funded by the National Research,Development and Innovation Office(NKFIH FK 142428 grant);The contribution of Z.B.was supported by the János Bolyai Research Scholarship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and by the New National Excellence Program of the Ministry for Culture and Innovation from the source of the National Research,Development and Innovation Fund(ÚNKP-23-5-SZTE-697);K.F.was supported by the New National Excellence Program of the Ministry for Culture and Innovation from the source of the National Research,Development and Innovation Fund(ÚNKP-23-3-SZTE-441);C.T.was supported by the NKFIH K 146137 grant;A.E-V.was supported by the long-term research development project of the Czech Academy of Sciences(RVO 67985939).
Topographic complexity supports the maintenance of a high diversity of microhabitats,which may act as important‘safe havens’-or microrefugia-for biodiversity.Microrefugia are sites with specific environmental condit...
financially supported by the NSF of China(32271614;31870408);Biological Resources Programme,Chinese Academy of Sciences;State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change of China(Y7206F1016);the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDB31030000);National key basic R&D program of China(2017YFA0605100).
Herbaceous plants are an essential component of forest diversity and driver of ecosystem processes.However,because the growth forms and life-history strategies of herbaceous plants differ from those of woody plants,it...
supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(2021ZY89);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32201258 and 32271652);Research Service Project on the Effects of Extreme Climate on Biodiversity and Conservation Strategies in Mentougou District(2024HXFWBH-XJL-02);the Fang Jingyun Ecological Study Studio of Yunnan Province(China);the State Scholarship Fund of China(2011811457);support to the Xingdian Scholar Fund of Yunnan Province;the Double Top University Fund of Yunnan University.
Although numerous studies have proposed explanations for the specific and relative effects of stand structure,plant diversity,and environmental conditions on carbon(C)storage in forest ecosystems,understanding how the...
supported by the Sichuan Science and Technology Program,China(Grant No.2023YFS0372).
Forest thinning and ground cover plant management play crucial roles in habitat enhancement,yet their effects on soil microbiota remain poorly understood.This study examines their impact on soil properties and bacteri...
supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.31988102,32301390);Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences,CAS(No.QYZDY-SSW-SMC011);China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(No.2022T150697);supported by the postdoctoral fellowship program of CPSF under grant number GZC20240856.
Increased nitrogen(N)input can potentially lead to secondary phosphorus(P)limitation;however,it remains unclear whether differences in the plant's ability to cope with this P deficiency are related to their growth res...
supported by the NSFC China-US Dimensions of Biodiversity Grant (DEB: 32061123003);National Natural Science Foundation of China (31870410, 32171507);the Chinese Academy of Sciences Youth Innovation Promotion Association (Y202080);the Distinguished Youth Scholar of Yunnan (202001AV070016);the West Light Foundation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences;the Ten Thousand Talent Plans for Young Top-notch Talents of Yunnan (YNWR-QNBJ-2018-309)
We used 11 years of census data from 450 seedling quadrats established in a 20-ha forest dynamics plot to study seedling dynamics in tree species of a tropical seasonal rainforest in Xishuangbanna,southwestern China.W...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant number 32171766);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(grant number SWU-KQ22009).
Background Tree seedling regeneration in forests is often hindered by the competitive influence of dense understory bamboo competition. While localized studies have investigated the ecological effects of understory ba...
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...
funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.32371733,31570444 and 32201368);the Xingdian Scholar Fund of Yunnan Province;the Double Top University Fund of Yunnan University
Background The prevalence of understory removal and anthropogenic nitrogen(N)deposition has significantly altered the ecological processes of forest ecosystems at both regional and global scales.However,it remains a p...