https://www.selleckchem.com/products/rbn013209.html We analyzed the relationship between carbon stable isotope characteristics of 131 Hippophae populations and environmental factors by measuring the foliar δ13C value in Hippophae. The results showed that the foliar δ13C values of Hippophae ranged from -24.65‰ to -29.11‰, with an average of -26.97‰. Hippophae species were C3 plants. For the foliar δ13C values, the coefficient variation at intraspecific level was higher than that at interspecific level, indicating that environmental factors should be main factors driving the variations of leaf δ13C. The δ13C values had no significant correlation with latitude and longitude, but were negatively correlated with altitude. The regression equation was δ13C(‰)=0.118VAP-0.007GST-0.000028RDA-20.721 (R2=0.212,P<0.0001). Water vapor pressure (VAP), growing season temperature (GST), and radiation (RDA) were the major factors affecting foliar δ13C values. Our results could provide a theoretical basis to understand the responses of Hippophae species to global climate change.To investigate the plant community characteristics of alpine cutting blanks under different restoration approaches, we conducted a field survey on cutting blanks experienced either natural restoration (40 years) or artificial restoration (30, 40 and 50 years) in western Sichuan, with natural forests as the reference. Our results showed that after 40 years natural succession, cutting blank was replaced by the secondary shrub of Spiraea alpina, while artificial restoration plantation was dominated by Picea likiangensis var. rubescens. The similarity indices between these communities and natural forests were low (0.19) and medium (0.28-0.49), respectively. Cutting blank through natural and artificial restoration had lower species diversity in the shrub layer but higher diversity in the herb layer than that of natural forests. With the increases of recovery time, total cross-sectional area at breast height, wood vo