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NICHE LIMITATION METHANE EMISSION FROM FORESTED SWAMPS IN XIAOXING’AN MOUNTAINS, NORTHEASTERN CHINA PATTERN ANALYSIS OF INTER-SPECIFIC RELATIONSHIPS IN FOUR ARID COMMUNITIES IN SAND LAKE, NINGXIA HUI AUTONOMOUS REGION, CHINA RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN PHENOLOGY OF 18 TREE SPECIES AND AIR TEMPERATURE CHANGE IN THE MINQIN DESERT AREA OF CHINA PATERNITY ANALYSIS OF OPEN- AND CONTROL-POLLINATED SEEDS COLLECTED FROM A SEED ORCHARD OF PINUS TABULAEFORMIS SPATIAL-TEMPORAL PATTERNS OF NET PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY FOR 1988–2004 BASED ON GLOPEM-CEVSA MODEL IN THE “THREE-RIVER HEADWATERS” REGION OF QINGHAI PROVINCE, CHINA Rhizospheric soil of seedlings of Elaeagnus mollis colonized by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi Nutrient accumulation and allocation of aboveground parts in Quercus acutissima plantations under two site conditions in Anhui, China Does urban land use decrease carbon sequestration? —A case study in Taizhou, China Responses and regulation of canopy microclimate on formation spike from tillers of two types of wheat Effects of post-anthesis irrigation on degree of polymerization of storage protein and rheological properties in wheat Short-term gas exchange responses of Betula utilis to simulated global warming in a timberline ecotone, eastern Tibetan Plateau, China Adaptive regulation in reproductive strategy of two bunchgrasses under mowing disturbance in Inner Mongolia grassland Spatial patterns of Castanopsis eyrei and Schima superba in mid-subtropical broadleaved evergreen forest in Gutianshan National Reserve, China Growing season sap-flow dynamics of Robinia pseudoacacia plantation in the semi-arid region of Loess Plateau, China Seasonal differences in leaf carbon isotope composition among landscaping species of different life forms in Beijing, China Difference in δ13C and gas exchange parameters among Populus tomentosa clones Differences in leaf mass per area, photosynthetic pigments and δ13C by orientation and crown position in five greening tree species Effects of microenvironmental factors on rooting of Juniperus scopulorum cuttings Effect of high temperature on leaf senescence and related enzymes of grain starch synthesis in stay-green wheat after anthesis Effect of accumulated temperature on seed germination—a case study of 12 Compositae species on the eastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau of China Effects of solar UV-B radiation on the efficiency of PSII photochemistry in the alpine plant Saussurea superba under different weather conditions in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau of China Temporal and spatial patterns of soil respiration in subtropical forests of eastern China Adaptive strategies of dimorphic seeds of the desert halophyte Suaeda corniculata in saline habitat Seed dormancy release and soil seed bank of three arid desert plants under burial conditions Characteristics of the soil seed banks and relationships with the vegetation in restored wetlands in Sanjiang Plain, northeast of China Will competitiveness of resulting plants of persistent soil seed bank decline? 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surface soil particles around nebkhas in the Gobi Desert Physiological responses to drought stress and the emission of induced volatile organic compounds in Rosmarinus officinalis Antioxidant defense and photosynthesis for non-indigenous mangrove species Sonneratia apetala and Laguncularia racemosa under NaCl stress Influence of leaf size of plant on leaf transpiration and temperature in arid regions Biomass allocation and leaf stoichiometric characteristics in four desert herbaceous plants during different growth periods in the Gurbantünggüt Desert, China Assembly patterns of plant functional traits in alpine meadow under disturbances by mowing and fertilization Comparison of adaptive strategies to phosphorus-deficient soil between dominant species Artemisia frigida and Stipa krylovii in typical steppe of Nei Mongol Responses of photosynthetic characteristics to low temperature stress and recovery treatment in cotton seedling leaves Effects of extracellular ATP on the characteristics of photochemical reaction in bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) leaves under different light intensities Mechanisms of rhizosphere priming effects and their ecological significance Effects of fungal endophyte infection on soil properties and microbial communities in the host grass habitat Analysis of soil respiration and components in Castanopsis carlesii and Cunninghamia lanceolata plantations Characteristics of soil seed banks and their relationships with aboveground vegetation in ditches in the Sanjiang Plain A review of new research progress on the vulnerability of xylem embolism of woody plants Effects of understory removal on soil respiration and microbial community composition structure in a Chinese fir plantation Leaf carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus stoichiometry at different growth stages in dominant tree species of a monsoon broad-leaved evergreen forest in Pu’er, Yunnan Province, China Responses of the competition between Alternanthera philoxeroides and Sambucus chinensis to simulated warming Pollination ecology of alpine herb Meconopsis integrifolia at different altitudes A review of research on responses of leaf traits to climate change Photosynthesis Inhibition of Two Varieties of Quercus aliena in Salt Stress Photosynthesis Characteristic, Yield and Fiber Quality of Insect-resistant Hybrid Cotton with Different Potassium Application Types Mechanism of Repairation of He-Ne Laser Irradiation on "Root-bending" in Wheat Seedling Induced by Enhanced Ultraviolet-B Effects of Rifampicin on Rice ROS Metabolism with Salt Stress Colonization and Conduction Dynamics of Endophytic Antagonistic Bacteria in Hami Melon Plants and Their Effects on Plant Growth-promoting The Relationships between Diversity of Dynamic Changes about Wheat Canopy Temperature and Source-sink Activity in Filling Stage Diurnal Variation of Invertase Activities and Sugar Content in Tomato Leaves Isolation and Characterization of Watermelon Partial cDNA Ecoding Phytoene Synthase Gene Effects of Sulphur Application on Characteristics of Grain Filling and Grain Yield of Winter Wheat Cultivar ‘Yumai 50‘ Crude Toxin Isolated from Verturia noshicola on Physiological Charateristics of in vitro Leaves of Susceptible and Resistant Pear Quantitative Determination of Avermectins Residue in Polygonatum sibiricum Decreasing Lipid in Serum with Extracts from Cichorium intybus Roots and Inulin The Triterpenes in Salvia umbratica Sampling Strategy for Genetic Diversity and Genetic Relationship of Relative Species Influence of Light on Growth Characteristics and PAP Gene Expression of Hairy Roots Induced from Phytolacca americana Effects of Water-stress on Osmoregulation Substances and Chlorophyll Fluorescent Parameter for Forage Grass Effects of Sulfur Application on Carbon and Nitrogen Transport and Grain Yield of High Yield Wheat Cultivars in Different Nitrogen Fertilizer Levels Effects of Seed-soaking with Exogenous Ca2+ on Seed Germination and Seedling Growth and Biochemical 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