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Professor in Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences Forest biodiversity | Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning | Functional Trait

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Cover image of the November issue of Nature Ecology & Evolution. The image shows a caterpillar of the emperor moth Gonimbrasia belina feeding on a leaf. The cover headline reads "Tree growth and herbivory"

Cover image of the November issue of Nature Ecology & Evolution. The image shows a caterpillar of the emperor moth Gonimbrasia belina feeding on a leaf. The cover headline reads "Tree growth and herbivory"

Our November Issue is now live: www.nature.com/natecolevol/...

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🦆Threats to migratory shorebirds
🌍Phosphorus constraints on global photosynthesis
🦠Evolution of the meerkat MHC

Cover shows a larva of an emperor moth, from Li et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

06.11.2025 21:02 — 👍 23    🔁 10    💬 0    📌 0
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Understory shrub diversity: equally vital as overstory tree diversity to promote forest productivity ABSTRACT. Biodiversity–ecosystem functioning relationships have been extensively studied, particularly within the primary layers of producers in terrestria

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🌱Understory shrub diversity: equally vital as overstory tree diversity to promote forest productivity | National Science Review 2025 academic.oup.com/nsr/article/...

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🍂🍃Ecosystem consequences of functional diversity in forests and implications for restoration | New Phytologist 2025 | Tansley review nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Forest biodiversity increases productivity via complementarity from greater canopy structural complexity | PNAS The horizontal distribution and vertical stratification of tree crowns can affect light interception and tree growth, thus driving forest productiv...

🌳🌳Check our new study: Forest biodiversity increases productivity via complementarity from greater canopy structural complexity | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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The tree growth–herbivory relationship depends on functional traits across forest biodiversity experiments - Nature Ecology & Evolution It is unclear whether the linkage between tree species richness and insect herbivory is consistent across climates and forest types. Here, the authors analyse data from forest biodiversity experiments...

New #TreeDivNet paper shows generally positive relationships between insect herbivory and tree growth & diversity modulated by leaf traits

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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