Qiang Yu PROFESSOR
National Hulunber Grassland Ecosystem Observation and Research Station
Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
12 Zhongguancun South Ave. Beijing, 100081
Email:yuqiang@caas.cn
Education
2005-2010 Ph.D. Ecology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2002-2005 M.S. Grassland Science, Gansu Agricultural University
1998-2002 B.S. Horticulture, Qingdao Agricultural University
Academic Experience
2016- Professor, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
2016-2016, Research Scientist, Colorado State University
2012- 2016, Post-Doctoral Associate, Colorado State University
2012 Feb-May Visiting scholar, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
2010-2012 Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2009-2010 Visiting scholar, James Elser Lab, Arizona State University
Research Interests
Ecological stoichiometry, grassland community ecology, biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, extreme climatic events, terrestrial biogeochemistry, global change ecology, modeling ecology
Research Grants
National key R & D program: The mechanisms underlying the responses of ecosystem functions and processes to global change in ecological fragile area in China. 2017-2022. PI. ￥4,970,000.
Talent Program of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 2017-2021, PI. ￥4,000,000.
Major International Joint Research Project (NSFC):The response of grassland ecosystems to climate extremes at local to regionalscales: comparing grassland networks between China and USA. 2014-2018. PI. ￥3,150,000.
Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC): Impacts of nitrogen deposition on plant stoichiometric homeostasis and implications for community dynamics and productivity in Inner Mongolia grassland. 2013-2016. PI.￥790,000.
Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC): Testing the relationships between stoichiometric homeostasis and ecosystem structure, functioning and stability in grassland ecosystems in China. 2012. PI. ￥100,000.
The State Key Basic Research and Development Plan of China: Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning. 2007-2011. Advisor: Xingguo Han
US-National Science Foundation (NSF): Testing biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationships in an ecological stoichiometry framework: the Inner Mongolia grassland removal experiment (IMGRE). 2006-2011. Advisors: Xingguo Han and James Elser
NSFC Key Program: The stoichiometric relationships among C, N, P and their coupling mechanism in grassland ecosystems. 2004-2009. Advisor: Xingguo Han
Honors and Awards
2011 Outstanding papers of Chinese Ecosystem Research Network (No.1)
2012 Outstanding Ph.D. thesis of Chinese Academy of Sciences
2012 Youth Innovation Promotion Association CAS
Publications
51.Komatsu K., Avolio M., Lemoine N., Yu, Q.et al.(2019)Global change effects on plant communities are magnified by time and the number of global change factors imposed.PNAS, 116(36), 17867-17873.
50.Feng, X., Wang R., Yu Q., Cao. Y. et al.(2019)Decoupling of plant and soil metal nutrients as affected by nitrogen addition in a meadow steppe.Plant and Soil, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-019-04217-4.
49.Luo, W., Robert J., Griffin N., Zuo X., Yu, Q. et al.(2019)Long term experimental drought alters community plant trait variation, not trait means, across three semiarid grasslands.Plant and Soil, 442(1-2), 343-353.
48.Wu, H., Lu, L., Zhang, Y., Xu, C., Yang, H., Zhou, W., Wang, W., Yu, Q. et al.(2019).Sediment addition and legume cultivation result in sustainable, long‐term increases in ecosystem functions of sandy grasslands.Land Degradation & Development, 30(14), 1667-1676.
47.He, N., Liu, C., Piao, S., Sack, L., Xu, L., Luo, Y., He, J., Han, X., Zhou, G., Yu, Q. et al.(2019).Ecosystem traits linking functional traits to macroecology. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 34(3), 200-210.
46. Luo, W., Xu, C., Ma, W., Yue, X., Liang, X., Zuo, X. et al. (2018). Effects of extreme drought on plant nutrient uptake and resorption in rhizomatous vs bunchgrass-dominated grasslands. Oecologia, 188, 633-643.
45. Luo, W., Zuo, X., Ma, W., Xu, C., Li, A., Yu, Q. et al. (2018). Differential responses of canopy nutrients to experimental drought along a natural aridity gradient. Ecology, 99, 2230-2239.
44. Koerner, S.E., Smith, M.D., Burkepile, D.E., Hanan, N.P., Avolio, M.L., Collins, S.L. et al. (2018). Change in dominance determines herbivore effects on plant biodiversity. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2, 1925-1932.
43. Yue, X., Zuo, X., Yu, Q., Xu, C., Lv, P., Zhang, J. et al. (2018). Response of plant functional traits of Leymus chinensis to extreme drought in Inner Mongolia grasslands. Plant Ecology.
42. Zhang, J., He, N., Liu, C., Xu, L., Yu, Q. & Yu, G. (2018). Allocation strategies for nitrogen and phosphorus in forest plants. Oikos, 127, 1506-1514.
41.Wilcox, K.R., Tredennick, A.T., Koerner, S.E., Grman, E., Hallett, L.M., Avolio, M.L. et al. (2017). Asynchrony among local communities stabilises ecosystem function of metacommunities. Ecology Letters, 20, 1534-1545.
40. Zhang J.H., Zhao N., Liu C.C., Li M.L., Yu G.Y., Wilcox K., Yu Q.*, He N.P.* (2018) C:N:P stoichiometry in China’s forests: from organs to ecosystems. Functional Ecology, 32(1), 50-60. (*Coresponding Author)
39. He N.P., Tian M., Liu C.C., Li M.L., Yang H., Yu G.Y., Guo D.L., Smith M. D., Yu Q., Hou J.H. (2017) Variation in leaf anatomical traits from tropical to cold-temperate forests and linkage to ecosystem functions. Functional Ecology, 32(1), 10-19.
38. Yang H., Yu Q., Sheng W. P., Li SH. G., Tian J. (2017) Determination of leaf carbon isotope discrimination in C4 plants under variable N and water supply. Scientific Reports, 7(1), 351.
37. Zhang H. Y., Lü X. T., Knappc A., Hartmannb H., Baia E., Wang X. B., Wang Z. W., Wang X. G., Yu Q. *, Han X. G. * (2017). Facilitation by leguminous shrubs increases along a precipitation gradient. Functional Ecology, 32(1), 203-213. (*Coresponding Author) (*Coresponding Author)
36. Jiang L. L. *, Wang SH. P., Zhe P., Wang CH. SH. Paul K., Lei ZH., Yu Q., Lan ZH. CH., Wang Y. F., Xu X. L., Kuzyakov Y. , Jones D. L.(2017). Effects of grazing on the acquisition of nitrogen by plants and microorganisms in an alpine meadow. plant and soil, 416, 297-308.
35.Zuo X. A., Yue X. Y., Lv P., Yu Q., Chen M., Zhang J., Luo Y. Q., Wang SH. K. and Zhang J. (2017). Contrasting effects of plant inter- and intraspecific variation on community trait responses to restoration of a sandy grassland ecosystem. ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION,7(4), 1125–1134.
34.Shi Y, Sheng L. X., Wang Z. Q., Zhang X. Y., He N. P., Yu Q.(2016). Responses of soil enzyme activity and microbial community compositions to nitrogen addition in bulk and microaggregate soil in the temperate steppe of Inner Mongolia. Eurasian Soil Science, 49(10), 1149-1160.
33. Long M., Wu H.-H., Smith M.D., La Pierre K.J., Lü X.-T., Zhang H.-Y., Han X.-G. & Yu Q*. (2016). Nitrogen deposition promotes phosphorus uptake of plants in a semi-arid temperate grassland. Plant and Soil, 1-10. (*Coresponding Author)
32. Zhu C., Ma Y., Wu H., Sun T., La Pierre K.J., Sun Z. & Yu Q*. (2016). Divergent Effects of Nitrogen Addition on Soil Respiration in a Semiarid Grassland. Scientific Reports, 6, 33541. (*Coresponding Author)
31. Wu H., Li Q., Lu C., Zhang L., Zhu J., Dijkstra F.A. & Yu Q. (2016). Elevated ozone effects on soil nitrogen cycling differ among wheat cultivars. Applied Soil Ecology, 108, 187-194.
30. Zhang X., Tang Y., Shi Y., He N., Wen X., Yu Q., Zheng C., Sun X. & Qiu W. (2016). Responses of soil hydrolytic enzymes, ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and archaea to nitrogen applications in a temperate grassland in Inner Mongolia. Scientific Reports, 6, 32791.
29. Lemoine N.P., Hoffman A., Felton A.J., Baur L., Chaves F., Gray J., Yu Q. & Smith M.D. (2016). Underappreciated problems of low replication in ecological field studies. Ecology. doi/10.1002/ecy.1506
28. Wang Q., He N., Yu G., Gao Y., Wen X., Wang R., Koerner S.E. & Yu Q*. (2016). Soil microbial respiration rate and temperature sensitivity along a north‐south forest transect in eastern China: Patterns and influencing factors. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. 121, 399–410. (*Coresponding Author)
27. Wang Z.P., Gu Q., Deng F.D., Huang J.H., Megonigal J.P., Yu Q., Lü X.T., Li L.H., Chang S. & Zhang Y.H. (2016). Methane emissions from the trunks of living trees on upland soils. New Phytol. 211, 429–439.
26. Zhang H.Y., Yu Q.*, Lü X.T., Trumbore S.E., Yang J.J. & Han X.G. (2016). Impacts of leguminous shrub encroachment on neighboring grasses include transfer of fixed nitrogen. Oecologia, 180, 1213-1222. (*Coresponding Author)
25. Zhu J., Wang Q., He N., Smith M.D., Elser J.J., Du J., Yuan G., Yu G. & Yu Q.* (2016). Imbalanced atmospheric nitrogen and phosphorus depositions in China: Implications for nutrient limitation. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 121, 1605-1616. (*Coresponding Author)
24. Tian Q.Y., Liu N.N., Bai W.M., Li L.H., Chen J.Q., Reich P.B., Yu Q., Guo D.L., Smith M.D., Knapp A.K., Cheng W.X., Lu P., Gao Y., Yang A., Wang T.Z., Li X., Wang Z.W., Ma Y.B., Han X.G. & Zhang W.H. (2016). A novel soil manganese mechanism drives plant species loss with increased nitrogen deposition in a temperate steppe. Ecology, 97, 65-74.
23. Lü X.T., Reed S., Yu Q., & Han X.G. (2016). Nutrient resorption helps drive intra-specific coupling of foliar nitrogen and phosphorus under nutrient-enriched conditions. Plant and Soil, 398 (1-2), 111-120. DOI: 10.1007/s11104 -015-2642-y
22. Xu Z.W., Ren H.Y., Li M.H., van Ruijven J. Han X.G., Wan S.Q., Li H., Yu Q., Jiang Y., Jiang L. (2015). Environmental changes drive the temporal stability of semi-arid natural grasslands through altering species asynchrony. Journal of Ecology, 103:1308-1316. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12441. PDF
21. Yu Q., Wu H.H., Wang Z.W., Flynn D.F.B., Yang H., Lü F.M., Smith M.D. & Han X.G. (2015). Long term prevention of disturbance induces the collapse of a dominant species without altering ecosystem function. Scientific Reports, 5: 14320. PDF
20. Yu Q., Wilcox K., Pierre K.L., Knapp A.K., Han X. & Smith M.D. (2015). Stoichiometric homeostasis predicts plant species dominance, temporal stability, and responses to global change. Ecology, 96, 2328-2335. PDF
19. Zhang Y., Lü X., Isbell F., Stevens C., Han X., He N., Zhang G., Yu Q., Huang J. & Han X. (2014). Rapid plant species loss at high rates and at low frequency of N addition in temperate steppe. Global Change Biology, 20, 3520-3529.
18. Wang X., Luo W.T, Yu Q., Yan C.F., Xü Z.W., Li M.H. and Jiang Y. 2014. Effects of nutrient addition on nitrogen, phosphorus and non-structural carbohydrates concentrations in leaves of dominant plant species in a semiarid steppe. Chinese Journal of Ecology, 33, 1795-1802.
17. Shi Y., Wang Z.Q., Zhang X.Y., Sun X.M., Liu X.Y., He N.P. and Yu Q. 2014. Effects of nitrogen and phosphorus addition on soil microbial community composition in temperate typical grassland in Inner Mongolia. Acta Ecologica Sinica, 34, 4943-4949.
16. Zhang Z., Elser J.J., Cease A.J., Zhang X., Yu Q., Han X. & Zhang G. (2014). Grasshoppers Regulate N:P Stoichiometric Homeostasis by Changing Phosphorus Contents in Their Frass. Plos One, 9, e103697.
15. Zhang H., Yu Q., Huang Y., Zheng W., Tian Y., Song Y., Li G. & Zhou D. (2014). Germination Shifts of C3 and C4Species under Simulated Global Warming Scenario. Plos One, 9, e105139.
14. He N, Yu Q, Wang R, Zhang Y, Gao Y, et al. (2013) Enhancement of Carbon Sequestration in Soil in the Temperature Grasslands of Northern China by Addition of Nitrogen and Phosphorus. PLoS ONE 8(10): e77241.
13. Wei C., Yu Q.*, Bai E., Lü X., Li Q., Xia J., Kardol P., Liang W., Wang Z. & Han X. (2013). Nitrogen deposition weakens plant–microbe interactions in grassland ecosystems. Global Change Biology, 19, 3688-3697. (*Co-first author) PDF
12. Lü, X.T., Reed, S., Yu, Q., He, N.-P., Wang, Z.-W. & Han, X.G. (2013). Convergent responses of nitrogen and phosphorus resorption to nitrogen inputs in a semiarid grassland. Global Change Biology, 19, 2775-2784. PDF
11. Wang, Z.P., Han, X.G., Chang, S.X., Wang, B., Yu, Q., Hou, L.Y. et al. (2013). Soil organic and inorganic carbon contents under various land uses across a transect of continental steppes in Inner Mongolia. Catena, 109, 110-117. PDF
10. Zhang H, Wu H, Yu Q*, Wang Z, Wei C, et al. (2013) Sampling Date, Leaf Age and Root Size: Implications for the Study of Plant C:N:P Stoichiometry. PLoS ONE 8(4): e60360. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0060360. PDF (*Coresponding Author)
9. Wei C, Zheng H, Li Q, Lü X, Yu Q, et al. 2012. Nitrogen Addition Regulates Soil Nematode Community Composition through Ammonium Suppression. PLoS ONE 7(8): e43384. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0043384. PDF
8. Wu H.H., Wiesmeier M., Yu Q., Steffens M., Han X.G. & Kögel-Knabner 2012. Labile organic C and N mineralization of soil aggregate size classes in semiarid grasslands as affected by grazing management. Biol Fertil Soils, 48, 305-313. DOI 10.1007/s00374-011-0627-4. PDF
7. Yu Q., Wu H.H., He N.P., Lü X.T., Wang Z.P., Elser J.J., Wu J.G.& Han X.G. 2012. Testing the growth-rate hypothesis in vascular plants with above- and below-ground biomass. PLoS ONE, 7(3): e32162. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0032162 PDF
6. Yu Q., Elser J.J., He N.P., Wu H.H., Chen Q.S., Zhang G.M. & Han X.G. 2011. Stoichiometric homeostasis of vascular plants in the Inner Mongolia grassland. Oecologia, 166, 1-10. PDF
5. He N.P., Zhang Y.H., Yu Q., Chen Q.S., Pan Q.M., Zhang G.M. & Han X.G. 2011. Grazing intensity impacts soil carbon and nitrogen storage of continental steppe. Ecosphere, 2:art8. PDF
4. Yu Q., Chen Q.S., Elser J.J., He N.P., Wu H.H., Zhang G.M., Wu J.G., Bai Y.F. & Han X.G. 2010. Linking stoichiometric homeostasis with ecosystem structure, functioning, and stability. Ecology Letters, 13, 1390-1399. (中文介绍见中国科学院、植物所网站报道和植物所简报）PDF
3. Kong D.L., Wu H.F., Wang M., Simmons M., Lü X.T., Yu. Q. & Han X.G. 2010. Structural and chemical differences between shoot- and root-derived roots of three perennial grasses in a typical steppe in Inner Mongolia, China. Plant and Soil, 336, 209-217. PDF
2. Wang Z.P., Song Y., Gulledge J., Yu Q., Liu H.S. & Han X.G. 2009. China's grazed temperate grasslands are a net source of atmospheric methane. Atmospheric Environment, 43, 2148-2153. PDF
1. He N.P., Yu Q., Wu L., Wang Y.S. & Han X.G. 2008. Carbon and nitrogen store and storage potential as affected by land-use in a Leymus chinensis grassland of northern China. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 40, 2952-2959. PDF
Review for Faculty of 1000 (Associate Faculty Member of F1000)
Yu Q, Elser J: "We found this article interesting and important because it is one of the few rigorous..." Evaluation of: Venterink H.O. & Güsewell S. (2010) Competitive interactions between two meadow grasses under nitrogen and phosphorus limitation. Functional Ecology. 24, 877-886. Faculty of 1000, 06 Oct 2010. http://f1000.com/5472970
Yu Q, Elser J: "This is the first comprehensive study to document the patterns of eleven foliar mineral elements..." Evaluation of: Han WX et al. Biogeography and variability of eleven mineral elements in plant leaves across gradients of climate, soil and plant functional type in China. Ecol Lett. 2011 Aug; 14(8):788-796. Faculty of 1000, 29 Jul 2011. F1000.com/12247956
Yu Q, Elser J: "We found this article interesting and important because it is the first comprehensive analysis of..." Evaluation of: [Yuan ZY et al. Global-scale latitudinal patterns of plant fine-root nitrogen and phosphorus. Nat Commun. 2011; 2:344; doi: 10.1038/ncomms1346]. Faculty of 1000, 07 Mar 2012.F1000.com/13968970
Journal Reviews
Ecology Letters, Ecology, Global Change Biology, Journal of Plant Ecology, Ecological Application, Oecologia, Ecological Complexity, Functional Ecology, Biogeosciences.
Research ID: E-2097-2011
Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Qiang_Yu8
Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
12 Zhongguancun South Ave. Beijing, 100081
Email:yuqiang@caas.cn
Education
2005-2010 Ph.D. Ecology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2002-2005 M.S. Grassland Science, Gansu Agricultural University
1998-2002 B.S. Horticulture, Qingdao Agricultural University
Academic Experience
2016- Professor, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
2016-2016, Research Scientist, Colorado State University
2012- 2016, Post-Doctoral Associate, Colorado State University
2012 Feb-May Visiting scholar, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
2010-2012 Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2009-2010 Visiting scholar, James Elser Lab, Arizona State University
Research Interests
Ecological stoichiometry, grassland community ecology, biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, extreme climatic events, terrestrial biogeochemistry, global change ecology, modeling ecology
Research Grants
National key R & D program: The mechanisms underlying the responses of ecosystem functions and processes to global change in ecological fragile area in China. 2017-2022. PI. ￥4,970,000.
Talent Program of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 2017-2021, PI. ￥4,000,000.
Major International Joint Research Project (NSFC):The response of grassland ecosystems to climate extremes at local to regionalscales: comparing grassland networks between China and USA. 2014-2018. PI. ￥3,150,000.
Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC): Impacts of nitrogen deposition on plant stoichiometric homeostasis and implications for community dynamics and productivity in Inner Mongolia grassland. 2013-2016. PI.￥790,000.
Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC): Testing the relationships between stoichiometric homeostasis and ecosystem structure, functioning and stability in grassland ecosystems in China. 2012. PI. ￥100,000.
The State Key Basic Research and Development Plan of China: Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning. 2007-2011. Advisor: Xingguo Han
US-National Science Foundation (NSF): Testing biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationships in an ecological stoichiometry framework: the Inner Mongolia grassland removal experiment (IMGRE). 2006-2011. Advisors: Xingguo Han and James Elser
NSFC Key Program: The stoichiometric relationships among C, N, P and their coupling mechanism in grassland ecosystems. 2004-2009. Advisor: Xingguo Han
Honors and Awards
2011 Outstanding papers of Chinese Ecosystem Research Network (No.1)
2012 Outstanding Ph.D. thesis of Chinese Academy of Sciences
2012 Youth Innovation Promotion Association CAS
Publications
51.Komatsu K., Avolio M., Lemoine N., Yu, Q.et al.(2019)Global change effects on plant communities are magnified by time and the number of global change factors imposed.PNAS, 116(36), 17867-17873.
50.Feng, X., Wang R., Yu Q., Cao. Y. et al.(2019)Decoupling of plant and soil metal nutrients as affected by nitrogen addition in a meadow steppe.Plant and Soil, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-019-04217-4.
49.Luo, W., Robert J., Griffin N., Zuo X., Yu, Q. et al.(2019)Long term experimental drought alters community plant trait variation, not trait means, across three semiarid grasslands.Plant and Soil, 442(1-2), 343-353.
48.Wu, H., Lu, L., Zhang, Y., Xu, C., Yang, H., Zhou, W., Wang, W., Yu, Q. et al.(2019).Sediment addition and legume cultivation result in sustainable, long‐term increases in ecosystem functions of sandy grasslands.Land Degradation & Development, 30(14), 1667-1676.
47.He, N., Liu, C., Piao, S., Sack, L., Xu, L., Luo, Y., He, J., Han, X., Zhou, G., Yu, Q. et al.(2019).Ecosystem traits linking functional traits to macroecology. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 34(3), 200-210.
46. Luo, W., Xu, C., Ma, W., Yue, X., Liang, X., Zuo, X. et al. (2018). Effects of extreme drought on plant nutrient uptake and resorption in rhizomatous vs bunchgrass-dominated grasslands. Oecologia, 188, 633-643.
45. Luo, W., Zuo, X., Ma, W., Xu, C., Li, A., Yu, Q. et al. (2018). Differential responses of canopy nutrients to experimental drought along a natural aridity gradient. Ecology, 99, 2230-2239.
44. Koerner, S.E., Smith, M.D., Burkepile, D.E., Hanan, N.P., Avolio, M.L., Collins, S.L. et al. (2018). Change in dominance determines herbivore effects on plant biodiversity. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2, 1925-1932.
43. Yue, X., Zuo, X., Yu, Q., Xu, C., Lv, P., Zhang, J. et al. (2018). Response of plant functional traits of Leymus chinensis to extreme drought in Inner Mongolia grasslands. Plant Ecology.
42. Zhang, J., He, N., Liu, C., Xu, L., Yu, Q. & Yu, G. (2018). Allocation strategies for nitrogen and phosphorus in forest plants. Oikos, 127, 1506-1514.
41.Wilcox, K.R., Tredennick, A.T., Koerner, S.E., Grman, E., Hallett, L.M., Avolio, M.L. et al. (2017). Asynchrony among local communities stabilises ecosystem function of metacommunities. Ecology Letters, 20, 1534-1545.
40. Zhang J.H., Zhao N., Liu C.C., Li M.L., Yu G.Y., Wilcox K., Yu Q.*, He N.P.* (2018) C:N:P stoichiometry in China’s forests: from organs to ecosystems. Functional Ecology, 32(1), 50-60. (*Coresponding Author)
39. He N.P., Tian M., Liu C.C., Li M.L., Yang H., Yu G.Y., Guo D.L., Smith M. D., Yu Q., Hou J.H. (2017) Variation in leaf anatomical traits from tropical to cold-temperate forests and linkage to ecosystem functions. Functional Ecology, 32(1), 10-19.
38. Yang H., Yu Q., Sheng W. P., Li SH. G., Tian J. (2017) Determination of leaf carbon isotope discrimination in C4 plants under variable N and water supply. Scientific Reports, 7(1), 351.
37. Zhang H. Y., Lü X. T., Knappc A., Hartmannb H., Baia E., Wang X. B., Wang Z. W., Wang X. G., Yu Q. *, Han X. G. * (2017). Facilitation by leguminous shrubs increases along a precipitation gradient. Functional Ecology, 32(1), 203-213. (*Coresponding Author) (*Coresponding Author)
36. Jiang L. L. *, Wang SH. P., Zhe P., Wang CH. SH. Paul K., Lei ZH., Yu Q., Lan ZH. CH., Wang Y. F., Xu X. L., Kuzyakov Y. , Jones D. L.(2017). Effects of grazing on the acquisition of nitrogen by plants and microorganisms in an alpine meadow. plant and soil, 416, 297-308.
35.Zuo X. A., Yue X. Y., Lv P., Yu Q., Chen M., Zhang J., Luo Y. Q., Wang SH. K. and Zhang J. (2017). Contrasting effects of plant inter- and intraspecific variation on community trait responses to restoration of a sandy grassland ecosystem. ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION,7(4), 1125–1134.
34.Shi Y, Sheng L. X., Wang Z. Q., Zhang X. Y., He N. P., Yu Q.(2016). Responses of soil enzyme activity and microbial community compositions to nitrogen addition in bulk and microaggregate soil in the temperate steppe of Inner Mongolia. Eurasian Soil Science, 49(10), 1149-1160.
33. Long M., Wu H.-H., Smith M.D., La Pierre K.J., Lü X.-T., Zhang H.-Y., Han X.-G. & Yu Q*. (2016). Nitrogen deposition promotes phosphorus uptake of plants in a semi-arid temperate grassland. Plant and Soil, 1-10. (*Coresponding Author)
32. Zhu C., Ma Y., Wu H., Sun T., La Pierre K.J., Sun Z. & Yu Q*. (2016). Divergent Effects of Nitrogen Addition on Soil Respiration in a Semiarid Grassland. Scientific Reports, 6, 33541. (*Coresponding Author)
31. Wu H., Li Q., Lu C., Zhang L., Zhu J., Dijkstra F.A. & Yu Q. (2016). Elevated ozone effects on soil nitrogen cycling differ among wheat cultivars. Applied Soil Ecology, 108, 187-194.
30. Zhang X., Tang Y., Shi Y., He N., Wen X., Yu Q., Zheng C., Sun X. & Qiu W. (2016). Responses of soil hydrolytic enzymes, ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and archaea to nitrogen applications in a temperate grassland in Inner Mongolia. Scientific Reports, 6, 32791.
29. Lemoine N.P., Hoffman A., Felton A.J., Baur L., Chaves F., Gray J., Yu Q. & Smith M.D. (2016). Underappreciated problems of low replication in ecological field studies. Ecology. doi/10.1002/ecy.1506
28. Wang Q., He N., Yu G., Gao Y., Wen X., Wang R., Koerner S.E. & Yu Q*. (2016). Soil microbial respiration rate and temperature sensitivity along a north‐south forest transect in eastern China: Patterns and influencing factors. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. 121, 399–410. (*Coresponding Author)
27. Wang Z.P., Gu Q., Deng F.D., Huang J.H., Megonigal J.P., Yu Q., Lü X.T., Li L.H., Chang S. & Zhang Y.H. (2016). Methane emissions from the trunks of living trees on upland soils. New Phytol. 211, 429–439.
26. Zhang H.Y., Yu Q.*, Lü X.T., Trumbore S.E., Yang J.J. & Han X.G. (2016). Impacts of leguminous shrub encroachment on neighboring grasses include transfer of fixed nitrogen. Oecologia, 180, 1213-1222. (*Coresponding Author)
25. Zhu J., Wang Q., He N., Smith M.D., Elser J.J., Du J., Yuan G., Yu G. & Yu Q.* (2016). Imbalanced atmospheric nitrogen and phosphorus depositions in China: Implications for nutrient limitation. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 121, 1605-1616. (*Coresponding Author)
24. Tian Q.Y., Liu N.N., Bai W.M., Li L.H., Chen J.Q., Reich P.B., Yu Q., Guo D.L., Smith M.D., Knapp A.K., Cheng W.X., Lu P., Gao Y., Yang A., Wang T.Z., Li X., Wang Z.W., Ma Y.B., Han X.G. & Zhang W.H. (2016). A novel soil manganese mechanism drives plant species loss with increased nitrogen deposition in a temperate steppe. Ecology, 97, 65-74.
23. Lü X.T., Reed S., Yu Q., & Han X.G. (2016). Nutrient resorption helps drive intra-specific coupling of foliar nitrogen and phosphorus under nutrient-enriched conditions. Plant and Soil, 398 (1-2), 111-120. DOI: 10.1007/s11104 -015-2642-y
22. Xu Z.W., Ren H.Y., Li M.H., van Ruijven J. Han X.G., Wan S.Q., Li H., Yu Q., Jiang Y., Jiang L. (2015). Environmental changes drive the temporal stability of semi-arid natural grasslands through altering species asynchrony. Journal of Ecology, 103:1308-1316. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12441. PDF
21. Yu Q., Wu H.H., Wang Z.W., Flynn D.F.B., Yang H., Lü F.M., Smith M.D. & Han X.G. (2015). Long term prevention of disturbance induces the collapse of a dominant species without altering ecosystem function. Scientific Reports, 5: 14320. PDF
20. Yu Q., Wilcox K., Pierre K.L., Knapp A.K., Han X. & Smith M.D. (2015). Stoichiometric homeostasis predicts plant species dominance, temporal stability, and responses to global change. Ecology, 96, 2328-2335. PDF
19. Zhang Y., Lü X., Isbell F., Stevens C., Han X., He N., Zhang G., Yu Q., Huang J. & Han X. (2014). Rapid plant species loss at high rates and at low frequency of N addition in temperate steppe. Global Change Biology, 20, 3520-3529.
18. Wang X., Luo W.T, Yu Q., Yan C.F., Xü Z.W., Li M.H. and Jiang Y. 2014. Effects of nutrient addition on nitrogen, phosphorus and non-structural carbohydrates concentrations in leaves of dominant plant species in a semiarid steppe. Chinese Journal of Ecology, 33, 1795-1802.
17. Shi Y., Wang Z.Q., Zhang X.Y., Sun X.M., Liu X.Y., He N.P. and Yu Q. 2014. Effects of nitrogen and phosphorus addition on soil microbial community composition in temperate typical grassland in Inner Mongolia. Acta Ecologica Sinica, 34, 4943-4949.
16. Zhang Z., Elser J.J., Cease A.J., Zhang X., Yu Q., Han X. & Zhang G. (2014). Grasshoppers Regulate N:P Stoichiometric Homeostasis by Changing Phosphorus Contents in Their Frass. Plos One, 9, e103697.
15. Zhang H., Yu Q., Huang Y., Zheng W., Tian Y., Song Y., Li G. & Zhou D. (2014). Germination Shifts of C3 and C4Species under Simulated Global Warming Scenario. Plos One, 9, e105139.
14. He N, Yu Q, Wang R, Zhang Y, Gao Y, et al. (2013) Enhancement of Carbon Sequestration in Soil in the Temperature Grasslands of Northern China by Addition of Nitrogen and Phosphorus. PLoS ONE 8(10): e77241.
13. Wei C., Yu Q.*, Bai E., Lü X., Li Q., Xia J., Kardol P., Liang W., Wang Z. & Han X. (2013). Nitrogen deposition weakens plant–microbe interactions in grassland ecosystems. Global Change Biology, 19, 3688-3697. (*Co-first author) PDF
12. Lü, X.T., Reed, S., Yu, Q., He, N.-P., Wang, Z.-W. & Han, X.G. (2013). Convergent responses of nitrogen and phosphorus resorption to nitrogen inputs in a semiarid grassland. Global Change Biology, 19, 2775-2784. PDF
11. Wang, Z.P., Han, X.G., Chang, S.X., Wang, B., Yu, Q., Hou, L.Y. et al. (2013). Soil organic and inorganic carbon contents under various land uses across a transect of continental steppes in Inner Mongolia. Catena, 109, 110-117. PDF
10. Zhang H, Wu H, Yu Q*, Wang Z, Wei C, et al. (2013) Sampling Date, Leaf Age and Root Size: Implications for the Study of Plant C:N:P Stoichiometry. PLoS ONE 8(4): e60360. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0060360. PDF (*Coresponding Author)
9. Wei C, Zheng H, Li Q, Lü X, Yu Q, et al. 2012. Nitrogen Addition Regulates Soil Nematode Community Composition through Ammonium Suppression. PLoS ONE 7(8): e43384. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0043384. PDF
8. Wu H.H., Wiesmeier M., Yu Q., Steffens M., Han X.G. & Kögel-Knabner 2012. Labile organic C and N mineralization of soil aggregate size classes in semiarid grasslands as affected by grazing management. Biol Fertil Soils, 48, 305-313. DOI 10.1007/s00374-011-0627-4. PDF
7. Yu Q., Wu H.H., He N.P., Lü X.T., Wang Z.P., Elser J.J., Wu J.G.& Han X.G. 2012. Testing the growth-rate hypothesis in vascular plants with above- and below-ground biomass. PLoS ONE, 7(3): e32162. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0032162 PDF
6. Yu Q., Elser J.J., He N.P., Wu H.H., Chen Q.S., Zhang G.M. & Han X.G. 2011. Stoichiometric homeostasis of vascular plants in the Inner Mongolia grassland. Oecologia, 166, 1-10. PDF
5. He N.P., Zhang Y.H., Yu Q., Chen Q.S., Pan Q.M., Zhang G.M. & Han X.G. 2011. Grazing intensity impacts soil carbon and nitrogen storage of continental steppe. Ecosphere, 2:art8. PDF
4. Yu Q., Chen Q.S., Elser J.J., He N.P., Wu H.H., Zhang G.M., Wu J.G., Bai Y.F. & Han X.G. 2010. Linking stoichiometric homeostasis with ecosystem structure, functioning, and stability. Ecology Letters, 13, 1390-1399. (中文介绍见中国科学院、植物所网站报道和植物所简报）PDF
3. Kong D.L., Wu H.F., Wang M., Simmons M., Lü X.T., Yu. Q. & Han X.G. 2010. Structural and chemical differences between shoot- and root-derived roots of three perennial grasses in a typical steppe in Inner Mongolia, China. Plant and Soil, 336, 209-217. PDF
2. Wang Z.P., Song Y., Gulledge J., Yu Q., Liu H.S. & Han X.G. 2009. China's grazed temperate grasslands are a net source of atmospheric methane. Atmospheric Environment, 43, 2148-2153. PDF
1. He N.P., Yu Q., Wu L., Wang Y.S. & Han X.G. 2008. Carbon and nitrogen store and storage potential as affected by land-use in a Leymus chinensis grassland of northern China. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 40, 2952-2959. PDF
Review for Faculty of 1000 (Associate Faculty Member of F1000)
Yu Q, Elser J: "We found this article interesting and important because it is one of the few rigorous..." Evaluation of: Venterink H.O. & Güsewell S. (2010) Competitive interactions between two meadow grasses under nitrogen and phosphorus limitation. Functional Ecology. 24, 877-886. Faculty of 1000, 06 Oct 2010. http://f1000.com/5472970
Yu Q, Elser J: "This is the first comprehensive study to document the patterns of eleven foliar mineral elements..." Evaluation of: Han WX et al. Biogeography and variability of eleven mineral elements in plant leaves across gradients of climate, soil and plant functional type in China. Ecol Lett. 2011 Aug; 14(8):788-796. Faculty of 1000, 29 Jul 2011. F1000.com/12247956
Yu Q, Elser J: "We found this article interesting and important because it is the first comprehensive analysis of..." Evaluation of: [Yuan ZY et al. Global-scale latitudinal patterns of plant fine-root nitrogen and phosphorus. Nat Commun. 2011; 2:344; doi: 10.1038/ncomms1346]. Faculty of 1000, 07 Mar 2012.F1000.com/13968970
Journal Reviews
Ecology Letters, Ecology, Global Change Biology, Journal of Plant Ecology, Ecological Application, Oecologia, Ecological Complexity, Functional Ecology, Biogeosciences.
Research ID: E-2097-2011
Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Qiang_Yu8
