Zexin Fan
Editors, Plant Diversity
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China
Area of expertise: Global Change Biology
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China
Area of expertise: Global Change Biology
Title: Prof.
Email: fanzexin@xtbg.org.cn
Web-link of Research Group: https://xtbg.cas.cn/2022/kywzq/trec/kneqe/
Selected publications:
Fu PL, Zhang Y, Qi JH, Zhang YJ, Hao GY, Finnegan PM, Yan QS, Fan ZX*. 2024. The impact of elevated CO2 concentration on photosynthesis, growth and hydraulics of evergreen and deciduous tree seedlings from a subtropical forest in Southwest China. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 352: 110021.
Zhou B, Sterck F, Kruijt B, Fan ZX*, Zuidema PA. 2023. Diel and seasonal stem growth responses to climatic variation are consistent across species in a subtropical tree community. New Phytologist 240: 2253-2264. Doi: 10.1111/nph.19275.
Peters RL, Kaewmano A, Fu PL, Fan ZX*, Sterck F, Steppe K, Zuidema PA. 2023. High vapour pressure deficit enhances turgor limitation of stem growth in an Asian tropical rainforest tree. Plant, Cell & Environment 46: 2747-2762. Doi: 10.1111/pce.14661.
Gaire NP, Zaw Z, Bräuning A, Grießinger J, Sharma B, Rana P, Bhandari S, Basnet S, Fan ZX*. 2023. The impact of warming climate on Himalayan silver fir growth along an elevation gradient in the Mt. Everest region. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 339: 109575.
Kaewmano A, Fu PL*, Fan ZX*, Pumijumnong N, Zuidema PA, Bräuning A. 2022. Climate influences on intra-annual stem radial variations and xylem formation of Toona ciliata at two Asian tropical forest sites with contrasting soil water availability. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 318: 108906.
Yang RQ, Fu PL, Fan ZX*, Panthi S, Gao J, Niu Y, Li ZS, Bräuning A. 2022. Growth-climate sensitivity of two pine species shows species-specific changes along temperature and moisture gradients in southwestern China. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 318: 108907.
Yang RQ, Zhao F, Fan ZX*, Panthi S, Fu PL, Bräuning A. 2022. Long-term growth trends of Abies delavayi and its physiological responses to a warming climate in the Cangshan Mountains, southwestern China. Forest Ecology and Management 505: 119943.
Zaw Z, Fan ZX*, Bräuning A, Xu CX, Liu WJ, Gaire NP, Panthi S, Than KZ. 2020. Drought reconstruction over the past two centuries in southern Myanmar using teak tree-rings: linkages to the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Geophysical Research Letters 47: e2020GL087627.
Panthi S, Fan ZX*, van der Sleen P, Zuidema PA. 2020. Long-term physiological and growth responses of Himalayan fir to environmental change are mediated by mean climate. Global Change Biology 26: 1778-1794.
Fan ZX, Zhang SB, Hao GY, Slik FJW, Cao KF. 2012. Hydraulic conductivity traits predict growth rates and adult stature of 40 Asian tropical tree species. Journal of Ecology 100: 732−741.