The study was financially supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(2017YFC0504601).
Fine roots are the most active and functional component of root systems and play a significant role in the acquisition of soil resources. Density is an important structural factor in forest plantations but information...
supported by the West Light Foundation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(awarded to Dr.Hu Liu in 2018);the Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(awarded to Dr.Hu Liu in 2016)
Landscapes of the mountainous regions in northwestern China comprise a unique pattern of vegetation,consisting of a mosaic of grassland and shrub-forest.Forests generally self-organize into ordered structures and coal...
This research was supported by the Key Basic Research and Development Plan of P.R.China(2016YFC050080502);the National Natural Science Foundation of P.R.China(31370705,31570416).
Aims Seed dormancy and the soil seed bank are crucial to plant regeneration strategy,especially in semiarid ecosystems with unpredictable precipi-tation.the aim of this study was to investigate how seed dormancy is co...