Yaoqi Li

I am recruiting PhD candidates who are interested in the following areas：

• Plant functional diversity in QTP: from individual performance to ecosystem productivity
• Effect and management of surrounding weeds on eco-economic output of organic rice
• Variation of leaf size: climate drivers, structure constrains, and ecological implication

I am applying for postgraduate research scholarship for full-funded PhD positions, and also welcome RAs or tuition-free students. Students have opportunities to visit labs in Peking University, Sichuan University, ect. for collaboration. Please contact me if you are interested. 

课题组招聘对以下方向感兴趣的博士：

• 全球变化下高原植物的功能多样性：从个体生长到生态系统生产力
• 伴生杂草对有机稻经济生产和生态效益的影响及其调控
• 植物叶大小变化的气候驱动、结构限制与生态启示  

目前全奖博士生名额正在申请，也有免学费名额。欢迎感兴趣的科研助理或研究生报名。学生将有机会去北京大学、四川大学等高校交流，访问合作课题组。

I am open to undergraduates for summer undergraduate research fellowship program (SURF) or the final year projects (FYP) who are interested in plant diversity of urban greenland and organic farmland (e.g. composition, phenology and adaptation) based on observation, experiments and big-data exploration.

Open SURF-2024-0047: Weed Management in Organic Rice Farmland: Ecological Insights and Sustainable Practices.

同时，欢迎对植物多样性感兴趣的本科生一起交流、讨论开展SURF研究项目和FYP课题，基于自然观察、实验与大数据处理探索古典园林、口袋公园等城市绿地和有机农场中植物的搭配组合、物候响应与适应。

现开放SURF课题招募本科生(SURF-2024-0047).

For publications, see Google Scholar or ResearchGate

Representative papers are listed as below:

1. Li Y., Reich B.P., Schmid B., Shrestha N., Feng X., Lyu T., Maitner B.S., Xu X., Li Y., Zou D., Tan Z., Su X., Tang Z., Guo Q., Feng X., Enquist B.J., Wang Z.^* (2020) Leaf size of woody dicots predicts ecosystem primary productivity [J]. Ecology Letters, 23: 1003–1013; doi: 10.1111/ele.13503. 
2. Luo A.^#, Li Y.^#, Shrestha N., Xu X., Su X., Li Y., Lyu T., Waris K., Tang Z., Liu X., Lin L., Chen Y., Zu K., Song W., Peng S., Zimmermann N.E., Pellissier L., Wang Z.^* (2024) Global multi-faceted biodiversity patterns, centers, and conservation needs in angiosperms [J]. Science China: Life Sciences; doi: 10.1007/s11427-023-2430-2. (^#, contributed equally)
3. Li Y., Wang Z.^* (2023) Functional biogeography of plants: research progresses and challenges[J]. Chinese Journal of Plant Ecology, 47: 145–169; doi: 10.17521/cjpe.2022.0245. (Chinese Review) [李耀琪，王志恒*。(2023) 植物功能生物地理学的研究进展与展望。植物生态学报，47: 145–169; doi: 10.17521/cjpe.2022.0245。(综述)]
4. Li Y., Wang Z.^* (2021) Leaf morphological traits: ecological function, geographic distribution and drivers [J]. Chinese Journal of Plant Ecology, 45: 1154–1172; doi:10.17521/cjpe.2020.0405. (Chinese Review in Ecosystem Structure and Function Forum) [李耀琪，王志恒*。(2021) 植物叶片形态的生态功能、地理分布与成因。植物生态学报，45: 1154–1172; doi: 10.17521/cjpe.2020.0405。(生态系统结构与功能专辑，综述)]
5. Li Y., Wang Z.^*, Xu X., Han W., Wang Q., Zou D. (2016) Leaf margin analysis of Chinese woody plants and the constraints on its application to palaeoclimatic reconstruction [J]. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 25: 1401-1415; doi: 10.1111/geb.12498.
6. Li Y.^#, Zou D.^#, Shrestha N., Xu X., Wang Q., Jia W. & Wang Z.^* (2020). Spatiotemporal variation in leaf size and shape in response to climate [J]. Journal of Plant Ecology, 13: 87–96; doi: 10.1093/jpe/rtz053. (Editor’s Choice; JPE 2020 best paper)
7. Wang Z.^#,*, Li Y.^#, Su X., Tao S., Feng X., Wang Q., Xu X., Liu Y., Michaletz S., Shrestha N., Enquist B. (2019) Patterns and ecological determinants of woody plant height in eastern Eurasia: applications in predicting ecosystem primary productivity [J]. Journal of Plant Ecology, 12: 791–803; doi: 10.1093/jpe/rtz053. (Editor’s Choice)

Some co-authored papers:

1. Meng J., Li Y., Feng Y., Hua F., Shen X., Li S., Shrestha N., Peng S., Rahbek C., Wang Z. (2023) Anthropogenic vulnerability assessment of global terrestrial protected areas with a new framework [J]. Biological Conservation, 283: 110064; doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110064.
2. Zhou J., Li Y., Lyu T., Yu H., Meng J., Song W., Kang Y., Yu D., Wang Z. (2023) Environmental determinants of aquatic plant diversity differ between growth forms and range sizes [J]. Ecological Indicators, 157: 111280; doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2023.111280.

3. Wang Q., Li Y., Zou D., Su X., Cai H., Luo A., Jiang K., Zhang X., Xu X., Shrestha N., Wang Z.^* (2021) Phylogenetic niche conservatism and variations in species diversity-climate relationships [J]. Ecography, 44: 1856–1868; doi:10.1111/ecog.05759.

4. Peng S., Shrestha N., Luo Y., Li Y., Cai H., Qin H., Ma K., Wang Z. (2023) Incorporating global change reveals increased extinction risk than the current Red List [J]. Current Biology, 33: 1-10; doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.07.047.
5.  Zu K., Chen F., Li Y., Shrestha N., Fang X., Ahmad S., Nabi G., Wang Z. (2023) Climate change impacts flowering phenology in Gongga Mountains, Southwest China [J]. Plant diversity; doi: 10.1016/j.pld.2023.07.007.
6. Luo A., Xu X., Liu Y., Li Y., Su X., Li Y., Lyu T., Dimitrov D., Larjavaara M., Peng S., Wang Q., Zimmermann N., Pellissier L., Schmid B., Wang Z.^* (2022) Spatio-temporal patterns in the woodiness of flowering plants. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 32, 384–396. Doi: 10.1111/geb.13627.

7. Peng S., Zhang J., Zhang X., Li Y., Liu Y., Wang Z.^* (2021) Conservation of woody species in China under future global changes. Journal of Applied Ecology, 59: 141–152; doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.14037.

2024/01 – 2026/12, Spatial distribution of functional diversity and its relationship with ecosystem productivity (功能多样性的空间分布及其与生态系统生产力间的关系). The National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) for Young Scholars, Principal Investigator (PI).

2023/07 – 2025/06, Trait Gap-filling of global seed plants: imputation and prediction (全球种子植物性状的缺失度填充与分布预测). Natural Science Foundation of the Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions of China Programme, Jiangsu Education Department, PI.

2023/07 – 2025/06, Effect and management of surrounding weeds on economic output of organic rice (伴生杂草和除草管理对有机稻经济产出的影响), Research Development Fund of XJTLU, PI.

2022/01 – 2026/12, Theory and method of the ecological planning of urban and rural landscape with locality for livability (#52130804, 宜居城乡地方性景观生态规划理论及方法). The key program of NSFC. (Joint)

2020/01 – 2023/12, The mechanism of differences in light response of stomata on the upper and lower surfaces of leaf (#31972937, 叶片上下两面气孔对光响应差异的机制). The general program of NSFC. (Joint)

2018/05 – 2023/04, The response mechanism of Chinese vegetation phenology to global change and trend for future phenological shifts (#2018YFA0606104, 中国植被物候对全球变化的响应机制及未来趋势). The National Key Research Development Program of China (NKRDPC) from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST). (Joint)

2017/07 – 2022/06, Impacts of global changes on woody plant diversity in the North Hemisphere (#2017YFA0605101, 全球变化对北半球木本植物多样性的影响). NKRDPC from MOST. (Joint)

2016/01 – 2017/12, Large-Scale Patterns of Plant Diversity in Eastern Eurasia: Determinants and Responses to Future Climate Change (#31611130032, 欧亚大陆东部木本植物多样性格局及其对气候变化的响应). NSFC. (Joint)

2015/01 – 2018/12, Macroevolutionary mechanisms underlying large-scale patterns of woody plant diversity in China (#31470564, 中国木本植物物种多样性格局的宏观进化机制). NSFC. (Joint)

As a reviewer for several academic journals, including Ecology Letters, Journal of Ecology, Oikos, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Ecology and Evolution, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Journal of Plant Ecology, Biodiversity Science, and Pratacultural Science.

As a member of Ecological Society of China, American Geophysical Union, Botanical Society of America, and Open Trait Network.

2024/01, Academic Exchange Symposium on the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the Institute of Agricultural Ecology, China Agricultural University; Presentation Title: “Research Progress and Prospects of Plant Functional Biogeography”.

2023/12, Annual Meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), the Moscone Center, San Francisco, USA; Presentation Title: “Biodiversity effect on biomass is mediated by plant traits under rapidly warming”.

2023/09, The 3rd Biogeography Congress and Southwest Biodiversity Conservation Forum, Kunming, China. Presentation Title: “Functional biogeography of plants: patterns, drivers, effects and implication” in Yunnan University.

2023/07, The 7th Symposium of Young Scholars on Terrestrial Ecosystems, Tibet, China.

2023/07, Annual Meeting of the Botanical Society of America (BSA), Biose, USA (online); Presentation Title: “Spatiotemporal Patterns of Leaf Morphological Traits: Driven by Climate and Linked with Ecosystem Productivity”.

2019/12, Annual Meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), the Moscone Center, San Francisco, USA; Presentation Title: “Leaf size of woody dicots predict ecosystem primary productivity”.

2018/08, Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America (ESA), the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans, USA; Presentation Title: “Geographical patterns in leaf size and its implication”.

2018/07, 4^th TraitTrain International Plant Functional Traits, the University Centre in Svalbard, Norway.

2017/04, General Assembly 2017 of the European Geosciences Union (EGU), Austria Center Vienna, Austria; Poster Title: “Geographic patterns in height of woody plants in eastern Asia and their ecological and evolutionary determinants”.

2017/04, 10^th Annual Meeting of the Macroecology Working Group for the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria & Switzerland (GfO), University of Vienna, Austria; Poster Title: “Patterns in leaf morphological traits of Chinese woody plants and the application for paleoclimate reconstruction”.

2016/05, The Biogeography of Ecology – IBS Special Meeting (IBS), China National Convention Center, China; Poster Title: “Leaf margin analysis of Chinese woody plants and the constraints on its application for paleoclimatic reconstruction”.