Peer-reviewed Papers in English Journals

    In press/Preprint

  1. Zhang, B., Jiang, Y., …, Chu, C. Elevational gradients do not significantly alter soil microbial respiration and temperature sensitivity in a subtropical forest. Preprint doi:10.22541/au.167239275.59175308/v1


    2. 2024

  2. Ding, Y., …, … & Li, S.P.*, Zhang, S.Y.*. Increased antibiotic resistance gene abundance linked to intensive bacterial competition in the phyllosphere across an elevational gradient. Environmental Microbiology Reports 16: e70042 doi:10.1111/1758-2229.70042

  3. Dai, Z., Xing, S., Gradstein, S.R., … & Wang, J.*>. Forest microclimate as a driver of epiphytic bryophyte diversity along a subtropical elevational gradient. Journal of Biogeography Early View doi:10.1111/jbi.15054

  4. Wang, X.R., Chen, L., Zhang, H. W., … & Zhang, J.*. Seasonal variations in insect herbivory on woody plant seedlings along a subtropical elevational gradient. American Journal of Botany 111: e16355 doi:10.1002/ajb2.16355

  5. Ma, S., Chen, S., Ding, Y., He, Z., Hu, G., Liu, J., … & Li, S.P.*, Zhang, J.* What controls forest litter decomposition? A coordinated distributed teabag experiment across ten mountains. Ecography, e07339 doi:10.1111/ecog.07339

  6. He, X., Zeng, L., …, Yang, Y. Parental material and climate jointly determine the biomass and diversity of soil microbial communities along an elevational gradient on a subtropical karst mountain. Journal of Biogeography, 51: 1185-1198 doi:10.1111/jbi.14814


    7. 2023

  7. Zeng, L., He, X., Zhu, G., Zhou, L., Luo, M., Yin, X., … & Yang, Y. Bedrock and climate jointly control microbial necromass along a subtropical elevational gradient. Applied Soil Ecology, 189:104902 doi:10.1016/j.apsoil.2023.104902

  8. Luo, Y., Ma, L., …, Li, D., Liu, J., Gao, L. The diversity of mycorrhiza-associated fungi and trees shapes subtropical mountain forest ecosystem functioning. Journal of Biogeography, 50: 715-729 doi:10.1111/jbi.14563

  9. Dai, Z., Zhang, J., Wang, J. The ability of bryophytes to track areas of suitable climate depends on their habitat preferences. Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 61(1):227-229 doi:10.1111/jse.12832

  10. Xing, D.*, Zhang, J., He, F. Comment on “Interspecific competition limits bird species’ ranges in tropical mountains.” Science, 379(6630), eade2109 doi:10.1126/science.ade2109


    11. 2022

  11. Luo, Y., Cadotte, M.W., Liu, J., Burgess, K.S., Tan, S., Ye, L., Zou, J., Chen, Z., Jiang, X., Li, J., Xu, K., Li, D., Gao, L. Multitrophic diversity and biotic associations influence subalpine forest ecosystem multifunctionality. Ecology, 103(9):e3745 doi:10.1002/ecy.3745

  12. Wang, X., Zhong, M., Yang, S., Jiang, J., Hu, J.* Multiple β‐diversity patterns and the underlying mechanisms across amphibian communities along a subtropical elevational gradient. Diversity and Distributions, 28: 2489-2502 doi:10.1111/ddi.13618

  13. Wang, X., Zhong, M., Zhang, J., Si, X., Yang, S., Jiang, J., Hu, J.* Multidimensional amphibian diversity and community structure along a 2600 m elevational gradient on the eastern margin of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Zoological Research 43(1): 40-51 doi:10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2021.166

  14. Zhu, G., Zhou, L., He, X., Wei, P., Lin, D., Qian, S., … & Yang, Y.* Effects of elevation gradient on soil carbon and nitrogen in a typical karst region of Chongqing, southwest China. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 127(6): e2021JG006742 doi:10.1029/2021JG006742

  15. Ma, L., Liu, L., Lu, Y., Chen, L., Zhang, Z., Zhang, H., Wang, X., Shu, L., Yang, Q., Song, Q., Peng, Q., Yu, Z., Zhang, J.* When microclimates meet soil microbes: soil temperature mediates soil microbial diversity along an elevational gradient in subtropical forests. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 166: 108566 doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2022.108566

  16. Chen, B., Chen, L., Jiang, L., …, He, Z.* C:N:P Stoichiometry of Plant, Litter and Soil along an Elevational Gradient in Subtropical Forests of China. Forests, 13: 372 doi:10.3390/f13030372

  17. Yang, X., Angert, A.L., Zuidema, P.A., He, F., Huang, S., Li, S.Z., Li, S.L., Chardon, N.I., Zhang, J.* The role of demographic compensation in stabilizing marginal tree populations in North America. Ecology Letters, 25(7): 1676-1689 doi:10.1111/ELE.14028

  18. Lembrechts, J., van den Hoogen, J., Aalto, A., …, Zhang, J., Zhang, Z.C., …, Lenoir, J.*. Global maps of soil temperature. Global Chang Biology, 28(9): 3110-3144 doi:10.1111/gcb.16060 [Data available here: https://zenodo.org/record/4558732#.YgsdeuhByUm]

  19. Zhang, XJ, Wu, D, Li, QY, Pu, FG, Xia, XL, Chang, MY, Song, K.*. Influence of Colder Temperature on the Axial and Radial Parenchyma Fraction of Quercus ciliaris C.C.Huang & Y.T.Chang Wood and Its Relationship with Carbohydrate Reserve (NSC). Forests, 13(2): 169 doi:10.3390/f13020169


    20. 2021

  20. He, X., Chu, C., Yang, Y., Shu, Z., Li, B., Hou, E. Bedrock and climate jointly control the phosphorus status of subtropical forests along two elevational gradients. Catena, 206: 105525 doi:10.1016/j.catena.2021.105525

  21. Zhang, R., Zhang, Z., Shang, K., Zhao, M., …, Zhang, J.* A taxonomic and phylogenetic perspective on plant community assembly along an elevational gradient in subtropical forests. Journal of Plant Ecology, 14(4): rtab026 doi:10.1093/jpe/rtab026

  22. Ding, Y., Zang, R. Determinants of aboveground biomass in forests across three climatic zones in China. Forest Ecology and Management, 482: 118805 doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118805

  23. He, X., Augusto, L., Goll, D. S., Ringeval, B., Wang, Y., Helfenstein, J., Huang, Y., Yu, K., Wang, Z., Yang, Y., and Hou, E. Global patterns and drivers of soil total phosphorus concentration. Earth System Science Data, 13: 5831–5846 doi:10.5194/essd-13-5831-2021

  24. Jensen, D.A., Rao, M.D., Zhang, J., Gron, M., Tian, S., Ma, K.P., Svenning, J-C. The potential for using rare, native species in reforestation– A case study of yews (Taxaceae) in China. Forest Ecology and Management 482:118816 doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118816


    25. 2020

  25. He, X., Hou, E., Veen, G.F., Ellwood, M., Dijkstra, P., Sui, X., Zhang, S., Wen, D. and Chu, C. Soil microbial biomass increases along elevational gradients in the tropics and subtropics but not elsewhere. Global Ecology and Biogeography 29(2):345-354. doi:10.1111/geb.13017

  26. Wang, X., Yang, S., Guo, C., Tang, K., Jiang, J. and Hu, J.* Amphibian diversity and conservation along an elevational gradient on Mount Emei, southwestern China. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 14(3):46-56.
  27. Liu, L., Zhu, K., Wurzburger, N. and Zhang, J. Relationships between plant and soil microbial diversity vary across taxonomic groups and spatial scales. Ecosphere 11(1):e02999 doi:10.1002/ecs2.2999

  28. Qian, H., Zhang, J., Sandel, B. and Jin, Y. 2020. Phylogenetic structure of angiosperm trees in local forest communities along latitudinal and elevational gradients in eastern North America. Ecography 43:419–430 doi:10.1111/ecog.04873

  29. Lembrechts, J., Aalto, J., Ashcroft, M., …, Zhang, J., Zhang, Z.C., et al. SoilTemp: a global database of near-surface temperature. Global Chang Biology 26(11): 6616–6629 doi:10.1111/gcb.15123

  30. Zhang, X., Song, K., Pan, YJ, Gao, ZW, Pu, FG, Lu, JH, Shang, KK, Da, L., Ellen, C. Responses of leaf traits to low temperature in an evergreen oak at its upper limit. Ecological Research 35: 900–911 doi:10.1111/1440-1703.12157


    31. 2019

  31. Luo, Y., Cadotte, M.W., Burgess, K.S., Liu, J., Tan, S., Zou, J., Xu, K., Li, D. and Gao, L. Greater than the sum of the parts: how the species composition in different forest strata influence ecosystem function. Ecology Letters 22(9):1449-1461. 10.1111/ele.13330

  32. Luo, Y., Cadotte, M.W., Burgess, K.S., Liu, J., Tan, S., Xu, K., Li, D. and Gao, L. Forest community assembly is driven by different strata‐dependent mechanisms along an elevational gradient. Journal of Biogeography 46(10):2174-2187. 10.1111/jbi.13669

  33. Jiang, L., He, Z., Liu, J., Xing, C., Gu. X., Wei, C., Zhu, J. and Wang, X. Elevation Gradient Altered Soil C, N, and P Stoichiometry of Pinus taiwanensis Forest on Daiyun Mountain. Forests 10:1089. 10.3390/f10121089

  34. Dai, Z., Tang, X., Tu, S., Zhuang, L., Zhu, M., Zhao, M., Zhang, Z. and Wang, J. Cololejeunea tianmuensis, a new epiphyllous species of Cololejeunea (Lejeuneaceae, Marchantiophyta) from Zhejiang, China. Phytotaxa 402(1):057-062. 10.11646/phytotaxa.402.1.8

  35. Ding, Y., Zang, R., Lu, X., Huang, J., Xu, Y. The effect of environmental filtering on variation in functional diversity along a tropical elevational gradient. Journal of Vegetation Science 30: 973-983. 10.1111/jvs.12786


    36. Before 2019

  36. Luo, Y., Liu, J., Tan, S., Cadotte, M.W., Xu, K., Gao, L. and Li, D. 2016. Trait variation and functional diversity maintenance of understory herbaceous species coexisting along an elevational gradient in Yulong Mountain, Southwest China. Plant Diversity 38(6):303-311. 10.1016/j.pld.2016.11.002

  37. Tang, X., Gradstein, S.R., Sun, L., Zhu, M., Shi, R., Wei, Q., Chen, Y., Zhou, X. and Wang, J. 2018. A contribution to the knowledge of epiphyllous bryophytes in Tianmushan National Nature Reserve (Zhejiang, China), with remarks on climate warming and nature conservation. Lindbergia 402(1):057-062. 10.25227/linbg.01103

  38. Luo, Y., Liu, J., Tan, S., Cadotte, M.W., Wang, Y., Xu, K., Li, D. and Gao, L. 2016. Trait-Based Community Assembly along an Elevational Gradient in Subalpine Forests: Quantifying the Roles of Environmental Factors in Inter- and Intraspecific Variability. PLoS ONE 11(5):e0155749. 10.1371/journal.pone.0155749

Peer-reviewed Papers in Chinese Journals

  1. He, Z. et al. 2022. Characteristics of microbial functional diversity and its influencing factors of forest soils at different elevations on the southern slope of Daiyun Mountain. 戴云山南坡不同海拔森林土壤微生物功能多样性特征及影响因素. Acta Ecologica Sinica 生态学报 42(9): 3504-3515. (In Chinese) doi: 10.5846/stxb202101210217
  2. He, Z. et al. 2022. Characteristics and its influencing factors of forest soil dominant bacterial community in different elevations on the southern slope of Daiyun Mountain, Fujian Province of eastern China. 戴云山南坡不同海拔森林土壤优势细菌群落特征及影响因素. Journal of Beijing Forestry University 北京林业大学学报 44(7): 107-116. (In Chinese) doi: 10.12171/j.1000-1522.20200278
  3. He, Z. et al. 2022. Forest soil microbial community structure characteristics and its influencing factors at different elevations on the Souther slope of Daiyuan Mountain. 戴云山南坡不同海拔森林土壤微生物群落结构特征和影响因素. Environmental Science 环境科学 43(5): 2802-2811. (In Chinese) doi: 10.13227/j.hjkx.202108160
  4. Zhou, L., Huang, L., Qian, C., Li, L. and Yang, Y. 2019. Vertical Change in Air Temperature on the West Slope of Mt．Jinfo，China. 金佛山西坡气温的垂直变化特征. Mountain Research 山地学报 37(6):818-827. (In Chinese) doi: 10.16089/j.cnki.1008-2786.000472
  5. Zhang, J.* and Huang, X.L. 2019. Biodiversity along elevational gradients: the commemoration of the 250th birthday of Alexander von Humboldt. 生物多样性的海拔梯度格局——纪念亚历山大·冯·洪堡诞辰250周年. WUYI Science Journal 武夷科学 35(1):1–3. (In Chinese) doi: 10.15914/j.cnki.wykx.2019.01.01
  6. Zhang, F.L., Wang, X., Zhang, O.K., Zhang, Z.C. and Zhang, J.* 2019. The health status of ancient trees and their variations along an altitudinal gradient in the West Tianmu Mountain, Zhejiang province. 浙江西天目山古树树干健康状况及其随海拔梯度变化规律. WUYI Science Journal 武夷科学 35(1):12–20. (In Chinese) doi: 10.15914/10.15914/j.cnki.wykx.2019.01.03
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