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Converting farmlands to forests or forests to farmlands? 将农田变为森林，还是将森林变为农田？

Biological Diversity Pub Date : 2024-07-05 DOI: 10.1002/bod2.12015

Hai Ren, Lei Gao, Dafeng Hui, Q. Guo

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Consumption of centipedes promotes growth and gut microbiome homeostasis in a lizard 食用蜈蚣可促进蜥蜴的生长和肠道微生物群平衡

Biological Diversity Pub Date : 2024-04-16 DOI: 10.1002/bod2.12006

Hongxin Xie, Jing Yang, Guoshuai Tang, Yao Zeng, Shuyi Luo, Baojun Sun, Yonggang Nie, Zhenyu Du, Wei‐Guo Du

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Linking plant functional traits to biodiversity under environmental change 将植物功能特性与环境变化下的生物多样性联系起来

Biological Diversity Pub Date : 2024-04-11 DOI: 10.1002/bod2.12004

Hui Liu, Deyi Yin, Pengcheng He, M. Cadotte, Qing Ye

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Current progress and future prospects for understanding genetic diversity of seed plants in China 了解中国种子植物遗传多样性的当前进展和未来展望

Biological Diversity Pub Date : 2024-04-11 DOI: 10.1002/bod2.12005

Yingjie Xiong, Yujie Zhao, Yuanyu He, Lina Zhao, Haihua Hu, Russell L. Barrett, Zhiduan Chen, Limin Lu

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A healing place: Reimagining the modern botanic garden as a physic garden 疗养胜地：将现代植物园重新打造为理疗园

Biological Diversity Pub Date : 2024-03-19 DOI: 10.1002/bod2.12001

Tim Entwisle

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The future is now: How to conserve fungi 未来就是现在如何保护真菌

Biological Diversity Pub Date : 2024-03-12 DOI: 10.1002/bod2.12003

Shi-Liang Liu, Dong‐Mei Liu, Li-Wei Zhou

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Inaugural editorial: Biological Diversity 就职社论：生物多样性

Biological Diversity Pub Date : 2024-03-12 DOI: 10.1002/bod2.12002

Hai Ren

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