Challenge accepted: Evolutionary lineages versus taxonomic classification of North American shrub willows (Salix)

P Marinček, É Léveillé‐Bourret… - American Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Premise The huge diversity of Salix subgenus Chamaetia/Vetrix clade in North America and
the lack of phylogenetic resolution within this clade has presented a difficult but fascinating …

Seed morphometry of Rheum L.(Polygonaceae) species from Kazakhstan and its implications in taxonomy and species identification

AA Sumbembayev, OA Lagus, S Nowak - Biodiversitas Journal of …, 2023 - smujo.id
Sumbembayev AA, Lagus OA, Nowak S. 2023. Seed morphometry of Rheum
L.(Polygonaceae) species from Kazakhstan and its implications in taxonomy and species …

Global warming pushes the distribution range of the two alpine 'glasshouse' Rheum species north- and upwards in the Eastern Himalayas and the Hengduan …

SK Rana, HK Rana, J Stöcklin, S Ranjitkar… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Alpine plants' distribution is being pushed higher towards mountaintops due to global
warming, finally diminishing their range and thereby increasing the risk of extinction. Plants …

A new pollinating seed‐consuming mutualism between Rheum nobile and a fly fungus gnat, Bradysia sp., involving pollinator attraction by a specific floral compound

B Song, G Chen, J Stöcklin, DL Peng, Y Niu… - New …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Pollinating seed‐consuming mutualisms are regarded as exemplary models for studying
coevolution, but they are extremely rare. In these systems, olfactory cues have been thought …

[HTML][HTML] Simulated climate warming strongly constrains the seedling establishment of alpine cushion Arenaria oreophila

R Zhou, P Yang, X Chen, M Song, H Sun, J Chen - Plant Diversity, 2023 - Elsevier
Population shrinkage of alpine cushion plants with ongoing climate warming has been
empirically confirmed. Since cushion plants play important roles in sustaining alpine plant …

Ultraviolet screening increases with elevation in translucent bracts of Rheum nobile (Polygonaceae), an alpine 'glasshouse' plant from the high Himalayas

B Song, Y Gao, J Stöcklin, M Song… - Botanical Journal of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Specialized bracts of Himalayan 'glasshouse'plants are well known for adapting to diverse
stresses in alpine environments, thus ensuring normal sexual reproduction. However, little …

Habitat-specific responses of seed germination and seedling establishment to soil water condition in two Rheum species in the high Sino-Himalayas

B Song, J Stöcklin, YQ Gao, ZQ Zhang, Y Yang… - Ecological …, 2013 - Springer
Abstract Knowledge of how germination and seedling establishment respond to soil water
condition is crucial for plant conservation under global warming and land-use changes. We …

Recruitment of the high elevation cushion plant Arenaria polytrichoides is limited by competition, thus threatened by currently established vegetation

JG Chen, Y Yang, SW Wang, J Stöcklin… - … of Systematics and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Cushion plants have been confirmed to be keystone species of alpine ecosystems.
However, the adaptive strategies responsible for their recruitment and persistence remain …

Recruitment of seedlings versus ramets as affected by pasture degradation in alpine meadows and the implications for ecological restoration

Z Shang, Y Hou, D Pan, S Yang, J Shi… - Plant Ecology & …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Background: The degradation of alpine meadows on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP) has
an impact on vegetation recruitment from seedlings and ramets. Aims: Understanding the …

Demography of the giant monocarpic herb Rheum nobile in the Himalayas and the effect of disturbances by grazing

B Song, P Stoll, D Peng, H Sun, J Stöcklin - Annals of botany, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background Perennity of giant rosette species in combination with a single 'big
bang'reproduction followed by death of the genetic individual is relatively rare among plants …