Professor Xingguo Han, Principle Investigator of Grassland Biogeochemistry Group, State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China.

Email:xghan@ibcas.ac.cn


Research Areas

(1) biodiversity of ecosystem functioning; 

(2) nitrogen deposition and biodiversity change; 

(3) stoichiometric homeostasis and ecosystem functioning; 

(4) nutrient resorption and plant-soil feedback.


Education

1989 Ph.D., Ecology, The Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia, US

1982 BSc. in Agronomy from Shandong Agricultural University, China


Experience

2015.07-  Professor, Institute of Botany, Chinese  Academy of Sciences

2008.07 –2015.06  Professor, Director of Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Science,

2007.10-2010.10 Professor, Director of State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese  Academy of Sciences

1998.04-2006.04 Professor, Director of Institute of Botany, Chinese  Academy of Sciences

1997.02-1998.04 Professor, Deputy Director of Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical  Garden, Chinese  Academy of Sciences

1995.10-1997.02 Professor, Director Assistant, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences

1992.09-1995.10 Associate Professor, Institute of Botany, Chinese  Academy of Sciences

1990.09-1992.09 Research Fellow, Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University

1989.09-1990.09 Teaching Assistant, Department of Agriculture, University of Arkansas

1985.10-1989.09 Research Assistant, Odum School of Ecology, The University of Georgia

1982.07-1985.10 Lecturer, College of Agriculture,  Shandong Agricultural University


Publications

Tian QY, Liu NN, Bai WM, Li LH, Chen JQ, Reich PB, Yu Q, Guo DL, Smith MD, Knapp AK, Cheng WX, Lu P, Gao Y, Yang A, Wang TZ, Li X, Wang ZW, Ma YB, Han XG, Zhang WH. 2016. A novel soil manganese mechanism drives plant species loss with increased nitrogen deposition in a temperate steppe. Ecology, 97(1):65-74.

Wang HJ, Wang XM, Zhang YL, Mu YJ, Han XG. 2016. Evident elevation of atmospheric monoterpenes due to degradation-induced species changes in a semi-arid grassland. Science of The Total Environment, 541:1499-1503.

Zhang BW, Li S, Chen SP, Ren TT, Yang ZQ, Zhao HL, Liang Y, Han XG. 2016. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi regulate soil respiration and its response to precipitation change in a semiarid steppe. Scientific Reports, 6.

Zhang XM, Johnston ER, Liu W, Li LH, Han XG. 2016. Environmental changes affect the assembly of soil bacterial community primarily by mediating stochastic processes. Global Change Biology, 22(1):198-207.

Zhang YH, Loreau M, Lu XT, He NP, Zhang GM, Han XG. 2016. Nitrogen enrichment weakens ecosystem stability through decreased species asynchrony and population stability in  a temperate grassland. Global Change Biology, 22(4):1445-1455.

Briske DD, Zhao ML, Han GD, Xiu CB, Kemp DR, Willms W, Havstad K, Kang L, Wang ZW, Wu JG, Han XG, Bai YF. 2015. Strategies to alleviate poverty and grassland degradation in Inner Mongolia: Intensification vs production efficiency of livestock systems. Journal of Environmental Management, 152:177-182.

Feng JC, Han X, He NP, Zhang YH, Zhou LS, Han XG. 2015. Sheep grazing stimulated plant available soil nitrate accumulation in a temperate grassland. Pakistan Journal of Botany, 47(5):1865-1874.

Filley TR, Li ML, Zhuang J, Yu GR, Sayler G, Ouyang ZY, Han XG, Zhang XD, Jiang GB, Zhou CH, Wang F, Bickham JW. 2015. Bi-national research and education cooperation in the US-China EcoPartnership for Environmental Sustainability. Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 7(4).

Lu XT, Freschet GT, Kazakou E, Wang ZW, Zhou LS, Han XG. 2015. Contrasting responses in leaf nutrient-use strategies of two dominant grass species along a 30-yr temperate steppe grazing exclusion chronosequence. Plant and Soil, 387(1-2):69-79.

Luo WT, Elser JJ, Lu XT, Wang ZW, Bai E, Yan CF, Wang C, Li MH, Zimmermann NE, Han XG, Xu ZW, Li H, Jiang Y. 2015. Plant nutrients do not covary with soil nutrients under changing climatic conditions. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 29(8):1298-1308.

Ning QS, Gu Q, Shen JP, Lu XT, Yang JJ, Zhang XM, He JZ, Huang JH, Wang H, Xu ZH, Han XG. 2015. Effects of nitrogen deposition rates and frequencies on the abundance of soil nitrogen-related functional genes in temperate grassland of northern China. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 15(3):694-704.

Ren HY, Xu ZW, Huang JH, Lu XT, Zeng DH, Yuan ZY, Han XG, Fang YT. 2015. Increased precipitation induces a positive plant-soil feedback in a semi-arid grassland. Plant and Soil, 389(1-2):211-223.

Wang CH, Butterbach-bahl K, Wang QB, Xing XR, Han XG. 2015. Nitrogen addition and mowing affect microbial nitrogen transformations in a C4 grassland in northern China. European Journal of Soil Science, 66(3):485-495.

Wu JG, Naeem S, Elser J, Bai YF, Huang JH, Kang L, Pan QM, Wang QB, Hao SG, Han XG. 2015. Testing biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationship in the world's largest grassland: overview of the IMGRE project. Landscape Ecology, 30(9): 1723-1736.

Xu ZW, Ren HY, Cai JP, Wang RZ, He P, Li MH, Lewis BJ, Han XG, Jiang Y. 2015. Antithetical effects of nitrogen and water availability on community similarity of semiarid grasslands: evidence from a nine-year manipulation experiment. Plant and Soil, 397(1-2): 357-369.

Xu ZW, Ren HY, Li MH, van Ruijven J, Han XG, Wan SQ, Li H, Yu Q, Jiang Y, Jiang L. 2015.  Environmental changes drive the temporal stability of semi-arid natural grasslands through altering species asynchrony. Journal of Ecology, 103(5):1308-1316.

Yuan F, Wu JG, Li A, Rowe H, Bai YF, Huang JH, Han XG. 2015. Spatial patterns of soil nutrients, plant diversity, and aboveground biomass in the Inner Mongolia grassland: before and after a biodiversity removal experiment. Landscape Ecology, 30(9): 1737-1750.

Yu Q, Wilcox K, La Pierre K, Knapp AK, Han XG & Smith MD. (2015) Stoichiometric homeostasis predicts plant species dominance, temporal stability and responses to global change. Ecology, 96(9):2328-2335.

Yu Q, Wu HH, Wang ZW, Flynn Dan FB, Yang H, Lu FM, Smith M, Han XG. 2015. Long term prevention of disturbance induces the collapse of a dominant species without altering ecosystem function. Scientific Reports, 5.

Zhang HX, Zhang GM (co-first author), Lu XT, Zhou DW, Han XG. 2015. Salt tolerance during seed germination and early seedling stages of 12 halophytes. Plant and Soil, 388(1-2): 229-241.

Zhang XM, Liu W, Zhang GM, Jiang L & Han XG. (2015) Mechanisms of soil acidification reducing bacterial diversity. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 81:275-281.

Zhang YH, Feng JC, Isbell F, Lu XT, Han XG. 2015. Productivity depends more on the rate than the frequency of N addition in a temperate grassland. Scientific Reports, 5. 

Han X, Sistla SA, Zhang YH, Lu XT, Han XG. 2014. Hierarchical responses of plant stoichiometry to nitrogen deposition and mowing in a temperate steppe. Plant and Soil, 382: 175-187.

Lu XT, Dijkstra FA, Kong DL, Wang ZW, Han XG. 2014. Plant nitrogen uptake drives responses of productivity to nitrogen and water addition in a grassland. Scientific Reports, 4.

Wang C, Wang XB, Liu DW, Wu HH, Lu XT, Fang YT, Cheng WX, Luo WT, Jiang P, Shi JS, Yin HQ, Zhou JZ, Han XG, Bai E. 2014. Aridity threshold in controlling ecosystem nitrogen cycling in arid and semi-arid grasslands. Nature Communications, 5.

Wang JZ, Gu BH, Huang JH, Han XG, Lin GH, Zheng FW, Li YC. 2014. Terrestrial Contributions to the Aquatic Food Web in the Middle Yangtze River. PloS One, 9(7): e102473.

Wei HW, Lu XT, Lu FM, Han XG. 2014. Effects of Nitrogen Addition and Fire on Plant Nitrogen Use in a Temperate Steppe. Plos One, 9(3): e90057.

Xu H, Su H, Su BY, Han XG, Biswas DK, Li YG. 2014. Restoring the degraded grassland and improving sustainability of grassland ecosystem through chicken farming: A case study in northern China. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, 186, 115-123.

Xu ZW, Ren HY, Cai JP, Wang RZ, Li MH, Wan SQ, Han XG, Lewis BJ, Jiang Y. 2014. Effects of experimentally-enhanced precipitation and nitrogen on resistance, recovery and resilience of a semi-arid grassland after drought. Oecologia, 176, 1187-1197.

Zhang XM, Barberan A, Zhu XZ, Zhang GM, Han XG. 2014. Water Content Differences Have Stronger Effects than Plant Functional Groups on Soil Bacteria in a Steppe Ecosystem. Plos One, 9(12): e115798. 

Zhang XM, Wei HW, Chen QS, Han XG. 2014. The counteractive effects of nitrogen addition and watering on soil bacterial communities in a steppe ecosystem. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 72, 26-34.

Zhang YH, Han X, He NP, Long M, Huang JH, Zhang GM, Wang QB, Han XG. 2014. Increase in ammonia volatilization from soil in response to N deposition in Inner Mongolia grasslands. Atmospheric Environment, 84, 156-162.

Zhang YH, Lu XT, Isbell F, Stevens C, Han X, He NP, Zhang GM, Yu Q, Huang JH, Han XG. 2014. Rapid plant species loss at high rates and at low frequency of N addition in temperate steppe. Global Change Biology, 20, 3520-3529.

Zhang ZJ, Elser JJ, Cease AJ, Zhang XM, Yu Q, Han XG, Zhang GM. 2014. Grasshoppers Regulate N:P Stoichiometric Homeostasis by Changing Phosphorus Contents in Their Frass. PloS One, 9(8): e103697.

Wei CZ, Yu Q, Bai E, Lu XT, Li Q, Xia JY, Kardol P, Liang WJ, Wang ZW, Han XG. 2013. Nitrogen deposition weakens plant-microbe interactions in grassland ecosystems. Global Change Biology, 19: 3688-3697.

Lü XT, Reed S, Yu Q, He NP, Han XG. 2013. Convergent responses of nitrogen and phosphorus resorption to nitrogen inputs in a semi-arid grassland. Global Change Biology. 19: 2775-2784.

Wang ZP, Han XG, Chang SX, Wang B, Yu Q, Hou LY, Li LH. 2013. Soil organic and inorganic carbon contents under various land uses across a transect of continental steppes in Inner Mongolia. CATENA. 109: 110-117.

Giese M, Brueck H, Gao YZ, Lin S, Steffens M, Kögel-Knabner I, Glindemann T, Susenbeth A, Taube F, Butterbach-Bahl K, Zheng X, Hoffmann C, Bai YF, Han XG. 2013. Nitrogen balance and cycling of Inner Mongolia typical steppe – a comprehensive case study of grazing effects. Ecological Monographs, 83:195-219.

Zhang YH, He NP, Zhang GM, Huang JH, Wang QB, Pan QM, Han XG. 2013. Ammonia emissions from soil under sheep grazing in Inner Mongolia grasslands of China. Journal of Arid Land, 5: 155-165.

Chen WW, Wolf B, Zheng XH, Yao ZS, Butterbach-Bahl K, Bruggemann N, Hans SH, Liu CY, Han XG. 2013. Carbon dioxide emission from temperate semiarid steppe during the non-growing season. Atmosphere Environment, 64: 141-149.

Zhang HY, Wu HH, Yu Q, Wang ZW, Wei CZ, Han XG. 2013. Sampling Date, Leaf Age and Root Size: Implications for the Study of Plant C:N:P Stoichiometry. PLoS ONE, 8(4): e60360.

Bai YF, Wu JG, Clark CM, Pan QM, Zhang LX, Chen SP, Wang QB, Han XG. 2012. Grazing alters ecosystem functioning and C:N:P stoichiometry of grasslands along a regional precipitation gradient. Journal of Applied Ecology, 49:1204-1215.

Yu Q, Wu HH, He NP, Lü XT, Wang ZP, Elser JJ, Wu JG, Han XG. 2012. Testing the growth-rate hypothesis in vascular plants with above- and below-ground biomass. PLoS ONE, 7(3): e32162. 

Wei C, Zheng H, Li Q, Lü X, Yu Q, Chen QS, Liang WJ, Han XG. 2012. Nitrogen Addition Regulates Soil Nematode Community Composition through Ammonium Suppression. PLoS ONE 7(8): e43384. 

Lü XT, Lu FM, Zhou LS, Han X, Han XG. 2012. Stoichiometric responses of dominant grasses to fire and mowing in a semiarid grassland. Journal of Arid Environments, 78: 154-160.

Lü XT, Kong DL, Pan QM, Simmons M, Han XG. 2012. Nitrogen and water availability interact to affect leaf stoichiometry in a semi-arid grassland. Oecologia, 168: 301-310.

Lü XT, Freschet GT, Flynn DFB, Han XG. 2012. Plasticity in leaf and stem nutrient resorption proficiency potentially reinforces plant–soil feedbacks and microscale heterogeneity in a semi-arid grassland. Journal of Ecology. 100: 144-150.

Wu HH, Wiesmeier M, Yu Q, Steffens M, Han XG, Kögel-Knabner H. 2012. Labile organic C and N mineralization of soil aggregate size classes in semiarid grasslands as affected by grazing management. Biology and Fertility of Soils, 48:305-313.

He NP, Chen QS, Han XG, Yu GR, Li LH. 2012. Warming and increased precipitation individually influence soil carbon sequestration of Inner Mongolian grasslands, China. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 158: 184-191.

Liu J, Wu JG, Liu FQ, Han XG. 2012. Quantitative assessment of bioenergy from crop stalk resources in Inner Mongolia, China. Applied Energy, 93: 305-318.

Wang HJ, Xia JY, Mu YJ, Nie L, Han XG, Wan SQ. 2012. BVOCs emission in a semi-arid grassland under climate warming and nitrogen deposition. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 12: 3809-3819.

Xu ZW, Wan SQ, Ren HY, Han XG, Jiang Y. 2012. Influences of land use history and short-term nitrogen addition on community structure in temperate grasslands. Journal of Arid Environments 87: 103-109.

Zhang XM, Han XG. 2012. Nitrogen deposition alters soil chemical properties and bacterial communities in the Inner Mongolia grassland. Journal of Environmental Sciences, 24: 1483-1491.

He NP, Zhang YH, Dai JZ, Han XG, Yu GR. 2012. Losses in carbon and nitrogen stocks in soil particle-size fractions along cultivation chronosequences in Inner Mongolian grasslands. Journal of Environmental Quality, 41: 1507-1516.

Liu YS, Pan QM, Zheng SX, Bai YF, Han XG. 2012. Intra-seasonal precipitation amount and pattern differentially affect primary production of two dominant species of Inner Mongolia grassland. Acta Oecologica, 44: 2-10.

Tian DS, Pan QM, Simmons M, Chaolu H, Du BH, Bai YF, Wang H, Han XG. 2012. Hierarchical reproductive allocation and allometry within a perennial bunchgrass after 11 years of nutrient addition. PLoS ONE, 7: e42833. 

Zhang P, Chen SP, Zhang WL, Miao HX, Chen JQ, Han XG, Lin GH. 2012. Biophysical regulations of NEE light response in a steppe and a cropland in Inner Mongolia. Journal of Plant Ecology, 5: 238-248.

Wang ZP*, Xie ZQ, Zhang BC, Hou LY, Zhou YH, Li LH, Han XG. 2011. Aerobic and anaerobic nonmicrobial methane emissions from plant material. Environmental Science & Technology, 45: 9531-47

Zhang X, Bai W, Gilliam FS, Wang Q, Han X, Li L. 2011. Effects of in situ freezing on soil net nitrogen mineralization and net nitrification in fertilized grassland of northern China. Grass and Forage Science, 66: 391-401

Jiang LL, Han XG*, Dong N, Wang YF, Kardol P. 2011. Plant species effects on soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics in a temperate steppe of northern China. Plant and Soil, 346: 331-347

Kong DL, Wu HF, Zeng H, Lü XT, Simmons M, Wang M, Sun XF, Han XG. 2011. Plant functional group removal alters root biomass and nutrient cycling in a typical steppe in Inner Mongolia, China. Plant and Soil, 346: 133-144

Chen WW, Wolf B, Zheng XH*, Yao ZS, Butterbach-Bahl K, Bruggemann N, Liu CY, Han SH, Han XG. 2011. Annual methane uptake by temperate semiarid steppes as regulated by stocking rates, aboveground plant biomass and topsoil air permeability. Global Change Biology, 17: 2803-2816

Yu Q, Elser JJ, He NP, Wu HH, Chen QS, Zhang GM, Han XG. 2011. Stoichiometric homeostasis of vascular plants in the Inner Mongolia grassland. Oecologia, 166: 1-10

Zhang GM, Han XG, Elser JJ. 2011. Rapid top–down regulation of plant C:N:P stoichiometry by grasshoppers in an Inner Mongolia grassland ecosystem. Oecologia, 166: 253-264

Liu YS, Pan QM*, Liu HD, Bai YF, Simmons M, Dittert K, Han XG.2011. Plant responses following grazing removal at different stocking rates in an Inner Mongolia grassland ecosystem. Plant and Soil, 340: 199-213

Yang H, Auerswald K, Bai YF*, Han XG.2011. Complementarity in water sources among dominant species in typical steppe ecosystems of Inner Mongolia, China. Plant and Soil, 340: 303-313

Wang CH, Butterbach-Bahl K, Han Y, Wang QB, Zhang LH, Han XG, Xing XR*. 2011. The effects of biomass removal and N additions on microbial N transformations and biomass at different vegetation types in an old-field ecosystem in northern China. Plant and Soil, 340: 397-411

Lü XT, Cui Q, Wang QB, Han XG*. 2011. Nutrient resorption response to fire and nitrogen addition in a semi-arid grassland. Ecological Engineering, 37: 534-538

Butterbach-Bahl K*, Kögel-Knabner I, Han XG. 2011. Steppe ecosystems and climate and land-use changes—vulnerability, feedbacks and possibilities for adaptation. Plant and Soil, 340: 1-6

Wu HH, Dannenmann M, Fanselow N, Wolf B, Yao ZS, Wu X, Brüggemann N, Zheng XH, Han XG, Dittert K. 2011. Feedback of grazing on gross rates of N mineralization and inorganic N partitioning in steppe soils of Inner Mongolia. Plant and Soil , 340: 127-139

Lü FM, Lü XT, Liu W, Han X, Zhang GM, Kong DL,, Han XG. 2011. Carbon and nitrogen storage in plant and soil as related to nitrogen and water amendment in a temperate steppe of northern China. Biology and Fertility of Soils, 47: 187-196

Ren HY, Xu ZW, Huang JH, Clark C, Chen SP, Han XG. 2011. Nitrogen and water addition reduce leaf longevity of steppe species. Annals of Botany, 107: 145-155

Zhang XM, Liu W, Bai YF, Zhang GM, Han XG. 2011. Nitrogen deposition mediates the effects and importance of chance in changing biodiversity. Molecular Ecology, 20: 429-438

Yu Q, Chen Q, Elser JJ, He N, Wu H, Zhang G, Wu J, Bai Y, Han XG. 2010. Linking stoichiometric homoeostasis with ecosystem structure, functioning and stability. Ecology Letters 13:1390-1399

Wang J, Huang J, Wu J, Han X, Lin G. 2010. Ecological consequences of the Three Gorges Dam: insularization affects foraging behavior and dynamics of rodent populations. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 8:13-19

Chen QS, Wang QB, Han XG, Wan SQ, Li LH. 2010. Temporal and spatial variability and controls of soil respiration in a temperate steppe in northern China. Global Biogeochemical Cycles: doi:10.1029/2009GB003538

Cui Q, Lü XT, Wang QB, Han XG. 2010. Nitrogen fertilization and fire act independently on foliar stoichiometry in a temperate steppe. Plant and Soil, 334:209-219

Jiang LL, Han XG, Zhang GM, Kardol P. 2010. The role of plant–soil feedbacks and land-use legacies in restoration of a temperate steppe in northern China. Ecological Research, 25:1101-1111

Kong DL, Wu H, Wang M, Simmons M, Lü X, Yu Q, Han X. 2010. Structural and chemical differences between shoot- and root-derived roots of three perennial grasses in a typical steppe in Inner Mongolia China. Plant and Soil, 336: 209-217 

Lü XT, XG Han. 2010. Nutrient resorption responses to water and nitrogen amendment in semi-arid grassland of Inner Mongolia, China. Plant and Soil, 327:481-491

Lü XT, Wei CZ, Cui Q, Zhang YH, Han XG. 2010. Interactive effects of soil nitrogen and water availability on leaf mass loss in a temperate steppe. Plant and Soil, 331:497-504

Liu P, Huang J, Sun O, Han X. 2010. Litter decomposition and nutrient release as affected by soil nitrogen availability and litter quality in a semiarid grassland ecosystem. Oecologia, 162:771-780

Miao BH, Han XG, Zhang WH. 2010. The ameliorative effect of silicon on soybean seedlings grown in potassium-deficient medium. Annals of Botany, 105:967-973

Wang C, Han XG, Xing X. 2010. Effects of grazing exclusion on soil net nitrogen mineralization and nitrogen availability in a temperate steppe in northern China. Journal of Arid Environments, 74: 1287-1293

Xu ZW, Wan SQ, Zhu GL, Ren HY, Han XG. 2010. The Influence of Historical Land Use and Water Availability on Grassland Restoration. Restoration Ecology, 18: 217-225

Zhang GM, Han XG. 2010. N:P stoichiometry in Ficus racemosa and its mutualistic pollinator. Journal of Plant Ecology-Uk, 3: 123-130

Wilske B, Lu N, Wei L, Chen SP, Zha TG, Liu CF, Xu WT, Noormets A, Huang JH, Wei YF, Chen J, Zhang ZQ, Ni J, Sun G, Guo K, McNulty S, Ranjeet J, Han XG, Lin GH, Chen JQ. 2009. Poplar plantation has the potential to alter the water balance in semiarid Inner Mongolia. Journal of Environmental Management. 90: 2762-2770

Chen SP, Chen JQ, Lin GH, Zhang WL, Miao HX, Wei L, Huang JH, Han XG. 2009. Energy balance and partition in Inner Mongolia steppe ecosystems with different land use types. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 149: 1800-1809

He NP, Wu L, Wang YS, Han XG. 2009. Changes in carbon and nitrogen in soil particle-size fractions along a grassland restoration chronosequence in northern China. Geoderma. 150: 302-308

Li CP, Sun JX, Xiao CW Han XG. 2009. Differences in Net Primary Productivity Among Contrasting Habitats in Artemisia ordosica Rangeland of Northern China. Rangeland Ecology & Management. 62: 345-350

Wang QB, Zhang L, Li LH, Bai YF, Cao JR, Han XG. 2009. Changes in carbon and nitrogen of Chernozem soil along a cultivation chronosequence in a semi-arid grassland.European. European Journal of Soil Science. 60: 916-923

Zhao W, Chen SP, Han XG, Lin GH*. 2009. Effects of long-term grazing on the morphological and functional traits of Leymus chinensis in the semiarid grassland of Inner Mongolia, China. Ecological Research. 24: 99-108

Zhou LS , Huang JH, Lv FM, Han XG*. 2009. Effects of prescribed burning and seasonal and interannual climate variation on nitrogen mineralization in a typical steppe in Inner Mongolia. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 41: 796-803

Bai YF*, Wu JG, Xing Q, Pan QM, Huang JH, Yang DL, Han XG. 2008. Primary production and rain use efficiency across a precipitation gradient on the mongolia plateau. Ecology, 89: 2140-2153

Biswas DK, Xu H, Li YG*, Sun JZ, Wang XZ, Han XG, Jiang GM. 2008. Genotypic differences in leaf biochemical, physiological and growth responses to ozone in 20 winter wheat cultivars released over the past 60 years. Global Change Biology. 14: 46-59

He NP, Yu Q, Wu L, Wang YS, Han XG. 2008. Carbon and nitrogen store and storage potential as affected by land-use in a Leymus chinensis grassland of northern China. Soil Biology & Biochemistry. 40(12):2952-2959

Ranjeet J*, Chen JQ, Lu N, Guo K, Liang CZ, Wei YF, Noormets A, Ma KP, Han XG. 2008. Predicting plant diversity based on remote sensing products in the semi-arid region of Inner Mongolia. Remote Sensing of Environment. 112(5): 2018-2032

Sun SF, Huang JH*, Han XG, Lin GH. 2008. Comparisons in water relations of plants between newly formed riparian and non-riparian habitats along the bank of Three Gorges Reservoir, China.Trees-Structure and Function.22(5):717-728

Wang ZP*, Han XG, Wang G, Song Y, Gulledge A. 2008.Aerobic methane emission from plants in the Inner Mongolia steppe.Environmental. Environmental Science & Technology. 42: 62-68.

Wang ZP*, Han XG, Li LH. 2008. Effects of grasslands conversion to croplands on soil organic carbon in the temperate Inner Mongolia. Journal of Environmental Management. 86: 529-534 

Zhang JF, Han XG*. 2008. N2O Emission from the Semi-arid Ecosystem under Mineral Fertilizer (urea and superphosphate) and Increased Precipitation in Northern China. Atmospheric Environment. 42(2): 291-302

Zhang XL, Wang QB*, Li LH, Han XG. 2008. Seasonal variations in nitrogen mineralization under three land use types in a grassland landscape. Acta oecologia. 34(3): 322-330

 Bai Y, Wu J, Pan Q, Huang J, Wang Q, Li F, Buyantuyev A, Han X*. 2007. Positive linear relationship between productivity and diversity: evidence from the Eurasian Steppe. Journal of Applied Ecology. 44(5): 1023-1034 

Chen S, Bai Y, Lin G, Huang J, Han X*. 2007. Variations in 13C values among major plant community types in the Xilin River Basin, Inner Mongolia, China. Australian Journal of Botany. 55(1): 48-54 

Chen S, Bai Y, Lin G, Huang J, Han X*. 2007. Isotopic carbon composition and related characters of dominant species along an environmental gradient in Inner Mongolia, China. Journal of Arid Environments. 71(1): 12-28 

Gao Y, Wang S*, Han X, Chen Q, Zhou Z, Patton BD. 2007. Defoliation, nitrogen, and competition: effects on plant growth and resource allocation of Cleistogenes squarrosa and Artemisia frigida. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science. 170(1): 115-122 

Holst J, Liu C, Bruggemann N*, Butterbach-Bahl K, Zheng X, Wang Y, Han S, Yao Z, Yue J, Han X. 2007. Microbial N Turnover and N-Oxide (N2O/NO/NO2) Fluxes in Semi-arid Grassland of Inner Mongolia. Ecosystems. 10(4): 623-634 

Kang L*, Han X, Zhang Z, Sun J. 2007. Grassland ecosystems in China: review of current knowledge and research advancement. Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society of London Series B-Biological Sciences. 362(1482): 997-1008 

Li G, Jiang G, Li Y, Liu M, Peng Y, Li L, X. Han*. 2007. A new approach to the fight against desertification in Inner Mongolia. Environmental Conservation. 34(2): 95-97 

Liu C, Holst J, Bruggemann N, Butterbach-Bahl K, Yao Z, Yue J, Han S, Han X, Krummelbein J, Horn R, Zheng X*. 2007. Winter-grazing reduces methane uptake by soils of a typical semi-arid steppe in Inner Mongolia, China. Atmospheric Environment. 41: 5948-5958 

Liu P, Sun OJ, Huang J*, Li L, Han X*. 2007. Nonadditive effects of litter mixtures on decomposition and correlation with initial litter N and P concentrations in grassland plant species of northern China. Biology and Fertility of Soils. 44(1): 211-216 

Wang ZP*, Li LH, Han XG, Li ZQ, Chen QS. 2007. Dynamics and allocation of recently photo-assimilated carbon in an Inner Mongolia temperate steppe. Environmental and Experimental Botany 59, 1-10.  

Zhang WL,Chen SP, Chen J, Wei L, Han XG,.Lin GH*. 2007. Biophysical regulations of carbon fluxes of a steppe and a cultivated cropland in semiarid Inner Mongolia. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 146(3-4): 216-229 

Zhou Z, Sun OJ*, Huang J, Li L, Liu P, Han X. 2007. Soil carbon and nitrogen stores and storage potential as affected by land-use in an agro-pastoral ecotone of northern China. Biogeochemistry. 82(2): 127-138 

Jiang G*, Han X, Wu J. 2006. Restoration and management of the Inner Mongolia Grassland requires a sustainable strategy. AMBIO. 35(5): 269-270 

Li H*, Han X, Wu J. 2006. Variant scaling relationship for mass-density across tree-dominated communities. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 48:268-277 

Liu HS, Li LH*, Han XG, Huang JH, Sun JX, Wang HY.2006. Respiratory substrate availability plays a crucial role in the response of soil respiration to environmental factors. Applied Soil Ecology. 32(3): 284-292 

Liu P, Huang J, Han X, Sun OJ*, Zhou Z. 2006. Differential responses of litter decomposition to increased soil nutrients and water between two contrasting grassland plant species of Inner Mongolia, China. Applied Soil Ecology. 34:266-275 

Wang ZP*, Han XG, Li LH. 2006. Methane emission patches in riparian marshes of the Inner Mongolia. Atmospheric Environment. 40: 5528-5532

Wang CH, Wan SQ, Xing XR, Zhang L, Han XG*. 2006. Temperature and soil moisture interactively affected soil net N mineralization in temperate grassland in Northern China. Soil Biology & Biochemistry. 38: 1101-1110 

Yuan Z, Li L*, Han X, Wan S, Huang J. 2006. Nitrogen response efficiency increased monotonically with decreasing soil resource availability: a case study from a semiarid grassland in northern China. Oecologia, 148: 564-572 

Zhou Z, Sun OJ, Huang J, Gao Y, Han X*. 2006. Land-use affects the relationship    between species diversity and productivity at the local scale in a semi-arid steppe ecosystem. Functional Ecology. 20: 753-762 

 Chen SP*, Bai YF, Lin GH, Liang Y, Han XG. 2005. Effects of grazing on photosynthetic characteristics of major steppe species in the Xilin River Basin, Inner Mongolia, China. Photosynthetica, 43: 559-565 

Chen SP, Bai YF, Lin GH, Han XG*. 2005. Variations in life-form composition and foliar carbon isotope discrimination among eight plant communities under different soil moisture conditions in the Xilin River Basin, Inner Mongolia, China. Ecological Research. 20:167-176 

Chen SP, Bai YF, Zhang LX, Han XG*. 2005. Comparing physiological responses of two dominant grass species to N addition in Xillin River Basin of China. Experimental and Environmental Botany. 53: 65-75 

Gao YZ, Wang SP*, Han XG, Patton BD, Nyren PE. 2005. Competition between Artemisia frigida and Cleistogenes squarrosa under different clipping intensities in replacement series mixtures at different nitrogen levels. Grass and Forage Science. 60: 119-127 

He NP, Han XG*, Pan QM. 2005. Variations in the volatile organic compound emission potential of plant functional groups in the temperate grassland vegetation of Inner Mongolia, China. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 47(1): 13-19 

Wang ZP*, Han XG. 2005. Diurnal variation in methane emissions in relation to plants and environmental variables in the Inner Mongolia marshes. Atmospheric Environment. 39: 6295-6305

Wang ZP*, Han XG, Li LH, Chen QS, Duan Y, Cheng WX. 2005. MetHane emission from small wetlands and implications for semi-arid region budget. Journal of Geophysical Research. 110, D13304, doi:10.1029/2004JD005548

Wu JG, Bai YF, Han XG, Li LH, Chen ZZ. 2005. Ecosystem stability in Inner Mongolia (reply). Nature. 435:E6-E7 

Yuan Z, Li L, Huang J, Han X*, Wan S. 2005. Effect of nitrogen supply on the nitrogen use efficiency of an annual herb, Helianthus annuus L. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology 47: 539-548 

Yuan Z, Li L*, Han X, Huang J, Jiang G, Wan S, Zhang W, Chen Q. 2005. Soil characteristics and nitrogen resorption in Stipa krylovii native to northern China. Plant and Soil 273: 257-268

Yuan Z, Li L, Han X*, Huang J, Jiang G, Wan S, Zhang W, Chen Q. 2005. Nitrogen resorption from senescing leaves in 28 plant species in a semi-arid region of northern China. Journal of Arid Environments 63: 191-202

Yuan Z, Li L, Han X*, Wan S, Zhang W. 2005. Variation in nitrogen economy of two Stipa species in the semiarid region of northern China. Journal of Arid Environments 61: 13-25 

Yuan ZY, Li LH, Han XG*, Huang JH, Wan SQ. 2005. Foliar nitrogen dynamics and nitrogen resorption of a sandy shrub Salix gordejevii in northern China. Plant and soil, 278: 183-193 

Bai YF, Han XG*, Wu JG, Chen ZZ, Li LH. 2004. Ecosystem stability and compensatory effects in the Inner Mongolia grassland. Nature. 431(9): 181-184 

He NP, Han XG*, Sun W, Pan QM. 2004. Biogenic VOCs emission inventory development of temperate grassland vegetation in Xilin River Basin, Inner Mongolia, China. Journal of Environmental Sciences. 16(6): 1024-1032

Li GC, Han XG*, Huang JH. 2004. N Mineralization and nitrification in a primary Lithocarpus xylocarpus forest and degraded vegetation in the Ailao Mountain, Yunnan Province. Acta Botanica Sinica. 46(2): 194-201

Wang JZ, Lin GH*, Huang JH, Han XG. 2004. Applications of stable isotopes to study plant-animal relationships in terrestrial ecosystems. Chinese Science Bulletin. 49(22): 2339-2347 

Wang ZW*, Li LH, Han XG. 2004. Do rhizome severing and shoot defoliation affect clonal growth of Leymus chinensis at ramet population level? Acta Oecologica. 26: 255-260

Wang ZP*, Duan Y, Yang JR, Li LH, Han XG. 2004. Plateau marsh methane oxidation as affected by inorganic N. Pedosphere. 14(2): 195-204. 

Wu JG*, Huang JH, Han XG, Gao XM, He FL, Jiang MX, Jiang ZG, Primack RB, Shen ZH. 2004. The Three Gorges Dam: an ecological perspective. Frontiers in Ecology and Environment. 2(5): 241-248

Yang JC, Huang JH, Pan QM, Tang JW, Han XG*. 2004. Long-term impacts of land-use change on dynamics of tropical soil carbon and nitrogen pools. Journal of Environmental Science. 16(2): 256-261 

Yuan ZY,Li LH, Han XG*. 2004. Effect of plant size on the nitrogen use strategy in an annual herb, Helianthus annuus (Sunflower). Acta Botanica Sinica. 46(8): 889-895 

Yuan ZY,Li LH, Han XG*. 2004. Effects of simulating grazing pattern and nitrogen supply on plant growth in a semiarid region of northern china. Acta Botanica Sinica. 46: 1032-1039 

Zhang LX, Bai YF, Han XG*. 2004. Differential Responses of N: P Stoichiometry of Leymus chinensis and Carex Korshinskyi to N Additions in a Steppe Ecosystem in Nei Mongol. Acta Botanica Sinica. 46(3): 259-270 

 Chen SP, Bai YF, Han XG*. 2003. Variations in Composition and Water Use Efficiency of Plant Functional Groups Based on Their Water Ecological Groups in the Xilin River Basin. Acta Botanica Sinica. 45(10):1251-1260

Wu JG*, Huang JH, Han XG, Xie ZQ, Gao XM. 2003. Three-Gorges Dam-Experiment in Habitat Fragmentation. Science. 300(23): 1239-1240

Wu JG*, Huang JH, Han XG. 2003. Three-Gorges Dam: risk to ancient fish. Science. 32(14): 1149-1150

Zhang LX, Bai YF, Han XG*. 2003. Application of N:P stoichiometry to ecology studies. Acta Botanica Sinica. 45(9): 1009-1018

 Chen SP, Bai YF, Han XG*. 2002. Variation of Water-Use Efficiency of Leymus chinensis and Cleistogenes squarrosa in Different Plant Communities in Xilin River Basin,Nei Mongol. Acta Botanica Sinica. 44(12):1484-1490

Huang H, Han X, Kang L, Raven P, Jackson PW, Chen Y. 2002. Conserving native plants in china. Science. 297:935-936

Li LH, Han XG*, Wang QB, Chen QS, Zhang Y, Yang J, Yan ZD, Li X, Bai WM, Song SH. 2002. Soil carbon balance in a native temperate grassland in the Xilin River Basin of Inner Mongolia. Acta Botanica Sinica. 44(6):740-742

Li LH, Han XG*, Wang QB, Bai WM, Bai YF, Yan ZD, Chen QS, Zhang Y, Yang J, Li X, Song SH. 2002. Correlations between plant biomass and soil respiration in a Leymus chinensis Community in the Xilin River Basin of Inner Mongolia. Acta Botanica Sinica. 44(5):593-597

Su B, Han XG*, Qu CM, Huang JH. 2002. Effects of species composition and species diversity on soil properties in warm temperate forest ecosystems of Dongling mountainous region, Beijing. Ekológia. 21(2):119-128

Ehrenfeld JG, Parsons WFJ, Han XG, Parmelee RW, Zhu W. 1998. Live and dead roots in forest horizons: contrasting effects on nitrogen dynamics. Ecology. 78: 348-365.

Han XG.1996. Effect of citric acid, glucose and organic matter on plant P uptake and soil P fractionations in a highly weathered Ultisol. Acta Phytoecologica Sinica. 20: 97-112.

Han XG, Wolf DC. 1996. Phosphorous availability in two soils amended with poultry litter. Journal of Environmental Sciences. 84 (4): 484-491.

Zhu W, Ehrenfeld JG, Parmelee PW, Parsons WFJ, Han XG.1996. The effects of live and dead roots on soil fungi in spodolic soils of the New Jersey Pinelands. Biol. Fertil. Soils. 21: 215-226.

Ehrenfeld JG, Han XG, Parsons WFJ, Zhu W.1996. On the nature of environmental gradients: temporal and spatial variability of soils and vegetation in New Jersey Pinelands. Journal of Ecology. 85: 785-798.

Han XG.1995. Effects of organic matter on plant growth and phosphotase activity in a highly weathered Ultisol. Chinese Journal of Botany. 7: 65-74.

Han XG.1995. Mobilization of phosphorous by naturally occurring organic acids in Oxisols and Ultisols. Pedosphere. 5: 289-303.

Parmelee RW, Ehrenfeld JG, Han XG, Zhu W.1995. Effects of dead pine root inputs on soil fauna and the decomposition of dead roots in a spodosol soil from the New Jersey pinelands. Acta Zoologica Fennica. 196: 27-32.

Potter RL, Guedes RM, Batmanian GJ, Han XG.1991. Assessment of a phosphorus fraction method for soils: Problems for further investigation. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 34: 453-463.

Lee D, Han XG, Jordan CF.1990. Soil phosphorus fractions, aluminum, and water retention as affected by microbial activity in an Ultisol. Plant and Soil. 121: 125-136.


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