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2024-01-31Weakened increase in global near-surface water vapor pressure during the last 20 yearsThe increasing trend in global near-surface land and ocean actual water vapor pressure has weakened since the late 1990s .The near-surface actual water vapor pressure ( AVP ) strongly regulates surface vapor pressure deficit ( VPD ) , i . e . .Such weakened AVP is associated with a slowdown in oceanic evaporation ( more important ) and land surf... The increasing trend in global near-surface land and ocean actual water vapor pressure has weakened since the late 1990s, as shown in a study published in Geophysical Research Letters. This study was mainly led by Associate Prof. XU Wenfang from the South China Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.As one of the key components of ...Read More -
2024-01-12Effect of fire and post-fire management on soil microbial communities in a lower subtropical forest ecosystem after a mountain fireRelationships between the co-occurrence networks of soil bacterial ( a ) and fungal ( b ) communities and soil properties . Wildfire stands as a significant perturbation with enduring implications for terrestrial ecosystems, notably within forested domains. While fires alter forest ecosystem dynamics, post-fire management strategies ranging from natural to human-intervened artificial restoration which involves planting diverse tree species after the removal of those ...Read More -
2024-01-08Climatic drivers of litterfall production and its components in two subtropical forests in South China: A 14-year observationAn important pathway for material cycling and energy flow in forest ecosystems .Terrestrial forest ecosystems . Forest litterfall, an important indicator of forest productivity and function, is not only an important source of organic matter formation in forest soil, but also an important pathway for material cycling and energy flow in forest ecosystems. Therefore, it has always been a hot topic in forest ecology research. Against the backdrop of global cl...Read More -
2024-01-02The research on the phylogeny and biogeography of the genus BolbitisIn Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution .Sampling and the majority of Asian species are not sampled .Read More
Recently, researchers of the Plant Science Research Center in South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, together with the Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen Orchid Plant Protection Research Center, Missouri Botanical Garden, under the support of the National Natural Science Foundation, have m... -
2023-12-29Impacts of record-breaking compound heatwave and drought events in 2022 China on vegetation growth2022 summer record-breaking heatwaves and droughts on vegetation growth .Cumulative intensity , especially in the Yangtze River basin , Tibetan Plateau , and Northern China . Moreover , heatwaves often occur with concurrent droughts .Climates simultaneously in the 2022 summer . The frequency and intensity of heatwaves and droughts have increased globally in the past several decades and are likely to continue to grow with future global warming. In the summer of 2022, China experienced a series of record-breaking heatwaves and unprecedented low rainfall-induced droughts across much of China’s regions. Vegetation growth ...Read More -
2023-12-26Blue carbon gain by plant invasion in saltmarsh overcompensated carbon loss by land reclamationRevealed that the invasion of exotic cordgrass , Spartina alterniflora , greatly increased the regional blue C storage , mainly by the seaward expansion.Large implications for blue C sinks .For the detailed information , please see https : / / doi . org / 10.1007 / s44246-023 - 00070 - 4.Read More
Saltmarsh is a major contributor to global blue carbon (C) sink. However, plant invasion and anthropic activities have greatly altered its distribution and its blue C function in the last decades. We used remote sensing and data synthesis to investigate how the four decades of plant invasion and land reclamation affect the spatiotemporal va... -
2023-12-24Long-term warming increased carbon sequestration capacity in a humid subtropical forestTropical and subtropical forests play a crucial role in global carbon ( C ) pools , and their responses to warming can significantly impact C-climate feedback and predictions of future global warming .Schematic of the C cycle in tropical forests under short ( blue font ) and long-term ( red font ) warming . ？ Values in boxes are percent changes... Tropical and subtropical forests play a crucial role in global carbon (C) pools, and their responses to warming can significantly impact C-climate feedback and predictions of future global warming. Despite earth system models projecting reductions in land C storage with warming, the magnitude of this response varies greatly between models, part...Read More -
2023-12-20Blue carbon sink capacity of mangroves determined by leaves and their associated microbiomeEcosystems , play a pivotal role in global carbon capture and storage .However , the mechanisms governing microbial-mediated carbon transformation from leaves.To the blue carbon pool during mangrove afforestation remain unclear .On the blue carbon sink capacity in mangroves .Dr . Zhe Lu , an associate professor from South China Botanical Garden ... Mangroves, recognized as critical blue carbon ecosystems, play a pivotal role in global carbon capture and storage. However, the mechanisms governing microbial-mediated carbon transformation from leaves to the blue carbon pool during mangrove afforestation remain unclear. Addressing this gap, Dr. Zhe Lu, et al. investigate mangrove leaf DOM char...Read More