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Plant Science and Agronomy

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1515
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Overview

Hong Qian is affiliated with the Illinois State Museum in the United States and has an extensive record of research mainly in the Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science fields. Their work focuses on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecological Modeling, Plant Science, and Ecology as subfields of study.

Their research topics include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Plant and Animal Studies, Plant Diversity and Evolution, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Botany and Plant Ecology Studies, Bryophyte Studies and Records, and Lichen and Fungal Ecology.

Hong Qian has published in several scientific journals, frequently contributing to:

  • Plant Diversity
  • Journal of Biogeography
  • Ecography
  • Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Diversity and Distributions

Some of their recent papers include:

  • Are phylogenies resolved at the genus level appropriate for studies on phylogenetic structure of species assemblages? (2020) - Plant Diversity
  • Geographic patterns and environmental correlates of taxonomic and phylogenetic beta diversity for large-scale angiosperm assemblages in China (2020) - Ecography

Hong Qian has collaborated with frequent coauthors including Yi Jin, Jian Zhang, Shenhua Qian, Michael Kessler, and Tao Deng.

Best Publications

  • V.PhyloMaker: an R package that can generate very large phylogenies for vascular plants

    Yi Jin;Hong Qian;Hong Qian

  • Large-scale processes and the Asian bias in species diversity of temperate plants

    Hong Qian;Robert E. Ricklefs

  • V.PhyloMaker2: An updated and enlarged R package that can generate very large phylogenies for vascular plants

    Unknown

  • An updated megaphylogeny of plants, a tool for generating plant phylogenies, and an analysis of phylogenetic community structure

    Hong Qian;Yi Jin

  • Beta diversity of angiosperms in temperate floras of eastern Asia and eastern North America

    Hong Qian;Robert E. Ricklefs;Peter S. White

  • A latitudinal gradient in large‐scale beta diversity for vascular plants in North America

    Hong Qian;Robert E. Ricklefs

  • Diversity of temperate plants in east Asia

    S. P. Harrison;G. Yu;H. Takahara;I. C. Prentice

  • Coefficient shifts in geographical ecology: an empirical evaluation of spatial and non-spatial regression

    L. Mauricio Bini;J. Alexandre F. Diniz-Filho;Thiago F.L.V.B. Rangel;Thomas S.B. Akre

  • The role of exotic species in homogenizing the North American flora.

    Hong Qian;Robert E. Ricklefs

  • Beta diversity in relation to dispersal ability for vascular plants in North America

    Hong Qian

  • A Comparison of the Taxonomic Richness of Vascular Plants in China and the United States.

    Hong Qian;Robert E. Ricklefs

  • A GLOBAL EVALUATION OF METABOLIC THEORY AS AN EXPLANATION FOR TERRESTRIAL SPECIES RICHNESS GRADIENTS

    Bradford A. Hawkins;Fabio S. Albuquerque;Miguel B. Araújo;Miguel B. Araújo;Jan Beck

  • Phylogenetic structure and phylogenetic diversity of angiosperm assemblages in forests along an elevational gradient in Changbaishan, China

    Hong Qian;Zhanqing Hao;Jian Zhang

  • Geographical distribution and ecological conservatism of disjunct genera of vascular plants in eastern Asia and eastern North America

    Hong Qian;Robert E. Ricklefs;Robert E. Ricklefs

  • Global patterns of tree species richness in moist forests : distinguishing ecological influences and historical contingency

    Robert E. Ricklefs;Roger Earl Latham;Hong Qian

  • Disentangling the effects of geographic distance and environmental dissimilarity on global patterns of species turnover

    Hong Qian;Robert E. Ricklefs

  • U.PhyloMaker: An R package that can generate large phylogenetic trees for plants and animals

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  • Regional differences in rates of plant speciation and molecular evolution: a comparison between eastern Asia and eastern North America.

    Qiu-Yun (Jenny) Xiang;Wen Heng Zhang;Robert E. Ricklefs;Hong Qian

  • The latitudinal gradient of beta diversity in relation to climate and topography for mammals in North America

    Hong Qian;Catherine Badgley;David L. Fox

  • Global concordance in diversity patterns of vascular plants and terrestrial vertebrates.

    Hong Qian;Robert E. Ricklefs

  • Large-scale biogeographic patterns of vascular plant richness in North America: an analysis at the generic level

    Hong Qian

  • Environmental determinants of amphibian and reptile species richness in China

    Hong Qian;Xihua Wang;Silong Wang;Yuanliang Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert E. Ricklefs
Robert E. Ricklefs University of Missouri–St. Louis
Karel Klinka
Karel Klinka University of British Columbia
Richard Field
Richard Field University of Nottingham
Peter S. White
Peter S. White University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Yangjian Zhang
Yangjian Zhang Hebei University
Brody Sandel
Brody Sandel Santa Clara University
Tao Deng
Tao Deng Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology
Miguel B. Araújo
Miguel B. Araújo University of Évora
Hang Sun
Hang Sun Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jun Wen
Jun Wen National Museum of Natural History

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