Lu Sun

Title: Associate Professor

Email: sunlu@mail.kib.ac.cn

Web-link of Research Group: http://groups.kib.cas.cn/klpb/sh/ 

Selected publications (no more than 15):

Sun L, He Y-Y, Cao M, Wang X-Z, Zhou X, Yang J* & Swenson N-G. (2024) Tree phytochemical diversity and herbivory are higher in the tropics. Nature Ecology & Evolution. doi: 10.1038/s41559-024-02444-2.

Xu Y-W#, Sun L#, Ma R, Gao Y-Q, Sun H* & Song B*. (2023). Does pollinator dependence decrease along elevational gradients? Plant Diversity, 45, 446-455.

Song B#, Sun L#, Barrett S-C-H, Moles A-T, Luo Y-H, Armbruster W-S, Gao Y-Q, Zhang S*, Zhang Z-Q* & Sun H*. (2022). Global analysis of floral longevity reveals latitudinal gradients and biotic and abiotic correlates. New Phytologist, 235, 2054-2065.

Zhang Y-Z#, Liu Y#, Sun L#, Baskin C-C, Baskin J-M, Cao M & Yang J*. (2022). Seed dormancy in space and time: Global distribution, paleoclimatic and present climatic drivers, and evolutionary adaptations. New Phytologist, 234, 1770-1781.

Zhang Y-Z#, Deng T#, Sun L#, Landis J-B#, Moore M-J, Wang H-C, Wang Y-H, Hao X-J, Chen J-J, Li S-H, Xu M-N, Puno P-T, Raven P-H* & Sun H*. (2021). Phylogenetic patterns suggest frequent multiple origins of secondary metabolites across the seed-plant ‘tree of life’. National Science Review, 8, nwaa105.

Sun L#, Luo J#, Qian L-S, Deng T* & Sun H*. (2020). The relationship between elevation and seed-plant species richness in the Mt. Namjagbarwa region (Eastern Himalayas) and its underlying determinants. Global Ecology and Conservation, 23, e01053.

Song B#, Sun L#, Lev-Yadun S, Moles A-T, Zhang S, Jiang X-L, Gao Y-Q, Xu Q & Sun H*. (2020). Plants are more likely to be spiny at mid-elevations in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, south-western China. Journal of Biogeography, 47, 250-260.