Xinzeng Wei
Junior Editors, Plant Diversity
Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
Area of expertise: Ex situ conservation, Conservation genetics, Landscape genomics, Biotic interaction
Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
Area of expertise: Ex situ conservation, Conservation genetics, Landscape genomics, Biotic interaction
Title: Professor
Email: xzwei@wbgcas.cn
Web-link of Research Group: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5084-9390
Selected publications (no more than 15):
Xiao Z, Liu H, Huang G, Wu D, Qiu L, Wu J, Wei X*, Jiang M. 2025. Spatially biased collections and the failure to cover all wild genetic clusters in plant populations under ex situ conservation. Plant Diversity, in press.
Wu H, Lyu L, Xiao Z, Yang T, Jiang M, Wei X*. 2025. Regeneration of an endangered plant species endemic to the remote mountain areas: Anthropogenic disturbance matters. Forest Ecology and Management, 576: 122406.
Wu H, Meng H, Jiang M, Wei X*. 2024. Intraspecific variation of multi-elements in seeds of Euptelea pleiospermum and its association with soils, climate, and leaf elements. Journal of Plant Ecology, 17: rtae090.
Wang S, Song S, Liu J, Li J, Jiang M, Wei X*. 2024. Shifts in plant-invertebrate interactions between wild and ex situ conservation populations of a critically endangered tree. Journal of Applied Ecology, 61: 1346-1358.
Wei X, Xu Y, Lyu L, Xiao Z, Wang S, Yang T, Jiang M*. 2023. Impacts of ecological restoration on the genetic diversity of plant species: A global meta-analysis. Journal of Applied Ecology, 60: 1149-1160.
Wei X, Jiang M*. 2021. Meta-analysis of genetic representativeness of plant populations under ex-situ conservation in contrast to wild source populations. Conservation Biology, 35(1): 12-23.
Wu H, Meng H, Wang S, Wei X*, Jiang M. 2018. Geographic patterns and environmental drivers of seed traits of a relict tree species. Forest Ecology and Management, 422: 59-68.
Wei X, Sork VL, Meng H, Jiang M*. 2016. Genetic evidence for central-marginal hypothesis in a Cenozoic relict tree species across its distribution in China. Journal of Biogeography, 43: 2173-2185.
Wei X, Wu H, Meng H, Pang C, Jiang M*. 2015. Regeneration dynamics of Euptelea pleiospermum along latitudinal and altitudinal gradients: Trade-offs between seedling and sprout. Forest Ecology and Management, 353: 232-239.
Wei X, Jiang M*. 2012. Contrasting relationships between species diversity and genetic diversity in natural and disturbed forest tree communities. New Phytologist, 193(3): 779-786.