主要从事生物多样性研究，聚焦于生物多样性与生态系统功能和修复的关系和机理研究。基于大型野外多样性控制实验、天然林大样地以及全球数据集，主要研究：

1. 植物物种、遗传、功能等多维度的多样性对生态系统功能的时空影响和机制

2. 多营养级互作对生态系统多功能的影响

3. 植物功能性状的形成过程和时空格局

4. 森林生态系统的恢复机理

研究生招生：每年招收硕士生/直博生/普博生，专业背景不限，欢迎具有相关或交叉背景的本科生/研究生申请，请email联系。

博士后合作：招聘博士后方向(但不限于）：全球变化下的生物多样性与生态系统功能；多营养级互作；功能性状格局与动态；生态系统修复。研究背景不限，欢迎具有相关或交叉背景的博士生申请。

论文专著：

2026

[1]  Liu XJ, Schuldt A, Cavender-Bares J, Paquette A, Schmid B, Ma KP*. 2026. Ecological insights from forest biodiversity experiments. Nature Reviews Biodiversity. 2: 9-23.

[2]  Yan HR, Liu XJ*, Schmid B, Li Y, Anderson-Teixeira KJ, Both S, Bourg NA, Burslem DFRP, Chu CJ, Clay K, Du H, Guerrero-Ramirez NR, Huang H, Johnson DJ, Jin GZ, Lin LX, Liu F, Liu YK, McShea WJ, Mi XC, Myers JA, Nie JY, O'Brien MJ, Phillips RP, Qiao XJ, Reynolds G, Shen GC, Spasojevic MJ, Su HX, Xia SW, Xu XH, Yan ER, Yang XD, Yang J, Zhu Y, Ma KP, Hautier Y. 2026. Tree diversity-soil organic carbon relationships strengthen under colder and more arid conditions. New Phytologist. Online.

[3]  Wang M-Q, Albert G, Seifert CL, Chesters D, Bruelheide H, Li Y, Chen J-T, Davrinche A, Haider S, Li S, von Oheimb G, Proß T, Ma KP, Liu XJ, Luo A, Schuldt A*, Zhu C-D*. 2026. Asynchrony and functional diversity couple herbivore community dynamics to host plant diversity. Nature Communications. 17: 762.

2025

[4]  Li Y, Schuldt A, Bauhus J, Belluau M, Berthelot S, Burghardt KT, Bruelheide H, Castagneyrol B, Chu C, Eisenhauer N, Ferlian O, Fründ J, Gebauer T, Gravel D, Jactel H, Li S, Liang Y, Parker JD, Parker WC, Scherer-Lorenzen M, Staab M, Verheyen K, Schmid B, Ma KP, Liu XJ*. 2025. Tree growth-herbivory relationship depends on functional traits across global forest biodiversity experiments. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 9: 2014-2024.

[5]  Deng XL, Schmid B, Bruelheide H, Chen C, Li Y, Li S, Morsdorf F, Ray T, Schuman MC, Tang T, von Oheimb G, Ma KP, Liu XJ*. 2025. Forest biodiversity increases productivity via complementarity from greater canopy structural complexity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 122 (40): e2506750122.

[6]  Chen C#, Yan G#, Schmid B, Li Y, Bongers FJ, Bruelheide H, Huang Y, Li S, von Oheimb G, Tang T, Verheyen K, Yang B, Ma KP, Liu XJ*. 2025. Understory shrub diversity: equally vital as overstory tree diversity to promote forest productivity. National Science Review. 12: nwaf093.

[7]  Chen C, Bongers FJ, Schmid B, Ma KP, Liu XJ*. 2025. Ecosystem consequences of functional diversity in forests and implications for restoration. New Phytologist. 247: 1081-1097. Tansley Review

[8]  Zhang L, Schmid B, Bongers FJ, Li S, von Oheimb G, Ma KP, Liu XJ*. 2025. Strong nestedness and turnover effects on stand productivity in a long-term forest biodiversity experiment. New Phytologist. 245: 130-140.

[9]  Tang T, Schmid B, Schuman MC, Bongers FJ, Li S, Liang Y, van Moorsel SJ, von Oheimb G, Durka W, Bruelheide H, Ma KP, Liu XJ*. 2025. Identifying seed families with high mixture performance in a subtropical forest biodiversity experiment. New Phytologist. 246: 2537-2550.

[10] Castro Sánchez-Bermejo P*, Carmona CP, Schuman MC, Benavides R, Sachsenmaier L, Li S, Liu XJ, Haider S. 2025. Intraspecific and intraindividual trait variability decrease with tree richness in a subtropical tree biodiversity experiment. Nature Communications. 16: 11009.

[11] Han BC#, Wang YQ#, Zhang SR, Mi XC, Chen L, Liu XJ, Ma K, Liang Y*. 2025. Molecular Functional Diversity of Foliar Endophytic Fungi and Their Contributions to Seedling Survival in a Subtropical Forest. Ecology Letters. 28: e70290.

[12] Schnabel F#, Beugnon R#, Yang B#, Richter R, Eisenhauer N, Huang Y, Liu XJ, Wirth C, Cesarz S, Fichtner A, Perles-Garcia MD, Hahn GJA, Hardtle W, Kunz M, Castro Izaguirre NC, Niklaus PA, von Oheimb G, Schmid B, Trogisch S, Wendisch M, Ma KP*, Bruelheide H*. 2025. Tree Diversity Increases Forest Temperature Buffering via Enhancing Canopy Density and Structural Diversity. Ecology Letters. 28: e70096.

[13] Dong TT, Wu FQ, Tsujii Y, Townsend PA, Yang N, Xu WY, Liu SW, Swenson NG, Lamour J, Han WX, Smith NG, Shi Y, Yan L, Tian D, Jiang MK, Wang ZH, Liu XJ, Dai GH, Dong JL, Sardans J, Reich PB, Lambers H, Serbin SP, Penuelas J, Wu J, Yan ZB*. 2025. Deciphering the variability of leaf phosphorus-allocation strategies using leaf economic traits and reflectance spectroscopy across diverse forest types. New Phytologist. 247: 1129-1144.

[14] Wu FQ, Liu SW, Lamour J, Atkin OK, Yang N, Dong TT, Xu WY, Smith NG, Wang ZH, Wang H, Su YJ, Liu XJ, Shi Y, Xing AJ, Dai GH, Dong JL, Swenson NG, Kattge J, Reich PB, Serbin SP, Rogers A, Wu J, Yan ZB*. 2025. Linking leaf dark respiration to leaf traits and reflectance spectroscopy across diverse forest types. New Phytologist. 246: 481-497.

[15] Wang MQ, Albert G, Chesters D, Bruelheide H, Li Y, Chen JT, Haider S, Li S, von Oheimb G, Proß T, Schnabel F, Yang B, Zhou QS, Ma KP, Liu XJ, Zhu CD, Luo AR*, Schuldt A. 2025. Tree diversity, tree growth, and microclimate independently structure Lepidoptera herbivore community stability. Ecological Monographs. 95: e70026.

[16] Zhang SR, Veen GF, Van der Putten WH, Liu XJ, Bruelheide H, Ma KP*, Zhang NL*. 2025. Non‐random tree species loss shifts soil fungal communities. Journal of Ecology. 113: 1239-1255.

[17] Pan YM, Liu XJ, Staab M, Zhang NL*. 2025. Soil carbon sequestration: Facilitated effect of extrafloral nectary trees in a diverse subtropical forest. Journal of Ecology. 113: 2199-2219.

[18] Wang M-Q, Zhang K, Albert G, Haider S, Li Y, Chen J-T, Davrinche A, Zhou Q-S, Luo AR, Proß T, Ma KP, Bruelheide H, Liu XJ, Zhu C-D*, Schuldt A*. 2025. Cascading effects of tree diversity loss on herbivore-parasitoid interactions. Biological Conservation. 311: 111418.

[19] Chen J-T, Wang M-Q, Luo A, Zhang F, Chesters D, Liu S, Li Y, von Oheimb G, Kunz M, Zhou Q-S, Bruelheide H, Liu X-J, Ma K-P, Schuldt A*, Zhu C-D*. 2025. Bottom-up and top-down effects combine to drive predator-prey interactions in a forest biodiversity experiment. Journal of Animal Ecology. 94: 2035-2046.

[20] WangM-Q#, Guo S-K#, Guo P-F#, Yang J-J, Chen G-A, Chesters D, Orr MC, Niu Z-Q, Staab M, Chen J-T, Li Y, Zhou Q-S, Fornoff F, Shi X, Li S, Martini M, Klein A-M, Schuldt A, Liu XJ, Ma KP, Bruelheide H, Luo AR*, Zhu C-D*. 2025. Multidimensionality of tree communities structure host-parasitoid networks and their phylogenetic composition. eLife. 13: RP100202.

2024

[21] Li Y, Schuldt A, Ebeling A, Eisenhauer N, Huang YY, Albert G, Albracht C, Amyntas A, Bonkowski M, Bruelheide H, Bröcher M, Chesters D, Chen J, Chen YN, Chen J-T, Ciobanu M, Deng XL, Fornoff F, Gleixner G, Guo LD, Guo P-F, Heintz-Buschart A, Klein A-M, Lange M, Li S, Li Q, Li YB, Luo AR, Meyer ST, von Oheimb G, Rutten G, Scholten T, Solbach MD, Staab M, Wang M-Q, Zhang NL, Zhu C-D, Schmid B, Ma KP, Liu XJ*. 2024. Plant diversity enhances ecosystem multifunctionality via multitrophic diversity. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 8: 2037-2047.

[22] Yan HR, Schmid B, Xu WB, Bongers FJ, Chen GK, Tang T, Wang ZH, Svenning J-C, Ma KP, Liu XJ*. 2024. The functional diversity–productivity relationship of woody plants is climatically sensitive. Ecology and Evolution. 14: e11364.

[23] Li Y, Liu XJ*. 2024. Multitrophic biodiversity and terrestrial ecosystem multifunctionality: advances and perspectives. Scientia Sinica Vitae. 54: 739-750. (In Chinese with English abstract).

[24] Luo S*, Schmid B, Hector A, Scherer-Lorenzen M, Verheyen K, Barsoum N, Bauhus J, Beyer F, Bruelheide H, Ferlian O, Godbold D, Hall JS, Hajek P, Huang Y, Holscher D, Kreft H, Liu XJ, Messier C, Nock C, Paquette A, Parker JD, Parker WC, Paterno GB, Reich PB, Rewald B, Sanden H, Sinacore K, Stefanski A, Williams L, Eisenhauer N. 2024. Mycorrhizal associations modify tree diversity−productivity relationships across experimental tree plantations. New Phytologist. 243: 1205-1219.

[25] Depauw L#*, De Lombaerde E#*, Dhiedt E, Blondeel H, Abdala-Roberts L, Auge H, Barsoum N, Bauhus J, Chu C, Damtew A, Eisenhauer N, Fagundes MV, Ganade G, Gendreau-Berthiaume B, Godbold D, Gravel D, Guillemot J, Hajek P, Hector A, Hérault B, Jactel H, Koricheva J, Kreft H, Liu XJ, Mereu S, Messier C, Muys B, Nock CA, Paquette A, Parker JD, Parker WC, Paterno GB, Perring MP, Ponette Q, Potvin C, Reich PB, Rewald B, Scherer-Lorenzen M, Schnabel F, Sousa-Silva R, Weih M, Zemp DC, Verheyen K, Baeten L. 2024. Enhancing Tree Performance Through Species Mixing: Review of a Quarter-Century of TreeDivNet Experiments Reveals Research Gaps and Practical Insights. Current Forestry Reports. 10(1): 1-20.

[26] Luo A, Li YQ, Shrestha N, Xu XT, Su XY, Li YC, Lyu T, Waris K, Tang ZY, Liu XJ, Lin LX, Chen YS, Zu KL, Song WQ, Peng SJ, Zimmermann NE, Pellissier L, Wang ZH*. 2024. Global multifaceted biodiversity patterns, centers, and conservation needs in angiosperms. Science China-Life Sciences. 67(3): 629-630.

[27] Blondeel H*, Guillemot J, Martin-StPaul N, Druel A, Bilodeau-Gauthier S, Bauhus J, Grossiord C, Hector A, Jactel H, Jensen J, Messier C, Muys B, Serrano-Leon H, Auge H, Barsoum N, Birhane E, Bruelheide H, Cavender-Bares J, Chu C, Cumming JR, Damtew A, Eisenhauer N, Ferlian O, Fiedler S, Ganade G, Godbold DL, Gravel D, Hall JS, Hoelscher D, Hulvey KB, Koricheva J, Kreft H, Lapadat C, Liang J, Liu XJ, Meredieu C, Mereu S, Montgomery R, Morillas L, Nock C, Paquette A, Parker JD, Parker WC, Paterno GB, Perring MP, Ponette Q, Potvin C, Reich P, Rentch J, Rewald B, Sanden H, Sinacore K, Standish RJ, Stefanski A, Tobin PC, van Breugel M, Fagundes MV, Weih M, Williams LJ, Zhou M, Scherer-Lorenzen M, Verheyen K, Baeten L. 2024. Tree diversity reduces variability in sapling survival under drought. Journal of Ecology. 112(5): 1164-1180.

[28] Jia J, Zhai GQ, Jia YF*, Liu XJ, Ma KP, Feng XJ*. 2024. Microbial necromass accrual from newly added labile and native soil carbon in the rhizosphere vs. non-rhizosphere of broadleaved and coniferous trees. Geoderma. 452: 117107.

2023

[29] Li Y, Schmid B, Schuldt A, Li S, Wang M-Q, Fornoff F, Staab M, Guo P-F, Anttonen P, Chesters D, Bruelheide H, Zhu C-D, Ma KP*, Liu XJ*. 2023. Multitrophic arthropod diversity mediates tree diversity effects on primary productivity. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 7: 832-840.

[30] Staab M, Pietsch S, Yan HR, Bluthgen N, Cheng AP, Li Y, Zhang NL, Ma KP, Liu XJ*. 2023. Dear neighbor: trees with extrafloral nectaries facilitate defense and growth of adjacent undefended trees. Ecology. e4057.

[31] Zhang L, Liu XJ*, Sun ZH, Bu WS, Bongers FJ, Song XY, Yang J, Sun ZK, Li Y, Li S, Cao M, Ma KP*, Swenson NG. 2023. Functional trait space and redundancy of plant communities decrease toward cold temperature at high altitudes in Southwest China. Science China Life Sciences. 66: 376-384.

[32] Deng MF, Hu SJ, Guo LL, Jiang L, Huang YY, Schmid B, Liu C, Chang PF, Li S, Liu XJ, Ma KP, Liu LL*. 2023. Tree mycorrhizal association types control biodiversity-productivity relationship in a subtropical forest. Science Advances. 9(3): eadd4468.

[33] Schuldt A*, Liu XJ, Buscot F, Bruelheide H, Erfmeier A, He JS, Klein A-M, Ma KP, Scherer-Lorenzen M, Schmid B, Scholten T, Tang ZY, Trogisch S, Wirth C, Wubet T, Staab M. 2023. Carbon-biodiversity relationships in a highly diverse subtropical forest. Global Change Biology. 29: 5321-5333.

[34] Jia YF, Liu ZG, Zhou L, Liu XJ, Ma KP, Feng XJ*. 2023. Soil organic carbon sourcing variance in the rhizosphere vs. non-rhizosphere of two mycorrhizal tree species. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 176: 108884.

[35] Ma JH, Chen L*, Mi XC, Ren HB, Liu XJ, Wang YQ, Wang F, Yao YJ, Zhang Y, Ma KP. 2023. The interactive effects of soil fertility and tree mycorrhizal association explain spatial variation of diversity-biomass relationships in a subtropical forest. Journal of Ecology. 111(5): 1037-1049.

[36] Fridley JD*, Liu XJ, Pérez‐Harguindeguy N, Chapin FS, Crawley M, De Deyn G, Díaz S, Grace JB, Grubb P, Harrison S, Lavorel S, Liu Z, Pierce S, Schmid B, Stevens C, Wardle DA, Westoby M. 2023. Perspectives on the scientific legacy of J. Philip Grime. Journal of Ecology. 111(9): 1814-1831.

[37] Chen JT, Wang MQ*, Li Y, Chesters D, Luo AR, Zhang W, Guo PF, Guo SK, Zhou QS, Ma KP, von Oheimb G, Kunz M, Zhang NL, Liu XJ, Bruelheide H, Schuldt A, Zhu CD*. 2023. Functional and phylogenetic relationships link predators to plant diversity via trophic and non-trophic pathways. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences. 290: 20221658.

[38] Li Y, Du Y-B, Chen J-T, Wang M-Q, Guo S-K, Schuldt A, Guo P-F, Mi X-C, Liu X-J, Ma K-P, Bruelheide H, Chesters D, Liu X, Zhu C-D*. 2023. Tree dissimilarity determines multi-dimensional beta diversity of herbivores and carnivores via bottom-up effects. Journal of Animal Ecology. 92: 442-453.

[39] Wang M-Q, Wen Z, Ke J, Chesters D, Li Y, Chen J-T, Luo A, Shi X, Zhou Q-S, Liu X-J, Ma K-P, Bruelheide H, Schuldt A*, Zhu C-D*. 2023. Tree communities and functional traits determine herbivore compositional turnover. Oecologia. 203: 205-218.

[40] Lin H#, Zhang SR#, Liu XJ, Ma KP, Zhang NL*. 2023. Subtropical forest tree genetic richness causes contrasting effects on soil fungal guilds in monocultures and mixed-species stands. Forest Ecology and Management. 545: 121285.

[41] 薛玉洁, 程安鹏, 李珊, 刘晓娟, 李景文*. 2023. 亚热带森林中环境和物种多样性对灌木存活率的影响. 《生物多样性》. 31: 22443.

[42] 李珊*, 刘晓娟, 马克平. 2023. 亚热带森林生物多样性与生态系统功能实验研究基地（BEF-China）研究进展. 《广西植物》. 43: 1524-1536.

2022

[43] Liu XJ, Huang YY, Chen L, Li S, Bongers FJ, Castro‐Izaguirre N, Liang Y, Yang B, Chen YX, Schnabel F, Tang T, Xue YJ, Trogisch S, Staab M, Bruelheide H, Schmid B*, Ma KP*. 2022. Species richness, functional traits and climate interactively affect tree survival in a large forest biodiversity experiment. Journal of Ecology. 110: 2522-2531.

[44] Yan GY, Bongers FJ, Trogisch S, Li Y, Chen GK, Yan HR, Deng XL, Ma KP, Liu XJ*. 2022. Climate and mycorrhizae mediate the relationship of tree species diversity and carbon stocks in subtropical forests. Journal of Ecology. 110: 2462-2474.

[45] Tang T#, Zhang NL#, Bongers FJ, Staab M, Schuldt A, Fornoff F, Lin H, Cavender-Bares J, Hipp A, Li S, Liang Y, Han BC, Klein A-M, Bruelheide H, Durka W, Schmid B*, Ma KP*, Liu XJ*. 2022. Tree species and genetic diversity increase productivity via functional diversity and trophic feedbacks. eLife. 11: e78703.

[46] Huang YY, Schuldt A, Hönig L, Yang B, Liu XJ, Bruelheide H, Ma KP, Schmid B*, Niklaus PA*. 2022. Effects of enemy exclusion on biodiversity–productivity relationships in a subtropical forest experiment. Journal of Ecology. 110: 2167-2178.

2021

[47] Bongers FJ, Schmid B, Bruelheide H, Bongers F, Li S, von Oheimb G, Li Y, Cheng AP, Ma KP*, Liu XJ*. 2021. Functional diversity effects on productivity increase with age in a forest biodiversity experiment. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 5: 1594-1603.

[48] Schnabel F*#, Liu XJ*#, Kunz M*, Barry KE, Bongers FJ, Bruelheide H, Fichtner A, Härdtle W, Li S, Pfaff C-T, Schmid B, Schwarz JA, Tang Z, Yang B, Bauhus J, von Oheimb G, Ma KP, Wirth C. 2021. Species richness stabilizes productivity via asynchrony and drought-tolerance diversity in a large-scale tree biodiversity experiment. Science Advances. 7: eabk1643.

[49] Ma LW#, Bongers FJ#, Li S, Tang T, Yang B, Ma KP, Liu XJ*. 2021. Species identity and composition effects on community productivity in a subtropical forest. Basic and Applied Ecology. 55: 87-97.

[50] Trogisch S*, Liu XJ*, Rutten G, Xue K*, Bauhus J, Brose U, Bu WS, Cesarz S, Chesters D, Connolly J, Cui XY, Eisenhauer N, Guo LD, Haider S, Härdtle W, Kunz M, Liu L, Ma ZQ, Neumann S, Sang WG, Schuldt A, Tang ZY, van Dam NM, von Oheimb G, Wang M-Q, Wang SP, Weinhold A, Wirth C, Wubet T, Xu XL, Yang B, Zhang NL, Zhu C-D, Ma KP, Wang Y, Bruelheide H. 2021. The significance of tree-tree interactions for forest ecosystem functioning. Basic and Applied Ecology. 55: 33-52.

[51] Jia YF, Zhai GQ, Zhu SS, Liu XJ, Schmid B, Wang ZH, Ma KP, Feng XJ*. 2021. Plant and microbial pathways driving plant diversity effects on soil carbon accumulation in subtropical forest. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 161: 108375.

[52] Staab M*, Liu XJ, Assmann T, Bruelheide H, Buscot F, Durka W, Erfmeier A, Klein AM, Ma KP, Michalski S, Wubet T, Schmid B, Schuldt A, Koricheva J. 2021. Tree phylogenetic diversity structures multitrophic communities. Functional Ecology. 35: 521-534.

[53] Mi XC*, Sun ZK, Song YF, Liu XJ, Yang J, Wu JJ, Ci XQ, Li J, Lin LX, Cao M, Ma KP. 2021. Rare tree species have narrow environmental but not functional niches. Functional Ecology. 35: 511-520.

[54] Trogisch S*, Liu XJ, Rutten G*, Bruelheide H. 2021. Tree diversity effects on ecosystem functioning–Introduction. Basic and Applied Ecology. 55: 1-5.

2020

[55] Bongers FJ, Schmid B, Durka W, Li S, Bruelheide H, Hahn CZ, Yan HR, Ma KP*, Liu XJ*. 2020. Genetic richness affects trait variation but not community productivity in a tree diversity experiment. New Phytologist. 227: 744-756.

[56] Bongers FJ, Schmid B, Sun ZK, Li Y, Hardtle W, von Oheimb G, Li Y, Li S, Staab M, Ma KP*, Liu XJ*. 2020. Growth–trait relationships in subtropical forest are stronger at higher diversity. Journal of Ecology. 108: 256-266.

[57] Wang YQ, Cadotte MW, Chen JH, Mi XC, Ren HB, Liu XJ, Yu MJ, Zhang JT*, Ma KP. 2020. Neighborhood interactions on seedling survival were greatly altered following an extreme winter storm. Forest Ecology and Management. 461: 117940.

2019

[58] Chen L, Wang Y, Mi XC, Liu XJ, Ren HB, Chen JH, Ma KP*, Kraft NJB. 2019. Neighborhood effects explain increasing asynchronous seedling survival in a subtropical forest. Ecology. 100: e02821.

[59] Li Y, Bao WK, Bongers F, Chen B, Chen GK, Guo K, Jiang MX, Lai JS, Lin DM, Liu CJ, Liu XJ, Liu Y, Mi XC, Tian XJ, Wang XH, Xu WB, Yan JH, Yang B, Zheng YR, Ma KP*. 2019. Drivers of tree carbon storage in subtropical forests. Science of the Total Environment. 654: 684-693.

[60] Li Y, Bruelheide H, Scholten T, Schmid B, Sun ZK, Zhang NL, Bu WS, Liu XJ, Ma KP*. 2019. Early positive effects of tree species richness on soil organic carbon accumulation in a large-scale forest biodiversity experiment. Journal of Plant Ecology. 12: 882-893.

2018

[61] Liu XJ#, Trogisch S#, He JS, Niklaus PA, Bruelheide H, Tang ZY, Erfmeier A, Scherer-Lorenzen M, Pietsch KA, Yang B, Kuhn P, Scholten T, Huang YY, Wang C, Staab M, Leppert KN, Wirth C*, Schmid B*, Ma KP*. 2018. Tree species richness increases ecosystem carbon storage in subtropical forests. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 285: 20181240.

[62] Huang YY#, Chen YX#, Castro-Izaguirre N, Baruffol M, Brezzi M, Lang AC, Li Y, Hardtle W, von Oheimb G, Yang XF, Liu XJ, Pei KQ, Both S, Yang B, Eichenberg D, Assmann T, Bauhus J, Behrens T, Buscot F, Chen XY, Chesters D, Ding BY, Durka W, Erfmeier A, Fang JY, Fischer M, Guo LD, Guo DL, Gutknecht JLM, He JS, He CL, Hector A, Hoenig L, Hu RY, Klein A-M, Kühn P, Liang Y, Li S, Michalski S, Scherer-Lorenzen M, Schmidt K, Scholten T, Schuldt A, Shi XZ, Tan MZ, Tang ZY, Trogisch S, Wang ZW, Welk E, Wirth C, Wubet T, Xiang WH, Yu MJ, Yu XD, Zhang JY, Zhang SR, Zhang NL, Zhou HZ, Zhu CD, Zhu L, Bruelheide H*, Ma KP*, Niklaus PA*, Schmid B*. 2018. Impacts of species richness on productivity in a large-scale subtropical forest experiment. Science. 362: 80-83.

[63] Schuldt A*, Assmann T, Brezzi M, Buscot F, Eichenberg D, Gutknecht J, Hardtle W, He JS, Klein A-M, Kuhn P, Liu XJ, Ma KP, Niklaus PA, Pietsch KA, Purahong W, Scherer-Lorenzen M, Schmid B, Scholten T, Staab M, Tang ZY, Trogisch S, von Oheimb G, Wirth C, Wubet T, Zhu CD, Bruelheide H. 2018. Biodiversity across trophic levels drives multifunctionality in highly diverse forests. Nature Communications. 9: 2989.

2017

[64] Han BC, Umaña MN, Mi XC, Liu XJ, Chen L, Wang YQ, Liang Y, Wei W, Ma KP*. 2017. The role of transcriptomes linked with responses to light environment on seedling mortality in a subtropical forest, China. Journal of Ecology. 105: 592-601.

[65] Umana MN*, Mi XC, Cao M, Enquist BJ, Hao ZQ, Howe R, Iida Y, Johnson D, Lin LX, Liu XJ, Ma KP, Sun I-F, Thompson J, Uriarte M, Wang XG, Wolf A, Yang J, Zimmerman JK, Swenson NG. 2017. The role of functional uniqueness and spatial aggregation in explaining rarity in trees. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 26: 777-786.

[66] Trogisch S*, Schuldt A, Bauhus J, Blum JA, Both S, Buscot F, Castro-Izaguirre N, Chesters D, Durka W, Eichenberg D, Erfmeier A, Fischer M, Geißler C, Germany MS, Goebes P, Gutknecht J, Hahn CZ, Haider S, Härdtle W, He J-S, Hector A, Hönig L, Huang YY, Klein A-M, Kühn P, Kunz M, Leppert KN, Li Y, Liu XJ, Niklaus PA, Pei ZQ, Pietsch KA, Prinz R, Proß T, Scherer-Lorenzen M, Schmidt K, Scholten T, Seitz S, Song ZS, Staab M, Oheimb G, Weißbecker C, Welk E, Wirth C, Wubet T, Yang B, Yang XF, Zhu C-D, Schmid B, Ma KP, Bruelheide H. 2017. Toward a methodical framework for comprehensively assessing forest multifunctionality. Ecology and Evolution. 7: 10652-10674.

[67] Ma KP, He JS, Bruelheide H, Klein A-M, Liu XJ, Schmid B*. 2017. Biodiversity-ecosystem functioning research in Chinese subtropical forests. Journal of Plant Ecology. 10: 1-3.

[68] Bu WS, Schmid B, Liu XJ, Li Y, Haerdtle W, von Oheimb G, Liang Y, Sun ZK, Huang YY, Bruelheide H, Ma KP*. 2017. Interspecific and intraspecific variation in specific root length drives aboveground biodiversity effects in young experimental forest stands. Journal of Plant Ecology. 10: 158-169.

[69] Sun ZK, Liu XJ, Schmid B, Bruelheide H, Bu WS, Ma KP*. 2017. Positive effects of tree species richness on fine-root production in a subtropical forest in SE-China. Journal of Plant Ecology. 10: 146-157.

2016及以前

[70] Liu XJ, Swenson NG, Lin DM, Mi XC, Umana MN, Schmid B, Ma KP*. 2016. Linking individual-level functional traits to tree growth in a subtropical forest. Ecology. 97: 2396-2405.

[71] Liu XJ and Ma KP*. 2015. Plant Functional Traits—Concepts, Applications and Future Directions. Scientia Sinica Vitae. 45: 325-339 (In Chinese with English abstract).

[72] Liu XJ, Swenson NG, Zhang JL, Ma KP*. 2013. The environment and space, not phylogeny, determine trait dispersion in a subtropical forest. Functional Ecology. 27: 264-272.

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