Maternal density-induced reproduction suppression impairs offspring capacity in response to immediate environment in root voles Microtus oeconomus
November 21, 2014 The authors found that intrinsic state alterations induced by maternal stress impair offspring capacity in response to immediate environment, and these alterations are likely mediated by maternal stress system.
Field evidence for earlier leaf-out dates in alpine grassland on the eastern Tibetan Plateau from 1990 to 2006
September 23, 2014 Rapid recent temperature increases on the Tibetan Plateau (TP) have triggered changes in the spring phenology of the local vegetation. However, remote sensing studies of the land surface phenology have reached conflic...
Isolation and Purification of Six Bioactive Compounds from the Seeds of Trigonella foenum-graecum L. using High-Speed Counter-Current Chromatography
August 14, 2014 WANG Honglun and his teams isolated and purified flavonoids and polyhydroxystilbenes from Trigonella foenum-graecum L. seed extracts using high-speed counter-current chromatography (HSCCC) in two steps with two differ...
Alpine Grassland Soil Organic Carbon Stock and Its Uncertainty in the Three Rivers Source Region of the Tibetan Plateau
July 22, 2014 Alpine grassland of the Tibetan Plateau is an important component of global soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks, but insufficient field observations and large spatial heterogeneity leads to great uncertainty in their est...