Institute of Wetland Research

A Detailed Evaluation of the Suitability of Waterbird Habitats in Hangzhou Bay National Wetland Park—A Differential Analysis of Wading Birds and Swimming Birds

Hangzhou Bay is an estuarine ecosystem on the Yangtze River Delta and a key wintering habitat for waterbirds. However, suitable waterbird habitats have been degrading and fracturing. Therefore, we aimed to assess waterbird habitat suitability and identify the principal factors af...

Small mammalian herbivores at moderate densities facilitate livestock growth by improving vegetation composition in grasslands

Small mammals and large herbivores have co-evolved in grasslands for millions of years, yet how they interplay remains unclear. Although large herbivores can significantly affect the smaller ones, the reversal effect is largely unknown. On the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau, plateau pik...

Balancing site fidelity and exploration: individual movement strategies of migratory geese under extreme drought

Animal migration is an adaptive strategy for exploiting spatio-temporal fluctuations in resource availability, where site fidelity provides advantages under predictable conditions. However, under global climate change and habitat degradation, it remains unclear how waterbirds adj...

Metabolomics-Based Analysis of Quality Differences in Dendrobium officinale Leaves Under Different Flower Treatments

Abstract To elucidate how flower retention regulates leaf quality formation in Dendrobium officinale and to provide a theoretical basis for high-quality leaf cultivation and high-value utilization of byproducts, this study used D. officinale leaves as an experimental material and...