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 Ministry of Science and Technology of China (No.2019FY101602)。
Understanding understory seedling regeneration mechanisms is important for the sustainable development of temperate primary forests in the context of increasingly intense climate warming events.The poor regeneration o...
supported by Natural Science Basic Research Program of Shaanxi(2021JQ-155);National Natural Science Foundation of China(32101511);Chinese Universities Scientific Fund(2452020137 and 2452021073)。
Background:Chinese pine(Pinus tabuliformis Carr.)is one of the major afforestation species in northern China and plays a key role in restoring forest ecosystems and preserving soil and water.However,most Chinese pine ...
financially supported by a grant from the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2017YFC0504102);the Science and Technology Program of Jilin Provincial Education Department(JJKH20180349KJ).
Background:Herbs are an important part of the forest ecosystem,and their diversity and biomass can reflect the restoration of vegetation after forest thinning disturbances.Based on the near-mature secondary coniferous...
financially supported by the Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection,University of Lodz and the Institute of Dendrology,Polish Academy of Sciences,Kórnik,Poland。
Background:Multi-purpose use of forests in a sustainable way forces a recognition of how introduction of alien woody species in forests with different land use histories affect native plants other than trees.Lingonber...
Canada’s boreal forest represents an important contributor of the world’s wood supply industry. However,maintaining or increasing productivity of the boreal forest may be challenging in areas dominated by forested p...
Background: Forest management strategies such as thinning have long been used to enhance ecosystem functions, especially in plantations.Thinning in plantations with high deer density, however, may not yield a desired...
Project APN-1236 supported this research during 2013-2014
Background: Understory plants represents the largest component of biodiversity in most forest ecosystems and plays a key role in forest functioning.Despite their importance, the influence of overstory-layer compositi...