Effects of resource additions on species richness and ANPP in an alpine meadow community

Aims Theories based on resource additions indicate that plant species richness is mainly determined by the number of limiting resources.However,the individual effects of various limiting resources on species richness and aboveground net primary productivity(ANPP)are less well understood.Here,we analyzed potential linkages between additions of limiting resources,species loss and ANPP increase and further explored the underlying mechanisms.Methods Resources(N,P,K and water)were added in a completely randomized block design to alpine meadow plots in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau.Plant aboveground biomass,species composition,mean plant height and light availability were measured in each plot.Regression and analysis of variance were used to analyze the responses of these measures to the different resource-addition treatments.Important Findings Species richness decreased with increasing number of added limiting resources,suggesting that plant diversity was apparently determined by the number of limiting resources.Nitrogen was the most important limiting resource affecting species richness,whereas Pand K alone had negligible effects.The largest reduction in species richness occurred when all three elements were added in combination.Water played a different role compared with the other limiting resources.Species richness increased when water was added to the treatments with N and P or with N,P and K.The decreases in species richness after resource additions were paralleled by increases in ANPP and decreases in light penetration into the plant canopy,suggesting that increased light competitionwas responsible for the negative effects of resource additions on plant species richness.

Perovskite bridging PbS quantum dot/polymer interface enables efficient solar cells

Conjugated polymers have been explored as promising hole-transporting layer(HTL)in lead sulfide(PbS)quantum dot(QD)solar cells.The fine regulation of the inorganic/organic interface is pivotal to realize high device performance.In this work,we propose using CsPbI_(3) QDs as the interfacial layer between PbS QD active layer and organic polymer HTL.The relative soft perovskite can mediate the interface and form favorable energy level alignment,improving charge extraction and reducing interfacial charge recombination.As a result,the photovoltaic performance can be efficiently improved from 10.50%to 12.32%.This work may provide new guidelines to the device structural design of QD optoelectronics by integrating different solutionprocessed semiconductors.

中国语境下Ephemera概念的转译与重新阐释

本文针对中国对ephemera的各种翻译,或晦涩难懂或未体现其特点,并且学术界尚未形成一致认可的中文译文这一现状,提出中国语境下这一概念的转译与重新阐释。通过对西方研究与收藏机构中的ephemera进行深入探析,与中国典型的对应现象进行对比,从而总结中国所特有的一些ephemera的特征。由于“小”字既符合ephemera的特征,又对接西方文化研究,最终提出在中国语境下将ephemera转译为“小印刷物”。