Distribution, species richness, and relative importance of different plant life forms across drylands in China
Available online 18 September 2024
Studies on plant diversity are usually based on the total number of species in a community. However, few studies have examined species richness (SR) of different plant life forms in a community along...
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Resistance of plant diversity to road disturbance: Evidence from the Tibetan Plateau
Available online 15 September 2024
The expansion of road networks in recent decades has drawn considerable attention due to its impact on biodiversity in high-altitude ecosystems. Here, we conducted a comprehensive field survey to investigate...
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Backbone phylogeny of Salix based on genome skimming data
Available online 12 September 2024
The genus Salix is a common component of the Northern Hemisphere dendroflora with important ecological and economic value. However, taxonomy and systematics of Salix is extremely difficult and relationships...
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An online version and some updates of R package U.Taxonstand for standardizing scientific names in plant and animal species
Available online 12 September 2024
•We present ‘U.Taxonstand Online’, a user-friendly web application for scientific name matching of both plants and animals.•U.Taxonstand Online provides a solution for the users with limited abilities...
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Habitat fragmentation differentially affects invasive and native plant diversity in a human-dominated wetland island system
Available online 10 September 2024
Managing invasive species requires identifying the factors that determine alien species invasion success. This study investigates how anthropogenic and biogeographical factors influence alien plant...
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Diversity of Symplocos (Symplocaceae, Ericales) at low latitudes in Asia during late Oligocene and Miocene
Available online 7 September 2024
•Three types of Symplocos from the late Oligocene and Miocene of Guangxi showcase the diversity of Symplocos during this time.•Earliest Asian megafossils of Symplocos are from the late Oligocene of...
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Grazing management can achieve the reconfiguration of vegetation to combat climate impacts and promote soil carbon sequestration
Available online 6 September 2024
Climate and grazing have a significant effect on vegetation structure and soil organic carbon (SOC) distribution, particularly in mountain ecosystems that are highly susceptible to climate change. However,...
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The Indo-Burma biodiversity hotspot for ferns: Updated phylogeny, hidden diversity, and biogeography of the java fern genus Leptochilus (Polypodiaceae)
Available online 3 September 2024
The Indo-Burma Biodiversity Hotspot is renowned for its rich biodiversity, including that of vascular plants. However, the fern diversity and its endemism in this hotspot have not been well understood...
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Global patterns of taxonomic and phylogenetic endemism in liverwort assemblages
Available online 27 August 2024
Exploring the worldwide patterns of endemism and the processes that lead to the formation of high-endemism centers is crucial in biogeography. This study examines the geographic distribution and ecological...
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Canopy structural heterogeneity drives α and β species–genetic diversity correlations in a Chinese subtropical forest
Available online 20 August 2024
Patterns and drivers of species–genetic diversity correlations (SGDCs) have been broadly examined across taxa and ecosystems and greatly deepen our understanding of how biodiversity is maintained. However,...
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Drought tolerance traits explain differential stem growth rates of evergreen and deciduous trees in a tropical karst forest
Available online 7 August 2024
The karst forest in southwestern China is characterized by thin soil layers, numerous fissures and holes, resulting in low soil water availability and poor water retention, making it challenging for...
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Leaf nitrogen and phosphorus are more sensitive to environmental factors in dicots than in monocots, globally
Available online 5 August 2024
Leaf nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) levels provide critical strategies for plant adaptions to changing environments. However, it is unclear whether leaf N and P levels of different plant functional...
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Climate-driven environmental filtering determines hump-shaped elevational pattern of seed plant beta diversity in the central Himalayas
Available online 2 August 2024
Understanding how and why assemblage dissimilarity changes along spatial gradient is a great challenge in ecology, because answers to these questions depend on the analytical types, dimensions, and...
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Evaluating the relative importance of predictors in Generalized Additive Models using the gam.hp R package
July 2024
Generalized Additive Models (GAMs) are widely employed in ecological research, serving as a powerful tool for ecologists to explore complex nonlinear relationships between a response variable and predictors....
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The mid-domain effect in flowering phenology
July 2024
The timing of flowering is an important driver of species distribution and community assembly patterns. However, we still have much to learn about the factors that shape flowering diversity (i.e., number...
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Strong evidence for latitudinal diversity gradient in mosses across the world
July 2024
Species richness generally decreases with increasing latitude, a biodiversity gradient that has long been considered as one of the few laws in ecology. This latitudinal diversity gradient has been observed...
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Progress in systematics and biogeography of Orchidaceae
July 2024
Orchidaceae are one of the largest families of angiosperms in terms of species richness. In the last decade, numerous studies have delved into reconstructing the phylogenetic framework of Orchidaceae,...
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Aboveground biomass stocks of species-rich natural forests in southern China are influenced by stand structural attributes, species richness and precipitation
July 2024
Forests, the largest terrestrial carbon sinks, play an important role in carbon sequestration and climate change mitigation. Although forest attributes and environmental factors have been shown to impact...
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Origin and evolution of a new tetraploid mangrove species in an intertidal zone
July 2024
Polyploidy is a major factor in the evolution of plants, yet we know little about the origin and evolution of polyploidy in intertidal species. This study aimed to identify the evolutionary transitions...
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Increased dependence on nitrogen-fixation of a native legume in competition with an invasive plant
July 2024
Suppression of roots and/or their symbiotic microorganisms, such as mycorrhizal fungi and rhizobia, is an effective way for alien plants to outcompete native plants. However, little is known about how...
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Comparative analysis shows high level of lineage sorting in genomic regions with low recombination in the extended Picea likiangensis species complex
July 2024
•Phylogenomic analysis uncovers widespread discordance in the extended Picea likiangensis complex.•Introgression (54.99%) and incomplete lineage sorting (ILS; 33.12%) are key drivers of this incongruity.•Recombination...
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Salicylic acid positively regulates maize defenses against lepidopteran insects
July 2024
In response to insect attack, plants use intricate signaling pathways, including phytohormones, such as jasmonate (JA), ethylene (ET), and salicylic acid (SA), to activate defenses. Maize (Zea mays)...
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Plastid phylogenomics provides new insights into the systematics, diversification, and biogeography of Cymbidium (Orchidaceae)
July 2024
Cymbidium (Orchidaceae: Epidendroideae), with around 60 species, is widely-distributed across Southeast Asia, providing a nice system for studying the processes that underlie patterns of biodiversity...
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Woody plant taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity decrease along elevational gradients in Andean tropical montane forests: Environmental filtering and arrival of temperate taxa
July 2024
Mountains are paramount for exploring biodiversity patterns due to the mosaic of topographies and climates encompassed over short distances. Biodiversity research has traditionally focused on taxonomic...
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A new infrageneric classification of Gastrochilus (Orchidaceae: Epidendroideae) based on molecular and morphological data
July 2024
Gastrochilus is an orchid genus containing 73 species of mainly epiphytic on trees or rocks in mountain forests of tropical and subtropical Asia. Previous phylogenetic analyses and morphological assessments...
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