2007年在东北师范大学获生态学学士学位，2014年在中国科学院植物研究所获生态学博士学位，2014–2019年在中国科学院植物研究所、英国兰卡斯特大学（Lancaster University）、法国国家科学中心理论与实验生态学研究站（Theoretical and Experimental Ecology Station）、比利时安特卫普大学（University of Antwerp）、丹麦奥胡斯大学（Aarhus Universitet）和美国佐治亚理工学院（Georgia Institute of Technology）从事博士后或访问合作研究，2017年获“中国博士后国际交流计划”资助。曾获中国科学院院长优秀奖、中国科学院优秀博士学位论文、CERN十篇青年优秀学术论文、中国生态学会青年科技奖等荣誉。

主要研究方向：

以草地生态系统为研究对象，融汇原位控制实验、野外观测、室内培养和模型模拟等手段，重点开展：（1）草地群落构建和生态功能、（2）生物多样性和生态系统功能对外源添加物的响应和机制。本研究组每年招收硕士和博士研究生，欢迎对上述研究方向感兴趣的同学推免或报考；同时欢迎客座学生。

主持的科研项目：

[1] 国家重点研发计划子课题，“退化羊草草地近自然修复的土壤限制因子研究”（2022.09-2026.08），子课题负责人，在研

[2] 国家自然科学基金优秀青年科学基金项目，“草原生态系统稳定性”（2022.01-2024.12），项目负责人，在研

[3] 中国科学院人才计划（2021.01-2023.12），项目负责人，在研

[4] 国家自然科学基金面上项目，“内蒙古典型草原植物多样性对氮沉降的响应：十六年连续定位实验研究”（2021.01-2024.12），项目负责人，在研

[5] 中国博士后科学基金面上一等资助，“氮沉降对内蒙古典型草原植物多样性的影响”（2014-2016），项目负责人，已结题

[6] 国家自然科学基金面上项目，“高和低频率氮添加模拟氮沉降对植物多样性影响的比较”（2016.01-2017.12），项目负责人，已结题

[7] 中国博士后科学基金特别资助，“内蒙古草原植物多样性对氮施肥与氮沉降区别响应研究”（2015-2017），项目负责人，已结题

研究论文：

2023

Song CC, Zhang YQ, Ren ZR, Lu HN, Chen X, Liu RX, Chen JG, Zhang YH. 2023. Soil nitrate mediates the responses of plant community production to the frequency of n addition in a temperate grassland: A decadal field experiment. Plant Soil doi: 10.1007/s11104-022-05435-z

Zhang YQ, Ren ZR, Lu HN, Chen X, Liu RX, Zhang YH. 2023. Autumn nitrogen enrichment destabilizes ecosystem biomass production in a semiarid grassland. Fundamental Research doi: 10.1016/j.fmre.2022.08.014

Liu RX, Chen JG, Ren ZR, Chen X, Lu HN, Zhang YQ, Zhang YH. 2023. Leaf traits of clonal grasses responding to the ratios of ammonium to nitrate in a semi-arid grassland: Leaf order matters. J. Plant Ecol. doi: 10.1093/jpe/rtac108

Chen JG, Zhu B, Zhang YH. 2023. A meta-analysis on the responses of soil microbial biomass and community structure to antibiotics. Appl. Soil Ecol. 184:104786. doi: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2022.104786

2022

Yang J, Xu M, Pang S, Gao L, Zhang Z, Wang Z, Zhang YH, Han XG, Zhang X. 2022. Disturbance-level-dependent post-disturbance succession in a eurasian steppe. Sci. China Life Sci. 65:142-150. doi: 10.1007/s11427-020-1894-8

Wang R, Yang J, Liu H, Sardans J, Zhang YH, Wang X, Wei C, Lü X, Dijkstra FA, Jiang Y, Han XG, Penuelas J. 2022. Nitrogen enrichment buffers phosphorus limitation by mobilizing mineral-bound soil phosphorus in grasslands. Ecology 103:e3616. Doi: 10.1002/ecy.3616

Zhao M, Zhang H, Baskin C, Wei C, Yang J, Zhang YH, Jiang Y, Jiang L, Han XG. 2022. Intra-annual species gain overrides species loss in determining species richness in a typical steppe ecosystem after a decade of nitrogen enrichment. J. Ecol. 110:1942-1956. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.13928

2021

Ren ZR, Zhang YQ, Zhang YH. 2021. Nitrogen deposition magnifies the positive response of plant community production to precipitation: ammonium to nitrate ratio matters. Environ. Pollut. 276:116659. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.116659

Zhang W-H, Zhang YH, Han XG. 2021. Major advances in plant ecology research in China (2020). J. Plant Ecol., 14, 995-1001. doi: 10.1093/jpe/rtab047

Zhang YQ, Ren ZR, Zhang YH. 2021. Winter nitrogen enrichment does not alter the sensitivity of plant communities to precipitation in a semiarid grassland. Sci. Total Environ., 790, 148264. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148264

Ning Q, Hattenschwiler S, Lü X, Kardol P, Zhang YH, Wei C, Xu C, Huang J, Li A, Yang J, Wang J, Peng Y, Penuelas J, Sardans J, He J, Xu Z, Gao Y, Han XG. 2021. Carbon limitation overrides acidification in mediating soil microbial activity to nitrogen enrichment in a temperate grassland. Global Change Biol., 27, 5976-5988. doi: 10.1111/gcb.15819

2020

Cao JR, Pang S, Wang QB, Williams MA, Jia X, Dun SS, Yang JJ, Zhang YH, Wang J, Lü XT, Hu YC, Li LH, Li YC, Han XG. 2020. Plant–bacteria–soil response to frequency of simulated nitrogen deposition has implications for global ecosystem change. Funct. Ecol. 34:723-734. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.13484

2019

Zhang YH, Feng J, Loreau M, He NP, Han XG, Jiang. 2019. Nitrogen addition does not reduce the role of spatial asynchrony in stabilising grassland communities. Ecol. Lett. 22:563-571. doi: 10.1111/ele.13212

Wang J, Gao Y, Zhang YH, Yang J, Smith MD, Knapp AK, Eissenstat DM, Han XG. 2019. Asymmetry in above- and belowground productivity responses to N addition in a semiarid temperate steppe. Global Change Biol. 25:2958-2969. doi: 10.1111/gcb.14719

Li T, Liu H, Wang R, Lü XT, Yang J, Zhang YH, He P, Wang Z, Han XG, Jiang Y. 2019. Frequency and intensity of nitrogen addition alter soil inorganic sulfur fractions, but the effects vary with mowing management in a temperate steppe. Biogeosciences 16:2891-2904. doi: 10.5194/bg-16-2891-2019

Komatsu KJ, Avolio ML, Lemoine NP, Isbell F, Grman E, Houseman GR, Koerner SE, Johnson DS, Wilcox KR, Alatalo JM, Anderson JP, Aerts R, Baer SG, Baldwin AH, Bates J, Beierkuhnlein C, Belote RT, Blair J, Bloor JMG, Bohlen PJ, Bork EW, Boughton EH, Bowman WD, Britton AJ, Cahill JF, Chaneton E, Chiariello NR, Cheng J, Collins SL, Cornelissen JHC, Du G, Eskelinen A, Firn J, Foster B, Gough L, Gross K, Hallett LM, Han XG, Harmens H, Hovenden MJ, Jagerbrand A, Jentsch A, Kern C, Klanderud K, Knapp AK, Kreyling J, Li W, Luo Y, McCulley RL, McLaren JR, Megonigal JP, Morgan JW, Onipchenko V, Pennings SC, Prevéy JS, Price JN, Reich PB, Robinson CH, Russell FL, Sala OE, Seabloom EW, Smith MD, Soudzilovskaia NA, Souza L, Suding K, Suttle KB, Svejcar T, Tilman D, Tognetti P, Turkington R, White S, Xu Z, Yahdjian L, Yu Q, Zhang P, Zhang YH. 2019. Global change effects on plant communities are magnified by time and the number of global change factors imposed. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1819027116

2018

Zhang YH, Wang J, Stevens CJ, Lü XT, He NP, Wang CH, Han XG. 2018. Effects of the frequency and the rate of N enrichment on community structure in a temperate grassland. J. Plant Ecol. 11:685-695. doi: 10.1093/jpe/rtx041

Zhang YH, Loreau M, He NP, Wang JB, Pan QM, Bai YF, Han XG. 2018. Climate variability decreases species richness and community stability in a temperate grassland. Oecologia 188:183-192. doi: 10.1007/s00442-018-4208-1

Zhang YH, He NP, Loreau M, Pan QM, Han XG. 2018. Scale dependence of the diversity–stability relationship in a temperate grassland. J. Ecol. 106:1277-1285. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.12903

Wang R, Zhang YH, He P, Yin J, Yang J, Liu H, Cai J, Shi Z, Feng X, Dijkstra FA, Han XG, Jiang Y. 2018. Intensity and frequency of nitrogen addition alter soil chemical properties depending on mowing management in a temperate steppe. J. Environ. Manage. 224:77-86. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.07.036

Liu Y, Wen X, Zhang YH, Tian J, Gao Y, Ostle NJ, Niu S, Chen S, Sun X, He NP. 2018. Widespread asymmetric response of soil heterotrophic respiration to warming and cooling. Sci. Total Environ. 635:423-431. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.04.145

Hou S-L, Freschet GT, Yang J-J, Zhang YH, Yin J-X, Hu Y-Y, Wei H-W, Han XG, Lü X-T. 2018. Quantifying the indirect effects of nitrogen deposition on grassland litter chemical traits. Biogeochemistry 139:261-273. doi: 10.1007/s10533-018-0466-6

2017

Zhang YH, Loreau M, He N, Zhang G, Han XG. 2017. Mowing exacerbates the loss of ecosystem stability under nitrogen enrichment in a temperate grassland. Funct. Ecol. 31:1637-1646. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.12850

Yu H, He NP, Wang Q, Zhu J, Gao Y, Zhang YH, Jia Y, Yu GR. 2017. Development of atmospheric acid deposition in China from the 1990s to the 2010s. Environ. Pollut. 231:182-190. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.08.014

Wilcox KR, Tredennick AT, Koerner SE, Grman E, Hallett LM, Avolio ML, La Pierre KJ, Houseman GR, Isbell F, Johnson DS, Alatalo JM, Baldwin AH, Bork EW, Boughton EH, Bowman WD, Britton AJ, Cahill JF, Collins SL, Du G, Eskelinen A, Gough L, Jentsch A, Kern C, Klanderud K, Knapp AK, Kreyling J, Luo Y, McLaren JR, Megonigal P, Onipchenko V, Prevéy J, Price JN, Robinson CH, Sala OE, Smith MD, Soudzilovskaia NA, Souza L, Tilman D, White SR, Xu Z, Yahdjian L, Yu Q, Zhang P, Zhang YH. 2017. Asynchrony among local communities stabilises ecosystem function of metacommunities. Ecol. Lett. 20:1534-1545. doi: 10.1111/ele.12861

2016

Zhang YH, Stevens CJ, Lü XT, He NP, Huang JH, Han XG. 2016. Fewer new species colonize at low frequency N addition in a temperate grassland. Funct. Ecol. 30:1247-1256. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.12585

Zhang YH, Loreau M, Lü XT, He NP, Zhang GM, Han XG. 2016. Nitrogen enrichment weakens ecosystem stability through decreased species asynchrony and population stability in a temperate grassland. Global Change Biol. 22:1445-1455. doi: 10.1111/gcb.13140

Wang Z-P, Gu Q, Deng F-D, Huang J-H, Megonigal JP, Yu Q, Lü X-T, Li L-H, Chang S, Zhang YH, Feng J-C, Han XG. 2016. Methane emissions from the trunks of living trees on upland soils. New Phytol. 211:429-439. doi: 10.1111/nph.13909

2015

Zhang YH, Feng JC, Isbell F, Lü XT, Han XG. 2015. Productivity depends more on the rate than the frequency of N addition in a temperate grassland. Sci Rep 5:12558. doi: 10.1038/srep12558

Quan Q, He NP, Zhang Z, Zhang YH, Gao Y. 2015. Nitrogen enrichment and grazing accelerate vegetation restoration in degraded grassland patches. Ecol. Eng. 75:172-177. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2014.11.053

Feng JC, Han X, He NP, Zhang YH, Zhou LS, Han XG. 2015. Sheep grazing stimulated plant available soil nitrate accumulation in a temperate grassland. Pakistan Journal of Botany 47:1865-1874

2014

Zhang YH, Lü XT, Isbell F, Stevens C, Han X, He NP, Zhang GM, Yu Q, Huang JH, Han XG. 2014. Rapid plant species loss at high rates and at low frequency of N addition in temperate steppe. Global Change Biol. 20:3520-3529. doi: 10.1111/gcb.12611

Zhang YH, Han X, He NP, Long M, Huang JH, Zhang GM, Wang QB, Han XG. 2014. Increase in ammonia volatilization from soil in response to N deposition in Inner Mongolia grasslands. Atmos. Environ. 84:156-162. doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.11.052

He NP, Wang RM, Zhang YH, Chen QS. 2014. Carbon and nitrogen storage in Inner Mongolian grasslands: relationships with climate and soil texture. Pedosphere 24:391-398. doi: 10.1016/S1002-0160(14.60025-4

Han X, Sistla SA, Zhang YH, Lü XT, Han XG. 2014. Hierarchical responses of plant stoichiometry to nitrogen deposition and mowing in a temperate steppe. Plant Soil 382:175-187. doi: 10.1007/s11104-014-2154-1

2013及以前

张云海, 何念鹏, 张光明, 黄建辉, 韩兴国. 2013.氮沉降强度和频率对羊草叶绿素含量的影响. 生态学报 33:6786-6794. doi: 10.5846/stxb201207050939

Zhang YH, He NP, Zhang GM, Huang JH, Wang QB, Pan QM, Han XG. 2013. Ammonia emissions from soil under sheep grazing in Inner Mongolian grasslands of China. Journal of Arid Land 5:155-165. doi: 10.1007/s40333-013-0149-z

He NP, Yu Q, Wang RM, Zhang YH, Gao Y, Yu GR. 2013. Enhancement of carbon sequestration in soil in the temperature grasslands of northern china by addition of nitrogen and phosphorus. PLoS One 8:e77241. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077241

代景忠, 卫智军, 何念鹏, 王若梦, 温学华, 张云海, 赵小宁, 于贵瑞. 2012.封育对羊草草地土壤碳矿化激发效应和温度敏感性的影响. 植物生态学报 36:1226-1236

He NP, Zhang YH, Dai JZ, Han XG, Yu GR. 2012. Losses in carbon and nitrogen stocks in soil particle-size fractions along cultivation chronosequences in Inner Mongolian grasslands. J. Environ. Qual. 41:1507-1516. doi: 10.2134/jeq2011.0258

He NP, Zhang YH, Dai JZ, Han XG, Baoyin TGT, Yu GR. 2012. Land-use impact on soil carbon and nitrogen sequestration in typical steppe ecosystems, Inner Mongolia. Journal of Geographical Sciences 22:859-873. doi: 10.1007/s11442-012-0968-4

He NP, Zhang YH, Yu Q, Chen QS, Pan QM, Zhang GM, Han XG. 2011. Grazing intensity impacts soil carbon and nitrogen storage of continental steppe. Ecosphere 2: art8. doi: 10.1890/ES10-00017.1

Lü XT, Wei CZ, Cui Q, Zhang YH, Han XG. 2010. Interactive effects of soil nitrogen and water availability on leaf mass loss in a temperate steppe. Plant Soil 331:497-504. doi: 10.1007/s11104-009-0270-0