Researchers carried out a meta-analysis to quantify global drivers of variation in the invertebrate effect, the collective contribution of multiple groups of invertebrates (e.g., termites, wood-boring insects), on wood decomposition. Specifically, they evaluated how climate, wood size, bark presence or absence, wood debris type, and species clade (gymnosperms or angiosperm) influenced the invertebrate effect on wood decomposition globally.

In a study published in Tree Physiology, researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) and their collaborators studied the differences in radial growth and xylem formation of two common tree species in the tropical montane evergreen broad-leaved forest of Xishuangbanna in 2020 and 2021, as well as their relationship with climatic factors, by using high-precision growth meters and microcore method.

During medicinal plant inventories in Guizhou, researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) and their collaborators discovered unknown plant materials morphologically similar to Huperzia javanica. After consulting Huperzia checklists of China, local floras, and careful comparison of morphological characters with previously described species by checking specimens and species protologue for all the known species of Huperzia, the researchers considered that the plant material represented a new species.

In a study published in Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) and their collaborators explored the link between tree radial growth and evolutionary relationships (i.e., phylogeny), especially under stress conditions such as drought.

In a study published in Ecological Indicators, researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) tried to explore how to identify the critical transition indicator by simulating the dynamics of network assembly and use this indicator to compare the stability structure of different ecological networks. They utilized dynamic simulations to identify how three key structural indicators (connectance, nestedness and modularity) changed with increasing sampling size, by integrating data on epiphytic mosses and epiphytic vascular plants collected from investigations in tropical rainforest and subtropical forest of Yunnan.

In a study published in Ecological Indicators, researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) tried to explore how to identify the critical transition indicator by simulating the dynamics of network assembly and use this indicator to compare the stability structure of different ecological networks. They utilized dynamic simulations to identify how three key structural indicators (connectance, nestedness and modularity) changed with increasing sampling size, by integrating data on epiphytic mosses and epiphytic vascular plants collected from investigations in tropical rainforest and subtropical forest of Yunnan.

In a study published in Plant Science, researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) investigated the genomic and transcriptomic features of C. esculentus and its related species to reveal potential genes and regulatory networks associated with tuber oil accumulation.

In order to explore the mechanism of oil accumulation in nutrient organs, researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) used high-oil, medium-oil Acorus calamus and Cyperus rotundus tubers as research materials, and compared the differences in gene transcription through comparative genomics and transcriptomics analysis.

In a study published in Ecological Indicators, researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) investigated the dynamics of production of litter fraction in response to extreme drought. They explored the effects of extreme drought events on litterfall production in a subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forest and the differences in litterfall recovery mechanisms under different seasons (year-round, concurrent drought, non-drought period, rainy season and dry season).

In a study published in Ecological Indicators, researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) investigated the dynamics of production of litter fraction in response to extreme drought. They explored the effects of extreme drought events on litterfall production in a subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forest and the differences in litterfall recovery mechanisms under different seasons (year-round, concurrent drought, non-drought period, rainy season and dry season).