Alpine plant ecology and climate change

Plant biogeography

1997.9-2001.7  B.S, Biology department of Yunnan University

2001.9-2007.7 Ph.D, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resouces Research of Chinese Academy of Sciences

2007.7-2010.6   Postdoc in Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences

2010.7-present  Associate Professor in Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Member of the Youth Innovation Promotion Association，CAS

Member of the China Society of Tibet Plateau

Rita A, Zhang L, Li X, Bhakta RB, Pugnaire FI, Luo T. 2018. Water Shortage Drives Interactions Between Cushion and Beneficiary Species Along Elevation Gradients in Dry Himalayas. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 123(1):226-238.

Shen W*,  Zhang L, Guo Y, Luo TX. 2018. Causes for treeline stability under climate warming: Evidence from seed and seedling transplant experiments in southeast Tibet. Forest Ecology and Management, 408: 45-53.

Luo TX*, Liu XS, Zhang L, Li X, Pan Y, Wright IJ. 2018. Summer solstice marks a seasonal shift in temperature sensitivity of stem growth and nitrogen-use efficiency in cold-limited forests. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 248: 469-478.

Zhang L, Cui GS, Shen W, Liu XS. 2016. Cover as a simple predictor of biomass for two shrubs in Tibet. Ecological Indicators, 64: 266-271.

Liu XS, Nie Y, Luo TX, Yu JH, Shen W, Zhang L. 2016. Seasonal shift in climatic limiting factors on tree transpiration: evidence from sap flow observations at alpine treelines in Southeast Tibet. Frontiers in Plant Science. http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2016.01018

Pugnaire FI, Zhang L, Li RC, Luo TX. 2015. No evidence of facilitation collapse in the Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Vegetation Science, 26: 233-242.

Shen W, Zhang L, Liu XS, Luo TX. 2014. Seed-based treeline seedlings are vulnerable to freezing events in the early growing season under a warmer climate: evidence from a reciprocal transplant experiment in the Sergyemla Mountains, southeast Tibet. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology,187: 83-92.

Zhang L, Luo TX, Liu XS, Wang Y. 2012. Altitudinal variation in leaf construction cost and energy content of Bergenia purpurascens. Acta Oecologica, 43: 72-79. 

Wang Z, Zhang L*. 2012. Leaf shape alters the coefficients of leaf area estimation models for Saussurea stoliczkai in central Tibet. Photosynthetica, 50(3): 337-342. 

Kong GQ, Luo TX, Liu XS, Zhang L, Liang EY. 2012. Annual ring widths are good predictors of changes in net primary productivity of alpine Rhododendron shrubs in the Sergyemla Mountains, southeast Tibet. Plant Ecology, 213(11): 1843-1855.

Zhang L, Pan L. 2011. Allometric models for leaf area estimation across different leaf age groups of evergreen broadleaved trees in a subtropical forest. Photosynthetica, 49(2): 219-226. 

Zhang L, Luo TX, Zhu HZ, Daly C, Deng KM. 2010. Leaf lifespan as a simple indicator of the evergreen forest zonations in China. Journal of Biogeography, 37(1): 27-36. 

Zhang L, Liu XS. 2010. Non-destructive leaf area estimation for Bergenia purpurascens across timberline ecotone, southeast Tibet. Annales Botanici Fennici, 47(5): 346-352. 

Zhang L, Luo TX, Liu XS, Kong GQ. 2010. Altitudinal variations in seedling and sapling density and age structure of timberline tree species in the Sergyemla Mountains, southeast Tibet. Acta Ecologica Sinica, 30: 76-80. 

Luo TX, Zhang L, Zhu HZ, Daly C, Li MC, Luo J. 2009. Correlations between net primary productivity and foliar carbon isotope ratio across a Tibetan ecosystem transect. Ecography, 32: 526-538. 

Alpine vegetation patterns and climate change

Plant-plant interactions for shrubs in arid and semi-arid regions, Tibet

Ecophysiology of alpine plants

已指导学生

王媛韬  硕士研究生  070501-自然地理学  

赵旺林  硕士研究生  071300-生态学  

杨柳  硕士研究生  071300-生态学  

阿拉姆  硕士研究生  071300-生态学  

夏晨曦  硕士研究生  071300-生态学  

崔光帅  博士研究生  071300-生态学  

现指导学生

杨柳  博士研究生  071300-生态学  

张欣茹  硕士研究生  071300-生态学