It is generally thought that biological nitrogen (N) fixation is energetically expensive and facultative N fixers reduce N fixation rates while obligate N fixers are excluded as soil N becomes rich. However, this view contradicts the observation that N fixation does not decline in many terre...

In recent decades, nitrogen deposition has exerted a substantial impact on biogeochemical cycles of terrestrial ecosystems across the globe. While phosphorus is a vital macronutrient necessary for all organisms, it assumes a crucial role in physiological processes associated with protein and gene...

The orchid genus Pholidota Lindl. ex Hook. consists of approximately 30 species widely occurs in tropical and subtropical Asia, with 15 species recorded from China. It is of great economic and medicinal impor-tance. Several species of this genus have been commonly used as traditional medicine for...

　　The latest issue of Global Change Biology published a work titled “Satellite-based evidence highlights a considerable increase of urban tree cooling benefits from 2000 to 2015” which is leaded by Prof. Donghai Wu in South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Prof. Xiang ...

　　On the occasion of the first anniversary of the establishment of the South China National Botanical Garden approved by the State Council, T《rends in Plant Science》published an article online titled "The role of National Botanical Gardens to benefit sustainable development". Prof Ren Hai o...