Prof. Dr. Maihe Li

Schönbeck, L.; Gessler, A.; Schaub, M.; Rigling, A.; Hoch, G.; Kahmen, A.; Li, M., 2020: Soil nutrients and lowered source:sink ratio mitigate effects of mild but not of extreme drought in trees. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 169: 103905 (10 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2019.103905

Shi, Z.; Deng, X.; Bai, D.; Lei, J.; Li, M.; Zeng, L.; Xiao, W., 2020: Transcriptomic analysis reveals the mechanism of Picea crassifolia survival for alpine treeline condition. Forests, 11, 2: 156 (27 pp.). doi: 10.3390/f11020156

Tian, X.; Wang, M.; Meng, P.; Zhang, J.; Zhou, B.; Ge, X.; Yu, F.; Li, M., 2020: Native bamboo invasions into subtropical forests alter microbial communities in litter and soil. Forests, 11, 3: 314 (14 pp.). doi: 10.3390/f11030314

Yang, Y.; Wu, Z.; Guo, L.; He, H.S.; Ling, Y.; Wang, L.; Zong, S.; Na, R.; Du, H.; Li, M., 2020: Effects of winter chilling vs. spring forcing on the spring phenology of trees in a cold region and a warmer reference region. Science of the Total Environment, 725: 138323 (11 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138323

Sui, X.; Zhang, R.; Frey, B.; Yang, L.; Li, M.; Ni, H., 2019: Land use change effects on diversity of soil bacterial, acidobacterial and fungal communities in wetlands of the Sanjiang Plain, northeastern China. Scientific Reports, 9, 1: 18535 (14 pp.). doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-55063-4

Wang, C.; Zong, S.; Li, M., 2019: The contrasting responses of mycorrhizal fungal mycelium associated with woody plants to multiple environmental factors. Forests, 10, 11: 973 (18 pp.). doi: 10.3390/f10110973

Wang, C.; Brunner, I.; Zong, S.; Li, M., 2019: The dynamics of living and dead fine roots of forest biomes across the Northern Hemisphere. Forests, 10, 11: 953 (15 pp.). doi: 10.3390/f10110953

Xu, S.; He, X.; Du, Z.; Chen, W.; Li, B.; Li, Y.; Li, M.; Schaub, M., 2019: Tropospheric ozone and cadmium do not have interactive effects on growth, photosynthesis and mineral nutrients of Catalpa ovata seedlings in the urban areas of Northeast China. Science of the Total Environment, 704: 135307 (9 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135307

Cong, Y.; Li, M.; Liu, K.; Dang, Y.; Han, H.; He, H.S., 2019: Decreased temperature with increasing elevation decreases the end-season leaf-to-wood reallocation of resources in deciduous Betula ermanii Cham. trees. Forests, 10, 2: 166 (17 pp.). doi: 10.3390/f10020166

Jin, Y.; Xu, J.; He, H.; Li, M.; Tao, Y.; Zhang, Y.; Hu, R.; Gao, X.; Bai, Y.; Wang, H.; Han, Y., 2019: The Changbai alpine shrub tundra will be replaced by herbaceous tundra under global climate change. Plants, 8, 10: 370 (16 pp.). doi: 10.3390/plants8100370

Knüsel, S.; Liu, J.; Conedera, M.; Gärtner, H.; Bugmann, H.; Li, M.; Stoffel, M.; Wunder, J., 2019: Comparative dendroecological characterisation of Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) Swingle in its native and introduced range. Dendrochronologia, 57: 125608 (10 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.dendro.2019.125608

He, P.; Fontana, S.; Sardans, J.; Peñuelas, J.; Gessler, A.; Schaub, M.; Rigling, A.; Li, H.; Jiang, Y.; Li, M., 2019: The biogeochemical niche shifts of Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica along an environmental gradient. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 167: 103825 (11 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2019.103825

Zhou, Y.M.; Meng, G.L.; Tai, Z.J.; Han, J.Q.; Deng, J.F.; Wang, H.W.; Li, M.-H., 2019: Effects of experimental warming on growing season temperature and carbon exchange in an alpine tundra ecosystem. Russian Journal of Ecology, 50, 5: 474-481. doi: 10.1134/S1067413619050138

Zhou, Y.; Deng, J.; Tai, Z.; Jiang, L.; Han, J.; Meng, G.; Li, M., 2019: Leaf anatomy, morphology and photosynthesis of three tundra shrubs after 7-year experimental warming on Changbai Mountain. Plants, 8, 8: 271 (14 pp.). doi: 10.3390/plants8080271

Yu, D.; Wang, Q.; Wang, X.; Dai, L.; Li, M., 2019: Microsite effects on physiological performance of Betula ermanii at and beyond an alpine treeline site on Changbai Mountain in Northeast China. Forests, 10, 5: 400 (15 pp.). doi: 10.3390/f10050400

Liu, J.; Jiang, Z.; Schaub, M.; Gessler, A.; Ni, Y.; Xiao, W.; Li, M., 2019: No ontogenetic shifts in C-, N- and P-allocation for two distinct tree species along elevational gradients in the Swiss Alps. Forests, 10, 5: 394 (12 pp.). doi: 10.3390/f10050394

Yang, B.; Zhang, X.; Zagorchev, L.; Li, J.; Frey, B.; Li, M., 2019: Parasitism changes rhizospheric soil microbial communities of invasive Alternanthera philoxeroides, benefitting the growth of neighboring plants. Applied Soil Ecology, 143: 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2019.05.025

Shen, J.; Yuan, X.; Li, M.; Yu, F.; Wang, X.; Liu, L.; He, Y.; Lei, J., 2019: Effects of soil temperature and moisture on nitrogen and phosphorus contents in Picea balfouriana seedlings. Scientia Silvae Sinicae, 55, 4: 31-41. doi: 10.11707/j.1001-7488.20190404

Wang, X.; Jiang, Y.; Ren, H.; Yu, F.; Li, M., 2019: Leaf and soil δ¹⁵N patterns along elevational gradients at both treelines and shrublines in three different climate zones. Forests, 10, 7: 557 (14 pp.). doi: 10.3390/f10070557

Ge, X.; Cao, Y.; Zhou, B.; Wang, X.; Yang, Z.; Li, M., 2019: Biochar addition increases subsurface soil microbial biomass but has limited effects on soil CO₂ emissions in subtropical moso bamboo plantations. Applied Soil Ecology, 142: 155-165. doi: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2019.04.021

Wang, C.; He, J.; Zhao, T.; Cao, Y.; Wang, G.; Sun, B.; Yan, X.; Guo, W.; Li, M., 2019: The smaller the leaf is, the faster the leaf water loses in a temperate forest. Frontiers in Plant Science, 10: 58 (12 pp.). doi: 10.3389/fpls.2019.00058

Wang, J.; Fu, X.; Zhang, Z.; Li, M.; Cao, H.; Zhou, X.; Ni, H., 2019: Responses of soil respiration to nitrogen addition in the Sanjiang Plain wetland, northeastern China. PLoS One, 14, 1: e0211456 (12 pp.). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0211456

Ge, X.; Yang, Z.; Zhou, B.; Cao, Y.; Xiao, W.; Wang, X.; Li, M., 2019: Biochar fertilization significantly increases nutrient levels in plants and soil but has no effect on biomass of Pinus massoniana (Lamb.) and Cunninghamia lanceolata (Lamb.) Hook saplings during the first growing season. Forests, 10, 8: 612 (17 pp.). doi: 10.3390/f10080612

Lyu, L.; Zhang, Q.; Pellatt, M.G.; Büntgen, U.; Li, M.; Cherubini, P., 2019: Drought limitation on tree growth at the Northern Hemisphere's highest tree line. Dendrochronologia, 53: 40-47. doi: 10.1016/j.dendro.2018.11.006

Lyu, L.; Büntgen, U.; Treydte, K.; Yu, K.; Liang, H.; Reinig, F.; Nievergelt, D.; Li, M.; Cherubini, P., 2019: Tree rings reveal hydroclimatic fingerprints of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation on the Tibetan Plateau. Climate Dynamics, 53, 1-2: 1023-1037. doi: 10.1007/s00382-019-04629-z

Xu, Z.; Li, M.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Li, S.; Li, H.; Ren, H.; Sun, H.; Han, X.; Jiang, Y.; Jiang, L., 2018: Plant functional diversity modulates global environmental change effects on grassland productivity. Journal of Ecology, 106, 5: 1941-1951. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.12951

Schönbeck, L.; Gessler, A.; Hoch, G.; McDowell, N.G.; Rigling, A.; Schaub, M.; Li, M., 2018: Homeostatic levels of nonstructural carbohydrates after 13 yr of drought and irrigation in Pinus sylvestris. New Phytologist, 219, 4: 1314-1324. doi: 10.1111/nph.15224

He, P.; Fontana, S.; Sui, X.; Gessler, A.; Schaub, M.; Rigling, A.; Jiang, Y.; Li, M., 2018: Scale dependent responses of pine reproductive traits to experimental and natural precipitation gradients. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 156: 62-73. doi: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2018.08.028

Li, M.; Jiang, Y.; Wang, A.; Li, X.; Zhu, W.; Yan, C.; Du, Z.; Shi, Z.; Lei, J.; Schönbeck, L.; He, P.; Yu, F.; Wang, X., 2018: Active summer carbon storage for winter persistence in trees at the cold alpine treeline. Tree Physiology, 38, 9: 1345-1355. doi: 10.1093/treephys/tpy020

Pang, X.; Yuan, X.; Wang, A.; Li, M.; Liu, X.; Pan, H.; Yu, F.; Lei, J., 2018: Effects of simulated warming and functional group removal on survival and growth of Abies faxoniana seedlings. Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology, 29, 3: 687-695. doi: 10.13287/j.1001-9332.201803.010

Cong, Y.; Wang, A.; He, H.S.; Yu, F.; Tognetti, R.; Cherubini, P.; Wang, X.; Li, M., 2018: Evergreen Quercus aquifolioides remobilizes more soluble carbon components but less N and P from leaves to shoots than deciduous Betula ermanii at the end-season. iForest, 11, 4: 517-525. doi: 10.3832/ifor2633-011

Wang, C.; Chen, Z.; Yin, H.; Guo, W.; Cao, Y.; Wang, G.; Sun, B.; Yan, X.; Li, J.; Zhao, T.; Brunner, I.; Dai, G.; Zheng, Y.; Zheng, Y.; Zu, W.; Li, M., 2018: The responses of forest fine root biomass/necromass ratio to environmental factors depend on mycorrhizal type and latitudinal region. Journal of Geophysical Research G: Biogeosciences, 123, 5: 1769-1788. doi: 10.1029/2017JG004308

Wang, C.; Chen, Z.; Brunner, I.; Zhang, Z.; Zhu, X.; Li, J.; Yin, H.; Guo, W.; Zhao, T.; Zheng, X.; Wang, S.; Geng, Z.; Shen, S.; Jin, D.; Li, M., 2018: Global patterns of dead fine root stocks in forest ecosystems. Journal of Biogeography, 45, 6: 1378-1394. doi: 10.1111/jbi.13206

Liu, J.; Deng, Y.; Wang, X.; Ni, Y.; Wang, Q.; Xiao, W.; Lei, J.; Jiang, Z.; Li, M., 2018: The concentration of non-structural carbohydrates, N, and P in Quercus variabilis does not decline toward its northernmost distribution range along a 1500 km transect in China. Frontiers in Plant Science, 9: 1444 (11 pp.). doi: 10.3389/fpls.2018.01444

Luo, W.; Zuo, X.; Ma, W.; Xu, C.; Li, A.; Yu, Q.; Knapp, A.K.; Tognetti, R.; Dijkstra, F.A.; Li, M.; Han, G.; Wang, Z.; Han, X., 2018: Differential responses of canopy nutrients to experimental drought along a natural aridity gradient. Ecology, 99, 10: 2230-2239. doi: 10.1002/ecy.2444

Zhang, L.; Cai, X.; Wu, J.; Liu, M.; Grob, S.; Cheng, F.; Liang, J.; Cai, C.; Liu, Z.; Liu, B.; Wang, F.; Li, S.; Liu, F.; Li, X.; Cheng, L.; Yang, W.; Li, M.; Grossniklaus, U.; Zheng, H.; Wang, X., 2018: Improved Brassica rapa reference genome by single-molecule sequencing and chromosome conformation capture technologies. Horticulture Research, 5, 1: 50 (11 pp.). doi: 10.1038/s41438-018-0071-9

Wang, R.; Wang, X.; Jiang, Y.; Cerdà, A.; Yin, J.; Liu, H.; Feng, X.; Shi, Z.; Dijkstra, F.A.; Li, M., 2018: Soil properties determine the elevational patterns of base cations and micronutrients in the plant–soil system up to the upper limits of trees and shrubs. Biogeosciences, 15, 6: 1763-1774. doi: 10.5194/bg-15-1763-2018

Lei, L.; Xiao, W.; Zeng, L.; Zhu, J.; Huang, Z.; Cheng, R.; Gao, S.; Li, M., 2018: Thinning but not understory removal increased heterotrophic respiration and total soil respiration in Pinus massoniana stands. Science of the Total Environment, 621: 1360-1369. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.10.092

Wang, A.; Wang, X.; Tognetti, R.; Lei, J.; Pan, H.; Liu, X.; Jiang, Y.; Wang, X.; He, P.; Yu, F.; Li, M., 2018: Elevation alters carbon and nutrient concentrations and stoichiometry in Quercus aquifolioides in southwestern China. Science of the Total Environment, 622-623: 1463-1475. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.12.070

Du, H.; Liu, J.; Li, M.; Büntgen, U.; Yang, Y.; Wang, L.; Wu, Z.; He, H.S., 2018: Warming-induced upward migration of the alpine treeline in the Changbai Mountains, northeast China. Global Change Biology, 24, 3: 1256-1266. doi: 10.1111/gcb.13963

Wang, J.; Sui, X.; Zhang, R.; Xu, N.; Xing, J.; Yang, L.; Liu, Y.; Fu, X.; Chai, C.; Xu, M.; Zhong, H.; Ni, H.; Li, M., 2017: Effects of different land use on soil bacterial functional diversity in Sajiang Plain, Northeast China. Journal of Residuals Science & Technology, 14, 1: 91-98.

Zhu, W.; Ran, F.; Li, M.; Wang, W.; Jia, M., 2017: 贡嘎山高山林线动态与生理形成机制. Alpine timberline dynamics and physiological mechanisms of the timberline formation on the Mt. Gongga. Mountain Research, 35, 5: 622-628. doi: 10.16089/j.cnki.1008-2786.000260

Liu, J.; Arend, M.; Yang, W.; Schaub, M.; Ni, Y.; Gessler, A.; Jiang, Z.; Rigling, A.; Li, M., 2017: Effects of drought on leaf carbon source and growth of European beech are modulated by soil type. Scientific Reports, 7: 42462 (9 pp.). doi: 10.1038/srep42462

Sui, X.; Zhang, R.; Xu, N.; Liu, Y.; Zhong, H.; Wang, J.; Lei, J.; Li, M.; Zhang, X.; Ni, H., 2017: Response of soil fungal diversity to nitrogen deposition in a Deyeuxia augustifolia wetland of Sanjiang Plain, Northeast, China. International Journal of Agriculture and Biology, 19: 841-848. doi: 10.17957/IJAB/15.0370

Yang, L.; Liu, X.; Liu, S.; Pan, H.; Feng, Q.; Li, M., 2017: Life-form characteristic of plants in community along an elevational gradient on Balang Mountain, Wolong Nature Reserve. Acta Ecologica Sinica, 37, 21: 7170-7180. doi: 10.5846/stxb201608251732

Wang, C.; Geng, Z.; Chen, Z.; Li, J.; Guo, W.; Zhao, T.; Cao, Y.; Shen, S.; Jin, D.; Li, M., 2017: Six-year nitrogen-water interaction shifts the frequency distribution and size inequality of the first-order roots of Fraxinus mandschurica in a mixed mature Pinus koraiensis forest. Frontiers in Plant Science, 8: 1691 (9 pp.). doi: 10.3389/fpls.2017.01691

Sui, X.; Zhang, R.; Xu, N.; Liu, Y.; Ni, H.; Lei, J.; Li, M., 2017: Diversity of soil acidobacterial community of different land use types in the Sanjiang Plain, Northeast of China. International Journal of Agriculture and Biology, 19, 5: 1279-1285. doi: 10.17957/IJAB/15.0452

Luo, W.; Li, M.; Sardans, J.; Lü, X.; Wang, C.; Peñuelas, J.; Wang, Z.; Han, X.; Jiang, Y., 2017: Carbon and nitrogen allocation shifts in plants and soils along aridity and fertility gradients in grasslands of China. Ecology and Evolution, 7, 17: 6927-6934. doi: 10.1002/ece3.3245

Wang, X.; Xu, Z.; Lü, X.; Wang, R.; Cai, J.; Yang, S.; Li, M.; Jiang, Y., 2017: Responses of litter decomposition and nutrient release rate to water and nitrogen addition differed among three plant species dominated in a semi-arid grassland. Plant and Soil, 418, 1-2: 241-253. doi: 10.1007/s11104-017-3288-8

Xu, Z.; Ren, H.; Li, M.; Brunner, I.; Yin, J.; Liu, H.; Kong, D.; Lü, X.; Sun, T.; Cai, J.; Wang, R.; Zhang, Y.; He, P.; Han, X.; Wan, S.; Jiang, Y., 2017: Experimentally increased water and nitrogen affect root production and vertical allocation of an old-field grassland. Plant and Soil, 412, 1-2: 369-380. doi: 10.1007/s11104-016-3071-2

Wang, X.; Yu, D.; Wang, S.; Lewis, B.J.; Zhou, W.; Zhou, L.; Dai, L.; Lei, J.; Li, M., 2017: Tree height-diameter relationships in the alpine treeline ecotone compared with those in closed forests on Changbai Mountain, Northeastern China. Forests, 8, 4: 132 (13 pp.). doi: 10.3390/f8040132

Ge, X.; Xiao, W.; Zeng, L.; Huang, Z.; Zhou, B.; Schaub, M.; Li, M., 2017: Relationships between soil-litter interface enzyme activities and decomposition in Pinus massoniana plantations in China. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 17, 4: 996-1008. doi: 10.1007/s11368-016-1591-2

Li, R.; Yang, Q.; Zhang, W.; Zheng, W.; Chi, Y.; Xu, M.; Fang, Y.; Gessler, A.; Li, M.; Wang, S., 2017: Thinning effect on photosynthesis depends on needle ages in a Chinese fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata) plantation. Science of the Total Environment, 580: 900-906. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.12.036

Wang, P.; Li, H.; Pang, X.; Wang, A.; Dong, B.; Lei, J.; Yu, F.; Li, M., 2017: Clonal integration increases tolerance of a phalanx clonal plant to defoliation. Science of the Total Environment, 593-594: 236-241. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.03.172

Sui, X.; Zhang, R.; Yang, L.; Li, M.; Xu, N.; Liu, Y.; Chai, Ch.; Zhong, H.; Wang, J.; Ni, H.; Xu, M.; Xing, J.; Li, M., 2017: Differences in the microbial population associated with three wetland types in the Sanjiang Plain, Northeast China. Applied Ecology and Environmental Research, 15, 1: 79-92. doi: 10.15666/aeer/1501_079092

Wang, X.; Xu, Z.; Yan, C.; Luo, W.; Wang, R.; Han, X.; Jiang, Y.; Li, M., 2016: Responses and sensitivity of N, P and mobile carbohydrates of dominant species to increased water, N and P availability in semiarid grasslands in northern China. Journal of Plant Ecology, 10, 3: 486-496. doi: 10.1093/jpe/rtw053

Yan, C.; Gessler, A.; Rigling, A.; Dobbertin, M.; Han, X.; Li, M., 2016: Effects of mistletoe removal on growth, N and C reserves, and carbon and oxygen isotope composition in Scots pine hosts. Tree Physiology, 36, 5: 562-575. doi: 10.1093/treephys/tpw024

Zhou, Y.; Hagedorn, F.; Zhou, C.; Jiang, X.; Wang, X.; Li, M., 2016: Experimental warming of a mountain tundra increases soil CO₂ effluxes and enhances CH₄ and N₂O uptake at Changbai Mountain, China. Scientific Reports, 6: 21108 (8 pp.). doi: 10.1038/srep21108

Wang, C.; Han, S.; Zhou, Y.; Zhang, J.; Zheng, X.; Dai, G.; Li, M., 2016: Fine root growth and contribution to soil carbon in a mixed mature Pinus koraiensis forest. Plant and Soil, 400, 1-2: 275-284. doi: 10.1007/s11104-015-2724-x

Luo, W.; Sardans, J.; Dijkstra, F.A.; Peñuelas, J.; Lü, X.; Wu, H.; Li, M.; Bai, E.; Wang, Z.; Han, X.; Jiang, Y., 2016: Thresholds in decoupled soil-plant elements under changing climatic conditions. Plant and Soil, 409, 1-2: 159-173. doi: 10.1007/s11104-016-2955-5

Luo, W.; Dijkstra, F.A.; Bai, E.; Feng, J.; Lü, X.; Wang, C.; Wu, H.; Li, M.; Han, X.; Jiang, Y., 2016: A threshold reveals decoupled relationship of sulfur with carbon and nitrogen in soils across arid and semi-arid grasslands in northern China. Biogeochemistry, 127, 1: 141-153. doi: 10.1007/s10533-015-0174-4

Du, Z.; Cai, X.; Bao, W.; Chen, H.; Pan, H.; Wang, X.; Zhao, Q.; Zhu, W.; Liu, X.; Jiang, Y.; Li, M., 2016: Short-Term vs. long-Term effects of understory removal on nitrogen and mobile carbohydrates in overstory trees. Forests, 7, 3: 67 (13 pp.). doi: 10.3390/f7030067

Hagedorn, F.; Joseph, J.; Peter, M.; Luster, J.; Pritsch, K.; Geppert, U.; Kerner, R.; Molinier, V.; Egli, S.; Schaub, M.; Liu, J.; Li, M.; Sever, K.; Weiler, M.; Siegwolf, R.T.W.; Gessler, A.; Arend, M., 2016: Recovery of trees from drought depends on belowground sink control. Nature Plants, 2, 8: 16111 (5 pp.). doi: 10.1038/NPLANTS.2016.111

Luo, W.; Elser, J.J.; Lü, X.; Wang, Z.; Bai, E.; Yan, C.; Wang, C.; Li, M.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Han, X.; Xu, Z.; Li, H.; Wu, Y.; Jiang, Y., 2015: Plant nutrients do not covary with soil nutrients under changing climatic conditions. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 29, 8: 1298-1308. doi: 10.1002/2015GB005089

Li, J.; Yang, B.; Yan, Q.; Zhang, J.; Yan, M.; Li, M., 2015: Effects of a native parasitic plant on an exotic invader decrease with increasing host age. AoB PLANTS, 7: plv031 (10 pp.). doi: 10.1093/aobpla/plv031

Xu, Z.; Ren, H.; Li, M.; Van Ruijven, J.; Han, X.; Wan, S.; Li, H.; Yu, Q.; Jiang, Y.; Jiang, L., 2015: Environmental changes drive the temporal stability of semi-arid natural grasslands through altering species asynchrony. Journal of Ecology, 103, 5: 1308-1316. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.12441

Xu, Z.; Ren, H.; Cai, J.; Wang, R.; He, P.; Li, M.; Lewis, B.J.; Han, X.; Jiang, Y., 2015: Antithetical effects of nitrogen and water availability on community similarity of semiarid grasslands: evidence from a nine-year manipulation experiment. Plant and Soil, 397, 1-2: 357-369. doi: 10.1007/s11104-015-2634-y

Sui, X.; Feng, F.J.; Zhao, D.; Xing, M.; Sun, X.Y.; Han, S.J.; Li, M.H., 2015: Mating system patterns of natural populations of Pinus koraiensis along its post-glacial colonization route in northeastern China. Genetics and Molecular Research, 14, 2: 4113-4124. doi: 10.4238/2015.April.27.26

Luo, W.; Nelson, P.N.; Li, M.-H.; Cai, J.P.; Zhang, Y.Y.; Zhang, Y.G.; Yang, S.; Wang, R.Z.; Wang, Z.W.; Wu, Y.N.; Han, X.G.; Jiang, Y., 2015: Contrasting pH buffering patterns in neutral-alkaline soils along a 3600 km transect in northern China. Biogeosciences, 12, 23: 7047-7056. doi: 10.5194/bg-12-7047-2015

Li, J.; Jin, Z.; Hagedorn, F.; Li, M., 2014: Short-term parasite-infection alters already the biomass, activity and functional diversity of soil microbial communities. Scientific Reports, 4: 6895 (8 pp.). doi: 10.1038/srep06895

Xiao, W.; Ge, X.; Zeng, L.; Huang, Z.; Lei, J.; Zhou, B.; Li, M., 2014: Rates of litter decomposition and soil respiration in relation to soil temperature and water in different-aged Pinus massoniana forests in the Three Gorges Reservoir Area, China. PLoS One, 9, 7: e101890 (11 pp.). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0101890

Zhu, W.; Wang, S.; Yu, D.; Jiang, Y.; Li, M., 2014: Elevational patterns of endogenous hormones and their relation to resprouting ability of Quercus aquifolioides plants on the eastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau. Trees: Structure and Function, 28, 2: 359-372. doi: 10.1007/s00468-013-0954-1

Xu, Z.; Ren, H.; Cai, J.; Wang, R.; Li, M.; Wan, S.; Han, X.; Lewis, B.J.; Jiang, Y., 2014: Effects of experimentally-enhanced precipitation and nitrogen on resistance, recovery and resilience of a semi-arid grassland after drought. Oecologia, 176, 4: 1187-1197. doi: 10.1007/s00442-014-3081-9

Wang, R.; Filley, T.R.; Xu, Z.; Wang, X.; Li, M.; Zhang, Y.; Luo, W.; Jiang, Y., 2014: Coupled response of soil carbon and nitrogen pools and enzyme activities to nitrogen and water addition in a semi-arid grassland of Inner Mongolia. Plant and Soil, 381, 1-2: 323-336. doi: 10.1007/s11104-014-2129-2

Luo, W.; Jiang, Y.; Lü, X.; Wang, X.; Li, M.; Bai, E.; Han, X.; Xu, Z., 2013: Patterns of plant biomass allocation in temperate grasslands across a 2500-km transect in Northern China. PLoS One, 8, 8: e71749 (8 pp.). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071749

Wei, Y.; Li, M.; Chen, H.; Lewis, B.J.; Yu, D.; Zhou, L.; Zhou, W.; Fang, X.; Zhao, W.; Dai, L., 2013: Variation in carbon storage and its distribution by stand age and forest type in boreal and temperate forests in Northeastern China. PLoS One, 8, 8: e72201 (9 pp.). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0072201

He, F.; Liu, X.; Fan, H.; Pan, H.; Li, M.; Liu, S., 2013: Leaf-form characteristics of plants in Quercus aquifolioides community along an elevational gradient on the Balang Mountain in Wolong Nature Reserve, Sichuan, China. Acta Ecologica Sinica, 33, 22: 7148-7156. doi: 10.5846/stxb201207181024

Lei, J.; Xiao, W.; Liu, J.; Xiong, D.; Wang, P.; Pan, L.; Jiang, Y.; Li, M., 2013: Responses of nutrients and mobile carbohydrates in Quercus variabilis seedlings to environmental variations using in situ and ex situ experiments. PLoS One, 8, 4: e61192 (9 pp.). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061192

Yan, C.; Han, S.; Zhou, Y.; Zheng, X.; Yu, D.; Zheng, J.; Dai, G.; Li, M., 2013: Needle δ¹³C and mobile carbohydrates in Pinus koraiensis in relation to decreased temperature and increased moisture along an elevational gradient in NE China. Trees: Structure and Function, 27, 2: 389-399. doi: 10.1007/s00468-012-0784-6

Zhou, Y.; Jiang, X.; Schaub, M.; Wang, X.; Han, J.; Han, S.; Li, M., 2013: Ten-year exposure to elevated CO₂ increases stomatal number of Pinus koraiensis and P. sylvestriformis needles. European Journal of Forest Research, 132, 5-6: 899-908. doi: 10.1007/s10342-013-0728-8

Xu, G.; Fu, S.; Schleppi, P.; Li, M., 2013: Responses of soil Collembola to long-term atmospheric CO₂ enrichment in a mature temperate forest. Environmental Pollution, 173: 23-28. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2012.10.007

Guo, R.; Zheng, J.; Han, S.; Zhang, J.; Li, M., 2013: Carbon and nitrogen turnover in response to warming and nitrogen addition during early stages of forest litter decomposition - an incubation experiment. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 13, 2: 312-324. doi: 10.1007/s11368-012-0630-x

Ge, X.; Xiao, W.; Zeng, L.; Huang, Z.; Lei, J.; Li, M., 2013: The link between litterfall, substrate quality, decomposition rate, and soil nutrient supply in 30-year-old Pinus massoniana forests in the three gorges reservoir area, China. Soil Science, 178, 8: 442-451. doi: 10.1097/SS.0000000000000004

Li, M.-H.; Cherubini, P.; Dobbertin, M.; Arend, M.; Xiao, W.-F.; Rigling, A., 2013: Responses of leaf nitrogen and mobile carbohydrates in different Quercus species/provenances to moderate climate changes. Plant Biology, 15, Suppl. 1: 177-184. doi: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2012.00579.x

Xu, G.; Kuster, T.M.; Günthardt-Goerg, M.S.; Dobbertin, M.; Li, M., 2012: Seasonal exposure to drought and air warming affects soil collembola and mites. PLoS One, 7, 8: e43102 (9 pp.). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043102

Zhu, W.; Cao, S.; Wang, S.; Xiao, W.; Li, M., 2012: Seasonal dynamics of mobile Carbon supply in Quercus aquifolioides at the upper elevational limit. PLoS One, 7, 3: e34213 (11 pp.). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034213

Yan, C.; Han, S.; Zhou, Y.; Wang, C.; Dai, G.; Xiao, W.; Li, M., 2012: Needle-age related variability in nitrogen, mobile carbohydrates, and δ¹³C within Pinus koraiensis tree crowns. PLoS One, 7, 4: e35076 (8 pp.). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035076

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Wang, C.; Han, S.; Zhou, Y.; Yan, C.; Cheng, X.; Zheng, X.; Li, M., 2012: Responses of fine roots and soil N availability to short-term nitrogen fertilization in a broad-leaved Korean pine mixed forest in Northeastern China. PLoS One, 7, 3: e31042 (7 pp.). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031042

Wang, P.; Lei, J.; Li, M.; Yu, F., 2012: Spatial heterogeneity in light supply affects intraspecific competition of a stoloniferous clonal plant. PLoS One, 7, 6: e39105 (6 pp.). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039105

Zhu, W.; Xiang, J.; Wang, S.; Li, M., 2012: Resprouting ability and mobile carbohydrate reserves in an oak shrubland decline with increasing elevation on the eastern edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Forest Ecology and Management, 278: 118-126. doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.04.032

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Li, M.H.; Du, Z.; Pan, H.L.; Yan, C.F.; Xiao, W.F.; Lei, J.P., 2012: Effects of neighboring woody plants on target trees with emphasis on effects of understorey shrubs on overstorey physiology in forest communities: a mini-review. Community Ecology, 13, 1: 117-128. doi: 10.1556/ComEc.13.2012.1.14

Shi, Z.; Bai, D.; Lei, J.; Li, M.; Xiao, W., 2011: 高山植物対其坏境的生理生态适成性研究迸展. Advance on physioecological adaptation of alpine plants to mountainous environment. Acta Botanica Boreali-Occidentalia Sinica, 31, 8: 1711-1718.

Pan, H.; Tian, Y.; Wang, S.; Du, Z.; Liu, X.; Li, M., 2011: Responses of the non-structural carbohydrates in Fargesia nitida to elevation in Wolong Nature Reserve. In: Lin, S.; Huang, X. (eds), 2011: Advances in computer science, environment, ecoinformatics, and education. Proceedings. Part II. International conference on computer science, environment, ecoinformatics, and education (CSEE 2011), Wuhan, China. 380-385. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-23324-1_61

Pan, H.; Tian, Y.; Liu, X.; Cai, X.; He, F.; Li, M., 2011: Responses of physiological and ecological traits of Fargesia angustissima to the altitudinal changes in Wolong Nature Reserve, Southwestern China. Journal of Sichuan Forestry Science and Technology, 32, 1: 25-30.

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Tang, J.; Cao, M.; Zhang, D..L.d..M.f..N.c..N.u.e..S.r..S.; Li, M.-H., 2010: Litterfall production, decomposition and nutrient use efficiency varies with tropical forest types in Xishuangbanna, SW China: a 10-year study. Plant and Soil, 335, 1-2: 271-288. doi: 10.1007/s11104-010-0414-2

Chen, M.; Feng, F.; Sui, X.; Li, M.; Zhao, D.; Han, S., 2010: Construction of a framework map for Pinus koraiensis Sieb. et Zucc. using SRAP, SSR and ISSR markers. Trees: Structure and Function, 24, 4: 685-693. doi: 10.1007/s00468-010-0438-5

Zhu, W.; Cai, X.; Liu, X.; Wang, J.; Cheng, S.; Zhang, X.; Li, D.; Li, M., 2010: Soil microbial population dynamics along a chronosequence of moist evergreen broad-leaved forest succession in Southwestern China. Journal of Mountain Science, 7, 4: 327-338. doi: 10.1007/s11629-010-1098-z

Wu, J.; Pan, H.; Du, Z.; Wang, S.; Shi, P.; Liu, X.; Xiao, W.; Li, M.-H., 2010: Responses of tissue non-structural carbohydrates and leaf nitrogen contents to altitude in two dwarf bamboos in Wolong. Acta Ecologica Sinica, 30, 3: 610-618.

Feng, F.; Sui, X.; Chen, M.; Zhao, D.; Han, S.; Li, M., 2010: Mode of pollen spread in clonal seed orchard of Pinus koraiensis. Journal of Biophysical Chemistry, 1, 1: 33-39. doi: 10.4236/jbpc.2010.11004

Pan, H.; Li, M.; Cai, X.; Wu, J.; Du, Z.; Liu, X., 2009: 海拔梯度上的植物生长与生理生态特性. Responses of growth and ecophsiology of plants to altitude. Shengtai huanjing xuebao. Ecology and Environmental Sciences, 18, 2: 722-730.

Zhang, J.; Cheng, G.; Yu, F.; Kräuchi, N.; Li, M., 2009: Interspecific variations in responses of Festuca rubra and Trifolium pratense to a severe clipping under environmental changes. Biologia, 64, 2: 292-298. doi: 10.2478/s11756-009-0058-y

Wang, X.; Cheng, G.; Zhong, X.; Li, M., 2009: Trace elements in sub-alpine forest soils on the eastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau, China. Environmental Geology, 58, 3: 635-643. doi: 10.1007/s00254-008-1538-z

Fang, K.; Gou, X.; Chen, F.; Peng, J.; D'Arrigo, R.; Wright, W.; Li, M., 2009: Response of regional tree-line forests to climate change: evidence from the northeastern Tibetan Plateau. Trees: Structure and Function, 23, 6: 1321-1329. doi: 10.1007/s00468-009-0373-5

Xu, G.; Schleppi, P.; Li, M.; Fu, S., 2009: Negative responses of Collembola in a forest soil (Alptal, Switzerland) under experimentally increased N deposition. Environmental Pollution, 157, 7: 2030-2036. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.02.026

Pan, H.; Liu, X.; Cai, X.; Du, Z.; He, F.; Wang, L.; Jia, C.; Li, M., 2009: Growth and morphological responses of Fragesia angustissima to altitude in the Wolong Nature Reserve, southwestern China. Acta Ecologica Sinica, 29, 2: 144-149. doi: 10.1016/j.chnaes.2009.06.001

Zhang, J.; Cheng, G.; Yu, F.; Kräuchi, N.; Li, M., 2008: Intensity and importance of competition for a grass (Festuca rubra) and a legume (Trifolium pratense) vary with environmental changes. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 50, 12: 1570-1579. doi: 10.1111/j.1744-7909.2008.00699.x

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Wang, X.; Zhong, X.; Liu, S.; Li, M.-H., 2008: A non-linear technique based on fractal method for describing gully-head changes associated with land-use in an arid environment in China. Catena, 72: 106-112. doi: 10.1016/j.catena.2007.04.007

Qiu, P.; Wu, N.; Luo, P.; Wang, Z.; Li, M., 2008: Analysis of Dynamics and Driving Factors of Wetland Landscape in Zoige, Eastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Mountain Science, 6: 42-55. doi: 10.1007/s11629-009-0230-4

Li, M.; Xiao, W.; Wang, S.; Zhong, Y.; Liu, X.; Wang, X.; Cai, X.; Shi, Z., 2008: Nitrogen and carbon source-sink relationships in trees at the Himalayan treelines compared with lower elevations. Plant, Cell and Environment, 31, 10: 1377-1387. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2008.01848.x

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Li, M.; Kräuchi, N.; Gao, S., 2006: Global warming: can existing reserves really preserve current levels of biological diversity?. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 48, 3: 255-259. doi: 10.1111/j.1744-7909.2006.00232.x

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Li, M.; Kräuchi, N.; Dobbertin, M., 2006: Biomass distribution of different-aged needles in young and old Pinus cembra trees at highland and lowland sites. Trees: Structure and Function, 20, 5: 611-618. doi: 10.1007/s00468-006-0076-0

Cai, X.; Li, M.; Cherubini, P.; Pu, C., 2006: Radial Growth Responses of Cryptomeria japonica to the climate. Journal of Sichuan Forestry Science and Technology, 27, 3: 1-4.

Zhu, W.; Li, M.; Zhang, J.; Fan, J.; Fan, J., 2005: Floristic characteristics of the rare and endangered plants and the conservation countermeasures in Tibet, China. Wuhan University Journal of Natural Sciences, 10, 4: 674-681.

Li, M.; Kräuchi, N., 2005: The State of Knowledge on Alpine Treeline and Suggestions for Future Research. Journal of Sichuan Forestry Science and Technology, 26, 4: 36-42.

Li, M.; Yang, J., 2004: Effects of microsite on growth of Pinus cembra in the subalpine zone of the Austrian Alps. Annals of Forest Science, 61, 4: 319-325. doi: 10.1051/forest:2004025

Li, M.H.; Yang, J.; Kräuchi, N., 2003: Growth responses of Picea abies and Larix decidua to elevation in subalpine areas of Tyrol, Austria. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 33, 4: 653-662. doi: 10.1139/X02-202

Li, M.; Kräuchi, N., 2003: A method for estimating vegetation change over time and space. Journal of Geographical Sciences, 13, 4: 447-454.

Li, M.H.; Hoch, G.; Körner, C., 2002: Source/sink removal affects mobile carbohydrates in Pinus cembra at the Swiss treeline. Trees: Structure and Function, 16: 331-337. doi: 10.1007/s00468-002-0172-8

Li, M.; Uehre, P.; Matschke, J., 2001: Dickenzuwachs und Stammform von jungen Bäumen in Abhängigkeit von Entastungsintensitäten. Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Forstwesen, 152, 9: 389-393. doi: 10.3188/szf.2001.0389

Li, M.; Hoch, G.; Körner, C., 2001: Spatial Variability of Mobile Carbohydrates within Pinus cembra Trees at the Alpine Treeline. Phyton, 41, 2: 203-213.

Li, M.; Kräuchi, N., 2004: Using a combined index of native and non-native plant diversity for estimating ecosystem and environmental change over time and space. In: 2004: Bridging Scales and Epistemologies. Linking Local Knowledge with Global Science in Multi-Scale Assessments. Proceedings of International Conference. (20 pp.).

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Li, M.-H.; Kräuchi, N., 2004: Can existing reserves really preserve current levels of biological diversity? - An overview. In: 2004: Sixth Annual BIOECON Conference "Economics and the Analysis of Biology and Biodiversity". Sixth Annual BIOECON Conference "Economics and the Analysis of Biology and Biodiversity", Cambridge. (7 pp.).

Li, M.; Kräuchi, N., 2003: Global climate change facilitates plant migration. In: 2003: Symposium on Climate Change and Ecological Environment. Symposium on Climate Change and Ecological Environment, Beijing. 437-445.

Li, M.; Kräuchi, N., 2002: Quality and quantity of present vegetation - vegetation change study based on biodiversity assessment. In: 2002: Vegetation Change and its Effects on the Environment. Beijing, China, The Chinese Society of Geography. 27-35.

Yang, J.; Li, M.H.; Kräuchi, N.; Hu, Y.M.; Gao, J.R., 2002: Hemeroby, PNV and vegetation/ecosystem restoration. In: 2002: Vegetation Change and its Effects on the Environment. Beijing, China, The Chinese Society of Geography. 318-324.

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