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所在部门: 理论生态研究所
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学习经历博士后 2013-2014，加拿大湖首大学，Han Chen实验室
博士后 2011-2012，美国蒙大拿大学，Ragan Callaway实验室
博士后 2009-2010，法国波尔多第一大学，Richard Michalet实验室
博士 生态学 2003-2006，兰州大学生命科学学院
硕士 生态学 2000-2003，兰州大学生命科学学院
学士 生态学 1996-2000，兰州大学生命科学学院

工作经历博士生导师 2015至今 兰州大学生命科学学院
教授（破格晋升） 2014至今 兰州大学生命科学学院
副教授 2010-2014 兰州大学生命科学学院
讲师 2006-2010 兰州大学生命科学学院
社会工作学术任职：
1. 自2019年起，担任SCI植物科学二区，林学Top期刊Journal of Vegetation Science（IF = 2.658）编委
2. 自2017年起，担任中国生态学会理论生态学专业委员会委员
2. 自2013年起，担任SCI环境科学大类二区期刊Oikos（IF = 4.03）编委
3. 自2013年起，担任兰州大学生命科学学院研究生教学指导委员会委员
4. 自2011年起，担任Ecology，Soil Biology and Biochemistry，Oecologia，Plant and Soil, Oikos, Journal of Vegetation Science, Journal of Theoretical Ecology, Acta Oecologica等知名生态学SCI期刊审稿人

研究方向研究领域：
植物生态学： 保育作用，地上-地下相互关系，生物多样性与生态系统功能
理论生态学： 种间关系与群落构建，统计模型与计算机模拟，中性理论与生态位理论
微生物生态学：土壤微生物拮抗作用，链霉菌，微生物高阶相互作用
研究方向：
本研究组主要以青藏高原为代表的中国西部高山生态系统为研究对象，采用野外样方调查、移除实验等生态学方法，结合高通量测序、定量PCR，宏基因组等分子生物学手段，运用结构方程模型，随机森林等统计学模型以及基于主体的计算机模拟模型等数据分析与预测技术，系统研究：
全球气候变化背景下垫状植物的保育作用对高山生态系统生物多样性与生态系统功能的影响，及其在高山生态系统恢复与可持续性发展中的作用
青藏高原保育植物和化感植物对以微生物，原生生物，线虫为代表的土壤生物群系的生物多样性，食物网结构以及功能的影响差异及其机制
土壤微生物间的拮抗作用与抗性反应的分子机理与生理学特性，及其对微生物种间直接间接关系与群落构建的影响
南极典型植物群落形成机制与功能，及其对地上地下群落生物多样性与功能的影响
项目成果课题：
累计承担科研项目12项，共计四百余万元
主持国家自然科学基金面上项目“青藏高原高寒草甸优势灌木金露梅对地上地下生物群落影响的差异及其机制”(**, 2021 - 2024)
主持国家自然科学基金面上项目“全球气候变化背景下物种间相互作用对高山生态系统群落结构与功能的影响”(**, 2019 - 2022)
参与国家自然科学基金重点项目“南极典型植物群落形成机制与功能”(**, 2019 - 2023)
主持国家自然科学基金面上项目“垫状植物的保育作用及其反馈效应对高山生态系统生物多样性与功能的影响”(**, 2015 - 2018)
主持中央高校基本科研费重点项目“植物间正相互作用对高山地上地下生态系统多样性与功能的影响”(lzujbky-2014-k09, 2014 - 2015)
主持中央高校基本科研费项目“高山垫状植物的保育作用与代价及其对群落结构的作用机制”(lzujbky-2013-101, 2013 - 2014)
参与国家自然科学基金重点项目“高山垫状植物群落形成机制与功能的研究”(**, 2013 - 2017)
参与国家科技支撑计划“黄河重要水源补给区玛曲湿地生态系统修复关键技术集成与示范推广模式研究”子项目(2009BAC53B00, 2013 - 2014)
主持国家自然科学基金青年基金项目“高寒草甸金露梅对其灌丛下不同植物功能群的正相互作用及其对海拔梯度的响应”(**, 2010 - 2013)
主持中央高校基本科研费项目“高寒草甸植物间相互作用类型对功能群差异的响应机理”(lzujbky-2009-39, 2010 - 2011)
主持教育部博士点新教师基金“高寒草甸植物正相互作用机理研究及在生态恢复中的应用”(, 2008- 2010)
参与973项目“西部典型区域森林植被对农业生态环境的调控机理”的子项目“森林植被定向恢复与调控途径”(2002CB111505, 2002- 2007)
荣誉、获奖荣誉：
1.2020年入选兰州大学首批“萃英****”
2.2020年入选中国第36次南极科学考察队队员
3.2013年入选教育部新世纪优秀人才计划（NCET-13-0265）
获奖：
1.2013年兰州大学生命科学学院第二届教学技能大赛一等奖
2.2012年兰州大学青年教师技能大赛优秀奖
3.2008年兰州大学首届青年教师多媒体课件大赛二等奖
教学及指导研究生情况1.主讲本科生专业基础课《普通生态学》，《生物建模与统计分析》，全校通识课《基础生态学》与生物学萃英班（基础学科拔尖学生培养试验计划）《普通生态学》,《生物统计》
2.主讲硕士研究生《理论生态学》与博士研究生《高级理论生态学》
3.指导本科生创新创业计划4项，科研训练项目3项，本科生毕业论文14项
3.共指导硕士生16名，博士研究生6名
发表论文及专著共发表SCI论文45篇，参与编写专著1本，其中影响因子3以上共30篇（包括15篇SCI一区论文, 15篇SCI二区论文）; 以第一作者或通讯联系人身份发表SCI论文25篇（包括2篇SCI一区第一作者论文，3篇SCI一区通讯作者论文，3篇SCI二区第一作者论文，1篇SCI二区第一作者论文）。
Wang, X., Michalet, R., Meng, L., Zhou, X., Chen, S., Du, G. and Xiao, S.* Direct and indirect facilitation affect community productivity through changes in functional diversity in an alpine system. Annals of Botany. 2021, 127:241-249 (IF = 4.689, SCI二区).
Atwater, D.Z.*, Callaway, R.M. and Xiao, S. Competition as a demolition derby: why tolerating competitors is more important than suppressing them. Oikos. 2021, 130:143-155 (IF = 3.468, SCI二区).
Wang, C., Michalet, R., Liu, Z., Jiang, X., Wang, X., Zhang, G., An, L.*, Chen, S.* and Xiao, S. Disentangling large-and small-scale abiotic and biotic factors shaping soil microbial communities in an alpine cushion plant system. Frontiers in Microbiology. 2020, 11:925 (IF = 4.235, SCI二区).
Liu, K.*, Liang, T., Qiang, W., Du, G., Baskin, J. M., Baskin, C. C., Bu, H., Yang, H. and Xiao, S. Changes in seed germination strategy along the successional gradient from abandoned cropland to climax grassland in a subalpine meadow and some implications for rangeland restoration. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment. 2020, 289:106746 (IF = 3.954, SCI一区).
Fung, T., Xiao, S. and Chisholm, R.A.* Spatial scaling of species richness–productivity relationships for local communities: analytical results from a neutral model. Theoretical Ecology. 2020, 13:93-103 (IF = 1.986, SCI四区).
Wang, X.T., Xiao, S.*, Yang, X.L., Liu, Z.Y., Zhou, X.H., Du, G.Z., Zhang, L.M., Guo, A.F., Chen S.Y. and Nielsen U. N. Dominant plant species influence nematode richness by moderating understory diversity and microbial assemblages. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 2019, 137:107566. (IF = 5.29, SCI一区)
Xiao, S.*, Atwater, D. Z., and Callaway, R. M. Integrating spatial structure and interspecific and intraspecific plant–soil feedback effects and responses into community structure.Oikos. 2019, 128:1296-1306. (IF = 3.468, SCI二区)
Wang, X.T., Michalet, R., Liu, Z.Y., Guo, A.F., Zhou, X.H., Du, G.Z., Ge, W.J., Chen, S.Y. and Xiao, S.* Stature of dependent forbs is more related to the direct and indirect above- and below-ground effects of a subalpine shrub than are foliage traits. Journal of Vegetation Science. 2019. 30:403-412. (IF = 2.944, SCI二区)
Xiao, S.* and Chen Y.H.H. Unimodal diversity-productivity relationship emerged under stressful environment through sampling effect. Ecological Informatics. 2019, 50:131-135. (IF = 2.31, SCI三区)
Wang, X.T., Nielsen U. N., Yang, X.L., Zhang, L.M., Zhou, X.H., Du, G.Z., Li, G.X., Chen S.Y. and Xiao, S.* Grazing induces direct and indirect shrub effects on soil nematode communities. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 2018, 121:193-201. (IF = 5.29, SCI一区)
Jiang, X.P., Michalet, R., Chen, S.Y., Zhao, L., Wang, X.T., Wang, C.Y., An, L.Z.* and Xiao, S. Phenotypic effects of the nurse Thylacospermum caespitosum on dependent plant species along regional climate stress gradients. Oikos. 2018, 127:252-263. (IF = 3.468, SCI二区)
Wang, X.T., Michalet, R., Chen, S.Y., Zhao, L., An, L.Z.*, Du, G.Z.*, Zhang X.C., Jiang, X.P. and Xiao, S. Contrasting understorey species responses to the canopy and root effects of a dominant shrub drive community composition. Journal of Vegetation Science. 2017, 28:1118-1127. (IF = 2.944, SCI二区)
Xiao, S., Callaway, R.M., Graebner, R., Hierro, J.L. and Montesinos, D.* Modeling the relative importance of ecological factors in exotic invasion: The origin of competitors matters, but disturbance in the non-native range tips the balance. Ecological Modelling. 2016, 335:39-47. (IF = 2.634, SCI三区)
Michalet, R.*, Schob, C., Xiao, S., Zhao, L., Chen, T., An, L.Z. and Callaway R.M. Beneficiary feedback effects on alpine cushion benefactors become more negative with increasing cover of graminoids and in dry conditions. Functional Ecology. 2016, 30:79-87. (IF = 5.037, SCI二区)
Kikvidze, Z.*, Brooker, R.W., Butterfield, B.J., Callaway, R.M., Cavieres, L.A., Cook, B.J., Lortie, C.J., Michalet, R., Pugnaire, F.I., Xiao, S. and Anthelme, F., The effects of foundation species on community assembly: a global study on alpine cushion plant communities. Ecology. 2015, 96:2064-2069. (IF = 4.285, SCI一区)
Michalet, R.*, Chen, S.Y., An L.Z., Wang X.T., Wang Y.X., Guo, P., Ding, C.C. and Xiao, S. Communities: are they groups of hidden interactions? Journal of Vegetation Science. 2015, 26:207-218. (IF = 2.944, SCI二区)
Chen, S.Y., Chen, Z.L., Guo, P., Ding, C.C., Wang, Y. X., Wang, X.T., Zhang, J.L., Jia, P., Wang, G. and Xiao, S.* The Roles of Spatial Pattern and Size Variation in Shaping Height Inequality of Plant Population. Bulletin of mathematical biology. 2014, 76:476-485. (IF = 1.643, SCI四区)
Schob, C.*, Michalet, R., Cavieres, L.A., Pugnaire, F.I., Brooker, R.W., Butterfield, B.J., Cook, B.J., Kikvidze, Z., Lortie, C.J., Xiao, S., Al Hayek, P., Anthelme, F., Cranston, B.H., Garcia, M.C., Le Bagousse-Pinguet, Y., Reid, A.M., le Roux, P.C., Lingua, E., Nyakatya, M.J., Touzard, B., Zhao, L. and Callaway, R.M. A global analysis of bidirectional interactions in alpine plant communities shows facilitators experiencing strong reciprocal fitness costs. New Phytologist. 2014, 204:386-396. (IF = 7.299, SCI一区)
Schob, C.*, Callaway, R.M., Anthelme, F., Brooker, R.W., Cavieres, L.A., Kikvidze, Z., Lortie, C.J., Michalet, R., Pugnaire, F.I., Xiao, S., Cranston, B.H., García, M.C., Hupp, N.R., Llambí, L.D., Lingua, E., Reid, A.M., Zhao, L. and Butterfield, B.J. The context dependence of beneficiary feedback effects on benefactors in plant facilitation. New Phytologist. 2014, 204:386-396. (IF = 7.299, SCI一区)
Shah, M.A.*, Callaway, R.M., Shah, T., Houseman, G.R., Pal, R.W., Xiao, S., Luo, W., Rosche, C., Reshi, Z.A., Khasa, D.P. and Chen, S. Conyza canadensis suppresses plant diversity in its nonnative ranges but not at home: a transcontinental comparison. New Phytologist. 2014, 202:1286-1296. (IF = 7.299, SCI一区)
Cavieres, L.A.*, Brooker, R.W., Butterfield, B. J., Cook, B.J., Kikvidze, Z., Lortie, C.J., Michalet, R., Pugnaire, F.I., Schob, C., Xiao, S., Anthelme, F., Bjork, R.G., Dickinson, K.J., Cranston, B.H., Gavilan, R., Gutierrez-Giron, A., Kanka, R., Maalouf, J.P., Mark, A. F., Noroozi, J., Parajuli, R., Phoenix, G.K., Reid, A.M., Ridenour, W.M., Rixen, C., Wipf, S., Zhao, L., Escudero, A., Zaitchik, B.F., Lingua, E., Aschehoug, E.T. and Callaway, R.M. Facilitative plant interactions and climate simultaneously drive alpine plant diversity. Ecology Letters. 2014, 17:193-202. (IF = 8.699, SCI一区)
Xiao, S.*, Guangyan, N. and Callaway R.M. Models of experimentally derived competitive effects predict biogeographical differences in the abundance of invasive and native plant species. PLOS ONE. 2013, 8: e78625. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.**. (IF = 2.776, SCI三区)
Xiao, S.* and Michalet, R. Do indirect interactions always contribute to net indirect facilitation? Ecological Modelling. 2013, 268:1-8. (IF = 2.634, SCI三区)
Xiao, S., Zhao, L., Zhang, J.L., Wang, X.T. and Chen, S.Y.* The integration of facilitation into the neutral theory of community assembly. Ecological Modeling. 2013, 251:127-134. (IF = 2.634, SCI三区)
Xiao, S., Zhao, L., Zhang, J.L., Wang, X.T. and Chen, S.Y.* Comparing neutral and trade-off community model in shaping "productivity-diversity" relationship under different disturbance levels. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology. 2013, 75:213-222. (IF = 1.643, SCI四区)
Bulleri, F.*, Xiao, S., Maggi, E., Benedetti-Cecchi, L. Intensity and temporal variability as components of stress gradients: implications for the balance between competition and facilitation. Oikos. 2013, 123:47-55. (IF = 3.468, SCI二区)
Le Bagousse-Pinguet, Y.*, Xiao S., Brooker, R.W., Gross, N., Liancourt, P., Straile, D. and Michalet, R. Facilitation displaces hot-spots of diversity and allows communities to persist in heavily stressed and disturbed environments. Journal of Vegetation Science. 2013, 25:66-76. (IF = 2.944, SCI二区)
Butterfield, B.J.*, Cavieres, L.A., Callaway, R.M., Cook, B. J., Kikvidze, Z., Lortie, C.J., Michalet, R., Pugnaire, F.I., Schob, C., Xiao, S., Zaitchek, B., Anthelme, F., Bjork, R.G., Dickinson, K., Gavilan, R., Kanka, R., Maalouf, J.P., Noroozi, J., Parajuli, R., Phoenix, G.K., Reid, A., Ridenour, W., Rixen, C., Wipf, S., Zhao, L. and Brooker, R.W. Alpine cushion plants inhibit the loss of phylogenetic diversity in severe environments. Ecology Letters. 2013, 16:478-486. (IF = 8.699, SCI一区)
Chen, S.Y., Xiao, S. and Callaway, R.M.* Light intensity alters the allelopathic effects of an exotic invader. Plant Ecology and Diversity. 2012, 5:521-526. (IF = 1.173, SCI四区)
Xiao, S., Callaway, R.M., Newcombe, G. and Aschehoug E.T.* Models of experimental competitive intensities predict home and away differences in invasive impact and the effects of an endophytic mutualist. American Naturalist. 2012, 180:707-718. (IF = 3.855, SCI二区)
Weiner, J.* and Xiao, S. Variation in the degree of specialization can maintain local diversity in model communities. Theoretical Ecology. 2012, 5:161-166. (IF = 1.986, SCI四区)
Michalet, R.*, Xiao, S., Touzard, B., Smith, D.S., Cavieres, L.A., Callaway, R.M. and Whitham T.G. Phenotypic variation in nurse traits and community feedbacks define an alpine community. Ecology Letters. 2011, 14:433–443. (IF = 8.699, SCI一区)
Xiao, S., Zobel, M., Szava-Kovats, R. and P?rtel, M.* The effects of species pool, dispersal and competition on the diversity–productivity relationship. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 2010, 19:343–351. (IF = 5.667, SCI一区)
Xu, J., Michalet, R., Zhang, J.L., Wang, G., Chu, C.J. and Xiao, S.* Assessing facilitative responses to a nurse shrub at the community level: the example of Potentilla fruticosa in a sub-alpine grassland of northwest China. Plant Biology. 2010, 12:780–787. (IF = 2.393, SCI二区)
Chen, S.Y., Zhang J.L., Peng, J., Jin, X., Gang, W. and Xiao, S.* Effects of size variation and spatial structure on plastic response of plant height to light competition. Science Bulletin. 2010, 55: 1135–1141. (IF = 6.277, SCI一区)
Chu, C.J., Weiner, J., Maestre, F., Wang, Y., Morris, C., Xiao, S., Yuan, J., Du, G. and Wang, G.* Effects of positive interactions, size symmetry of competition and abiotic stress on self-thinning in simulated plant populations. Annals of Botany. 2010, 106:647–652. (IF = 3.454, SCI二区)
Xiao, S.*, Michalet, R., Wang, G. and Chen, S.Y. The interplay between species’ positive and negative interactions shapes the “community biomass-species richness” relationship. Oikos. 2009, 118:1343–1348. (IF = 3.468, SCI二区)
Chen, S.Y., Xu, Jin., Maestre, F.T., Chu, C.J., Wang, G. and Xiao, S.* Beyond dual-lattice models: incorporating plant strategies when modeling the interplay between facilitation and competition along environmental severity gradients. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 2009, 258:266–273. (IF =1.875, SCI三区)
Chu, C.J., Weiner, J., Maestre, F.T., Xiao, S., Wang, Y.S., Li, Q, Yuan, J.L., Zhao, L.Q., Ren, Z.W., and Wang, G.* Positive interactions can increase size inequality in plant populations. Journal of Ecology. 2009, 97: 1401–1407. (IF = 5.687, SCI一区)
Chu, C.J., Maestre, F.T., Xiao, S., Weiner, J., Wang, Y.S., Duan, Z.H. and Wang, G.* Balance between facilitation and resource competition determines biomass-density relationships in plant populations. Ecology Letters. 2008, 11:1189–1197. (IF = 8.699, SCI一区)
Xiao, S., Chen S.Y. and Wang, G.* Does the ESS height of plant population still exist with the inclusion of spatial structure? — an individual-based model research. Ecological Modelling. 2007, 204:23–218. (IF = 2.634, SCI三区)
Xiao, S., Chen S.Y. and Wang, G.* An ESS for the height of a plant population, or an optimal height for an individual? —Rethinking game-theoretic models for plant height. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology. 2006, 68:957–967. (IF = 1.643, SCI三区)
Xiao, S., Chen S.Y., Zhao L.Q. and Wang, G.* Density effects on plant height growth and inequality in sunflower populations. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 2006, 48:513–519. (IF = 3.824, SCI一区)
Chen, S.Y., Xiao, S., Zhang, M.X., Chen T., Wang H.C., and An, L.Z.* Antisense and RNAi expression for a chloroplastic superoxide dismutase gene in transgenic plants. Botanical Studies. 2005, 46:175-182. (IF = 1.796, SCI三区)
Wang, G.*, Yuan, J.L., Wang, X.Z., Xiao, S. and Huang, W.B. Competitive regulation of plant allometry and a generalized model for the plant self-thinning process. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology. 2004, 66:1875–1885. (IF = 1.643, SCI三区)
Liang, L., Xiao, S. and Wang, G. Seed bank and seed production of indigenous plants species in a central Asian desert. In: Runge M and Zhang XM eds. Ecophysiology and habitat requirements of perennial plant species in the Taklimakan desert. 2004, 147-152. Shaker Verlag, Aachen, Germany. (Book chapter)
其它信息
学术合作与交流：
2020年在北京林业大学举行的“第二次青藏高原综合科学考察研究”学术论坛上作特邀报告
2020年在江西师范大学举行的“物种互作理论与研讨会”上作特邀报告
2018年在西安工业大学举行的“西部生态学研讨会”上作特邀报告
担任2017年国际植物学大会分会场召集人
担任2016年中国生态学大会分会场召集人
2015年在主题为 ‘From Ecosystems to Modern Agriculture’的国际学术会议上作大会特邀报告
2015年在甘肃省生态学学会年会上作特邀报告
担任2014年美国生态学大会理论生态学分会场主席
2013年应邀前往新加坡国立大学生命科学学院进行为期两周的学术合作
2013年在广西桂林举行的“退化生态系统修复与流域生态系统管理学术研讨会”上作特邀学术报告
2012年参加在黑龙江哈尔滨举行的“第十届生物多样性保护与持续利用学术研讨会”并作学术报告
自2010年起参与了由植物生态学权威，美国蒙大拿大学Ragan Callaway教授所领导的关于垫状植物对高山生态系统多样性与功能影响的全球调查研究项目之中，并且是该项目在全球78个研究地点之中唯一位于亚洲的地点。本项目相关的学术论文有两篇发表在生态学最高影响因子杂志Ecology Letters，两篇于发表在植物学权威杂志New Phytologist，1篇发表在生态学顶尖期刊Ecology上，1篇发表在生态学权威期刊Functional Ecology上。
自2010年起，与爱沙尼亚塔尔图大学，意大利比萨大学，丹麦哥本哈根大学，新加坡国立大学生态学方面的专家均有学术合作并发表相关论文数篇
2010年参加了在英国曼彻斯特大学举办的第一届欧洲群落遗传学会议
2010年参加了在西班牙BENASQUE举行的"植物间相互作用与环境梯度"国际研讨会，并在随后与来自全球九个国家的十一位专家一起在安第斯山与阿尔卑斯山进行了为期一周的针对高山植物保育作用的野外研究
2010年应邀前往爱沙尼亚塔尔图大学生态与地球科学研究所进行学术交流，并作学术报告