Plant functional ecology and restoration ecology. Research primarily focuses on plant functional traits, fine-root resource acquisition strategies, plant adaptation mechanisms to environmental stresses such as drought, and vegetation restoration and ecological rehabilitation of degraded ecosystems.

Education

2002.09–2007.07 Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Science

1998.09–2002.07 College of Life Sciences, Northwest Normal University, Bachelor of Science

   

1. Variation in root hair traits in 75 xerophytic species: Constraints of phylogeny, trait trade-offs and environment. Functional Ecology, 2025.
2. Enzyme stoichiometry reveals microbial nitrogen limitation in stony soils. Science of the Total Environment, 2024. Sixth Author, Corresponding Author.
3. Linking fine-root architecture, vertical distribution and growth rate in temperate mountain shrubs. Oikos, 2023. Fifth Author, Corresponding Author.
4. Latitudinal patterns of particulate and mineral-associated organic matter down the soil profile in drylands. Soil & Tillage Research, 2023. Fifth Author.
5. Shifting soil nutrient stoichiometry with soil of variable rock fragment content and different vegetation types. Catena, 2023.
6. Influences of rock fragment content and vegetation on soil microbial communities. Catena, 2023. Fifth Author, Corresponding Author.
7. Rock fragment content in soils shift root foraging behavior in xerophytic species. Plant and Soil, 2022. Sixth Author, Corresponding Author.
8. Functionally divergent growth, biomass allocation and root distribution of two xerophytic species in response to varying soil rock fragment content. Plant and Soil, 2021. Second Author, Corresponding Author.
9. Vertical fine-root distributions in five subalpine forest types shifts with soil properties across environmental gradients. Plant and Soil, 2020. First Author, Corresponding Author.
10. Community-level economics spectrum of fine-roots driven by nutrient limitations in subalpine forests. Journal of Ecology, 2019. First Author, Corresponding Author.
11. Linking leaf hydraulic properties, photosynthetic rates, and leaf lifespan in xerophytic species: a test of global hypotheses. American Journal of Botany, 2018. First Author.
12. Leaf lifespan is positively correlated with periods of leaf production and reproduction in 49 herb and shrub species. Ecology and Evolution, 2016. First Author.
13. New insights into leaf and fine-root trait relationships: implications of resource acquisition among 23 xerophytic woody species. Ecology and Evolution, 2015. First Author.

1. A Slope Protection Method Combining a Native Artemisia Species with a Fiber Blanket. Invention Patent, 2023, First Inventor, Patent No.: CN116411580A.
2. A Mosaic Plant Community Configuration Model and Vegetation Establishment Method for Slope Protection in Arid Regions. Invention Patent, 2022, First Inventor, Patent No.: CN111887107B.
3. A Method for Promoting Seed Germination of Cotinus szechuanensis. Invention Patent, 2021, Fourth Inventor, Patent No.: CN111990009B.
4. A Method for Analyzing Leaf Vein Topological Structure in Xerophytic Broadleaf Plants. Invention Patent, 2014, Second Inventor, Patent No.: CN103901169A.
5. A Method for Vegetative Propagation and Seedling Cultivation of Miscanthus sinensis var. purpurascens Using Rhizomes in Arid Regions. Invention Patent, 2014, First Inventor, Patent No.: CN103875430A.

Plant functional ecology and restoration ecology, with a focus on plant functional traits, fine-root resource acquisition strategies, plant adaptations to environmental stresses, and vegetation restoration in degraded ecosystems.

已指导学生

孙素静  硕士研究生  071012-生态学  

杨雨  硕士研究生  085238-生物工程  

黄龙  硕士研究生  071300-生态学  

王子龙  硕士研究生  071300-生态学  

吴一苓  硕士研究生  071300-生态学  

马少伟  硕士研究生  086000-生物与医药  

肖帆  硕士研究生  071300-生态学  

胡慧  博士研究生  071300-生态学  

杨若琪  硕士研究生  086001-生物技术与工程  

杨雨  博士研究生  071300-生态学  

黄龙  博士研究生  071300-生态学  

现指导学生

赵一帆  硕士研究生  086001-生物技术与工程  

吴易员  硕士研究生  086001-生物技术与工程  

黄艺璇  博士研究生  071300-生态学  

乔斯渝  硕士研究生  071300-生态学  

张宇轩  硕士研究生  086001-生物技术与工程  

鄢巧钰  博士研究生  071300-生态学