男，内蒙古呼和浩特人，理学博士，硕士生导师，中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所副研究员。 2018年于内蒙古农业大学获生态学博士学位。2015-2017年于加拿大农业部斯威夫特卡伦特研究中心（Swift Current R & D Center）进行博士联合培养。2019-2022年于中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所从事博士后研究工作。2022年留所工作至今，2024年晋升副研究员。主持国家自然科学基金青年项目、中国科学院特别研究助理资助项目、中国博士后科学基金面上资助项目，作为骨干参与国家重点研发计划、中国科学院对外合作重点项目、第二次青藏高原综合科学考察等项目。目前在Global Change Biology、Global Ecology and Biogeography、Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment等国际主流期刊发表学术论文40余篇，并担任Global Change Biology、Ecology Letters、Functional Ecology等国内外10余个学术期刊同行评审人。

研究领域：陆地生态系统与全球变化

研究方向：主要从事全球变化背景下生物多样性与生态系统功能关系（BEF）研究。利用“野外控制实验+样带调查+遥感分析+数据挖掘+整合分析(meta-analysis) ”多种研究技术手段，重点研究：1）多维度生物多样性、生态系统多功能及其耦合对气候变化和土地利用干扰的响应和适应。 2）全球和区域尺度生态系统恢复措施对生物多样性和碳汇功能的影响。

招生方向：欢迎具有生态学背景或相近学科交叉的同学保研或报考；常年招收客座研究生。

联系方式：zhangrx@igsnrr.ac.cn

主要学术论文：

1.     Zhang RY, Tian DS, Wang JS, Niu SL* (2023) Critical role of multidimensional biodiversity in contributing to ecosystem sustainability under global change. Geography and Sustainability, 4(3): 232-243. DOI: 0.1016/j.geosus.2023.05.002.

2.     Zhang RY, Tian DS*, Wang JS, Pan JX, Zhu JT, Li Y, Yan YJ, Song L, Wang S, Chen C, Niu SL* (2022) Dryness weakens the positive effects of plant and fungal beta diversities on above- and belowground biomass. Global Change Biology 28 (22):6629-6639. doi:10.1111/gcb.16405

3.     Zhang RY, Tian DS, Chen HYH, Seabloom EW, Han GD, Wang SP, Yu GR, Li ZL, Niu SL* (2022) Biodiversity alleviates the decrease of grassland multifunctionality under grazing disturbance: A global meta-analysis. Global Ecology and Biogeography 31 (1):155-167. doi:10.1111/geb.13408

4.     Zhang RY, Wang JS, Niu SL*. (2021) Toward a sustainable grazing management based on biodiversity and ecosystem multifunctionality in drylands. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 48: 36-43.

5.     Zhang RY, Wang ZW, Niu SL, Tian DS, Wu Q, Gao XF, Schellenberg MP, Han GD (2021) Diversity of plant and soil microbes mediates the response of ecosystem multifunctionality to grazing disturbance. Science of the Total Environment 776. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.145730

6.     Zhang RY, Schellenberg MP, Tian DS, Ma FF, Zhang TY, Wang H, Wu Q, Bai YT, Han GD, Niu SL (2021) Shifting community composition determines the biodiversity-productivity relationship under increasing precipitation and N deposition. Journal of Vegetation Science 32 (2). doi:10.1111/jvs.12998

7.     Zhang RY, Wang ZW, Han GD*, Schellenberg MP*, Wu Q, Gu C (2018) Grazing induced changes in plant diversity is a critical factor controlling grassland productivity in the Desert Steppe, Northern China. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment.265: 73-83.

8.     Zhang RY, Schellenberg MP*, Han GD, Wang H, Li JX (2018) Drought weakens the positive effects of defoliation on native rhizomatous grasses but enhances the drought-tolerance traits of native caespitose grasses. Ecology and Evolution.8(23): 12126-12139.

9.     Pan JX, Li Y, Zhang RY, Tian DS, Wang PY, Song L, Quan Q, Chen C, Niu SL, Zhang XY, Wang JS (2024) Soil microbial gene abundance rather than diversity and network complexity predominantly determines soil multifunctionality in Tibetan alpine grasslands along a precipitation gradient. Functional Ecology. (online)

10.   He YC, Zhang RY, Li P, Men L, Xu M, Wang J, ... & Tian DS* (2024). Nitrogen enrichment delays the drought threshold responses of leaf photosynthesis in alpine grassland plants. Science of The Total Environment, 169560.

11.   Wang PY, Wang JS, Elberling B, Ambus P, Li Y, Pan JX, Zhang RY, Guo H, Niu SL* (2024) Regional emissions of soil greenhouse gases across Tibetan alpine grasslands. Geoderma.443:116843

12.   Li TT, Tian DS*, He YC, Zhang RY, Wang JS, Wang FR, Niu SL (2024) Threshold response of ecosystem water use efficiency to soil water in an alpine meadow. Science of the Total Environment 908. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168345

13.   Tang SM, Tian DS*, Wang JS, Zhang RY, Wang S, Song J, Wan SQ, Zhang JX, Zhang S, Li ZL, Niu SL (2024) Synergistic effects of multiple global change drivers on terrestrial ecosystem carbon sink. Science of the Total Environment 906. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167554

14.   Wang FR, Li TT, Zhang RY, Wang JS, Xu M, Guo HB, Niu SL, Tian DS* (2024) Extreme precipitation causes divergent responses of root respiration to nitrogen enrichment in an alpine meadow. Science of the Total Environment 912. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168568

15.   Gaffney P. J., Tang QH, Li Q., Zhang RY, Pan JX, Xu X., Li Y., Niu SL (2024) The impacts of land-use and climate change on the Zoige peatland carbon cycle: a review. WIREs Climate Change. doi.org/10.1002/wcc.862.

16.   Song L., Wang JS, Zhang RY, Pan J., Li Y., Wang S., Niu SL* (2023) Threshold responses of soil gross nitrogen transformation rates to aridity gradient. Global Change Biology. Doi:10.1111/gcb.16737.

17.   Song, L., Zhang RY, Li Y, Pan JX, Wang JS, Yan YJ, Niu SL* (2023) Different responses of the gross nitrification rate to N enrichment in topsoil and subsoil. Geoderma, 432. DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2023.116394.

18.   Yan YJ., Ma FF, Wang JS, Zhang RY, Peng JL, Liao JQ, Zhou QP, Niu SL* (2023) Warming stabilizes alpine ecosystem in face of extreme rainfall events by changing plant species composition. Journal of Ecology. DOI: 10.1111.1365-2745.14162.

19.   Yan YJ., Quan, Q., Wang JS, Zhang RY, Zhou QP, Niu SL* (2023) Clipping increases ecosystem carbon use efficiency by decreasing the dominance of grasses. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 334. DOI:10.1016/j.agrformet.2023.109421.

20.   Li JP, Tian DS*, Yu KL, Guo HB, Zhang RY, Wang JS, Zhou QP, Niu SL (2023) Seed nutrient is more stable than leaf in response to changing multiple resources in an alpine meadow. Ecological Processes 12 (1). doi:10.1186/s13717-023-00454-9

21.   Ma FF, Wang JS, He YL, Luo YQ, Zhang RY, Tian DS, Zhou QP, Niu SL (2023) Nitrogen enrichment differentially regulates the response of ecosystem stability to extreme dry versus wet events. Science of the Total Environment 887. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164152

22.   Ma FF, Yan YJ, Svenning JC, Quan Q, Peng JL, Zhang RY, Wang JS, Tian DS, Zhou QP, Niu SL (2023) Opposing effects of warming on the stability of above- and belowground productivity in facing an extreme drought event. Ecology. doi:10.1002/ecy.4193

23.   Guo HB, Quan Q, Niu SL, Li TT, He YC, Fu YW, Li JP, Wang JS, Zhang RY, Li ZL, Tian DS* (2023) Shifting biomass allocation and light limitation co-regulate the temporal stability of an alpine meadow under eutrophication. Science of the Total Environment 860. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160411

24.   Li Y, Tian DS*, Pan JX, Zhou BJM, Zhang RY, Song L, Wang JS, Niu SL (2023) Different patterns and drivers of fungal communities between phyllosphere and rhizosphere in alpine grasslands. Functional Ecology. doi:10.1111/1365-2435.14265

25.   Pan JX, Peng YF, Wang JS, Tian DS, Zhang RY, Li Y, Yang L, Wang S, Chen C, Niu SL (2023) Controlling factors for soil bacterial and fungal diversity and composition vary with vegetation types in alpine grasslands. Applied Soil Ecology 184. doi:10.1016/j.apsoil.2022.104777

26.   Pan JX, Shi JW, Tian DS, Zhang RY, Li Y, He YL, Song L, Wang S, He YC, Yang JM, Wei CX, Niu SL, Wang JS (2023) Depth-dependent drivers of soil aggregate carbon across Tibetan alpine grasslands. Science of the Total Environment 867. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.161428

27.   He YC, Li TT, Zhang RY, Wang JS, Zhu JT, Li Y, Chen XL, Pan JX, Shen Y, Wang FR, Li JW, Tian DS* (2022) Plant Evolution History Overwhelms Current Environment Gradients in Affecting Leaf Chlorophyll Across the Tibetan Plateau. Frontiers in Plant Science 13. doi:10.3389/fpls.2022.941983

28.   Li Y, Pan JX, Zhang RY, Wang JS, Tian DS, Niu SL (2022a) Environmental factors, bacterial interactions and plant traits jointly regulate epiphytic bacterial community composition of two alpine grassland species. Science of the Total Environment 836. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155665

29.   Pan JX, Wang JS, Tian DS, Zhang RY, Li Y, Song L, Yang JM, Wei CX, Niu SL (2022) Biotic factors dominantly determine soil inorganic carbon stock across Tibetan alpine grasslands. Soil 8 (2):687-698. doi:10.5194/soil-8-687-2022

30.   Yan YJ, Wang JS, Tian DS, Zhang RY, Song L, Li ZL, Niu SL (2022) Heterotrophic respiration and its proportion to total soil respiration decrease with warming but increase with clipping. Catena 215. doi:10.1016/j.catena.2022.106321

31.   Pan JX, Wang JS, Zhang RY, Tian DS, Cheng XL, Wang S, Chen C, Yang L, Niu SL (2021) Microaggregates regulated by edaphic properties determine the soil carbon stock in Tibetan alpine grasslands. Catena 206. doi:10.1016/j.catena.2021.105570

32.   Shen Y, Tian DS*, Hou JH, Wang JS, Zhang RY, Li ZL, Chen XL, Wei XH, Zhang XY, He YC, Niu SL (2021) Forest soil acidification consistently reduces litter decomposition irrespective of nutrient availability and litter type. Functional Ecology 35 (12):2753-2762. doi:10.1111/1365-2435.13925

33.   Yan YJ, Quan Q, Meng C, Wang JS, Tian DS, Wang BX, Zhang RY, Niu SL (2021) Varying soil respiration under long-term warming and clipping due to shifting carbon allocation toward below-ground. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 304. doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2021.108408

34.   Li ZL, Zeng ZQ, Tian DS, Wang JS, Fu Z, Zhang FY, Zhang RY, Chen WN, Luo YQ, Niu SL (2020) Global patterns and controlling factors of soil nitrification rate. Global Change Biology 26 (7):4147-4157. doi:10.1111/gcb.15119

35.   Zhang TY, Yu GR*, Chen Z, Hu ZM, Jiao CC, Yang M, Fu Z, Zhang WK, Han L, Fan MM, Zhang RY, Sun ZY, Gao YN, Li WH (2020) Patterns and controls of vegetation productivity and precipitation-use efficiency across Eurasian grasslands. Science of The Total Environment.741: 140204

36.   Wu Q, Ren HY, Wang ZW, Li ZG, Liu TH, Wang Z, Li YH, Zhang RY, Zhao ML, Chang SX, Han GD (2020) Additive negative effects of decadal warming and nitrogen addition on grassland community stability. Journal of Ecology.108(4): 1442-1452

37.   Wang ZW, Han GD, Kemp D, Li ZG, Zhang RY, Hexige B, Li JW, Yan BL, Han MQ (2020) Desert steppe grazing management. Sustainable Chinese Grasslands.153-172

38.   Bai YT, Yan RR, Schellenberg MP, Wang H, Han GD, Zhang RY, Zhang J, Wei ZJ* (2020) Nitrogen increased aboveground biomass of Leymus chinensis grown in semi‐arid grasslands of inner Mongolia, China. Agronomy Journal.112: 511-522

39.   Bai YT, Lv SJ, Schellenberg MP, Yan RR, Zhang RY, Wei ZJ* (2020) Fertilization and soil aeration effects on grassland primary productivity and species diversity in a meadow steppe, northern China. Applied Ecology & Environmental Research. 18(3):4539-4555

40.   Wang L*, Gan YT, Wiesmeier M, Zhao GQ, Zhang RY, Han GD, Siddique KHM, Hou FJ* (2018) Grazing exclusion—An effective approach for naturally restoring degraded grasslands in Northern China. Land Degradation & Development. 29 (12): 4439-4456