Plant Evolutionary Biology (Paleobotany), Past Global Climate Changes

​03/2004:      The Graduate School Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing

Institute  of Botany

Ph.D., Botany

07/1986:      Peking University, Beijing

Department of Biology

M. Sc., Botany

07/1983:      Peking Normal University, Beijing

Department of Biology

B.Sc., Biology

      08/1986 -  Present:  Institute of Botany, Beijing

Professor of Botany

   11/1996 -  04/1997:  Institute of Paleontology,

Geocenter, University of Wien

A-1090 Wien,Austria

Visiting Scholar

​   06/1997 -  12/1997:  Florida Museum of Natural History

University  of Florida

Gainesville,  FL,U.S.A.

Visiting Scholar

Plant phylogeny and biogeography

The origin and phylogeny of plant kingdom 

1. Li J.F.,  Xie G., Yang J., Ferguson D.K., Liu X.D., Liu H.,and Wang Y.F.*  Asian Summer Monsoon changes the pollen flow on the Tibetan Plateau. Earth-Science Reviews, 2020. 202: 103114.

2. Xie G., Yao Y.F. , Li J.F., Yang J., Bai J.D., Ferguson D.K., Trivedi A., Li C.S.*,and Wang Y.F.* Holocene climate, dynamic landscapes and environmentally driven changes in human living conditions in Beijing. Earth-Science Reviews, 2019.191: 57-65. 

3.Cui Y.M., Wang W., Ferguson D.K., Yang J.*,and Wang Y.F.* Fossil evidence reveals how plants responded to cooling during the Cretaceous-Paleogene transition. BMC Plant Biology, 2019. 19: 402. DOI: 10.1186/s12870-019-1980-y.

4. Lu K.Q.,Xie G., Li M., Li J.F., Trivedi A., Ferguson D.K., Yao Y.F.*,and Wang Y.F.*  Pollen spectrum, a cornerstone for tracing the evolution of the eastern Central Asian desert. Quaternary Science Reviews, 2018.186 : 111-122.

5. Bai Y.J., Chen L.Q., Ranhotra P.S., Wang Q., Wang Y.F.*, and Li C.S. * Reconstructing atmospheric CO2 during the Plio–Pleistocene transition by fossil Typha. Global Change Biology, 2015. 21: 874-881.

6. Sun B., Wang Y.F.*, Li C.S.*, Yang J., Li J.F., Li Y.L., Deng T., Wang S.Q., Zhao M., Spicer R.A., Ferguson D.K., and Mehrotra R.C. Early Miocene elevation in northern Tibet estimated by palaeobotanical evidence. Scientific Reports, 2015. 5: 10379, DOI: 10.1038/srep10379. 

7. Qin F., Wang Y.F.*, Ferguson D.K., Chen W.L., Li Y.M., Cai Z., Qang Q., Ma H.Z., and Li C.S.* Utility of Surface Pollen Assemblages to Delimit Eastern Eurasian Steppe Types. PLoS One, 2015. 10: e0119412. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119412.

8. Cui Y.M., Sun B., Wang H.F., Ferguson D.K., Wang Y.F.*, Li C.S., Yang J.*, and Ma Q.W. Exploring the Formation of a Disjunctive Pattern between Eastern Asia and North America Based on Fossil Evidence from Thuja(Cupressaceae). PLoS One, 2015. 10: e0138544. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0138544.

9. Li Y.M.*, Ferguson D.K., Zhao Q., Wang Y.F.*, Wang R.X., and Li C.S. Diatom-inferred salinity changes from the Yushe paleolake indicate an aridification during the Pliocene–Pleistocene transition in north China.  Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2015. 417: 544-553.

10. Sun B., Cui Y.M., Wang H.F., Ferguson D.K., Xiang Q.P., Ma Q.W.*, and Wang Y.F.* Recognizing the species ofThuja (Cupressaceae) based on their cone and foliage morphology. Phytotaxa, 2015. 219: 101-117.

11. Wang Q, Spicer R.A, Yang J, Wang Y.F.*, and Li C.S.* The Eocene climate of China, the early elevation of the Tibetan Plateau and the onset of the Asian Monsoon. Global Change Biology, 2013. 19: 3709–3728.

12. Qin F., Ferguson D.K., Zetter R., Wang Y.F.*, Syabryaj S., Li J.F., Yang J., and Li C.S.* Late Pliocene vegetation and climate of Zhangcun region, Shanxi, China. Global Change Biology, 2011. 17: 1850-1870.

13. Li Y.L., Kvaček Z., Ferguson D.K., Wang Y.F.*, Li C.S.*, Yang J., Ying T.S., Ablaev A.G., and Liu H.M. The fossil record of Berberis (Berberidaceae) from the Palaeocene of NE China and interpretations of the evolution and phytogeography of the genus. Review of Palaeobotany & Palynology, 2010. 160: 10-31.

14. Wang Q., Ferguson D.K., Feng G.P., Ablaev A.G., Wang Y.F.*, Yang J., Li Y.L., and Li C.S.* Climatic change during the Palaeocene to Eocene based on fossil plants from Fushun, China. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 2010. 295: 323-331.

15. Wang Y.H., Ferguson D.K., Feng G.P., Wang Y.F.*, Zhilin S.G., Li C.S.*, Svetlana P.T., Yang J., and Ablaev A.G. The Phytogeography of the extinct angiosperm Nordenskioeldia (Trochodendraceae) and its response to climate changes. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 2009. 280: 183-192.

16. Yang J., Wang Y.F.* Spicer R.A, Mosbrugger V., Li C.S.* and Sun Q.G. Climatic reconstruction at the Miocene Shanwang basin, China, using leaf margin analysis, CLAMP, coexistence approach, and overlapping distribution analysis. American Journal of Botany, 2007. 94: 599–608.

17. Zhang Y.L., Ferguson D.K., Ablaev A.G., Wang Y.F.*, Li C.S., and Xie L., Equisetum cf. pratense (Equisetaceae) from the Miocene of Yunnan in Southwestern China and Its Paleoecological Implications. International Journal of Plant Sciences, 2007.168: 351–359.

18. Wang Y.F., Xiang Q.P., Ferguson D.K., Zastawniak, E., Yang J., and Li C.S.*  A new species of Keteleeria (Pinaceae) in the Miocene of Shanwang, China and its phytogeographic connection with North America. Taxon, 2006. 55: 165-171.

19. Wang Y.F., Ferguson D.K., and Li C.S. Ceratophyllum (Ceratophyllaceae) from the Miocene of Ea stern China and its Paleoecological Significance. Systematic Botany, 2005. 30: 705-711.

20. Wang Y.F., Li C.S., Collinson M.E., Lin J., and Sun Q.G.  Eucommia (Eucommiaceae), a potential biothermometer for the reconstruction of palaeoenvironments. American Journal of Botany, 2003. 90: 1-7.

21. Wang Y.F., Ferguson D.K., Zetter R., Denk T., and Garfi G. The leaf architecture and epidermal characters in Zelkova, Ulmaceae. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 2001.136: 255-265.

22. Wang Y.F., Li C.S., Li Z.Y., and Fu D.Z. Wuyunanthus gen. nov.，a flower of Celastraceae from Paleocene of NE China. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 2001. 136: 323-327.

23. Wang Y.F., and Manchester S.R. Chaneya, a new genus of winged fruit from the Tertiary of North America and Eastern Asia. International Journal of Plant Sciences, 2000. 161: 167-178.

Since 1998, I, as a visiting scholar, have visited to Royal Holloway University of London and Open University, UK; University of Tuebingen, Germany; Swedish Museum of Natural History Stockholm, Sweden; Institute of Geological Sciences, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine; W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland; Komorov Botanical Institute, and Pacific Oceanological and Geological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia ., and The Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow; Universities of Allahabad, Kolkata and Nagpur, India etc, supported by Chinese Academy of Sciences and National Natural Science Fundation of China.

已指导学生

王艳辉  博士研究生  071001-植物学  

秦锋  硕士研究生  071001-植物学  

王海峰  硕士研究生  071001-植物学  

白云俊  博士研究生  071001-植物学  

孙斌  博士研究生  071001-植物学  

谢淦  博士研究生  071001-植物学  

崔一鸣  博士研究生  071001-植物学  

朱云  博士研究生  071001-植物学  

王霞  博士研究生  071001-植物学  

陆开清  博士研究生  071001-植物学  

现指导学生

陆丽丽  博士研究生  071001-植物学  

汪强  博士研究生  071001-植物学  

赵白龙  博士研究生  071001-植物学  

伍羿铭  博士研究生  071001-植物学  

Awards

11/1996 - 04/1997: Scholarship program 894/96 from the Austrian Academic Exchange Service (OAD)