supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.31988102);Yunnan Province Major Program for Basic Research Project(No.202101BC070002);Yunnan Province Science and Technology Talents and Platform Program(No.202305AA160014);Yunnan Province Key Research and Development Program of China(No.202303AC100009)。
Forest structure is fundamental in determining ecosystem function,yet the impact of bamboo invasion on these structural characteristics remains unclear.We investigated 219 invasion transects at 41 sites across the dis...
funded by the Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica(PICT-2019-2385);Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas(PIP-11220200102466CO);Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata(EXA953/20).
Male fiddler crabs own an enlarged claw which is a weapon and an ornament.The enlargement of this claw begins from the juvenile stage and continues throughout life.Males may voluntarily lose(i.e.,autotomize)this claw....
supported in part by Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research(Nos.24405032,17H04623,20K06153 and 21H05316);JST/JICA,SATREPS(JPMJSA1902);an Adaptive Forestry research program from the Japan International Research Centre for Agricultural Sciences.
Given the high-level physiological functions and nutrient concentrations of bark that cover the entire trunks of huge trees,research into bark nutrient traits and the development of models that estimate the bark bioma...
National Key Research and Development Program of China(2022YFF0801801);National Natural Science Foundation of China(32025025,31988102 and 32201302);China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2021M700229).
The variation and plasticity of leaf morphology play a pivotal role in the response to environmental changes for plant individuals.Discovering the large-scale pattern of such variation can reveal plants’general adapt...
funded by the Bavarian Ministry of Nutrition,Agriculture and Forestry through the projects“Acclimation of Forest Trees”(grant#kliffw006);“Maintenance and Monitoring of long term experiments”(W007,grant#Gz:7831-1/874).
Background In Central Europe,forests are increasingly affected by various disturbances,resulting in an increasing gap formation in the canopy.In order to support goal-oriented management,more knowledge is required abo...
funded by two grants from the LTSER Zone Atelier Armorique and Earth Sciences and Astronomy Observatory(OSUR)Rennes.
Flight is a key feature of the reproduction and dispersal of emerging aquatic insects.However,morphological measurements of insect fight are mostly available for terrestrial taxa and dragonfies,while aquatic insects h...
financial support from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft,Award Number Me-2683/10-1(to M.S.).
Heterochely denotes the presence of dissimilarly sized chelipeds on opposite sides of the body,a prevalent occurrence in diverse crustaceans.Conversely,heterometry pertains to the quantifiable disparities in size betw...
supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (31972949);National Nonprofit Institute Research Grant of Chinese Academy of Forestry,China (CAFYBB2023MB006)。
Tree allometry plays a crucial role in tree survival,stability,and timber quantity and quality of mixed-species plantations.However,the responses of tree allometry to resource utilisation within the framework of inter...
Didelphid marsupials are considered a morphologically unspecialized group with a generalist diet that includes vertebrates,invertebrates,and plant matter.While cranium and scapula variation has alreadybeen examined wi...
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.32201547).
Quantifying the biomass of saplings in the regeneration component is critical for understanding biogeochemical processes of forest ecosystems.However,accurate allometric equations have yet to be developed in sufficien...