Study finds Chinese plant biodiversity at risk due to human activity: Narrow-ranged losers, widespread

(Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters) A research team led by Prof. MA Keping from the Institute of Botany of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with scientists from the Center for Biodiversity Dynamics in a Changing World (BIOCHANGE) at Aarhus University (Denmark), revealed that narrow-ranged plants in China are more likely to be 'losers', whereas widespread species tend to be 'winners' under the condition of intensive human activity.
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