a direct impact on forest biodiversity and carbon storage capability.It is believed that increases in forest str...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.42030508);the Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research Program(Grant No.2019QZKK0301);supported by CAS-TWAS President’s Fellowship Program for International Ph.D.students;supported by Spanish Government(Grant Nos.PID2019-110521GB-I00 and TED2021-132627B-I00);the Catalan Government(Grant No.SGR 2017-1005)and the Fundación“Ramón Areces”(Grant No.CIVP20A6621);supported by the Spanish Government(Grant No.RTI2018-096884-B-C31)。
Plants require a number of essential elements in different proportions for ensuring their growth and development.The elemental concentrations in leaves reflect the functions and adaptations of plants under specific en...
This study was financed in part by the Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior-Brasil(CAPES)-Finance Code 001.
Clear and data-driven bioregionalizations can provide a framework to test hypotheses and base biodiversity conservation.Here we used occurrence and abundance data in combination with objective analytical methods to pr...
Species of the Heteropogon-Themeda clade are ecologically important grasses distributed across the tropics,including widespread species,such as the pantropical Heteropogon contortus and Themeda triandra,and range-rest...
Its ecological processes evolved from the eocene,when the continents were already relatively willing as they are today.Currently,the Atlantic Forest has only 7%of its original area.Parasitoids are organisms that cause...
The research was funded by Russian Foundation for Basic Research,Krasnoyarsk Territory and Krasnoyarsk Regional Fund of Science,project number 20-44-240007.
Birch(Betula tortuosa)is one of the treeline forming species within the Siberian Mountains.We analysed the area dynamics of birch stands and the upslope climb of birch treeline based on the Landsat time series scenes ...
Turkey,containing three of the world’s biodiversity hotspots,is a hub for genetic biodiversity.However,the vegetation cover has drastically changed in recent decades as a result of substantial transformations in land...
supported by the National Council for Research and Development(CNPq)[424605/2018-0];Education Personnel Improvement Coordination(CAPES)[001];National Council for Research and Development(CNPq)[304936/2015-4].
Brazilian biomes are home to a significant portion of the world’s biodiversity,with a total of 14%of existing species and still concentrate 20%of the world’s water resources.However,changes in biomes have a direct i...
This work was supported by the‘Strategic Priority Research Program-Climate Change:Carbon Budget and Related Issues’of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(#XDA05050300).
Aims Carbon(C),nitrogen(N)and phosphorus(P)stoichiometry strongly affect functions and nutrient cycling within ecosystems.However,the related researches in shrubs were very limited.In this study,we aimed to inves-tiga...
The Southern African biomes are complex biotic communities, with its distinctive plant and animal species, and are maintained under the suitable climatic conditions of the region. It includes the Fynbos Biome and the ...