Shuya Fan
I am interested in the global patterns and mechanisms of naturalized species, and specifically, I focus on the impact of species’ evolutionary history on global plant naturalization.
Darwin (1859) proposed that naturalized species that are closely related to the natives in the resident communities could become either more or less successful. Here, I try to explore the patterns of phylogenetic relatedness of naturalized-native plants at the global scale.
Besides, considering the long-term environmental filtering that a species has suffered within its original range is likely to lead to pre-adaptation to introduction elsewhere, I try to explore whether, on a global scale, species have a higher naturalization probability in areas that are similar to their origin.
Publications
Fan SY, Yang Q, Li S-P, Fristoe TS, Cadotte MW, Essl F, Kreft H, Pergl J, Pyšek P, Weigelt P, Kartesz J, Nishino M, Wieringa JJ & van Kleunen M (2023) A latitudinal gradient in Darwin’s naturalization conundrum at the global scale for flowering plants. Nature Communications 14:6244 (DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-41607-w)
Li SP, Jia P, Fan SY, Wu Y, Liu X, Meng Y, Li Y, Shu WS, Li JT & Jiang L (2022) Functional traits explain the consistent resistance of biodiversity to plant invasion under nitrogen enrichment. Ecology Letters 25:778-789 (DOI: 10.1111/ele.13951 )