Zhao Nian-xi

1. Comparative study on the ecological functions of plant genotypic diversity of dominant species and community species diversity； 2. The role of competition in affecting the community succession in the Inner Mongolia Steppe; 3. The role of plant-soil feedback in the community assembly； 4. The effect of community functional diversity on the relationship between shrub and grass along restoration successions.

2000.09-2005.07: Ph.D. in College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin, China (Supervisor: Professor Yubao Gao) 1996.09-2000.07: B.Sc. major in College of Life Science and minor in College of Electronic Information, Nankai University, Tianjin, China (Supervisors: Professor Wenqin Song and Ruiyang Chen)

2020.12-present Professor, College of Life Science, Nankai University, Tianjin, China 2016.11-2017.11 Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Biology, Visiting scholar（Host professor: Professor: Lin Jiang） 2008.12-2020.12 Associate Professor, College of Life Science, Nankai University, Tianjin, China 2007.06-2008.12 Lecturer, College of Life Science, Nankai University, Tianjin, China 2006.08-2006.11 Postdoctoral Fellow, Ecology and Evolution Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom (under Professor Jonathan Silvertown’s supervision) 2005.07- 2007.06 Postdoctoral Fellow, College of Life Science, Nankai University, Tianjin, China (under Professor Yong Wang’s supervision)

1. Comparative study on the ecological functions of plant genotypic diversity of dominant species and community species diversity；

2. The role of competition in affecting the community succession in the Inner Mongolia Steppe;

3. Boidiversity and Ecosystem multifunctioning in typical grassland；

4. The effect of community functional diversity on the relationship between shrub and grass along restoration successions.

List of main publications

Dong Ke, He Xingdong, Cadotte W Marc, Xu Yujuan, Jiang Man, Hao Guang, Wang Jinlong, Chen Lei, Ren Anzhi, Zhao Nianxi*, Gao Yubao. Soil nutrients mediate the indirect effects of shrub canopy removal and distance from shrubs on the community assembly processes in a shrub-encroached grassland. Land Degradation & Development, 2022, DOI: 10.1002/ldr.4400.

Jiang Man, He Luoyang, Fan Baijie, Wang Tao, Yang Nan, Liu Yulin, Xu Yujuan, Dong Ke, Hao Guang, Chen Lei, Ren Anzhi, Zhao Nianxi*, Wang Jinlong, Gao Yubao. Intraspecific more than interspecific diversity plays an important role on Inner Mongolia grassland ecosystem functions: A microcosm experiment. Science of the Total Environment, 2022, 826, 154134.

Xu Yujuan#, Dong Ke#, Jiang Man, Liu Yulin, He Luoyang, Wang Jinlong, Zhao Nianxi*，Gao Yubao. Soil moisture and species richness interactively affect multiple ecosystem functions in a microcosm experiment of simulated shrub encroached grasslands. Science of the Total Environment, 2022, 803: 149950.

Jiang Man, Yang Xue, Wang Tao, Xu Yujuan, Dong Ke, He Luoyang, Liu Yulin, Wang Jinlong, Zhao Nianxi*, Gao Yubao. A direct comparison of the effects and mechanisms between species richness and genotype richness in a dominant species on multiple ecosystem functions. Ecology and Evolution, 2021, 11: 14125-14134.

Yang Xue#, Xu Yujuan#, Jiang Man, Wang Yukun, Lu Huayu, Xue Yajie, Wang Jinlong, Zhao Nianxi*, Gao Yubao. Interpreting the effects of plant species diversity and genotypic diversity within a dominant species on above- and belowground overyielding. Science of the Total Environment, 2021, 786: 147505.

Hao Guang, Dong Ke, Yang Nan, Xu Yujuan, Ding Xinfeng, Chen Lei, Wang Jinlong, Zhao Nianxi*, Gao Yubao. Both fencing duration and shrub cover facilitate the restoration of shrub-encroached grasslands. Catena, 2021, 105587.

Hao Guang, Yang Nan, Dong Ke, Xu Yujuan, Ding Xinfeng, Shi Xinjian, Chen Lei, Wang Jinlong, Zhao Nianxi*, Gao Yubao. Shrub-encroached grassland as an alternative stable state in semiarid steppe regions: Evidence from community stability and assembly. Land Degradation & Development, 2021, 32: 3142-3153.

Zhao Nianxi*, Xu Yujuan, Chen Liping, Jiang Man, Dong Ke, Wang Jinlong*, Gao Yubao. Species identities impact the responses of intensity and importance of competition to the soil fertility changes. Global Ecology and Conservation, 2021, 27: e01519.

董轲，丁新峰，郝广，王金龙，赵念席*，高玉葆．围封年限对内蒙古灌丛化草原小叶锦鸡儿灌丛结构及群落种间关联的影响．生态学报，2021, 41(14): 5775-5781.

Dong Ke, Xu Yujuan, Hao Guang, Yang Nan, Zhao Nianxi*, Gao Yubao. Both vacant niches and competition-trait hierarchy are useful for explaining the invasion of Caragana microphylla into the semi-arid grassland. Plant and Soil, 2020, 448(1): 253-263.

王小平，杨雪，杨楠，辛晓静，曲耀冰，赵念席*，高玉葆. 凋落物多样性及组成对凋落物分解及土壤微生物群落的影响-----二氧化碳倍增条件下. 生态学报，2020, 40(17): 6171-6178.

Yang Xue, Qu Yaobing, Yang Nan, Zhao Hang, Wang Jinlong, Zhao Nianxi*, Gao Yubao. Litter species diversity is more important than genotypic diversity of dominant grass species Stipa grandis in influencing litter decomposition in a bare field. Science of the Total Environment, 2019, 666: 490-496.

Yang Xue, Wang Xiaoping, Qu Yaobing, Wu Man, Wang Jinlong, Wang Zhulin, Wang Siqi, Zhao Nianxi*, Gao Yubao. Comparing the effects of companion species diversity and the dominant species (Stipa grandis) genotypic diversity on the biomass explained by plant functional trait. Ecological Engineering, 2019, 136: 17-22.

Yang Xue, Li,Junpeng, Zhao Tingting, Mo Lidong, Zhang Jianli, Ren Huiqin, Zhao Nianxi*, Gao Yubao. Variation and heritability of morphological and physiological traits among Leymus chinensis genotypes under different environmental conditions. Journal of Arid Land, 2019, 11(1): 66-74.

Dong Ke, Hao Guang, Yang Nan, Zhang Jianli, Ding Xinfeng, Ren Huiqin, Shen Junfang, Wang Jinlong, Jiang Lin, Zhao Nianxi*, Gao Yubao. Community assembly mechanisms and succession processes significantly differ among treatments during the restoration of Stipa grandis – Leymus chinensis communities. Scientific Reports, 2019, 9: 16289.

丁新峰，郝广，董轲，王宇坤，高韶勃，陈磊，何兴东，赵念席*，高玉葆．平茬处理对小叶锦鸡儿灌丛邻居植物群落空间格局的影响．生态学报，2019, 39（11）：4011-4020.

王宇坤，丁新峰，王小平，吴曼，高韶勃，杨雪，赵念席*，高玉葆．内蒙古典型草原建群种羊草基因型多样性抑制群落物种多样性的生态功能．生态学报，2019, 39(5): 1507-1516.

王小平，杨雪，杨楠，辛晓静，曲耀冰，赵念席*，高玉葆．凋落物多样性及组成对凋落物分解和土壤微生物群落的影响．生态学报，2019, 39(17): 6264-6272.

郝广，王小平，丁新峰，董轲，杨楠，高韶勃，王金龙，陈磊，何兴东，赵念席*，高玉葆．平茬对小叶锦鸡儿灌丛化草原土壤微生物群落的影响．生态学杂志, 2019, 38(11): 3291-3297.

Zhao Nianxi*, Gao Shaobo, Ren Huiqin, Yang Xue, Sun Zhengyuan, Wang Jinlong, Jiang Lin, Gao Yubao. Competition alters plant–soil feedbacks of two species in the Inner Mongolia Steppe, China. Plant and Soil, 2018, 429: 425-436.

Gao Shaobo, Zheng Zhirong, Wang Yukun, Liu Lei, Zhao Nianxi*, Gao Yubao. Drought and grazing drive the retrogressive succession by changing the plant–plant interaction of the main species in Inner Mongolia Steppe. Ecology and Evolution, 2018, 8: 11954-11963.

Gao Shaobo, Mo Lidong, Zhang Lihong, Zhang Jianli, Wu Jianbo, Wang Jinlong, Zhao Nianxi*, Gao Yubao. Phenotypic plasticity vs. local adaptation in quantitative traits differences of Stipa grandis in semiarid steppe, China. Scientific Reports, 2018, 8: 3148. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-21557-w.

Fan JY, Zhao NX, Li M, Gao WF, Wang ML, Zhu GP*. What are the best predictors for invasive potential of weeds? Transferability evaluations of model predictions based on diverse environmental data sets forFlaveria bidentis. Weed Research, 2018, 58: 141–149.

曲耀冰, 任慧琴, 高韶勃, 赵念席∗, 高玉葆. 内蒙古典型草原区四种主要物种的植物⁃土壤反馈作用. 生态学杂志, 2018, 37(2): 353-359.

Teaching for undergraduate students：

1.    2008-2011, 2013-2014 spring semester：Plant Biology Ecperiment 2-2（Sophomore students majoring in Biology Science）

2.    2011-2021 fall semester：Biological Comprehensive Experiment（Senior students majoring in Biology Science）

3.    2012-2021 spring semester：Scientific Research Training 4-1（Sophomore students in Boling Class）

4.    2014-2016、2018-2021 summer semester：Teaching Practice I（Freshman in Life Science）

5.    2014-2016、2018-2021 summer semester：Open Experiment（Junior students majoring in Biology Technology）

6.    2014 fall semester：General Biology（Sophomore students majoring in Biology Technology）

7.    2014 fall semester：General Biology Experiment（Sophomore students majoring in Biology Technology）

8.    2015-2016、2018 -2022 spring semester：Plant Physiology Experiment（Sophomore students majoring in Biology Science）

9.    2015 spring semester：General Ecology（Sophomore students majoring in Environmental Science, Tainjin Agricultural University）

10.2015-2016, 2018-2021 fall semester：Plant Ecology Experiment（Student in Life Science）

Teaching for graduate students：

1.    2009-2021 fall semester-：Population Ecology

2.    2013-2014 spring semester：Urban Environmental Ecology

3.    2015-2016, 2018-2021 spring semester：Urban Ecology

2009.01  Province-level Outstanding Postdoctoral Fellow   Tianjin Goverment