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Xingguo Han

Xingguo Han

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Ecology and Evolution
China
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
93
Citations
31087
World Ranking
231
National Ranking
21

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
95
Citations
32574
World Ranking
359
National Ranking
7

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in China Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in China Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in China Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in China Leader Award

Overview

Xingguo Han is affiliated with Hebei University in China and has contributed extensively to the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research encompasses numerous topics related to soil, plant, and ecosystem dynamics, with a focus on understanding complex interactions in grassland and forest environments.

Their main areas of study include:

  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology

Frequent co-authors in their research work are:

  • Xiao-Tao Lü
  • Yong Jiang
  • Qiang Yu
  • Junjie Yang
  • Ruzhen Wang

Xingguo Han's publications appear in a variety of scientific venues, with the most frequent being:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Global Change Biology
  • Journal of Ecology
  • Functional Ecology

Recent published papers include:

  • "Plant Trait Networks: Improved Resolution of the Dimensionality of Adaptation" (2020), Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • "Carbon limitation overrides acidification in mediating soil microbial activity to nitrogen enrichment in a temperate grassland" (2021), Global Change Biology
  • "Retention of deposited ammonium and nitrate and its impact on the global forest carbon sink" (2022), Nature Communications
  • "Increasing rates of long-term nitrogen deposition consistently increased litter decomposition in a semi-arid grassland" (2020), New Phytologist
  • "Nitrogen enrichment buffers phosphorus limitation by mobilizing mineral-bound soil phosphorus in grasslands" (2021), Ecology

The scientist has co-authored a book published by Springer Nature titled Grassland Ecosystems of China (2020), which has attracted citations in related fields.

Best Publications

  • The FLUXNET2015 dataset and the ONEFlux processing pipeline for eddy covariance data

    Gilberto Pastorello;Carlo Trotta;Eleonora Canfora;Housen Chu

  • Ecosystem stability and compensatory effects in the Inner Mongolia grassland

    Yongfei Bai;Xingguo Han;Jianguo Wu;Jianguo Wu;Zuozhong Chen

  • Tradeoffs and thresholds in the effects of nitrogen addition on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning: evidence from inner Mongolia Grasslands

    Yongfei Bai;Jianguo Wu;Jianguo Wu;Christopher M. Clark;Shahid Naeem

  • Primary production and rain use efficiency across a precipitation gradient on the Mongolia Plateau.

    Yongfei Bai;Jianguo Wu;Jianguo Wu;Qi Xing;Qingmin Pan

  • Grassland ecosystems in China: review of current knowledge and research advancement

    Le Kang;Xingguo Han;Zhibin Zhang;Osbert Jianxin Sun

  • Three-Gorges Dam--Experiment in Habitat Fragmentation?

    Jianguo Wu;Jianguo Wu;Jianhui Huang;Xingguo Han;Zongqiang Xie

  • Temperature and soil moisture interactively affected soil net N mineralization in temperate grassland in Northern China

    Changhui Wang;Shiqiang Wan;Xuerong Xing;Lei Zhang

  • Linking stoichiometric homoeostasis with ecosystem structure, functioning and stability.

    Qiang Yu;Quansheng Chen;James J. Elser;Nianpeng He

  • Grazing alters ecosystem functioning and C:N:P stoichiometry of grasslands along a regional precipitation gradient

    Yongfei Bai;Jianguo Wu;Jianguo Wu;Chris M. Clark;Qingmin Pan

  • Aridity threshold in controlling ecosystem nitrogen cycling in arid and semi-arid grasslands

    Chao Wang;Xiaobo Wang;Dongwei Liu;Honghui Wu

  • The Three Gorges Dam: an ecological perspective

    Jianguo Wu;Jianguo Wu;Jianhui Huang;Xingguo Han;Xianming Gao

  • Positive linear relationship between productivity and diversity: evidence from the Eurasian Steppe

    Yongfei Bai;Jianguo Wu;Jianguo Wu;Qingmin Pan;Jianhui Huang

  • Grazing-induced reduction of natural nitrous oxide release from continental steppe

    Benjamin Wolf;Xunhua Zheng;Nicolas Brüggemann;Weiwei Chen

  • Habitat-specific patterns and drivers of bacterial β-diversity in China's drylands.

    Xiao-Bo Wang;Xiao-Tao Lü;Jing Yao;Zheng-Wen Wang

  • Nitrogen deposition weakens plant–microbe interactions in grassland ecosystems

    Cunzheng Wei;Qiang Yu;Qiang Yu;Edith Bai;Xiaotao Lü

  • Stoichiometric homeostasis of vascular plants in the Inner Mongolia grassland

    Qiang Yu;James J. Elser;Nianpeng He;Honghui Wu

  • A novel soil manganese mechanism drives plant species loss with increased nitrogen deposition in a temperate steppe

    Qiuying Tian;Nana Liu;Wenming Bai;Linghao Li

  • Increased temperature and precipitation interact to affect root production, mortality, and turnover in a temperate steppe: implications for ecosystem C cycling

    Wenming M. Bai;Shiqiang Q. Wan;Shuli L. Niu;Weixing X. Liu

  • Plant Trait Networks: Improved Resolution of the Dimensionality of Adaptation

    Nianpeng He;Nianpeng He;Ying Li;Ying Li;Congcong Liu;Li Xu

  • Higher precipitation strengthens the microbial interactions in semi-arid grassland soils

    Shang Wang;Xiaobo Wang;Xingguo Han;Ye Deng

  • Comparing physiological responses of two dominant grass species to nitrogen addition in Xilin River Basin of China

    Shiping Chen;Yongfei Bai;Lixia Zhang;Xingguo Han

  • Convergent responses of nitrogen and phosphorus resorption to nitrogen inputs in a semiarid grassland.

    Xiao-Tao Lü;Sasha Reed;Qiang Yu;Nian-Peng He

Frequent Co-Authors

Xiao-Tao Lü
Xiao-Tao Lü Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jianhui Huang
Jianhui Huang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jianguo Wu
Jianguo Wu Arizona State University
Yongfei Bai
Yongfei Bai Chinese Academy of Sciences
Linghao Li
Linghao Li Chinese Academy of Sciences
Nianpeng He
Nianpeng He Chinese Academy of Sciences
Shiping Chen
Shiping Chen Chinese Academy of Sciences
Shiqiang Wan
Shiqiang Wan Henan University
Yong Jiang
Yong Jiang Hebei University
Klaus Butterbach-Bahl
Klaus Butterbach-Bahl Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

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