RESEARCH NEWS

• Scientists Demonstrated the Plant Trait Responses of Extreme Drought

  Researchers from Institute of Applied Ecology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences report the responses of community-level traits to long-term drought across three grasslands of northern China.

  Sep 23, 2019
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  Uptake Patterns of Glycine, Ammonium, and Nitrate Differ Among Four Common Tree Species of Northeast China

  Nitrogen (N) is a major plant nutrient that influences the productivity, composition and function of forests. Plants compete with soil microbes for soil N in the forms of inorganic and organic N. Relatively low soil nutrient concentrations, especially available nitrogen, in natural secondary forests and larch plantations in northeast China may constrain tree growth there.

  Sep 19, 2019
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  Divergent Growth Responses to Warming and Drying Climates between Native and Non Native Tree Species in Northeast China

  Climate change significantly affects forest ecosystems. However, little is known about whether non-native and native tree species show similar responses to global warming.

  Sep 06, 2019
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  Researchers Uncover Physiological Mechanisms Determining High Productivity Characteristics of Compound-Leaved Tree Species

  The vast variety of leaf morphology are important manifestation of plant functional diversity, and simple- and compound-leaf forms are prominent traits of leaf morphology of trees.

  Sep 04, 2019
• Seed Burial During Wind Dispersal

  Soil seed bank, as the basis of all vegetation processes, can provide diaspores for population maintenance and community assembly. bv

  Sep 03, 2019
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  Scientists Reveal Relationship Between Root Distribution of Mongolian Pine and Soil Moisture

  Mongolian pine is widely planted in arid and semi-arid regions, and serves as an important wind control and sand fixation species.

  Aug 29, 2019
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  Survival Strategies and Phenotypic Responses of Bud Bank Indicate Vegetation Population Regeneration

  Vegetation restoration in sand dune ecosystems has drawn increasing attention during the past few decades. Wind erosion, sand burial and water stress are the most important abiotic factors in sand dunes.

  Aug 28, 2019
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  Optimal Application of Nitrogen (N) Fertilizer Provide the Maximum Cd Removal from Contaminated Soil by Increasing Aboveground Biomass of Solanum Nigrum L

  Cd (cadmium) is one part of natural components in the Earth crust. When artificial activities intensify, it then accumulates a lot and causes soil contamination, and ultimately be absorbed through the food chain and poses a health threat to animals and humans.

  Aug 27, 2019
• Passive Uptake or Permeation: an Important Mechanism for Hg-methylating Organism to Take up Hg(II)

  Methylmercury (MeHg) can be bioaccumulated and biomagnified at high levels in food webs, particularly in fish and rice, and is thus a significant threat to human health and the environment.

  Jul 19, 2019
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  Researchers Establish a Cost-saving and Time-saving Method for the Effective Removal of As from As-rich Acid Mine Drainage (AMD)

  AMD with high concentrations of dissolved arsenic originated from mining of metallic sulfide ore deposits has been recognized as a major threat for water environment.

  Jul 18, 2019