【🎉Latest accepted article】
Plant traits rather than plant phylogenetic and functional diversity drive bee diversity in a #SubtropicalForest

#SolitaryBees | #Cavity_nestingBees | #TrapNests | #PlantDiversity | #LeafArea | #LeafDryMatterContent | #LeafKContent | #BEF_China | #PollinatorConservation

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtag110

Yikang Cheng et al. found that climate factors and island area drive leaf economic trait variation by altering plant species richness and soil properties on tropical islands in the South China Sea.

#Growth_defenseTrade_off | #IslandBiogeography | #LeafDryMatterContent | #PlantDiversity | #SoilNutrients | #SpecificLeafArea

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf145

Jiaoneng Yu et al. assessed the responses of #PlantDiversity, #NicheCharacteristics, and #InterspecificAssociations to fencing duration in #AlpineMeadows on the Tibetan Plateau, along with relationships among these dimensions.

#CommunityDynamics | #GrazingExclusion

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf150

Reducing stand density significantly enhances #TreeSpeciesDiversity, which in turn promotes #SoilOrganicCarbon accumulation by influencing microbial carbon fixation and degradation potential.

#PlantDiversity | #SoilOrganicCarbonFractions | #CO2FixationPathways | #MicrobialCommunities | #MmicrobialCAZymeFamilies | #ForestCarbonSequestration

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf180

【🎉Latest accepted article】
Multiscale #LandUse Effects on Plant Diversity in the Hengduan Mountains: Beyond Simple Negative Impacts

#PlantDiversity | #MountainEcosystems | #αβγ | #SpatialScales

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtag035

Climate factors and island area drive leaf economic trait variation by altering plant species richness and soil properties on tropical islands.

#Growth_defenseTrade_off | #IslandBiogeography | #LeafDryMatterContent | #PlantDiversity | #SoilNutrients | #SpecificLeafArea

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf145

6 years of #GrazingExclusion may be a critical turning point for #AlpineMeadow vegetation restoration. At this stage, the community achieves a dynamic balance between competition and coexistence.

#CommunityDynamics | #InterspecificAssociation | #NicheCharacteristic | #PlantDiversity

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf150

【🎉Latest accepted article】
Plant community exhibits stochastic assembly pattern at early stage of #VegetationRestoration in heavily degraded #AlpineMeadows on the #Qinghai_TibetanPlateau

#CommunityAssembly | #GrasslandManagement | #PlantDiversity

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtag004

【💡Editor's Choice】
Contrasting responses of plant and #SoilMicrobialDiversity to #AlteredPhosphorusSupply.

#PlantDiversity | #Meta_analysis | #NaturalGradientAnalysis

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf079