Shufeng Li
Editors, Plant Diversity
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, CAS, China
Area of expertise: Vegetation and plant diversity modeling, palynology, paleoclimate, paleoecology
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, CAS, China
Area of expertise: Vegetation and plant diversity modeling, palynology, paleoclimate, paleoecology
Title: Prof.
Email: lisf@xtbg.org.cn
Web-link of Research Group: https://people.ucas.edu.cn/~lisf?language=en; https://xtbg.cas.cn/2022/kywzq/prg/uwkyc/
Selected publications (no more than 15):
(1)Xiao, S.M.; Adams, J. M.*; Li, S.F.*; Slik, F.; Griffith, D. M.; Quaresma, A.; Sultana, A.; Rozak, A. H.; Muñoz, A. A.; Marshall, A. R. et al. Analogous Environments Across the Tropics Have Similar Levels of Tree Species Alpha Diversity. National Science Review 2025, nwaf465.
(2)Meng, J.B.; Zhao, J.G.; Chen, L.L.; Valdes, P. J.; Farnsworth, A.; Popova, S.; Kayseri-Özer, M. S.; Srivastava, G.; Huang, J.; Su, T.; Zhou, Z.K.; Li, S.F.* Climate Evolution and Its Driving Factors in the Tethys Sea Region during the Cenozoic. Science China Earth Sciences 2025, 68 (6), 1937–1959.
(3)Chen, W.Y.*; Su, T.; Li, S.F.*. The Leaf Physiognomy of Evergreen and Deciduous Species Exhibits Different Responses to Climate: Implications for Palaeoclimate Reconstruction in China. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 2025, 660, 112683.
(4)Zhao, J.G.; Li, S.F.; Huang, J.; Ding, W.N.; Wu, M.X.; Su, T.; Farnsworth, A.; Valdes, P. J.; Chen, L.L.; Xing, Y.W.*; Zhou, Z.K.* Heterogeneous Occurrence of Evergreen Broad-Leaved Forests in East Asia: Evidence from Plant Fossils. Plant Diversity 2025, 47 (1), 1–12.
(5)Xiao, S.M.; Li, S.F.*; Huang, J.; Wang, X.J.; Wu, M.X.; Karim, R.; Deng, W.Y.D.; Su, T.* Influence of Climate Factors on the Global Dynamic Distribution of Tsuga (Pinaceae). Ecological Indicators 2024, 158, 111533.
(6)Zhao, J.G.; Li, S.F.*; Farnsworth, A.; Valdes, P. J.; Reichgelt, T.; Chen, L.L.; Zhou, Z.K.; Su, T.* The Paleogene to Neogene Climate Evolution and Driving Factors on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Science China Earth Sciences 2022, 65 (7), 1339–1352.
(7)Xiao, S.M.; Li, S.F.*; Wang, X.J.; Chen, L.L.; Su, T.* Cedrus Distribution Change: Past, Present, and Future. Ecological Indicators 2022, 142, 109159.
(8)Li, S.F.*; Valdes, P. J.; Farnsworth, A.; Davies-Barnard, T.; Su, T.; Lunt, D. J.; Spicer, R. A.; Liu, J.; Deng, W.Y.D.; Huang, J.; Tang, H.; Ridgwell, A.; Chen, L.L.; Zhou, Z.K*. Orographic Evolution of Northern Tibet Shaped Vegetation and Plant Diversity in Eastern Asia. Science Advances 2021, 7 (5), eabc7741.
(9)Tang, H.; Li, S.F.*; Su, T.; Spicer, R. A.; Zhang, S.T.; Li, S.H.; Liu, J.; Lauretano, V.; Witkowski, C. R.; Spicer, T. E. V.; Deng, W.Y.D.; Wu, M.X.; Ding, W.N.; Zhou, Z.K.* Early Oligocene Vegetation and Climate of Southwestern China Inferred from Palynology. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 2020, 560, 109988.
(10)Li, S.F.; Xing, Y.W.*; Valdes, P. J.; Huang, Y.J.; Su, T.; Farnsworth, A.; Lunt, D. J.; Tang, H.; Kennedy, A. T.; Zhou, Z.K.* Oligocene Climate Signals and Forcings in Eurasia Revealed by Plant Macrofossil and Modelling Results. Gondwana Research 2018, 61, 115–127.
(11)Li, S.; Hughes, A. C.*; Su, T.; Anberree, J. L.; Oskolski, A. A.; Sun, M.; Ferguson, D. K.; Zhou, Z.* Fire Dynamics under Monsoonal Climate in Yunnan, SW China: Past, Present and Future. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 2017, 465, 168–176.
(12)Li, S.F.; Jacques, F. M.; Spicer, R. A.; Su, T.; Spicer, T. E.; Yang, J.; Zhou, Z.K.* Artificial Neural Networks Reveal a High-Resolution Climatic Signal in Leaf Physiognomy. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 2016, 442, 1–11.
(13)Li, S.F.; Mao, L.M.; Spicer, R. A.; Lebreton-Anberrée, J.; Su, T.; Sun, M.; Zhou, Z.K*. Late Miocene Vegetation Dynamics under Monsoonal Climate in Southwestern China. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 2015, 425, 14–40.