supported by the United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation(BSF Grant 2012081).
We explored if and how seasonal fires interact with microhabitat type(i.e.under Pistacia shrub,under Cistus shrub or a canopy gap)to influence the composition of the germinable soil seed bank(GSSB)community in a typic...
Thank the members of the research team for their kind support in the experiment,and thank the Science and Technology Department of Qinghai Provincial for the funding of the application basic project(2019-ZJ-7035);Discipline Innovation and Introducing Talents Program of Higher Education Institutions(the 111 Project,D18013);Changjiang Scholars and Innovation Team Development plan(IRT_17R62).
Our objectives are to examine the effects of hummock-depression spatial heterogeneity on plant communities and soil properties,and to understand the process of maintaining and adjusting microtopography-mediated hydrol...
The National Natural Science Foundation of China under contract No.41706149;the Foundation of China Ocean Mineral Resources R&D Association under contract Nos DY135-E2-2-03 and DY135-E2-2-06;the Scientific Research Fund of the Second Institute of Oceanography,Ministry of Natural Resources,under contract No.JG1716
We report on a hexactinellid sponge new to science,Walteria demeterae sp.nov.,which was collected from the northwestern Pacific seamounts at depths of 1271–1703 m.Its tubular and basiphytous body,extensive lateral pr...
funded by the Ministère des Forêts;de la Faune et des Parcs(Quebec,Canada),project#142332185。
Background:Tree-related microhabitats(hereafter,"TreMs")are key components of forest biodiversity but they are still poorly known in North American hardwood forests.The spatial patterns of living trees bearing TreMs(h...
provided by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.31772486);the Hainan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (No.319MS047)。
Rock crevices are important retreat sites for many reptiles.Unlike lizards and snakes,crevicedwelling turtles have rigid shells which severely limit the size and shape of crevices they are able to use.Few studies have...
from National Natural Science Foundation of China(41776135,41976142);Nature Science funds for Distinguished Young Scholars of Fujian Province,China(2017J07003)to YWD.
Realistic assessments of the impacts of global warming on population extinction risk are likely to require an integrated analysis of the roles of standing genetic variation,microhabitat thermal complexity,and the inte...
supported by the Czech Science Foundation project number 17-10280S(www.gacr.cz);long-term research development project number RVO 67985939(www.cas.cz);supported by the Czech Science Foundation National Sustainability Program I(NPU I)(Grant number LO1415)of MSMT
Butterflies are widely studied due to their key ecosystem functions.For this reason,they are used in ecosystem assessment,formulating conservation plans and in raising the environmental awareness.Quantification of dif...
The present study was supported by grants from the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2018YFC1406503);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(no.41676096);the China-Australia Marine Ecosystem Research project,the China-ASEAN Maritime Cooperation Fund project“Monitoring and conservation of the coastal ecosystem in the South China Sea,”and the University of Malaya,Top 100 Universities in The World Fund(TU001-2018).
Tropical seagrass meadows and coral reefs often function as interconnected marine habitats,but they are often studied and managed as homogenous units.As macrohabitats,seagrass meadows provide important benefits to adj...
Background:Investigating the ecological factors and processes shaping nest survival is of great importance for assessing the breeding success of bird populations and understanding their spatio-temporal dynamics.Here,t...
Background:Island species are vulnerable to rapid extinction,so it is important to develop accurate methods to determine their occurrence and habitat preferences.In this study,we assessed two methods for modeling the ...