supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2022YFC2601100 to B.L.);the Natural Science Foundation of China (32030067 to J.-H.W.,31970235 to L.-F.L.,32171661 to R.-T.J.,and 31961133028 to B.L.).
Invasive alien species are primary drivers of biodiversity loss and species extinction.Smooth cordgrass(Spartina alterniflora)is one of the most aggressive invasive plants in coastal ecosystems around the world.Howeve...
supported by grants from the National Key R&D Pro-gram of China(2021YFA0717000);the National Natural Science Foun-dation of China(31771380)to QS;from the China Postdoctoral Sci-ence Foundation(2020M672050);the Qingdao Applied Research Fund For Postdoctoral Researchers(62450079311107)to ZY;an Open Project from the State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology at Shan-dong University.
Type Ⅲ CRISPR-Cas10 systems employ multiple immune activities to defend their hosts against invasion from mobile genetic elements(MGEs),including DNase and cyclic oligoadenylates(cOA)synthesis both of which are hoste...
Ayoung Chinese fan of soccer superstar Lionel Messi caused quite the boisterous stir during the friendly match between Argentina and Australia at the newly rebuilt Workers'Stadium in downtown Beijing on June 15.An hou...
Plants that expand their range and become invasive in other areas may shift several functional traits in response to specific environments.However,local conditions at the place of origin may have shaped the functional...
supported by Yunnan Fundamental Research Projects(202101AU070150);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31870524,32071663,32071661).
Tropical mountain ecosystems are usually colonized by numerous invasive plant species and represent an ideal‘natural laboratory’to study the effects of altitude on plant invasion.The aim of this study was to investi...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31971557,31670545 and 31470575);the National Key R&D Program of China(2017YFC1200101).
Global changes such as atmospheric CO_(2)enrichment often facilitate exotic plant invasions and alter soil arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi(AMF)community.However,it is still unclear whether the effects of CO_(2)enrichment...
supported by the Australia-China Joint Center for the Prevention;Management of Exotic Invasive Species,the Harry Butler Institute,Murdoch University,WA,Australia;the Shenzhen Science and Technology Program,China(KQTD20180411143628272)。
The fall armyworm(FAW),Spodoptera frugiperda(J.E.Smith),is native to the Americas.It has rapidly invaded 47 African countries and 18 Asian countries since the first detection of invasion into Nigeria and Ghana in 2016...
WF received funding for the field study from Sigma Xi,Association of Women in Sciences and International Society of Arboriculture;WF is currently supported by NSF 18-600 Program(ID:1921773);National Natural Science Foundation of China Major International Joint Research Project(ID:81620108010).
Background:Invasive species affect community dynamics and ecosystem functions,but the mechanisms of their impacts are poorly understood.Hypotheses on invasion impact range from Superior Competitor to Novel Function,fr...
supported by a mobility grant from the University of A Coruña(Inditex-UDC 2017 program);This is a contribution from the Alien Species Network(Ref.ED431D 2017/20-Xunta de Galicia,Autonomous Government of Galicia);.D.M.S.M.thanks the Brazilian Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico/CNPq(307839/2014-1)for her Research Fellowship.
Aims Recent studies have revealed heritable phenotypic plasticity through vegetative generations.In this sense,changes in gene regulation induced by the environment,such as DNA methylation(i.e.epigenetic changes),can ...
The presence and growth cycle of the browse Elaeagnus angustifolia(olivillo,Russian olive),naturalized in the Mid Valley,Rio Negro,Argentina,must be considered in the yearly schedule of rangeland management.Field obse...