supported by the Open Fund of Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Environment on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau,Ministry of Education(KLBE2024002);a start-up fund from Lanzhou University(508000-561119213).
Focal plants are considerably affected by their neighbouring plants,especially when growing in heterogeneous soils.A previous study on grasses demonstrated that soil heterogeneity and species composition affected plan...
supported by National Natural Science Foundation(32271649,32071882);Central Public-interest Scientific Institution Basal Research Fund(Y2022QC29);Inner Mongolia Science and Technology Project(2021ZY0039)
Background The priority effect of plant arrival is a key driver of community assembly and ecosystem succession during the restoration of degraded plant communities.However,the significance of the arrival order of diff...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (42141006,31971528 and 31988102).
The structure and function of plant communities in alpine meadow ecosystems are potentially susceptible to climate warming.Here,we utilized a unique field manipulation experiment in an alpine meadow on the Qinghai-Tib...
supported by the ANPCyT under grant PICT 2014-0865;CONICET and Universidad Nacional del Sur from Argentina
Fire is a natural disturbance occurring every few years in many grasslands ecosystems. However, since European colonization, fire has been highly reduced or even suppressed in Argentinean grasslands, fostering ignitab...
The National Natural Science Foundation of China(41371076,31370009);the National Key Basic Research Program of China(2011CB403204);the State Key Laboratory of Forest and Soil Ecology(LFSE2013-01).
Aims We aimed to improve the understanding of the carbon and nutri-ent physiological responses and adaptation of semi-arid grassland plants to environmental changes.Methods We investigated plant leaf non-structural ca...
The nutritive value of rangelands in Southern Darfur, Sudan could be improved by introduction and multiplication of nutritious forbs with the objective of increasing livestock production in the area. The present study...
US National Science Foundation Ecosystem Studies,Long-term Ecological Research and Research Experiences for Undergraduates Programs.
Aims Mesic grasslands have a long evolutionary history of grazing by large herbivores and as a consequence,grassland species have numerous adaptations allowing them to respond favourably to grazing.Although empirical ...
Annual growth rings of roots in perennial forbs have been used in studies of climate change and the ecology of grasslands. However, little has been done in this aspect of research in China. In this study, we report th...