The latest issue of Global Change Biology published a work titled “Satellite-based evidence highlights a considerable increase of urban tree cooling benefits from 2000 to 2015” which is leaded by Prof. Donghai Wu in South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Prof. Xiang ...

　　On the occasion of the first anniversary of the establishment of the South China National Botanical Garden approved by the State Council, T《rends in Plant Science》published an article online titled "The role of National Botanical Gardens to benefit sustainable development". Prof Ren Hai o...

　　Stomatal conductance is an important eco-physiological trait of plants and a fundamental parameter of earth system models. Previous studies have shown that stomatal conductance is sensitive to environmental change, but little is known about how it is affected by multiple global change factor...

　　Plant- (e.g. lignin) and microbial-derived (e.g. microbial necromass) metabolic products are important sources of soil organic carbon (SOC) pool. Owing to the relative higher persistence of microbial-derived C, the composition of sources play a vital role in the stabilization of SOC pool. Me...

　　Soil water flow behavior generally includes two forms, preferential flow and matrix flow. The active degree of water flow directly affects solute flow, groundwater exchange and plant water uptake. In this study, we analyzed the soil water flow patterns and driving mechanisms in three differe...