Zhiyao Tang
Associate Editors in Chief, Plant Diversity
Peking University, Beijing, China
Area of expertise: Plant community ecology
Peking University, Beijing, China
Area of expertise: Plant community ecology
Title: Associate Professor
Email: zytang@urban.pku.edu.cn
Selected publications:
Guo YP, …, Tang ZY*, 2019. Increasing water availability and facilitation weaken biodiversity–biomass relationships in shrublands. Ecology 100: e02624.
Tang ZY, et al. 2012. Patterns of plant beta-diversity along elevational and latitudinal gradients in mountain forests of China. Ecography 35: 1083-1091.
Qiao XJ, Jabot F, Tang ZY*, et al. 2015. A latitudinal gradient in tree community assembly processes evidenced in forests of China. Global Ecology & Biogeography 24: 314-323.
Wang SP, Tang ZY*, et al. 2012. Influences of species pool and local processes on the taxonomic structure of woody plant communities in China’s mountains. Ecography 35: 1168-1175.
Tang ZY, Wang ZH, Zheng CY, Fang JY. 2006. Biodiversity in China’s mountains. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 4: 347-352.
Zhang ZJ, …, Tang ZY*. 2015. Distribution and conservation of threatened plants in China. Biological Conservation 192: 454-460.
Tang ZY*, et al. 2011. Effectiveness of protected areas in maintaining plant production. PLoS ONE 6: e19116.
Tang ZY#, Xu WT#, Zhou GY#, et al. 2018. Patterns of plant carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus concentration in relation to productivity in China’s terrestrial ecosystems. PNAS 115: 4033-4038.
Guo YP, …, Tang ZY*, 2020. The community-level scaling relationship between leaf nitrogen and phosphorus exhibits vegetation’s strategies for nutrient utilization. Journal of Ecology 108: 10.1111/1365-2745.13369.
Yang X, …, Tang ZY*. 2016. Variations of leaf N, P concentrations in shrubland biomes across Northern China: phylogeny, climate and soil. Biogeosciences 13: 4429.