Ruili Wang
Junior Editors, Plant Diversity
College of Forestry, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
Area of expertise: Plant Functional Traits and Ecosystem Functions
College of Forestry, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
Area of expertise: Plant Functional Traits and Ecosystem Functions
Title: Associate Professor
Email: wangrl@nwafu.edu.cn
Web-link of Research Group:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ruili-Wang-wangruili/research
https://en.nwsuaf.edu.cn//faculties/professor/CollegeofForestry/b4fd0a44113047d8b1715842b55cc121.htm
Selected publications (no more than 15): (*, co-corresponding author; #, co-first author)
Xue Wang, Xinrui Liu, Yanqi Yuan, Weiyi Mo, Kaixi Chen, Zengyi Yi, Manli Zheng, Ruili Wang, Ruili Wang*, Shuoxin Zhang*. Relationships between non‑structural carbohydrates and root economic space in woody plants. Plant and Soil, 2025
Nianpeng He, Guirui Yu, Congcong Liu, Ying Li, Ruili Wang. Plant Functional Ecology From Organ to Ecosystem. 2025, Science Press: Beijing.
Xue Wang, Xinrui Liu, Shuang Chen, Jiang Zhu, Yanqi Yuan, Rong Zhu, Kaixi Chen, Xue Yang, Xiaochun Wang, Weiyi Mo, Ruili Wang*, Shuoxin Zhang*. Elevational variation in anatomical traits of the first-order roots and their adaptation mechanisms. Plant Diversity. 2025, 47: 291-299.
Xinrui Liu, Xue Wang, Jiang Zhu, Xiaochun Wang, Kaixi Chen, Yanqi Yuan, Xue Yang, Weiyi Mo, Ruili Wang*, Shuoxin Zhang*. Strong conservatism in leaf anatomical traits and their multidimensional relationships with leaf economic traits in grasslands under different stressful environments. Ecological Processes. 2024, 13: 71.
Xiaochun Wang, Shuang Chen, Xue Yang, Rong Zhu, Miao Liu, Ruili Wang*, Nianpeng He*. Adaptation mechanisms of leaf vein traits to drought in grassland plants. Science of the Total Environment, 2024, 917: 170224.
Xue Wang, Xinrui Liu, Weiyi Mo, Kaixi Chen, Haoxuan Chen, Huirong Gao, Ming Zhang, Yanqi Yuan, Ruili Wang*, Shuoxin Zhang*. Do phylogenetic and environmental factors drive the altitudinal variation in absorptive root traits at the species and community levels? Plant and Soil. 2024, 494:203-215
Xinrui Liu, Xue Wang, Haoxuan Chen, Kaixi Chen, Weiyi Mo, Yanqi Yuan, Jiang Zhu, Ruili Wang*, Shuoxin Zhang*. Is the multi-species variation in leaf anatomical traits along the environmental gradient modulated by herbaceous functional groups? Ecological Indicators. 2023, 154: 110880.
Haoxuan Chen, Shuang Chen, Xiaochun Wang, Xinrui Liu, Xue Wang, Rong Zhu, Weiyi Mo, Ruili Wang*, Shuoxin Zhang*. Different environmental and phylogenetic controls over the altitudinal variation in leaf N and P resorption traits between woody and herbaceous plants. Forests. 2023, 14, 5.
Ming Zhang, Huirong Gao, Shuang Chen, Xiaochun Wang, Weiyi Mo, Xue Yang, Xue Wang, Zhibo Wang, Ruili Wang*. Linkages between stomatal density and minor leaf vein density across different altitudes and growth forms. Frontiers in Plant Science. 2022, 13:1064344.
Ruili Wang, Guirui Yu*, Nianpeng He*. Root community traits: scaling-pp and incorporating roots into ecosystem functional analyses. Frontiers in Plant Science. 2021, 12:690235.
Xinrui Liu, Haoxuan Chen, Tianyu Sun, Danyang Li, Xue Wang, Weiyi Mo, Ruili Wang*, Shuoxin Zhang*. Variation in woody leaf anatomical traits along the altitudinal gradient in Taibai Mountain, China. Global Ecology and Conservation. 2021, 26: e01523.
Ruili Wang*, Haoxuan Chen, Xinrui Liu, Zhibo Wang, Jingwen Wen, Shuoxin Zhang*. Plant phylogeny and growth form as drivers of the altitudinal variation in woody leaf vein traits. Frontiers in Plant Science. 2020, 10:1735.
Deliang Kong*#, Junjian Wang#, Huifang Wu#, Oscar Valverde-Barrantes#, Ruili Wang #, Hui Zeng, Paul Kardol, Haiyan Zhang, Yulong Feng*. Nonlinearity of root trait relationships and the root economics spectrum. Nature Communications, 2019,10:2203
Ruili Wang, Qiufeng Wang, Ning Zhao, Zhiwei Xu, Xianjin Zhu, Cuicui Jiao, Guirui Yu*, Nianpeng He*. Different phylogenetic and environmental controls of first-order root morphological and nutrient traits: evidence of multidimensional root traits. Functional Ecology, 2018, 32:29–39.
Ruili Wang*, Qiufeng Wang, Congcong Liu, Liang Kou, Ning Zhao, Zhiwei Xu, Shuoxin Zhang, Nianpeng He, Guirui Yu. Changes in trait and phylogenetic diversity of leaves and absorptive roots from tropical to boreal forests. Plant and Soil, 2018, 432:389–401.