Expeditionplus: The application of a gridded system in the integration of multidimensional environmental factors
July 2025
The study of plant diversity is often hindered by the challenge of integrating data from different sources and different data types. A standardized data system would facilitate detailed exploration...
Global invasive alien plant management lists: Assessing current practices and adapting to new demands
July 2025
Invasive alien species (IAS) significantly threaten global biodiversity and ecosystem stability. Despite increasing management efforts, a critical knowledge gap existed in understanding commonalities...
The effects of the invasive plants on soil nematodes vary with the duration of elevated CO2 treatment
July 2025
Exotic plant invasions and increased atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration have been determined to independently affect soil nematodes, a key component of soil biota. However, little is known...
Ultrastructural and thermal analyses reveal novel insights into low-temperature survival mechanisms of hydrated seeds of Poaceae species from alpine regions
July 2025
Global warming leads to snow cover loss in the alpine ecosystem, exposing seeds to extreme diurnal temperature fluctuations during the growing season. The risk of freezing increases as seeds have increased...
Genome analyses provide insights into Engelhardia’s adaptation to East Asia summer monsoon
Available online 25 July 2025
Genetic information has been instrumental in elucidating the relationship between the East Asian Summer Monsoon (EASM) and subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forests (EBLFs). However, how the genomic...
Diversification rates in large-scale moss assemblages along latitudinal and climatic gradients across the world
Available online 18 July 2025
Species richness in any area results from the interplay of the processes of speciation, extinction, and dispersal. The relationships between species richness and climate should be considered as an outcome...
Climate warming shortens the time interval between stem-girth and wood biomass production in twelve temperate tree species
Available online 17 July 2025
Climate warming is reshaping the phenology of plants in recent decades, with potential implications for forest productivity, carbon sequestration, and ecosystem functioning. While the effects of warming...
Boechera or not? Genomic insights and taxonomic reassessment of the misclassified Asian species B. calcarea (Brassicaceae)
Available online 10 July 2025
The genus Boechera (Brassicaceae) serves as a model system for studying apomictic reproduction and ecological adaptations, with most species occurring in North America. The rare occurrence of Boechera...
Unraveling the evolutionary complexity of Lycoris: Insights into chromosomal variation, genome size, and phylogenetic relationships
Available online 5 July 2025
Hybridization and polyploidy are key drivers of species diversity and genome variation in Lycoris, but their cytological and evolutionary consequences remain poorly understood. Here, we investigated...
We are not all the same: The role of intrapopulation trait variability in shaping functional strategy and performance of widespread species
Available online 30 June 2025
Functional traits influence plant performance and adaptability to environmental changes, as environments select optimal phenotypes, leading to diverse functional strategies. While trait-based studies...
Stage-dependent shifts in native and invasive traits mediate community invasibility in subtropical urban ecosystems
Available online 24 June 2025
Biological invasions threaten biodiversity and ecosystem stability through stage-dependent functional trait mediation. However, the mechanistic linkages between invasion intensity and multidimensional...
Genomic and population genomic analyses reveal contrasting diversity and demographic histories in a critically endangered and a widespread Oreocharis species
Available online 24 June 2025
Preserving genetic diversity is crucial for the long-term survival of wild plant species, yet many remain at risk of genetic erosion due to small population sizes and habitat fragmentation. Here, we...
Role of plant litter in maintaining the stability of grassland ecological in extreme rainfall
Available online 20 June 2025
Extreme climate scenarios threaten the ecological stability of grassland ecosystems. One common grasslands management approach that has a profound influence on both plant community structure and ecosystem...
Evaluating the relative importance of phylogeny and predictors in phylogenetic generalized linear models using the phylolm.hp R package
Available online 12 June 2025
Comparative analyses in ecology and evolution often face the challenge of controlling for the effects of shared ancestry (phylogeny) from those of ecological or trait-based predictors on species traits....
Biogeographic affinity partly shapes woody plant diversity along an elevational gradient in subtropical forests
Available online 12 June 2025
The ecological and evolutionary mechanisms underlying montane biodiversity patterns remain unresolved. To understand which factors determined community assembly rules in mountains, biogeographic affinity...
Genomic diversity at the Glu-D1 locus in Aegilops tauschii reveals the origin of elite high-molecular-weight glutenin genes in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum)
Available online 11 June 2025
The Glu-D1 locus of the Aegilops tauschii genome carries two high-molecular-weight glutenin genes, Dx and Dy, that are essential for viscoelastic properties of bread wheat dough, contributing to its...
Climatic adaptation and phylogenetic history shape the intra-specific variation of CSR strategies in a widespread grass
Available online 10 June 2025
The competitor, stress tolerator, and ruderal strategy (CSR) framework has been widely applied to explain ecological processes across species. However, its utility in revealing intra-specific trade-offs...
Co-invasion of three invasive alien plants increases plant taxonomic diversity and community invasibility
Available online 5 June 2025
Alien species from the Asteraceae family frequently invade native plant communities. This study aims to determine how the number of Asteraceae species (i.e., Erigeron canadensis, E. annuus, and Solidago...
Unraveling the invasion patterns of Galinsoga quadriradiata in mountain ranges: Insights from human activities, phenotypic and genetic variations
Available online 4 June 2025
Prevention of biological invasion requires understanding how alien species invade native communities. Although studies have identified mechanisms that underlie plant invasion in some habitats, limited...
Impacts of road networks on the geography of floristic collections in China
May 2025
Biological collections are critical for the understanding of species distributions and for formulating biodiversity conservation strategies. However, biological collections are susceptible to various...
Plant use of water across soil depths regulates species dominance under nitrogen addition
May 2025
The primary mechanism driving plant species loss after nitrogen (N) addition has been often hypothesized to be asymmetric competition for light, resulting from increased aboveground biomass. However,...
Pollination niche shifts in sympatric globular cacti Eriosyce: Consequences on reproductive isolation and species formation
May 2025
Pollination niches, which encompass the factors influencing pollen exchange among angiosperms, are fundamental to understanding reproductive success and the intricate eco-evolutionary dynamics of plants....
Jasmonic acid and salicylic acid transcriptionally regulate CuRe1 in cultivated tomato to activate resistance to parasitization by dodder Cuscuta australis
May 2025
The parasitic dodder (Cuscuta, Convolvulaceae) species have wide ranges of hosts. However, some plants, including the cultivated tomato (Solanum lycopersicum), have different degrees of resistance to...
Parallel loss of anthocyanins triggers the incipient sympatric speciation in an alpine ginger
May 2025
Change of flower color can readily lead to a shift in pollinators, potentially causing pollinator mediated reproductive isolation or even speciation. Here, we examined the ecological and evolutionary...
Global advances in phylogeny, taxonomy and biogeography of Lauraceae
May 2025
Over the past two decades, our understanding of Lauraceae, a large family of woody plants, has undergone significant advances in phylogeny, taxonomy, and biogeography. Molecular systematic studies have...