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D-Index
50
Citations
9575
World Ranking
3843
National Ranking
81

Fei-Hai Yu publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Fei-Hai Yu sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 275 publications — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Fei-Hai Yu D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Fei-Hai Yu sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Fei-Hai Yu is affiliated with Taizhou University in China and has an extensive research background primarily focused on agricultural and biological sciences as well as environmental science. Their work spans a substantial number of publications with 266 contributions in agricultural and biological sciences and 253 in environmental science, reflecting a comprehensive engagement with these domains.

The main subfields in which Fei-Hai Yu has contributed include plant science, nature and landscape conservation, ecology, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, and soil science. These areas highlight a focus on both fundamental and applied aspects of ecosystem dynamics and plant-environment interactions.

Research topics frequently addressed by Fei-Hai Yu cover a broad ecological spectrum, including:

  • Ecology and vegetation dynamics studies
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Plant parasitism and resistance
  • Mycorrhizal fungi and plant interactions
  • Peatlands and wetlands ecology

Among the recent publications, several provide insight into the specific areas of interest and research output. These include:

  • "Synchrony matters more than species richness in plant community stability at a global scale," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Potential Roles of Soil Microorganisms in Regulating the Effect of Soil Nutrient Heterogeneity on Plant Performance," 2022, Microorganisms
  • "A meta-analysis of effects of physiological integration in clonal plants under homogeneous vs. heterogeneous environments," 2020, Functional Ecology
  • "Plant Diversity Enhances Soil Fungal Diversity and Microbial Resistance to Plant Invasion," 2021, Applied and Environmental Microbiology
  • "Biochar-amended coastal wetland soil enhances growth of Suaeda salsa and alters rhizosphere soil nutrients and microbial communities," 2021, The Science of The Total Environment

Fei-Hai Yu frequently publishes in a range of journals, with notable numbers of publications in Frontiers in Plant Science, The Science of The Total Environment, Ecological Indicators, Journal of Plant Ecology, and SSRN Electronic Journal. These venues are aligned with the expertise areas and research themes described.

The scholar collaborates regularly with other researchers, with coauthors including Wei Xue, Jun-Qin Gao, Fang-Li Luo, Michael Opoku Adomako, and Mai-He Li. These collaborations indicate an interconnected research network contributing to the body of work in ecological and plant sciences.

Best Publications

  • United we stand, divided we fall: a meta-analysis of experiments on clonal integration and its relationship to invasiveness.

    Yao-Bin Song;Yao-Bin Song;Fei-Hai Yu;Fei-Hai Yu;Lidewij H. Keser;Lidewij H. Keser;Wayne Dawson

  • Synchrony matters more than species richness in plant community stability at a global scale.

    Enrique Valencia;Francesco de Bello;Thomas Galland;Peter B Adler;Peter B Adler

  • Invasive alien plants benefit more from clonal integration in heterogeneous environments than natives.

    Yong-Jian Wang;Heinz Müller-Schärer;Mark van Kleunen;Mark van Kleunen;Ai-Ming Cai

  • Clonal integration helps Psammochloa villosa survive sand burial in an inland dune

    Feihai Yu;Feihai Yu;Ming Dong;Bertil Krüsi

  • Facilitation associated with three contrasting shrub species in heavily grazed pastures on the eastern Tibetan Plateau

    P. X. Li;P. X. Li;B. O. Krüsi;S. L. Li;X. H. Cai

  • Clonal integration affects growth, photosynthetic efficiency and biomass allocation, but not the competitive ability, of the alien invasive Alternanthera philoxeroides under severe stress.

    Ning Wang;Fei-Hai Yu;Ping-Xing Li;Wei-Ming He

  • A Trade-off Between Guerrilla and Phalanx Growth Forms in Leymus secalinus Under Different Nutrient Supplies

    Xue-Hua Ye;Fei-Hai Yu;Ming Dong

  • Clonal integration enhances survival and performance of Potentilla anserina, suffering from partial sand burial on Ordos plateau, China

    Feihai Yu;Yufu Chen;Ming Dong

  • Clonal integration supports the expansion from terrestrial to aquatic environments of the amphibious stoloniferous herb Alternanthera philoxeroides.

    Ning Wang;Ning Wang;Feihai Yu;Pingxing Li;Weiming He

  • Adaptation of rhizome connections in drylands: increasing tolerance of clones to wind erosion.

    Fei-Hai Yu;Ning Wang;Ning Wang;Wei-Ming He;Yu Chu

  • Handbook of standardized protocols for collecting plant modularity traits

    Jitka Klimešová;Jitka Klimešová;Jana Martínková;Juli G. Pausas;Moemy Gomes de Moraes

  • Reduced compensatory effects explain the nitrogen-mediated reduction in stability of an alpine meadow on the Tibetan Plateau.

    Ming‐Hua Song;Fei‐Hai Yu

  • Invasive clonal plant species have a greater root-foraging plasticity than non-invasive ones.

    Lidewij H. Keser;Lidewij H. Keser;Wayne Dawson;Yao-Bin Song;Fei-Hai Yu

  • Clonal integration in homogeneous environments increases performance of Alternanthera philoxeroides

    Bi-Cheng Dong;Peter Alpert;Qian Zhang;Fei-Hai Yu

  • Physiological integration in an introduced, invasive plant increases its spread into experimental communities and modifies their structure.

    Fei-Hai Yu;Fei-Hai Yu;Ning Wang;Ning Wang;Peter Alpert;Wei-Ming He

  • How internode length, position and presence of leaves affect survival and growth of Alternanthera philoxeroides after fragmentation?

    Bi-Cheng Dong;Guo-Lei Yu;Wei Guo;Ming-Xiang Zhang

  • Heavy metal distribution in different soil aggregate size classes from restored brackish marsh, oil exploitation zone, and tidal mud flat of the Yellow River Delta

    Rong Xiao;Mingxiang Zhang;Xinying Yao;Ziwen Ma

  • Plant traits and ecosystem effects of clonality: a new research agenda

    Johannes H. C. Cornelissen;Yao-Bin Song;Yao-Bin Song;Fei-Hai Yu;Ming Dong;Ming Dong

  • Effects of soil nutrient heterogeneity on intraspecific competition in the invasive, clonal plant Alternanthera philoxeroides.

    Jian Zhou;Bi-Cheng Dong;Peter Alpert;Hong-Li Li

  • Effects of fragmentation on the survival and growth of the invasive, clonal plant Alternanthera philoxeroides

    Bi-Cheng Dong;Peter Alpert;Wei Guo;Fei-Hai Yu

Frequent Co-Authors

Ming Dong
Ming Dong Chinese Academy of Sciences
Peter Alpert
Peter Alpert University of Massachusetts Amherst
Mai-He Li
Mai-He Li Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Mark van Kleunen
Mark van Kleunen University of Konstanz
Tomáš Herben
Tomáš Herben Charles University
Xingliang Xu
Xingliang Xu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Qian Zhang
Qian Zhang Northeast Normal University
Marinus J. A. Werger
Marinus J. A. Werger Utrecht University
Johannes H. C. Cornelissen
Johannes H. C. Cornelissen Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Pieter A. Zuidema
Pieter A. Zuidema Wageningen University & Research

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