Main Research Interest and Expertise: 

Functional traits and ecological adaptation of different functional groups, with special attention to functional traits, hydraulics and ecological adaptation of mistletoes and lianas.

2018.9-2023.7, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Major: ecology, Ph.D.

2009.9-2012.7, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Science; Major: ecology, Master

2005.9-2009.6, The Northeast Forestry University; Major: wildlife and nature reserve management, Bachelor

Publication list (# co-first author；*corresponding author, Five-year IF)：

1. Zhang YB, Huang XY, Scalon MC, Ke Y, Liu JX, Wang Q, Li WH, Yang D, Ellsworth DS, Zhang YJ^* and Zhang JL^*. Mistletoes have higher hydraulic safety but lower efficiency in xylem traits than their hosts, New Phytologist, 2025, 245 (2): 607-624

2. Zhang YB, Scalon MC, Liu JX, Song XY, Yang D, Zhang YJ, Ellsworth DS and Zhang JL^*. You are what you eat: nutrient and water relations between mistletoes and hosts, New Phytologist, 2023, 238(2): 567-583

3. Ke Y, Zhang YB^*, Du YY, Huang XY, Liu FJ, Qi SH, Fang XW, Zhang YJ, Roddy AB^*, Zhang JL^*, Divergent floral hydraulic strategy in Bauhinia s.l.: Lianas adopt drought tolerance while trees prioritize drought avoidance, New Phytologist, Online.

4. Liu FJ#, Ke Y#, Huang XY, Zhang YB*, Zhang JL*, Floral symmetry is associated with contrasting hydraulic strategies and trait coordination in angiosperm flowers, Plant Diversity, Accepted

5. Huang XY, Zhang YB^*, Scalon MC, Ke Y, Li WH, Yang D, Aritsara ANA,  Zhang YJ, Wan ZL, Cheng XL, Jiao-Lin Zhang JL^*, Survival secrets of mistletoes: high drought tolerance in canopy habitats, Tree Physiology, 2025, 45(7), tpaf071.

6. Zhang YB, Yang D, Zhang KY, Bai XL, Wang YSD, Wu HD, Ding LZ, Zhang YJ, Zhang JL*. Higher water and nutrient use efficiencies in savanna than in rainforest lianas result in no difference in photosynthesis. Tree Physiology, 2022, 42(1) 145-159.

7. Zhang KY#, Yang D#, Zhang YB#, Ellsworth DS, Xu K, Zhang YP, Chen YJ, He F, Zhang JL*. Differentiation in stem and leaf traits among sympatric lianas, scandent shrubs and trees in a subalpine cold temperate forest. Tree Physiology, 2021, 41(11): 1992-2003.

8. Ke Y#, Zhang YB#, Zhang FP, Yang D,Wang Q, Peng XR, Huang XY, Jan Sher & Zhang JL*. Monocots and eudicots have more conservative flower water use strategies than basal angiosperms. Plant Biology, 2024, 26(4): 621-632

9. Bai X#, Zhang YB#, Liu Q, Wang YSD, Yang D, Zhang JL*. Leaf and stem traits are linked to liana growth rate in a subtropical cloud forest. Forests, 2020, 11(10): 1120.

10. Zhang YB, Wu HD, Yang J, Song XY, Yang D, He F, Zhang JL*. Environmental filtering and spatial processes shape the beta diversity of liana communities in a valley savanna in Southwest China. Applied Vegetation Science, 2020, 23(4): 482-494.

11. Ellsworth DS*, Crous KY, De Kauwe MG, Verryckt LT, Goll D, Zaehle S, Bloomfield KJ, Ciais P, Cernusak LA, Domingues TF, Dusenge ME, Garcia S, Guerrieri R, Ishida FY, Janssens IA, Kenzo T, Ichie T, Medlyn BE, Meir P, Norby RJ, Reich PB, Rowland L, Santiago LS, Sun Y, Uddling J, Walker AP, Weerasinghe KWLK, van de Weg MJ, Zhang YB, Zhang JL, Wright IJ. Convergence in phosphorus constraints to photosynthesis in forests around the world. Nature Communications, 2022, 13, 5005.

12. Yang D#, Wang YSD#, Wang Q, Ke Y, Zhang YB, Zhang SB, Zhang YJ*, McDowell NG, Zhang JL*. Physiological response and photosynthetic recovery to an extreme drought: Evidence from plants in a dry-hot valley savanna of Southwest China. Science of the Total Environment, 2023, 868:161711.

13. Wang YSD, Yang D*, Vargas GG, Hao GY, Powers JS, Ke Y, Wang Q, Zhang YB, Zhang JL. Leaf habit differentiation explains trait tradeoffs across savanna woody plants. Forest Ecosystems, 2024, 11: 100190

14. Gupta SK*, Yang D, Zhang YB, Pandey V, Zhang JL*. Tropospheric ozone is a catastrophe, and ethylenediurea (EDU) is a phytoprotectant, recent reports on climate change scenario: A review. Atmospheric Pollution Research, 2023, 14: 101907.

15. Peng XR, Yang D*, Wang Q, Tian Y, Ke Y, Zhang YB, Yang SJ, Zhang JL. Savanna Plants Have a Lower Hydraulic Efficiency than Co-Occurring Species in a Rainforest. Forests, 2024, 15, 1912.

16. Ke Y, Zhang FP, Zhang YB, Wang Q, Li W, Yang Da, Zhang JL*, Cao KF. Convergent relationships between flower economic and hydraulic traits across aquatic and terrestrial herbaceous plants. Plant Diversity, 2023, 45(5): 601-610 

17. Wang YSD#, Yang D#, Wu HD, Zhang YB, Zhang SB, Zhang YJ, Zhang JL*. Overlapping water and nutrient use efficiencies and carbon assimilation between coexisting simple- and compound-leaved trees from a valley savanna. Water, 2020, 12(11): 3037.

18. Zhang KY, Yang D*, Zhang YB, Liu Q, Wang YSD, Ke Y, Xiao Y, Wang Q, Dossa GG, Schnitzer SA, Zhang JL*. Vessel dimorphism and wood traits in lianas and trees among three contrasting environments, American Journal of Botany, 2023, 110: e16154.

19. Zhang KY, Yang D, Zhang YB, Ai XR, Deng ZJ, Zhang JL*. Linkages among stem xylem transport, biomechanics and storage in lianas and trees across three contrasting environments. American Journal of Botany, 2024, 111(3): e16290.

20. Sher J, Zhang YB, Zhang JL^*, Effects of soil fertility and toxicity on the performance of Chenopodium quinoa (Willd) plants in kin and non-kin interactions, Plant Signaling & Behavior, 2025, 20(1): 2591495

21. Bai XL#, Yang D#, Sher J, Zhang YB, Zhang KY, Liu Q, Wen HD, Zhang JL* Slot M. Divergences in stem and leaf traits between co-existing dominant lianas and trees in a subtropical montane forest. Journal of Plant Ecology, 2024, 17(1): rtad037

22. Lan GY, Zhang YB, He FL, Hu YH, Zhu H, Cao M* Species associations of congeneric species in a tropical seasonal rain forest of China. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 2016, 32: 201-212.  

23. Gupta SK, Marwa N, Pandey AK, Zhang YB, Zhang JL. Hydrogen sulfide homeostasis in plants: an overview. In: Singh S, Singh VP, Tripathi DK, Prasad SM, Chauhan DK, Dubey NK (Eds), Hydrogen Sulfide in Plant Biology: Past and Present, 2021, pp 341-363. Elsevier Academic Press, London, UK.

24. Dossa GGO*, Adhikari S, Cao KF, Chen YJ, Codjia JEI, Corlett RT, Dong JL, Fan ZX, Khatri P, Kiki M, Li HL, Ling TC, Liu GY, Majcher BM, Nisar N, Njoroge DM, Ofosu-Bamfo B, Pearce S, Roeder M, Schaefer DA, Schnitzer SA, Smith-Martin CM, Thu WP, Tomlinson KW, Xu SY, Zakari S, Zhang JL, Zhang YB, Zotz G, Zuo J, Cornelissen JHC. Lianas from lives to afterlives. New Phytologist, 2024, 242: 1886-1890 (Meeting Report)

25. Li TF, Ren BP, Li DY, Zhang YB, Li M. Maternal responses to dead infants in Yunnan snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus bieti) in the Baimaxueshan Nature Reserve, Yunnan, China. Primates, 2012, 53(2): 127-132. 

26. 王琴，杨达，彭晓容，柯妍，张云冰，张教林*. 重点与非重点保护植物的叶片解剖、形态、养分含量及重吸收率的比较研究. 植物科学学报, 2024, 42(4)：519−532

27. 鞠弘,张云冰,刘丙万.内蒙古达赉湖保护区狼与牧民冲突研究[J].现代农业科技, 2010, 535(17):322-323+329.

Running Projects：

1. Comparative study on hydraulic structure and function of mistletoes and their hosts in Xishuangbanna, 2024.1-2026.12, funded by the Chinese National Foundation of Natural Sciences (32301308), 300,000 RMB, chaired.

2. The adaptation of mistletoes and their hosts to seasonal drought, 2024.3-2027.2, funded by the Yunnan Fundamental Research Projects (202401AT070230), 100,000 RMB, chaired.

3. The adaptation of mistletoes and their host plants to biotic and abiotic stresses, 2025.3-2028.2, funded by the Yunnan Fundamental Research Projects (202501AT070252), 100,000 RMB, chaired.

Awarded the title of "Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation of Yunnan Province in 2024"

• Selected for 2024 Yunnan Provincial "Yunnan Revitalization Talent Support ProgramXingdian Talent Support Program-Young Talent Project"

• Honored as 2024 May 4^th Youth Role Model of XTBG

• Recipient of 2014, 2020, 2024 Outstanding Staff Member Award, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences (XTBG-CAS)

• Awarded 2021 Triple-A Outstanding Student Honor, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS)