In a study published in Catena, researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) suggest that karst ROCs affect the physical and chemical parameters of soil and adjacent plant biomass significantly on fine scales, and these effects are correlated with the size parameters associated with ROCs, such as coverage area.

During the fieldwork in Sulawesi and Borneo, researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) identified two new species of Engelhardia, and named them as Engelhardia anminiana and Engelhardia borneensis respectively.

In a study published in Journal of Ecology, researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) tried to identify the key axes of variation that contribute to the high local diversity of trees in a single plant family (Euphorbiaceae) in a local community.

In a study published in Science of The Total Environment, researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) evaluated the effect of litter layers and litter decomposition dynamics on CH4 uptake on tropical rainforest soils.

This study is led by the Paleoecology Research Group (PRG) of the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).

In ongoing taxonomic studies of the genus Begonia in the island of Mindanao, researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) and their collaborators collected a population of peculiar Begonia section Petermannia species. After meticulously examining its morphology and comparing it with protologues and available digitized type specimens from across the Philippines and neighbouring countries, the researchers confirmed it as a subspecies of Begonia bangsamoro new to science.

In a study published in Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) reported well-preserved fossil pods of Podocarpium from the Lunpola Basi. The fossils represent the first occurrence of Podocarpium from the central Tibetan Plateau. This is also the earliest record of this genus from the Tibetan region and adjacent areas.

In a study published in Sustainable Production and Consumption, researchers from Hohai University and Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) propose a framework associated with ecosystem services (ESs) assessment for a more balanced consideration of hydropower development and to take measures to mitigate trade-offs among different objectives.

In a study published in Ecological Indicators, researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) investigated the relationship between bird acoustic indices and various environmental factors including vegetation and topographic characteristics in a network of tropical forest dynamics plots in southwest China.

In a study published in Applied Soil Ecology, researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) evaluated the effect of planting density of pine (Pinus kesiya) plantations on soil quality up to 1 m soil depth using a soil quality index (SQI) derived from soil quality indicators which are selected by principal component analysis (PCA).

In a study published in International Soil and Water Conservation Research, researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) monitored the actual splash erosion and its potential controls (rainfall parameters, vegetation structure, litter layer, soil properties) in tropical rainforest, rubber monoculture plantation, and four agroforestry systems in humid tropics, SW China.