Aim To understand how functional traits and evolutionary history shape the geographic
distribution of plant life on Earth, we need to integrate high‐quality and global‐scale …

The Earth's islands harbor a distinct, yet highly threatened, biological and cultural diversity
that has been shaped by geographic isolation and unique environments. Island systems are …

I examined a data set of 77 protected areas in the USA (including national and state parks)
to determine which of the following variables most strongly influence alien plant species …

Aim To provide a global assessment of turnover in vascular plants across geographical
settings and taxonomic and functional groups. We tested whether turnover and its spatial …

The species-area relationship (SAR), describing the increase in species richness with
increasing area, and the latitudinal diversity gradient (LDG), describing the decrease in …

洞头国家级海洋公园位于中国浙江东南沿海, 属于中亚热带常绿阔叶林区域,
至今缺乏系统的植被调查数据, 对该区域内植被了解不足. 该研究利用样方调查法 …

Dongtou National Marine Park (DNMP) locates at the southeast coast of China, and the
climax vegetation belongs to the subtropical evergreen broadleaf forests. However, we are …

Snags, or standing dead trees, are an important structural component of forest ecosystems
and provide habitat for a wide variety of wildlife. Many bird and bat species in the …

Abstract Grasslands of the Atlantic Coastal Pine Barren (ACPB) ecoregion are globally rare
and ecologically distinct, yet management is frequently sourced from research conducted on …

The Earth's islands harbor a distinct, yet highly threatened, biological and cultural diversity
that has been shaped by geographic isolation and unique environments. Island systems are …