Yazhou Zhang
Junior Editors, Plant Diversity
Kunming Institute of Botany, CAS, Kunming, China
Area of expertise: Plant-microorganism diversity maintenance mechanisms and their responses to global changes, including global change, vegetation degradation, mountainous biodiversity, biogeographic pattern, plant-microorganism interaction
Kunming Institute of Botany, CAS, Kunming, China
Area of expertise: Plant-microorganism diversity maintenance mechanisms and their responses to global changes, including global change, vegetation degradation, mountainous biodiversity, biogeographic pattern, plant-microorganism interaction
Title: Dr.
Email: zhangyazhou@mail.kib.ac.cn
Selected publications (no more than 15):
Zhang Y, Liu Y, Sun L, Baskin CC, Baskin JM, Cao M, Yang J. 2022. Seed dormancy in space and time: global distribution, paleoclimatic and present climatic drivers, and evolutionary adaptations. New Phytologist 234(5): 1770-1781.
Zhang Y, Worthy JS, Xu S, He Y, Wang X, Song X, Cao M, Yang J. 2024. Phytochemical diversity and their adaptations to abiotic and biotic pressures in fine roots across a climatic gradient. Science of The Total Environment 2024, 927: 172051.
Zhang Y, Hogan JA, Crowther WT, Xu S, Zhao R, Song P, Cui M, Song X, Cao M, Yang J. 2024. Drivers and mechanisms that contribute to microbial β-diversity patterns and range sizes in mountains across a climatic variability gradient. Ecography 2024(3): e07049.
Xu S, Yuan Y, Song P, Cui M, Zhao R, Song X, Cao M, Zhang Y, Yang J. 2023. The spatial patterns of diversity and their relationships with environments in rhizosphere microorganisms and host plants differ along elevational gradients. Frontiers in Microbiology 14: 1079113.
Chen J, Zhang Y, Zhang H, Schöb C, Wang S, Chang S, Sun H. 2021. The positive effects of the alpine cushion plant Arenaria polytrichoides on insect dynamics are determined by both physical and biotic factors. Science of The Total Environment 762: 143091.
Zhang Y, Qian L, Spalink D, Sun L, Chen J, Sun H. 2021. Spatial phylogenetics of two topographic extremes of the Hengduan Mountains in southwestern China and its implications for biodiversity conservation. Plant Diversity 43(3): 181-191.
Zhang Y, Qian L, Chen X, Sun L, Sun H, Chen J. 2021. Diversity patterns of cushion plants on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau: a basic study for future conservation efforts on alpine ecosystems. Plant Diversity 2022, 44(3): 231-242.
Zhang Y, Chen J, Sun H. 2021. Alpine speciation and morphological innovations: revelations from a species-rich genus in the Northern Hemisphere. AoB PLANTS 13: 3.
Zhang Y, Tang R, Huang X, Sun W, Ma X, Sun H. 2019. Saussurea balangshanensis sp. nov. (Asteraceae), from the Hengduan Mountains region, SW China. Nordic Journal of Botany 37(4): 1-8.