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Xinrong Li is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China. Their research spans primarily in the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Environmental Science.

The scientist's work covers various subfields, including:

  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Ecology
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Plant Science

Research topics central to their work include:

  • Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology
  • Lichen and fungal ecology
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Aeolian processes and effects

Xinrong Li frequently publishes in several scientific journals and venues, with notable numbers of publications in:

  • Geoderma
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Journal of Environmental Management
  • CATENA
  • Frontiers in Plant Science

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Xinrong Li include:

  • Root exudates and rhizosphere soil bacterial relationships of Nitraria tangutorum are linked to k-strategists bacterial community under salt stress (2022), Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Nitrogen nutrition addition mitigated drought stress by improving carbon exchange and reserves among two temperate trees (2021), Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • Verification of Fractional Vegetation Coverage and NDVI of Desert Vegetation via UAVRS Technology (2020), Remote Sensing
  • Comparison of cyanobacterial communities in temperate deserts: A cue for artificial inoculation of biological soil crusts (2020), The Science of The Total Environment
  • Effects of warming and rainfall pulses on soil respiration in a biological soil crust-dominated desert ecosystem (2020), Geoderma

Xinrong Li frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Hui Rong
  • Jingyao Sun
  • Rongliang Jia
  • Mingzhu He
  • Tonglin Fu

Best Publications

  • Plant diversity enhances productivity and soil carbon storage.

    Shiping Chen;Wantong Wang;Wenting Xu;Yang Wang

  • Long-term effects of revegetation on soil water content of sand dunes in arid region of Northern China.

    Xin Rong Li;Feng Yun Ma;Hong Lang Xiao;Xin Ping Wang

  • Long-Term Ecosystem Effects of Sand-Binding Vegetation in the Tengger Desert, Northern China

    Xin-Rong Li;Hong-Lang Xiao;Jing-Guang Zhang;Xin-Ping Wang

  • Effects of Biological Soil Crusts on Seed Bank, Germination and Establishment of Two Annual Plant Species in the Tengger Desert (N China)

    Xin-Rong Li;Xiao-Hong Jia;Li-Qun Long;Stefan Zerbe

  • An ATP-binding cassette subfamily G full transporter is essential for the retention of leaf water in both wild barley and rice

    Guoxiong Chen;Takao Komatsuda;Jian Feng Ma;Christiane Nawrath

  • Regulation of flavanone 3-hydroxylase gene involved in the flavonoid biosynthesis pathway in response to UV-B radiation and drought stress in the desert plant, Reaumuria soongorica.

    Meiling Liu;Xinrong Li;Yubing Liu;Bo Cao

  • Micro-geomorphology determines community structure of biological soil crusts at small scales

    Xin-Rong Li;Min-Zhu He;Stefan Zerbe;Xiao-Jun Li

  • Effects of surface characteristics on infiltration patterns in an arid shrub desert

    Xin-Ping Wang;Xin-Rong Li;Hong-Lang Xiao;Ronny Berndtsson

  • Review of the ecohydrological processes and feedback mechanisms controlling sand-binding vegetation systems in sandy desert regions of China

    XinRong Li;ZhiShan Zhang;Lei Huang;XinPing Wang

  • Effects of microbiotic crusts on dew deposition in the restored vegetation area at Shapotou, northwest China

    Li-chao Liu;Shou-zhong Li;Shou-zhong Li;Zheng-hu Duan;Tao Wang

  • Rapid development of cyanobacterial crust in the field for combating desertification.

    Chan-Ho Park;Xin Rong Li;Yang Zhao;Rong Liang Jia

  • Effects of biological soil crusts on soil enzyme activities in revegetated areas of the Tengger Desert, China

    Yanmei Liu;Hangyu Yang;Xinrong Li;Zisheng Xing

  • Impact of inorganic nitrogen additions on microbes in biological soil crusts

    Jin Wang;Jingting Bao;Jingting Bao;Jieqiong Su;Xinrong Li

  • Leaf nitrogen and phosphorus of temperate desert plants in response to climate and soil nutrient availability

    Mingzhu He;Feike A. Dijkstra;Ke Zhang;Xinrong Li

  • Effects of rainfall characteristics on infiltration and redistribution patterns in revegetation-stabilized desert ecosystems

    Xin Ping Wang;Xin Ping Wang;Yan Cui;Yan Xia Pan;Xin Rong Li

  • Responses of biological soil crusts to sand burial in a revegetated area of the Tengger Desert, Northern China

    Rong Liang Jia;Xin Rong Li;Li Chao Liu;Yan Hong Gao

  • Nutrient levels within leaves, stems, and roots of the xeric species Reaumuria soongorica in relation to geographical, climatic, and soil conditions

    Mingzhu He;Ke Zhang;Huijuan Tan;Rui Hu

  • Hydrological response of biological soil crusts to global warming: A ten-year simulative study.

    Xin-Rong Li;Rong-Liang Jia;Zhi-Shan Zhang;Peng Zhang

  • Distribution, biomass, and dynamics of roots in a revegetated stand of Caragana korshinskii in the Tengger Desert, northwestern China.

    Zhi-Shan Zhang;Xin-Rong Li;Li-Chao Liu;Rong-Liang Jia

  • Association between Vegetation Patterns and Soil Properties in the Southeastern Tengger Desert, China

    X. R. Li;Z. S. Zhang;J. G. Zhang;X. P. Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Xin-ping Wang
Xin-ping Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Lizhe An
Lizhe An Lanzhou University
Ronny Berndtsson
Ronny Berndtsson Lund University
Jae-Seoun Hur
Jae-Seoun Hur Sunchon National University
Huyuan Feng
Huyuan Feng Lanzhou University
Feike A. Dijkstra
Feike A. Dijkstra University of Sydney
Eviatar Nevo
Eviatar Nevo University of Haifa
Naoki Yamaji
Naoki Yamaji Okayama University
Yong Shi
Yong Shi Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jian Feng Ma
Jian Feng Ma Okayama University

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