1. Cao, K, Svenning J-C, Yan C, Zhang J, Mi* X, and Ma K. Undersampling correction methods to control γ-dependence for comparing β-diversity between regions. Ecology, 2021, DOI:10.1002/ecy.3448.
2. Mi X, Feng, G, Hu, Y, Zhang, J, Chen, L, Corlett, R T, Hughes, A C, Pimm, S, Schmid, B, Shi, S, Svenning, J-C & Ma K The global significance of biodiversity science in China: an overview. National Science Review, 2021, DOI: 10.1093/nsr/nwab032.
3. Mi, X., Sun, Z, Song, Y, Liu, X, Yang, J, Wu, J, Ci, X, Li, J, Lin, L, Cao, M & Ma, K Rare tree species have narrow environmental but not functional niches. Functional Ecology, 2021, 35:511-520.
4. Cao K, Condit R, Mi, X*, Chen L, Ren H, Xu W, Burslem DFRP, Cai C, Cao M, Chang L-W, Chu C, Cui F, Du H, Ediriweera S, Gunatilleke CSV, Gunatilleke, IUAN, Hao Z, Jin G, Li J, Li B, Li Y, Liu Y, Ni H, O'Brien MJ, Qiao X, Shen G, Tian S, Wang X, Xu H, Xu Y, Yang L, Yap SL, Lian J, Ye W, Yu M, Su S-H, Chang-Yang C-H, Guo Y, Li X, Zeng F, Zhu D, Zhu L, Sun I-F, Ma K & Svenning J-C. Species packing and the latitudinal gradient in local beta-diversity. Proceedings of Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2021, 288: 20203045.
5. Mi X, Swenson NG, Valencia R, Kress J, Erickson DL., Pérez ÁJ, Ren H, Su S-H, Gunatilleke N, Gunatilleke S, Hao Z, Ye W, Cao M, Suresh HS, Dattaraja HS, Sukumar S, Ma K. The contribution of rare species to community phylogenetic diversity across a global network of forest plots. American Naturalist, 2012, 180:E17-E30.
6. Cheng J, Mi X, Nadrowski K, Ren H, Zhang Jintun and Ma K. Separating the effect of mechanisms shaping species-abundance distributions at multiple scales in a subtropical forest, Oikos, 2012, 121:236-244.