1988年在北京林业大学获学士学位，1996年在中国科学院植物研究所获博士学位。中国科学院植物研究所研究员，中国科学院特聘研究员，中国科学院大学岗位教授，湖北神农架森林生态系统国家野外科学观测研究站暨中国科学院神农架生物多样性定位研究站站长。生态环境部自然保护地生态环境监管咨询专家,云南西双版纳森林生态系统国家野外科学观测研究站学术委员会主任，北京生态学学会副理事长，《植物生态学报》《生态学报》《林业科学》编委。迄今发表论著200余篇（部）。已培养硕士和博士40名，正在指导博士生和硕士生7名。

主要研究工作

研究领域为保护生态学和森林生态学，主要研究：1）生物多样性的变化和保育对策；2）森林生态系统的结构与功能动态； 3）大型水利工程对生态系统的影响与生态恢复。

主持的科研项目

[1]   “乡村生态景观生物多样性维护技术研究”，国家重点研发计划课题，（批准号2019YFD1100403）（2019-2022），主持人。

[2]   “神农架森林垂直带谱研究平台”，中国科学院野外站网络重点科技基础设施建设项目，（批准号：KFJ-SW-YW028）（2019-2021），主持人。

[3]   “基于森林群落精细结构的光环境特征研究”，中国科学院前沿科学重点研究课题（QYZDY-SSW-SMC011-2）（2016-2020），主持人。

[4]    “中国植被志编研”，国家科技基础性工作专项项目（批准号：2015FY210200）（2015-2019），主持人 。

[5]   “陆生植物观测重点站（典型群落）”，国务院三峡工程建设委员会项目(批准号：JJ2015-027)（2015-2016） ，主持人 。

[6]   “湖北神农架申报世界自然遗产”，湖北省神农架林区项目（批准号：【2014】39）（2014-2016），主持人。

[7]    “生物多样性保护优先区域绿色发展机制和模式研究”，环保部公益项目（批准号：201309039）（2013-2015），主持人。 

[8]    “中国灌丛生态系统的固碳现状、变化和机制”，中国科学院战略性先导科技专项课题（批准号：XDA01050300）（2011-2015），主持人。  

研究论文（近十年；注*为通讯作者）

2022

[1]   Ge Jielin, Xu Wenting, Xiong Gaoming, Zhao Changming, Li Jiaxiang, Liu Qing, Tang Zhiyao*, Xie Zongqiang*. 2022. Depth-Dependent Controls Over Soil Organic Carbon Stock across Chinese Shrublands. Ecosystems: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-022-00757-6.

[2]   Ge Jielin, Ma Boyu, Xu Wenting, Zhao Changming, Xie Zongqiang*. 2022. Temporal shifts in the relative importance of climate and leaf litter traits in driving litter decomposition dynamics in a Chinese transitional mixed forest. Plant and Soil, 477(1-2): 679-692.

[3]   毛江涛,徐文婷,葛结林,熊高明,谢宗强*.2022.乡村生态景观生物多样性研究热点和趋势——基于文献计量研究.生态学报,42(09):3869-3877.

2021

[4]   Zhang Aiying, Xie Zongqiang*. 2021. C-4 herbs dominate the reservoir flood area of the Three Gorges Reservoir. Science of the Total Environment, 755: 142479.

[5]   谢宗强*,申国珍.2021.神农架国家公园体制试点特色与建议.生物多样性,29(03):312-314.

[6]   张蔷,李家湘,樊晓亮,徐文婷,谢宗强*.2021.氮添加对中亚热带杜鹃灌丛凋落物生产和叶分解的影响.生态学报, 41(06):2372-2383.

2020

[7]   Guo Yanpei, Jiang Minwei, Liu Qing, Xie Zongqiang*, Tang Zhiyao*. 2020. Climate and vegetation together control the vertical distribution of soil carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus in shrublands in China. Plant and Soil, 456(1-2): 15-26.

[8]   Ge Jielin, Xu Wenting, Liu Qing, Tang Zhiyao*, Xie Zongqiang*. 2020. Patterns and environmental controls of soil organic carbon density in Chinese shrublands. Geoderma, 363: 114161.

[9]   Fan Dayong*, Wang Xiangping, Zhang Wangfeng, Zhang Xiangying, Zhang Shouren, Xie Zongqiang*. 2020. Does Cathaya argyrophylla, an ancient and threatened Pinaceae species endemic to China, show eco-physiological outliers to its Pinaceae relatives? Conservation Physiology, 8: coaa094.

[10]    谢宗强,徐文婷,申国珍,熊高明.2020.北亚热带山地生物多样性的长期监测研究及生态建设.中国科学院院刊,35(09):1189-1196.

2019

[11]    Zhang Qiang, Liu Qing, Yin Huajun, Zhao Chunzhang, Zhang Lin, Zhou Guoying, Yin Chunying, Lu Zhijun, Xiong Gaoming, Li Yuelin, Li Jiaxiang, Xu Wenting, Tang Zhiyao*, Xie Zongqiang*. 2019. C:N:P stoichiometry of Ericaceae species in shrubland biomes across Southern China: influences of climate, soil and species identity. Journal of Plant Ecology, 12(2): 346-357.

[12]    Zhang Aiying, Cornwell Will, Li Zhaojia, Xiong Gaoming, Yang Dan, Xie Zongqiang*. 2019. Dam Effect on Soil Nutrients and Potentially Toxic Metals in a Reservoir Riparian Zone. Clean-Soil Air Water, 47: 170049.

[13]    Zhang Aiying, Cornwell Will, Li Zhaojia, Xiong Gaoming, Fan Dayong, Xie Zongqiang*. 2019. Strong restrictions on the trait range of co-occurring species in the newly created riparian zone of the Three Gorges Reservoir Area, China. Journal of Plant Ecology, 12(5): 825-833.

[14]    Su Lei, Zhao Changming, Xu Wenting, Xie Zongqiang*. 2019. Hydrochemical Fluxes in Bulk Precipitation, Throughfall, and Stemflow in a Mixed Evergreen and Deciduous Broadleaved Forest. Forests, 10(6): 507.

[15]    Su Lei, Xie Zongqiang*, Xu Wenting, Zhao Changming. 2019. Variability of throughfall quantity in a mixed evergreen-deciduous broadleaved forest in central China. Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics, 67(3): 225-231.

[16]    Ge Jielin, Berg Bjorn, Xie Zongqiang*. 2019. Climatic seasonality is linked to the occurrence of the mixed evergreen and deciduous broad-leaved forests in China. Ecosphere, 10(9): e02862.

[17]    Chen Fangqing*, Wu Yang, Zhang Miao, Ma Yanran, Xie Zongqiang*, Chen Chen. 2019. Secondary seed dispersal in hydro-fluctuation belts and its influence on the soil seed bank. River Research and Applications, 35(4): 405-413.

[18]    Chen Fangqing, Guan Shoupeng, Ma Yanran, Xie Zongqiang*, Lv Kun, Huang Yongwen, Jia Guomei. 2019. Impact of regulated water level fluctuations on the sexual reproduction of remnant Myricaria laxiflora populations. Global Ecology and Conservation, 18: e00628.

[19]    刘璐,葛结林,舒化伟,赵常明,徐文婷,申国珍,谢宗强*.2019.神农架常绿落叶阔叶混交林碳氮磷化学计量比.植物生态学报,43(06):482-489.

[20]    刘璐,赵常明,徐文婷,申国珍,谢宗强*.2019.神农架常绿落叶阔叶混交林凋落物养分特征.生态学报,39(20):7611-7620.

[21]    周秋静,韩文斌,赵常明,王杨,陈芳清,谢宗强*.2019.神农架天然针阔混交林的物种组成和群落结构.生态学杂志,38(01):11-18.

2018

[22]    Zhang Qiang, Xiong Gaoming, Li Jiaxiang, Lu Zhijun, Li Yuelin, Xu Wenting, Wang Yang, Zhao Changming, Tang Zhiyao, Xie Zongqiang*. 2018. Nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations and allocation strategies among shrub organs: the effects of plant growth forms and nitrogen-fixation types. Plant and Soil, 427(1-2): 305-319.

[23]    Tang Zhiyao, Xu Wenting, Zhou Guoyi, Bai Yongfei, Li Jiaxiang, Tang Xuli, Chen Dima, Liu Qing, Ma Wenhong, Xiong Gaoming, He Honglin, He Nianpeng, Guo Yanpei, Guo Qiang, Zhu Jiangling, Han Wenxuan, Hu Huifeng, Fang Jingyun*, Xie Zongqiang*. 2018. Patterns of plant carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus concentration in relation to productivity in China's terrestrial ecosystems. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 115(16): 4033-4038.

[24]    杨丹,谢宗强*,樊大勇,熊高明,张爱英.2018.三峡水库蓄水对消落带土壤Cu、Zn、Cr、Cd含量的影响.自然资源学报,33(07):1283-1290.

[25]    刘璐,赵常明,徐文婷,申国珍,谢宗强*.2018.神农架常绿落叶阔叶混交林凋落物动态及影响因素.植物生态学报,42(06):619-628.

[26]    陈雅涵,谢宗强*.2018.保存过程对土壤生化指标的影响及保存土样的应用.土壤学报,55(04):783-796.

[27]    张爱英,熊高明,樊大勇,杨丹,谢宗强*.2018.三峡水库蓄水对长江干流河岸植物组成的影响.长江流域资源与环境,27(01):145-156.

2017

[28]    Ge Jielin, Xie Zongqiang*, Xu Wenting, Zhao Changming. 2017. Controls over leaf litter decomposition in a mixed evergreen and deciduous broad-leaved forest, Central China. Plant and Soil, 412(1-2): 345-355.

[29]    Ge Jielin, Xie Zongqiang*. 2017. Geographical and climatic gradients of evergreen versus deciduous broad-leaved tree species in subtropical China: Implications for the definition of the mixed forest. Ecology and Evolution, 7(11): 3636-3644.

[30]    Ge Jielin, Xie Zongqiang*. 2017. Leaf litter carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus stoichiometric patterns as related to climatic factors and leaf habits across Chinese broad-leaved tree species. Plant Ecology, 218(9): 1063-1076.

[31]    Ge Jielin, Wang Yang, Xu Wenting, Xie Zongqiang*. 2017. Latitudinal Patterns and Climatic Drivers of Leaf Litter Multiple Nutrients in Chinese Broad-Leaved Tree Species: Does Leaf Habit Matter? Ecosystems, 20(6): 1124-1136.

[32]    Ge Jielin, Berg Bjorn, Xie Zongqiang*. 2017. Leaf habit of tree species does not strongly predict leaf litter decomposition but alters climate-decomposition relationships. Plant and Soil, 419(1-2): 363-376.

[33]    马明哲,申国珍,熊高明,赵常明,徐文婷,周友兵,谢宗强*.2017.神农架自然遗产地植被垂直带谱的特点和代表性.植物生态学报,41(11):1127-1139.

[34]    周友兵,徐文婷,赵常明,申国珍,熊高明,樊大勇,谢宗强*.2017.神农架世界自然遗产地两片区间连通的可行性分析与技术设计.生态学杂志,36(10):2988-2996.

[35]    陈雅涵,谢宗强*.2017.样品保存条件对土壤与植物全碳全氮含量的影响.植物生态学报,41(06):632-638.

[36]    谢宗强*,申国珍,周友兵,樊大勇,徐文婷,高贤明,杜彦君,熊高明,赵常明,祝燕,赖江山.2017.神农架世界自然遗产地的全球突出普遍价值及其保护.生物多样性,25(05):490-497.

[37]    樊大勇,高贤明,杜彦君,申国珍,徐文婷,熊高明,赵常明,周友兵,谢宗强*.2017.神农架世界自然遗产地落叶木本植物多样性及其代表性.生物多样性,25(05):498-503.

[38]    谢宗强*,唐志尧.2017.中国灌丛生态系统碳储量的研究.植物生态学报,41(01):1-4.

[39]    葛结林,熊高明,李家湘,徐文婷,赵常明,卢志军,李跃林,谢宗强*.2017.中国南方灌丛凋落物现存量.植物生态学报,41(01):5-13.

[40]    李家湘,徐文婷,熊高明,王杨,赵常明,卢志军,李跃林,谢宗强*.2017.中国南方灌丛优势木本植物叶的氮、磷含量及其影响因素.植物生态学报,41(01):31-42.

[41]    张蔷,李家湘,徐文婷,熊高明,谢宗强*.2017.中国亚热带山地杜鹃灌丛生物量分配及其碳密度估算.植物生态学报,41(01):43-52.

[42]    张蔷,李家湘,谢宗强*.2017.氮添加对亚热带山地杜鹃灌丛土壤呼吸的影响.植物生态学报,41(01):95-104.

[43]    王杨,徐文婷,熊高明,李家湘,赵常明,卢志军,李跃林,谢宗强*.2017.檵木生物量分配特征.植物生态学报,41(01):105-114.

[44]    李家湘,熊高明,徐文婷,李跃林,卢志军,赵常明,谢宗强*.2017.中国亚热带灌丛植物生活型组成及其与水热因子的相关性.植物生态学报,41(01):147-156.

2016

[45]    Zhang Aiying, Fan Dayong, Li Zhaojia, Xiong Gaoming, Xie Zongqiang*. 2016. Enhanced photosynthetic capacity by perennials in the riparian zone of the Three Gorges Reservoir Area, China. Ecological Engineering, 90: 6-11.

[46]    Su Lei, Zhao Changming, Xu Wenting, Xie Zongqiang*. 2016. Modelling interception loss using the revised Gash model: a case study in a mixed evergreen and deciduous broadleaved forest in China. Ecohydrology, 9(8): 1580-1589.

[47]    Su Lei, Xu Wenting, Zhao Changming, Xie Zongqiang*, Ju Hua. 2016. Inter- and intra-specific variation in stemflow for evergreen species and deciduous tree species in a subtropical forest. Journal of Hydrology, 537: 1-9.

[48]    Li Jiaxiang, Xiong Gaoming, Xu Wenting, Xie Zongqiang*. 2016. Distribution of shrublands in relation to soil and climate in mid-subtropical China. Journal of Plant Ecology, 9(4): 393-401.

[49]    米湘成,郭静,郝占庆,谢宗强*,郭柯,马克平.2016.中国森林生物多样性监测:科学基础与执行计划.生物多样性,24(11):1203-1219.

[50]    张爱英,熊高明,樊大勇,谢宗强*.2016.三峡水库运行对淹没区及消落带植物多样性的影响.生态学杂志,35(09):2505-2518.

[51]    杨丹,樊大勇,谢宗强*,张爱英,熊高明,赵常明,徐文婷.2016.消落带生态系统氮素截留转化的主要机制及影响因素.应用生态学报,27(03):973-980.

2015

[52]    Zhou Youbing, Chen Wenwen, Buesching Christina D., Newman Chris, Kaneko Yayoi, Xiang Mingxi, Nie Caiai, Macdonald David W., Xie Zongqiang*. 2015. Hog badger (Arctonyx collaris) latrine use in relation to food abundance: evidence of the scarce factor paradox. Ecosphere, 6(1): 1-12.

[53]    Shen Guozhen, Pimm Stuart L., Feng Chaoyang, Ren Guofang, Liu Yanping, Xu Wenting, Li Junqing, Si Xingfeng, Xie Zongqiang*. 2015. Climate change challenges the current conservation strategy for the giant panda. Biological Conservation, 190: 43-50.

[54]    Li Zhaojia, Fan Dayong, Chen Fangqing, Yuan Qingye, Chow Wah Soon, Xie Zongqiang*. 2015. Physiological integration enhanced the tolerance of Cynodon dactylon to flooding. Plant Biology, 17(2): 459-465.

[55]    Ge Jielin, Xiong Gaoming, Wang Zhixian, Zhang Mi, Zhao Changming, Shen Guozhen, Xu Wenting, Xie Zongqiang*. 2015. Altered dynamics of broad-leaved tree species in a Chinese subtropical montane mixed forest: the role of an anomalous extreme 2008 ice storm episode. Ecology and Evolution, 5(7): 1484-1493.

[56]    樊大勇,付增娟,徐文婷,谢宗强*.2015.用便携式光谱仪同步测定和计算光强和光质的新方法.植物生态学报,39(09):917-923.

[57]    樊大勇,熊高明,张爱英,刘曦,谢宗强*,李兆佳.2015.三峡库区水位调度对消落带生态修复中物种筛选实践的影响.植物生态学报,39(04):416-432.

2013

[58]    Zhou Youbing*, Newman Chris, Xie Zongqiang*, Macdonald DavidW. 2013. Peduncles elicit large-mammal endozoochory in a dry-fruited plant. Annals of Botany, 112(1): 85-93.

[59]    Ge Jielin, Xiong Gaoming, Zhao Changming, Shen Guozhen, Xie Zongqiang*. 2013. Short-term dynamic shifts in woody plants in a montane mixed evergreen and deciduous broadleaved forest in central China. Forest Ecology and Management, 310: 740-746.

著作专著

[1]   Zongqiang Xie, Shen Guozhen. 2021. The Outstanding Universal Value and Conservation of Hubei Shennongjia–The World Natural Heritage Site. Springer/Science Press.

[2]   谢宗强，熊高明. 2020.神农架模式标本植物：图谱·题录. 北京：科学出版社.

[3]   谢宗强，唐志尧，刘庆，徐文婷. 2019. 中国灌丛生态系统碳收支研究. 北京：科学出版社.

[4]   谢宗强, 王杨, 唐志尧, 徐文婷. 2018. 中国常见灌木生物量模型手册. 北京: 科学出版社.

[5]   谢宗强, 申国珍. 2018. 神农架自然遗产的价值及其保护管理. 北京: 科学出版社.

[6]   谢宗强. 2012. 中国生态系统定位观测与研究数据集－森林生态系统卷:湖北神农架站(2000-2008) ，北京： 中国农业出版社.

[7]   谢宗强, 吴金清，熊高明. 2006. 三峡库区珍濒特有植物保护生态学研究，北京：中国水利水电出版社.

获奖及荣誉

[1]  2009年，获得国务院三峡办颁发的先进个人荣誉称号