代表性论文(^#共同第一作者，*标记为通讯作者)：

2026

[1] Zhou W^#, Bai YX^#, Xie YH, Wei B, Wanek W, Rousk K, Noyce G, Zhang DY, Peng YF and Yang YH*, 2026. Key role of moss in supplementing nitrogen for plant growth under warming in a permafrost ecosystem. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 123: e2516443123.

[2] Liu FT^#, Kang LY^#, Li ZL, Peñuelas J, Abbott BW, Xu WJ, Zhou W, Liu XN, Chen LY, Qin SQ, Zhang DY, Peng YF and Yang YH*, 2026. Chemoautotrophic carbon fixation in thermokarst lakes on the Tibetan Plateau. Nature Communications, 17: 792.

[3] Yang Y, Qin SQ, Sáez-Sandino T, Chen LY, Wang SY, Smith P, Kang LY, and Yang YH*, 2026. Heterogeneous response of soil organic matter decomposition to temperature change across permafrost regions. National Science Review, 13: nwag019.

2025

[4] Gao XX^#, Zhang DY^#, Peng YF, Peñuelas J, Hautier Y, Loreau M, Niu YP, Yao ST, Wu Z, Li QL, Zhou LN, Liu Y, Liu XN, Wei B, Qin SQ, Song YT, Kang LY, Jiang L, Wang SP and Yang YH*, 2025. Grassland degradation alters plant and soil biodiversity-multifunctionality relationships. Nature Plants, 11: 2487-2497.

[5] Li ZL, Kang LY, Wang L, Wanek W, Zhang DY, Wang GQ, Lambers H, Peñuelas J, Jiang MK and Yang YH*, 2025. Accelerated soil phosphorus cycling upon abrupt permafrost thaw. Nature Climate Change, 15: 1234-1240.

[6] Qin SQ^#, Wang GQ^#, Zhang DY, and Yang YH*, 2025. Increased microbial carbon use efficiency upon abrupt permafrost thaw. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 122: e2419206122.

[7] Wei B, Zhang DY, Voigt C, Zhou W, Bai YX, Zheng ZH, Xie YH, Zhao CB, Wang FQ, Huang LY, Yang GB, Kou D, Peng YF, Luo YQ, Peñuelas J, and Yang YH*, 2025. Progressive decline in soil nitrogen stocks with warming in a Tibetan permafrost ecosystem. Nature Geoscience, 18: 997-1004.

[8] Yang GB, Deng MF, Guo LL, Du EZ, Zheng ZH, Peng YF, Zhao CB, Liu LL, and Yang YH*, 2025. Characteristics of leaf nutrient resorption efficiency in Tibetan alpine permafrost ecosystems. Nature Communications, 16: 4044.

[9] Huang LY, Qin SQ, Kou D, Ciais P, Xu XF, Peñuelas J, Xi Y, Yang GB, Song YT, Yao ST, Chang JF*, and Yang YH*, 2025. Spatiotemporal patterns of methane fluxes across alpine permafrost region on the Tibetan Plateau. Nature Communications, 16: 7474.

[10] Bai YX, Peng YF, Zhang DY, Yang GB, Chen LY, Kang LY, Zhou W, Wei B, Xie YH, and Yang YH*, 2025. Heating up the roof of the world: tracing the impacts of in-situ warming on carbon cycle in alpine grasslands on the Tibetan Plateau. National Science Review, 12: nwae371.

[11] Zheng ZH, Zhao CB, Yang GB, Zhou W, Wei B, Xie YH, Peng YF, Chen LY, and Yang YH*, 2025. Partial offset of soil greenhouse gases emissions by enhanced vegetation carbon uptake upon thermokarst formation. National Science Review, 12: nwaf340.

2024

[12] Wang GQ^#, Peng YF^#, Chen LY, Abbott BW, Ciais P, Kang LY, Liu Y, Li QL, Peñuelas J, Qin SQ, Smith P, Song YT, Strauss J, Wang J, Wei B, Yu JC, Zhang DY, and Yang YH*, 2024. Enhanced response of soil respiration to experimental warming upon thermokarst formation. Nature Geoscience, 17: 532-538.

[13] Kang LY, Song YT, Mackelprang R, Zhang DY, Qin SQ, Chen LY, Wu LW, Peng YF, and Yang YH*, 2024. Metagenomic insights into microbial community structure and metabolism in alpine permafrost on the Tibetan Plateau. Nature Communications, 15: 5920.

[14] Qin SQ, Zhang DY, Wei Bin, and Yang YH*, 2024. Dual roles of microbes in mediating soil carbon dynamics in response to warming. Nature Communications, 15: 6439.

[15] Qin SQ^#, Fang K^#, Song YT, Kang LY, Wang SY, and Yang YH*, 2024. Linkage between temperature sensitivity of SOM decomposition and microbial communities depends on soil fractions. Global Change Biology, 30: e17456.

[16] Chen LY, Yang GB, Bai YX, Chang JF, Qin SQ, Liu FT, He M, Song YT, Zhang F, Peñuelas J, Zhu B, Zhou GY, and Yang YH*, 2024. Permafrost carbon cycle and its dynamics on the Tibetan Plateau. SCIENCE CHINA Life Sciences, 67: 1833-1848.

2023

[17] Yang GB, Zheng ZH, Abbott BW, Olefeldt D, Knoblauch C, Song YT, Kang LY, Qin SQ, Peng YF, and Yang YH*, 2023. Characteristics of methane emissions from alpine thermokarst lakes on the Tibetan Plateau. Nature Communications, 14: 3121.

[18] Li ZL^#, Xu WJ^#, Kang LY, Kuzyakov Y, Chen LY, He M, Liu FT, Zhang DY, Zhou W, Liu XN, and Yang YH*, 2023. Accelerated organic matter decomposition in thermokarst lakes upon carbon and phosphorus inputs. Global Change Biology, 29: 6367-6382.

[19] He M, Li QL, Chen LY, Qin SQ, Kuzyakov Y, Liu Y, Zhang DY, Feng XH, Kou D, Wu TH, and Yang YH*, 2023. Priming effect stimulates carbon release from thawed permafrost. Global Change Biology, 29: 4638-4651.

[20] Zhang DY, Wang L, Qin SQ, Kou D, Wang SY, Zheng ZH, Peñuelas J, and Yang YH*, 2023. Microbial nitrogen and phosphorus co-limitation across permafrost region. Global Change Biology, 29: 3910-3923.

[21] Mao C^#, Song YT^#, Peng YF, Kang LY, Li ZL, Zhou W, Liu XN, Liu FT, Zhu GB, and Yang YH*, 2023. Patterns and drivers of anaerobic nitrogen transformations in sediments of thermokarst lakes. Global Change Biology, 29: 2697-2713.

[22] Wei B, Zhang DY, Wang GQ, Liu Y, Li QL, Zheng ZH, Yang GB, Peng YF, Niu KC, and Yang YH*, 2023. Experimental warming altered plant functional traits and their coordination in a permafrost ecosystem. New Phytologist, 240: 1802-1816.

[23] Bai YX, Peng YF, Zhou W, Xie YH, Li QL, Yang GB, Chen LY, Zhu B, and Yang YH*, 2023. SWAMP: A new experiment for simulating permafrost warming and active layer deepening on the Tibetan Plateau. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 14: 1732-1746.

2022

[24] Liu FT, Qin SQ, Fang K, Chen LY, Peng YF, Smith P, and Yang YH*, 2022. Divergent changes in particulate and mineral-associated organic carbon upon permafrost thaw. Nature Communications, 13: 5073.

[25] He M, Fang K, Chen LY, Feng XH, Qin SQ, Kou D, He HB, Liang C, and Yang YH*, 2022. Depth-dependent drivers of soil microbial necromass carbon across Tibetan alpine grasslands. Global Change Biology, 28: 936-949.

[26] Feng XH, Qin SQ, Zhang DY, Chen PD, Hu J, Wang GQ, Liu Y, Wei B, Li QL, Yang YH*, and Chen LY*, 2022. Nitrogen input enhances microbial carbon use efficiency by altering plant-microbe-mineral interactions. Global Change Biology, 28: 4845-4860.

[27] Li QL, Liu Y, Kou D, Peng YF*, and Yang YH*, 2022. Substantial non-growing season carbon dioxide loss across Tibetan alpine permafrost region. Global Change Biology, 28: 5200-5210.

[28] Yang YH^#, Shi Y^#, Sun WJ^#, Chang JF^#, Zhu JX, Chen LY, Wang X, Guo YP, Zhang HT, Yu LF, Zhao SQ, Xu K, Zhu JL, Shen HH, Wang YY, Peng YF, Zhao X, Wang XP, Hu HF, Chen SP, Huang M, Wen XF, Wang SP, Zhu B, Niu SL, Tang ZY, Liu LL, and Fang JY*, 2022. Terrestrial carbon sinks in China and around the world and their contribution to carbon neutrality. SCIENCE CHINA Life Sciences, 65: 861-895.

2021

[29] Qin SQ, Kou D, Mao C, Chen YL, Chen LY, and Yang YH*, 2021. Temperature sensitivity of permafrost carbon release mediated by mineral and microbial properties. Science Advances, 7: eabe3596.

[30] Chen LY, Fang K, Wei B, Qin SQ, Feng XH, Hu TY, Ji CJ, and Yang YH*, 2021. Soil carbon persistence governed by plant input and mineral protection at regional and global scales. Ecology Letters, 24: 1018-1028.

[31] Yang GB, Peng YF, Abbott BW, Biasi C, Wei B, Zhang DY, Wang J, Yu JC, Li F, Wang GQ, Kou D, Liu FT, and Yang YH*, 2021. Phosphorus rather than nitrogen regulates ecosystem carbon dynamics after permafrost thaw. Global Change Biology, 27: 5818-5830.

[32] Liu FT, Kou D, Chen YL, Xue K, Ernakovich JG, Chen LY, Yang GB, and Yang YH*, 2021. Altered microbial structure and function after thermokarst formation. Global Change Biology, 27: 823-835.

[33] Chen YL^#, Liu FT^#, Kang LY, Zhang DY, Kou D, Mao C, Qin SQ, Zhang QW, and Yang YH*, 2021. Large-scale evidence for microbial response and associated carbon release after permafrost thaw. Global Change Biology, 27: 3218-3229.

2020及以前

[34] Kou D, Yang GB, Li F, Feng XH, Zhang DY, Mao C, Zhang QW, Peng YF, Ji CJ, Zhu QA, Fang YT, Liu XY, Xu-Ri, Li SQ, Deng J, Zheng XH, Fang JY, and Yang YH*, 2020. Progressive nitrogen limitation across the Tibetan alpine permafrost region. Nature Communications, 11: 3331.

[35] Mao C, Kou D, Chen LY, Qin SQ, Zhang DY, Peng YF, and Yang YH*, 2020. Permafrost nitrogen status and its determinants on the Tibetan Plateau. Global Change Biology, 26: 5290-5302.

[36] Qin SQ, Chen LY, Fang K, Zhang QW, WangJ,Liu FT, Yu JC, and Yang YH*, 2019. Temperature sensitivity of SOM decomposition governed by aggregate protection and microbial communities. Science Advances, 5: eaau1218.

[37] Chen LY^#, Liu L^#, Qin SQ, Yang GB, Fang K, Zhu B, Kuzyakov Y, Chen PD, Xu YP, and Yang YH*, 2019. Regulation of priming effect by soil organic matter stability over a broad geographic scale. Nature Communications, 10: 5112.

[38] Zhang DY, Peng YF, Li F, Yang GB, Wang J, Yu JC, Zhou GY, and Yang YH*, 2019. Trait identity and functional diversity co-drive response of ecosystem productivity to nitrogen enrichment.Journal of Ecology, 107: 2402-2414.

[39] Chen LY, Liu L, Mao C, Qin SQ, Wang J, Liu FT, Blagodatsky S, Yang GB, Zhang QW, Zhang DY, Yu JC, andYang YH*, 2018. Nitrogen availability regulatestopsoil carbon dynamicsafter permafrost thaw by altering microbial metabolic efficiency. Nature Communications, 9: 3951.

[40] Ding JZ, Chen LY, Hugelius G, Liu L, Li YN, Qin SQ, Zhang BB, Yang GB, Li F, Fang K, Chen YL, Peng YF, Zhao X, Ji CJ, He HL, Smith P, Fang JY, and Yang YH^*, 2017. Decadal soil carbon accumulation across Tibetan permafrost regions. Nature Geoscience, 10: 420-424.

[41] Li F^#, Peng YF^#, Natali SM, Chen KL, Han TF, Yang GB, Ding JZ, Zhang DY, Wang GQ, Wang J, Yu JC, Liu FT, and Yang YH^*, 2017. Warming effects on permafrost ecosystem carbon fluxes associated with plant nutrients. Ecology, 98: 2851-2859.

[42] Peng YF, Li F, Zhou GY, Fang K, Zhang DY, Li CB, Yang GB, Wang GQ, Wang J, and Yang YH^*, 2017. Linkage of plant stoichiometry to ecosystem production and carbon fluxes with increasing nitrogen inputs in an alpine steppe. Global Change Biology, 23: 5249-5259.

[43] Chen LY, Liang JY, Qin SQ, Liu L, Fang K, Xu YP, Ding JZ, Li F, Luo YQ, and Yang YH^*, 2016. Determinants of carbon release from the active layer and permafrost deposits on the Tibetan Plateau. Nature Communications, 7: 13046.

[44] Ding JZ, Li F, Yang GB, Chen LY, Zhang BB, Liu L, Fang K, Qin SQ, Chen YL, Peng YF, Ji CJ, He HL, Smith P, and Yang YH^*, 2016. The permafrost carbon inventory on the Tibetan Plateau: a new evaluation using deep sediment cores. Global Change Biology, 22: 2688-2701.

[45] Yang YH^*, Li P, Ding JZ, Zhao X, Ma WH, Ji CJ, and Fang JY, 2014. Increased topsoil carbon stock across China’s forests. Global Change Biology, 20: 2687-2696.

[46] Yang YH^*, Fang JY, Ji CJ, Ma WH, Mohammat A, Wang SF, Wang SP, Datta A, Robinson D, and Smith P, 2012. Widespread decreases in topsoil inorganic carbon stocks across China’s grasslands during 1980s-2000s. Global Change Biology, 18: 3672-3680.

[47] Yang YH^*, Ji CJ, Ma WH, Wang SF, Wang SP, Han WX, Mohammat A, Robinson D, and Smith P, 2012. Significant soil acidification across northern China’s grasslands during 1980s-2000s. Global Change Biology, 18: 2292-2300.

[48] Yang YH, Fang JY^*, Ma WH, Smith P, Mohammat A, Wang SP, and Wang W, 2010. Soil carbon stock and its changes in northern China’s grasslands from 1980s to 2000s. Global Change Biology, 16: 3036-3047.

[49] Yang YH, Fang JY*, Tang YH, He J-S, Ji CJ, Zheng CY, and Zhu B, 2008. Storage, patterns, and controls of soil organic carbon in the Tibetan grasslands. Global Change Biology, 14: 1592-1599.