supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.42371038);the Basic Research Innovation Group Project of Gansu Province(No.22JR5RA129);the 2022 Major Scientific Research Project Cultivation Program of Northwest Normal University(No.WNU-LKZD2022-04);the 2022 Northwest Normal University Graduate Research Grant Program(No.2022KYZZ-B066).
The survival and mortality of conifer trees in response to climate change,particularly drought stress,have received considerable attention.However,it is crucial to explore the growth dynamics of the same conifer speci...
Field work focused on the Kuedinskie Kluchiki locality, Perm region, Urals, Russia, which contains a rich assemblage of diverse fossil organisms including higher plants(equisetophytes, pteridosperms, ginkgophytes, con...
TZ acknowledges contribution from the China Scholarship Council(CSC);MM and JM-V received support from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation(MICINN)via competitive grant CGL2017-89149-C2-1-R;AG and JJC were supported by the FUNDIVER project of the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation(CGL2015-69186-C2-1-R).
Background:Plasticity in response to environmental drivers can help trees cope with droughts.However,our understanding of the importance of plasticity and physiological adjustments in trees under global change is limi...
Supported by State Program of the Geological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences(No.01201459177)。
The Late Triassic Nurzhanov flora is characterized on the basis of the material originated from the S.Nurzhanov-509 borehole disposed in the northern part of the Fore-Caspian depression,near the City of Atyrau,Republi...
supported by the Scientific Research Development Fund Project of Zhejiang Agriculture and Forestry University(2021LFR051);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.31870651);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(No.2015ZCQ-SW-02).
More than 600 species of conifers(phylum Pinophyta)serve as the backbone of the Earth’s terrestrial plant community and play key roles in global carbon and water cycles.Although coniferous forests account for a large...
While polyploidy(whole-genome multiplication)is generally considered rare in extant gymnosperms(with the exception of Ephedra,Ephedraceae),the occurrence of sporadic polyploid individuals belonging to various genera i...
part of an Early Intervention Strategy research project funded by Natural Resources Canada and the Healthy Forest Partnership;financed by the Fonds de Recherche du Québec (FQRNT) program;Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Discovery Grant
Spruce budworm (SBW) outbreaks are one of the most devastating natural disturbances in spruce-balsam fir forests of eastern North America. Both early intervention strategy (EIS) and foliage protection strategy (FP) ar...
funded by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2016YFA0600802);Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences of Chinese Academy of Sciences(QYZDB-SSW-DQC002);K.C.Wong Education Foundation(GJTD-2018-07);Liaoning Vitalization Talents Program(XLYC1902016);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(41773094,41811530305,31901134,41571455,and 31770498);the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDA23070103);Scientific Research Foundation of the Educational Department of Liaoning Province(L201908).
Background:Conifers partition different N forms from soil,including ammonium,nitrate,and dissolved organic N(DON),to sustain plant growth.Previous studies focused on inorganic N sources and specific amino acid forms u...
This work was supported fi nancially by the Heilongjiang Province Applied Technology Research and Development Program Key Project(GA19B201),National Natural Science Foundation of China(31971649);Provincial Funding for National Key Research and Development Program of China in Heilongjiang Province(GX18B041);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(2572019CP08);the Heilongjiang Touyan Innovation Team Program(Technology Development Team for High-effi cient Silviculture of Forest Resources).
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions is one of the major challenges in combating global warming.Carbon,including in the form of carbon dioxide(CO_(2)),is considered an essential greenhouse gas under human control to demo...
by Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Discovery grants to Q.L.Dang(Project No.203198-2013-RGPIN);Lakehead University Graduate Assistantships to J.Marfo.
Aims Black spruce(Picea mariana[Mill.]B.S.P.)and white spruce(Picea glauca[Moench]Voss.)are congeneric species.Both are moderately shade tolerant and widely distributed across North American boreal forests.Methods To ...