Macroclimatic variation along latitudinal gradients provides an excellent natural laboratory to
investigate the role of temperature and the potential impacts of climate warming on terrestrial …

Panax quinquefolium L.(American Ginseng, AG) is an herb characteristic for regions of North
America and Asia. Due to its beneficial properties it has been extensively investigated for …

Understanding species' abilities to cope with changing climate is a key prerequisite for
predicting the future fates of species and ecosystems. Despite considerable research on …

American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius L.) is an uncommon to rare understory plant of the
eastern deciduous forest. Harvesting to supply the Asian traditional medicine market made …

In this study, we conducted a controlled experiment to assess the growth and survival of
balsam fir (Abies balsamea (L.) Mill.), red spruce (Picea rubens Sarg.), and red maple (Acer …

In spite of the increasing number of studies on the importance of transgenerational plasticity
for species response to novel environments, its effects on species ability to respond to …

Panax ginseng sprouts (PGS) have the advantage of requiring short-term cultivation while
maintaining higher ginsenoside contents than traditional ginseng seedlings. It is feasible to …

Over the next century, the conservation of biodiversity will depend not only on our ability to
understand the effect of climate change, but also on our capacity to predict how other factors …

Abstract Knowledge of the ability of plants to respond to climate change via phenotypic
plasticity or genetic adaptation in ecophysiological traits and of the link of these traits to …

Epigenetic regulation of gene expression is expected to be an important mechanism behind
phenotypic plasticity. Whether epigenetic regulation affects species ecophysiological …