Areas of Focus
- Impact of scale effects on spatial distribution patterns of mountain biodiversity
- Role of spatial heterogeneity and energy in mountain species formation
- Impact of climate fluctuations on unimodal diversity altitudinal patterns
Work Experience
- 2019-02~2022-09 - Université du Québec - Postdoctoral Researcher
- 2016-01~2019-12 - Peking University - Postdoctoral Researcher
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2011-09--2015-12 Ph.D.: Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2007-09--2010-06 Master's: Northeast Forestry University
- 2003-09--2007-06 Bachelor's: Northeast Agricultural University
Publications
- The Importance of Energy Theory in Shaping Elevational Species Richness Patterns in Plants, Zihan Jiang, 2022
- Bedrock geochemistry influences vegetation growth by regulating the regolith water holding capacity, Zihan Jiang, 2020
- A trait‐based approach reveals the importance of biotic filter for elevational herb richness pattern, Zihan Jiang, 2018
- Can the physiological tolerance hypothesis explain herb richness patterns along an elevational gradient? A trait-based analysis, Zihan Jiang, 2016
- Environmental filtering drives herb community composition and functional trait changes across an elevational gradient, Zihan Jiang, 2015
- Interplay of temperature and woody cover shapes herb communities along an elevational gradient in a temperate forest in Beijing, China, Zihan Jiang, 2015