Publications by authors named "Xing-Feng Si"
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- Geographical factors and species dispersal ability significantly affect the differences in bird communities across China, a factor often overlooked in past studies of beta diversity.
- The study analyzed taxonomic and phylogenetic beta diversity of breeding birds across regions divided by the Hu Line, revealing that climate and habitat variations influenced species turnover and nestedness differently on each side.
- Results showed that birds with higher dispersal abilities exhibited more uniform community structures due to environmental filtering, indicating that geographical contexts and species traits are crucial for understanding ecological diversity patterns.
Mountain systems harbor an evolutionarily unique and exceptionally rich biodiversity, especially for amphibians. However, the associated elevational gradients and underlying mechanisms of amphibian diversity in most mountain systems remain poorly understood. Here, we explored amphibian phylogenetic and functional diversity along a 2 600 m elevational gradient on Mount Emei on the eastern margin of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau in southwestern China.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDuring a 2018 antimicrobial resistance surveillance of isolates from diarrheal calves in Xinjiang Province, China, an unexpectedly high prevalence (48.5%) of fosfomycin resistance was observed. This study aimed to reveal the determinants of fosfomycin resistance and the underlying transmission mechanism.
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