Rapid climatic changes and increasing human influence at high elevations around the world
will have profound impacts on mountain biodiversity. However, forecasts from statistical …

Classic research on elevational gradients in plant–herbivore interactions holds that insect
herbivore pressure is stronger under warmer, less seasonal climates characteristic of low …

Agriculture and the exploitation of natural resources have transformed tropical mountain
ecosystems across the world, and the consequences of these transformations for …

Global change is altering species distributions and thus interactions among organisms.
Organisms live in concert with thousands of other species, some beneficial, some …

Slope aspect plays a critical role in influencing vegetation pattern in semiarid area. The dry
valleys of the Hengduan Mountains Region, southwestern China, are striking geographical …

Bacteria and fungi drive decomposition, a fundamental process in the carbon cycle, yet the
importance of microbial community composition for decomposition remains elusive. Here …

Alt'itudinal gradients strongly affect plant biodiversity, but the effects on microbial patterns
remain unclear, especially in the large scale. We therefore designed an altitudinal gradient …

Soil microbes are directly involved in soil organic carbon (SOC) decomposition, yet the
importance of microbial biodiversity in regulating the temperature sensitivity of SOC …

Temperature is a primary driver of the distribution of biodiversity as well as of ecosystem
boundaries,. Declining temperature with increasing elevation in montane systems has long …

To cope with environmental challenges, plants produce a wide diversity of phytochemicals,
which are also the source of numerous medicines. Despite decades of research in chemical …