Aims The aim of this article is 3-fold. First, we present an updated version of a published
megaphylogeny of vascular plants that can be used in studies of plant ecology and …

Phylogenies are essential to studies investigating the effect of evolutionary history on
assembly of species in ecological communities and geographical and ecological patterns of …

The spatial patterns of biodiversity and their underlying mechanisms have been an active
area of research for a long time. In this study, a total of 63 samples (20m× 30m) were …

Although eastern Asia (EAS) and eastern North America (ENA) have similar climates, plant
species richness in EAS greatly exceeds that in ENA. The degree to which this diversity …

Altitudinal changes in the diversity of plants and animals have been well documented;
however, soil animals received little attention in this context and it is unclear whether their …

The spatial pattern and driving mechanism of biodiversity along elevational gradients are
key topics in ecology. However, it is still unclear whether the multidimensional diversity of …

Diversity-biomass studies across (sub-) tropical forest strata have been explored, but our
understanding on how multiple facets of forest diversity and abiotic factors regulate …

Soil microbe diversity plays a key role in dryland ecosystem function under global climate
change, yet little is known about how plant-soil microbe relationships respond to climate …

Elucidating how multiple factors affect biodiversity and plant community assembly is a
central issue in ecology, especially in vulnerable ecosystems such as tropical mountains …

Community assembly processes is the primary focus of community ecology. Using
phylogenetic‐based and functional trait‐based methods jointly to explore these processes …