Ethnoecology; soil ecology; landscape restoration

Ph.D. (Environment and Resources), 2001, China Agriculture University, Beijing, China
Diploma (Environmental Studies), 1991-1992, University of the Philippines at Los Banus
MS (Ethnoecology), 1988-1990, Graduate School of Academia Sinica
BS (Horticulture),1982-1986, Nanjing Agriculture University

Prof. Jianchu XU is currently working at World Agroforestry Center as principal scientist and regional coordinator of East and Central Asia Region. He is also distinguished professor, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences; distinguished professor, Institute of Animal Sciences of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences; former Head of Water and Hazards at the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development in Kathmandu and former Director of the Center for Biodiversity and Indigenous Knowledge, a NGO based in Southwest China for working with indigenous people for cultural survival. He has obtained a PhD in Soil Science from China Agriculture University. He has strong background in transdiscplinary research, particularly in mountain regions of Asian and Afircan Countries. Dr. Xu is an internationally respected leading ethnoecologist who works in coupled human environmental systems. His current research includes investigation of early warning signals of global change, transboundary water governance, landscape restoration, ecosystem services and their resilience, agroforestry, and integrative conservation. Professor Xu has published over 100 papers in high impact journals including Nature, Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Conservation Biology, Fungal Diversity and Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 

Principal Scientist and Coordinator (2007-present), World Agroforestry Centre, China & East Asia Node ; 

Professor (2001-present), Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Program manager (2004-2007 July), Integrated Program on Water, Hazards and Environmental Management, International Center for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)
Professor and Deputy Head (1997-2004), Department of Plant Geography and Ethnobotany, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Executive Director (1995-2004), Center for Biodiversity and Indigenous Knowledge, a Chinese NGO based in Kunming, China

Supervised more than 50 international and 30 Chinese graduate students including 15 PhD students in the applied ethnoecology, mountain hydrology, botany, forestry and natural resource management in past 20 years.

Honorary PhD in Forestry Science, 2011, DPR Korea for his contribution to high-leval training and landscape restoration

   

1.     Guo L., Cheng J., Luedeling E., Koerner S.E., He J.S., Xu J., Gang C., Li W., Luo R., Peng C., 2015. Critical climate periods for grassland productivity on China’s Loess Plateau. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 233 (2017) 101–109.

2.     Balmford A, Chen H, Phalan B, Wang M, O’Connell C, Tayleur C, Xu J., 2016. Getting Road Expansion on the Right Track: a Framework for Smart Infrastructure Planning in the Mekong: A Framework for Smart Road Planning, PLOS Biology (In Press)

3.     Zhao M, Brofeldt S, Li Q, Xu J, Danielsen F, Læssøe SBL, et al. (2016) Can Community Members Identify Tropical Tree Species for REDD+ Carbon and Biodiversity Measurements? PLoS ONE 11(11): e0152061. doi:10.1371/journal. pone.0152061

4.     Khan, S., Nadir, S., Guo, L. H., Xu, J. C., Holmes, K. A., Qiu, D. (2016). Identification and characterization of an insect toxin protein, Bb70p, from the entompathogenic fungus, Beauveria bassiana, using Galleria mellonella as a model system. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 87-94.doi: 10.1016/j.jip.2015.11.010.

5.     Lu, Y., Ranjitkar, S., Xu, J. C., Ou, X. K., Zhou, Y. Z., Ye, J. F., Wu, X. F., Weyerhaeuser, H., He, J. (2016). Propagation of Native Tree Species to Restore Subtropical Evergreen Broad-Leaved Forests in SW China. Forest.doi: 10.3390/f7010012.

6.     Hyde, K. D., Fryar, S., Tian, Q., Bahkali, A. H., & Xu, J. C. (2016) Lingicolous freshwater fungi along a north-south latitudinal gradient in the Asian/Australian region; can we predict the impact of global warming on biodiversity and function? Fungal Ecology, 190-200.doi:10.1016/j.funeco.2015.07.002.

7.     Liyanage, K. K., Khan, S., Mortimer, P. E., Hyde, K. D., Xu, J. C., Brooks, S.,& Zhou, M. (2016). Powdery mildew disease of rubber tree. Forest Pathology.doi: 10.1111./efp.12271.

8.     Chen, H. F., Yi, Z. F., Schmidt-Vogt, D., Ahrends, A., Beckschäfer, P., Kleinn, C., Ranjitkar, S., & Xu, J. C. (2016). Pushing the Limits: The Pattern and Dynamics of Rubber Monoculture Expansion in Xishuangbanna, SW China. Plos One. doi: 10.1371/journa l.pone.0150062.

9.     Ranjitkar, S., Sujakhu, N. M., Lu, Y., Wang, Q., Wang, M. C., He, J., Mortimer, P. E., Xu, J. C., Kindt, R., & Zomer, R. J. (2016). Climate modeling for agroforestry species selection in Yunnan Province, China. Environmental Modelling & Software,263-272.doi: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2015.10.027.

10.  Sujakhu, N. M., Ranjitkar, S., Niraula, R. R., Pokharel, B. K., Schmidt-Vogt, D., & Xu, J. C. (2016). Farmers’ Perceptions of and Adaptations to Changing Climate in the Melamchi Valley of Nepal. Mountain Research and Development.doi: 10.1659/ MRD-JOURNAL-D-15-00032.1.

11.  Su, Y. F., Hammond, J., Villamor, G. B., Grumbine, R. E., Xu, J. C., Hyde, K., Pagella, T., Sujakhu, N. M., Ma, X. (2016) Tourism leads to wealth but increased vulnerability: a double-edged sword in Lijiang, South-West China. Water International. doi: 10.1080/02508060.2016.1179523.

12.  Meegahakumbura, M. K., Wambulwa, M. C., Thapa, K. K., Li, M. M., Moller, M. , Xu, J. C., Yang, J. B., Liu, B. Y., Ranjitkar, S., Liu, J., Li, D. Z., Gao, L. M. (2016) Indications for three independent domestication events for the tea plant (Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze) and new insights into the origin of tea germplasm in China and India revealed by nuclear microsatellites.  Plos One.doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0155369.

13.  Yang, H., Villamor, G. B., Su, Y. F., Wang, M. C., Xu, J. C. (2016) Land-use response to drought scenarios and water policy intervention in Lijiang, SW China. Land use policy.

14.  Pi, Y., Gao, S. T., Ma, L., Zhu, Y. X., Wang, J. Q., Zhang, J. M., Xu, J. C., & Bu, D. P. (2016) Effectiveness of rubber seed oil and flaxseed oil to enhance the a-linolenic acid content in milk from dairy cows. Journal of Dairy Science.doi: 10.3168/jds.2015-9307.

15.  Teichroew, J. L., Xu, J. C., Ahrends, A., Huang, A. Y., Tan, K., Xie, A. H. (2016) Is China's unparalleled and understudied bee diversity at risk? Biological Conservation.doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2016.05.023.

16.  Khan, S., Nadir, D., Wang, X. W., Khan, A., Xu, J. C., Li, M., Tao, L. H., Khan, S., Karunarathna, S. C. (2016) Using in silico techniques: Isolation and characterization of an insect cuticle-degrading-protease gene from Beauveria bassiana. Microbial Pathogenesis.dio: 10.1016/j.micpath.2016.05.024.

17.  Wanasinghe, D. N., Jone, E. B. G., Camporesi, E., Dissanayake, A. J., Kamolhan, S., Mortimer, P. E., Xu, J. C., Elsalam, K. A., Hyde, K. D. (2016) Taxonomy and phylogeny of Laburnicola gen. nov. and Paramassariosphaeria gen. nov. (Didymosphaeriaceae, Massarineae, Pleosporales). Fungal Biology.doi:10.1016/j.funbio.2016.06.006.

18.  Li, H.L., Wang, W., Li, R. Q., Zhang, J. B., Sun, M., Naeem, R., Su, J. X., Xiang, X. G., Mortimer, P. E., Li, D. Z., Hyde, K. D., Xu, J. C., Soltis, D. E., Soltis, P. S., Li, J. H., Zhang, S. Z., Wu, H., Chen, Z. D., Lu, A. M. (2016) Global versus Chinese perspectives on the phylogeny of the N-fixing clade. Journal in Systematics and Evolution.doi: 10.1111/jse.12201.

19.  Li, H. L., Mortimer, P.E., Karunarathna, S. C., Xu, J. C., Hyde, K. D. (2016) Phallus haitangensis sp. nov., a new species of stinkhorn from Yunnan Province, China. Phytotaxa.

20.  Karunarathna, S. C., Mortimer, P. E., Chen, J., Li, G. J., He, M. Q., Xu, J. C., ... Zhao, R. L. (2016) Correct names of two cultivated mushrooms from the genus Pleurotus in China. Phytotaxa.doi: 10.11646/phytotaxa.260.1.4 .

21.  Zomer, R.J., Neufeldt, H., Xu, J., Ahrends, A., Bossio, D.A., Trabucco, A., van Noordwijk, M., Wang, M. (2016) Global Tree Cover and Biomass Carbon on Agricultural Land: The contribution of agroforestry to global and national carbon budgets.  Scientific Reports.doi: 10.1038/srep29987.

22.  Blagodatsky, S., Xu, J. C., Cadisch, G. (2016) Carbon  balance  of  rubber  (Hevea  brasiliensis)  plantations:  A  review  of uncertainties  at  plot,  landscape  and  production  level. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment.doi: 10.1016/j.agee.2016.01.025.

23.  Gui, H., Hyde, K. D., Xu, J. C., Valentine, A. J., Mortimer, P. E. (2016) Mycorrhizal-associated  nutrient  dynamics in key ecosystems and their response to a changing environment. Mycosphere.doi: 10.5943/mycosphere/7/2/8.

24.  Bi, Y. F., Xu, J. C., Yang, J. C., Li, Z. S., Gebrekirstos, A., Liang, E. Y., Zhang, S. B., Yang, Y., Yang, Y. P., & Yang, X. F. (2016) Ring‑widths of the above tree‑line shrub Rhododendron reveal the change of minimum winter temperature over the past 211 years in Southwestern China. Climate Dynamics.doi: 10.1007/s00382-016-3311-4. (SD4/CRP4)

25.  Liu, H. X., Blagodatsky, S., Giese, M., Liu, F., Xu, J. C., Cadisch, G. (2016) Impact of herbicide application on soil erosion and induced carbon loss in a rubber plantation of Southwest China. Catena.doi:  10.1016/j.catena.2016.06.007.

26.  Bi, Y. F., Roy, A., Bhavsar, D., Xu, J. C., Wang, M. C., Wang, T. J., Yang, X. F. (2016) Kamala tree as an indicator of the presence of Asian elephants during the dry season in the Shivalik landscape of northwestern India. Ecological Indicators.doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.07.011.

27.  Monkai, J., Hyde, K. D., Xu, J. C., Mortimer, P. E. (2016) Diversity and ecology of soil fungal communities in rubber plantations. Fungal Biology Reviews.doi: 10.1016/j.fbr.2016.08.003.

28.  Djanibekov, U., Villamor, G. B., Dzhakypbekova, K., Chamberlain, J., Xu, J. C. (2016) Adoption of Sustainable Land Uses in Post-Soviet Central Asia: The Case for Agroforestry. Sustainability.doi: 10.3390/su8101030.

29.  Bennett, E. M., Solan, M., Biggs, R., McPhearson, T., Norström, A. V., Olsson, P., Pereira, L., Peterson, G. D., Raudsepp-Hearne, C., Biermann, F., Carpenter, S. R., Ellis, E. C., Hichert, T., Galaz, V., Lahsen, M., Milkorei, M., López, B. M., Nicholas, K. A., Preiser, R., Vince, G., Vervoort, J. M., Xu, J. C. (2016) Bright spots: seeds of a good Anthropocene. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.doi: 10.1002/fee.1309.

30.  Ranjitkar, S., Sujakhu, N. M., Merz, J., Kindt, R., Xu, J. C., Matin, M. A., Ali, M., Zomer, R. J. (2016) Suitability Analysis and Projected Climate Change Impact on Banana and Coffee Production Zones in Nepal. Plos One.doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0163916.

31.  Wambulwa, M. C., Meegahakumbura, M. K., Kamunya, S., Muchugi, A., Möller, M., Liu, J., Xu, J. C., Ranjitkar, S., Li, D. Z., Gao, L. M. (2016) Insights into the Genetic Relationships and Breeding Patterns of the African Tea Germplasm Based on nSSR Markers and cpDNA Sequences. Frontiers in Plant Science.doi: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01244.

32.  Ahrends A., Hollingsworth P., Ziegler A., Fox J., Chen H., Su Y., Xu J., 2015. Current trends of rubber plantation expansion may threaten biodiversity and livelihoods. Global Environmental Change 34 (2015) 48–58.

33.  Guo L., Dai J., Wang M., Xu J., Luedeling E., 2015. Responses of spring phenology in temperate zone trees to climate warming: a case study of apricot flowering in China. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 201: 1-7.

34.  Richer C., Steele J., Nguyen-Viet H., Xu J., Wilcox B., 2015. Toward Operational Criteria for Ecosystem Approaches to Health. EcoHealth
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-015-1028-1

35.  Senanayake JC, Maharachchikumbura S, Hyde KD, Bhat JD, Jones EB, McKenzie E., Dai D.,  Daranagama D., Dayarathne M., Goonasekara I., Konta S., Li W., Shang Q., Stadler M., Wijayawardene N., Xiao Y.,  Norphanphoun C., Li Q., Liu X., Bahkali A., Kang J., Wang Y., Wen T., Wendt L., Xu J., Camporesi E.,  2015. Towards unraveling relationships
in Xylariomycetidae (Sordariomycetes). Fungal Diversity
DOI 10.1007/s13225-015-0340-y.

36.   Maharachchikumbura S., Hyde K., Jones E., McKenzie E., Huang S., Abdel-Wahab M., Daranagama D., Dayarathne M., D’souza M., Goonasekara I., Hongsanan S., Jayawardena R., Kirk P., Konta S., Liu J., Liu Z.,  Norphanphoun C., Pang K., Perera R., Senanayake I., Shang Q., Shenoy B., Xiao Y., Bahkali A., Kang J., Somrothipol S., Suetrong S., Wen T., Xu J., 2015. Towards a natural classification and backbone tree for Sordariomycetes. Fungal Diversity
DOI 10.1007/s13225-015-0331-z

37.   Li C., Shi LL., Ostermann A., Xu J., Li Y., Mortimer P., 2015. Indigenous trees restore soil microbial biomass at faster rates than exotic species. Plant Soil.
DOI 10.1007/s11104-015-2570-x

38.   Zomer R.J., Xu J.C., Wang M.C., Trabucoo A., Li Z.Q., 2015. Projected impact of climate change on the effectivenss of the existing protected area network for biodiversity conservation within Yunnan Province, China. Biological Conservation 184: 335-345.

39.   Sreekar R, Zhang K, Xu JC, Harrison RD. 2015. Yet another empty forest: Considering the conservation value of a recently established tropical nature reserve. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0117920.

40.  Bi Y.F., Xu J.C., Gebrekirstos A., Guo L., Zhao M.X., Liang E., Yang X.F., 2015. Int. J. Climotal. DOI: 10.1002/joc.4264

41.  Li H., Mortimer P. E., Karunarathna S. C., Xu J. C. & Hyde K. D. ( 2014)  New species of Phallus from a subtropical forest in Xishuangbanna, China. Phytotaxa, 163(2) : 091-103 ;

42.  Ye L., Mortimer P. E., Xu J. C., Karunarathna S. C. & Hyde K. D. (2014) The genus Phylloporus (Boletaceae, Boletales), from Mekong river basin (Yunnan Province, China). Chiang Mai J. Sci. 2014; 41(X) : 001-13.

43.  Guo J, Karunarathna S, Mortimer P, Xu J, & Hyde K,(2014)  Phylogenetic diversity of Russula from Xiao-Zhongdian, Yunnan, China, inferred from Internal Transcribed Spacer sequence data. Chiang Mai J. Sci. 2014; 41(X) : 001-11.

44.  Chomnunti P.,  Hongsanan S.,  Aguirre-Hudson B., Tian Q., Persoh D., Dhami M. K., Alias A. S., Xu J. C.,  Liu X. Z.,  Stadler M., & Hyde K. D. (2014) The sooty moulds . Fungal Diversity. DOI 10.1007/s13225-014-0278-5.

45.  Thawthong A., Mortimer P. E. ,  Xu J. C., Callac P.,  & Hyde K. D. (2014) Discovering and domesticating wild tropical cultivatable mushrooms. Chiang Mai J. Sci. 2014; 41(X) : 1-34.

46.  Dai D. Q., Zhao R. L., Xu J. C.,  & Hyde K. D. (2014) Pustulomyces gen. nov. accommodated in Diaporthaceae,. Cryptogamie, Mycologie.2014, 63-72.DOI /10.7872/crym.v35.iss1.2014.63.

47.  Liu J. K., Xu J.C., Chukeatirot E., Hyde K. D. (2014) Roussoellaceae, a new pleosporalean family to accommodate the genera Neoroussoella gen. nov., Roussoella and Roussoellopsis.Phytotaxa 000 (0): 000–000.

48.  Zhu Y. X. , Xu J. C. , Li Q. H., & Mortimer P. E. (2014)  Investigation of rubber seed yield in Xishuangbanna and estimation of rubber seed oil based biodiesel potential in Southeast Asia. Energy 69 (2014) 837-842.

49.  Sharma A., Poudel R. C., Li A. R. , Xu J. C. , & Guan K. Y. (2014) Genetic diversity of Rhododendron delavayi var. delavayi (C.B. Clarke) Ridley inferred from nuclear and chloroplast DNA: implications for the conservation of fragmented populations. Plant Syst Evol DOI 10.1007/s00606-014-1012-1.

50.  Ranjitkar S., Xu J. C., Shrestha K. K., & Kindt R. (2014) Ensemble forecast of climate suitability for the Trans-HimalayanNyctaginaceae species.  Ecological Modelling 282 (2014) 18–24.

51.  He J., Lang R., & Xu J. C. (2014)  Local Dynamics driving forest transition: insight from upland communities in Southwest China. Forests 2014, 5, 214-233;  DOI :10.3390/f5020214.

52.  Mu¨ller D., Sun Z. L., Vongvisouk T., Pflugmacher D., Xu J. C., & Mertz O.(2014) Regime shifts limit the predictability of land-system change. Global Environmental Change 28 (2014) 75–83.

53.  Abbas S.,  Nichol J. E., Qamer F. M.,&  Xu J. C. (2014)  Characterization of drought development through Remote Sensing: A case study in central Yunnan, China. Remote Sensing,2014, 6, 4998-5018.

54.  Hart R. E., Salick J., Ranjitkar S. , & Xu J. C. (2014) Herbarium specimens show contrasting phenological responses to  Himalayan climate. Environmental Sciences, www.pnas.org/lookup/suppl/doi:10.1073/pnas.1403376111/-/DCSupplemental.

55.  Yi Z. F., Wong G., Cannon C. H.,  Xu J. C.,  Beckschafer P., & Swetnam  R. D. (2014)  Can carbon-trading schemes help to protect China's most diverse forest ecosystems? A case study from Xishuangbanna,Yunnan. Land Use Policy 38 (2014) 646–656.

56.  Guo L., Hu B., Dai J. H., Xu J. C.. (2014) Response of chestnut flowering in Beijing to Photosythetically Active Radiation Variation and Change in Recent Fifty Years. Plant Diversity and Resources 2014, 36(4).

57.  Guo L., Dai J. H., Wang M. C., Xu J. C., & Luedeling E. (2014) Responses of spring phenology in temperate zone plants to climate warming. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology.

58.  Xu J. C., Grumbine E. R.. (2014) Integrating Local Hybrid Knowledge and State Support for Climate Change Adaptation in the Asian Highlands. Climatic Change. DOI 10.1007/s10584-014-1090-7.

59.  Xu J. C., Grumbine E..(2014) Building ecosystem resilience for climate change adaptation in the Asian highlands. WIREs Climate Change 5:709–718

60.  Ranjitkar S., Sujakhu N. M., Jati R., Xu J. C. & Schmidt-Vogt D. ( 2014) Yield and household consumption of Rhododendron arboreum as a fuelwood species in Eastern Nepal. Biomass And Bioenergy 61 (2014) 245-253

61.  Ma X., He Y. D., Xu J. C., Noordwijk M. V., & Lu X. X. (2014) Spatial and temporal variation in rainfall erosivity in a Himalayan watershed. Catena 121 (2014) 248–259.

62.  Ma X., Lu X. X.,  Noordwijk M. V.,  Li J. T. & Xu J. C. (2014)  Attribution of climate change, vegetation restoration, and engineering measures to the reduction of suspended sediment in the Kejie catchment, southwest China. Hydology and Earth System Sciences,18, 1–16, 2014. DOI:10.5194/hess-18-1-2014.

63.  Li Z. Q., Xu J. C., Shilpakar L. R.,  & Ma X. (2014) Mapping wetland cover in the greater Himalayan region: a hybrid method combining multispectral and ecological characteristics.Environ Earth Sci (2014) 71:1083–1094.

64.  Frayer J., Sun Z. L., Müller D., Munroe D. K., & Xu J. C. (2014) Analyzing the drivers of tree planting in Yunnan, China, with Bayesian networks. Land Use Policy 36 (2014) 248– 258.

65.  Zomer R. J., Trabucco A., Wang  M., Lang R., Chen  H., Metzger  M., Smajgl  A.,Beckshafer  P., & Xu, J. C. (2014) Environmental Stratification to Model Climate Change Impacts on Biodiversity and Rubber Production in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China. Biological Conservation 170 (2014) 264–273;

66.  Zomer R, Trabucco A.,  Metzger M., Wang M, Oli K, & Xu J. (2014) Projected climate change impacts on spatial distribution of bioclimatic zones and ecoregions. Climatic Change. DOI 10.1007/s10584-014-1176-2.

67.  Li W., Liu J., Bath D. J., Camporesi E., Xu J. C., & Hyde K. D. (2014) Introducing the novel species, Dothiorella symphoricarposicola,  Cryptogamie, Mycologie, 2014, 35 (3): 1-•••. DOI /10.7872/crym.v35.iss3.2014.••.

68.  Yu H., Hammond J., Ling S., Zhou S., Mortimer P., & Xu J. (2014) Greater diurnal temperature difference, an overlooked but important climatic driver of rubber yield. Industrial Crops and Products 62 (2014) 14–21. 

69.  Zhai D. L., Cannon C. H., Zhi-Cong Dai. Z. C., Zhang C. P., &  Xu J. C. (2014) Deforestation and fragmentation of natural forests in the upper Changhua watershed, Hainan, China. Environ Monit Assess (2015) 187:4137.

70.  Dai D, Bahkali A, Li Q, D. Bhat J., Wijayawardene N, Li W, Chukeatirote E., Zhao R, Xu J. & Hyde K (2014) Vamsapriya re-described, with two new species and molecular sequence data. Cryptogamie, Mycologie, 2014, 35 (4): 1-•••.

71.  Maharachchikumbura S.S.N., Hyde K.D., Groenewald J.Z. ,  Xu J. C., & Crous  P.W. (2014) Pestalotiopsis revisited. Studies In Mycology 79: 121–186.

72.  Xu, J.C., Grumbine, R.E., Beckschafer, P., 2014. Landscape transformation through the use of ecological and socioeconomic indicators in Xishuangbanna, Southwest China, Mekong Region. Ecol. Indicators, 36:749-756

73.  Guo, L Dai, J Ranjitkar, S Xu, J Luedeling, E 2013 Response of chestnut phenology in China to climate variation and change Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 180 p164-172

74.  Guo L, Dai J, Ranjitkar S,  Yu H, Xu J, Luedeling E 2013 Chilling and heat requirements of temperate fruit trees for flowering. International Journal of Biometeorology DOI: 10.1007/s00484-013-0714-3

75.  Pang CJ, Yu HY, He J, Xu JC. 2013. Deforestration and changes in landscape patterns from 1979-2006 in Suan County, DRP Korea. Forests (4): 968-983; doi:10.3390/f4040968

76.  Li, Z Xu, J Shilpakar, R L Ma, X 2013 Mapping wetland cover in the greater Himalayan region: a hybrid method combining multispectral and ecological characteristics Environmental Earth Sciences p1-12

77.  Silva DD, Rapior S, Sudarman E, Stadler M, Xu J., Alias S., & Hyde KD (2013). Bioactive metabolites from macrofungi: ethnopharmacology, biological activities and chemistry. Fungal Diversity DOI 10.1007/s13225-013-0265-2

78.  Ranjitkar S., E. Luedeling, K.K. Shrestha, K.Y. Guan and J.C. Xu. 2013. Flowering phenology of Tree Rhododendron along an elevation gradient in two sites in the Eastern Himalaya. Int J Biometeorol 57(2):225-240

79.  Li, Z; Xu, J Shilpakar, R L Ma, X 2013 Mapping wetland cover in the greater Himalayan region: a hybrid method combining multispectral and ecological characteristics Environmental Earth Sciences p1-12

80.  Zhai D., Xu J., Dai Z., Cannon, C., Grumbine, R. E.  2013. Increasing tree cover while losing diverse natural forests in tropical Hainan, China Regional Environmental Change, DOI:10.1007/s10113-013-0512-9

81.  Grumbine, R. E., Xu, J. 2013. Recalibrating China’s environmental policy: The next ten years. Biological Conservation 166：287-292

82.  Huang J, Ahrends A, He J, Gui H, Xu J, Mortimer P, 2013. An evaluation of the factors influencing seed oil production in Camellia reticulata L. plants. Industrial Crops and Products. DOI:10.1016/j.indcrop.2013.08.019

83.  Ran L, Lu X, Xu J 2013 Effects of vegetation restoration on soil conservation and sediment loads in China: a critical review Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology 43 (13) p1384-1415

84.  de Ble´court M, Brumme R, Xu J, Corre M, Veldkamp E. 2013. Soil Carbon Stocks Decrease following Conversion of Secondary Forests to Rubber (Hevea brasiliensis) Plantations PLOS ONE e69357

85.  Jens Frayer, Zhanli Sun, Daniel Müller, Darla K Munroe, Jianchu Xu. 2013. Analyzing the drivers of tree planting in Yunnan, China, with Bayesian networks. Land Use Policy36:248-258

86.  Beckschäfer P., Seidel D., Kleinn C., Xu J. On the exposure of hemispherical photographs in forests. iForest – Biogeosciences and Forestry vol. 6, pp. 228-237 (Aug 2013)

87.  Beckschäfer P., Fehrmann L., Harrison RD., Xu J., Kleinn C., (2013) Mapping leaf area index in subtropical upland ecosystems using RapidEye imagery and the random forest algorithm.

88.  Yang X, Kushwaha S, Saran S, Xu J, Roy S, 2013. Maxent modeling for predicting the potential distribution of medicinal plant, Justicia adhatoda L. in Lesser Himalayan foothills. Ecological Engineering 51 (2013) 83–87

89.  Yang XQ, Kodikara G, Luedeling E, Yang XF, He J, Liu PG, Xu JC. 2012. Looking below the ground: Prediction of Tuber indicum habitat using the Weights of Evidence method. Ecological Modelling 247:27-39(correspondent author).

90.  Yu HY, Xu JC, Okuto E, Luedeling E. 2012. Seasonal Response of Grasslands to Climate Change on the Tibetan Plateau. PLOS One 11: e49230.

91.  Yang XF, Luedeling E, Chen GL, Hyde KD, Yang YJ, Zhou DQ, Xu JC, Yang YP. 2012. Climate change effects fruiting of the prize matsutake mushroom in China. Fungal Diversity 56(1):189-198.

92.  Mortimer PE, Karunarathna SC, Li QH, Heng G, Yang XQ, Yang XF, He J, Ye L, Guo JY, Li HL, Sysouphanthong P, Zhou DQ, Xu JC, Hyde KD. 2012. Prized edible Asian mushrooms: ecology, conservation and sustainability. Fungal Diversity 56:31-47.

93.  Mortimer PE, Le Roux M, Perez-Fernandez MA, Benedito VA, Kleinert A, Xu JC, Valentine AJ., 2012. The dual symbiosis between arbuscular mycorrhiza and nitrogen fixing bacteria benefits the growth and nutrition of the woody invasive legume Acacia cyclops under nutrient limiting conditions, Plant and Soil 366:229-241.

94.  Xu JC et al. 2012. Participatory Agroforestry Development for Restoring Degraded Sloping Land in DPR Korea, Agroforestry System (2012) 85:291-303.

95.  Grumbine RE, Dore J, Xu JC. 2012. Mekong transboundary hydropower drivers and governance challenges. Frontier in Ecology and the Environment 10(2): 91–98

96.  Su,Y., Xu, J., Wilkes, A., Lu, J., Li, Q., Fu, Y., Ma, X., and R. E. Grumbine. 2012. Coping with climate-induced water stress through time and space in the mountains of southwest China. Regional Environmental Change 12:855-866

97.  Kahrl F, Su YF, Tennigkeit T, Wilkes A, Xu JC and Yan M, 2013 ‘China’s Forests as a Carbon Resource’,  Bioenergy and Biomass  59:92-99 (correspondent author).

98.  Kahrl F, Su YF, Tennigkeit T, Xu JC and Yang YP, 2013, ‘Large or Small? Rethinking China’s Forest Bioenergy Policies’, Bioenergy and Biomass 59:84-91 (correspondent author).

99.  Chen HF, Yan M, Yang XF, Chen Z, Wang GA, Schmidt-Vogt D, Xu YF, Xu JC, 2012. Spatial distribution and temporal variation of high fluoride contents in groundwater and prevalence of fluorosis in humans in Yuanmou County, southwest China. Journal of Hazardous Materials 235-236: 201-209(correspondent author).

100. Mertz O, et al. Xu JC., 2012. The forgotten D: challenges of addressing forest degradation in complex mosaic landscapes under REDD+. Danish Journal of Geography 112(1): 63-76.

101. Li YJ, Kahrl F, Pan JJ, Roland-Holst D, Su YF, Wilkes A, Xu JC, 2012 ‘Fertilizer use patterns in Yunnan Province, China: Implications for agricultural and environmental policies. Agricultural Systems 110:78-89.

102. He, J., H. Yang, R. Jamnadass, J. Xu, Y. Yang. 2012. Decentralization of Tree Seedling Supply Systems for Afforestation in the West of Yunnan Province, China. Small-Scale Forestry. 11 (2):147–166

103. Xu JC. 2011. China’s new forests aren’t as green as they seem. Nature 477:371.

104. RE Grumbine, Xu JC. 2011. Mekong hydropower development, Science 332:178-179.

105. RE Grumbine, Xu JC. 2011. Conservation with Chinese Characters, Biological Conservation 144:1347-1355.

106. Zhu YX, Xu JC, Mortimer PE, 2011. The influence of seed and oil storage on the acid levels of rubber seed oil, derived from Hevea brasiliensis grown in Xishuangbanna, China, Energy 36:5403-5408.

107. He J. Zhou Z. Yang H, Xu JC. 2011. Integrative management of commercialized wild mushroom: a case study of Thelephora ganbajun in Yunnan, Southwest China. Environmental Management 48:98-108.

108. Fang J, Wu X, Xu JC, Yang X, Song X, Wang G, Yan M, Yan M, Wang D., 2011. Water Management Challenges in the Context of Agricultural Intensification and Endemic Fluorosis: The Case of Yuanmou County. EcoHealth 8(4):444-455.

109. Yu H, Luedeling E, Xu JC, 2010. Winter and spring warming result in delayed spring phenology on the Tibetan Plateau. Proceedings of National Academy of Science, USA (PNAS): 107(51):22151-56 (correspondent author).

110. Kahrl F, Li YJ, Su YF, Tennigkeit T, Wilkes A, Xu JC. 2010. Greenhouse gas emissions from nitrogen fertilizer use in China. Environmental Sciences & Policy 13:688-694.

111. Lebel L, Xu JC, Bastakoti RC. Lamba A. 2010. Pursuits of adaptiveness in the shared rivers of Monsoon Asia, International Environmental Agreements 10:355-375.

112. Ma X, Xu JC, van Noordwijk M. 2010. Sensitivity of streamflow from a Himalayan catchment to plausible  changes in land-cover and climate.  Hydrological Processes 24(11):1379-1390. (correspondent author).

113. Lu XX, Zhang SR, Xu JC. 2010. Climate change and sediment flux from the Roof of the World. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 35(6):732-735.

114. Xu JC., Lebel L, Sturgeon J. 2009. Functional links between biodiversity, livelihoods and culture in a Hani swidden landscape in Southwest China. Ecology and Society 14(2): 20.

115. Xu JC, Grumbine RE, Shrestha A, Eriksson M, Yang X, Wang Y, Wilkes A. 2009. The Melting Himalayas: Cascading effects of climate change on water, biodiversity and livelihoods. Conservation Biology 23(3) 520–530.

116. Grumbine RE, Xu JC. 2009. China shakes the world—and then what? Conservation Biology 23(3): 513-515.

117. Ziegler A, Fox J, Xu JC. 2009. The rubber juggernaut. Science 324: 1024-1025.

118. Ma X, Xu JC, Luo Y, Aggarwal SP, Li JT, 2009. Response of hydrological processes to land-cover and climate changes in Kejie watershed, SW China. Hydrological Processes 23(8):1179-1191 (correspondent author)..

119. Yang X, Wilkes A, Yang Y, Xu JC, Geslani CS, et al. 2009. Common and privatized: conditions for wise management of matsutake mushrooms in Northwest Yunnan province, China. Ecology and Society 14(2): 30

120. He J, Zhou ZM, Weyerhaeuser H, Xu JC. 2009. Participatory technology development for incorporating non-timber forest products into forest restoration in Yunnan, Southwest China. Forest Ecology and Management 257:2010-2016.

121. Xu JC., Y. Yang, Z.Q. Li, N. Tashi, R. Sharma, J.Fang. 2008. Understanding Land Use, Livelihoods, and Health Transitions among Tibetan Nomads: A Case from Gangga Township, Dingri County, TAR, China. EcoHealth 5:104-114.

122. Xu JC., R. Sharma, J. Fang, Y.F. Xu, 2008. Critical linkages between land-use transition and human health in the Himalayan region, Environment International 34:239-247.

123. Xu JC, Yang YP, Fox J, Yang XF, 2008. Forest transition, its causes and environmental consequences: empirical evidence from Yunnan of Southwest China. Tropical Ecology 48(2):137

124. Yang X.F., J.He, C.Li, J.Z. Ma, Y.P. Yang, JC Xu. 2008. Matsutake trade in Yunnan Province, China: an overview.  Economic Botany 62(3):269-277.

125. Ma X., JC Xu, J.Qian. 2008. Water resource management in a middle mountain watershed. Mountain Research and Development 28(3/4):286-291.

126. Sharma E, Xu JC, 2008. Land use, landscape management and environmental services in the Mountain Mainland Asia: Introduction. Tropical Ecology 48(2):129

127. Sharma R, Xu JC, Sharma G, 2008. Traditional agroforestry in the eastern Himalayan region: land management system supporting ecosystem services. Tropical Ecology 48(2):189

128. Yang XF, Skidmore AK, Melick D, Zhou ZK, Xu JC, 2008. Towards an efficacious method of using Landsat TM imagery to map forest in complex mountain terrain in Northwest Yunnan, China. Tropical Ecology 48(2):227

129. Yu HY, Joshi PK, Das KK, Chauniyal DD, Melick D, Yang XF, Xu JC, 2008. Land use/cover change and environmental vulnerability analysis in Birahi Ganga sub-watershed of the Garhwal Himalaya, India. Tropical Ecology 48(2):241

130. Xu J.C. and D. Melick, 2007. Rethinking the effectiveness of public protected areas in southwestern China. Conservation Biology, 21(2):318-328.

131. Melick, D., X. Yang, J.C. Xu (2007). "Seeing the wood for the trees: how conservation policies can place greater pressure on village forests in southwest China." Biodiversity and Conservation 16: 1959-1971.

132. Melick, D., X. Yang, J.C. Xu (2007). Simplification of Pine Forests Due to Utilization by Tibetan Villages in Southwest China. Environmental Management 40(6): 866-879.)

133. Yang X.F., A.K. Skidmore, D.R. Melick, Z.K. Zhou, J.C.Xu. 2006. Mapping non-wood forest product (matsutake mushrooms) using logistic regression and a GIS expert system. Ecological Modelling 198:208-218 (correspondence author).

134. Xu J.C., 2006. The Political, Social and Ecological Transformation of a landscape: The case of rubber in Xishuangbanna, China. Mountain Research and Development, 26(3):254-262

135. Xu Jianchu, Jeff Fox, David Melick, Yayoi Fujita, Attachai Jintrawet, Qian Jie, David Thomas, Horst Weyerhaeuser, 2006. Land use transition, livelihoods, and Environmental Services in Montane Mainland Southeast Asia. Mountain Research and Development, 26(3): 278-284

136. David Melick, Yang Xuefei, Yang Yongping, Xu Jianchu. 2006. Establishing Long-term Biodiversity Assessment and Monitoring in NW Yunnan, China: a growing need for baseline information. Mountain Research and Development, 26(3):254-262: 292-294

137. Vernooy R., S. Qiu, J.C.Xu. 2006. The power of participatory monitoring and evaluation: insights from southwest China. Development in Practice 16(5):400-411

138. Xu Jianchu, Ma Erzi, Tashi Duojie, Fu Yongshou, Lu Zhi, David Melick, 2005: Integrating Sacred Knowledge for Conservation: Cultures and Landscapes in Southwest China, Ecology and Society 10(2): 7. [online] URL:http: //www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol10/iss2/art7/

139. Xu Jianchu, J. Fox, Zhang P.F, Fu Y.S., Yang L.X., Qian J., S. Leisz and J. Vogler, 2005: Land-Use and Land-Cover Change and Farmer Vulnerability in Xishuangbanna Prefecture in Southwestern China, Environmental Management, 36(3): 404-413

140. Xu Jianchu, Ai Xihui, Deng Xiqing, 2005: Exploring the Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Land Use in Xizhuang Watershed of Yunnan, Southwest China, International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 7 (2005) 299–309

141. Rudel, T.K. Oliver Coomes, Emilio Moran, Frederic Achard, Arild Angelesen, Xu Jianchu, Eric Lambin, 2005: The Forestry Transition: Towards a Global Understanding of Land Cover Change, Global Environmental Change 15 (2005) 23-31

142. Xu Jianchu, Li Bo, David Waltner-Toews, 2004. Habitat of Tibetan Nature and Culture. EcoHealth, 1(4): cover essay

143. Xu Jianchu and Jesse Ribot, 2004, Decentralization and Accountability in Forest Management: Case From Yunnan, Southwest China, The European Journal of Development Research, 14(1):153-173, 2004

144. Xu Jianchu and Andreas Wilkes, 2004, Biodiversity Impact Analysis in Northwest Yunnan, China, Biodiversity and Conservation, 13(5): 959-983.

145. Chen Wei, Shen Yuemiao, Xu Jianchu. 2003. Dissectol A, An Unusual Monoterpene Glycoside from Incarvillea dissectifoliola. Planta Med 2003; 69(6): 579-582

146. Xu Jianchu, Yang Yongping, et al. 2001, Genetic Diversity in Taro (Colocasia esculenta Schott) in China: An Ethnobotanical and Genetic Approach, Economic Botany 55(1)14-31

147. Lambin E.F., Turner II B.L., Geist H., Agbola S., Angelsen A., Bruce J.W., Coomes O., Dirzo R., Fischer G., Folke C., George P.S., Homewood K., Imbernon J., Leemans R., Li X., Moran E.F. Mortimore M., Ramakrishnan P.S., Richards J.F., Skånes H., Steffen W., Stone G.D., Svedin U., Veldkamp T., Vogel C., Xu J., 2001. Our Emerging Understanding of the Causes of Land-Use and -Cover Change. Global Environmental Change. 11(2001)261-269

148. Huai HY, Xu JC: Indigenous knowledge: inexhaustible informa- tion 'back' to toxin research. Toxicon 2000, 38:745-746

149. Xu J.C., Jefferson Fox, Lu Xing, Nancy Podger, Stephen Leisz & Ai Xihui. 1999, Effects of Swidden Cultivation, State Policies and Customary Institutions on Land Cover in a Hani Village, Yunnan, Mountain Research and Development, Vol.19 No.2, 1999, pp 123-132.

Co-principle investigator: Impacts of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation and Enhancing Carbon Stocks, European Commission, Seventh Framework Program. 2011-2014. 
Principle investigator, “Making the Mekong Connected (MMC):Development of carbon & biodiversity assets for multifunctional landscape in the Upper Mekong” funded by the Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), 2008-2011.
Senior expert and coordinator, agroforestry program for Sloping Land Management in North Korea, funded by Swiss Development Cooperation, 2008-2012.
Coordinator: Understanding rubber plantation dynamics and Rewarding Upland Poor for Environmental Services in Xishuangbanna of Yunnan and its implication in Mekong region (RUPES-Yunnan), funded by AusAid-CSIRO, 2010-2012
Coordinating project on “Supporting the Upland Livelihoods in Southwest China A Pilot Project for Sustainable Management of Non-Timber Forest Products” funded by the Ford Foundation, 2008-2009
Coordinating project on “EcoHealth Project Proposal “Land-use Transition and Human Health in the Eastern Himalaya: An Adaptive Ecosystem Approach” supported by Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC), 2005-2006.
Coordinator, Applied Ethnoecology for Biodiversity Assessment, Monitoring and Management in NW Yunnan, Supported by the Critical Ecosystem Protection Fund of Conservation International, 2004-2006 
Coordinator, Support of Indigenous Knowledge for the Use and Conservation of Biodiversity in Three Ecological Regions of SW China, Supported by GTZ, 2002-2004 
Coordinator, Indigenous Initiatives for Sustainable Livelihood in Mountain region, supported by Misereor, German, 2002-2004.
Coordinator, Developing Manual on Participatory Technology Development (PTD), supported by the Rockefeller Brother Fund, 2002-2003.
Country Coordinator, People and Resource Dynamics in Mountain Watersheds in the Hindu-Kush Himalayas, Supported by IDRC and SDC through ICIMOD, 1997-2005.

Organized international workshop on Flash Flood Management and Sustainable Development in the Himalayan Region held in Lhasa, October 22-29, 2005 with joint statement of “The Lhasa Declaration” which is intended to serve as a platform for increased action towards improved management of flash floods.
Organized Mobile workshop on Land Use History in Montane Mainland Southeast Asia, transecting Xishuangbanna, Luang Prabang & Chiang Mai, 15-27 January 2005, supported by Rockefeller Foundation with partner organizations of Kunming Institute of Botany (KIB), Center for Biodiversity and Indigenous Knowledge (CBIK), National University of Laos (NUoL), National Agricultural and Forestry Research Institute (NAFRI), Chiang Mai University (CMU), World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), and East–West Center (EWC).  Coordinated and chaired, The III Montane Mountain Southeast Asia Conference, 22-29, August, 2002, Lijiang, Yunnan, China, Supported by the Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation and others.
Coordinated and chaired, Culture and Biodiversity International Congress 2000, 20-30 July, 2000, Kunming, Xishuangbanna, Diqing, Yunnan China, Supported by The Ford Foundation, GTZ, etc. The policy document on Yunnan Initiative: Visions and Actions for the Enhancement of Biological and Cultural Diversity, was widely disseminated.

Former Graduate Students

YANG Xuefei MA 071001-Botany

GAO Fu MA 071001-Botany

LI Zhuoqing MA 071001-Botany

CHEN Wei MA 071001-Botany

CHEN Wenhong MA 071001-Botany

LI Qiaohong MA 071001-Botany

XIE Hongyan MA 071001-Botany

MENG Zhengui MA 071001-Botany

LI Maolin MA 071001-Botany

MA Xing PhD 071001-Botany

WANG Yun MA 071001-Botany

YU Haiying PhD 071001-Botany

LANG Rong MA 071001-Botany 

LI Zhuoqing PhD 071001-Botany

YANG Xueqing MA 071001-Botany

FU Yao PhD 071001-Botany

WU Junjie MA 071001-Botany

HE Jing PhD 071001-Botany

BI Yingfeng MA 071001-Botany 

SAILESH RANJITKAR PhD 071001-Botany 

GUO Liang PhD 071001-Botany 

ZHAO Mingxu PhD 071001-Botany 

LI Chun MA 071001-Botany 

CARSTEN RICHTER PhD 071001-Botany 

GUO Jiayu MA 071001-Botany

Graduate Students

BI Yingfeng PhD 071001-Botany 

YANG Hua PhD 071001-Botany 

LU Yang PhD 071001-Botany 

NANI MAIYA SUJAKHU PhD 071001-Botany 

PHONGEUN SYSOUPHANTHONG PhD 071001-Botany 

NIRANJAN BHAKTA RANJITKAR PhD 071001-Botany 

JUTAMART MONKAI PhD 071001-Botany 

KIM KWANGCHOL PhD 071001-Botany 

KIM SONGHO PhD 071001-Botany 

MARASINGHE ARACHCHIGE CHAYA CHATHURANI SARATHCHANDRA PhD 071001-Botany 

DISSANAYAKE MUDIYANSELAGE NAVEEN JAYALAL DISSANAYAKE PhD 071001-Botany 

JONATHAN LUTHER TEICHROEW PhD 071001-Botany 

GENG Yanfei PhD 071001-Botany 

ZHAO Yongli MA 071001-Botany 

MA Xuelan MA 071001-Botany 

MA Huaixia MA 071001-Botany