Phytochemical investigation of the pericarp of Toona sinensis (A. Juss.) Roem (Meliaceae) led to the isolation and identification of 33 compounds, namely, 7 apotirucallane-type triterpenoids (1-7), 2 cycloartane-type triterpenoids (8-9), 5 sterols (10-14), 2 sesquiterpenes (15-16), 2 lignans...

A foundational assumption of trait-based ecology is that individual performances should be predicted by its functional traits. However, the trait-performance relationships reported in literature were typically weak, probably due to the ignorance of interactions between traits and environments,...

Variations in precipitation patterns under climate changes influence water availability, which has important implications for plants' water use and the sustainability of vegetation. However, the water uptake patterns of the main forest species under different temporal spatial conditions of water...

Phylogenetic and functional diversities and their relationship are important for understanding community assembly, which relates to forest sustainability. Thus, both diversities have been used in ecological studies evaluating community responses to environmental changes. However, it is unclear...

Populus ussuriensis Kom. is one of the most important tree species for forest renewal in the eastern mountainous areas of Northeast China due to its fast growth, high yield, and significant commercial and ecological value. The selection of optimal reference genes for the normalization of qRT-PCR...

Objective: The affinity and genetic diversity of the collected Bauhinia variegata germplasm resources were analyzed. Method: 15 B. variegata individuals were systematically studied by ISSR-PCR method. [Result] A total of 150 clear loci were obtained in the ISSR experiment, of which 145 loci were...

Abies ernestii Rehder is endemic to the montane regions of Southwest China. Till now, phylogenetic relationships between A. ernestii and other closely related species remain unclear. In this study, we first characterized the complete chloroplast (cp) genome of A. ernestii. The whole cp genome was...

Efficient water transport inside leaves constitutes a major determinant of plant function, especially in drought-stressed plants. The previous research have reported the correlation between leaf hydraulic properties and water availability. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that water relation ...

Objective: In this paper, the effects of different fertilization rates and models of nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) on photosynthetic characteristics, organic compound content and enzyme activities in leaves, and nutrients of Phoebe bournei seedlings were investigated, to reveal the ...

Water use efficiency (WUE), which integrates ecosystem carbon and water cycles, is an important index for evaluating ecosystem sensitivity to climate change. Based on MODIS remote sensing data and meteorological data, this paper quantitatively studied the variation in seasonal vegetation WUE in the ...