2015年7月在山西农业大学获学士学位，2021年7月在中国科学院动物研究所获博士学位，2021-2024年在中国科学院植物研究所进行博士后研究，2024年8月留所工作。2025年获批国家级人才计划青年项目。主要从事多营养级生物多样性与生态系统功能研究，在Nature Ecology & Evolution、Journal of Ecology、Journal of Animal Ecology等发表SCI论文多篇。

主要研究方向：

主要从事多营养级生物多样性与生态系统功能研究。基于野外控制实验以及天然林长期监测数据，重点关注不同营养级的节肢动物多样性及相互作用对BEF关系的调控机制。

主持和参加的科研项目：

亚热带森林花外蜜腺树种-蚂蚁互作对叶片功能性状的影响，国家自然科学基金青年基金，2024.1.1 – 2026.12.31，项目负责人，在研

多营养级生物多样性与生态系统功能，国家级人才计划青年项目，2025.11.1-2027.12.31，项目负责人，在研

生物多样性丧失对生态系统功能的影响及其机制，国家重点研发计划，2023.1.1-2027.12.31，课题骨干，在研

代表性论文(^#共同第一作者，*标记为通讯作者)：

2026

Wang M-Q, Albert G, Seifert C L, Chesters D, Bruelheide H, Li Y, Chen J-T, Davrinche A, Haider S, Li S, von Oheimb G, Proß T, Ma KP, Liu XJ, Luo Arong, Schuldt Andreas*, Zhu Chao-Dong*. 2026. Asynchrony and functional diversity couple herbivore community dynamics to host plant diversity. Nature Communications. 17: 762.

Xie T-T, Li Y, Wang M-Q, Staab M, Chen J-T, Liu X-W, Shi X-Y, Zhou Q-S, Niu Z-Q, Ma K P, Bruelheide H, Luo* A, Chesters* D, Hao J-S, Zhu C-D. 2026. Tree species richness drives multiple facets of bee diversity via understorey microenvironment. Journal of Animal Ecology. 2(95): 270-281.

2025

Li Y, Schuldt A, Bauhus J, Belluau M, Berthelot S, Burghardt KT, Bruelheide H, Castagneyrol B, Chu C, Eisenhauer N, Ferlian O, Fründ J, Gebauer T, Gravel D, Jactel H, Li S, Liang Y, Parker JD, Parker WC, Scherer-Lorenzen M, Staab M, Verheyen K, Schmid B, Ma KP, Liu XJ*. 2025. The tree growth-herbivory relationship depends on functional traits across forest biodiversity experiments. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 9(11): 2014-2024.

Deng X, Schmid B, Bruelheide H, Chen C, Li Y, Li S, Morsdorf F, Ray T, Schuman MC, Tang T, von Oheimb G, Zhang N, Ma KP, Liu XJ*. 2025. Forest biodiversity increases productivity via complementarity from greater canopy structural complexity. PNAS. 122 (40).

Chen C, Yan G, Schmid B, Li Y, Bongers FJ, Bruelheide H, Huang Y, Li S, von Oheimb G, Tang T, Verheyen K, Yang B, Ma KP, Liu XJ*. 2025. Understory shrub diversity: equally vital as overstory tree diversity to promote forest productivity. National Science Review. nwaf093.

Wang M-Q, Albert G, Chesters D, Bruelheide H, Li Y, Chen J-T, Haider S, Li S, von Oheimb G, Proß T, Schnabel F, Yang B, Zhou Q-S, Ma KP, Liu XJ, Zhu C-D, Luo A*, Schuldt A. 2025. Tree diversity, tree growth, and microclimate independently structure Lepidoptera herbivore community stability. Ecological Monographs. 95(3): 1-22.

Wang M-Q, Zhang K, Albert G, Haider S, Li Y, Chen J-T, Davrinche A, Zhou Q-S, Luo A, Proß T, Ma KP, Bruelheide H, Liu XJ, Zhu C-D*, Schuldt A*. 2025. Cascading effects of tree diversity loss on herbivore-parasitoid interactions. Biological Conservation. 311.

Wang M-Q, Guo S, Guo P-F, Yang J-J, Chen G, Chesters D, Orr M, Niu Z-Q, Staab M, Chen J-T, Li Y, Zhou Q-S, Fornoff F, Shi X, Li S, Martini M, Klein A, Schuldt A, Liu XJ, Ma KP, Bruelheide H, Luo A*, Zhu C-D*. 2025. Multidimensionality of tree communities structure host-parasitoid networks and their phylogenetic composition. eLife. 13.

Chen J-T, Wang M-Q, Luo A, Zhang F, Chesters D, Liu S, Li Y, von Oheimb G, Kunz M, Zhou Q-S, Bruelheide H, Liu XJ, Ma KP, Schuldt A*, Zhu C-D*. 2025. Bottom-up and top-down effects combine to drive predator–prey interactions in a forest biodiversity experiment. Journal of Animal Ecology. 94: 2035-2046.

Lu X*, Chen D, Xing W, Li Y, Chen X, Lou N, Ding J, Bai Y*. 2025. Contrasting impacts of nitrogen enrichment on soil nematode diversity in natural and managed ecosystems. Journal of Applied Ecology. 62: 1740-1751.

2024

Li Y, Schuldt A, Ebeling A, Eisenhauer N, Huang Y, Albert G, Albracht C, Amyntas A, Bonkowski M, Bruelheide H, Bröcher M, Chesters D, Chen J, Chen YN, Chen J-T, Ciobanu M, Deng X, Fornoff F, Gleixner G, Guo LD, Guo P-F, Heintz-Buschart A, Klein A-M, Lange M, Li S, Li Q, Li Y B, Luo A, Meyer ST, Oheimb G, Rutten G, Scholten T, Solbach MD, Staab M, Wang M-Q, Zhang NL, Zhu C-D, Schmid B, Ma KP, Liu XJ*. 2024. Plant diversity enhances ecosystem multifunctionality via multitrophic diversity. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 8:2037-2047.

李逸,刘晓娟*. 2024. 多营养级生物多样性与陆地生态系统多功能性:研究现状与展望. 《中国科学:生命科学》. 54.

2023

Li Y, Schmid B, Schuldt A, Li S, Wang M-Q, Fornoff F, Staab M, Guo P-F, Anttonen P, Chesters D, Bruelheide H, Zhu C-D, Ma KP*, Liu XJ*. 2023. Multitrophic arthropod diversity mediates tree diversity effects on primary productivity. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 7: 832-840.

Li Y, Wang M-Q, Chesters D, Anttonen P, Guo S-K, Guo P-F, Chen J-T, Ma KP, Bruelheide H, Schuldt A*, Zhu C-D*. 2023. Differential impacts on herbivore diversity and scale dependence of tree diversity in subtropical forests. Journal of Ecology. 111: 666-675.

Li Y^#, Du Y-B^#, Chen J-T, Wang M-Q, Guo S-K, Schuldt A, Luo A, Guo P-F, Mi XC, Liu XJ, Ma KP, Bruelheide H, Chesters D, Liu X, Zhu C-D*. 2023. Tree dissimilarity determines multi-dimensional beta-diversity of herbivores and carnivores via bottom-up effects. Journal of Animal Ecology. 92: 442-453.

Staab M, Pietsch S, Yan H, Blüthgen N, Cheng A, Li Y, Zhang NL, Ma KP, Liu XJ*. 2023. Dear neighbor: trees with extrafloral nectaries facilitate defense and growth of adjacent undefended trees. Ecology. 7: e4057.

Xie T-T, Orr M, Zhang D, Ferrari RR, Li Y, Liu X-W, Niu Z, Wang M-Q, Zhou Q-S, Hao J*, Zhu C-D, Chesters D*. 2023. Phylogeny-based assignment of functional traits to DNA barcodes outperforms distance-based, in a comparison of approaches. Molecular Ecology Resources. 7: 1526-1539.

Wang M-Q, Wen Z, Ke J, Chesters D, Li Y, Chen J-T, Luo A, Shi X, Zhou Q-S, Liu XJ, Ma KP, Bruelheide H, Schuldt A*, Zhu C-D*. 2023. Tree communities and functional traits determine herbivore compositional turnover. Oecologia. 203: 205-218.

Anttonen P*, Perles-Garcia M, Kunz M, Oheimb G, Li Y, Bruelheide H, Ma KP, Zhu C-D, Schuldt A. 2023. Predation pressure by arthropods, birds and rodents is interactively shaped by tree species richness, vegetation structure and season. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 11:1199670.

2022

Wang M-Q, Yan C, Luo A, Li Y, Chesters D, Qiao H-J, Chen J-T, Zhou Q-S, Ma KP, Bruelheide H, Schuldt A, Zhang Z-B, Zhu C-D*. 2022. Phylogenetic relatedness, functional traits, and spatial scale determine herbivore co-occurrence in a subtropical forest. Ecological Monographs. 92(1), e01492.

Anttonen P#*, Li Y^#, Chesters D, Davrinche A, Haider S, Bruelheide H, Chen J-T, Wang M-Q, Ma KP, Zhu C-D, Schuldt A. 2022. Leaf Nutritional Content, Tree Richness, and Season Shape the Caterpillar Functional Trait Composition Hosted by Trees. Insects. 13: 1100.

Chen J-T, Wang M-Q*, Li Y, Chesters D, Luo A, Zhang W, Guo P-F, Guo S-K, Zhou Q-S, Ma KP, Oheimb G, Kunz M, Zhang NL, Liu XJ, Bruelheide H, Schuldt A, Zhu C-D*. 2022. Functional and phylogenetic relationships link predators to plant diversity via trophic and non-trophic pathways. Proceedings B. 290: 20221658.

王明强, 郭士琨，罗阿蓉, 杨娟娟，周青松，郭鹏飞，白明，余建平，罗世孝，D. Chesters, 陈婧婷，李逸，张峰，彭艳琼，肖治术，陈军，葛斯琴, 周红章，朱朝东*. 2022. 中国昆虫多样性监测与研究网进展. 《应用昆虫学报》. 59(6): 1192–1204.

王明强, 罗阿蓉, 周青松, 陈婧婷, 谢婷婷, 李逸, Douglas Chesters, 石晓宇,肖晖, 刘桓吉, 丁强, 周璇, 罗一平, 路园园, 佟一杰, 赵政宇, 白明, 郭鹏飞, 陈思翀, 中村彰宏, 彭艳琼, 赵延会, 魏淑花, 林晓龙, 陈华燕, 罗世孝, 陆宴辉, 鲁亮, 余建平, 周欣, 邹怡, 路浩, 朱朝东*. 2022. 昆虫多样性30年研究进展. 《生物多样性》. 30 (10): 22454, 1–27.

郭鹏飞，郭士琨，王明强，李逸，陈婧婷，杨娟娟，罗阿蓉，朱朝东*. 2022.窄切叶蜂筑巢生物学特性研究. 《应用昆虫学报》. 59(6): 1269–1275.

2021及以前

Li Y, Chesters D, Wang M-Q, Wubet T, Schuldt A, Anttonen P, Guo P-F, Chen J-T, Zhou Q-S, Zhang NL, Ma KP, Bruelheide H, Wu C-S*, Zhu C-D*. 2021. Tree diversity and functional leaf traits drive herbivore‐associated microbiomes in subtropical China. Ecology and Evolution. 11: 6153-6166.

Guo P-F, Wang M-Q, Michael O, Li Y, Chen J-T, Zhou Q-S, Staab M, Felix F, Chen G-H, Zhang NL, Alexandra M-K, Zhu C-D*. 2021. Tree diversity promotes predator wasps and parasitoids but not pollinator bees in a subtropical experimental forest. Basic and Applied Ecology. 53:134-142.

郭鹏飞，王明强，李逸，陈婧婷，郭士琨，陈国华，朱朝东*. 2021. 缘叶舌蜂及其天敌窄头褶翅蜂的生物学特性及其与环境变量的相关性. 《昆虫学报》. 64(5): 606-610.

Wang M-Q, Li Y, Chesters D, Bruelheide H, Ma KP, Guo P-F, Zhou Q-S, Staab M, Zhu C-D*, Schuldt A*. 2020. Host functional trait and phylogenetic composition rather than host diversity structure plant-herbivore networks. Molecular Ecology. 14: 2747-2762.

Wang M-Q, Li Y, Chesters D, Anttonen P, Bruelheide H, Chen J-T, Durka W Walter, Guo P-F, Härdtle W, Ma KP, Michalski G-S, Schmid B, Oheimb G, Wu C-S, Zhang NL, Zhou Q-S, Schuldt A*, Zhu C-D*. 2019. Multiple components of plant diversity loss determine herbivore phylogenetic diversity in a subtropical forest experiment. Journal of Ecology. 107: 2697-2712.