Previous studies on large‐scale patterns in plant richness and underlying mechanisms have
mostly focused on forests and mountains, while drylands covering most of the world's …

Awareness of local-scale variation in leaf traits for a single species and the relationships
between these traits and their dependence on altitude might be essential for extrapolating …

Bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis) expansion to native adjacent forests has become an
increasingly serious problem; however, expansion patterns of bamboo are still lacking …

Exploring the role of belowground bud bank in plant adaptive strategies is essential for
understanding the processes of vegetation regeneration under conditions of environmental …

The four alien farmland weeds of genus Veronica (ie V. arvensis, V. didyma, V. hederifolia
and V. persica) have successfully colonized in China, but caused different ecological …

Clonal plants play an important role in determining ecosystem properties such as community
stability, species diversity and nutrient cycling. However, relatively little information is …

Understanding the relationships among leaf and size traits and environment factors is
essential for understanding and predicting the dynamics and ecophysiological processes of …

The adaptation strategies of plants are the key scientific issues for studying the mechanism
of community formation and restoration of wetland vegetation in arid areas. But there are still …

Non-native plant invasion imposes great threats to global diversity and ecological safety,
and now is a hot-spot of ecological studies. Understanding the reproductive strategies of …

Lycophytes and ferns display dual life-history traits including a cryptogam (spore) and
spermatophyte (vascular bundle) form, which can be attributed to their specific evolutionary …