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29. Zhuang, Z., R. Díaz‐Sierra, and Y. Chen. 2025. Robust metrics for quantifying and comparing resistance and recovery in experimental studies. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 17:6–14.

28. Wang, X., Y. Chen, Y. Chen, Y. Ding, S. Fang, Z. Hao, Z. He, G. Hu, S. Jia, B. Li, F. Lin, J. Liu, L. Liu, Y. Luo, Y. Luo, Y. Shen, H. Song, K. Song, Z. Tian, D. Xing, Q. Yang, X. Yang, Y. Yang, Z. Yuan, Z. Yuan, Q. Zhang, Z. Zhang, Z. Zhang, and J. Zhang. 2025. Plant community data along elevational gradients in China’s 17 mountains. Scientific Data 13:100.

27. Li, Y., Z. Liu, Y. Zheng, Y. Chen, M. Liang, X. Liu, S. Yu, and Q. Ye. 2025. Unraveling vital rates in the seedling-to-sapling transition via plant trait networks in a subtropical forest. Journal of Plant Ecology 18.

26. Lin, Y., Y. Chen, X. Liu, X. Lin, E. A. Laws, Y. Zhou, Z. Xiang, X. Zhang, Z. Chen, Y. Li, and Y. Lu. 2025. Climate-driven connectivity loss impedes species adaptation to warming in the deep ocean. Nature Climate Change 15:315-320.

25. Li, W., X. Zhong, Z. Li, Y. Huang, X. Chen, L. Huang, Y. Wang, and Y. Chen. 2024. Decadal changes in species composition of rare oak Quercus chungii forests with logging history. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 12:1486853.

24. Zhong, X., W. Li, Z. Li, Y. Huang, X. Chen, L. Huang, Y. Wang, and Y. Chen. 2024. Decadal Changes in Population Structures of Rare Oak Species Quercus chungii. Ecology and Evolution 14:e70479.

23. Shi, X., N. Eisenhauer, J. Peñuelas, Y. Fu, J. Wang, Y. Chen, S. Liu, L. He, M. E. Lucas‐Borja, L. Wang, and Z. Huang. 2024. Trophic interactions in soil micro‐food webs drive ecosystem multifunctionality along tree species richness. Global Change Biology 30: e17234.

22. Huang, E., Y. Chen, and S. Yu. 2024. Climate factors drive plant distributions at higher taxonomic scales and larger spatial scales. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 11. 1233936.

21. Li, W., Y. Chen, Y. Lu, Y. Shen, and S. Yu. 2023. Seedlings of shade-tolerant tree species are more vulnerable to chilling rain under a forest gap. Environmental and Experimental Botany 213: 105420. [PDF; Data]

20. Shen, Y., M. Holyoak, E. Goodale, C. Mammides, F. Zou, Y. Chen, C. Zhang, Q. Quan, and Q. Zhang. 2022. Mixed-species bird flocks re-assemble interspecific associations across an elevational gradient. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 289: 20221840.

19. Liu, X., Y. Huang, L. Chen, S. Li, F. J. Bongers, N. Castro‐Izaguirre, Y. Liang, B. Yang, Y. Chen, F. Schnabel, T. Tang, Y. Xue, S. Trogisch, M. Staab, H. Bruelheide, B. Schmid, and K. Ma. 2022. Species richness, functional traits and climate interactively affect tree survival in a large forest biodiversity experiment. Journal of Ecology 110: 2522– 2531.

18. Huang, Z., S. Ran, Y. Fu, X. Wan, X. Song, Y. Chen, and Z. Yu. 2022. Functionally dissimilar neighbours increase tree water use efficiency through enhancement of leaf phosphorus concentration. Journal of Ecology 110: 2179-2189.

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15. Zhang, Z., J. Li, Y. Li, W. Liu, Y. Chen, Y. Zhang, Y. Li. 2021. Spatially discontinuous relationships between salt marsh invasion and mangrove forest fragmentation. Forest Ecology and Management, 499: 119611.

14. Huang, E., Y. Chen, M. Fang, Y. Zheng, S. Yu. 2021. Environmental drivers of plant distributions at global and regional scales. Global Ecology and Biogeography 30: 697-709.

13. Li, W., Y. Chen*, Y. Shen, Y. Lu and S. Yu*. 2021. Plant trait differences and soil moisture jointly affect insect herbivory on seedling young leaves in a subtropical forest. Forest Ecology and Management, 482: 118878. (*Coresponding authors) [PDF]

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11. Chen, J., Y. Luo, Y. Chen, A. J. Felton, K. A. Hopping, R.-W. Wang, S. Niu, X. Cheng, Y. Zhang, J. Cao, J. E. Olesen, M. N. Andersen, and U. Jørgensen. 2020. Plants with lengthened phenophases increase their dominance under warming in an alpine plant community. Science of The Total Environment 728: 138891.

10. Huang, F., M. Liang, Y. Zheng, X. Liu, Y. Chen, W. Li, S. Luo, and S. Yu. 2020. Soil nitrogen availability intensifies negative density-dependent effects in a subtropical forest. Journal of Plant Ecology13: 281-287.

9. Chen, Y.^#, Y. Huang^#, P. A. Niklaus,N. Castro-Izaguirre, A. T. Tomas, H. Bruelheide, K. Ma and B. Schmid. 2020. Directed species loss reduces community productivity in a subtropical forest biodiversity experiment. Nature Ecology & Evolution 4: 550-559. (^#co-first authors) [PDF; Data; Code] [Behind the paper] [Media: UZH; ScienceDaily; Phys.org; XinhuaNet] [媒体：中国新闻网; 中国科学网; 央广网; 新华网；科技日报；东南网；厦门日报]

8. Luo, S., B. Schmid, C. Wagg, Y. Chen, B. Jiang, M. Liang, X. Liu, and S. Yu. 2020. Community‐wide trait means and variations affect biomass in a biodiversity experiment with tree seedlings. Oikos 129: 799-810.

7. Shen, Y., M. N. Umaña, W. Li, M. Fang, Y. Chen, H. Lu, and S. Yu. 2019. Coordination of leaf, stem and root traits in determining seedling mortality in a subtropical forest. Forest Ecology and Management 446:285-292. [PDF]

6. Wang, Y., M.W. Cadotte, Y. Chen, L.H. Fraser, Y. Zhang, F. Huang, S. Luo, N. Shi, and M. Loreau, Global evidence of positive biodiversity effects on ecosystem spatial stability in a natural grasslands. Nature Communications 10:3207. [PDF] [媒体：中山大学]

5. Chen, Y., M. Uriarte, S. J. Wright, and S. Yu, Effects of neighborhood trait composition on tree survival differ between drought and post-drought periods. Ecology 100:e02766. [PDF; Code]

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