Genetic diversity is vital for population survival, yet there is a paucity of studies focusing on the effectiveness of establishing protected areas for maintaining the population genetic diversity of threatened plant species. To evaluate the effectiveness of in situ conservation measures, we used simple sequence repeats (SSR) and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) markers to monitor temporal dynamics in genetic diversity of...

Summary Antibiotic resistance is ancient and prevalent in natural ecosystems and evolved long before the utilization of synthetic antibiotics started, but factors influencing the large‐scale distribution patterns of natural antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) remain largely unknown. Here, a large‐scale investigation over 4000 km was performed to profile soil ARGs, plant communities and bacterial communities from 300 quadrats ac...