Chinese researchers have discovered two rare species of flying squirrels, Priapomys leonardi and Petaurista nobilis, in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, according to the Kunming Institute of Zoology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Thursday.
A study from the Institute of Botany at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IBCAS) has demonstrated that the association between multitrophic diversity and ecosystem multifunctionality is stronger than the relationship between the diversity of individual trophic groups and multifunctionality.
The Lauraceae is an important basal angiosperm group, widely distributed in the tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Beilschmiedia is one of the largest genera in Lauraceae and has a typical pantropical distribution. During field work from Menghai county to Lancang county in Yunnnan province, researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) collected an unknown fruiting Lauraceae taxon.
Researchers from the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden have provided strong support for this central prediction by examining phytochemical diversity and herbivory in 60 tree communities ranging from species-rich tropical rainforests to species-poor subalpine forests.
To mark the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two countries, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the French National Center for Scientific Research established the Sino-French International Research Network on Biodiversity in Beijing on Tuesday.
This Germplasm Bank of Wild Species (GBOWS), located in the northern suburb of Kunming, the provincial capital, is the largest facility of its kind in Asia. It houses more than 94,000 plant seed accessions from over 11,000 wild species, representing over one-third of China's wild seed plants.
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