Although urbanization poses various threats to avifauna,some bird species,including Mallards(Anas platyrhynchos),choose towns and cities as their wintering habitats,possibly due to favourable temperatures and abundant...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32222071,32072388);the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2022YFA1304400);the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province(2021A1515110363,2022A1515010770,2023A1515012030);the Guangzhou Science and Technology Program(2023B03J1313).
Rice stripe mosaic virus(RSMV)is an emerging pathogen which significantly reduces rice yields in the southern region of China.It is transmitted by the leafhopper Recilia dorsalis,which overwinters in rice fields.Our f...
supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea(NRF)grant funded by the Korean government(MSIT)(No.2022R1A2C1004240);by the Korea Environmental Industry and Technology Institute(KEITI)through the Wetland Ecosystem Value Evaluation and Carbon Absorption Value Promotion Technology Development Project,funded by the Korea Ministry of Environment(MOE)(No.2022003640001).
The hibernation of amphibians can offer a unique window into overwintering adaptation processes and host–gut microbiota interactions through changes in metabolic availability and homeostasis.We attempted to identify ...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32170508,31772471);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(CCNU22LJ003)。
The significance of ecological non-monotonicity(a function whose first derivative changes signs)in shaping the structure and functions of the ecosystem has recently been recognized,but such studies involving high-orde...
supported by the National key research and development program(2022YFD1602000);the Innovation Capacity Support Plan of Shaanxi Province(2022NY-039,2022ZDLNY04-04,2023-YBNY-176,2023KXJ-171).
In northwest China,where winter is extremely cold and the grapevine is vulnerable to freezing damage,the application of soil covering has promoted the vigorous development of the local grape and wine industries.Howeve...
The tick, Ixodes scapularis, vectors pathogens such as Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacterium that causes Lyme disease. Over the last few decades I. scapularis has expanded its range, introducing a novel health threat in...
The work was supported by the Key Laboratory of Ecological Prewarning,Protection and Restoration of Bohai Sea,Ministry of Natural Resources(No.2022107);the Qingdao Postdoctoral Applied Research Project(No.QDBSH202001).
Green tides caused by the bloom of Ulva prolifera have affected the Yellow Sea annually since 2007.To explore the intrinsic causes of successive blooms,field investigations and indoor simulation experiments were condu...
the financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 41977387)。
Overwintering benthic algae not only directly impact drinking water safety, but also affect the algae recruitment in warm spring seasons. Thus, understanding the characteristics of overwintering benthic algae can prov...
the Citrus Research Board(Grant#5500-222)for funding.
The Asian citrus psyllid,Diaphorina citri,is the vector of the pathogenic bacteria that causes Huanglongbing,the most devasting disease affecting citrus worldwide.As cultivation of citrus tends to expand northward,the...
funded by the Peter Scott Trust for Education and Research in Conservation;Peter Smith Charitable Trust for Nature;Olive Herbert Charitable Trust;D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust;N.Smith Charitable Settlement;Robert Kiln Charitable Trust;the estate of the late Professor Geoffrey Matthews OBE;supported WWT’s“Hope for Swans”Appeal。
Background:Winter numbers of the northwest European population of Bewick's Swans(Cygnus columbianus bewickii)declined recently by c.40%.During the same period,numbers of two sympatric and ecologically-similar congener...