Research Progress

Researchers Uncover Physiological Mechanism Mediating Trade-off Between Temperate Tree Growth and...

The researchers investigated the degree of xylem embolism, the NSC content, and the growth rates of fifteen tree species from the genus Acer (maples), Betula (birches) and Populus (poplars) in the ...

How Litter Quality, Fauna, and Decomposition Site Influences Litter Decomposition

Dr. Yang Kai from the Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, under the guidance of Prof. Zhu Jiaojun, together with Yang’s colleagues Dr. Lu Deliang, Dr. Zheng Xiao, and Prof. ...

Researchers Propose New Hypothesis to Explicate Linkage between Mycorrhizal Types of Trees and Fo...

Dr. Lin Guigang of the Forestry Ecological Engineering Group of the Institute of Applied Ecology (IAE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, together with his colleagues Dr. Wang Xugao, Dr. Zeng Dehu...

Researchers Quantify Effects of Remnant Tree Abundance on Forest Landscape Recovery

They found that dispersed location and increased abundance in remnant trees significantly accelerated forest recovery. Location of remnant trees had greater effects on landscape recovery than abund...

How Functional Traits Diversified and Phylogenetically Correlated for Co‐occurring Understory Sp...

LIU Bo from Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, together with his collaborators, utilized phylogenetic comparative analysis to examine how functional traits diversified and p...