Xiangbo Yin
Junior Editors, Plant Diversity
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, CAS, Xishuangbanna, China
Area of expertise: Phyllosphere microbiomes, Bryophyte ecology, human activities and biodiversity conservation
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, CAS, Xishuangbanna, China
Area of expertise: Phyllosphere microbiomes, Bryophyte ecology, human activities and biodiversity conservation
Title: associate professor
Email: yinxiangbo@xtbg.ac.cn
Web-link of Research Group: http://xtbg.cas.cn/2022/rcdw/yjy/202602/t20260212_8143576.html
Selected publications (no more than 15):
Xiangbo Yin*, Lirey Ramirez, Christian Lampei, Hamed Azarbad, Dominik Greif, Eric Martiné, Changqing Liu, Fanhao Kong, Lee Ping Ang, Sylvie Herrmann, Lars Opgenoorth, Maaike Y. Bader. 2026. Bacterial communities on upper and lower leaf surfaces show distinct seasonal response patterns (accepted, 18 July, 2026). New Phytologist, DOI: 10.1111/nph.71483.
Yin, X., Liu, Y., Kong, F., Shu, L., Peng, C. and Ang, L.P., 2026. A Global Conservation Blind Spot: Neglect of Bryophytes Undermines Biodiversity Targets. Global Change Biology, 32(3): e70789.
Yin, X., Ang, L.P., Zhu, R.L., Azarbad, H., Ni, H.H., Chai, M.L., Liu, C., Kong, F., Liu, L.J., Liu, S.L., Ma, Y. 2025. Host-specific and environmental core bacteria differentially shape the stability and function of the Sphagnum phyllosphere. ISME communications, 5: ycaf221.
Ang, L.P.#, Yin, X. #*. 2025. Offsite ecological impacts in the Anthropocene: definition, mechanisms, and challenges. Global Change Biology, 31: e70242.
Ang, L.P#., Kong, F., Hernández-Rodríguez, E., Liu, Q., Cerrejόn, C., Feldman, M.J., Shu, L., Ye, L.X., Gao, L., Ang, L.L., Yin, X.#*, 2024. Rocket launches threaten global biodiversity conservation. Communications Earth & Environment, 5: 799.
Yin, X.*, Ang, L.P., Chang, Z.Y., 2024. Rare earth element mining threatens Malaysia’s biodiversity (letter). Science, 384: 1182.
Ang, L., Hernández-Rodríguez, E., Cyriaque, V., Yin, X.*, 2023. COVID-19's environmental impacts: Challenges and implications for the future. Science of the Total Environment, 899: 165581.
Yin, X.*, Martineau, C., Samad, A., Fenton, N.J., 2023. Out of site, out of mind: Changes in feather moss phyllosphere microbiota in mine offsite boreal landscapes. Frontiers in Microbiology, 14: 1148157.
Yin, X.*, Martineau, C. and Fenton, N.J., 2023. How big is the footprint? Quantifying offsite effects of mines on boreal plant communities. Global Ecology and Conservation, 41: e02372.
Yin, X.*, Martineau, C., Fenton, N.J., 2022. Synergistic effects in mine offsite landscapes: predicted ecosystem shifts could exacerbate mining effects on bryophyte community structure. Ecological Indicators, 144: 109555.
Yin, X.*, Lamara, M., Liyanage, N.S., Zhu, R.L. , Fenton, J.N., 2021. Riccardia vitrea (Aneuraceae), a liverwort species new to China and North America. Herzogia, 34: 279-285.
Yin, X.*, Martineaub, C., Demer, I., Basiliko, Nathan, Fenton, N. 2021. The potential environmental risks associated with the development of rare earth element production in Canada. Environmental Reviews (editor’s choice), 29: 354-377.
Yin, X., Zhang, L.N., Shu, L., Zhu, R.L. 2016. Two New Records of Riccardia (Aneuraceae, Marchantiophyta) to China Collected from Hainan Island. Herzogia, 29: 79-86.
Changqing Liu, Xiangbo Yin, Huub J.M. Op den Camp, Tobias J. Erb, 2025. Perspective: Roles of rare earth elements in Bacteria, Green Carbon, 3: 330-332
Webster, Kara; Strack, Maria; Balliston, Nicole; Davies, Marissa; Hettinga, Katie; Hunter, Miranda; Kleinke, Kimberly; Schmidt, Megan; Barreto, Carlos; Bird, Melanie; Blann, Kristen; Bona, Kelly Ann; Cassidy, Alison; Connolly, John; Davidson, Scott; Fedorchuk, Lee; Garneau, Michelle; Harris, Lorna; He, Hongxing; Howie, Sarah; Kirkwood, Adam; Pontone, Nicholas; Richardson, Karen; Sanderson, Nicole; Seutin, Gilles; Xu, Bin; Yin, Xiangbo, 2025. Data and knowledge needs for improving science and policy for peatlands in Canada in a changing world: insights from Global Peatlands Initiative Workshop, June 2023. FACETS, 10:1-19.