Compound-leaved tree species usually have higher productivity compared with simple-leaved species. That is because trees with compound-leaves generally have higher water transfer efficiency, and th...

The researchers investigated the habitat and vegetation characteristics in 24 bare sandy patches with areas ranging from 19 to 898 m2.

The researchers extracted tree-ring information and quantified xylem hydraulics characteristics of Larix olgensis and Pinus koraiensis, two major tree species in Northeast China, along an altitude ...

Prof. Hao Guangyou, assistant researcher Li Mingyong and doctoral student Duan Chunyang from the Plant Physiology and Ecology Group of the Institute of Applied Ecology of the Chinese Academy of Sci...

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 ...