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Original Research

Accepted on 29 Jan 2026

Distribution characteristics and influencing factors of carbon storage in Populus plantations with different stand ages in the Luxi Yellow River floodplain, China

in Functional Plant Ecology

Zhibao Wang
Peiming Zheng
Yuwei Guo
Chuanjie Zhou
Jing Liang
Haibing Wu
Cheng Huang
Xiangbin Gao
Yanyi Zhang

Frontiers in Plant Science

Editorial

Published on 29 Jan 2026

Editorial: Integrating nature-based solutions for land degradation neutrality and deriving co-benefits

in Functional Plant Ecology

Ting Hua
Yi Han
Yang Yu
Miguel Inácio
Paulo Pereira

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2026.1766472

417 views

Original Research

Published on 28 Jan 2026

Environmental filters drive functional similarity in disjunct ferruginous outcrops of Eastern Amazonia

in Functional Plant Ecology

Viviane Vasconcelos Chaves
Priscila Sarmento
Arianne Flexa de Castro
José Tasso Felix Guimarães
André Luiz de Rezende Cardoso
Lourival Tyski
Rayara do Socorro Souza da Silva
Thyago Gonçalves Miranda
Sílvio Ramos
Cecílio Caldeira

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1695218

559 views

Original Research

Published on 28 Jan 2026

Altitude-mediated soil microbe-nutrient dynamics shape medicinal properties of Angelica sinensis

in Functional Plant Ecology

Xiao-Fang Gong
Wasim Khan
Ling Yang
Yu-Kun Chen
Juan Chen
Ling Zhang
Yong Zhang
Ying Zhu
Zhi-Ye Wang
Bing-Lin Zhang

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1703258

746 views

Original Research

Published on 27 Jan 2026

Niche and interspecific associations of dominant tree species in Castanopsis eyrei and Castanopsis carlesii communities in Meihua Mountain, Fujian

in Functional Plant Ecology

Jiali Yu
Mengwei Chi
Chenyu Gong
Menglin Chang
Xing He
Shipin Chen
Jinping Wu
Liang Ma
Siren Lan

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1703968

360 views

Original Research

Published on 27 Jan 2026

Predicting the potential distribution of three medicinal Gentiana species in China under climate change scenarios with the MaxEnt model

in Functional Plant Ecology

Jun Luo
Xinyu Li
Ying Liu
Shiyu Zhang
Anli Liu
Ying Liu
Ying Zhou

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1729969

551 views

Original Research

Accepted on 22 Jan 2026

Climate warming induced pervasive growth decline in Chinese pine populations of the Loess Plateau, China

in Functional Plant Ecology

Zongshan Li
Cong Wang
Guangyao Gao
Xiaoming Feng
Yihe Lv
Xiaochun Wang
Qindi Zhang
Haibin Liang
Xiaojuan Zhang
Yue Guo

Frontiers in Plant Science

268 views

Original Research

Accepted on 22 Jan 2026

Spatiotemporal Interaction and Attribution Analysis of Ecosystem Health and Human Activities in the Daxing'anling Forest–Grassland Ecotone, China

in Functional Plant Ecology

Wanlong Pang
月欣张
Xiuzhi Ma
Yanan Ma

Frontiers in Plant Science

134 views

Original Research

Published on 22 Jan 2026

Above- and belowground succession following multiple-tree mortality in Pinus densiflora forests

in Functional Plant Ecology

Seung–Jae Lee
Ah–Rim Lee
Dong–Seok Son
Dong–Bin Shin
Seok Hui Lee
Yeong-Eun Kim
Jun Won Kang
Seung–Hwan Oh

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1737673

836 views

Original Research

Published on 22 Jan 2026

Differences in functional traits of herbaceous plants in Sanjiang plain wetland under human disturbance gradient and their response strategies to environmental changes

in Functional Plant Ecology

Qiuyu Meng
Zihe Liu
Naixu Guo
Jiping Liu

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1733287

515 views

Editorial

Published on 22 Jan 2026

Editorial: Vegetation resilience in ecological autocatalysis under climate change

in Functional Plant Ecology

Virgil Iordache
Samuel Kuria Kiboi

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1756384

703 views

Original Research

Published on 20 Jan 2026

Predicting the current and future distribution of Helianthus tuberosus L. in China using the MaxEnt model under climate change scenarios

in Functional Plant Ecology

Yuying Liu
Qijun Zhao
Yanhong Dai
Yanjing Ren
Mengliang Zhao

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1683371

469 views

Original Research

Published on 20 Jan 2026

Expansion of Moso bamboo into Chinese fir stands persistently depletes rhizosphere bioavailable P pools: a seasonal, space-for-time approach

in Functional Plant Ecology

Shuangbo Bi
Xuerong Shi
Chunju Peng
Tianyi Hu
Jing Chen
Jingchen Xie
Haicheng Li
Tingting Cao
Man Shi
Zhikang Wang

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1718574

366 views

Original Research

Published on 19 Jan 2026

The response and coupling coordination of soil moisture to vegetation in the Yellow River’s primary tributaries: a multi-source data analysis of the Wanchuan River Basin

in Functional Plant Ecology

Xingyu Liu
Xiaodan Li
Xiaoning Zhang
Jiali Yang
Zizhen Li
Haichao Zhang
Xuelu Liu

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1700203

506 views

Original Research

Published on 19 Jan 2026

Effect of wetland degradation on plant community characteristic and aboveground biomass in the lower reaches of the Yellow River

in Functional Plant Ecology

Yike Huang
Mingli Zhang
Zhiwei Mao
Xinyu Li
Linjun Xu
Jialiang Nie
Xiu Li
Mengxia Li
Wenkai Chen
Junxiang Ding

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1719185

720 views

Original Research

Published on 16 Jan 2026

Contrasting wood anatomy drives divergent xylogenesis and climate responses in 10 warm-temperate trees

in Functional Plant Ecology

Yiping Zhang
Xiaoli Zhai
Gengxin Lu
Hanwei Bai
Jiao Chen
Junliang Xu
Yaowu Tian
Neil Pederson

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1660428

635 views

Original Research

Published on 15 Jan 2026

Functional differentiation and adaptive responses of absorptive and transport roots in alpine grassland plants under nitrogen and phosphorus addition

in Functional Plant Ecology

Jinke Du
Xueqi Li
Qiang Sun
Lu Yang
Ying Li
Shikui Dong

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1747072

760 views

Original Research

Published on 14 Jan 2026

Differentiation of water sources and hydrological thresholds of herb-to-shrub communities across a revegetated chronosequence in Baijitan National Nature Reserve, China: a quantitative analysis using hydrogen-oxygen stable isotopes

in Functional Plant Ecology

Wang Shunxia
Zhang Na
Hu Yifei
Ma Xiaojing
Ma Hongbin

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1744755

595 views

Original Research

Published on 14 Jan 2026

Seasonal variation of soil respiration in a tropical coastal shelter forest and its responses to environmental factors

in Functional Plant Ecology

Haihui Chen
Leyu Tian
Yiqing Chen
Zongzhu Chen
Shouqian Nong
Zhipan Lin
Xiangling Lei
Junting Jia
Shaofeng Su

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1747744

579 views

Original Research

Accepted on 12 Jan 2026

Plant phylogenetic diversity promotes ecosystem multifunctionality, whereas soil bacterial diversity shows an opposite trend in subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forests

in Functional Plant Ecology

Yanhong Wang
Shuaifeng Li
Xuedong Lang
Xiaobo Huang
Jianrong Su

Frontiers in Plant Science

158 views

Original Research

Published on 12 Jan 2026

Soil multifunctionality and temporal variability of nutrients across vigor classes in wild apple trees (Malus sieversii)

in Functional Plant Ecology

Chen-Quan Gu
Jia-Qi Xu
Xiao-Bing Zhou
Mekhrovar Okhonniyozov
Yue-Wei Tong
Ye Tao

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1711464

611 views

Original Research

Published on 12 Jan 2026

Dynamic responses of gross primary productivity to compound hot extremes and drought across different geographical regions of China

in Functional Plant Ecology

Yu Qin
Qiuxiang Jiang
Youzhu Zhao
Zilong Wang
Meiyun Tao
Baohan Li

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1715432

632 views

Original Research

Published on 07 Jan 2026

Topography and functional traits shape the distribution of key shrub plant functional types in low-Arctic tundra

in Functional Plant Ecology

Daryl Yang
Wouter Hantson
Kenneth J. Davidson
Julien Lamour
Bailey D. Morrison
Verity G. Salmon
Tianqi Zhang
Kim S. Ely
Charles E. Miller
Daniel J. Hayes

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1724838

1,222 views

Editorial

Published on 06 Jan 2026

Editorial: Floral adaptations and pollinator dynamics in a rapidly changing environment

in Functional Plant Ecology

Monika M. Lipińska
Adam P. Karremans

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1756585

693 views

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Distribution characteristics and influencing factors of carbon storage in Populus plantations with different stand ages in the Luxi Yellow River floodplain, China

Editorial: Integrating nature-based solutions for land degradation neutrality and deriving co-benefits

Environmental filters drive functional similarity in disjunct ferruginous outcrops of Eastern Amazonia

Altitude-mediated soil microbe-nutrient dynamics shape medicinal properties of Angelica sinensis

Niche and interspecific associations of dominant tree species in Castanopsis eyrei and Castanopsis carlesii communities in Meihua Mountain, Fujian

Predicting the potential distribution of three medicinal Gentiana species in China under climate change scenarios with the MaxEnt model

Climate warming induced pervasive growth decline in Chinese pine populations of the Loess Plateau, China

Spatiotemporal Interaction and Attribution Analysis of Ecosystem Health and Human Activities in the Daxing'anling Forest–Grassland Ecotone, China

Above- and belowground succession following multiple-tree mortality in Pinus densiflora forests

Differences in functional traits of herbaceous plants in Sanjiang plain wetland under human disturbance gradient and their response strategies to environmental changes

Editorial: Vegetation resilience in ecological autocatalysis under climate change

Predicting the current and future distribution of Helianthus tuberosus L. in China using the MaxEnt model under climate change scenarios

Expansion of Moso bamboo into Chinese fir stands persistently depletes rhizosphere bioavailable P pools: a seasonal, space-for-time approach

The response and coupling coordination of soil moisture to vegetation in the Yellow River’s primary tributaries: a multi-source data analysis of the Wanchuan River Basin

Effect of wetland degradation on plant community characteristic and aboveground biomass in the lower reaches of the Yellow River

Contrasting wood anatomy drives divergent xylogenesis and climate responses in 10 warm-temperate trees

Functional differentiation and adaptive responses of absorptive and transport roots in alpine grassland plants under nitrogen and phosphorus addition

Differentiation of water sources and hydrological thresholds of herb-to-shrub communities across a revegetated chronosequence in Baijitan National Nature Reserve, China: a quantitative analysis using hydrogen-oxygen stable isotopes

Seasonal variation of soil respiration in a tropical coastal shelter forest and its responses to environmental factors

Plant phylogenetic diversity promotes ecosystem multifunctionality, whereas soil bacterial diversity shows an opposite trend in subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forests

Soil multifunctionality and temporal variability of nutrients across vigor classes in wild apple trees (Malus sieversii)

Dynamic responses of gross primary productivity to compound hot extremes and drought across different geographical regions of China

Topography and functional traits shape the distribution of key shrub plant functional types in low-Arctic tundra

Editorial: Floral adaptations and pollinator dynamics in a rapidly changing environment