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Zhiheng Wang

Zhiheng Wang

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
51
Citations
12026
World Ranking
3594
National Ranking
73

Overview

Zhiheng Wang is affiliated with Peking University in China and has an extensive research portfolio primarily in environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences. Their work covers a range of ecological and environmental topics, with a strong focus on plant ecology, species distribution, and ecosystem dynamics.

The scientist's key fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

The subfields of study they contribute to are:

  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Molecular Biology
  • Plant Science
  • Ecological Modeling

Main topics covered in their research include:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Plant Diversity and Evolution
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Notable recent publications by Zhiheng Wang include:

  • "Upward shift and elevational range contractions of subtropical mountain plants in response to climate change," 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Ecological restoration programs dominate vegetation greening in China," 2022, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Vulnerabilities of protected lands in the face of climate and human footprint changes," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Plant and microbial pathways driving plant diversity effects on soil carbon accumulation in subtropical forest," 2021, Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • "A national-scale assessment of land subsidence in China's major cities," 2024, Science

Zhiheng Wang frequently collaborates with several researchers. Among the most frequent coauthors are:

  • Ao Luo
  • Xiaoting Xu
  • Nawal Shrestha
  • Yaoqi Li
  • Dimitar Dimitrov

Their research is commonly published in:

  • Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Nature Communications
  • Chinese Journal of Plant Ecology
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Ecology Letters

Best Publications

  • An Update of Wallace’s Zoogeographic Regions of the World

    Ben G. Holt;Jean-Philippe Lessard;Michael K. Borregaard;Susanne A. Fritz

  • Plant diversity enhances productivity and soil carbon storage.

    Shiping Chen;Wantong Wang;Wenting Xu;Yang Wang

  • Biogeography and variability of eleven mineral elements in plant leaves across gradients of climate, soil and plant functional type in China.

    Wenxuan Han;Jingyun Fang;Peter B Reich;Peter B Reich;F. Ian Woodward

  • Rapid loss of lakes on the Mongolian Plateau.

    Shengli Tao;Jingyun Fang;Jingyun Fang;Xia Zhao;Shuqing Zhao

  • Divergent accumulation of microbial necromass and plant lignin components in grassland soils.

    Tian Ma;Shanshan Zhu;Zhiheng Wang;Dima Chen

  • Stoichiometry and large-scale patterns of leaf carbon and nitrogen in the grassland biomes of China

    Jin Sheng He;Jingyun Fang;Zhiheng Wang;Dali Guo

  • Biodiversity in China's mountains

    Zhiyao Tang;Zhiheng Wang;Chengyang Zheng;Jingyun Fang

  • An Anthropocene map of genetic diversity

    Andreia Miraldo;Sen Li;Michael K. Borregaard;Alexander Flórez-Rodríguez

  • Atlas of woody plants in China : distribution and climate

    Jingyun Fang;Zhiheng Wang;Zhiyao Tang

  • A test of the generality of leaf trait relationships on the Tibetan Plateau

    Jin-Sheng He;Zhiheng Wang;Xiangping Wang;Bernhard Schmid

  • Biodiversity changes in the lakes of the Central Yangtze

    Jingyun Fang;Zhiheng Wang;Shuqing Zhao;Yongke Li

  • Differential mobilization of terrestrial carbon pools in Eurasian Arctic river basins.

    Xiaojuan Feng;Jorien E. Vonk;Bart E. van Dongen;Örjan Gustafsson

  • Patterns, determinants and models of woody plant diversity in China.

    Zhiheng Wang;Jingyun Fang;Zhiyao Tang;Xin Lin

  • Temperature dependence, spatial scale, and tree species diversity in eastern Asia and North America.

    Zhiheng Wang;James H. Brown;Zhiyao Tang;Jingyun Fang

  • Atlas of Woody Plants in China

    Jingyun Fang;Zhiheng Wang;Zhiyao Tang

  • Model complexity affects species distribution projections under climate change

    Philipp Brun;Wilfried Thuiller;Yohann Chauvier;Loïc Pellissier

  • Altitudinal patterns of seed plant richness in the Gaoligong Mountains, south‐east Tibet, China

    Zhiheng Wang;Zhiyao Tang;Jingyun Fang

  • Historical climate‐change influences modularity and nestedness of pollination networks

    Bo Dalsgaard;Kristian Trøjelsgaard;Ana M. Martín González;David Nogués-Bravo

  • Global patterns and determinants of forest canopy height.

    Shengli Tao;Qinghua Guo;Chao Li;Zhiheng Wang

  • Upward shift and elevational range contractions of subtropical mountain plants in response to climate change.

    Kuiling Zu;Zhiheng Wang;Xiangyun Zhu;Jonathan Lenoir

  • Biomass carbon accumulation by Japan's forests from 1947 to 1995

    Jingyun Fang;Takehisa Oikawa;Tomomichi Kato;Wenhong Mo

  • Climate change alters interannual variation of grassland aboveground productivity: evidence from a 22-year measurement series in the Inner Mongolian grassland

    Wenhong Ma;Wenhong Ma;Zhongling Liu;Zhiheng Wang;Wei Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Jingyun Fang
Jingyun Fang Peking University
Dimitar Dimitrov
Dimitar Dimitrov University of Bergen
Zhiyao Tang
Zhiyao Tang Peking University
Carsten Rahbek
Carsten Rahbek University of Copenhagen
Jon Fjeldså
Jon Fjeldså University of Copenhagen
Bo Dalsgaard
Bo Dalsgaard University of Copenhagen
Jin-Sheng He
Jin-Sheng He Peking University
Zehao Shen
Zehao Shen Peking University
David Nogués-Bravo
David Nogués-Bravo University of Copenhagen
Paulo Eugênio Oliveira
Paulo Eugênio Oliveira Federal University of Uberlândia

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