supported by the Special Foundation for National Science and Technology Basic Resources Investigation of China(2019FY202300);the Biodiversity Survey,Observation and Assessment Project of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment(2110404).
The survival strategy of plants is to adjust their functional traits to adapt to the environment.However,these traits and survival strategies of evergreen broad-leaved forest species are not well understood.This study...
the National Council of Science and Technology of Mexico for the postdoc fellowship awarded。
Determining climatic and physiographic variables in Mexico’s major ecoregions that are limiting to biodiversity and species of high conservation concern is essential for their conservation.Yet,at the national level t...
financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31670526,31622018,31570445 and 31500509);the Doctoral Scientific Fund Project of the Ministry of Education of China(20135103110002)
The dynamics of litter nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) release could be affected by soil fauna and environmental conditions. The objective of the present study was to investigate the effects of soil fauna on the dynam...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31300343);Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province,China(BK20130500);Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Technology and Material of Water Treatment,Research Foundation for Advanced Talents,Jiangsu University(12JDG086)
Leaf functional traits are adaptations that enable plants to live under various environmental conditions. This study aims to determine the differences in leaf functional traits among plants grouped by growth habit, le...
financially supported by Understanding and Combating Desertification to Mitigate its Impact on Ecosystem Services project(UNDESERT EU-FP7 no.243906)
In the Sahel of Africa, where 90 % of the population depends on natural resources for their liveli- hood, a large part of the soils are structurally unstable, prone to crusting and hard setting, and have low water hol...
The study evaluated the impact of crude oil pollution on natu- ral regeneration of plant species in a major oil-producing community in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. Three sites--unpolluted site (US), polluted a...
We undertook ethnobotanical study of forage/fodder plant species used by the Afar and Oromo (Kereyu and lttu) Nations in and around the semi=arid Awash National Park (ANP), Ethiopia. The study aimed at investigati...
Establishment of ornamental and aesthetic plants in hot, arid conditions of India is difficult due to the prevailing climatic, edaphic and biotic factors. Effect of turfgrass on the growth of ornamental plants in hot ...
The present study was conducted in the alpine pastures of Tungnath (30° 14' N and 79° 13' E) to observe life-form and growth-form patterns of alpine plant species under grazed and ungrazed conditions and to work...
In south Meghalaya, farmers maintain a variety of economically important plant species in arecanut agroforestry systems. We investigated plant species composition of arecanut agroforests of south Meghalaya and encount...