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under climate change Dynamics and regulations of ecosystem light use efficiency in a broad-leaved Korean pine mixed forest, Changbai Mountain Responses of photosynthesis and growth to weak light regime in four legume species Comparison of physiological and leaf morphological traits for photosynthesis of the 51 plant species in the Maqu alpine swamp meadow Optimization and evaluation of vegetation photosynthesis and respiration model using the measurements collected from the forest site of subtropical coniferous-evergreen Community succession and photosynthetic physiological characteristics of pasture plants in a sub-alpine meadow in Gannan, China Ecological studies on bamboo expansion: process, consequence and mechanism Comparison of phosphorus uptake and accumulation capacity among three plant species Growth responses of broad-leaf and Korean pine mixed forests at different successional stages to climate change in the Shengshan Nature Reserve of Heilongjiang Province, China Advances in ecological studies of epiphytes using canopy cranes Characteristics of stump stock and decomposition in Pinus massoniana plantation Response of vegetation and soil carbon accumulation rate for China’s mature forest on climate change Eco-physiological responses of linseed (Linum usitatissimum) to salt and alkali stresses Effects of elevated CO2 concentration on root and needle anatomy and physiological functions in Pinus koraiensis seedlings Vegetation change and its response to climate change in Central Asia from 1982 to 2012 Potential Effects of Climate Change on the Distribution of Six Desert Plants in China Role of Cytosolic Ions in Stomatal Movement Carbon Storage of Forest Vegetation in Chizhou of Anhui Province Comparative Analysis of Growth Types and Reproductive Characteristics of Mikania micrantha Morphological and Anatomical Features of Root Sucker Propagation of Populus pruinosa Cloning and Expression of a Gene Encoding a Raffinose Synthase in the Resurrection Plant Boea 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(Annonaceae): Morphological and molecular phylogenetic support for a new genus, Wangia Functional and evolutionary analyses of Primulina heterotricha CYC1C gene in tobacco and Arabidopsis transformation systems Plant diversity and floristic characters of the alpine subnival belt flora in the Hengduan Mountains, SW China Floral ontogeny of Pedicularis (Orobanchaceae), with an emphasis on the corolla upper lip Highly efficient pollination by bumblebees ensures seed production in Pedicularis lachnoglossa (Orobanchaceae), an early-flowering Himalayan plant Molecular cytogenetics studies in Reichardia tingetana: Physical mapping of heterochromatin, telomere repeats, and 5S and 45S rDNA by 4′, 6-diamidino-2-phenylindole and fluorescence in situ hybridization Chromosome counts and karyotypes in Chaetoseris and Stenoseris (Asteraceae-Cichorieae) from the Hengduan Mountains of SW China Internal valves in populations of Meridion circulare from the A’er Mountain region of northeastern China: 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