supported by Doctoral Program of Yunnan Forestry Technological College(KY(ZD)201905);the Candidates of the Young and Middle Aged Academic Leaders of Yunnan Province[202305AC160024];Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Orchid Conservation and Utilization(OU202201)to Q.Liu.
Global biodiversity loss and mass extinction of species have raised serious global concerns,especially in fragile ecosystems.Karst forest,a well-known fragile ecosystem,is served as a natural laboratory for biogeograp...
supported by the Long-term Ecological Research Network(PELD-VERE)of the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnologico(CNPq 441440/2016-9,441583/2020-2,308877/2019-5),Coordenaçao de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior(CAPES 88887.136273/2017-00);Fundaçao de Amparoa Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais(FAPEMIG APQ-04816-17,CRAPPM-00539-18,APQ-04816-17);FAPEMIG(FAPEMIG/RED-00253-16)for the support;the second author scholarship.
Background:In Cerrado humid areas,veredas are considered as hygrophilous communities,marked by the presence of the Mauritia flexuosa palm tree emerging in the wetter zones.Changes in veredas ecosystems due to drought ...
funded by the French Foundation for Research on Biodiversity(FRB)through its Centre for Synthesis;Analysis of Biodiversity data(CESAB)programme,as part of the WOODIV research project.ACM and MCB were funded by Labex OT-Med(n°ANR-11-LABX-0061)
Background: Tree species represent 20% of the vascular plant species worldwide and they play a crucial role in the global functioning of the biosphere. The Mediterranean Basin is one of the 36 world biodiversity hotsp...