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Tie L, Lang Z, Deng L, Junqiang Z. Studies on macrofungi diversity and discovery of new species of Abortiporus from Baotianman World Biosphere Reserve. Open Life Sci 2023; 18:20220614. [PMID: 37250844 PMCID: PMC10224618 DOI: 10.1515/biol-2022-0614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2023] [Revised: 03/25/2023] [Accepted: 04/12/2023] [Indexed: 05/31/2023] Open
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This research focuses on macrofungi in Baotianman Biosphere Reserve and their relationships with plant ecosystems. The findings demonstrate the reserve's macrofungal resources. The study collected 832 specimens, among which 351 macrofungi species were identified, belonging to six classes, 19 orders, 54 familiae, and 124 genera, and one new species of Abortiporus was found. Among them, 11 familiae with a total of 231 species were dominated, accounting for 20.37% of the total number of familiae and 65.81% of the total number of species; 14 genera with a total of 147 species were dominated, accounting for about 11.38% the total number of genera and 41.88% of the total number of species. The richness of macrofungi at the species level was considerably different across the four vegetation types in the reserve, showing that the vegetation types had a bigger influence on macrofungi. In the evaluation of macrofungal resources, a total of 196 species of edible fungi, 121 species of medicinal fungi, 52 species of poisonous fungi, and 37 species of macrofungi with unclear economic value were counted. Abortiporus baotianmanensis is a new species of podoscyphaceae in the genus Abortiporus. The new species display the reserve's richness. Next, the project seeks to generate and conserve macrofungal resources.
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- Lu Tie
- College of Life Science and Engineering, Henan University of Urban Construction, Pingdingshan, 467036, PR China
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- Zhengzhou Foreign Language School, Zhengzhou, 452470, PR China
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- College of Life Science and Engineering, Henan University of Urban Construction, Pingdingshan, 467036, PR China
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- Xuchang Customs of the People’s Republic of China, 461000Xuchang, Henan, China
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Chen Y, Xi J, Xiao M, Wang S, Chen W, Liu F, Shao Y, Yuan Z. Soil fungal communities show more specificity than bacteria for plant species composition in a temperate forest in China. BMC Microbiol 2022; 22:208. [PMID: 36042394 PMCID: PMC9426227 DOI: 10.1186/s12866-022-02591-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2022] [Accepted: 07/08/2022] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Background Soil microbiome is an important part of the forest ecosystem and participates in forest ecological restoration and reconstruction. Niche differentiation with respect to resources is a prominent hypothesis to account for the maintenance of species diversity in forest ecosystems. Resource-based niche differentiation has driven ecological specialization. Plants influence soil microbial diversity and distribution by affecting the soil environment. However, with the change in plant population type, whether the distribution of soil microbes is random or follows an ecologically specialized manner remains to be further studied. We characterized the soil microbiome (bacteria and fungi) in different plant populations to assess the effects of phytophysiognomy on the distribution patterns of soil microbial communities in a temperate forest in China. Results Our results showed that the distribution of most soil microbes in different types of plant populations is not random but specialized in these temperate forests. The distribution patterns of bacteria and fungi were related to the composition of plant communities. Fungal species (32%) showed higher specialization than bacterial species (15%) for different types of plant populations. Light was the main driving factor of the fungal community, and soil physicochemical factors were the main driving factor of the bacterial community. Conclusion These findings suggest that ecological specialization is important in maintaining local diversity in soil microbial communities in this forest. Fungi are more specialized than bacteria in the face of changes in plant population types. Changes in plant community composition could have important effects on soil microbial communities by potentially influencing the stability and stress resistance of forest ecosystems. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12866-022-02591-1.
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- Yun Chen
- College of Life Sciences, Henan Agricultural University, No.63 Agricultural Road, Zhengzhou, 450002, China.,Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China.,Field Scientific Observation and Research Station of Forest Ecosystem in the North-South Transition Zone of Funiu Mountain, Zhengzhou, 450000, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Henan Agricultural University, No.63 Agricultural Road, Zhengzhou, 450002, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Henan Agricultural University, No.63 Agricultural Road, Zhengzhou, 450002, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Henan Agricultural University, No.63 Agricultural Road, Zhengzhou, 450002, China
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- College of Resources and Environment Sciences, Henan Agricultural University, No.63 Agricultural Road, Zhengzhou, 450002, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Henan Agricultural University, No.63 Agricultural Road, Zhengzhou, 450002, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Henan Agricultural University, No.63 Agricultural Road, Zhengzhou, 450002, China.
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- College of Life Sciences, Henan Agricultural University, No.63 Agricultural Road, Zhengzhou, 450002, China.
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Distribution Pattern of Woody Plants in a Mountain Forest Ecosystem Influenced by Topography and Monsoons. FORESTS 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/f13060957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Many areas are affected by the monsoon because of different sea and land positions. At the same time, the blocking effect of a mountain range forms different habitats on both sides of the mountain range. However, the distribution mechanism of woody plants is unclear in mountain forest ecosystems influenced by topography and monsoons. In this study, 10 plots, each with an area of 1 hm2 (100 m × 100 m), were randomly established on the south and north aspects of a mountain forest. We examined community structure differences and distribution preferences of woody plants on both sides of the mountain. Our findings were as follows: (1) The characteristics of woody plant assemblages differed among various aspects. (2) Network analysis showed that specialization index was 0.186 and modularity index was 0.235, and the torus translation test showed that a total of 45 species were detected to be associated with at least one of the habitats (45/106, 42.45%). (3) The community stability of the south aspect was higher than that of the north aspect. Our findings suggest that the distribution of woody plants among different aspects was specialized and not random in alpine forest ecosystems. This study contributes to a clear understanding of the distribution mechanism of woody plants in mountain forest ecosystems influenced by topography and monsoons.
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Li P, Zhang J, Wang S, Zhang P, Chen W, Ding S, Xi J. Changes in the Distribution Preference of Soil Microbial Communities During Secondary Succession in a Temperate Mountain Forest. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:923346. [PMID: 35783407 PMCID: PMC9247583 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.923346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2022] [Accepted: 06/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Soil microbes play a crucial role in a forest ecosystem. However, whether the distribution of bacteria and fungi in different forest succession stages is random or following ecological specialization remains to be further studied. In the present study, we characterized soil bacterial and fungal communities to determine their distribution preference, with different succession communities in a temperate mountain forest. The Kruskal–Wallis method was used to analyze structural differences between bacterial and fungal communities in different succession processes. The specificity of soil microbial distribution in a secondary forest was studied by network analysis. The torus-translation test was used to analyze the species distribution preference of soil microbes in different succession stages. Results showed that the species composition of soil bacteria and fungi differed significantly in different succession processes. The modularity index of fungi (0.227) was higher than that of bacteria (0.080). Fungi (54.47%) had specific preferences than bacteria (49.95%) with regard to forests in different succession stages. Our work suggests that the distribution pattern of most soil microbes in a temperate mountain forest was not random but specialized in temperate mountain forests. Different microbes showed different distribution preferences. Fungi were more sensitive than bacteria during secondary succession in a temperate mountain forest. In addition, microbe–environment relations varied during secondary succession. Our results provided new insight into the mechanism through which complex soil microbial communities responded to changes in forest community succession.
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- Peikun Li
- Key Laboratory of Geospatial Technology for the Middle and Lower Yellow River Regions, Henan University, Ministry of Education, Kaifeng, China
- College of Geography and Environmental Science, Henan University, Kaifeng, China
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- Key Laboratory of Geospatial Technology for the Middle and Lower Yellow River Regions, Henan University, Ministry of Education, Kaifeng, China
- College of Geography and Environmental Science, Henan University, Kaifeng, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Geospatial Technology for the Middle and Lower Yellow River Regions, Henan University, Ministry of Education, Kaifeng, China
- College of Geography and Environmental Science, Henan University, Kaifeng, China
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- College of Resources and Environment Sciences, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Geospatial Technology for the Middle and Lower Yellow River Regions, Henan University, Ministry of Education, Kaifeng, China
- College of Geography and Environmental Science, Henan University, Kaifeng, China
- *Correspondence: Shengyan Ding,
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Ecology, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, China
- Jingjing Xi,
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Fu Q, Shao Y, Wang S, Liu F, Tian G, Chen Y, Yuan Z, Ye Y. Soil Microbial Distribution Depends on Different Types of Landscape Vegetation in Temperate Urban Forest Ecosystems. Front Ecol Evol 2022. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2022.858254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Although soil microbes play an important role in the functioning of the forest ecosystem, our understanding of the spatial distribution characteristics of soil microbes among different vegetation types in urban forest ecosystems is poor. In this study, with the help of high-throughput sequencing, we examined the vegetation type preferences of soil microbes (fungi and bacteria) and then analyzed the microbe–environment (plant community, light availability, soil properties) relations in a temperate urban forest in China. Our results showed that the soil microbial (bacterial and fungal) richness of deciduous forest was higher than that of evergreen, and mixed forests. The spatial distribution of fungi was more specialized than that of bacteria among different vegetation types. The driving forces of environmental factors on soil bacteria and fungi were different. Our findings suggest that different vegetation types favor the occurrence of different microbes, and the relationships between soil microbes and environmental factors depend on different vegetation types in this temperate urban forest. These findings shed new light on the biodiversity conservation of microbes in temperate urban forests and point to the potential importance of vegetation types for microbe formation.
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Barzegaran F, Erfanzadah R, Saber Amoli S. The effect of woody plants on the understory soil parameters is different between grazed and ungrazed areas. COMMUNITY ECOL 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s42974-022-00090-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Combining the Effects of Global Warming, Land Use Change and Dispersal Limitations to Predict the Future Distributions of East Asian Cerris Oaks (Quercus Section Cerris, Fagaceae) in China. FORESTS 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/f13030367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/10/2022]
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Species shift their ranges in response to climate change (CC). However, they may not be able to track optimal conditions as soon as possible, due to limited dispersal ability or habitat fragmentation, caused by land use and land cover change (LULC). This study aimed to explore the combined impacts of CC, LULC and dispersal limitations on the future range dynamics of Quercus acutissima Carruth., Q. variabilis Blume and Q. chenii Nakai, three dominant Cerris oak tree species in warm-temperate and subtropical deciduous forests of China. We used the Maximum Entropy (Maxent) algorithm to predict the suitable habitats for the years 2050 and 2070, under three representative concentration pathways (RCPs). Habitat fragmentation patterns were examined to assess the influence of LULC. Two migration scenarios (full- and partial-migration) were compared to evaluate the effect of dispersal limitations. We found that annual precipitation (AP), minimum temperature in the coldest month (MTCM) and temperature seasonality (TS) play a key role in determining the present distributions of Q. chenii, while AP, MTCM and annual mean temperature (AMT) contribute the most to the distribution models of Q. variabilis and Q. acutissima. For all the three species, LULC will increase the level of habitat fragmentation and lead to the loss of core areas, while limited dispersal ability will restrict the accessibility of future potentially suitable habitats. Under the scenarios of CC and LULC, the suitable areas of Q. chenii will decrease sharply, while those of Q. variabilis in South China will become unsuitable. Our findings highlight the importance of considering dispersal ability, as well as land use and land cover change, for modeling species’ range shifts in the face of global warming. Our study also provides vital information for guiding the management of East Asian Cerris oaks in China; Q. chenii should be listed as a species requiring priority protection, and the threatened habitats of Q. variabilis should be protected to buffer the impacts of CC and LULC.
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Han B, Wang L, Xian Y, Xie XM, Li WQ, Zhao Y, Zhang RG, Qin X, Li DZ, Jia KH. A chromosome-level genome assembly of the Chinese cork oak ( Quercus variabilis). FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:1001583. [PMID: 36212310 PMCID: PMC9538376 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.1001583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2022] [Accepted: 08/25/2022] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Quercus variabilis (Fagaceae) is an ecologically and economically important deciduous broadleaved tree species native to and widespread in East Asia. It is a valuable woody species and an indicator of local forest health, and occupies a dominant position in forest ecosystems in East Asia. However, genomic resources from Q. variabilis are still lacking. Here, we present a high-quality Q. variabilis genome generated by PacBio HiFi and Hi-C sequencing. The assembled genome size is 787 Mb, with a contig N50 of 26.04 Mb and scaffold N50 of 64.86 Mb, comprising 12 pseudo-chromosomes. The repetitive sequences constitute 67.6% of the genome, of which the majority are long terminal repeats, accounting for 46.62% of the genome. We used ab initio, RNA sequence-based and homology-based predictions to identify protein-coding genes. A total of 32,466 protein-coding genes were identified, of which 95.11% could be functionally annotated. Evolutionary analysis showed that Q. variabilis was more closely related to Q. suber than to Q. lobata or Q. robur. We found no evidence for species-specific whole genome duplications in Quercus after the species had diverged. This study provides the first genome assembly and the first gene annotation data for Q. variabilis. These resources will inform the design of further breeding strategies, and will be valuable in the study of genome editing and comparative genomics in oak species.
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- Biao Han
- Key Laboratory of State Forestry and Grassland Administration Conservation and Utilization of Warm Temperate Zone Forest and Grass Germplasm Resources, Shandong Provincial Center of Forest and Grass Germplasm Resources, Jinan, China
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- School of Biological Science and Technology, University of Jinan, Jinan, China
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- Key Laboratory of State Forestry and Grassland Administration Conservation and Utilization of Warm Temperate Zone Forest and Grass Germplasm Resources, Shandong Provincial Center of Forest and Grass Germplasm Resources, Jinan, China
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- Key Laboratory of State Forestry and Grassland Administration Conservation and Utilization of Warm Temperate Zone Forest and Grass Germplasm Resources, Shandong Provincial Center of Forest and Grass Germplasm Resources, Jinan, China
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- Key Laboratory of State Forestry and Grassland Administration Conservation and Utilization of Warm Temperate Zone Forest and Grass Germplasm Resources, Shandong Provincial Center of Forest and Grass Germplasm Resources, Jinan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants, National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Tree Breeding by Molecular Design, Ministry of Education, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Bioinformatics, Ori (Shandong) Gene Science and Technology Co., Ltd., Weifang, China
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- School of Biological Science and Technology, University of Jinan, Jinan, China
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- Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China
- De-Zhu Li,
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement and Ecology and Physiology, Institute of Crop Germplasm Resources, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, China
- *Correspondence: Kai-Hua Jia,
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Xi J, Shao Y, Li Z, Zhao P, Ye Y, Li W, Chen Y, Yuan Z. Distribution of Woody Plant Species Among Different Disturbance Regimes of Forests in a Temperate Deciduous Broad-Leaved Forest. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:618524. [PMID: 33889163 PMCID: PMC8056040 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.618524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2020] [Accepted: 03/10/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Forests in different disturbance regimes provide diverse microhabitats for species growth. However, whether the species distribution of wood plant is random or follows ecological specialization among forests in different disturbance regimes remains to be elucidated. In this study, four 1 hm2 (100 m × 100 m) forest dynamic monitoring plots in different disturbance regimes of forests were randomly selected in a temperate deciduous broad-leaved forest. We examined the specificity of woody plants to forests through network analysis. Torus-translation test was used to analyze the species distribution preference of woody plants to forests in different disturbance regimes. The specialization index of woody plants was 0.3126, and that of shrubs (51.01%) was higher than that of trees (25.16%). Moreover, 66.67% (38/57) of woody plants were associated with different forests. More shrub species (70.00%) had specific preferences than tree species (45.95%) with respect to forests in different disturbance regimes. Our findings suggest that the distribution of woody plants among forests with different disturbance regimes is not random but is specialized. Different woody plants show different community preferences in different disturbance regimes of forests. Shrubs show higher specialization than trees in different disturbance regimes of forests.
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- Jingjing Xi
- College of Life Sciences, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Section for Ecoinformatics and Biodiversity, Department of Biology, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
- State Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing Science, Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
- Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Field Scientific Observation and Research Station of Forest Ecosystem in the North-South Transition Zone of Funiu Mountain, Zhengzhou, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
- Field Scientific Observation and Research Station of Forest Ecosystem in the North-South Transition Zone of Funiu Mountain, Zhengzhou, China
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