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*: Corresponding author; #: Co-first
author.
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Poschlod P*, Mašková T*, Chen S-C, Phartyal SS, Rosbakh
S, Silveira FAO, Saatkamp A, Dalling JW, Dalziell E, Dickie JB,
Fernandez-Pascual E, Guja L, Jimenez-Alfaro B, Merritt DJ, Ooi MKJ,
Vandelook P. (2026) A handbook for standardised measurements of
regenerative plant functional traits. Australian Journal of
Botany 74(2): BT25074. https://doi.org/10.1071/BT25074
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Xie L#, Huang X#, Xia
T, Wu L & Chen S-C*.
(2026) Large old trees sustain avian communities and critical plant-bird
interactions in highly urbanised environments. Biological
Conservation 313: 111582. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111582
(Media: 中新网)
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Huang X & Chen S-C*. (2025) Humans
perceive but animals don’t: Pitfalls in using plasticine models for
assessing biotic interactions. Proceedings of the Royal Society
B 292(2057): 20252247. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2025.2247
(Media: 湖北日报)
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Fu Z#, Zhan Q#, Lenoir J#, Wang S, Qian H, Yang J, Sun W, Mbuni YM,
Ngumbau VM, Hu G, Yan X, Wang Q-F, Chen S-C* & Zhou
Y*. (2025) Climate change drives plant diversity attrition at the summit
of Mount Kenya. New Phytologist. (In press) https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.20344
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Barrero JM, Buitink J, Chen S-C, da Silva EAA, Hay F,
Leprince O, Pawłowski TA, Pérez HE, Vijay D. (2025) Celebrating the 25th
Anniversary of the International Society for Seed Science. Seed
Science Research 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0960258525000029
(Editorial)
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Wan J-N, Wang S-W, Chen S-C & Wan T*. (2025)
Escarpment evolution in Madagascar unveils a pathway to understanding
island biodiversity. Journal of Systematics and Evolution
63(2): 205–207. https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.13162
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Huang X, Dalsgaard B & Chen S-C*.
(2025) Weaker plant-frugivore trait matching towards the tropics and on
islands. Ecology Letters 28(1): e70061. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.70061
(Media: 中国科学院)
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Carta A*, Vandelook F, Ramírez-Barahona S, Chen S-C,
Dickie J, Steinbrecher T, Thanos CA, Moles AT, Leubner-Metzger G &
Mattana E. (2024) The seed morphospace, a new contribution towards the
multidimensional study of angiosperm sexual reproductive biology.
Annals of Botany 134(5): 701–710. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcae099
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Wan J-N#, Wang S-W#, Leitch AR, Leitch IJ, Jian J-B, Wu Z-Y, Xin H-P,
Rakotoarinivo M, Onjalalaina GE, Gituru RW, Dai C, Mwachala G, Bai M-Z,
Zhao C-X, Wang H-Q, Du S-L, Wei N, Hu G-W, Chen S-C,
Chen X-Y, Wan T* & Wang Q-F*. (2024) The rise of baobab trees in
Madagascar. Nature 629:1091–1099. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07447-4
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Wu L-M, Chen S-C, Quan R-C & Wang
B*. (2024) Disentangling the relative contributions of factors
determining seed physical defence: A global-scale data synthesis.
Functional Ecology 38(5), 1146–1155. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14552
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Chen S-C, Hu X-W*, Baskin CC & Baskin JM. (2024) A
long-term experiment reveals no trade-off between seed persistence and
seedling emergence. New Phytologist 241(2): 623–631.
(Commentary on this article by Meitzel, 241(2): 521–522. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.19350)
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Silveira FAO, Fuzessy L, Dayrell RLC, Vandelook F, Vázquez-Ramírez J,
Tavşanoğlu C, Abedi M, Naidoo S, Acosta-Rojas DC, Chen
S-C, Cruz-Tejada DM, Jayasuryia G, Ordóñez-Parra CA &
Saatkamp A. (2023) Overcoming major barriers in seed ecology research in
developing countries. Seed Science Research 33(3):172–181. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0960258523000181
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Fuji A*, Kusumoto B, Shiono T, Kubota Y*, Ulrich W, Dickie JB &
Chen S-C. (2023) Geographic patterns of seed dormancy
strategies along latitudinal and climatic gradients, Japanese East Asian
islands. Japanese Journal of Statistics and Data Science 6:
885–901. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42081-023-00215-0
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Yan K#, Luo Y-H#, Li Y-J, Du L-P, Gui H* & Chen
S-C*. (2023) Trajectories of soil microbial recovery in
response to restoration strategies in one of the largest and oldest
open-pit phosphate mine in Asia. Ecotoxicology and Environmental
Safety 262: 115215. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2023.115215
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Fernández-Pascual E, Carta A, Rosbakh S, Guja L, Phartyal S, Silveira F,
Chen S-C, Larson J & Jiménez-Alfaro B. (2023)
SeedArc, a global archive of primary seed germination data. New
Phytologist 240(2): 466–470. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.19143
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Everingham S, Chen S-C, Lewandrowski W &
Plumanns-Pouton E. (2023) Novel and emerging seed science research from
early to middle career researchers at the Australasian Seed Science
Conference, 2021. Australian Journal of Botany 71(7): 371–378.
(Invited paper) https://doi.org/10.1071/BT22101
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Zhang H-X, Chen S-C*, Bonser SP, Hitchcock TD &
Moles AT. (2023) Factors that shape large-scale gradients in
reproductive mode selection. Journal of Biogeography 50(5):
827–837. (Editors’
Choice)
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Zi H, Jing X, Liu A, Fan X, Chen S-C, Wang H* & He
J-S. (2023) Simulated climate warming decreases fruit number but
increases seed mass. Global Change Biology 29(3): 841–855. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16498
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Wang M, et al. (including Chen S-C). (2022). Research
progress on insect diversity. Biodiversity Science 30(10):22454
(in Chinese with English Abstract). [王明强 罗阿蓉 周青松 陈婧婷 谢婷婷
李逸 Douglas Chesters 石晓宇 肖晖 刘桓吉 丁强 周璇 罗一平 路园园 佟一杰
赵政宇 白明 郭鹏飞 陈思翀 Akihiro Nakamura 彭艳琼
赵延会 魏淑花 林晓龙 陈华燕 罗世孝 陆宴辉 鲁亮 余建平 周欣 邹怡 路浩
朱朝东 (2022) 昆虫多样性30年研究进展. 生物多样性, 30, 22454.]
https://doi.org/10.17520/biods.2022454
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Njoroge DM, Chen S-C, Zuo J*, Dossa GGO* &
Cornelissen JHC. (2022) Soil fauna accelerate litter mixture
decomposition globally, especially in dry environments. Journal of
Ecology 110(3): 659–672. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2025.117312
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Zhou Y-D#, Xiao K-Y#, Chen S-C, Liu X, Wang Q-F* &
Yan X*. (2022) Altitudinal diversity of aquatic plants in the
Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Freshwater Biology 67(4): 709–719. https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13875
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Wang G, Ives AR, Zhu H, Tan Y, Chen S-C, Yang J &
Wang B*. (2022). Phylogenetic conservatism explains why plants are more
likely to produce fleshy fruits in the tropics. Ecology 103(1):
e03555. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3555
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Chen S-C*, Wang B & Moles AT. (2021). Exposure time
is an important variable in quantifying post-dispersal seed removal.
Ecology Letters 24(7): 1522–1525. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13744
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Dener E, Ovadia O, Shemesh H, Altman A, Chen S-C &
Giladi I*. (2021). Direct and indirect effects of fragmentation on seed
dispersal in an agro-ecological landscape. Agriculture, Ecosystems
and Environment 309: 107273. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2020.107273
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Chen S-C*, Poschlod P, Antonelli A, Liu U & Dickie
JB. (2020). Trade-off between seed dispersal in space and time.
Ecology Letters 23(11): 1635–1642. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13595
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Chen S-C*, Wu L-M, Wang B & Dickie
JB. (2020). Macroevolutionary patterns in seed component mass and
different evolutionary trajectories across seed desiccation responses.
New Phytologist 228(2): 770–777. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.16706
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Chen S-C*, Dener E, Altman A, Chen F & Giladi I.
(2020). Effect of habitat fragmentation on seed dispersal ability of a
wind-dispersed annual in an agroecosystem. Agriculture, Ecosystems
& Environment 304: 107138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2020.107138
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Moles AT*, Laffan SW, Keighery M, Dalrymple RL, Tindall ML &
Chen S-C*. (2020). A hairy situation: Plant species in
warm, sunny places are more likely to have pubescent leaves. Journal
of Biogeography 47(9): 1934–1944. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13870
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Chen S-C* & Giladi I. (2020). Variation in
morphological traits affects dispersal and seedling emergence in
dispersive diaspores of Geropogon hybridus. American Journal of
Botany 107(3): 436–444. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.1430
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Kattge J*, et al. (including Chen S-C). (2020). TRY
plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access. Global
Change Biology 26(1): 119–188. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14904
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Chen S-C*, Pahlevani AH, Malíková L, Riina R, Thomson
FJ & Giladi I. (2019). Trade-off or coordination? Correlations
between ballochorous and myrmecochorous phases of diplochory.
Functional Ecology 33(8): 1469–1479. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13353
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Wu L-M#, Chen S-C# & Wang B*.
(2019). An allometry between seed kernel and seed coat shows greater
investment in physical defense in small seeds. American Journal of
Botany 106(3): 371–376. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.1252
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Li N*, Wang Z, Li X-H, Yi X-F, Yan C, Lu C-H & Chen
S-C. (2019). Effects of bird traits on seed dispersal of
endangered Taxus chinensis (Pilger) Rehd. with ex-situ and in-situ
conservation. Forests 10(9): 790. https://doi.org/10.3390/f10090790
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Du Y, Yang B, Chen S-C & Ma K*. (2019). Diverging
shifts in spring phenology in response to biodiversity loss in a
subtropical forest. Journal of Vegetation Science 30(6):
1175–1183. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12806
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Zhai D-L, Yu H, Chen S-C, Ranjitkar S & Xu J*.
(2019). Responses of rubber leaf phenology to climatic variations in
Southwest China. International Journal of Biometeorology 63(5):
607–616. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-017-1448-4
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Liu J, Tang J, Chen S-C, Ma W, Zheng Z & Dong T*.
(2019). Do tree cavity density and characteristics vary across
topographical habitats in the tropics? A case study from Xishuangbanna,
southwest China. Silva Fennica 53(1): 10019. https://doi.org/10.14214/sf.10019
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Chen S-C* & Moles AT. (2018). Factors shaping
large-scale gradients in seed physical defence: Seeds are not better
defended towards the tropics. Global Ecology and Biogeography
27(4): 417–428. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12704
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Liu J-Y, Zheng Z, Xu X, Dong T* & Chen S-C*.
(2018). Abundance and distribution of cavity trees and the effect of
topography on cavity presence in a tropical rainforest, southwestern
China. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 48(9): 1058–1066. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2018-0044
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Zhou Y, Chen S-C, Hu G, Mwachala G, Yan X* & Wang
Q*. (2018). Species richness and phylogenetic diversity of seed plants
across vegetation zones of Mount Kenya, East Africa. Ecology and
Evolution 8(17): 8930–8939. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4428
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Zhang H*, Bonser SP, Chen S-C, Hitchcock T & Moles
AT. (2018). Is the proportion of clonal species higher at higher
latitudes in Australia? Austral Ecology 43(1): 69–75. https://doi.org/10.1111/aec.12536
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Chen S-C*, Hemmings FA, Chen F & Moles AT. (2017).
Plants do not suffer greater losses to seed predation towards the
tropics. Global Ecology and Biogeography 26(11): 1283–1291. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12636
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Chen S-C*, Cornwell WK, Zhang H-X & Moles AT.
(2017). Plants show more flesh in the tropics: Variation in fruit type
along latitudinal and climatic gradients. Ecography 40(4):
531–538. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.02010
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Chen G*, Huang S-Z, Chen S-C, Chen Y-H, Liu X and Sun
W-B*. (2016). Chemical composition of diaspores of the myrmecochorous
plant Stemona tuberosa Lour. Biochemical Systematics and
Ecology 64: 31–37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bse.2015.11.009
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Dai Z-C, Fu W, Qi S-S, Zhai D-L, Chen S-C, Wan L-Y,
Huang P & Du D-L*. (2016). Different responses of an invasive clonal
plant Wedelia trilobata and its native congener to gibberellin:
Implications for biological invasion. Journal of Chemical
Ecology 42(2): 85–94. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-016-0670-6
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Chen S-C* & Moles AT. (2015). A mammoth mouthful? A
test of the idea that larger animals ingest larger seeds. Global
Ecology and Biogeography 24(11): 1269–1280. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12346
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Chen S-C, Cannon CH*, Kua C-S, Liu J-J & Galbraith
DW. (2014). Genome size variation in the Fagaceae and its implications
for trees. Tree Genetics & Genomes 10(4): 977–988. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11295-014-0736-y
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Qi S-S, Dai Z-C, Zhai D-L, Chen S-C, Si C-C, Huang P,
Wang R-P, Zhong Q-X & Du D-L*. (2014). Curvilinear effects of
invasive plants on plant diversity: plant community invaded by
Sphagneticola trilobata. PLOS ONE 9(11): e113964. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0113964