Seasonal Cumulative Effect of Ural Blocking Episodes on the Frequent Cold events in China during the Early Winter of 2020/21 - Yao Yao; Wenqi Zhang; Dehai Luo; Linhao Zhong; Lin Pei (Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 2022)
Starting in mid-November, China was hit by several cold events during the early winter of 2020/21. The lowest temperature observed at Beijing station on 7 January reached −19.6°C. In this paper, we show that the outbreak of the record-breaking extreme cold event can be attributed to a huge merging Ural blocking (UB) ridge over the Eurasian region. The sea-ice cover in the Kara and East Siberia Seas (KESS) in autumn was at its lowest value since 1979, which could have served as a precursor signal. Further analysis shows that several successive UB episodes occurred from 1 September 2020 to 10 January 2021. The persistent UB that occurred in late September/early October 2020 may have made an important contribution to the October historical minimum of sea ice in the KESS region. Our results also show that, after each UB episode in winter, significant upward propagation of wave activity occurred around 60°E, which resulted in weakening the stratospheric vortex. Meanwhile, each UB episode also caused a significant reduction in sea-ice extent in KESS and a significant weakening of the westerly jet in mid–high-latitude Eurasia. Results suggest that the Arctic vortex, which is supposed to enhance seasonally, became weaker and more unstable than the climatic mean under the seasonal cumulative effects of UB episodes, KESS warming, and long-lasting negative-phase North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO–). Those seasonal cumulative effects, combined with the impact of La Niña winter, led to the frequent occurrence of extreme cold events.

Environmental Regulation of Photosynthetically Produced Dissolved Organic Carbon by Phytoplankton Along a Subtropical Estuarine Bay - Jianhua Kang; Zhaohe Luo; Hala. F. Mohamed; Yili Lin; Shuhong Huang; Yu Wang; Wenlu Lan (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022)
Photosynthetically produced dissolved organic carbon (PDOC) released by marine phytoplankton has an important significance on the marine carbon cycle and on the growth of heterotopic bacteria (HB). However, PDOC is often neglected in the estimation of global marine primary productivity and carbon sequestration capacity. This work studied the issue of PDOC and its environmental regulation mechanism through field investigation and lab experiments in an estuarine bay during southwest and northeast monsoon. We used the percentage of extracellular release (PER) as a key indicator to evaluate the contribution of PDOC to total primary productivity (TPP). We also compared PER among different seasons and sectors and then analyzed the inter-relationship between PDOC and bacterial carbon demand (BCD), size-fractionated phytoplankton, bacterial production (BP), and TPP. We finally discussed the impact factors of PDOC productivity. The results showed that the average contribution of PDOC to TPP in Qinzhou bay could reach 15% during two seasons, which satisfies about 25% of the carbon requirement by HB in the bay. Multiple factors contribute to the seasonal (SW monsoon 13% < NE monsoon 18%) and sectoral variation (outer bay 26% > middle bay 17% > inner bay 7%) in PER, the most significant of which are salinity and nitrogen to phosphorus ratios. PER is also related to phytoplankton community structure and nutrient limitation, the higher PER in the outer bay is attributed to the dual effect of picophytoplankton being the predominant species and a severe imbalance in the nitrogen to phosphorus ratio, both of which lead to increased phytoplankton PDOC release. On the other hand, the lower PER in the inner bay was mainly due to the dominance of microphytoplankton and nitrogen to phosphorus ratio which is close to the redfield ratio. There is still a non-uniform conclusion on the relationship between PER and TPP, suggesting that this relationship needs to be evaluated not only in a horizontal-independent way but also through seasonal and vertical dimensions. The non-linear relationship between PDOC and BCD found in this study potentially indicated weak coupling between phytoplankton exudation and bacterial metabolism. In addition to phytoplankton exudate, HB is still dependent on other sources of DOC to meet their carbon requirements.

Facing small and biased data dilemma in drug discovery with enhanced federated learning approaches - Zhaoping Xiong; Ziqiang Cheng; Xinyuan Lin; Chi Xu; Xiaohong Liu; Dingyan Wang; Xiaomin Luo; Yong Zhang; Hualiang Jiang; Nan Qiao; Mingyue Zheng (Science China Life Sciences, 2022)

Legacy effects of a multi-year extreme drought on belowground bud banks in rhizomatous vs bunchgrass-dominated grasslands - Jianqiang Qian; Ziyue Guo; Taofeek O. Muraina; Niwu Te; Robert J. Griffin-Nolan; Lin Song; Chong Xu; Qiang Yu; Zhiming Zhang; Wentao Luo (Oecologia, 2022)

Understanding the different responses from the similarity between displacement and groundwater level time series in Beijing, China - Hanrui Sun; Lin Zhu; Lin Guo; Yong Luo; Dong Du; Ying Sun (Natural Hazards, 2022)

Epigenetic reorganization during early embryonic lineage specification - Haitong Fang; Zhuojuan Luo; Chengqi Lin (Genes & Genomics, 2022)

Warming effects on grassland productivity depend on plant diversity - Junjiong Shao; Xuhui Zhou; Kees Jan van Groenigen; Guiyao Zhou; Huimin Zhou; Lingyan Zhou; Meng Lu; Jianyang Xia; Lin Jiang; Bruce A. Hungate; Yiqi Luo; Fangliang He; et al. (Global Ecology and Biogeography, 2022)
Aim Climate warming and biodiversity loss both alter plant productivity, yet we lack an understanding of how biodiversity regulates the responses of ecosystems to warming. In this study, we examine how plant diversity regulates the responses of grassland productivity to experimental warming using meta‐analytic techniques. Location Global. Major taxa studied Grassland ecosystems. Methods Our meta‐analysis is based on warming responses of 40 different plant communities obtained from 20 independent studies on grasslands across five continents. Results Our results show that plant diversity and its responses to warming were the most important factors regulating the warming effects on plant productivity, among all the factors considered (plant diversity, climate and experimental settings). Specifically, warming increased plant productivity when plant diversity (indicated by effective number of species) in grasslands was lower than 10, whereas warming decreased plant productivity when plant diversity was greater than 10. Moreover, the structural equation modelling showed that the magnitude of warming enhanced plant productivity by increasing the performance of dominant plant species in grasslands of diversity lower than 10. The negative effects of warming on productivity in grasslands with plant diversity greater than 10 were partly explained by diversity‐induced decline in plant dominance. Main conclusions Our findings suggest that the positive or negative effect of warming on grassland productivity depends on how biodiverse a grassland is. This may mainly be due to differences in how warming may affect plant dominance and subsequent shifts in interspecific interactions in grasslands of different plant diversity levels.

Interferon-induced transmembrane protein 2 promotes epithelial-mesenchymal transition by activating transforming growth factor-β1/small mother against decapentaplegic 2 signaling in gastric cancer - Yonggang Liu; Minyu Zhou; Jianhua Wu; Zhaowei Wen; Yisheng Fang; Li Lin; Meihua Luo; Li Sun; Wangjun Liao (Molecular Biology Reports, 2022)

Upregulation of h-TERT and Ki-67 in ectopic endometrium is associated with recurrence of endometriosis - Jie Luo; Zhimin Song; Tao Zhang; Ketan Chu; Jingyi Li; Jianhong Zhou; Jun Lin (Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE B, 2022)

Consistent responses of microbial C and N metabolic processes to elevated CO2 across global terrestrial ecosystems - Jiahui Lin; Yanlan Huang; Haochun Zhao; Mengjie Yu; Weiqin Su; Huaihai Chen; Peng Leng; Jihui Li; Yu Luo; Yong Li; Zhongmin Dai; Jianming Xu (Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2022)

Evaluation of suitable qRT-PCR normalization genes for various citrus rootstocks - Wen He; Rui Xie; Huan Li; Yan Wang; Qing Chen; Yuanxiu Lin; Yunting Zhang; Ya Luo; Yong Zhang; Haoru Tang; Xiaorong Wang (Plant Biotechnology Reports, 2022)

Revisit of thorium-based dust fluxes and their implications for the iron fertilization hypothesis - Siqi Ouyang; Zhifei Duan; Weichang Lin; Yiming Luo (Journal of Oceanography, 2022)

Identifying the priority areas for enhancing the ecosystem services in hilly and mountainous areas of southern China - Jia-ling Tian; Yu Peng; Yi-hang Huang; Ting Bai; Lian-lin Liu; Xiao-ao He; Shi-qian Luo (Journal of Mountain Science, 2022)

Identification and Expression Analysis of miR160 and Their Target Genes in Cucumber - Yaoyao Li; Weirong Luo; Yongdong Sun; Huaicheng Chang; Kai Ma; Zhenxiang Zhao; Lin Lu (Biochemical Genetics, 2022)

Hsp60/10 and sHsp families of heat shock protein genes in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) and their expression under heat stress - Fang Ma; Lin Tong Luo; Qianning Wang (Aquaculture International, 2022)

Climate warming promotes deterministic assembly of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities - Xinyu Xu; Yunpeng Qiu; Kangcheng Zhang; Fei Yang; Mengfei Chen; Xi Luo; Xuebin Yan; Peng Wang; Yi Zhang; Huaihai Chen; Hui Guo; Lin Jiang; et al. (Global Change Biology, 2022)
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) significantly contribute to plant resource acquisition and play important roles in mediating plant interactions and soil carbon (C) dynamics. However, it remains unclear how AMF communities respond to climate change. We assessed impacts of warming and precipitation alterations (30% increase or decrease) on soil AMF communities, and examined major ecological processes shaping the AMF community assemblage in a Tibetan alpine meadow. Our results showed that warming significantly increased root biomass, and available nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) in soil. While precipitation alterations increased AMF abundances, they did not significantly affect the composition or diversity of AMF communities. In contrast, warming altered the composition of AMF communities and reduced their Shannon–Wiener index and Pielou's evenness. In particular, warming shifted the AMF community composition in favor of Diversisporaceae over Glomeraceae, likely through its impact on soil N and P availability. In addition, AMF communities were phylogenetically random in the unwarmed control but clustered in warming plots, implying more deterministic community assembly under climate warming. Warming enhancement of root growth, N and P availability likely reduced plant C‐allocation to AMF, imposing stronger environmental filtering on AMF communities. We further proposed a conceptual framework that integrates biological and geochemical processes into a mechanistic understanding of warming and precipitation changes’ effects on AMF. Taken together, these results suggest that soil AMF communities may be more sensitive to warming than expected, highlighting the need to monitor their community structure and associated functional consequences on plant communities and soil C dynamics under the future warmer climate.

Isolation and structural elucidation of a low-molecular-weight polysaccharide from the roots of Panax ginseng C. A. Meyer - Bin Zhao; Xin-Ying Wang; Wen Luo; Yue Lin; Chong-Ning Lv; Jin-Cai Lu (Natural Product Research, 2022)

MAPK5 and MAPK10 overexpression influences strawberry fruit ripening, antioxidant capacity and resistance to Botrytis cinerea - Yunting Zhang; Yu Long; Yiting Liu; Min Yang; Liangxin Wang; Xiaoyang Liu; Yong Zhang; Qing Chen; Mengyao Li; Yuanxiu Lin; Haoru Tang; Ya Luo (Planta, 2022)

Phylogeographic pattern of a cryptoviviparous mangrove, Aegiceras corniculatum, in the Indo-West Pacific, provides insights for conservation actions - Achyut Kumar Banerjee; Hui Feng; Yuting Lin; Zhuangwei Hou; Weixi Li; Huiyu Shao; Zida Luo; Wuxia Guo; Yelin Huang (Planta, 2022)

Parallel Metabolomic Profiling of Cerebrospinal Fluid, Plasma, and Spinal Cord to Identify Biomarkers for Spinal Cord Injury - Hua Yang; Pengwei Zhang; Min Xie; Jianxian Luo; Jing Zhang; Guowei Zhang; Yang Wang; Hongsheng Lin; Zhisheng Ji (Journal of Molecular Neuroscience, 2022)
Loss of physical and emotional health due to spinal cord injury (SCI) has been rapidly increasing worldwide. Effective evaluation of the severity of SCI is crucial to its prognosis. Herein, we constructed rat models of SCI with four different degrees of injury (sham group, light injury group, moderate injury group, and heavy injury group), using the surgical approach. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), plasma, and spinal cord were sampled at the sub-acute spinal cord (72 h post-injury) from each rat. The LC–MS-based metabolic profiling of these samples was performed according to a universal metabolome standard (UMS). The results demonstrated that 130, 104, and 128 metabolites were significantly altered within the CSF, plasma, and spinal cord samples, respectively. Among them, there were four differential metabolites, including uric acid, phosphorycholine, pyridoxine, and guanidoacetic acid, which were commonly identified within the CSF, plasma, and spinal cord samples. Further pathway analysis of these differential metabolites demonstrated a disturbance in the metabolism of glyoxylate and dicarboxylate and glycine, serine, and threonine which were associated with pathophysiologic consequence of spinal cord injury. In particular, phosphorycholine, pyridoxine, and guanidoacetic acid demonstrated a relationship with SCI severity. Thus, they could be utilized as potential metabolite biomarkers for SCI severity assessment.

Identification of Novel Nonapeptides from Sipunculus nudus L. and Comparing Its ACEI Activities Mechanism by Molecular Docking - Yi Qi; Xiaoning Tang; Huan Liu; Qianxing Lin; Yingnian Lu; Hui Luo (International Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics, 2022)

Overexpression of long noncoding RNA MCM3AP-AS1 promotes osteogenic differentiation of dental pulp stem cells via miR-143-3p/IGFBP5 axis - Changwei Yang; Xuehong Xu; Pingting Lin; Bizhu Luo; Shufang Luo; Honglan Huang; Jianyu Zhu; Meie Huang; Shuhai Peng; Qianju Wu; Lu Yin (Human Cell, 2022)

The effect of habitat restoration on macroinvertebrate communities in Shaoxi rivers, China - Qiaoyan Lin; Yixin Zhang; Rob Marrs; Raju Sekar; Naicheng Wu; Xin Luo (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

Dynamic analysis of impulse waves generated by the collapse of granular pillars - Bo-lin Huang; Bin Li; Jia-hao Zheng; Wang-li Feng; Xiao-ting Chen; Chao-lin Luo (Journal of Mountain Science, 2022)

Alcanivorax limicola sp. nov., isolated from a soda alkali-saline soil - Lin Zhu; Yuan Wang; Yiwei Ding; Kai Luo; Biyue Yang; Sai Yang; Shenkui Liu; Henglin Cui; Wei Wei (Archives of Microbiology, 2022)

Cryptic niche differentiation of novel sediment ecotypes of Ruegeria pomeroyi correlates with nitrate respiration - Xingqin Lin; Jesse McNichol; Xiao Chu; Yang Qian; Haiwei Luo (Environmental Microbiology, 2022)
Summary Marine intertidal sediments fluctuate in redox conditions and nutrient availability, and they are also known as an important sink of nitrogen mainly through denitrification, yet how denitrifying bacteria adapt to this dynamic habitat remains largely untapped. Here, we investigated novel intertidal benthic ecotypes of the model pelagic marine bacterium Ruegeria pomeroyi DSS‐3 with a population genomic approach. While differing by only 1.3% at the 16S rRNA gene level, members of the intertidal benthic ecotypes are complete denitrifiers whereas the pelagic ecotype representative (DSS‐3) is a partial denitrifier lacking a nitrate reductase. The intertidal benthic ecotypes are further differentiated by using non‐homologous nitrate reductases and a different set of genes that allow alleviating oxidative stress and acquiring organic substrates. In the presence of nitrate, the two ecotypes showed contrasting growth patterns under initial oxygen concentrations at 1 vol% versus 7 vol% and supplemented with different carbon sources abundant in intertidal sediments. Collectively, this combination of evidence indicates that there are cryptic niches in coastal intertidal sediments that support divergent evolution of denitrifying bacteria. This knowledge will in turn help understand how these benthic environments operate to effectively remove nitrogen.

Driving forces for recovery of forest vegetation after harvesting a subalpine oak forest in eastern Tibetan Plateau - Qinli Xiong; Lingjuan Li; Xiaojin Luo; Xingjin He; Lin Zhang; Kaiwen Pan; Chenggang Liu; Hui Sun (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Geochemical characteristics and genesis of deep marine carbonate natural gas in China - Jianglong Shi; Jian Li; Jin Li; Aisheng Hao; Zhongsheng Shi; Bin Zhang; Bin Hao; Xuening Qi; Bintao Chen; Luo Xue; Lun Ma; Lei Wang; et al. (Carbonates and Evaporites, 2021)

On the Diurnal Cycle of Heavy Rainfall over the Sichuan Basin during 10–18 August 2020 - Rudi Xia; Yali Luo; Da-Lin Zhang; Mingxin Li; Xinghua Bao; Jisong Sun (Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 2021)
A sustained heavy rainfall event occurred over the Sichuan basin in southwest China during 10–18 August 2020, showing pronounced diurnal rainfall variations with nighttime peak and afternoon minimum values, except on the first day. Results show that the westward extension of the anomalously strong western Pacific subtropical high was conducive to the maintenance of a southerly low-level jet (LLJ) in and to the southeast of the basin, which favored continuous water vapor transport and abnormally high precipitable water in the basin. The diurnal cycle of rainfall over the basin was closely related to the periodic oscillation of the LLJ in both wind speed and direction that was caused by the combination of inertial oscillation and terrain thermal forcing. The nocturnally enhanced rainfall was produced by moist convection mostly initiated during the evening hours over the southwest part of the basin where high convective available potential energy with moister near-surface moist air was present. The convective initiation took place as cold air from either previous precipitating clouds from the western Sichuan Plateau or a larger-scale northerly flow met a warm and humid current from the south. It was the slantwise lifting of the warm, moist airflow above the cold air, often facilitated by southwest vortices and quasi-geostrophic ascent, that released the convective instability and produced heavy rainfall.

Effects of Flow Velocity on the Growth and Survival of Haliotis discus hannai Larvae in the Recirculating Upflow System From the Point of Energy Metabolism - Mo Zhang; Xiaolong Gao; Mingxin Lyu; Shihui Lin; Ying Su; Xuan Luo; Weiwei You; Caihuan Ke (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021)
For the abalone Haliotis discus hannai , attachment and metamorphosis are crucial stages in the transition from planktonic to benthic life. Increasing the larval metamorphosis rate by artificially controlling the external environment and simulating natural seawater flow is vital to enhance the hatchery efficiency of H. discus hannai . Thus, in the current study, an upflow recirculating aquaculture unit was designed for the rearing of larval abalone, and the larval hatching rate, survival rate, mode of energy metabolism, and expression levels of metamorphosis-related genes at different flow velocities (0, 5, 10, 20, and 40 L/h) were compared and analyzed. At flow velocities less than 20 L/h, no significant differences occurred in larval hatching, survival, and metamorphosis rates, whereas significant differences were recorded at flow rates of 20 and 40 L/h. Differences were also observed in the activity of enzymes, such as hexokinase (HK), pyruvate kinase (PK), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), succinate dehydrogenase (SDH), and malate dehydrogenase (MDH), as well as glycogen levels, at the higher flow rates. These results suggested that velocity in excess of a certain limit leads to a higher glycolysis rate and transition of energy utilization from aerobic to anaerobic metabolism for the abalone larvae. Compared with conventional still-water aquacultural systems, the flow velocity at 5–10 L/h could maintain the water environment stability, and avoid both fertilized eggs from being densely deposited before hatching and the consumption of energy needed to resist high flow velocities. Thus, these results are useful references to enhance the hatchery efficiency, and to conduct large-scale rearing, of abalone larvae.

Fine-mapping and gene candidate analysis for AhRt1, a major dominant locus responsible for testa color in cultivated peanut - Hao Chen; Xiangyu Chen; Rirong Xu; Wenjing Liu; Nian Liu; Li Huang; Huaiyong Luo; Dongxin Huai; Xinlong Lan; Yumei Zhang; Runfang Hu; Jianhong Chen; et al. (Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2021)

Geo-structures and deformation-failure characteristics of rockslide areas near the Baige landslide scar in the Jinsha River tectonic suture zone - Shi-lin Zhang; Yue-ping Yin; Xie-wen Hu; Wen-pei Wang; Zong-liang Li; Xin-ming Wu; Gang Luo; Sai-nan Zhu (Landslides, 2021)

Effect of dietary supplementation with Chlorella sorokiniana meal on the growth performance, antioxidant status, and immune response of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) - Weijun Chen; Lin Luo; Danxiang Han; Feiping Long; Qinglei Chi; Qiang Hu (Journal of Applied Phycology, 2021)

Effects of a compound microbial agent and plants on soil properties, enzyme activities, and bacterial composition of Pisha sandstone - Lin Deng; Tao Wang; Wei Luo; Linyan He; Zhishui Liang (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Rockburst response in hard rock owing to excavation unloading of twin tunnels at great depth - Fan Feng; Xibing Li; Lin Luo; Xingdong Zhao; Shaojie Chen; Ning Jiang; Wanpeng Huang; Yajun Wang (Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 2021)

Sandaracinobacteroides hominis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from human skin - Ping-Hua Qu; Hai-Min Luo; Jun-Hui Feng; Song Li; Cha Chen; Lei Dong; Yu-Zhen Ming; Wen-Jun Li; Ying Lin (Archives of Microbiology, 2021)

Comparative Study of the Feeding Characteristics and Digestion Physiology of Haliotis discus hannai and Haliotis gigantea - Mingxin Lyu; Xiaolong Gao; Mo Zhang; Shihui Lin; Xuan Luo; Weiwei You; Caihuan Ke (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021)
Abalone ( Haliotis spp.) are typical nocturnal creatures but Haliotis discus hannai is bold and active in the nighttime whereas H. gigantea tends to be timid and inactive. In this study, we quantified and compared differences in movement, feeding, and digestive physiology between H. discus hannai and H. gigantea as well as the potential molecular mechanisms on the basis of video observations and expression levels of genes related to feeding regulation. The feeding behaviors of both species were characterized by significant circadian rhythms ( P < 0.05). However, the distance moved and the cumulative duration of movement were 2.61 and 1.94 times higher, respectively, in H. discus hannai than in H. gigantea over the 24-h cycle. The cumulative duration of feeding by H. discus hannai was only 1.15 times that by H. gigantea , but the feeding time as a percentage of the cumulative duration of movement (FTP) was up to 94.6% for H. gigantea and only 56.0% for H. discus hannai . The peaks for α-amylase activity and NPF expression levels in both species as well as the peak OX 2 R expression level in H. gigantea occurred during 20:00–00:00 h. By contrast, the peaks for alginate lyase activity and NPYR expression levels in H. discus hannai occurred at 16:00 h, when the FTP was significantly higher for H. discus hannai than for H. gigantea . These initial findings quantify specific behavior parameters and thus provide a reference for the selection of appropriate feeding strategies and the proliferation of abalone via bottom sowing.

Ambient climate determines the directional trend of community stability under warming and grazing - Peipei Liu; Wangwang Lv; Jianping Sun; Caiyun Luo; Zhenhua Zhang; Xiaoxue Zhu; Xingwu Lin; Jichuang Duan; Guangping Xu; Xiaofeng Chang; Yigang Hu; Qiaoyan Lin; et al. (Global Change Biology, 2021)
Changes in ecological processes over time in ambient treatments are often larger than the responses to manipulative treatments in climate change experiments. However, the impacts of human‐driven environmental changes on the stability of natural grasslands have been typically assessed by comparing differences between manipulative plots and reference plots. Little is known about whether or how ambient climate regulates the effects of manipulative treatments and their underlying mechanisms. We collected two datasets, one a 36‐year long‐term observational dataset from 1983 to 2018, and the other a 10‐year manipulative asymmetric warming and grazing experiment using infrared heaters with moderate grazing from 2006 to 2015 in an alpine meadow on the Tibetan Plateau. The 36‐year observational dataset shows that there was a nonlinear response of community stability to ambient temperature with a positive relationship between them due to an increase in ambient temperature in the first 25 years and then a decrease in ambient temperature thereafter. Warming and grazing decreased community stability with experiment duration through an increase in legume cover and a decrease in species asynchrony, which was due to the decreasing background temperature through time during the 10‐year experiment period. Moreover, the temperature sensitivity of community stability was higher under the ambient treatment than under the manipulative treatments. Therefore, our results suggested that ambient climate may control the directional trend of community stability while manipulative treatments may determine the temperature sensitivity of the response of community stability to climate relative to the ambient treatment. Our study emphasizes the importance of the context dependency of the response of community stability to human‐driven environmental changes.

Size-dependent spatio-temporal dynamics of eukaryotic plankton community near nuclear power plant in Beibu Gulf, China - Lizhou Lin; Haifeng Gu; Zhaohe Luo; Na Wang (Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2021)

Human Methylmercury Exposure and Potential Impacts in Central Tibet: Food and Traditional Tibetan Medicine - Menghan Cheng; Maodian Liu; Dou Li; Qing Luo; Zhihao Zhang; Liuliang Yuan; Chenghao Yu; Han Xie; Huiming Lin; Qianru Zhang; De Ji; Xuejun Wang (Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2021)

Protective effect of Bombyx mori gloverin on intestinal epithelial cells exposure to enterotoxigenic E. coli - Qian Lin; Qingqing Fu; Guoqi Su; Daiwen Chen; Bing Yu; Yuheng Luo; Ping Zheng; Xiangbing Mao; Zhiqing Huang; Jie Yu; Junqiu Luo; Hui Yan; et al. (Brazilian Journal of Microbiology, 2021)

Energy consumption, air pollution, and public health in China: based on the Two-Stage Dynamic Undesirable DEA model - Hang Lin; Huangxin Chen; Lin Zhang; Youjia Luo; Yi Shi; Wenjie Zou (Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health, 2021)

The relationship between anthocyanin accumulation and photoprotection in young leaves of two dominant tree species in subtropical forests in different seasons - Zheng-Chao Yu; Wei Lin; Xiao-Ting Zheng; Wah Soon Chow; Yan-Na Luo; Min-Ling Cai; Chang-Lian Peng (Photosynthesis Research, 2021)

Pest control ability, technical guidance, and pesticide overuse: evidence from rice farmers in rural China - Yanzhong Huang; Xiaofeng Luo; Di Liu; Sanxia Du; Aqian Yan; Lin Tang (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Evaluation of Shale Reservoir Quality by Geophysical Logging for Shuijingtuo Formation of Lower Cambrian in Yichang Area, Central Yangtze - Xiaohong Chen; Lin Chen; Shu Jiang; An Liu; Shengyuan Luo; Hai Li; Peijun Li; Ping Chen (Journal of Earth Science, 2021)

Coupling effects of hydrological characteristics and nutrient load in sediments on the trophic state of reservoirs - Fan Xinyi; Yue Yihong; Mei Lin; Li Xiaoying; Hu Zhehui; Luo Jiajie; Liu Liu; Wang Fushun (Acta Geochimica, 2021)

Dynamics of Free-Living and Attached Bacterial Assemblages in Skeletonema sp. Diatom Cultures at Elevated Temperatures - Zichao Deng; Shouchang Chen; Ping Zhang; Xu Zhang; Jonathan M. Adams; Qiaoqi Luo; Xin Lin (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021)
In the context of global warming, changes in phytoplankton-associated bacterial communities have the potential to change biogeochemical cycling and food webs in marine ecosystems. Skeletonema is a cosmopolitan diatom genus in coastal waters worldwide. Here, we grew a Skeletonema strain with its native bacterial assemblage at different temperatures and examined cell concentrations of Skeletonema sp. and free-living bacteria, dissolved organic carbon (DOC) concentrations of cultures, and the community structure of both free-living and attached bacteria at different culture stages. The results showed that elevated temperature increased the specific growth rates of both Skeletonema and free-living bacteria. Different growth stages had a more pronounced effect on community structure compared with temperatures and different physical states of bacteria. The effects of temperature on the structure of the free-living bacterial community were more pronounced compared with diatom-attached bacteria. Carbon metabolism genes and those for some specific amino acid pathways were found to be positively correlated with elevated temperature, which may have profound implications on the oceanic carbon cycle and the marine microbial loop. Network analysis revealed evidence of enhanced cooperation with an increase in positive interactions among different bacteria at elevated temperature. This may help the whole community to overcome the stress of elevated temperature. We speculate that different bacterial species may build more integrated networks with a modified functional profile of the whole community to cope with elevated temperature. This study contributes to an improved understanding of the response of diatom-associated bacterial communities to elevated temperature.

Terpenoids from the South China Sea soft coral Sinularia multiflora - Zheng Wang; Ping-Lin Li; Xiang-Chao Luo; Qi Wang; Leen van Ofwegen; Xu-Li Tang; Guo-Qiang Li (Natural Product Research, 2021)

TRPV4 Regulates Soman-Induced Status Epilepticus and Secondary Brain Injury via NMDA Receptor and NLRP3 Inflammasome - Shuai Wang; Huanhuan He; Jianhai Long; Xin Sui; Jun Yang; Guodong Lin; Qian Wang; Yongan Wang; Yuan Luo (Neuroscience Bulletin, 2021)

Failure mechanism of a slow-moving landslide on September 27, 2020, in Chang Nong Village, Guangxi, China - Jiaming Zhang; Zhi Zhou; Feng Lin; Qinggang Yang; Yi Luo (Landslides, 2021)

Machine learning-based thermokarst landslide susceptibility modeling across the permafrost region on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau - Guoan Yin; Jing Luo; Fujun Niu; Zhanju Lin; Minghao Liu (Landslides, 2021)

Human papillomavirus prevalence among men who have sex with men in China: a systematic review and meta-analysis - Yiguo Zhou; Yi-Fan Lin; Lei Gao; Jianghong Dai; Ganfeng Luo; Lanying Li; Tanwei Yuan; Peiyang Li; Yuewei Zhan; Yanxiao Gao; Huachun Zou (European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 2021)

Activation of Ca2+/Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase II (CaMKII) with Lidocaine Provokes Pyroptosis of Glioblastoma Cells - B. Zhou; Y. Lin; S. Chen; J. Cai; Z. Luo; S. Yu; J. Lu (Bulletin of Experimental Biology and Medicine, 2021)

Cysteiniphilum marinum sp. nov., isolated from coastal seawater - Hai-Min Luo; Jun-Hui Feng; Liang-Hui Li; Meng-Meng Li; Ru-Qin Liu; Fu Chen; Ying Lin; Wen-Jun Li; Ping-Hua Qu; Min Xiao (Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 2021)

Nonlinearity of Subtidal Estuarine Circulation in the Pearl River Estuary, China - Hongzhou Xu; Jian Shen; Dongxiao Wang; Lin Luo; Bo Hong (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021)
The Pearl River Estuary (PRE) is a bell-shaped estuary with a narrow deep channel and wide shoals. This unique topographic feature leads to different dynamics of the subtidal estuarine circulation (SEC) in the PRE compared with a narrow and straight estuary. In this study, the nonlinear dynamics of the SEC in the PRE under mean circumstance are analyzed by using a validated 3D numerical model. Model results show that the nonlinear advections reach leading order in the along-channel momentum balance. Modulated by tide, the nonlinear advections show significant temporal variations as they have much larger values during spring tide than that during neap tide. Unlike straight and narrow estuaries, both tidally and cross-sectionally averaged axial and lateral advections play important roles in driving the SEC in the PRE in which the axial advection dominates the nonlinear effect, but the two nonlinear terms balance each other largely resulting in a reduced nonlinear effect. Despite this, the total nonlinear advection is still comparable with other terms, and it acts as the baroclinic pressure to reinforce the SEC, especially during the ebb tide, suggesting a flood–ebb asymmetry of the nonlinear dynamics in the PRE. In addition, diagnostic analyses of the along-channel vorticity budget show that nonlinear advections also make significant contribution to drive the lateral circulation in the PRE as Coriolis and baroclinic pressure terms, indicating complex dynamics of the circulation in the PRE.

The impact of atmospheric moisture transport on winter Arctic warming: Radiation versus latent heat release - Mingju Hao; Yanluan Lin; Yong Luo; Reshmita Nath; Zongci Zhao (International Journal of Climatology, 2021)
Atmospheric moisture transport (AMT) contributes significantly to the recent accelerated Arctic warming. However, the impact of AMT has not been well quantified, not to mention the relative contribution of its impact on microphysical latent heating (LAH) and longwave radiative heating (LWH). A series of Polar‐WRF model experiments with different magnitudes of AMT are conducted to study the response of winter Arctic temperature to AMT variations. Results show that atmospheric precipitable water is very sensitive to AMT variations and thus can define the changes in surface air temperature by altering surface downward longwave radiation. Additionally, because evaporation and sublimation tend to balance the AMT‐induced moisture changes near the surface, LWH in the lower troposphere is determined by downward longwave radiation and thus can be the dominant factor for temperature variations. However, temperature in the mid‐ and upper troposphere is primarily determined by changes in LAH, because the content of ice‐phase cloud aloft is significantly affected by AMT. In addition, the changes in LWH in the mid‐ and upper troposphere are governed by upward longwave radiation, thus offsetting some of the temperature variations. These findings have implications for the attribution of Arctic current warming and the prediction of its future temperature change.

A survey of chloramphenicol residues in aquatic products of Shenzhen, South China - Lan Luo; Shaoyou Lu; Chengpeng Huang; Fu Wang; Yan Ren; He Cao; Qihui Lin; Zhiqiang Tan; Xiaodong Wen (Food Additives & Contaminants: Part A, 2021)

Different posterior hippocampus and default mode network modulation in young APOE ε4 carriers: a functional connectome-informed phenotype longitudinal study - Li Juan Zheng; Li Lin; U. Joseph Schoepf; Akos Varga-Szemes; Rock H. Savage; Han Zhang; Yun Fei Wang; Xin Yuan Zhang; Song Luo; Ya Liu; Gui Fen Yang; Guang Ming Lu; et al. (Molecular Neurobiology, 2021)

Biochar Alters Inorganic Phosphorus Fractions in Tobacco-growing Soil - Wenli Zhang; Caibin Li; Guitong Li; Qimei Lin; Xiaorong Zhao; Yi He; Yanxiang Liu; Zhenbao Luo (Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 2021)

Five matrine-type alkaloids from Sophora tonkinensis - Qing Tang; Ding Luo; Ding-Chai Lin; Wen-Zhi Wang; Can-Jie Li; Xue-Fang Zhuo; Zhong-Nan Wu; Yu-Bo Zhang; Guo-Cai Wang; Yao-Lan Li (Journal of Natural Medicines, 2021)

Safety and efficacy of new oral anticoagulants compared to those of warfarin in AF patients with cancer: a meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials and observational studies - Yueming Chen; Min Mao; Jing Chang; Jing Yan; Tiantian Yang; Yang Liu; Meng Luo; Yuhao Hu; Qi Yang; Lin Zhou; Kanghua Ma (European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 2021)

Diversity of Diaporthe species associated with melanose disease on citrus trees in Jiangxi Province, China - Zhe-Zheng Zeng; Chingchai Chaisiri; Xiang-Yu Liu; Yang Lin; Chao-Xi Luo (European Journal of Plant Pathology, 2021)

The effects of dark treatment on photosynthesis and growth in young and mature leaves of Syzygium rehderianum - ZhengChao Yu; Wei Lin; XiaoTing Zheng; YanNa Luo; ChangLian Peng (Brazilian Journal of Botany, 2021)

Genome-wide identification of GMP genes in Rosaceae and functional characterization of FaGMP4 in strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa) - Yuanxiu Lin; Jiahao Zhang; Lintai Wu; Yunting Zhang; Qing Chen; Mengyao Li; Yong Zhang; Ya Luo; Yan Wang; Xiaorong Wang; Haoru Tang (Genes & Genomics, 2021)

A quantitative study of the scale and distribution of tight gas reservoirs in the Sulige gas field, Ordos Basin, northwest China - Chao Luo; Ailin Jia; Jianlin Guo; Qing Tian; Junlei Wang; Hun Lin; Nanxin Yin; Xuanbo Gao (Frontiers of Earth Science, 2021)

Performance analysis of landslide susceptibility assessment under different factor-filtering models - Yangchun Li; Feikai Lin; Lianhui Lou; Jiang Li; Zhanya Xu; Shuang Zhu; Xiangang Luo; Guangjie Huo; Qianjun Zhao (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2021)

Amygdala-based Functional Network Reveals Dissociated Neural Correlates of Consensual and Idiosyncratic Emotional Movie Experiences - Lin Cui; Bingbing Guo; Dan Zhao; Jiaxin Li; Yu Luo; Ming Meng (Neuroscience Bulletin, 2021)

A new buffer selection strategy for land use regression model of PM2.5 in Xi’an, China - Zeyu Liu; Qingyu Guan; Jinkuo Lin; Liqin Yang; Haiping Luo; Ning Wang (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Cryostructures and ground ice content in ice-rich permafrost area of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau with Computed Tomography Scanning - Xing-wen Fan; Zhan-ju Lin; Ze-yong Gao; Xiang-lian Meng; Fu-jun Niu; Jing Luo; Guo-an Yin; Fu-jun Zhou; Ai-yu Lan (Journal of Mountain Science, 2021)

Mortality burden caused by diurnal temperature range: a nationwide time-series study in 364 Chinese locations - Min Cai; Jianxiong Hu; Chunliang Zhou; Zhulin Hou; Yanjun Xu; Maigeng Zhou; Yize Xiao; Biao Huang; Xiaojun Xu; Lifeng Lin; Tao Liu; Jianpeng Xiao; et al. (Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, 2021)

Human β-Defensin 118 Attenuates Escherichia coli K88–Induced Inflammation and Intestinal Injury in Mice - Qian Lin; Qingqing Fu; Xiang Li; Yuheng Luo; Junqiu Luo; Daiwen Chen; Xiangbing Mao; Bing Yu; Ping Zheng; Zhiqing Huang; Jie Yu; Hui Yan; et al. (Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins, 2021)

GTree: an Open-source Tool for Dense Reconstruction of Brain-wide Neuronal Population - Hang Zhou; Shiwei Li; Anan Li; Qing Huang; Feng Xiong; Ning Li; Jiacheng Han; Hongtao Kang; Yijun Chen; Yun Li; Huimin Lin; Yu-Hui Zhang; et al. (Neuroinformatics, 2021)

Azure-winged Magpies Cyanopica cyanus passed the tasks on the Uzgiris-Hunt scale of object permanence - Lin Wang; Yunchao Luo; Abudusaimaiti Maierdiyali; Hao Chang; Sana Ullah; Zhongqiu Li (Journal of Ornithology, 2021)

miR-23b Attenuates LPS-Induced Inflammatory Responses in Acute Lung Injury via Inhibition of HDAC2 - Zhi-Feng Luo; Xiang-Hui Jiang; Huan Liu; Li-Yuan He; Xiong Luo; Fu-Chun Chen; Yu-Lin Tan (Biochemical Genetics, 2021)

Spreading rate dependence of morphological characteristics in global oceanic transform faults - Yiming Luo; Jian Lin; Fan Zhang; Meng Wei (Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2021)

Preparation of High-Drug-Loaded Clarithromycin Gastric-Floating Sustained-Release Tablets Using 3D Printing - Peihong Chen; Haosen Luo; Siyu Huang; Jinling Liu; Minmei Lin; Fan Yang; Junfeng Ban; Zeju Huang; Zhufen Lu; Qingchun Xie; YanZhong Chen (AAPS PharmSciTech, 2021)

Cytotoxicity of polyketides and steroids isolated from the sponge-associated fungus Penicillium citrinum SCSIO 41017 - Limbadri Salendra; Xiuping Lin; Weihao Chen; Xiaoyan Pang; Xiaowei Luo; Jieyi Long; Shengrong Liao; Junfeng Wang; Xuefeng Zhou; Yonghong Liu; Bin Yang (Natural Product Research, 2021)

Phytolith evidence of water management for rice growing and processing between 8,500 and 7,500 cal years bp in the middle Huai river valley, China - Wuhong Luo; Yuzhang Yang; Lina Zhuang; Huiyuan Gan; Chunguang Gu; Chengqing Huang; Liugeng Lin; Juzhong Zhang (Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 2021)

A cascaded FC-DenseNet and level set method (FCDL) for fully automatic segmentation of the right ventricle in cardiac MRI - Yang Luo; Lisheng Xu; Lin Qi (Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, 2021)

The response to flooding of two overwintering rice stem borers likely accounts for their changing impacts - Guang-Hua Luo; Zhi-Xin Luo; Zhi-Ling Zhang; Yang Sun; Ming-Hong Lu; Zhao-Lin Shu; Zi-Hua Tian; Ary A. Hoffmann; Ji-Chao Fang (Journal of Pest Science, 2021)

Model test on support scheme for carbonaceous slate tunnel in high geostress zone at high depth - Zhi-gang Tao; Shu-lin Ren; Gan Li; Hao-tian Xu; Sen-lin Luo; Man-chao He (Journal of Mountain Science, 2021)

Complete genome sequence of a novel foveavirus isolated from Allium sativum L. in China - Qi Luo; Shuzhen Hu; Qi Lin; Fei Xu; Jiejun Peng; Hongying Zheng; Guanwei Wu; Shaofei Rao; Jianping Chen; Yuwen Lu; Fengling Guo; Fei Yan (Archives of Virology, 2021)

Mapping paddy rice using Landsat time series data in the Ganfu Plain irrigation system, Southern China, from 1988−2017 - Jingjing Cao; Xueliang Cai; Junwei Tan; Yuanlai Cui; Hengwang Xie; Fangping Liu; Lin Yang; Yufeng Luo (International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2021)

Seasonal variations in the water residence time in the Bohai Sea using 3D hydrodynamic model study and the adjoint method - Chongxin Luo; Lei Lin; Jie Shi; Zhe Liu; Zhongya Cai; Xinyu Guo; Huiwang Gao (Ocean Dynamics, 2021)

Projections from Infralimbic Cortex to Paraventricular Thalamus Mediate Fear Extinction Retrieval - Yan Tao; Cheng-Yun Cai; Jia-Yun Xian; Xiao-Lin Kou; Yu-Hui Lin; Cheng Qin; Hai-Yin Wu; Lei Chang; Chun-Xia Luo; Dong-Ya Zhu (Neuroscience Bulletin, 2021)

The novel three-dimensional pulse images analyzed by dynamic L-cube polynomial model - Ching-Hsing Luo; Zhan Zhang; Bo Peng; Xiaohua Xie; Tsung-Lin Lee; Liang-Miin Tsai (Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, 2021)

Injection route affects intra-articular hyaluronic acid distribution and clinical outcome in viscosupplementation treatment for knee osteoarthritis: a combined cadaver study and randomized clinical trial - Jun Xiao; Yong Hu; Lin Huang; Zhi-Fa Huang; Wei-Zhou Jiang; Yu-Qiang Luo; Meng-Yan Jia; Di Chen; Zhan-Jun Shi (Drug Delivery and Translational Research, 2021)

Sesquiterpenoids and meroterpenoids from a mangrove derived fungus Diaporthe sp. SCSIO 41011 - Xiao-Wei Luo; Chun-Mei Chen; Kun-Long Li; Xiu-Ping Lin; Cheng-Hai Gao; Xue-Feng Zhou; Yong-Hong Liu (Natural Product Research, 2021)

Preliminary study on relationships among nutritional risk, serum prealbumin, and peripheral blood T cell subsets in patients with severe COVID-19 - Yanli Li; Yanbo Sun; Jing He; Peng Zhao; Pengju Luo; Jinsong Bai; Weiming Li; Shumin Li; Yueying Lin; Yunyun Cen (Infectious Diseases, 2021)

Astrocyte-Derived Lactate Modulates the Passive Coping Response to Behavioral Challenge in Male Mice - Ya-Nan Yin; Jian Hu; Yi-Li Wei; Ze-Lin Li; Zhou-Cai Luo; Rui-Qi Wang; Ke-Xin Yang; Shu-Ji Li; Xiao-Wen Li; Jian-Ming Yang; Tian-Ming Gao (Neuroscience Bulletin, 2021)

KASP markers to detect sub-chromosomal arm translocations between 6VS of Haynaldia villosa and 6AS of wheat - Shujie Zhang; Chaolan Fan; Jiangtao Luo; Lei Huang; Die Xie; Yazhou Li; Zhuo Chen; Bo Jiang; Shunzong Ning; Zhongwei Yuan; Lin Huang; Lianquan Zhang; et al. (Euphytica, 2021)

Multifunctional Role of Polyvinylpyrrolidone in Pharmaceutical Formulations - Yu Luo; Yanlong Hong; Lan Shen; Fei Wu; Xiao Lin (AAPS PharmSciTech, 2021)

Stocks and losses of soil organic carbon from Chinese vegetated coastal habitats - Chuancheng Fu; Yuan Li; Lin Zeng; Haibo Zhang; Chen Tu; Qian Zhou; Kuanxu Xiong; Jiaping Wu; Carlos M. Duarte; Peter Christie; Yongming Luo (Global Change Biology, 2021)
Global vegetated coastal habitats (VCHs) represent a large sink for organic carbon (OC) stored within their soils. The regional patterns and causes of spatial variation, however, remain uncertain. The sparsity and regional bias of studies on soil OC stocks from Chinese VCHs have limited the reliable estimation of their capacity as regional and global OC sinks. Here, we use field and published data from 262 sampled soil cores and 181 surface soils to report estimates of soil OC stocks, burial rates and losses of VCHs in China. We find that Chinese mangrove, salt marsh and seagrass habitats have relatively low OC stocks, storing 6.3 ± 0.6, 7.5 ± 0.6, and 1.6 ± 0.6 Tg C (±95% confidence interval) in the top meter of the soil profile with burial rates of 44 ± 17, 159 ± 57, and 6 ± 45 Gg C/year, respectively. The variability in the soil OC stocks is linked to biogeographic factors but is mostly impacted by sedimentary processes and anthropic activities. All habitats have experienced significant losses, resulting in estimated emissions of 94.2–395.4 Tg CO 2 e (carbon dioxide equivalent) over the past 70 years. Reversing this trend through conservation and restoration measures has, therefore, great potential in contributing to the mitigation of climate change while providing additional benefits. This assessment, on a national scale from highly sedimentary environments under intensive anthropogenic pressures, provides important insights into blue carbon sink mechanism and sequestration capacities, thus contributing to the synchronous progression of global blue carbon management.

Production of gene-edited pigs harboring orthologous human mutations via double cutting by CRISPR/Cas9 with long single-stranded DNAs as homology-directed repair templates by zygote injection - Fei Xie; Xiaoyang Zhou; Tingting Lin; Lulu Wang; Chuanhong Liu; Xi Luo; Lihua Luo; Huayu Chen; Kenan Guo; Hong Wei; Yong Wang (Transgenic Research, 2020)

Channelized and unchannelized collapses of granular columns on a horizontal surface - Quan Zhang; Bo-lin Huang; Hai-lin Zhao; Xiao-ting Chen; Chao-lin Luo (Journal of Mountain Science, 2020)

Effects of high-intensity interval training on gut microbiota profiles in 12 months’ old ICR mice - Guiping Wang; Huanhuan Zhou; Lin Zhang; Ruyi Li; Li Luo; Zengli Yu; Zhongxiao Wan (Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry, 2020)

Whether the carbon emission from green roofs can be effectively mitigated by recycling waste building material as green roof substrate during five-year operation? - Liangqian Fan; Jingting Wang; Xiaoling Liu; Hongbing Luo; Ke Zhang; Xiaoying Fu; Mei Li; Xiaoting Li; Bing Jiang; Jia Chen; Shuzhi Fu; You Mo; et al. (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020)

Shifts in the bacterial community along with root-associated compartments of maize as affected by goethite - Peduruhewa H Jeewani; Lin Chen; Lukas Van Zwieten; Congcong Shen; Georg Guggenberger; Yu Luo; Jianming Xu (Biology and Fertility of Soils, 2020)

ClPLD5, a phospholipase gene is involved in protection of cytoskeleton stability in pollen of self-imcompatible ‘Xiangshui’ lemon (Citrus limon) - Wei Lin; Minhphu Do; Mi Wei; Xinhua He; Yuan Liu; Zhiyi Fan; Shuwei Zhang; Cong Luo; Guixiang Huang; Guibing Hu (Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC), 2020)

Effects of exogenous selenium levels on humus characteristics in selenium-enriched soil and lead accumulation in Brassica juncea - Yanshi Wang; Shengxu Luo; Zheng Wang; Zhuang Tong; Qin Deng; Yanling Lin; Lanxin Zhang (Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2020)

Stable isotopes reveal effects of natural drivers and anthropogenic pressures on isotopic niches of invertebrate communities in a large subtropical river of China - Sai Wang; Lin-Hui Su; Bang-Ke Luo; Ying-Jun Qin; Simon D. Stewart; Jin-Peng Tang; Tuan-Tuan Wang; Yang Yang; Gong Cheng (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020)

Preparation and uranium (VI) biosorption for tri-amidoxime modified marine fungus material - Jingwen Han; Lin Hu; Leqing He; Kang Ji; Yaqing Liu; Can Chen; Xiaomei Luo; Ni Tan (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020)

Identification of Cyt2Ba from a New Strain of Bacillus thuringiensis and Its Toxicity in Bradysia difformis - Fan-Fan Wang; Shao-Xuan Qu; Jin-Sheng Lin; Hui-Ping Li; Li-Juan Hou; Ning Jiang; Xin Luo; Lin Ma (Current Microbiology, 2020)
Bradysia difformis is one of the most damaging pests in mushroom production in China. In this study, eight Bacillus thuringiensis strains were analyzed for insecticidal activity in B. difformis . The strain JW-1 showed the highest insecticidal activity against B. difformis larvae, but did not inhibit the mycelial growth of Pleurotus ostreatus and P. geesteranus . The 16S rRNA gene (1397 bp) and cyt2 gene (792 bp) were obtained from strain JW-1. The phylogenetic tree based on 16S rRNA gene and Cyt2 toxin showed that strain JW-1 was a member of B. thuringiensis and Cyt2 toxin belonged to Cyt2Ba toxin cluster. The Cyt2Ba toxin from strain JW-1 was overexpressed in E. coli as a fusion protein and the fusion protein (70 kDa) was purified by Ni-IDA affinity chromatography. The purified Cyt2Ba fusion protein was toxic to B. difformis larvae (LC 50 was 2.25 ng/mL). The identification of Cyt2Ba from strain JW-1 and confirmation of the insecticidal activity of Cyt2Ba in B. difformis provided a new means of biological control of the important pest in mushroom production.

Deformation characteristics and reactivation mechanisms of the Outang ancient landslide in the Three Gorges Reservoir, China - Shi-Lin Luo; Da Huang (Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 2020)

Tectochrysin increases stress resistance and extends the lifespan of Caenorhabditis elegans via FOXO/DAF-16 - Min Lu; Lin Tan; Xiao-Gang Zhou; Zhong-Lin Yang; Qing Zhu; Jian-Ning Chen; Huai-Rong Luo; Gui-Sheng Wu (Biogerontology, 2020)

Correction to: Investigating the age composition of Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins in the Pearl River Estuary based on their pigmentation pattern - Lang Guo; Wenzhi Lin; Chen Zeng; Dingyu Luo; Yuping Wu (Marine Biology, 2020)

Rehabilitation effect of the combined application of bamboo biochar and coal ash on ion-adsorption-type rare earth tailings - Qin Zhang; Guangyue Wan; Caiyun Zhou; Jie Luo; Jianping Lin; Xiaomin Zhao (Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2020)

Cerebral Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury: Lysophosphatidic Acid Mediates Inflammation by Decreasing the Expression of Liver X Receptor - Xiaoyun Zeng; Zhixiu Luo; Junyi Wu; Jie Zhou; Yandong Shan; Yang Zhu; Guilin Yan; Yahang Lin; Chao Wang (Journal of Molecular Neuroscience, 2020)

Retraction Note: Assessing the influence of highway and high-speed railway construction on local climate using Landsat images in karst areas - Hua Zhou; Yang Luo; Fang-jun Ding; Qi-nan Lin (Journal of Mountain Science, 2020)

Effect of Calcium-Based Catalysts on Pyrolysis Liquid Products from Municipal Sludge - Wei Luo; Yi-Feng Su; Qing Hu; Huai-Lin Yin; Shuo Wang; Li-Jiao Ao; Xiao-Xi Wen; Sheng-Xiong Huang; Nan Zhou; Wei Zhang; Zhi Zhou (BioEnergy Research, 2020)

Initial chest CT findings in COVID-19: correlation with clinical features - Zhu-jing Shen; Nan Lu; Lu-lu Gao; Jian Lv; Hua-fu Luo; Ji-feng Jiang; Chao Xu; Shi-ya Li; Ju-jiang Mao; Kai Li; Xiao-pei Xu; Bin Lin (Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE B, 2020)

The influence on biosorption potentials of metal-resistant bacteria Enterobacter sp. EG16 and Bacillus subtilis DBM by typical red soil minerals - Wenling Feng; Yaying Li; Zhiyun Lin; Yang Luo; Shizhong Wang; Rongliang Qiu (Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2020)

Herpud1 deficiency could reduce amyloid-β40 expression and thereby suppress homocysteine-induced atherosclerosis by blocking the JNK/AP1 pathway - Feidan Gao; Jie Zhang; Tingjuan Ni; Na Lin; Hui Lin; Hangqi Luo; Hangyuan Guo; Jufang Chi (Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry, 2020)

Growth and Cellular Responses of Toxigenic Microcystis to Chloramphenicol-Stress at Various Environmentally-Relevant Nitrogen Levels - Jieming Li; Lin Luo; Zhong Zhang; Jiaqi Hu (Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2020)

CO2 flux of soil respiration in natural recovering karst abandoned farmland in Southwest China - Yanwei Wang; Weijun Luo; Guangneng Zeng; Hanling Yang; Meifang Wang; Yina Lyu; Anyun Cheng; Lin Zhang; Xianli Cai; Jia Chen; Shijie Wang (Acta Geochimica, 2020)

Ancestral niche separation and evolutionary rate differentiation between sister marine flavobacteria lineages - Chun‐Xu Xue; Hao Zhang; He‐Yu Lin; Ying Sun; Danli Luo; Yongjie Huang; Xiao‐Hua Zhang; Haiwei Luo (Environmental Microbiology, 2020)
Summary Marine flavobacteria are specialists for polysaccharide degradation. They dominate in habitats enriched with polysaccharides, but are also prevalent in pelagic environments where polysaccharides are less available. These niches are likely occupied by distinct lineages, but evolutionary processes underlying their niche differentiation remain elusive. Here, genomic analyses and physiological assays indicate that the sister flavobacteria lineages Leeuwenhoekiella and Nonlabens likely explore polysaccharide‐rich macroalgae and polysaccharide‐poor pelagic niches respectively. Phylogenomic analyses inferred that the niche separation likely occurred anciently and coincided with increased sequence evolutionary rate in Nonlabens compared with Leeuwenhoekiella . Further analyses ruled out the known mechanisms likely driving evolutionary rate acceleration, including reduced selection efficiency, decreased generation time and increased mutation rate. In particular, the mutation rates were determined using an unbiased experimental method, which measures the present‐day populations and may not reflect ancestral populations. These data collectively lead to a new hypothesis that an ancestral and transient mutation rate increase resulted in evolutionary rate increase in Nonlabens . This hypothesis was supported by inferring that gains and losses of genes involved in SOS response, a mechanism known to drive transiently increased mutation rate, coincided with evolutionary rate acceleration. Our analyses highlight the evolutionary mechanisms underlying niche differentiation of flavobacteria lineages.

Whole brain radiotherapy induces cognitive dysfunction in mice: key role of gut microbiota - Xiao-Xiao Luo; Chun Yang; Gao-Feng Zhan; Shan Li; Dong-Yu Hua; Ai-Lin Luo; Xiang-Lin Yuan (Psychopharmacology, 2020)

Beyond resource limitation: an expanded test of the niche dimension hypothesis for multiple types of niche axes - Xuebin Yan; Jeffrey Diez; Kailing Huang; Shaopeng Li; Xi Luo; Xinyu Xu; Fanglong Su; Lin Jiang; Hui Guo; Shuijin Hu (Oecologia, 2020)

MiR-615 Regulates NSC Differentiation In Vitro and Contributes to Spinal Cord Injury Repair by Targeting LINGO-1 - Hongfu Wu; Lu Ding; Yuhui Wang; Tang-Bin Zou; Tao Wang; Wenjin Fu; Yong Lin; Xiaomin Zhang; Kangzhen Chen; Yutian Lei; Caitang Zhong; Chuanming Luo (Molecular Neurobiology, 2020)

The power of habit: does production experience lead to pesticide overuse? - Yanzhong Huang; Xiaofeng Luo; Lin Tang; Weizhen Yu (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020)

Streptomyces taklimakanensis sp. nov., an actinomycete isolated from the Taklimakan desert - Lin-Lin Yuan; Li-Li Zhang; Xiao-Xia Luo; Zhan-Feng Xia; Bei-Bei Sun; Hong Zeng (Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 2020)

Variations in colchicine-induced autotetraploid plants of Lilium davidii var. unicolor - Shujie Li; Yuhong Lin; Huaidi Pei; Jingjing Zhang; Jinwen Zhang; Junjie Luo (Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC), 2020)

The degradation of BPA on enhanced heterogeneous photo-Fenton system using EDDS and different nanosized hematite - Xiaoqing Feng; Mengqi Luo; Wenyu Huang; Ying Huang; Hongjie Xie; Zisong Xu; Jian Zhang; Wei Luo; Shuangfei Wang; Hongfei Lin (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020)

Insights into facile synthesized pomelo biochar adsorbing thallium: potential remediation in agricultural soils - Chunbai Gao; Yinglan Cao; Jianqing Lin; Hongda Fang; Zhuanxi Luo; Yang Lin; Han Zhao; Yicheng Huang (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020)

Mechanism of Water Inrush and Controlling Techniques for Fault-Traversing Roadways with Floor Heave Above Highly Confined Aquifers - Yanchun Xu; Ermeng Zhang; Yaqi Luo; Lin Zhao; Kang Yi (Mine Water and the Environment, 2020)

Correction to: Effect of stomatal control on Populus simonii Carr stand transpiration in farmland shelterbelt, China’s semi-arid region - Shuai Fu; Yuan Xiao; Yi Luo; Lin Sun; Daishe Wu (Agroforestry Systems, 2020)

Effect of stomatal control on Populus simonii Carr stand transpiration in farmland shelterbelt, China’s semi-arid region - Shuai Fu; Yuan Xiao; Yi Luo; Lin Sun; Daishe Wu (Agroforestry Systems, 2020)

Effect of Manure Compost on Distribution of Cu and Zn in Rhizosphere Soil and Heavy Metal Accumulation by Brassica juncea - Hongli Huang; Lin Luo; Liuhui Huang; Jiachao Zhang; Petros Gikas; Yaoyu Zhou (Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 2020)

Detection of serum IgM and IgG for COVID-19 diagnosis - Ling Zhong; Junlan Chuan; Bo Gong; Ping Shuai; Yu Zhou; Yi Zhang; Zhilin Jiang; Dingding Zhang; Xiaoqi Liu; Shi Ma; Yi Huang; He Lin; et al. (Science China Life Sciences, 2020)

Evaluation of Shear Strength Parameters of Rocks by Preset Angle Shear, Direct Shear and Triaxial Compression Tests - Fengqiang Gong; Song Luo; Ge Lin; Xibing Li (Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 2020)

Prevalence of RNF213 variants in symptomatic intracranial arterial stenosis/occlusion in China - Xunsha Sun; Man Luo; Jiaoxing Li; Rong Lai; Jing Lin; Yufang Wang; Xiaowei Xu; Shaoqing Wu; Wenli Sheng (Molecular Genetics and Genomics, 2020)

Multiple genetic factors affecting the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic processes of tacrolimus in Chinese myasthenia gravis patients - Huan-Yu Meng; Xi Li; Wan-Lin Jin; Cheng-Kai Yan; Xiao-Hua Dong; Qiu Xu; Yu-Yao Peng; Zhi-Bin Li; Yi Li; Zhao-Hui Luo; Li-Qun Xu; Huan Yang (European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 2020)

Investigating the age composition of Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins in the Pearl River Estuary based on their pigmentation pattern - Lang Guo; Wenzhi Lin; Chen Zeng; Dingyu Luo; Yuping Wu (Marine Biology, 2020)

Temporal variations in riverine hydrochemistry and estimation of the carbon sink produced by coupled carbonate weathering with aquatic photosynthesis on land: an example from the Xijiang River, a large subtropical karst-dominated river in China - Rui Yang; Hailong Sun; Bo Chen; Mingxing Yang; Qingrui Zeng; Cheng Zeng; Jie Huang; Huixian Luo; Danhui Lin (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020)

NLRP3 Deficiency Attenuates Secondary Degeneration of Visual Cortical Neurons Following Optic Nerve Injury - Zhou Zhang; Wenyi Liu; Yubin Huang; Linlin Luo; Xiaofeng Cai; Yunjia Liu; Liqianyu Ai; Jun Yan; Sen Lin; Jian Ye (Neuroscience Bulletin, 2020)

ABA and sucrose co-regulate strawberry fruit ripening and show inhibition of glycolysis - Ya Luo; Cong Ge; Yajie Ling; Fan Mo; Min Yang; Leiyu Jiang; Qing Chen; Yuanxiu Lin; Bo Sun; Yong Zhang; Yan Wang; Mengyao Li; et al. (Molecular Genetics and Genomics, 2020)

Effect of slope gradient on the subsurface water flow velocity of sand layer profile - Zhen Han; Xiao-yan Chen; Yu-han Huang; Bang-lin Luo; Hang Xing; Yong-chao Huang (Journal of Mountain Science, 2020)

Dynamic patterns of circular and linear RNAs in maize hybrid and parental lines - Zi Luo; Jia Qian; Sijia Chen; Lin Li (Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2020)

Population genetic structure and phylogenetic analysis of gray’s pipefish, Halicampus grayi in the South China Sea - Yingying Wu; Xin Wang; Shuaishuai Liu; Hao Luo; Qiang Lin (Genes & Genomics, 2020)

The acclimation of leaf photosynthesis of wheat and rice to seasonal temperature changes in T‐FACE environments - Chuang Cai; Gang Li; Lijun Di; Yunjie Ding; Lin Fu; Xuanhe Guo; Paul C. Struik; Genxing Pan; Haozheng Li; Weiping Chen; Weihong Luo; Xinyou Yin (Global Change Biology, 2020)
Crops show considerable capacity to adjust their photosynthetic characteristics to seasonal changes in temperature. However, how photosynthesis acclimates to changes in seasonal temperature under future climate conditions has not been revealed. We measured leaf photosynthesis ( A n ) of wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.) and rice ( Oryza sativa L.) grown under four combinations of two levels of CO 2 (ambient and enriched up to 500 µmol/mol) and two levels of canopy temperature (ambient and increased by 1.5–2.0°C) in temperature by free‐air CO 2 enrichment (T‐FACE) systems. Parameters of a biochemical C 3 ‐photosynthesis model and of a stomatal conductance ( g s ) model were estimated for the four conditions and for several crop stages. Some biochemical parameters related to electron transport and most g s parameters showed acclimation to seasonal growth temperature in both crops. The acclimation response did not differ much between wheat and rice, nor among the four treatments of the T‐FACE systems, when the difference in the seasonal growth temperature was accounted for. The relationships between biochemical parameters and leaf nitrogen content were consistent across leaf ranks, developmental stages, and treatment conditions. The acclimation had a strong impact on g s model parameters: when parameter values of a particular stage were used, the model failed to correctly estimate g s values of other stages. Further analysis using the coupled g s –biochemical photosynthesis model showed that ignoring the acclimation effect did not result in critical errors in estimating leaf photosynthesis under future climate, as long as parameter values were measured or derived from data obtained before flowering.

Glutamate and aspartate alleviate testicular/epididymal oxidative stress by supporting antioxidant enzymes and immune defense systems in boars - Wenjie Tang; Jian Wu; Shunshun Jin; Liuqin He; Qinlu Lin; Feijun Luo; Xingguo He; Yanzhong Feng; Binsheng He; Pingping Bing; Tiejun Li; Yulong Yin (Science China Life Sciences, 2020)

Energy conversion and deposition behaviour in gravitational collapse of granular columns - Bo-lin Huang; Jian Wang; Quan Zhang; Chao-lin Luo; Xiao-ting Chen (Journal of Mountain Science, 2020)

TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access - Jens Kattge; Gerhard Bönisch; Sandra Díaz; Sandra Lavorel; Iain Colin Prentice; Paul Leadley; Susanne Tautenhahn; Gijsbert D. A. Werner; Tuomas Aakala; Mehdi Abedi; Alicia T. R. Acosta; George C. Adamidis; et al. (Global Change Biology, 2020)
Plant traits—the morphological, anatomical, physiological, biochemical and phenological characteristics of plants—determine how plants respond to environmental factors, affect other trophic levels, and influence ecosystem properties and their benefits and detriments to people. Plant trait data thus represent the basis for a vast area of research spanning from evolutionary biology, community and functional ecology, to biodiversity conservation, ecosystem and landscape management, restoration, biogeography and earth system modelling. Since its foundation in 2007, the TRY database of plant traits has grown continuously. It now provides unprecedented data coverage under an open access data policy and is the main plant trait database used by the research community worldwide. Increasingly, the TRY database also supports new frontiers of trait‐based plant research, including the identification of data gaps and the subsequent mobilization or measurement of new data. To support this development, in this article we evaluate the extent of the trait data compiled in TRY and analyse emerging patterns of data coverage and representativeness. Best species coverage is achieved for categorical traits—almost complete coverage for ‘plant growth form’. However, most traits relevant for ecology and vegetation modelling are characterized by continuous intraspecific variation and trait–environmental relationships. These traits have to be measured on individual plants in their respective environment. Despite unprecedented data coverage, we observe a humbling lack of completeness and representativeness of these continuous traits in many aspects. We, therefore, conclude that reducing data gaps and biases in the TRY database remains a key challenge and requires a coordinated approach to data mobilization and trait measurements. This can only be achieved in collaboration with other initiatives.

Dynamic Detection of Thrombolysis in Embolic Stroke Rats by Synchrotron Radiation Angiography - Liping Wang; Panting Zhou; Zhihao Mu; Xiaojie Lin; Lu Jiang; Zhuo Cheng; Longlong Luo; Zhiming Xu; Jieli Geng; Yongting Wang; Zhijun Zhang; Guo-Yuan Yang (Translational Stroke Research, 2019)

LLCLPLDA: a novel model for predicting lncRNA–disease associations - Guobo Xie; Shuhuang Huang; Yu Luo; Lei Ma; Zhiyi Lin; Yuping Sun (Molecular Genetics and Genomics, 2019)

Variation of rill cross-sections with gravel and aggregating soil in the Dry-Hot Valley (SW China) - Nana Wang; Lin Ding; Gangcai Liu; Qingchun Deng; Hui Liu; Jie Wang; Wei Lv; Jun Luo; Ziyin Du; Bin Zhang (Modeling Earth Systems and Environment, 2019)

Cloning and expression analysis of the StCUL1 gene in potato - Peng-Xiang Pang; Li Shi; Xiao-Juan Wang; Yan-Nan Chang; Yong-Ping Luo; Jin-Lin Feng; Hemu Eri; Gang Gao (Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 2019)

NRG1–ErbB4 signaling promotes functional recovery in a murine model of traumatic brain injury via regulation of GABA release - Weike Deng; Fei Luo; Bao-ming Li; Lin Mei (Experimental Brain Research, 2019)

Overexpression of AtAAP1 increased the uptake of an alanine-chlorantraniliprole conjugate in Arabidopsis thaliana - Zhanfu Ren; Zhiting Chen; Xiao Luo; Jiebing Su; Guangkai Yao; Hanhong Xu; Fei Lin (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2019)

RUNOFF SHRINKAGE IN THE WUYUR RIVER BASIN, NORTH‐EAST CHINA, AND ITS INFLUENCE ON THE SUCCESSION OF SALINE MARSH IN THE LOWER REACHES - Luo Jinming; Yang Fan; Wang Yongjie; Bai Lin; Liu Fugang; Wang Zhiliang (Irrigation and Drainage, 2019)
Drought induced by global climate change and local human disturbance is having a significant impact on the succession of inland saline marshes. This study aims to examine the causes of rapid land degradation in China's Zhalong wetland over the past 65 years (1951–2015) using the Mann–Kendall rank test. Results indicate that local human disturbance (mainly water diversion) is the key detrimental factor in marsh degradation. Water diversion in the upper reaches of the Wuyur river basin has changed the hydrological regime and caused significant water deficit in the Zhalong wetland, thereby leading to rapid shrinkage of the marsh. An increasing runoff trend with an average of 7.44 × 10 8 m 3 was observed in the upper reaches from 1983 to 2015. In contrast, the runoff in the lower reaches had significantly decreased from 8.5 × 10 8 m 3 to 3 × 10 8 m 3 in recent years ( P 2 in 1979 to 260 km 2 in 2010, in which large areas emerged in the core area of the wetland. Land degradation decreased the habitat of the red‐crowned crane ( Grus japonensis ). This condition may be an important contributor to the population decline of rare birds and biodiversity loss. © 2019 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Carbon-based magnetic nanocomposite as catalyst for persulfate activation: a critical review - Ya Pang; Kun Luo; Lin Tang; Xue Li; Jiangfang Yu; Junyuan Guo; Yuanyuan Liu; Zhu Zhang; Ran Yue; Ling Li (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2019)

Echolocation call divergence in bats: a comparative analysis - Bo Luo; Leith Leiser-Miller; Sharlene E. Santana; Lin Zhang; Tong Liu; Yanhong Xiao; Ying Liu; Jiang Feng (Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 2019)

Field study on the use of gravelly tunnel muck for frost heave and thaw settlement prevention in soft subgrades, northwest China - Libo Wu; Fujun Niu; Zhanju Lin; Jing Luo (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2019)

Adsorption Removal of Cr(VI) with Activated Carbon Prepared by Co-pyrolysis of Rice Straw and Sewage Sludge with ZnCl2 Activation - Liangqian Fan; Wenxin Wan; Xianda Wang; Jie Cai; Fenghui Chen; Wei Chen; Lin Ji; Hongbing Luo; Lin Cheng (Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 2019)

Pseudomonas ovata sp. nov., Isolated from the Skin of the Tail of Farmed Murray cod (Maccullochella peelii peelii) with a Profound Ulceration - Qiuhua Rao; Yang Liu; Can Chen; Qiu Lin; Lihua Ren; Minmin Huang; Jiefeng Tu; Tuyan Luo (Current Microbiology, 2019)

Forest community assembly is driven by different strata‐dependent mechanisms along an elevational gradient - Ya‐Huang Luo; Marc W. Cadotte; Kevin S. Burgess; Jie Liu; Shao‐Lin Tan; Kun Xu; De‐Zhu Li; Lian‐Ming Gao (Journal of Biogeography, 2019)
Aim The mechanisms driving forest community assembly along elevational gradients remain elusive. The distinct strata in heterogeneous forest are subject to differing assembly mechanisms. This study aims to evaluate how different ecological mechanisms driving forest community assembly across strata and spatial scales, and to identify how these assemblages respond to different abiotic or biotic variables along an elevational gradient. Location Yulong Mountain within Hengduan Mountains, Southwest China. Taxon Seed plants. Methods We sampled plant species along a 1,200 m elevational gradient across forest strata (trees, shrubs and herbs) at different spatial scales (neighbourhood and community). We integrated phylogenetic and functional diversity to disentangle the roles of ecological mechanisms in structuring community assembly. We also determined the relative effects of climatic, soil and biotic variables and their interactions on these community assemblages. Results The phylogenetic and functional diversity of trees were lower at the extremes of the elevational gradient, where they were constrained by water availability or temperature. While communities with higher species diversity exhibited an overdispersed structure at mid‐elevations. For shrubs, overdispersion was exhibited at high elevations despite low species richness, which could be consistent with facilitative interactions or competition exclusion. However, most communities of herbs appear to have a markedly random structure, despite some incongruence between phylogenetic divergence and functional convergence, as well as influences from overstorey trees and local light conditions. The relative effects of abiotic variables on community structure were larger at the community scale than at the neighbourhood scale. Main conclusions Our study emphasises the importance of considering phylogenies and traits in understanding the strata‐ and scale‐dependent mechanisms of forest community assembly. Collectively, results indicate that contrasting assembly mechanisms interact across different strata along elevational gradients to shape diverse forest communities.

Visualizing DC morphology and T cell motility to characterize DC-T cell encounters in mouse lymph nodes under mTOR inhibition - Qiaoya Lin; Zheng Liu; Meijie Luo; Hao Zheng; Sha Qiao; Chenlu Han; Deqiang Deng; Zhan Fan; Yafang Lu; Zhihong Zhang; Qingming Luo (Science China Life Sciences, 2019)

Long term experimental drought alters community plant trait variation, not trait means, across three semiarid grasslands - Wentao Luo; Xiaoan Zuo; Robert J. Griffin-Nolan; Chong Xu; Wang Ma; Lin Song; Kenny Helsen; Yingchao Lin; Jiangping Cai; Qiang Yu; Zhengwen Wang; Melinda D. Smith; et al. (Plant and Soil, 2019)

The Long-Term Effects of Ethanol and Corticosterone on the Mood-Related Behaviours and the Balance Between Mature BDNF and proBDNF in Mice - L. Y. Lin; S. Y. Luo; M. Al-Hawwas; M. F. Herselman; X. F. Zhou; Larisa Bobrovskaya (Journal of Molecular Neuroscience, 2019)

Antigenic Epitope Analysis and Efficacy Evaluation of GRA41 DNA Vaccine Against T. gondii Infection - Jian Zhou; Chenxi Li; Yingquan Luo; Lin Wang (Acta Parasitologica, 2019)

Greater than the sum of the parts: how the species composition in different forest strata influence ecosystem function - Ya‐Huang Luo; Marc W. Cadotte; Kevin S. Burgess; Jie Liu; Shao‐Lin Tan; Jia‐Yun Zou; Kun Xu; De‐Zhu Li; Lian‐Ming Gao (Ecology Letters, 2019)
The mechanisms underpinning forest biodiversity‐ecosystem function relationships remain unresolved. Yet, in heterogeneous forests, ecosystem function of different strata could be associated with traits or evolutionary relationships differently. Here, we integrate phylogenies and traits to evaluate the effects of elevational diversity on above‐ground biomass across forest strata and spatial scales. Community‐weighted means of height and leaf phosphorous concentration and functional diversity in specific leaf area exhibited positive correlations with tree biomass, suggesting that both positive selection effects and complementarity occur. However, high shrub biomass is associated with greater dissimilarity in seed mass and multidimensional trait space, while species richness or phylogenetic diversity is the most important predictor for herbaceous biomass, indicating that species complementarity is especially important for understory function. The strength of diversity‐biomass relationships increases at larger spatial scales. We conclude that strata‐ and scale‐ dependent assessments of community structure and function are needed to fully understand how biodiversity influences ecosystem function.

A global database of paired leaf nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations of terrestrial plants - Di Tian; Jens Kattge; Yahan Chen; Wenxuan Han; Yongkai Luo; Jinsheng He; Huifeng Hu; Zhiyao Tang; Suhui Ma; Zhengbing Yan; Quanhong Lin; Bernhard Schmid; et al. (Ecology, 2019)
Nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) are essential components of the basic cell structure of plants. In particular, leaf N and P concentrations and their stoichiometric relationship largely determine the photosynthesis, growth, reproduction, and ecophysiological processes of plants. As important leaf functional traits, leaf N and P concentrations and their stoichiometric relationship play vital roles in indicating plant nutrient‐use strategies and their evolution in terrestrial ecosystems. They also influence physiological and ecological processes in leaves (e.g., growth rate and energy metabolism) and productivity (e.g., net primary production and net ecosystem production) at ecosystem level. However, the lack of a comprehensive data set containing paired leaf N and P concentration records has distinctly limited research on nutrient stoichiometry and leaf functional traits. Here, we provide a global database of paired records of leaf N and P concentrations. A total of 11,354 individual records were acquired spanning 1,291 sites worldwide, including 201 families, 1,265 genera, and 3,227 species. The records span a latitudinal range of 45.28 °S to 68.35 °N and a longitudinal range of 155.5 °W to 168.0 °E. The variables provided for each individual record are (1) geographical location (longitude, latitude, and altitude); (2) matched leaf N and P concentrations and N:P ratio; (3) taxonomic information (family, genera, and species); (4) life form (angiosperm/gymnosperm, monocotyledonous/dicotyledonous and woody plants/herbaceous plants; note that woody plants were further divided into coniferous, deciduous broad‐leaved, and evergreen broad‐leaved woody species and that herbaceous plants were further divided into annual and perennial species); (5) mean annual temperature ( MAT ) and mean annual precipitation ( MAP ); and (6) soil N and P concentrations and pH value in some records. To date, this database is the world's largest database of paired leaf N and P concentrations, which contains matched information of geographical location, environmental factors, and taxa. We believe that the database will play a fundamental and crucial part of ecological stoichiometric studies. There are no copyright restrictions. When using this database, we kindly request that you cite this article, respecting all the authors’ hard work during sample collection and data compilation.

Regulation of mitochondrial NAD pool via NAD+ transporter 2 is essential for matrix NADH homeostasis and ROS production in Arabidopsis - Lilan Luo; Yajun He; Yannan Zhao; Qian Xu; Jian Wu; Haiyan Ma; Hongyan Guo; Lin Bai; Jianru Zuo; Jian-Min Zhou; Hong Yu; Jiayang Li (Science China Life Sciences, 2019)

Quantitative climatic reconstruction of the Last Glacial Maximum in China - Haibin Wu; Qin Li; Yanyan Yu; Aizhi Sun; Yating Lin; Wenqi Jiang; Yunli Luo (Science China Earth Sciences, 2019)

Correction to: Antidepressant-Like Action of Single Facial Injection of Botulinum Neurotoxin A is Associated with Augmented 5-HT Levels and BDNF/ERK/CREB Pathways in Mouse Brain - Yang Li; Jing Liu; Xu Liu; Cun-Jin Su; Qi-Lin Zhang; Zhi-Hong Wang; Lei-Fang Cao; Xue-Yan Guo; Ya Huang; Weifeng Luo; Tong Liu (Neuroscience Bulletin, 2019)

Antidepressant-Like Action of Single Facial Injection of Botulinum Neurotoxin A is Associated with Augmented 5-HT Levels and BDNF/ERK/CREB Pathways in Mouse Brain - Yang Li; Jing Liu; Xu Liu; Cun-Jin Su; Qi-Lin Zhang; Zhi-Hong Wang; Lei-Fang Cao; Xue-Yan Guo; Ya Huang; Weifeng Luo; Tong Liu (Neuroscience Bulletin, 2019)

Impaired autophagy mediates hyperhomocysteinemia-induced HA-VSMC phenotypic switching - Tingjuan Ni; Feidan Gao; Jie Zhang; Hui Lin; Hangqi Luo; Jufang Chi; Hangyuan Guo (Journal of Molecular Histology, 2019)

Quadruplex PCR detection of three quarantine Phytophthora pathogens of berries - Fang Liao; Guo-Ming Huang; Lin-Hui Zhu; Dajin Lv; Doudou Zhang; Jia-Feng Luo; Guan-Rong Li (European Journal of Plant Pathology, 2019)

Circular RNAs exhibit extensive intraspecific variation in maize - Zi Luo; Linqian Han; Jia Qian; Lin Li (Planta, 2019)

Potassium ameliorates iron deficiency by facilitating the remobilization of iron from root cell walls and promoting its translocation from roots to shoots - Yi Quan Ye; Hong Yan Luo; Mao Li; Jia Jun Zhang; Guang Qiu Cao; Kai Min Lin; Si Zu Lin; Shan Shan Xu (Plant and Soil, 2019)

Long non-coding RNA RP11-6O2.4 indicates poor prognosis and suppresses cell cycle progression through the p38-MAPK signaling pathway in gastric cancer - Yang Feng; Zhiming Fu; Yajun Luo; Wang Tan; Zilin Liu; Pengcheng Ye; Fei Lu; Wanping Xiang; Linghan Tang; Lin Yao; Mengyun Song; Qingmei Huang; et al. (Molecular & Cellular Toxicology, 2019)

QTL analysis of delayed maize flowering in response to low phosphate across multi-environments - Zhiyong Ren; Xiao Zhang; Hailan Liu; Wenjun Liu; Zhi Nie; Dan Liu; Ling Wu; Haijian Lin; Shunzong Su; Duojiang Gao; Bowen Luo; Peng Ma; et al. (Euphytica, 2019)

RETRACTED ARTICLE: Assessing the influence of highway and high-speed railway construction on local climate using Landsat images in karst areas - Hua Zhou; Yang Luo; Fang-jun Ding; Qi-nan Lin (Journal of Mountain Science, 2019)

Identification of a GntR family regulator BusRTha and its regulatory mechanism in the glycine betaine ABC transport system of Tetragenococcus halophilus - Jieting Lin; Yunfei Zhu; Hanlan Tang; Junwei Yan; Lixin Luo (Extremophiles, 2019)

Neuroligins Differentially Mediate Subtype-Specific Synapse Formation in Pyramidal Neurons and Interneurons - Qiang-Qiang Xia; Jing Xu; Tai-Lin Liao; Jie Yu; Lei Shi; Jun Xia; Jian-Hong Luo; Junyu Xu (Neuroscience Bulletin, 2019)

Exosomal long non-coding RNAs: biological properties and therapeutic potential in cancer treatment - Jie Luo; Yan Xiong; Pei-fen Fu; En-chun Li; Lei Qu; Xiao Fan; Zhi-jian Cai; Ai-fu Lin (Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE B, 2019)

Development and validation of nomogram estimating post-surgery hospital stay of lung cancer patients: relevance for predictive, preventive, and personalized healthcare strategies - Xiang-Lin Hu; Song-Tao Xu; Xiao-Cen Wang; Jin-Long Luo; Dong-Ni Hou; Xiao-Min Zhang; Chen Bao; Dong Yang; Yuan-Lin Song; Chun-Xue Bai (EPMA Journal, 2019)

Seasonal climatic effects and feedbacks of anthropogenic heat release due to global energy consumption with CAM5 - Bing Chen; C. Wu; X. Liu; L. Chen; Jian Wu; H. Yang; Tao Luo; Xue Wu; Yiquan Jiang; Lei Jiang; H. Y. Brown; Z. Lu; et al. (Climate Dynamics, 2019)

Portable vertical pendulum tiltmeter development and application test - Jie-ning Xia; Qiang Lin; Li-Xia Geng; Zhen Li; Song Luo; Nong-Fa Li; Jian-Feng Yu; Jun Liu (Acta Geodaetica et Geophysica, 2019)

G-CSF-primed haplo-identical HSCT with intensive immunosuppressive and myelosuppressive treatments does not increase the risk of pre-engraftment bloodstream infection: a multicenter case–control study - Jinhua Ren; Qiaoxian Lin; Weimin Chen; Congmeng Lin; Yuxin Zhang; Cunrong Chen; Shaozhen Chen; Xiaohong Yuan; Ping Chen; Xiaofeng Luo; Yun Lin; Lvying Shen; et al. (European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 2019)

SCN1A and SCN2A polymorphisms are associated with response to valproic acid in Chinese epilepsy patients - Lihong Shi; Miaomiao Zhu; Huilan Li; Zhipeng Wen; Xiaoping Chen; Jia Luo; Cong Lin; Zanling Zhang (European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 2019)

Mercury–Organic Matter Interactions in Soils and Sediments: Angel or Devil? - Mei He; Lei Tian; Hans Fredrik Veiteberg Braaten; Qingru Wu; Jie Luo; Li-Mei Cai; Jiang-Hui Meng; Yan Lin (Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2019)

Two Genes (ClS1 and ClF-box) Involved the Self-Incompatibility of ”Xiangshui” Lemon (Citrus limon (L.) Burm. f.) - Wei Lin; Shuwei Zhang; Feng Ding; Xinhua He; Cong Luo; Guixiang Huang; Minhphu Do; Qing Wang; Zaiyun Yang; Ling Su; Guibing Hu (Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, 2019)

Rainfall difference between the deposition fan and source area of Touzhai Landslide in Yunnan, China - Kun Wang; Zhe Ren; Xuefeng Mei; Lin Tian; Kui Yang; Zhenhua Zhou; Jianjie Luo; Zemin Xu (Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 2019)

Identification and molecular characterization of Serratia marcescens phages vB_SmaA_2050H1 and vB_SmaM_2050HW - Changyu Tian; Jiangtao Zhao; Zheng Zhang; Xiao Chen; Xiao Wei; Huan Li; Weishi Lin; Yuehua Ke; Lingfei Hu; Aimin Jiang; Ruo Feng; Wenhui Yang; et al. (Archives of Virology, 2019)

Environmental changes in the north‐east Sunda region over the last 40 000 years - Chuanxiu Luo; Simon Haberle; Zhuo Zheng; Rong Xiang; Chixin Chen; Gang Lin; Kumar Sazal (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2019)
Pollen and spores from 110 samples from sediment core NS07‐25 from the Nansha Trough in the South China Sea (SCS) were analysed with a particular focus on reconstructing vegetation and climate change and identifying the sources of palynomorphs on the Sunda Shelf during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). Palynomorph sources were identified using the Near Analysis function in ArcGIS with 62 data points of the pollen in surface sediment samples from the southern SCS. The results showed that during the LGM, pollen and spores came from the exposed Sundaland, whereas before and after the LGM, pollen and spores came from Borneo. Changes in vegetation and climate were inferred from pollen percentages, concentrations and influx and indicated that during the LGM, ferns, lowland rainforests, upper montane rainforests and lower montane forests were present on the north‐east part of the exposed Sunda Shelf but not over the entire Sunda Shelf. Climate during the LGM was cooler than it is today, but humidity was not substantially lower. During the LGM, grasses and shrubs did not cover the southern continental shelf of the SCS, possibly because they were located in the Intertropical Convergence Zone.

Contribution of atmospheric moisture transport to winter Arctic warming - Mingju Hao; Yong Luo; Yanluan Lin; Zongci Zhao; Lei Wang; Jianbin Huang (International Journal of Climatology, 2019)
Atmospheric moisture transport (AMT) is known to have an influence on the winter Arctic surface air temperature (SAT). However, a systematic investigation involving a verification of the physical linkages and spatial sensitivity within the Arctic, as well as a quantification of such contribution is still lacking. Our work first verifies the variation coherence between AMT and the SAT over the winters of 1979–2015, based on multiple data sets. Climate model projections reveal tendencies towards more frequent high values in both SAT and AMT from 2010 to 2065 relative to that from 1950 to 2005, as well as a high correlation coefficient between their detrended series. Then, a composite analysis is applied based on different AMT values. During high‐AMT episodes, enhanced AMT intrudes into the Arctic, with the Norwegian Sea as the gateway, and further induces unevenly distributed warming inside the Arctic. The greatest warming occurs in the Barents‐Kara Sea, which is tightly associated with the altered atmospheric moisture content and its subsequent changes of surface radiation balance. In addition, the intruding moisture can induce latent heat release and sea ice melting, which also influences the warming. Furthermore, by conducting numerical model experiments in the winter of 2012/2013, a total warming effect of 9.66 °C averaged across the Arctic for the original AMT is revealed. By setting different incremental AMT values in five cases, the leading role of AMT is found to switch in the 0.5MT case (the case wherein the AMT value is 0.5 times the original) from altering the atmospheric moisture content to producing precipitation. This finding suggests that evenly spaced AMTs result in the alleviation of SAT increases.

A new triterpene diglycoside from the roots of Bupleurum chinense DC. and its inhibitory effect on adipogensis in 3T3-L1 cells - Yujing Feng; Zhou-Wei Wu; Yanyan Luo; Liang Chen; Yufeng Cao; Lun Wang; Aftab Yaseen; Bin Chen; Ashfaq Ahmad Khan; Ming-Kui Wang; Guo-Lin Zhang; Xin-Feng Wang; et al. (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2019)

Co-exposure to environmental endocrine disruptors in the US population - Lin Chen; Kai Luo; Ruth Etzel; Xiaoyu Zhang; Ying Tian; Jun Zhang (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2019)

Adsorption of Cd(II) from aqueous solution by Pennisetum sp. straw biochars derived from different modification methods - Guangcai Yin; Lulin Bi; Xiaowang Song; Haoyu Luo; Pengpeng Ji; Qintie Lin; Qianjun Liu; Guiyou Tang (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2019)

Phosphorus Influences the Interaction Between Toxigenic Microcystis and Chloramphenicol - Lin Luo; Jieming Li; Zhong Zhang; Yue Yuan (Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2019)

Underestimated ecosystem carbon turnover time and sequestration under the steady state assumption: A perspective from long‐term data assimilation - Rong Ge; Honglin He; Xiaoli Ren; Li Zhang; Guirui Yu; T. Luke Smallman; Tao Zhou; Shi‐Yong Yu; Yiqi Luo; Zongqiang Xie; Silong Wang; Huimin Wang; et al. (Global Change Biology, 2019)
It is critical to accurately estimate carbon (C) turnover time as it dominates the uncertainty in ecosystem C sinks and their response to future climate change. In the absence of direct observations of ecosystem C losses, C turnover times are commonly estimated under the steady state assumption ( SSA ), which has been applied across a large range of temporal and spatial scales including many at which the validity of the assumption is likely to be violated. However, the errors associated with improperly applying SSA to estimate C turnover time and its covariance with climate as well as ecosystem C sequestrations have yet to be fully quantified. Here, we developed a novel model‐data fusion framework and systematically analyzed the SSA ‐induced biases using time‐series data collected from 10 permanent forest plots in the eastern China monsoon region. The results showed that (a) the SSA significantly underestimated mean turnover times ( MTT s) by 29%, thereby leading to a 4.83‐fold underestimation of the net ecosystem productivity ( NEP ) in these forest ecosystems, a major C sink globally; (b) the SSA ‐induced bias in MTT and NEP correlates negatively with forest age, which provides a significant caveat for applying the SSA to young‐aged ecosystems; and (c) the sensitivity of MTT to temperature and precipitation was 22% and 42% lower, respectively, under the SSA . Thus, under the expected climate change, spatiotemporal changes in MTT are likely to be underestimated, thereby resulting in large errors in the variability of predicted global NEP . With the development of observation technology and the accumulation of spatiotemporal data, we suggest estimating MTT s at the disequilibrium state via long‐term data assimilation, thereby effectively reducing the uncertainty in ecosystem C sequestration estimations and providing a better understanding of regional or global C cycle dynamics and C‐climate feedback.

Mechanistic studies of the apoptosis induced by the macrocyclic natural product tetrandrine in MGC 803 cells - Sai-Qi Wang; Hong-Lin Hou; Liang-Yu Bie; Cai-Yun Nie; Luo-Nan Wang; Shaobing Gao; Ting-Ting Hu; Xiao-Bing Chen (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2019)

Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) detection of Phytophthora hibernalis, P. syringae and P. cambivora - Guan-Rong Li; Guo-Ming Huang; Lin-Hui Zhu; Dajin Lv; Baohong Cao; Fang Liao; Jia-Feng Luo (Journal of Plant Pathology, 2019)

Contrastive removal of oxytetracycline and chlortetracycline from aqueous solution on Al-MOF/GO granules - Lin-ling Yu; Zi-fen Luo; Ying-ying Zhang; Shi-chuan Wu; Cao Yang; Jian-hua Cheng (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2019)

The synthesized transporter K16APoE enabled the therapeutic HAYED peptide to cross the blood-brain barrier and remove excess iron and radicals in the brain, thus easing Alzheimer’s disease - Zhenyou Zou; Qiqiong Shen; Yanxia Pang; Xin Li; Yongfeng Chen; Xinjuan Wang; Xinhua Luo; Zhongmin Wu; Zhaosheng Bao; Juanli Zhang; Jiawei Liang; Lingjia Kong; et al. (Drug Delivery and Translational Research, 2019)

Direct and indirect effects of climate on richness drive the latitudinal diversity gradient in forest trees - Chengjin Chu; James A. Lutz; Kamil Král; Tomáš Vrška; Xue Yin; Jonathan A. Myers; Iveren Abiem; Alfonso Alonso; Norm Bourg; David F.R.P. Burslem; Min Cao; Hazel Chapman; et al. (Ecology Letters, 2019)
Climate is widely recognised as an important determinant of the latitudinal diversity gradient. However, most existing studies make no distinction between direct and indirect effects of climate, which substantially hinders our understanding of how climate constrains biodiversity globally. Using data from 35 large forest plots, we test hypothesised relationships amongst climate, topography, forest structural attributes (stem abundance, tree size variation and stand basal area) and tree species richness to better understand drivers of latitudinal tree diversity patterns. Climate influences tree richness both directly, with more species in warm, moist, aseasonal climates and indirectly, with more species at higher stem abundance. These results imply direct limitation of species diversity by climatic stress and more rapid (co‐)evolution and narrower niche partitioning in warm climates. They also support the idea that increased numbers of individuals associated with high primary productivity are partitioned to support a greater number of species.

Postprandial change in glucose metabolism at the molecular level in the adipose tissue of omnivorous GIFT Oreochromis niloticus - Jing-Yun Feng; Qin-Qin Liu; Hang-Zhong Xu; Rui-Hong Chen; Li Luo; Shi-Mei Lin; Yong-Jun Chen; De-Shou Wang (Fisheries Science, 2019)

Trace Elements and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Variation Along the Guang-Shen Expressway Before and After the 2016 Qingming Festival in Guangzhou - Jie Luo; Wenxiang He; Jian Wu; Xiaowen Sophie Gu; Lin Ye (Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2019)

Transcriptome Reveals Differentially Expressed Genes in Saccharum spontaneum GX83-10 Leaf Under Drought Stress - Kai-Chao Wu; Li-Ping Wei; Cheng-Mei Huang; Yuan-Wen Wei; Hui-Qing Cao; Lin Xu; Hai-Bin Luo; Sheng-Li Jiang; Zhi-Nian Deng; Yang-Rui Li (Sugar Tech, 2018)