Scientists from the Institute of Applied Ecology have shed light on understanding the driving mechanisms of the uniqueness of plant species composition in different life forms.
Luo Jie, an associate researcher from the Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, is a keen diving enthusiast, which allows him to breed corals not only limited to his laboratory but also in real waters. Luo still recalls the vast, colorful "undersea forests" he encountered nine years ago as a novice diver. However, the beautiful scenes have been long replaced by more and more pale coral "graveyards."
Prof. CHEN Zhiduan's team from the Institute of Botany and international collaborators have identified the spatial heterogeneity of biodiversity hotspots and endemism centers. With this information, they have identified the conservation priority for vascular plants in Madagascar.
During a botanical expedition to a local nature reserve in Yunnan Province, researchers from the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden collected a previously unknown Rubiaceae species. After extensive examination and comparison with other known species, the researchers confirmed that it was a new species.
Chinese researchers have discovered a new species of gecko, which they have named Gekko kaiyai, in the Dabie Mountains in east China's Anhui Province. The discovery was jointly made by researchers from Anhui University, Nanjing Normal University and Chengdu Institute of Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and was published in the journal Animals.
During a botanical expedition to Yuanyang Guanyinshan Provincial Nature Reserve, researchers from the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden collected an unknown Rubiaceae species. After extensive examination and comparison within allied groups, morphological comparison with related literature and herbarium specimens, they confirmed that the unknown species was new to science.
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