📝 Working papers

Yang, X.*, …, Bialic-Murphy L. Fundamental shifts in tree growth and longevity across climate gradients. (in preparation)
Yang, X.*, …, Bialic-Murphy L. Beyond the fast-slow continuum: A multidimensional life-history framework for trees. (in preparation)
Yang, X.*, …, Bialic-Murphy L. Decadal transient population dynamics reveal the shifting importance of fecundity and survival in a logged subtropical forest. (resubmission to Journal of Plant Ecology)
Santos G.*, Yang, X., Gascoigne S., Compagnoni A., Dias A., Tuljapurkar S., Kajin M., Salguero-Gómez R. Population responses to environmental stochasticity are primarily driven by survival-reproduction trade-offs and mediated by aridity. (under review in Nature Communications)
Perkowski, E., …, Yang, X., Bialic-Murphy L., Kivlin, S.N.* (2025). The negative effects of an allelopathic invader on native plant photosynthesis intensify as the growth season progresses. (under review in Functional Ecology)
Bialic-Murphy L.*, Galen, L.G., Kivlin, S.N., …, Yang, X.,, Kalisz, S., Crowther, T. (2025). Fungal diversity-plant productivity relationships in the Anthropocene. (under review in Nature Plants)
Haozhi M.*, Constantin Z., Chi X., Yang, X., Lidong M., Jean-François B., Crowther, T. Tree species associations along climate gradients across the United States. (in submission)

📝 Peer-reviewed publications

2025

Wen, N., Crowther, T., Du, Y.*, …, Yang, X., …, Bialic-Murphy, L. (2025). Wilderness quality, habitat connectivity, and the effectiveness of protected areas diminish as human activities intensify. Conservation Letters, 18, no. 5: e13149. Link
Chen, W., Zhang, Y., Lv, H., Tao, Y., Ding, Y., Yang, X.*, Tian, Z.*, Li, J. (2025). Dramatic decline of wild apple population: evidence from long-term monitoring and modelling. Global Ecology & Conservation, 62, e03861. Link
Yang, X., Angert, A.L., Zuidema, P.A., Santos, S.G., Lyu, S., Bialic-Murphy, L., Zhang, J.* (2025). Coexistence of tropical forest tree species along the demographic buffering spectrum. Global Change Biology, 31(6): e70310. Link
Liu, A., Liu, R., Lei, F., …, Li, S.*, Yang, X. (2025). Demographic performance and climate change response of a pioneer tree species (Pinus massoniana) during ecological restoration in subtropical China. Journal of Forestry Research, 36, 34. Link

2023

Wang, J., Yang, X.*, Santos, S.G., Ning, H., Li, T., Zhao, W., Si, X., Lu, S., Li, S.* (2023). Flexible demographic strategies promote the population persistence of a pioneer conifer tree (Pinus massoniana) in ecological restoration. Forest Ecology and Management, 529, 120727. Link

2022

Yang, X., Angert, A.L., Zuidema, P.A., He, F., Huang, S., Li, S., Li, S.L., Chardon, N.I., Zhang, J.* (2022). The role of demographic compensation in stabilising marginal tree populations in North America. Ecology Letters, 25, 1676–1689. Link
Feng, L., Sun, J., El-Kassaby, Y.A., Yang, X., Tian, X., Wang, T.* (2022). Predicting potential habitat of a plant species with small populations under climate change: Ostrya rehderiana. Forests, 13: 129. Link

2021

Zhao, W., Li, T., Cui, Y., Huang, J., Yang, X.*, Li, S.* (2021). Demographic performance of a pioneer tree species during ecological restoration in the soil erosion area of southeastern China. Global Ecology & Conservation, 32, e01936. Link
Wang, X., Li, S.*, Huang, S., Cui, Y., Fu, H., Li, T., Zhao, W., Yang, X. (2021). Pinus massoniana population dynamics: Driving species diversity during the pioneer stage of ecological restoration. Global Ecology and Conservation, 27, e01593. Link

2020

Hu, M., Peñuelas, J., Sardans, J. Yang, X., Tong C., Zou S.*, Cao W,* (2020). Shifts in Microbial Biomass C/N/P Stoichiometry and Bacterial Community Composition in Subtropical Estuarine Tidal Marshes Along a Gradient of Freshwater–Oligohaline Water. Ecosystems, 23, 1265–1280. Link
Hu, M., Sardans J,. Yang, X., Peñuelas, J.*, Tong C,* (2020). Patterns and environmental drivers of greenhouse gas fluxes in the coastal wetlands of China: A systematic review and synthesis. Environmental Research, 186:109576. Link

2018

Yang, X., Li, S.*, Shen, B., Wu, Y., Sun, S., Liu, R., Zha, R., Li, S. (2018). Demographic strategies of a dominant tree species in response to logging in a degraded subtropical forest in Southeast China. Annals of Forest Science, 75, 84. Link
Yang, X., Li, S.*, Song, T., Wang, C., Liu, C., Wu, Y., Ning, Q., Jiang, L. (2018). Population dynamics of Pinus massoniana in the logged forestland of Changting’s eroded and degraded region. Acta Ecologica Sinica, 38, 3175–3182. (In Chinese) Link