Wetland ecology; Wetland plant functional traits; Wetland ecosystem functions; Ecological resotration; Ecological modelling; Functional Biogeography

I have broad research interests in 1) wetland plant adaptive strategies, functional trait trade-offs and game theory in response to wetland environment; 2) the cause of wetland biodiversity and distribution patterns; 3) the contribution of wetland plants to ecosystem functioning. I mainly apply trait-based approaches in combination with greenhouse experiment, field work and big-data/large scale ecological modelling to studying cutting-edge scientific questions.

I warmly welcome motivated Postdoc to join my Lab. Please feel free to contact me for potential opportunities and positions through Email panyingji@iga.ac.cn.

If you are looking for an BSc or MSc internship, a short statement of your background and research interest is encouraged.

2016.09 – 2020.09 PhD in Ecology, Supervised by Prof. Peter M. van Bodegom, Leiden University, the Netherlands        

2013.09 – 2016.07 MSc in Ecology, Supervised by Prof. Liangjun Da, East China Normal University, China

2009.09 – 2013.07 BSc  in Ecology, East China Normal University, China

2022.12 – Present Professor, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

2021.11 – 2022.11 Associate Professor, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, China

2021.10 – 2022.11 Guest Researcher, Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML), Leiden University, the Netherlands

2020.09 – 2021.09 Postdoc, Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML), Leiden University, the Netherlands

  (* Correspondence author; ^# Co-first author）

1. Pan, Y.*#, Iversen, L.L.# & van Bodegom, P.M., 2026. Functional traits explain the enhancement of denitrification by wetland plants. Journal of Plant Ecology: rtag023 https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtag023 (IF=3.9)
2. Wang, X.#, Liang, X.#, Cheng, R., Chen, J., Li, H., Song, Y., Yi, Y., Li, Y., Iversen, L.L., Yang, Y., García-Girón, J., Alahuhta, J., Pan, Y.* & Xu, X.*, 2026. Novel high-resolution data to unravel distribution, mechanisms and anthropogenic threats to global freshwater macrophytes. Journal of Ecology: 114(2), e70255. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.70255 (IF=5.6)
3. Xu, H.^#, Song, Y.^#, Tan, Y., He, D., Yang, Y., van Bodegom, P.M., Peñuelas, J., Pan, Y.* & Chen, L.*, 2025. Convergent strategies for leaf traits in tree species from divergent habitats. Global Change Biology: 1354-1013. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.70108 (IF= 10.80)
4. Gao, Z.^#, Pan, Y. ^#, Song, K.*, Yang, Y., Zhuge, M., Wu, T., Xia, T., Hu, Y., Da, L. & Cieraad, E., 2025. Response and sensitivity of urban plants with different seed dispersal modes. Nature Cities: 2, 28–37. (Selected as the Cover Article) https://doi.org/10.1038/s44284-024-00169-8
5. Pan, Y.*^#, García-Girón, J.^# & Iversen, L.L.* ^#, 2023. Global change and plant-ecosystem functioning in freshwaters. Trends in Plant Science: 28(6), 646-660. (Selected as the Cover Article) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2022.12.013 (IF= 22.01)
6. Huang, L., Jin, C., Pan, Y., Zhou, L., Hu, S., Guo, Y., Meng, Y., Song, K., Pang, M., Li, H., Lin, D., Xu, X., Minor, J., Coggins, C., Jim, C. Y., Yan, E., Yang, Y.*, Tang, Z.* & Lindenmayer, D. B.*, 2023. Human activities and species biological traits drive the long-term persistence of old trees in human-dominated landscapes. Nature Plants: 9, 898–907. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-023-01412-1 (IF= 17.35)
7. Pan, Y.*, Cieraad, E., Armstrong, J., Armstrong, W., Clarkson, B.R., Colmer, T.D., Pedersen, O., Visser, E.J.W., Voesenek, L.A.C.J. & van Bodegom, P.M., 2020. Global patterns of the leaf economics spectrum in wetlands. Nature Communications: 11, 4519. http://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18354-3 (IF= 14.92)
8. Pan, Y.*, Cieraad, E., Armstrong, J., Armstrong, W., Clarkson, B.R., Pedersen, O., Visser, E.J.W., Voesenek, L.A.C.J. & van Bodegom, P.M., 2022. Leading trait dimensions in flood-tolerant plants. Annals of Botany: 130(3), 383–392. http://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcac031 (IF= 4.36)
9. Pan, Y., 2020. General plant strategies and functions in wetlands: Global trait-based analyses. PhD Thesis, Leiden University. ISBN: 978-90-5101-991-2 https://scholarlypublications.universiteitleiden.nl/handle/1887/136753
10. Pan, Y.*, Cieraad, E., Clarkson, B.R., Colmer, T.D., Pedersen, O., Visser, E.J.W., Voesenek, L.A.C.J. & van Bodegom, P.M., 2020. Drivers of plant traits that allow survival in wetlands. Functional Ecology: 34(5), 956-967. http://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13541 (IF=5.03)
11. Pan, Y.*, Cieraad, E. & van Bodegom, P.M., 2019. Are ecophysiological adaptive traits decoupled from leaf economics traits in wetlands? Functional Ecology: 33(7), 1202–1210. http://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13329 (IF=5.49)
12. Iversen, L.L.^#, García-Girón, J.^# & Pan, Y.* ^#, 2022. Towards linking freshwater plants and ecosystems via functional biogeography. Aquatic Botany: 176, 103454. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2021.103454 (IF=2.47)
13. Pan, Y., Zhang, X., Song, K. & Da, L., 2017. Applying trait-based method to investigate the relationship between macrophyte communities and environmental conditions in a eutrophic freshwater lake, China. Aquatic Botany: 142, 16–24. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2017.06.002 (IF=1.79)
14. Jin, C., Hu, S., Zhou, L., Huang, L., Pan, Y., Jim, C. Y., Song, K., Minor, J. & Yang, Y.*, 2025. Religious uses shape the selection and distribution of Chinese Buddhist tree species. People and Nature: 7(9), 2094-2105. https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.70097 (IF=4.9)
15. Wai, T., Liang, X., Xie, H., Liu, L., Pan, Y., Xu, Y., Zhao, L. & Xu, X., 2024. Global richness patterns of alpine genus Gentiana depend on multiple factors. Ecology and Evolution: 14, e11366. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.11366 (IF=2.60)
16. Yang, X., Hu, M., Shan, W., Zhang, C., Li, T. & Pan, Y., 2023. Integrating bottom-up building stock model with logistics networks to support the site selection of circular construction hub. Journal of Cleaner Production: 430 (2023) 139677 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.139677 (IF=11.10)
17. Gao, Z., Pan, Y., Bodegom, P.M. Van, Cieraad, E., Xing, D., Yang, Y., Xia, T., Luo, X., Song, K., Da, L. & Malkinson, D., 2023. Beta diversity of urban spontaneous plants and its drivers in 9 major cities of Yunnan province, China. Landscape and Urban Planning: 234, 104741. https://doi:10.1016/j.landurbplan.2023.104741 (IF=8.12)
18. Xia, X., Pan, Y., Chang, M., Wu, D., Zhang, X., Xia, J., & Song, K., 2022. Consistent temperature-dependent patterns of leaf lifespan across spatial and temporal gradients for deciduous trees in Europe. Science of The Total Environment, 820, 153175. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.153175 (IF=10.75)
19. Gao, Z., Song, K., Pan, Y., Malkinson, D., Zhang, X., Jia, B., Xia, T., Guo, X., Liang, H., Huang, S., Da, L., van Bodegom, P.M. & Cieraad, E., 2021. Drivers of spontaneous plant richness patterns in urban green space within a biodiversity hotspot. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening: 61. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2021.127098 (IF=4.02)
20. Long, Y., Yang, X., Cao, Y., Lv, G., Li, Y., Pan, Y., Yan, K. & Liu, Y., 2021. Relationship between soil fungi and seedling density in the vicinity of adult conspecifics in an arid desert forest. Forests: 12, 92. http://doi.org/10.3390/f12010092 (IF=2.20)
21. Zhang, X., Song, K., Pan, Y., Gao, Z., Pu, F., Lu, J., Shang, K., Da, L. & Cieraad, E., 2020. Responses of leaf traits to low temperature in an evergreen oak at its upper limit. Ecological Research: 35, 900-911. http://doi.org/10.1111/1440-1703.12157 (IF=1.58)
22. Cui, Y., Song, K., Guo, X., van Bodegom, P.M., Pan, Y., Tian, Z., Chen, X., Wang, J. & Da, L., 2019. Phylogenetic and functional structures of plant communities along a spatiotemporal urbanization gradient: effects of colonization and extinction. Journal of Vegetation Science: 30, 341–351. http://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12724 (IF=2.70)
23. Song, K., Cui, Y., Zhang, X., Pan, Y., Xu, J., Xu, K. & Da, L., 2017. Enhanced effects of biotic interactions on predicting multispecies spatial distribution of submerged macrophytes after eutrophication. Ecology and Evolution: 7(19), 7719-7728. http://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12724 (IF=2.34)
24. 郑蕊,徐含锋,胡远东,史浩伯,张童,赵志春,邹元春,潘应骥* 2026. 兴凯湖“浮毯”沼泽植物群落构建机制.生态学报. 46 (17): 9514-9522. https://doi.org/10.20103/j.stxb.202508052040
25. 李雪楠,唐一彤,李依霖,田恩朋,高志东,胡远东,徐含锋,薛振山,潘应骥* 2026. 基于丹顶鹤行为特征与生态偏好的越冬地廊道识别与构建.生态学报. 46 (6) https://doi.org/10.20103/j.stxb.202504070802
26. 王李琼,徐含锋,胡远东,杨佳婷,李依霖,张洺也,潘应骥* 2026. 赤霉素与盐碱互作条件及种子形态性状对瘤囊薹草种子萌发的影响.湿地科学. 24 (4): 901-909. http://doi.org/10.13248/j.cnki.wetlandsci.20250194
27. 杨佳婷,潘应骥*,常春玲,刘艳杰 2024. 本地植物与土壤微生物互作对植物入侵影响的研究进展.植物生态学报. 48 (12): 1551-1564 (获选为封面论文) http://doi.org/10.17521/cjpe.2024.0017

1. 潘应骥，缪宁，罗建琼，刘佳博，王针针，陶琼，岳喜明，徐含锋. 一种用于浅水湖泊单株沉水植物种植的固定装置.发明专利，2025.10.17，授权专利号：ZL 2024 1 1370464.1
2. 潘应骥; 王李琼; 李依霖; 王国栋; 徐含锋; 张洺也; 杨佳婷; 胡远东; 一种适用于种子萌发的培养皿, 2025-08-21, 中国, 202511170898 .1 (专利)
3. 薛振山; 田恩朋; 潘应骥; 侯光雷; 一种滨海湿地生态廊道的识别与优化方法及系统, 2025-11-20,中国, 202511704950.7 (专利)
4. 张洺也，佟守正，姜明，潘应骥，安雨，崔庚. 一种调控丹顶鹤肠道微生物的食源靶向增殖方法.发明专利，2025.1.10，授权专利号：ZL 2024 1 1596573.5
5. 张洺也，佟守正，姜明，潘应骥，安雨，崔庚，高志东，毛瑢. 一种基于廊道构建的湿地旗舰物种栖息地修复方法.发明专利，2025.10.14，授权专利号：ZL 2025 1 1099319.9

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已指导学生

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