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Yanjun Du
Ph.D student
Biodiversity and Biosafety research group
Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
Contact Information
20 Nanxincun, Xiangshan, Beijing, China
E-mail: yanjundu1981@gmail.com
Education
1999-2003, Shanxi University (Bachelor);
2004-2007, South China Botanical Garden, CAS (Master);
Research Interests
I am interested in the ways why plant species can coexist in plant communities, including the tropical rain forests and temperate forests. I would like to understand the high diversity in the forests, its causes, and its consequences, and the plant-animal interactions. One major focus of my current research is seed dispersal. I try to look at seed dispersal and the importance of recruitment limitation in maintaining tree diversity in a subtropical evergreen broadleaved forest in Gutianshan24ha permanent plot (GTS). I am still interested in seed bank, seed predation, seedling dynamics, and plant functional traits.
Publications
1. Yanjun Du, Xiangcheng Mi, Xiaojuan Liu; Lei Chen; Keping Ma*. 2009. Seed dispersal phenology and dispersal syndromes in a subtropical broad-leaved forest of China. Forest Ecology and Management, 258,1147-1152.
2.Yanjun Du, Zhongliang Huang*. Effects of seed mass and emergence time on seedling performance in Castanopsis chinensis. Forest Ecology and Management, 2008, 255, 2495-2501.
3. Yanjun Du, Shanjiang Peng, Guoliang Xu, Zhongliang Huang*, and Yujia Huang. Study on distance-dependence of Castanopsis chinensis seed in coniferous and broad-leaved mixed forest of Dinghushan. Journal of Plant Ecology (Chinese version), 2007, 31, 998-1006.
4. Yanjun Du, Gothamie Sagalika Weerakoon, Ummul Nazrah Abdul Rahman. Patterns of leaf Functional traits among tree seedlings along an elevation gradient in PITC Primary Forest, Malaysia. Proceedings of the CTFS-AA Field Biology Course, 2008.
5. Lydia Beaudrot, Yanjun Du. Macrotermes carbonarius nest distribution and association with tree species in Pasoh Forest Reserve, Malaysia. Biotropica (Submitted)
6. Yan-Jun Du, Shang-Jiang Peng, Guo-Liang Xu, Zhong-Liang Huang. Analysis of seed death of Castanopsis chinensis in the dispersal Process in Dinghushan Biosphere Reserve. Ecology and Environment. 2006, 15, 1284-1288. (Chinese, With English Abstract)
7. PENG Huagui, DU Yanjun, LI Jiong, OUYANG Xuejun, HUANG Zhonliang. Comparison of population distribution pattern of evergreen broadleaved forests between Nanling Dadingshan Nature Reserve and Dinghushan. Ecology and Environment. 2006, 15,770-774. (Chinese, With English Abstract)
8. Wei Shiguang, Li Lin, Liu Haigang, Du Yanjun, Huang Zhongliang.2008. Analyses of the dynamic state of Erythrophleum fordii population. Ecology and Environment 17, 285-289.(Chinese, With English Abstract)
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