Publications

2025

Liu, M., Zheng, S., Pendall, E., Smith, P., Liu, J., Li, J., Fang, C., Li, B., and Nie, M. 2025. Unprotected carbon dominates decadal soil carbon increase. Nat Commun 16, 2008. (Article)

Chen, Q., Chen, S., Zheng, S., Sreekar, R., Ma, Z., and Liu, J. 2025. Bird diversity in historical paintings of the Song dynasty (960-1279). Ecology 106(3), e70070. (Article)

2024

Zheng, S., Yu, M., Webber, B.L., and Didham, R.K. 2024. Intraspecific leaf trait variation mediates edge effects on litter decomposition rate in fragmented forests. Ecology 105(4), e4260. (Article)

Shuai, H., Hu, J., Zheng, S., Ma, Z., and Liu, J. 2024. Most bird species remain poorly studied but threated status promotes research effort. Avian Res 15, 100215. (Article)

2023

Zheng, S., Hu, J., Ma, Z., Lindenmayer, D.B., and Liu, J. 2023. Increases in intraspecific body size variation are common among North American mammals and birds between 1880 and 2020. Nat Ecol Evol 7(3), 347-354. (Article) (Research Briefing)

Mu, Y., Lindenmayer, D.B., Zheng, S., Yang, Y., Wang, D., and Liu, J. 2023. Size-focused conservation may fail to protect the world's oldest trees. Curr Biol 33(21), 4641-4649.e3. (Article)

Chen, Q., Zheng, S., and Liu, J. 2023. Species attributes are weak predictors for future species discovery of Chinese terrestrial mammals. Biol Cons 281, 110035. (Article)

Lu, Y., Zheng, S., Tomlinson, K., and Liu, J. 2023. Contrasting responses of plant herbivory and disease to local and landscape drivers. Plant Soil 501, 75-87. (Article)

2022

Zheng, S., Didham, R.K., Yu, M., Webber, B.L. 2022. Species‐level CWM values mask contrasting intra‐ versus interspecific trait shifts at subtropical forest edges. Ecography 2022(5), e05837. (Article)

Liu, J., Slik, F., Zheng, S., and Lindenmayer, D.B. 2022. Undescribed species have higher extinction risk than known species. Cons Lett 15(3), e12876. (Article)

2021

Zheng, S., Webber, B.L., Didham, R.K., Chen, C., and Yu, M. 2021. Disentangling biotic and abiotic drivers of intraspecific trait variation in woody plant seedlings at forest edges. Ecol Evol 11(14), 9728-9740. (Article)

Zhang, A.#, Zheng, S.#, Didham, R.K., Holt, R.D., and Yu, M. 2021. Nonlinear thresholds in the effects of island area on functional diversity in woody plant communities. J Ecol 109(5), 2177-2189. #co-first author (Article)