Areas of Focus
- Community ecology and biological invasions
- Biogeography of herbivorous insect-plant-microbe interactions
- Kin selection and species coexistence
- Rhizosphere effects and plant-soil feedback
- Plant niche differentiation on species coexistence, biodiversity, and C & N cycles
- Evolution and kin selection of cooperative behavior in plants
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2003 - PhD in Ecology: Lanzhou University
- Published over 50 research papers in SCI journals such as Ecology, Journal of Ecology, and New Phytologist
Publications
- Hierarchical metacommunity structure of fungal endophytes, Pan YF, Liu M, Sosa A, Li B, Shi M & Pan XY, 2023
- From competition to cooperation: Kin selection against selfish shade avoidance behaviour promotes plant invasions, Chen LR, Pan YF, Pan XY, Yu LR, Sosa A, Yang J & Li B, 2023
- Effects of soil nitrogen levels on growth and defense of the native and introduced genotypes of alligator weed, Mu Liu, Fang Zhou, Xiaoyun Pan, Zhijie Zhang, Bo Li, 2022
- Plant invasion alters latitudinal pattern of plant-defense syndromes, Liu M, Pan YF, Pan XY, Sosa A, Blumenthal DM, Van Kleunen M & Li B, 2021
- Rapid evolution of latitudinal clines in growth and defence of an invasive weed, Yang Y, Liu M, Pan YF, Huang HY, Pan XY, Sosa A, Hou YP, Zhu ZC & Li B, 2021
- Testing the shifting defense hypothesis for constitutive and induced resistance and tolerance, Liu M, Pan XY, Zhang ZJ, van Kleunen M, Li B, 2020
- Evolution of increased intraspecific competitive ability following introduction: The importance of relatedness among genotypes, Zhang ZJ, Zhou F, Pan XY, van Kleunen M, Liu M, & Li B, 2019
- Contrasting effects of specialist and generalist herbivores on resistance evolution in invasive plants, Zhang ZJ, Pan XY, Blumenthal D, van Kleunen M, Liu M, & Li B, 2018
Awards
- Professor Zhong Yang Foundation of Fudan University (2019)