2026

Biodiversity stabilizes productivity via trait-mediated drought resistance

Pan, X., Wang, S., Barry, K. E., Kowalchuk, G. A., Xu, C., Perulli, C., Hartog, M., et al. · Preprint.

2026

Relating functional traits within and across species to the stabilization of grassland productivity

Pan, X., de Bello, F., Wang, S., Barry, K. E., Kowalchuk, G. A., Safak, S., Verduyn, B., et al. · Journal of Ecology, 114(4), e70306.

2026

Reconciling links between diversity and population stability across global plant communities

Pan, X., Hautier, Y., Leps, J., Wang, S., Barry, K. E., Bazzichetto, M., Chelli, S., et al. · New Phytologist, 250(1), 154-165.

2024

The convex relationship between plant cover and biomass: implications for assessing species and community properties

Pan, X., Ferris, N. D., Applová, M., Gresse, J., Iamba, K. S., Khum, W., et al. · Journal of Vegetation Science, 35(4), e13288.

2026

Co-grazing of cattle and sheep weakens the diet selectivity of cattle

Xu, M., Zhou, Y., Wang, Y., Pan, X., Li, Y., Huang, Y., and Wang, L. · Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 402, 110313.

2025

Plant diversity maintains soil detritivore activity under drought

Wang, S., Barry, K. E., Kowalchuk, G. A., Eisenhauer, N., Pan, X., et al. · Global Change Biology, 31(8), e70377.

2024

Below-ground root nutrient-acquisition strategies are more sensitive to long-term grazing than above-ground leaf traits across a soil nutrient gradient

Cai, J., Pan, X., Xiao, Y., Wang, Y., Li, G., Wang, Y., Zhang, M., and Wang, L. · Functional Ecology, 38(7), 1475-1485.

2024

Grazing effects on the relationship between plant functional diversity and soil carbon sequestration regulated by livestock species

Ding, S., van der Plas, F., Li, J., Liu, B., Xu, M., Xu, T., Pan, X., Chang, Q., Chen, Y., et al. · Journal of Plant Ecology, 17(5), rtae016.

2024

Long-term grazing effects on soil-borne pathogens are driven by temperature

Wang, Y., Zhang, M., Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Li, G., Cai, J., Pan, X., Wang, Y., et al. · Communications Biology, 7(1), 1568.

2023

Experimental impacts of grazing on grassland biodiversity and function are explained by aridity

Zhang, M., Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Li, G., Isbell, F., Wang, Y., Hautier, Y., Pan, X., et al. · Nature Communications, 14, 5040.

2022

Herbivore grazing mitigates the negative effects of nitrogen deposition on soil organic carbon in low-diversity grassland

Li, G., Cai, J., Song, X., Pan, X., Pan, D., Jiang, S., Sun, J., Zhang, M., and Wang, L. · Journal of Applied Ecology, 59(2), 483-491.