A5081483909- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Plant responses to water stress
- Tree-ring climate responses
- Irrigation Practices and Water Management
- Plant Diversity and Evolution
- Plant and animal studies
- Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Firm Innovation and Growth
- Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
- Plant Ecology and Soil Science
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Pasture and Agricultural Systems
- Plant responses to elevated CO2
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Evolution and Paleontology Studies
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Ecosystem dynamics and resilience
- Economic Growth and Productivity
- Global trade and economics
South China Botanical Garden
2018-2025
Chinese Academy of Forestry
2021-2025
Research Institute of Tropical Forestry
2021-2025
University of Leeds
2025
Zhongnan University of Economics and Law
2023
University of Arizona
2022
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
2018-2019
Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography
2015-2018
Chinese Academy of Sciences
2015-2018
Global warming could increase leaf transpiration and soil evaporation, which can potentially cause water deficit to plants. As valves, stomata control plant loss carbon gain, particularly under stress conditions. To investigate the responses of elevated temperature in Schima superba Syzygium rehderianum, two co-occurring subtropical forest dominant tree species, functional traits related gas exchange, stomatal anatomy, drought resistance were measured environment (ca. 2°C higher). We found...
Stem xylem-specific hydraulic conductivity (KS ) represents the potential for plant water transport normalized by xylem cross section, length, and driving force. Variation in KS has implications transpiration photosynthesis, growth survival, also geographic distribution of species. Clarifying global-scale patterns its major drivers is needed to achieve a better understanding how plants adapt different environmental conditions, particularly under climate change scenarios. Here, we compiled...
Abstract Modern ferns diversified simultaneously with the rise of angiosperms. This pattern is arguably consequence ecological opportunities presented by shady and moist habitats that emerged advent angiosperm‐dominated habitats. hypothesis was tested applying phylogenetic comparative methods investigated role shaded in fern diversification across 1397 species from 37 families. Our results showed a significant positive correlation between occupancy rates phylogeny compared to those open high...
Abstract Studies on diversity-biomass relationships (DBRs) provide insights into the mechanisms underlying ecosystem functioning and services. While manipulative experiments indicate that both functional diversity dominance influence biomass, with often becoming stronger predictor over time, their relative contributions during natural forest succession remain unclear. Here, we analyzed tree data from 2010 to 2020 across early, middle late successional forests in subtropical China investigate...
Life history and photosynthetic type both affect the economics of leaf physiological function. Annual plants have lower tissue densities resource-use efficiencies than perennials, while C4 photosynthesis, facilitated in grasses by specific changes anatomy, improves efficiency water-use efficiency, especially hot climates. This study aimed to determine whether photosynthesis affects differences functional traits between annual perennial species. We measured 26 characterised niche descriptors...
Summary In theory, there is a trade‐off between hydraulic efficiency and safety. However, the strength direction of this at leaf level are not consistent across studies, habitat climate may impact trade‐off. We compiled safety dataset for 362 species from 81 sites world‐wide, with 280 paired observations both traits, tested whether was associated departure proposed The efficiency–safety weak ( R 2 = 0.144) global scale. Mean annual precipitation solar radiation (SR) modified Species dry high...
Understanding how plants respond to thermal stress is central predicting plant responses and community dynamics in natural ecosystems under projected scenarios of climate change. Although physiological tolerance suggested evolve slower than climatic niches, this comparison remains be addressed using a phylogenetic comparative approach. In study, we compared i) the evolutionary rates extreme temperatures with ii) corresponding niche across three major vascular groups. We further accounted for...
Elucidating the effects of atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition on photosynthetic capacity plants is critical to understand forest growth and conservation under global change. However, studies this topic generally consider only understory N addition, which ignores effect canopy interception. In study, we conducted a field experiment in subtropical compare vs. addition rate species. We found that enhanced species by increasing leaf hydraulic conductivity shortening distance CO2 transportation....
In riparian zones along the Tarim River in northeastern China, co-dominance by Populus euphratica and Tamarix ramosissima at early succession stage shifts to P. dominance late stages. However, little is known about how this shift mediated highly variable water conditions zones. Here we conducted a mesocosm experiment which measured physiological morphological traits of these two co-occuring species grown mixtures under simulated favorable groundwater condition no availability. Results...
A major goal of ecology and evolutionary biology is to explain geographic patterns species richness. Richness often correlated with climatic variables. However, the processes underlying these climate-diversity relationships remain poorly understood. Two potential hypotheses involve: (i) faster diversification rates (speciation minus extinction) in high-richness climates (ii) earlier colonization climates, allowing more time for speciation build up Few studies have tested directly, most...
Abstract Diversification rates are critically important for understanding patterns of species richness among clades. However, the effects climatic niche width on plant diversification remain to be elucidated. Based phylogenetic, climatic, and distributional information angiosperms in China, a total 26 906 from 182 families were included this study. We aimed test relationships between rate related variables (including divergence, position, geographic extent, evolutionary rate) using...
Understanding the successional process from a disturbed forest to mature is essential for species recovery and conservation initiatives. The resource acquisition drought tolerance of plants can be instructive predictions abundance distribution different forests. However, they have not been adequately tested at stages in karst regions. Here, we selected seven dominant an early-succession 17 late-succession region southwestern China. Resource acquisition-related traits such as hydraulic...
Abstract Leaf water storage capacity and osmotic strength are important traits enabling species to adapt environments that often moisture limited. However, whether these drought tolerance correlated with the diversification rate (DR) of plant lineages is yet be determined. In this study, we selected a species‐rich genus ( Primulina ) plants widely distributed in karst regions which frequently experience variable periods drought. We measured capacity‐related (including leaf thickness content...