Wenjin Lab · Lanzhou University
Biodiversity keeps ecosystems alive.
Long-term experiments from the Tibetan Plateau, exploring stability, multifunctionality, and the relationships among plants, herbivores, and microbes.
Our focus
Ecology across time and scale
We investigate how biodiversity supports ecosystem productivity, stability, and nutrient cycling. Our work combines long-term field experiments, restoration practice, and landscape-scale observation to understand how alpine grasslands respond to biodiversity loss and environmental change.
Research horizons
Three experimental systems
Meadow succession
Following biodiversity and ecosystem recovery through time.
Biodiversity loss
Testing how functional groups sustain alpine meadow ecosystems.
Plant-herbivore mutualism
Connecting plant diversity, herbivores, and sustainable grazing.
Join the lab
Curious about ecosystem ecology?
We welcome graduate students who want to work across field ecology, biodiversity science, and ecosystem functioning.
Contact Wenjin Li