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2026

Zhou, X., Yu, W., Hautier, Y., Mori, A. S., Kardol, P., Xu, X., Xu, Y., Deng, Y., Zhang, P., Liang, J., & Li, W. (2026). Dominant grasses, not subordinate forbs, sustain ecosystem multifunctionality across spatial scales. Global Change Biology, 32, e71027. [PDF] [DOI]

Xiang, Z., Lu, J., Zhou, X., Xing, X., White, H. J., Liang, J., & Li, W. (2026). Effect of landscape diversity on temporal stability of Normalized Difference Vegetation Index across spatial scales. Oecologia, 208, 23. [PDF] [DOI]

2025

Deng, Y., Xu, Y., Luo, J., Luozang’angmao, Kazhuocairang, Qi, X., Zhou, X., & Li, W. (2025). Evaluation of short-term vegetation recovery under hierarchical management of different degraded alpine grasslands. Pratacultural Science, 42(7), 1609-1619. [PDF] [DOI]

2024

Yang, X., Zhao, C., Li, J., Chong, F., & Li, W. (2024). Invasive plant species lead to a more clustered community phylogenetic structure: An analysis of herbaceous plants in Guangxi’s national nature reserves. Biodiversity Science, 32(11), 24175. [PDF] [DOI]

Cui, H., Wang, Y., Zhou, X., & Li, W. (2024). Positive role of plateau pika (Ochotona coronae) on environmental quality at low and moderate density on the Tibetan Plateau: Evidence from a meta-analysis. Journal of Environmental Management, 361, 121239. [DOI]

2023

Song, W., Zhang, H., Luozang’angmao, Kazhuocairang, Ai, D., Zhou, X., Xiang, Z., Yu, W., & Li, W. (2023). Effects of multi-year rodent eradication on population density of plateau pika and plant community structure. Acta Agrestia Sinica, 31(9), 2853-2859. [PDF] [DOI]

Li, W., Zhou, X., Xiang, Z., Li, J., Wang, S., Loreau, M., & Jiang, L. (2023). Biomass temporal stability increases at two spatial scales during secondary succession. Journal of Ecology, 111(7), 1575-1586. [DOI]

Li, W., Knops, J. M. H., Zhou, X., Jin, H., Xiang, Z., Ka Zhuo, C., Jin, X., Zhou, H., & Dong, S. (2023). Anchoring grassland sustainability with a nature-based small burrowing mammal control strategy. Journal of Animal Ecology, 92(7), 1345-1356. [DOI]

Cui, H., Li, W., Chen, J., & Li, X. G. (2023). Livestock and subterranean mammals have contrasting impacts on soil infiltration of grasslands. Applied Soil Ecology, 189, 104950. [DOI]

Dong, K., Li, W., Tang, Y., Ma, S., & Jiang, M. (2023). Co-limitation of N and P is more prevalent in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau grasslands. Frontiers in Plant Science, 14, 1140462. [DOI]

Earlier publications

Li, W., Luo, S., Wang, J., Zheng, X., Zhou, X., Xiang, Z., Liu, X., & Fang, X. (2022). Nitrogen deposition magnifies destabilizing effects of plant functional group loss. Science of the Total Environment, 835, 155419. [DOI]

Li, W., Knops, J. M. H., Png, G. K., Yan, X., Dong, H., Li, J., Zhou, H., & Díaz Sierra, R. (2020). Six-year removal of co-dominant grasses alleviated competitive pressure on subdominant grasses but dominant shrub removal had neutral effects in a subalpine ecosystem. Global Ecology and Conservation, 23, e01167. [PDF] [DOI]

Li, W., Zhang, R., Liu, S., Li, W., Li, J., Zhou, H., & Knops, J. M. H. (2018). Effect of loss of plant functional group and simulated nitrogen deposition on subalpine ecosystem properties on the Tibetan Plateau. Science of the Total Environment, 631-632, 289-297. [DOI]

Li, W., Li, J., Liu, S., Zhang, R., Qi, W., Zhang, R., Knops, J. M. H., & Lu, J. (2017). Magnitude of species diversity effect on aboveground plant biomass increases through successional time of abandoned farmlands on the eastern Tibetan Plateau of China. Land Degradation & Development, 28(1), 370-378. [DOI]

Li, W., Knops, J. M. H., Brassil, C. E., Lu, J., Qi, W., Li, J., Liu, M., Chang, S., & Li, W. (2016). Functional group dominance and not productivity drives species richness. Plant Ecology & Diversity, 9(2), 141-150. [DOI]

Li, W., Knops, J. M. H., Zuo, X., & Laungani, R. (2014). Carbon and nitrogen cycling are resistant to fire in nutrient-poor grassland. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 78, 825-831. [PDF] [DOI]

Li, W., Zuo, X., & Knops, J. M. H. (2013). Different fire frequency impacts over 27 years on vegetation succession in an infertile old-field grassland. Rangeland Ecology & Management, 66, 267-273. [PDF] [DOI]

Li, W.-J., Li, J.-H., Lu, J.-F., Zhang, R.-Y., & Wang, G. (2010). Legume-grass species influence plant productivity and soil nitrogen during grassland succession in the eastern Tibet Plateau. Applied Soil Ecology, 44(2), 164-169. [DOI]

Li, W.-J., Li, J.-H., Knops, J. M. H., Wang, G., Jia, J.-J., & Qin, Y.-Y. (2009). Plant communities, soil carbon, and soil nitrogen properties in a successional gradient of sub-alpine meadows on the eastern Tibetan Plateau of China. Environmental Management, 44(4), 755-765. [DOI]