Publications
- Li SP, Tan J, Yang X, Ma C & Jiang L. (2018). Niche and fitness differences determine invasion success and impact in laboratory bacterial communities. The ISME Journal. (in press) Link PDF
- Duffin KI, Li SP & Meiners SJ. (2018). Species pools and differential performance generate variation in leaf nutrients between native and exotic species in succession. Journal of Ecology. (in press) Link
- Deng M, Liu L, Jiang L, Liu W, Wang X, Li SP, Yang S & Wang B. Ecosystem scale trade-off in nitrogen acquisition pathways. Nature Ecology & Evolution. (in press). Link
- Cadotte MW, Campbell SE, Li SP, Sodhi DS & Mandrak NE. (2018). Preadaptation and Naturalization of Nonnative Species: Darwin's Two Fundamental Insights into Species Invasion. Annual Review of Plant Biology. 69: 661-684. Link
- Lu J, Li SP, Wu Y, Jiang L. (2018) Are Hong Kong and Taiwan stepping‐stones for invasive species to the mainland of China? Ecology and evolution. 8:1966-1973. Link
- Xu Z, Li MH, Zimmermann NE, Li SP, Li H, Ren HY, Sun H, Han X, Jiang Y & Jiang L. (2018). Plant functional diversity modulates global environmental change effects on grassland productivity. Journal of Ecology. 106: 1941-1951. Link
- Chi Y, Zhou L, Li SP, Zheng S, Yang Q, Yang X, Xu Ming. (2018). Rainfall-dependent influence of snowfall on species loss. Environmental Research Letters. 13:094002 Link
- Ma C, Li SP, Pu Z, Tan J, Liu M, Zhou J, Li H & Jiang L. (2016). Different effects of invader–native phylogenetic relatedness on invasion success and impact: a meta-analysis of Darwin’s naturalization hypothesis. Proc. R. Soc. B. 283: 20160663. Link
- Li SP, Cadotte MW, Meiners SJ, Pu Z, Fukami T & Jiang L. (2016). Convergence and divergence in a long-term old-field succession: the importance of spatial scale and species abundance. Ecology Letters. 19, 1101-1109. PDF
- Li SP, Cadotte MW, Meiners SJ, Hua ZS, Shu HY, Li JT & Shu WS. (2015). The effects of phylogenetic relatedness on invasion success and impact: deconstructing Darwin’s naturalization conundrum. Ecology Letters. 18, 1285-1292. PDF
- Li SP, Cadotte MW, Meiners SJ, Hua ZS, Jiang L & Shu WS. (2015). Species colonisation, not competitive exclusion, drives community overdispersion over long-term succession. Ecology Letters. 18, 964-973. PDF
- Niu LQ, Jia P, Li SP, Kuang JL, He XX, Zhou WH, Liao B, Shu WS & Li JT. (2015). Slash-and-char: An ancient agricultural technique holds new promise for management of soils contaminated by Cd, Pb and Zn. Environmental Pollution, 205, 333-339. Link
- Li SP, Guo T, Cadotte MW, Chen YJ, Hua ZS, Kuang JL, Zeng Y, Song Y, Shu WS, Liu Z & Li JT (2015). Contrasting effects of phylogenetic relatedness on plant invader success in experimental grassland communities. Journal of Applied Ecology, 52, 89-99. PDF
- Li JT, Li SP, Chen YJ, Pu J, Hua ZS, Huang SL, Song YS, Liao B & Shu WS (2014). Phylogenetic structures of soil nematode communities along a successional gradient in an unreclaimed copper mine tailings site. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 77, 179-186. Link
- Li SP, Li JT, Kuang JL, Duan HN, Zeng Y & Shu WS (2012). Effects of species richness on cadmium removal efficiencies of algal microcosms. Journal of Applied Ecology, 49, 261-267. PDF
- Jiang H, Fan Q, Li JT, Shi S, Li SP, Liao WB & Shu WS (2011). Naturalization of alien plants in China. Biodiversity and Conservation, 20, 1545-1556. Link
- Li JT, Duan HN, Li SP, Kuang JL, Zeng Y & Shu WS (2010). Cadmium pollution triggers a positive biodiversity-productivity relationship: evidence from a laboratory microcosm experiment. Journal of Applied Ecology, 47, 890-898. Link
- Li SP, Lin Z, Li DZ, Chen BY, Ye SP & Xin GR (2010). Effects of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in the Rhizosphere of Italian Ryegrass on Succeeding Rice Growth. Ecological Science, 29, 411-416. In Chinese with English abstract. Link
IN PREPARATION
- Li SP, Hua ZS, Shu WS & Li JT. The role of plant invasion and nitrogen addition on the diversity-productivity relationships: an experimental approach in a grassland community.
Academic Presentations
2018 Ecological Society of America annual meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Organized Oral Session: Contrasting island biogeography patterns of soil bacteria and fungi in a fragmented landscape.
2017 Ecological Society of America annual meeting, Portland, Oregon, USA. Contributed Talk: Species niche and fitness differences explain the success and impact of biological invasions: Reconciling Darwin’s naturalization conundrum.
2016 Ecological Society of America annual meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Symposia: Community phylogenetics and species invasion: deconstructing Darwin’s naturalization conundrum.
2016 Ecological Society of America annual meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Contributed Poster: Habitat fragmentation causes selective extinction of soil microbes on land-bridge islands.
2015 Ecological Society of America annual meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Contributed Talk: Convergence or divergence: Taxonomic, phylogenetic, and functional beta diversity during a 50-year old-field succession.
2013 Ecological Society of America annual meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Contributed Talk: Phylogenetic relatedness and invader colonization: An experimental approach of Darwin’s naturalization conundrum.
2012 Third International Young Ecologist Forum, Kaifeng, Henan, China. Oral presentation: Phylogenetic relatedness and the effect of biodiversity on ecological invasion in experimental grassland.
2011 International Symposium for Biodiversity and Theoretical Ecology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. Oral presentation: Algal species richness enhancing the phytoremediation of cadmium pollution.
2010 The 6th International Conference on Environmental Geochemistry in Tropics-Urban Issues (GeoTrop 2010), Xiamen, Fujian, China. Oral presentation: Effects of species richness on cadmium removal efficiencies of algal microcosms.
2017 Ecological Society of America annual meeting, Portland, Oregon, USA. Contributed Talk: Species niche and fitness differences explain the success and impact of biological invasions: Reconciling Darwin’s naturalization conundrum.
2016 Ecological Society of America annual meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Symposia: Community phylogenetics and species invasion: deconstructing Darwin’s naturalization conundrum.
2016 Ecological Society of America annual meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Contributed Poster: Habitat fragmentation causes selective extinction of soil microbes on land-bridge islands.
2015 Ecological Society of America annual meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Contributed Talk: Convergence or divergence: Taxonomic, phylogenetic, and functional beta diversity during a 50-year old-field succession.
2013 Ecological Society of America annual meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Contributed Talk: Phylogenetic relatedness and invader colonization: An experimental approach of Darwin’s naturalization conundrum.
2012 Third International Young Ecologist Forum, Kaifeng, Henan, China. Oral presentation: Phylogenetic relatedness and the effect of biodiversity on ecological invasion in experimental grassland.
2011 International Symposium for Biodiversity and Theoretical Ecology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. Oral presentation: Algal species richness enhancing the phytoremediation of cadmium pollution.
2010 The 6th International Conference on Environmental Geochemistry in Tropics-Urban Issues (GeoTrop 2010), Xiamen, Fujian, China. Oral presentation: Effects of species richness on cadmium removal efficiencies of algal microcosms.