Plant ecology, plant geography

Ph.D. in Ecology,    University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (2011)

M.S. in Forestry,     Nanjing Forestry University (2008)

2016.3 - present,  Associate Professor, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences

2013.12 - 2016.2, Assistant  Professor, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences

2012.3 - 2014.1, Postdoc, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences

[1] Xuejun Yang, Zhenying Huang*, Keliang Zhang, J. Hans C. Cornelissen. 2017. Taxonomic effect on plant base concentrations and stoichiometry at the tips of the phylogeny prevails over environmental effect along a large scale gradient. Oikos, 126: 1241–1249.

[2] Xuejun Yang, Zhenying Huang*, D. Lawrence Venable*, Lei Wang, Keliang Zhang, Jerry M. Baskin, Carol C. Baskin, J. Hans C. Cornelissen. 2016. Linking performance trait stability with species distribution: the case of Artemisia and its close relatives in northern China. Journal of Vegetation Science, 27: 123–132.

[3] Xuejun Yang, Zhenying Huang*, Keliang Zhang, Johannes H. C. Cornelissen. 2015. C:N:P stoichiometry of Artemisia species and close relatives across northern China: unravelling effects of climate, soil and taxonomy. Journal of Ecology, 103: 1020–1031.

[4] Xuejun Yang, Zhenying Huang*, Keliang Zhang, Johannes H. C. Cornelissen. 2015. Geographic pattern and effects of climate and taxonomy on nonstructural carbohydrates of Artemisia species and their close relatives across northern China. Biogeochemistry, 125: 337–348.

[5] Fan Yang#, Xuejun Yang# (Co-first author), Jerry M. Baskin, Carol C. Baskin, Dechang Cao, Zhenying Huang*. 2015. Transgenerational plasticity provides ecological diversity for a seed heteromorphic species in response to environmental heterogeneity. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics,17: 201–208.

[6] Xuejun Yang, Carol C. Baskin, Jerry M. Baskin, Ruiru Gao, Fan Yang, Lingling Wei, Leilei Li, Hongju He, Zhenying Huang*. 2013. Hydrated mucilage reduces post-dispersal seed removal of a sand desert shrub by ants in a semiarid ecosystem. Oecologia, 173: 1451–1458.

[7] Xuejun Yang, Jerry M. Baskin, Carol C. Baskin, Zhenying Huang*. 2012. More than just a coating: Ecological importance, taxonomic occurrence and phylogenetic relationships of seed coat mucilage. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, 14: 434–442.

[8] Xuejun Yang, Carol C. Baskin, Jerry M. Baskin, Wenhao Zhang, Zhenying Huang*. 2012. Degradation of seed mucilage by soil microflora promotes early seedling growth of a desert sand dune plant. Plant, Cell and Environment, 35: 872–883.

[9] Xuejun Yang, Carol C. Baskin, Jerry M. Baskin, Guangzheng Liu, Zhenying Huang*. 2012. Seed mucilage improves seedling emergence of a sand desert shrub. PLoS ONE, 7(4):e34597.

[10] Xuejun Yang, Wenhao Zhang, Ming Dong, Ivan Boubriak, Zhenying Huang*. 2011. The achene mucilage hydrated in desert dew assists seed cells in maintaining DNA integrity: adaptive strategy of desert plant Artemisia sphaerocephala. PLoS ONE, 6(9): e24346.

[11] Xuejun Yang, Ming Dong, Zhenying Huang*. 2010. Role of mucilage in the germination of Artemisia sphaerocephala (Asteraceae)achenes exposed to osmotic stress and salinity. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 48: 131–135.

[12] Jia Wang, Jerry M. Baskin, Carol C. Baskin, Guofang Liu, Xuejun Yang*, Zhenying Huang*. 2017. Seed dormancy and germination of the medicinal holoparasitic plant Cistanche deserticola from the cold desert of northwest China. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 115: 279–285.

[13] Guoyan Wang, Carol C. Baskin, Jerry M. Baskin, Xuejun Yang, Guofang Liu, Xinshi Zhang, Xuehua Ye*, Zhenying Huang*. 2017. Timing of seed germination in two alpine herbs on the southeastern Tibetan plateau: the role of seed dormancy and annual dormancy cycling in soil. Plant and Soil, 421: 465–476.

[14] Yu-Kun Hu, Ya-Lin Zhang, Guo-Fang Liu, Xu Pan, Xuejun Yang, Wen-Bing Li*, Wen-Hong Dai, Shuang-Li Tang, Tao Xiao, Ling-Yun Chen, Wei Xiong, Yao-Bin Song, Ming Dong*. 2017. Intraspecific N and P stoichiometry of Phragmites australis: geographic patterns and variation among climatic regions. Scientific Reports, 7: 43018.

[15] Keliang Zhang, Jerry M. Baskin, Carol C. Baskin, Xuejun Yang, Zhenying Huang*. 2017. Effect of seed morph and light level on growth and reproduction of the amphicarpic plant Amphicarpaea edgeworthii (Fabaceae). Scientific Reports, 7: 39886.

[16] Saixiyala, Ding Yang, Shudong Zhang, Guofang Liu, Xuejun Yang, Zhenying Huang*, Xuehua Ye*. 2017. Facilitation by a spiny shrub on a rhizomatous clonal herbaceous in thicketization-grassland in northern China: increased soil resources or shelter from herbivores. Frontiers in Plant Science, 8: 809.

[17] Fan Yang, Jerry M. Baskin, Carol C. Baskin, Xuejun Yang, Dechang Cao, Zhenying Huang*. 2017. Divergence in life history traits between two populations of a seed-dimorphic halophyte in response to soil salinity. Frontiers in Plant Science, 8: 1028.

[18] Ruiru Gao, Xuejun Yang, Guofang Liu, Zhenying Huang*, Jeffrey L. Walck. 2015. Effects of rainfall pattern on the growth and fecundity of a dominant dune annual in a semi-arid ecosystem. Plant and Soil, 389: 335–347.

[19] Fan Yang, Jerry M. Baskin, Carol C. Baskin, Xuejun Yang, Dechang Cao, Zhenying Huang*. 2015. Effects of germination time on seed morph ratio in a seed-dimorphic species and possible ecological significance. Annals of Botany, 115: 137–145.

[20] Keliang Zhang, Jerry M. Baskin, Carol C. Baskin, Xuejun Yang, Zhenying Huang*. 2015. Lack of divergence in seed ecology of two Amphicarpaea (Fabaceae) species disjunct between eastern Asia and eastern North America. American Journal of Botany, 102: 860-869.

[21] Mustapha Gorai, Wiem El Aloui, Xuejun Yang, Mohamed Neffati. 2014. Toward understanding the ecological role of mucilage in seed germination of a desert shrub Henophyton deserti: interactive effects of temperature, salinity and osmotic stress. Plant and Soil, 374: 727–738.

[22] Ruiru Gao, Xuejun Yang, Fan Yang, Lingling Wei, Zhenying Huang*, Jeffrey L. Walck. 2014. Aerial and soil seed banks enable populations of an annual species to cope with an unpredictable dune ecosystem. Annals of Botany, 114: 279–287.

[23] Yajuan Zhu, Xuejun Yang, Carol C. Baskin, Jerry M. Baskin, Ming Dong, Zhenying Huang*. 2014. Effects of amount and frequency of precipitation and sand burial on seed germination, seedling emergence and survival of the dune grass Leymus secalinus in semiarid China. Plant and Soil, 374: 399–409.

[24] Huiliang Liu, Daoyuan Zhang*, Xuejun Yang, Zhenying Huang, Shimin Duan, Xiyong Wang. 2014. Seed dispersal and germination traits of 70 plant species inhabiting the Gurbantunggut Desert in northwest China. The Scientific World Journal, doi: //dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/346405.

[25] Xianming Gao, Yujie Zhao, Xuejun Yang, Shucun Sun. 2013. Linking trait differences to community dynamics: evidence from Eupatorium adenophorum and co-occurring native species during a three-year succession. PLoS ONE, 8(1): e50247.

[26] Yujie Zhao, Xuejun Yang, Xinqiang Xi, Xianming Gao, Shucun Sun. 2012. Phenotypic plasticity in the invasion of Crofton weed (Eupatorium adenophorum) in China. Weed Science, 60: 431–439.

My research interest is to understand the mechanisms by which plants adapt to the desert environment and the biogeographic patterns of plant traits. The two specific topics are: 1) the ecological importance of seed mucilage in the adaptation of desert species to the desert environment; 2) the relationships between climatic conditions and biogeographic pattern of Artemisia species in northern China.

[1]  Xuejun Yang. 2016. Ecological importance of seed coat mucilage in key stages in the life history of Artemisia sphaerocephala. Seed Ecology V, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Oral presentation.

[2]  Xuejun Yang, Carol C. Baskin, Jerry M. Baskin, Zhenying Huang. 2014. Ecological functions of seed coat mucilage of a desert shrub. The 11th Conference of the International Society for Seed Science (ISSS), Changsha, China. Poster presentation.

[3]  Xuejun Yang. 2013. Role of mucilage in seed removal of a sand desert shrub in a semiarid ecosystem. Seed Ecology IV, Shenyang, China. Oral presentation.

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刘溶  硕士研究生  071300-生态学