Dr Wubing Xu
Research interests
My research interests include macroecology, community ecology, conservation biology, with particular focuses on biodiversity patterns across spatial scales and the underlying processes and how environmental changes can affect biodiversity patterns. In the Biodiversity Synthesis Lab, my focus is on examining how biodiversity change through time and testing whether species compositions are experiencing biotic homogenization. I will combine community data with species distributions at broad spatial scales to examine the change of assemblage rarity in the Anthropocene.
Short CV
December 2020 – ongoing: Postdoc, Biodiversity Synthesis Lab, iDiv
April 2019 – September 2020: Postdoc, BIOICHANGE center, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
September 2012 – January 2019: PhD in biodiversity, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
September 2008 – June 2012: Bachelor of Ecology, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
Selected Publications
- Wubing Xu, Jens-Christian Svenning, Guoke Chen, Minggang Zhang, Bin Chen, Jihong Huang, Alejandro Ordonez & Keping Ma. 2019. Human activities have opposing effects on distributions of narrow-ranged and widespread plant species in China. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 116(52): 26674–26681.
- Wubing Xu, Jens-Christian Svenning, Guoke Chen, Bin Chen, Jihong Huang & Keping Ma. 2018. Plant geographical range size and climate stability in China: Growth form matters. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 27(5): 506-517.
- Wubing Xu, Guoke Chen, Canran Liu & Keping Ma. 2015. Latitudinal differences in species abundance distributions, rather than spatial aggregation, explain beta-diversity along latitudinal gradients. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 24(10): 1170-1180.
iDiv publications
Xu, Wu-Bing, Guo, Wen-Yong, Serra-Diaz, Josep M., Schrodt, Franziska, Eiserhardt, Wolf L., Enquist, Brian J., Maitner, Brian S., Merow, Cory, Violle, Cyrille, Anand, Madhur, Belluau, Michaël, Bruun, Hans Henrik, Byun, Chaeho, Catford, Jane A., Cerabolini, Bruno E. L., Chacón-Madrigal, Eduardo, Ciccarelli, Daniela, Cornelissen, J. Hans C., Dang-Le, Anh Tuan, de Frutos, Angel, Dias, Arildo S., Giroldo, Aelton B., Gutiérrez, Alvaro G., Hattingh, Wesley, He, Tianhua, Hietz, Peter, Hough-Snee, Nate, Jansen, Steven, Kattge, Jens, Komac, Benjamin, Kraft, Nathan J. B., Kramer, Koen, Lavorel, Sandra, Lusk, Christopher H., Martin, Adam R., Ma, Ke-Ping, Mencuccini, Maurizio, Michaletz, Sean T., Minden, Vanessa, Mori, Akira S., Niinemets, Ülo, Onoda, Yusuke, Onstein, Renske E., Peñuelas, Josep, Pillar, Valério D., Pisek, Jan, Pound, Matthew J., Robroek, Bjorn J. M., Schamp, Brandon, Slot, Martijn, Sun, Miao, Sosinski, Ênio E., Soudzilovskaia, Nadejda A., Thiffault, Nelson, van Bodegom, Peter M., van der Plas, Fons, Zheng, Jingming, Svenning, Jens-Christian, Ordonez, Alejandro
(2023): Global beta-diversity of angiosperm trees is shaped by Quaternary climate change. Science AdvancesXu, Wu-Bing, Blowes, Shane A., Brambilla, Viviana, Chow, Cher F. Y., Fontrodona-Eslava, Ada, Martins, Inês S., McGlinn, Daniel, Moyes, Faye, Sagouis, Alban, Shimadzu, Hideyasu, van Klink, Roel, Magurran, Anne E., Gotelli, Nicholas J., McGill, Brian J., Dornelas, Maria, Chase, Jonathan M.
(2023): Regional occupancy increases for widespread species but decreases for narrowly distributed species in metacommunity time series. Nature CommunicationsSpake, R., Barajas-Barbosa, M. P., Blowes, S. A., Bowler, D. E., Callaghan, C. T., Garbowski, M., Jurburg, S. D., Klink, R. v., Korell, L., Ladouceur, E., Rozzi, R., Viana, D. S., Xu, W.-B., Chase, J. M.
(2022): Detecting Thresholds of Ecological Change in the Anthropocene. Annual Review of Environment and ResourcesWang, F., Mi, X., Chen, L., Xu, W., Durka, W., Swenson, N. G., Johnson, D. J., Worthy, S. J., Xue, J., Zhu, Y., Schmid, B., Liang, Y., Ma, K.
(2022): Differential impacts of adult trees on offspring and non-offspring recruits in a subtropical forest. Science China Life SciencesGuo, W.-Y., Serra-Diaz, J. M., Schrodt, F., Eiserhardt, W. L., Maitner, B. S., Merow, C., Violle, C., Anand, M., Belluau, M., Bruun, H. H., Byun, C., Catford, J. A., Cerabolini, B. E. L., Chacón-Madrigal, E., Ciccarelli, D., Cornelissen, J. H. C., Dang-Le, A. T., de Frutos, A., Dias, A. S., Giroldo, A. B., Guo, K., Gutiérrez, A. G., Hattingh, W., He, T., Hietz, P., Hough-Snee, N., Jansen, S., Kattge, J., Klein, T., Komac, B., Kraft, N. J. B., Kramer, K., Lavorel, S., Lusk, C. H., Martin, A. R., Mencuccini, M., Michaletz, S. T., Minden, V., Mori, A. S., Niinemets, Ü., Onoda, Y., Peñuelas, J., Pillar, V. D., Pisek, J., Robroek, B. J. M., Schamp, B., Slot, M., Sosinski, Ê. E., Soudzilovskaia, N. A., Thiffault, N., van Bodegom, P., van der Plas, F., Wright, I. J., Xu, W.-B., Zheng, J., Enquist, B. J., Svenning, J.-C.
(2022): High exposure of global tree diversity to human pressure. Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesD. Li, Y. Du, W. Xu, D. Peng, R. Primack, G. Chen, L. F. Mao, K. Ma
(2021): Phylogenetic conservatism of fruit development time in Chinese angiosperms and the phylogenetic and climatic correlates. Global Ecology and Conservation
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