Zhijie Zhang

Research interest

Zhijie is interested in how competition shapes community dynamics and evolution. He tackles this question by integrating coexistence theory and experimental evolution. More inforamation https://zhangeco.weebly.com/

CV  
since 2020 Postdoctoral fellow, University of Konstanz, Germany
2020 Ph.D. in Ecology (summa cum laude), University of Konstanz, Germany 
2016 M.S. in Ecology, Fudan University, China
2013 B.S. in Ecology, South China Agriculture University, China

Publication list

Fristoe et al  ...Zhang Z... van Kleunen M. Evolutionary imbalance, human history, and the global biogeography of alien plants. Nature Ecology and Evolution (accepted).

Zhang Z, Liu Y, Hardrath A, Jin H, van Kleunen M (2022) Increases in multiple resources promote competitive ability of naturalized non-native plants. Communications Biology 5 (1), 1150

Liu M, Zhou F, Pan X, Zhang Z, Li B (2022) Effects of soil nitrogen levels on growth and defense of the native and introduced genotypes of alligator weed. Journal of Plant Ecology 15 (3), 461-472

Yang Q ...Zhang Z... van Kleunen M (2022) The global loss of floristic uniqueness Nature communications 12 (1), 7290

Zhang Z, Liu Y, Brunel C & van Kleunen M (2020) Soil-microbes-mediated invasional meltdown in plants. Nature Ecology and Evolution (DOI: 10.1038/s41559-020-01311-0)

Zhang Z, Liu Y, Yuan L, Weber E & van Kleunen M (2020) Effect of allelopathy on plant performance: a meta-analysis. Ecology Letters accepted.

Wan N, Zheng X, Fu L, Kiær L, Zhang Z, Chaplin-Kramer R, Dainese M, Tan J, Qiu S, Hu Y, Tian W, Nie M, Ju R, Deng J, Jiang J, Cai Y, Li B (2020) Global synthesis of effects of plant species diversity on trophic groups and interactions. Nature plants. 6, 503–510. (DOI: 10.1038/s41477-020-0654-y )

Zhang Z, Liu Y, Brunel C & van Kleunen M (2020) Evidence for Elton’s diversity-invasibility hypothesis from belowground. Ecology accepted.

van Kleunen M, Xu X, Yang Q, Maurel N, Zhang Z, Dawson W, Essl F, Kreft H, Pergl J, Pysek P, Weigelt P, Moser D, Lenzner B & Fristoe TS (2020) Economic use of plants is key to their naturalization success. Nature Communications 11, Article Number 3201. (DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-16982-3)

Zhang Z, van Kleunen M, Becks L & Thakur MP (2020) Towards a general understanding of bacterial interactions. Trends in Microbiology (DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2020.05.010)

Liu M, Pan X, Zhang Z, van Kleunen M & Li B (2020) Testing the shifting defense hypothesis for constitutive and induced resistance and tolerance. Journal of Pest Science 93:355-364. (DOI: 10.1007/s10340-019-01162-0)

van Kleunen M, Brumer  A, Gutbrod L & Zhang Z (2020) A microplastic used as infill material in artificial sport turfs reduces plant growth. Plants, People, Planet 2:157-166. (DOI: 10.1002/ppp3.10071)

Zhang Z & van Kleunen M (2019) Common alien plants are more competitive than rare natives but not than common natives. Ecology Letters. (DOI: 10.1111/ele.13320)

Zhang Z, Zhou F, Pan X, van Kleunen M, Liu M & Li B (2018) Evolution of increased intraspecific competitive ability following introduction: the importance of relatedness among genotypes. Journal of Ecology 107:387-395. (DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.13016)

Zhang Z, Pan X, Blumenthal D, van Kleunen M, Liu M & Li B (2018) Contrasting effects of specialist and generalist herbivores on resistance evolution in invasive plants. Ecology 99:866-875. (DOI: 10.1002/ecy.2155)

Liu M, Zhou F, Pan X, Zhang Z, Traw M.B. & Li B (2018) Specificity of herbivore-induced responses in an invasive species, Alternanthera philoxeroides (alligator weed). Ecology and Evolution, 8, 59-70.

Zhang Z, Pan X, Zhang Z, He K.S. & Li B (2015) Specialist insect herbivore and light availability do not interact in the evolution of an invasive plant. Plos One, 10, e0139234.