Degree: Ph.D.
Title: Professor
Position: Associate Editor Plant Ecology; Associate Editor Ecology and Evolution; Editorial Board Member Plant and Soil
Graduation school: Flinders University – Adelaide, South Australia
Office: 320 North Building
Contact Here
gyan@mail.hzau.edu.cn
I am a Professor in Department of Forestry at Huazhong Agricultural University (HZAU). I have worked in applied ecology in both the Chinese and Australian institutions for over 30 years. I have taught undergraduate and postgraduate units in ecology and resource management. My research interests broadly span the science and management of agricultural–natural ecosystems, including forest biodiversity, fire ecology, and plant-soil nutrient cycle.
- Huazhong Agricultural University, Department of Forestry, B. For, 1982
- Flinders University, School of Biological Sciences, Ph.D. 1990
- 2016.06 to present Department of Forestry, Huazhong Agricultural University
- 2002.07 to 2016.03 Managing Director, Biological and Resource Technology Pty Ltd (Australia)
- 2000.03 to 2011.03 Adjunct Professor, Department of Environmental Biology, Curtin University
- 1993.09 to 2002.06 Research Scientist, Department of Agriculture, Western Australia
- 1990.09 to 1993.08 Postdoctoral Fellow, University of New England
Publications (2019-2022 only)
- Wang, B. J., Chen, G., Huang, S. Zhao, F. Dong, Y., Zhang, W., He, P., Wang, Z., Yan* (2022) Growth and nutrient stoichiometry responses to N and P fertilization of 8-year old Masson pines (Pinus massoniana) in subtropical China. Plant and Soil https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-022-05424-2
- Qi, X., M., Wei, Z., Wang, T., Jiang, M., Teng, P., Wang, Z., Yan*. (2022). Cessation of incense-burning reduces regional landscape fire, the effects of COVID-19 lockdown. Ecology and Society (Accepted 2022.3.14).
- Bian, J., Cui, L., Wang, X., Yang, G., Huo, F., Ling, H., Chen, L., She, K., Du, X., Levi, B., Levi, A. J., Yan, Z., Nie, X., and Weining, S. (2020). Genomic and Phenotypic Divergence in Wild Barley Driven by Microgeographic Adaptation. Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) 7, 2000709-2000709.
- Feng, K., Cui, L., Wang, L., Shan, D., Tong, W., Deng, P., Yan, Z., Wang, M., Zhan, H., Wu, X., He, W., Zhou, X., Ji, J., Zhang, G., Mao, L., Karafiatova, M., Simkova, H., Dolezel, J., Du, X., Zhao, S., Luo, M.-C., Han, D., Zhang, C., Kang, Z., Appels, R., Edwards, D., Nie, X., and Song, W. (2020). The improved assembly of 7DL chromosome provides insight into the structure and evolution of bread wheat. Plant Biotechnology Journal 18, 732-742.
- He, W., Keyhani, A. B., Ma, Z., Xu, J., Zhang, C., Xu, X., Teng, M., Yan, Z., Wang, B., and Wang, P. (2021). Leaf litter lignin degradation in response to understory vegetation removal in a Masson pine plantation. Land Degradation & Development 32, 1632-1642.
- He, W., Lei, L., Ma, Z., Teng, M., Wang, P., Yan, Z., Huang, Z., Zeng, L., and Xiao, W. (2020a). Nonadditive effects of decomposing mixed foliar litter on the release of several metallic elements in a Pinus massoniana Lamb. forest. Annals of Forest Science 77.
- He, W., Xu, X., Zhang, C., Ma, Z., Xu, J., Ten, M., Yan, Z., Wang, B., and Wang, P. (2020b). Understory vegetation removal reduces the incidence of non-additive mass loss during leaf litter decomposition in a subtropical Pinus massoniana plantation. Plant and Soil 446, 529-541.
- Huang, X., Dai, D., Xiang, Y., Yan, Z., Teng, M., Wang, P., Zhou, Z., Zeng, L., and Xiao, W. (2021). Radial growth of Pinus massoniana is influenced by temperature, precipitation, and site conditions on the regional scale: A meta-analysis based on tree-ring width index. Ecological Indicators 126.
- Lamont, B. B., He, T., and Yan, Z. (2019). Evolutionary history of fire-stimulated resprouting, flowering, seed release and germination. Biological Reviews 94, 903-928.
- Lamont, B. B., Miller, B. P., Enright, N. J., and Yan, Z. G. (2022). Isolation and self-regulation processes in simulated postfire microsites promote plant species diversity. Acta Oecologica-International Journal of Ecology 114.
- Santangelo, J. S. et al. (2022). Global urban environmental change drives adaptation in white clover. Science (New York, N.Y.) 375, 1275-1281.
- Teng, M., Zeng, L., Hu, W., Wang, P., Yan, Z., He, W., Zhang, Y., Huang, Z., and Xiao, W. (2020). The impacts of climate changes and human activities on net primary productivity vary across an ecotone zone in Northwest China. Science of the Total Environment 714.
- Xiao, Z. a., Zhang, Y., Liu, M., Zhan, C., Yang, X., Nvsvrot, T., Yan, Z., and Wang, N. (2020). Coexpression analysis of a large-scale transcriptome identified a calmodulin-like protein regulating the development of adventitious roots in poplar. Tree Physiology 40, 1405-1419.
- Yan, Z., Zhang, Q., Zhang, N., Li, W., Chang, C., Xiang, Y., Xia, C., Jiang, T., He, W., Luo, J., and Xu, Y. (2020). Repellency of forty-one aromatic plant species to the Asian citrus psyllid, vector of the bacterium associated with huanglongbing. Ecology and Evolution 10, 12940-12948.
- Yan, Z. G., Zhou, Q. H., Teng, M. J., Ji, H., Zhang, J. L., He, W., Ye, Y. M., Wang, B., and Wang, P. C. (2019). High planting density and leaf area index of masson pine forest reduce crown transmittance of photosynthetically active radiation. Global Ecology And Conservation 20.
- Yue, H., Nie, X., Yan, Z., and Song, W. (2019). N6-methyladenosine regulatory machinery in plants: composition, function and evolution. Plant Biotechnology Journal 17, 1194-1208.
- Yue, W., Zhang, H., Sun, X., Su, N., Zhao, Q., Yan, Z., Weining, S., and Yue, H. (2022). The Landscape of Autophagy-Related (ATG) Genes and Functional Characterization of TaVAMP727 to Autophagy in Wheat. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 23.
- Zeng, Y., Zhou, Z., Yan, Z., Teng, M., and Huang, C. (2019). Climate Change and Its Attribution in Three Gorges Reservoir Area, China. Sustainability 11.
- Zhang, H., Fu, Y., Guo, H., Zhang, L., Wang, C., Song, W., Yan, Z., Wang, Y., and Ji, W. (2019). Transcriptome and Proteome-Based Network Analysis Reveals a Model of Gene Activation in Wheat Resistance to Stripe Rust. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 20.
- Zhang, Y.-y., Zhou, Q.-h., Xu, J.-y., Chen, J.-h., Wei, M., He, W., Wang, P.-c., and Yan, Z.-g. (2021a). Impacts of stand density on diversity of understory plant and soil seed banks in a Pinus massoniana plantation. Yingyong Shengtai Xuebao 32, 2355-2362.
- Zhang, Y., Zhou, Q., Xu, J., Wei, M., Chen, J., He, W., Wang, P., and Yan, Z. (2021b). Effects of Forest Ages on the Diversity of Understory Plants and Soil Seed Bank of Pinus massoniana Plantations. Ecology and Environmental Sciences 30, 2121-2129.