Research Area

  Mainly engaged in the research of community ecology, plant allometric growth and species coexistence.

Contact Information

E-mail: xiaoy@lzu.edu.cn

Location: Room 103, Xiu Yun Building

Education

2018.09-2021.06    Ph.D. (Ecology), Fudan university, Shanghai, China

2014.09-2017.07    M.Sc. (Physical geography), Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China

2010.09-2014.06    B.Sc. (Geographical science), Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, China

Work Experience

  2021.10-present    Yong Researcher, Institute of Innovation Ecology, Lanzhou University, China

Main Publications in Recent 5 Years

*means corresponding author，^# means co-first author
Yao Xiao, Xiang Liu, Li Zhang, Zhiping Song, Shurong Zhou*. The allometry of plant height explains species loss under nitrogen addition. Ecology letters. 2021.01. 
Vandvik, Vigdis*, Aud H. Halbritter, Yan Yang*, …, Yao Xiao, …Brian J. Enquist*. Plant traits and vegetation data from climate warming experiments along an 1100 m elevation gradient in Gongga Mountains, China. Scientific data, 2020.06.
Peng, Ahui, Kari Klanderud, Genxu Wang, Li Zhang, Yao Xiao, and Yan Yang*. Plant community responses to warming modified by soil moisture in the Tibetan Plateau. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 2020.02.
Xiaoyan Song, Genxu Wang*, Fei Ran, Ruiying Chang, Chunlin Song, Yao Xiao. Effects of fire and topography on soil CO2 and CH4 fluxes in boreal forests underlain by permafrost in Northeast China. Ecological Engineering, 2017.05.