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Yunquan is an Assistant Professor of Community Ecology in College of Chemistry and Life Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University. He finished his PhD with Prof. Zhang Jintun at College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, and with Prof. Mi Xiangcheng and Ma Keping at Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He also was a visiting PhD student with Prof. Marc Cadotte at University of Toronto-Scarborough. The main research interests is to understand the mechanism of species coexistence and its implications for biodiversity conservation from local community to regional area via integrating functional traits and phylogeny of forest long-term dynamic data. Yunquan also interest to how local neighborhood interactions in response to ongoing climate changes. Yunquan has led and participated in nearly thirty research projects, including those funded by the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province and the Talent Introduction Program of Zhejiang Normal University. He has authored or co-authored over 30 peer-reviewed publications in prominent international and domestic journals such as Ecology Letters, Plant Diversity, Forest Ecology and Management, Frontiers in Plant Science, Ecology, and Acta Ecologica Sinica. In addition, he has served as a reviewer for several academic journals, including Plant Diversity, Forest Ecology and Management, Journal of Plant Ecology, and Frontiers in Plant Science, and has been appointed as an expert reviewer for thesis evaluations by the Ministry of Education China.

E-mail：yqwang@vip.126.com；wangyq@zjnu.edu.cn

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ORCID：https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6022-2340

Google Scholar：https://scholar.google.com.hk/citations?user=4OfwXuEAAAAJ&hl=en

Research interests

Community ecology • Species coexistence • Plant functional traits • Global change biology

Education

2015.09―2020.07 College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University Ph.D.

2016.12―2017.12 Department of Life Sciences, University of Toronto-Scarborough Visiting Ph.D. student

2012.09―2015.07 College of Chemistry and Life Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University M.S.

2013.09―2020.07 Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences Joint M.S. & Ph.D. student

2008.09―2012.07 Lishan College, Shandong Normal University B.S.

Publications (#equal contribution; *corresponding author)

39. Wu Q, Wang X, Huang Y, Li C, Yang L, Zeng Z, ... & Wang Y^*. (2026). Crown architecture traits mediate shade tolerance-dependent trade-offs and neighborhood interactions in a subtropical forest. Plant Diversity, In press. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pld.2026.02.004.

38. Li C, Wu Q, Du C, Gu L, Wang X, Xie J, ... & Wang Y^*. (2026). Stage-dependent shifts in native and invasive traits mediate community invasibility in subtropical urban ecosystems. Plant Diversity, 48(2), 378-387.

37. Wei B, Jiao J, Zheng F, Shen G, Soe TT, Liu M, ... Wang Y, ... Lei Z^*, & Yu M^*. (2026). A fine-grained look at density dependence: the importance of heterospecific neighbors. Journal of Plant Ecology, 19(1), rtaf155.

36. Han B^#, Wang Y^#, Zhang S, Mi X, Chen L, Liu X, Ma, & Liang Y^*. (2025). Molecular functional diversity of foliar endophytic fungi and their contributions to seedling survival in a subtropical forest. Ecology Letters, 28(12), e70290.

35. Yu S^#, Wu Q^#, Liao J, Wang X, Ding D, Zheng R, ... Liu J^*, Wang Y^*, & Yu M. (2025). Effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal dominance on taxonomic and phylogenetic beta diversity across vertical strata in a subtropical forest. Frontiers in Plant Science, 16, 1675828.

34. Liu L, Guan X, Wang Y, Chen J, Liu J, Yu S, Zheng Z^*, & Yu M^*. (2025). Intermediate anthropogenic disturbances boost taxonomic and phylogenetic diversities but reduce functional diversity in subtropical forests of Eastern China. Plants, 14(16), 2529.

33. Tang Z, Xie L, Chen J, Wang Y, & Li Y^*. (2025). Interspecific variation and environmental drivers of rhizosphere microbiomes in endemic Impatiens species. Frontiers in Plant Science, 16:1567041.

32. 吴奇, 问青青, 庄前进, 陈建华, 傅佳琴, 谢家杰, ... & 王云泉^*. (2025). 浙江婺城南山落叶阔叶林树冠互补性对群落多样性的影响. 生态学报, 45(7), 3330-3340.

31. 汤瑞麒, 吴奇, 郑蓉, 卞玉宣, 问青青, 庄前进, ... 王云泉^*, & 陈建华. (2025). 浙江婺城南山落叶阔叶林物种组成及群落结构特征.浙江农林大学学报, 42(1), 23-33. 

30. Bian Y, Wu Q, Zheng R, Fu J, Chen J, Mi X, ... & Wang Y^*.  (2025). Temporal and habitat-specific variations in drivers of aboveground biomass dynamics in a Chinese subtropical forest. Frontiers in Plant Science, 15, 1531654.

29. Liu J^#, Xia H^#, Zheng Z, Wang Y, Chen J, Ni J, ... Zheng W^*, & Liu L^*.  (2024). Plant life history strategies vary in subtropical forests with different disturbance histories: an assessment of biodiversity, biomass, and functional traits. Frontiers in Plant Science, 14, 1230149.

28. Shang H^#, Wang Y^#, Han B, Bongers FJ, Mi X, Chen L, Liang Y^*, & Ma K^*. (2023). Molecular defense responses to natural enemies determine seedling survival in a subtropical forest. Forest Ecology and Management, 544, 121191.

27. Chai P, Xie J, Yang L, Zheng R, Bian Y, Fu J, Wang Y^*, & Chen J^*. (2023). Community vertical stratifications drive temporal taxonomic and phylogenetic beta diversity in a mixed broadleaf-conifer forest. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 11, 1170197.

26. 王云泉, 孟杰, 杨海炳, 袁蔡艳, 金航标, 刘晓彤,  ... & 陈建华^*. (2023). 浙江东白山木荷-马尾松林优势种群的生态位特征研究.浙江林业科技, 43(1), 1-7. 

25. Ma J, Chen L^*, Mi X , Ren H, Liu X, Wang Y, ... & Ma K. (2023). The interactive effects of soil fertility and tree mycorrhizal association explain spatial variation of diversity-biomass relationships in a subtropical forest. Journal of Ecology, 111(5), 1037-1049.

24. Tian K^#, Chai P^#, Wang Y^*, Chen L, Qian H, Chen S, ... & Chen J^*. (2023). Species diversity pattern and its drivers of the understory herbaceous plants in a Chinese subtropical forest. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10, 1113742.

23. Shang H, Wang Y, Han B, Mi X, Chen L, Liang Y^*, & Ma K. (2023). Effects of functional phylogeny of light-response-related orthologous genes on seedling survival in a subtropical forest. Forest Ecosystems, 10, 100087.

22. Liu L, Xia H, Quan X, & Wang Y^*. (2023). Plant trait-based life strategies of overlapping species vary in different succession stages of subtropical forests, Eastern China. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10, 1103937.

21. Yang Y^#, Ji Y^#, Wang Y^*, Xie J, Jin Y, Mi X, ... & Chen J^*. (2022). Extreme winter storms have variable effects on the population dynamics of canopy dominant species in an old-growth subtropical forest. Forests, 13(10), 1634.

20. Jiang C^#, Fu J^#, Wang Y^*, Chai P, Yang Y, Mi X, ... & Chen J. (2022). The habitat type and scale dependences of interspecific associations in a subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forest. Forests, 13(8), 1334.

19. Piponiot C^*, Anderson-Teixeira KJ, Davies SJ, Allen D, Bourg NA, Burslem DF, ... Wang Y, ... & Muller-Landau HC. (2022). Distribution of biomass dynamics in relation to tree size in forests across the world. New Phytologist, 234(5), 1664-1677.

18. 江常春, 梁希妮, 田磊, 卢品, 雷祖培, 蔡焕满, ... 王云泉, & 陈建华^*. (2022). 浙江省常绿阔叶林优势树种种间联结分析. 浙江师范大学学报( 自然科学版), 45(4), 437-445.

17. 李桥, 范清平, 唐战胜, 孟杰, 张敏德, 王云泉, ... 陈建华^*. (2022). 浙江东白山次生针阔混交林群落组成及结构动态. 广西植物, 42(6), 1067-1076.

16. Wills C^#*, Wang B^#, Fang S, Wang Y, Jin Y, Lutz J, ... & Zimmermann J. (2021). Interactions between all pairs of neighboring trees in 16 forests worldwide reveal details of unique ecological processes in each forest, and provide windows into their evolutionary histories. PLoS Computational Biology, 17(4), e1008853.

15. Liu X^#, Jia P^#, Cadotte MW, Zhu C, Si X, Wang Y, ... & Zhou S^*. (2021). Host plant environmental filtering drives foliar fungal community assembly in symptomatic leaves. Oecologia, 195(3), 737-749.

14. Wang Y, Cadotte MW, Chen J, Mi X^*, Ren H, Liu X, ... Zhang J^*, & Ma K. (2020). Neighborhood interactions on seedling survival were greatly altered following an extreme winter storm. Forest Ecology and Management, 461, 117940.

13. Fung T, Chisholm RA^*, Anderson‐Teixeira K, Bourg N, Brockelman WY, Bunyavejchewin S, ... Wang Y, ... & Zimmerman J. (2020). Temporal population variability in local forest communities has mixed effects on tree species richness across a latitudinal gradient. Ecology Letters, 23(1), 160-171.

12. Chen L, Wang Y, Mi X, Liu X, Ren H, Chen J, ... Ma K^*, & Kraft NJ. (2019). Neighborhood effects explain increasing asynchronous seedling survival in a subtropical forest. Ecology, 100(11), e02821.

11. Chen L^*, Wang Y, Mi X, Liu X, Ren H, Chen J, ... Kraft NJ. (2019). Neighborhood Effects Explain Increasing Asynchronous Seedling Survival in a Subtropical Forest, China. The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, 100(4), e01601.

10. 芦伟, 唐战胜, 郑振杰, 叶冠宏, 陈声文, 王云泉, ... 陈建华^*. (2018). 浙江古田山濒危植物香果树群落组成和结构特征. 生态环境学报, 27(6), 1052-1059.

9. 宋云峰^#, 陈声文^#, 王薇, 余建平, 钱海源, 王云泉, ... 米湘成^*. . .陈建华^*, & 马克平. (2017). 负密度制约和生境过滤对古田山幼苗功能多样性年际变化的影响. 生物多样性, 25(9), 959-965

8. Du Y, Queenborough SA, Chen L, Wang Y, Mi X, Ma K, & Comita LS. (2017). Intraspecific and phylogenetic density-dependent seedling recruitment in a subtropical evergreen forest. Oecologia, 184(1), 193-203.

7. Han B, Umaña MN, Mi X, Liu X, Chen L, Wang Y, ... & Ma K^*. (2017). The role of transcriptomes linked with responses to light environment on seedling mortality in a subtropical forest, China. Journal of Ecology, 105(3), 592-601.

6. 白晓航, 张金屯^*, 曹科, 王云泉, & 曹格. (2017). 河北小五台山国家级自然保护区森林群落与环境的关系. 生态学报, 37(11), 3683-3696.

5. 郭印, 王云泉, 陈磊^*, 米湘成, 任海保, 陈声文, & 陈建华^*. (2016). 不同取样强度下古田山木本植物幼苗组成及其分布格局比较. 生物多样性, 24(10), 1093-1104.

4. 白晓航, 张金屯^*, 曹科, 王云泉, & 曹格. (2016). 小五台山亚高山草甸的群落特征及物种多样性. 草业科学, 33(12), 2533-2543.

3. 王云泉, 田磊, 仲磊, 杨海炳, 金航标, 刘常幸, ... 陈建华^*. (2015). 东白山自然保护区木荷-马尾松群落结构及物种多样性分析. 浙江大学学报: 理学版, 42(1), 38-46.

2. 田磊, 于明坚, 陈建华^*, 王云泉, 刘常幸, 胡广, ... 刘金亮. (2015). 基于样方法的浙江省 11 个自然保护区木本植物区系成分分析. 浙江大学学报: 理学版, 42(1), 28-37.

1. 刘常幸, 金毅, 余建平, 陈声文, 田磊, 王云泉, & 陈建华^*. (2014). 古田山茶湾样地甜槠一木荷林根萌特征分析. 浙江大学学报: 理学版, 41(5), 573-582.