1999年和2002年在北京大学分别获学士和硕士学位，2007年在日本东京大学获博士学位，2007 - 2010年在日本国立环境研究所进行博士后研究，2010 - 2011年在北京大学任副研究员。2011年到中国科学院植物研究所工作，先后任副研究员、研究员。
主要研究方向
主要从事全球变化生态学和生态草牧业方面的研究。近年来重点围绕我国草原灌丛化及其对生态系统结构与功能的影响、氮沉降对北方林碳循环的影响、以及生态健康条件下的草畜平衡及其调控机制等开展研究。
主持和参加的科研项目
1. 中国科学院战略性先导科技专项课题“草畜动态平衡智能预测与区域模式研究”（XDA26010300，2020-2025），主持
2. 云南省科技厅重点研发项目专题“云南草地碳汇潜力评估”（202303AC100009，2023-2025），主持
3. 云南省基础研究专项重大项目课题“云南植被资源动态监测与综合数据管理平台”（2021-2024），主持
4. 国家自然科学基金委基础科学中心项目“生态系统对全球变化的响应”（31988102，2020-2024），参加
5. 国家自然科学基金面上项目“灌木和草本水分利用策略的多样性及其对草原灌丛化的影响”（31971747，2020-2023），主持
6. 中国科学院前沿科学重点研究项目“构建联接森林群落结构与物质生产的新方法和新理论”（QYZDY-SSW-SMC011，2016-2020），参加
7. 中国科学院科技服务网络计划“不同区域草牧业发展的关键技术研发”（KFJ-STS-ZDTP-056，2019-2020），参加
8. 科技部基础性工作专项专题“植被综合数据库与共享平台的构建”（2015FY210200，2015-2020），主持
9. 国家自然科学基金面上项目“内蒙古草原灌丛化对土壤有机碳的影响及其驱动机制”（31470525，2015-2018），主持
10. 国家自然科学基金重点项目“我国温带草原的灌丛化及其对生态系统结构和功能的影响”（31330012，2014-2018），参加
11. 科技部国家重大科学研究计划“土壤系统碳动态、机制及其对全球变化的响应”（2014CB954001，2014-2018），参加
代表性论文（#共同第一作者，*通讯作者）
2025
Kang J, Shen HH*, Liu YZ, Ma PZ, Wu B, Xu LC, Fang JY (2025). Drought dimensions impact birch resistance and resilience and their determining factors across semiarid forests of northern China. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 360: 110314.
2024
Xing AJ, Shen HH*, Du EZ, Xu LC, Zhao MY, Fang JY* (2024). Temporal precipitation variation and leaf stoichiometric changes mediate the dynamics of tree growth responses to nitrogen addition over time. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 129: e2024JG008353.
Li H#*, Shen HH#, Zhu YK, Xiang XJ (2024). Fungal communities and soil nutrients altered by shrub encroachment into grasslands, Inner Mongolia, China. Regional Environmental Change, 24: 129.
Kang J, Shen HH*, Zhang SY, Xu LC, Tang ZY, Tang YH, Fang JY (2024). Contrasting growth responses to drought in three tree species widely distributed in northern China. Science of the Total Environment, 908: 168331.
Xing AJ, Shen HH*, Xu LC, Zhao MY, Yan ZB, Fang JY (2024). Linking nutrient resorption stoichiometry with plant growth under long-term nitrogen addition. Forest Ecosystems, 11: 100221.
2023
Zhao MY, Shen HH*, Zhu YK, Xing AJ, Kang J, Liu LL, Fang JY* (2023). Asymmetric responses of abundance and diversity of N-cycling genes to altered precipitation in arid grasslands. Functional Ecology, 37: 2953-2966.
Wang ZX, Xing AJ, Shen HH* (2023). Effects of nitrogen addition on the combined global warming potential of three major soil greenhouse gases: A global meta-analysis. Environmental Pollution, 334: 121848.
Xing AJ, Shen HH*, Zhao MY, Fang JY (2023). Long-term nitrogen addition reduced soil respiration contributed by decline in the understory plant cover but not species richness. Plant and Soil, 492: 125-134.
2022
Xing AJ#, Du EZ#, Shen HH*, Xu LC, De Vries W, Zhao MY, Liu XY, Fang JY* (2022). Nonlinear responses of ecosystem carbon fluxes to nitrogen deposition in an old-growth boreal forest. Ecology Letters, 25: 77-88.
Xing AJ, Du EZ, Shen HH*, Xu LC, Zhao MY, Liu XY, Fang JY* (2022). High-level nitrogen additions accelerate soil respiration reduction over time in a boreal forest. Ecology Letters, 25: 1869-1878.
Zhu YK, Shen HH*, Akinyemi DS, Zhang PJ, Feng YP, Zhao MY, Kang J, Zhao X, Hu HF, Fang JY* (2022). Increased precipitation attenuates shrub encroachment by facilitating herbaceous growth in a Mongolian grassland. Functional Ecology, 36: 2356-2366.
Xing AJ, Xu LC, Zhao MY, Shen HH*, Ma SH, Fang JY (2022). Shifts in understory plant composition induced by nitrogen addition predict soil fungal beta diversity in a boreal forest. Biology and Fertility of Soils, 58: 667-677.
Feng YP#, Shi Y#, Zhao MY, Shen HH, Xu LC, Luo YK, Liu YZ, Xing AJ, Kang J, Jing HC, Fang JY* (2022). Yield and quality properties of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) and their influencing factors in China. European Journal of Agronomy, 141: 126637.
Zhao MY, Feng YP, Shi Y, Shen HH, Hu HF, Luo YK, Xu LC, Kang J, Xing AJ, Wang SP, Fang JY* (2022). Yield and quality properties of silage maize and their influencing factors in China. Science China: Life Sciences, 65: 1655-1666.
2021
Xu LC, Xing AJ, Du EZ, Shen HH*, Yan ZB, Jiang L, Tian D, Hu HF, Fang JY (2021). Effects of nitrogen addition on leaf nutrient stoichiometry in an old-growth boreal forest. Ecosphere, 12: e03335.
Zhu YK, Shen HH*, Feng YP, Li H, Akinyemi DS, Hu HF, Fang JY (2021). Effects of shrub encroachment on soil aggregates and organic carbon vary in different grasslands in Inner Mongolia, China. Ecosphere, 12: e03363.
2020
Liu SS, Zhou LH, Li H, Zhao X, Yang YH, Zhu YK, Hu HF, Chen LY, Zhang PJ, Shen HH*, Fang JY* (2020). Shrub encroachment decreases soil inorganic carbon stocks in Mongolian grasslands. Journal of Ecology, 108: 678-686.
Zhou LH#, Liu SS#, Shen HH*, Zhao MY, Xu LC, Xing AJ, Fang JY* (2020). Soil extracellular enzyme activity and stoichiometry in China’s forests. Functional Ecology, 34: 1461-1471.
Akinyemi DS#, Zhu YK#, Zhao MY, Zhang PJ, Shen HH*, Fang JY (2020). Response of soil extracellular enzyme activity to experimental precipitation in a shrub-encroached grassland in Inner Mongolia. Global Ecology and Conservation, 23: e01175.
2019
Li H, Shen HH*, Zhou LH, Zhu YK, Chen LY, Hu HF, Zhang PJ, Fang JY* (2019). Shrub encroachment increases soil carbon and nitrogen stocks in temperate grasslands in China.Land Degradation and Development, 30: 756-767.
Liu SS, Shen HH*, Chen SC, Zhao X, Biswas A, Jia XL, Shi Z*, Fang JY (2019). Estimating forest soil organic carbon content using vis-nir spectroscopy: Implications for large-scale soil carbon spectroscopic assessment. Geoderma, 348: 37-44.
Liu SS, Shen HH, Zhao X, Zhou LH, Li H, Xu LC, Xing AJ, Fang JY* (2019). Estimation of plot-level soil carbon stocks in China's forests using intensive soil sampling. Geoderma, 348:107-114.
Xing AJ#, Xu LC#, Shen HH*, Du EZ, Liu XY, Fang JY (2019). Long term effect of nitrogen addition on understory community in a Chinese boreal forest. Science of the Total Environment, 646: 989-995.
Zhou LH, Shen HH, Chen LY, Li H, Zhang PJ, Zhao X, Liu TY, Liu SS, Xing AJ, Hu HF, Fang JY* (2019). Ecological consequences of shrub encroachment in the grasslands of northern China. Landscape Ecology, 34: 119-130.
Zhou LH, Shen HH*, Chen LY, Li H, Zhang PJ, Zhao X, Liu TY, Liu SS, Xing AJ, Hu HF, Fang JY (2019). Species richness and composition of shrub-encroached grasslands in relation to environmental factors in northern China. Journal of Plant Ecology, 12: 56-66.
Zhou LH, Shen HH*, Xu YP, Li H, Chen LY, Wang YH, Zhang PJ, Zhao X, Liu TY, Hu HF, Fang JY* (2019). Soil organic carbon components in Inner Mongolian shrub-encroached grasslands. Plant and Soil, 442: 199-213.
2018及以前
Zhou LH, Li H, Shen HH, Xu YP, Wang YH, Xing AJ, Zhu YK, Zhou SZ, Fang JY* (2018). Effects of shrub encroachment on vertical changes in soil organic carbon in Mongolian grasslands: using a multi-biomarker approach. Plant and Soil, 431: 217-230.
Liu SS, Yang YH, Shen HH, Hu HF, Zhao X, Li H, Liu TY, Fang JY* (2018). No significant changes in topsoil carbon in the grasslands of northern China between the 1980s and 2000s. Science of the Total Environment, 624: 1478-1487.
Zhou LH, Li H, Shen HH*, Xu YP, Wang YH, Xing AJ, Fang JY (2017). Shrub-encroachment induced alteration in input chemistry and soil microbial community affect topsoil organic carbon in an Inner Mongolian grassland. Biogeochemistry, 136: 311-324.
Li H, Zhang JH, Hu HF, Chen LY, Zhu YK, Shen HH*, Fang JY* (2017). Shift in soil microbial communities with shrub encroachment in Inner Mongolia grasslands, China. European Journal of Soil Biology, 79: 40-47.
Li H, Shen HH, Chen LY, Liu TY, Hu HF, Zhao X, Zhou LH, Zhang PJ, Fang JY* (2016). Effects of shrub encroachment on soil organic carbon in global grasslands.Scientific Reports, 6: 28974.
沈海花, 朱言坤, 赵霞, 耿晓庆, 高树琴, 方精云 (2016). 中国草地资源的现状分析. 科学通报, 61: 139-154.
Chen LY, Li H, Zhang PJ, Zhao X, Zhou LH, Liu TY, Hu HF, Bai YF, Shen HH*, Fang JY* (2015). Climate and native grassland vegetation as drivers of the community structures of shrub-encroached grasslands in inner Mongolia, China. Landscape Ecology,30:1627-1641.
陈蕾伊, 沈海花, 方精云 (2014). 灌丛化草原: 一种新的植被景观. 自然杂志, 3: 391-396.
Shen HH, Wang SP, Tang YH (2013). Grazing alters warming effects on leaf photosynthesis and respiration in Gentiana straminea, an alpine forb species.Journal of Plant Ecology, 6: 418-427.
