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XMU Distinguished Professor
TEL:2181430
Email:zyh@xmu.edu.cn

Brief CV

  • Professor, Xiamen University (2018-present)

  • Associate Professor, Xiamen University (2012-2018)

  • Assistant Professor, Xiamen University (2003-2012)

  • Visiting Senior Research Scholar, University of South Carolina (2018)

  • Visiting Scholar, University of Houston (2009-2010)

  • PhD, Xiamen University (2003)

Research Interests

  • Wetland Ecology

  • Plant Ecology

  • Biological Invasion Ecology

  • Plant-animal Interactions

Selected Publications

  • Chen, X.C., Liu W.W., Pennings S.C., Zhang Y.H.*. 2021. Plasticity and selection drive hump-shaped latitudinal patterns of flowering phenology in an invasive intertidal plant. Ecology, 102: e03311.

  • Liu, W.W.*, Zhang Y.H.*. 2021. Geographical variation in germination traits of the salt-marsh cordgrass Spartina alterniflora in its invasive and native ranges. Journal of Plant Ecology, 14: 348-360.

  • Zhao, Y.Z., Zhong Y.F., Ye C.T., Liang P.P., Pan X.B., Zhang Y.Y., Zhang Y.H.*, Shen Y.J.*. 2021. Multi-omics analyses on Kandelia obovata reveal its response to transplanting and genetic differentiation among populations. BMC Plant Biology, 21: 341.

  • Gao, G.F., Peng D., Tripathi B.M., Zhang Y.H.*, H.Y. Chu*. 2020. Distinct community assembly processes of abundant and rare soil bacteria in coastal wetlands along an inundation gradient. mSystems, 5: e01150-20.

  • Liu W.W., Chen X.C., Strong D.R., Pennings S.C., Kirwan M.L., Chen X.L., Zhang Y.H.*. 2020. Climate and geographic adaptation drive latitudinal clines in biomass of a widespread saltmarsh plant in its native and introduced ranges. Limnology and Oceanography, 65: 1399-1409.

  • Liu W.W., Zhang Y.H.*, Chen X.C., Maung-Douglass K., Strong D.R., Pennings S.C. 2020. Contrasting plant adaptation strategies to latitude in the native and invasive range of Spartina alterniflora. New Phytologist, 226: 623-634.

  • Qiao H.M.#, Liu W.W.#, Zhang Y.H.*, Zhang Y.Y.*, Li Q.Q.*. 2019. Genetic admixture accelerates invasion via provisioning rapid adaptive evolution. Molecular Ecology, 28: 4012-4027.

  • Lin L.A., Liu W.W., Zhang M.P., Lin X.L., Zhang Y.H.*, Tian Y.*. 2019. Different height forms of Spartina alterniflora might select their own rhizospheric bacterial communities in southern coast of China. Microbial Ecology, 77: 124-135.

  • Zhang Y.H.*, Meng H.Y., Wang Y., He Q. 2018. Herbivory enhances the resistance of mangrove forest to cordgrass invasion. Ecology, 99: 1382-1390.

  • Peng D., Chen L.Z., Pennings S.C., Zhang Y.H.*. 2018. Using a marsh organ to predict future plant communities in a Chinese estuary invaded by an exotic grass and mangrove. Limnology and Oceanography, 63: 2595-2605.

  • Liu W.W., Strong D.R., Pennings S.C., Zhang Y.H.*. 2017. Provenance by environment interaction of reproductive traits in the invasion of Spartina alterniflora in China. Ecology, 98: 1591-1599.

  • Chen J., Shen Z.J., Lu W.Z., Liu X., Wu F.H., Gao G.F., Liu Y.L., Wu C.S., Yan C.L., Fan H.Q., Zhang Y.H.*, Zheng H.L.*. 2017. Leaf miner-induced morphological, physiological and molecular changes in mangrove plant Avicennia marina (Forsk.) Vierh. Tree Physiology, 37: 82-97.

  • Chen L.Z., Yan T., Xiong Y.Y., Zhang Y.H.*, Lin G.H.*. 2017. Food sources of dominant macrozoobenthos between native and non-native mangrove forests: A comparative study. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 187: 160-167.

  • Liu W.W., Maung-Douglass K., Strong D.R., Pennings S.C., Zhang Y.H.*. 2016. Geographical variation in vegetative growth and sexual reproduction of the invasive Spartina alterniflora in China. Journal of Ecology, 104: 173-181.

  • Li Z.J., Wang W.Q., Zhang Y.H.*. 2014. Recruitment and herbivory affect spread of invasive Spartina alterniflora in China. Ecology, 95: 1972-1980.

  • Guo H.Y., Zhang Y.H., Lan Z.J., Pennings S.C.*. 2013. Biotic interactions mediate the expansion of black mangrove (Avicennia germinans) into salt marshes under climate change. Global Change Biology, 19: 2765-2774.

  • Zhang Y.H.*, Huang G.M., Wang W.Q., Chen L.Z., Lin G.H. 2012. Interactions between mangroves and exotic Spartina in an anthropogenically disturbed estuary in southern China. Ecology, 93: 588-597.

Teaching Experience

  • Undergraduate Course: Wetland and Mangrove Ecology, Basic Experiment for the Discipline

  • Graduate Course: Invasion Ecology, Special Topic: Coastal Wetland Ecosystems

Research Funding

  • 2021-2025, National Natural Science Foundation of China for Distinguished Young Scholars, Mangrove ecology and biological invasion in coastal wetland. PI.

  • 2020-2023, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Ecological effects and mechanisms of rodent herbivory on Spartina alterniflora invasion and mangrove regeneration. PI.

  • 2018-2021, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Regeneration and growth strategies of mangrove species within the habitats of invasive Spartina alterniflora. PI.

  • 2015-2018, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Ecological function and adaptative mechanism of burrowing crabs in response to Soartina alterniflora invasion in mangroves of China. PI.

Awards and Honors

  • 2020, Distinguished Young Scholar, National Natural Science Foundation of China


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