Areas of Focus
- Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function
- Plant-Animal Interactions and Global Change Biology
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2005: Selected for the Ministry of Education's New Century Excellent Talents Program
- 2007: Supported by the Chinese Academy of Sciences' 'Hundred Talents Program'
- 2013: Recipient of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars
- 2015: Appointed as a Distinguished Professor by the Ministry of Education
Publications
- The sign of cascading predator effects varies with prey traits in a detrital system, Xinwei Wu, John Griffin, Xinqiang Xi, Shucun Sun, 2015
- Parasitoid wasps indirectly suppress seed production by stimulating consumption rates of their seed-feeding hosts, Xinqiang Xi, Nico Eisenhauer, Shucun Sun, 2015
- Domesticated honeybees evolutionarily reduce flower nectar volume in a Tibetan lotus, Junpeng Mu, Youhong Peng, Xinwei Wu, John Griffin, Karl Niklas, Shucun Sun, 2014
- Cascading effects of predator-detritivore interactions depend on environmental context in alpine meadows, Xinwei Wu, John N. Griffin, Shucun Sun, 2014
- Predatory beetles facilitate plant growth by driving earthworms to lower soil layers, Chuan Zhao, John N. Griffin, Xinwei Wu, Shucun Sun, 2013
- Global warming reduces plant reproductive output for temperate multi-inflorescence species on the Tibetan plateau, Yinzhan Liu, Junpeng Mu, Karl J. Niklas, Guoyong Li, Shucun Sun, 2012
- Shifting phenology and abundance under experimental warming alters trophic relationship and plant reproductive capacity, Yinzhan Liu, Peter B. Reich, Guoyong Li, Shucun Sun, 2011
- A brown-world cascade in the dung decomposer food web of an alpine meadow: Effects of predator interactions and warming, Xinwei Wu, J. Emmett Duffy, Peter B. Reich, Shucun Sun, 2011
- Experimental warming induces degradation of a Tibetan alpine meadow through trophic interactions, Guoyong Li, Yinzhan Liu, Lee E. Frelich, Shucun Sun, 2011
- Flowering phenology and height growth pattern are associated with maximum plant height, relative growth rate, and stem tissue mass density in herbaceous grassland species, Shucun Sun, Lee E. Frelich, 2011
Awards
- 2005: Ministry of Education's New Century Excellent Talents Program
- 2007: Chinese Academy of Sciences' 'Hundred Talents Program'
- 2013: National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars
- 2015: Ministry of Education Distinguished Professor
