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Kechang Niu
Life Science
Nanjing University
Jiangsu
Language: English, Chinese, French
Community Ecology
Trait-Based
Biodiversity
Ecosystem Function
Plant Community
Intraspecific Variation
Functional Traits
Soil Microbes
Herbivory
Grazing
Areas of Focus
- Trait-based community ecology
- Trait-based plant community ecology
- Plant trait-mediated herbivory/grazing effect
- Trait-mediated plant-soil animals
- Trait-mediated plant-soil microbes
Work Experience
- 2019.12 — Present: Professor, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University
- 2023.09 — Present: Vice Dean, School of Biological Science and Technology, Ili Normal University
- 2023.04 — 2023.08: Vice Dean, School of Biological and Geographical Sciences, Ili Normal University
- 2014.12 — 2019.12: Associate Professor, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University
- 2014.03 — 2015.04: Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Biology, McGill University
- 2011.01 — 2014.12: Lecturer, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2009.03 — 2010.12: Postdoctoral in Natural Geography, Peking University
- 2003.09 — 2008.07: PhD in Ecology, Lanzhou University
- 2006.12 — 2008.01: PhD trainee, Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine (UJF-CNRS)
- 1998.09 — 2002.06: Bachelor of Science, Northwest Normal University
Publications
- Resilience to species loss: increasing differences among conspecifics buffers decline in plant community function., Kechang Niu & Martin J. Lechowicz, 2024
- The conceptual and theoretical dimensions of biodiversity research in China: Examples from plants., Chengjin Chu, Lei Chen, Pengfei Fan, Ziwen He, Yuanzhi Li, Jinbao Liao, Xubing Liu, Kechang Niu, Xingfeng Si, Shaopeng Wang & Xinqiang Xi, 2021
- Harsh environmental regimes increase the functional significance of intraspecific variation in plant communities., Kechang Niu, Shiting Zhang & Martin J. Lechowicz, 2020
- Trait-dependent importance of intraspecific variation relative to species turnover in determining community functional composition following nutrient enrichment., Xiaolong Zhou, Liuwen Dong, Yongjun Zhang, Jingdong Li, Zhengwei Ren & Kechang Niu, 2024
- Experimental warming altered plant functional traits and their coordination in a permafrost ecosystem., Bin Wei, Dianye Zhang, Guanqin Wang, Yang Liu, Qinlu Li, Zhihu Zheng, Guibiao Yang, Yunfeng Peng, Kechang Niu, Yuanhe Yang, 2023
