Hogan, J Aaron Jusino, Michelle A Smith, Matthew E Corrales, Adriana Song, Xiaoyang Hu, Yue-Hua Yang, Jie Cao, Min Valverde-Barrantes, Oscar J Baraloto, Christopher
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The New phytologist
Forest fungal communities are shaped by the interactions between host tree root systems and the associated soil conditions. We investigated how the soil environment, root morphological traits, and root chemistry influence root-inhabiting fungal communities in three tropical forest sites of varying successional status in Xishuangbanna, China. For 15...
Zhao, Fei Zhang, Yiyang Zhao, Zhifang Wang, Xinrui Zhang, Sujin Luan, Guize Zhang, Qiting Zhu, Ling Liu, Hairong
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
The Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) have a wide range of foraging needs and heterogeneous habitat preferences that bring them close to the forest edge. Currently, most of the range of wild elephants is located outside protected areas (PA). Nighttime light data (NTL) has been used as a component of human footprint due to its characteristics of char...
Liu, Xuyan Wang, Siwen Zhang, Qianqian Jiang, Chunlai Liang, Linlin Tang, Shihao Zhang, Xingying Han, Xiuzhen Zhu, Lin
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Journal of environmental sciences (China)
Black carbon (BC) has importance regarding aerosol composition, radiative balance, and human exposure. This study adopted a backward-trajectory approach to quantify the origins of BC from anthropogenic emissions (BCAn) and open biomass burning (BCBB) transported to Xishuangbanna in 2017. Haze months, between haze and clean months, and clean months ...
Fan, Feifei Xiao, Chiwei Feng, Zhiming Chen, Ying
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Journal of environmental management
Forest losses can lead to severe damage to ecosystem services (ESs), especially in the tropics. Tropical forests are widespread in southwestern China, and they experience continual effects of human activities (e.g., rubber boom). However, forest simulations of land planning have not yet been systematically conducted. Based on a future land-use simu...
Miao, Bai-Ge Peng, Yan-Qiong Yang, Da-Rong Guénard, Benoit Liu, Cong
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Insect science
One of the most general patterns in ecology is the positive relationship between environmental heterogeneity and local diversity. On the one hand, increased resource heterogeneity provides more resources for diverse consumers in the community. On the other hand, increased structural heterogeneity creates variation in the environment's physical stru...
Yang, Zongbao Bai, Yang Alatalo, Juha M Huang, Zhongde Yang, Fen Pu, Xiaoyan Wang, Ruibo Yang, Wei Guo, Xueyan
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The Science of the total environment
Rare and endangered plants (REPs) act as key indicators for species habitat priorities, and can thus be critical in global biodiversity protection work. Human activities and climate change pose great threats to REPs, so protection should be a top priority. In this study, we used the maximum entropy model (Maxent) to identify current and future (205...
Su, Kaiwen Ren, Jie Yang, Jie Hou, Yilei Wen, Yali
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International journal of environmental research and public health
In this study, we analyzed the accidents associated with the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus Linnaeus) and issues pertaining to compensation in Xishuangbanna Nature Reserve from 2011 to 2018. We conducted interviews and a questionnaire survey with 217 villagers. The results show that: (1) the main Asian elephants damage is crop loss (more than 95% ...
Zhang, Kai Wu, Mingsong Pan, Bo Zhou, Lianxuan Zhang, Dianxiang
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PhytoKeys
Jasminum parceflorum (Oleaceae), a new species from tropical limestone habitats in Yunnan, China, is described and illustrated here. The new species is similar to J. pierreanum and J. rarum, but can be distinguished by its linear calyx lobes, dry calyces without ridges, terminal 1 (or 3)-flowered cymes and axillary solitary flowers. Kai Zhang, Ming...
Li, Ren Yang, Jing-Jing Song, Xing-Zhen Wang, Yuan-Fei Corlett, Richard T. Xu, You-Kai Hu, Hua-Bin
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Molecules
Spondias pinnata (Linn. f.) Kurz (Anacardiaceae) is widely distributed in tropical Asia, where it is commonly used as a vegetable and fruit, and is attracting increasing research attention. In this study, we investigated the chemical composition and the cytotoxic, antimicrobial, and anti-inflammatory activities of the fruit peel essential oil of S....
Zhai, De-Li Wang, Jing Thaler, Philippe Luo, Yiqi Xu, Jianchu
Rubber powdery mildew caused by the foliar fungiOidium heveaeis one of the main diseases affecting rubber plantations (Hevea brasiliensis) worldwide. It is particularly serious in sub-optimal growing areas, such as Xishuangbanna in SW China. To prevent and control this disease, fungicides causing serious environmental problems are widely used. Stro...
