Qiang Yang
My research interests lie broadly in community ecology and macroecology. My postdoctoral research with Prof. Mark van Kleunen in the Ecology Lab, University of Konstanz focuses on the macroecology and marcoevolution of global naturalized plant species.
As a consequence of the human-facilitated exchanges of alien species and the resulting biological invasions, the uniqueness of regional biotas may be vanishing. However, to what extent regional floras have lost their uniqueness due to alien species has not been quantified at the global scale yet, and we also do not know how variation in floristic homogenization (the increase in floristic similarity) relates to biogeographic and anthropogenic factors. My postdoctoral project mainly aims to fill this research gap by combining a global database of native plant inventories (GIFT) with one of naturalized alien plant inventories (GloNAF).
Although the naturalization and invasion of alien species poeses a huge threat to the biodiversity and functioning of ecosystems, the factors that determine naturalization success and geographical patterns therein, and which are key to predicting and preventing future alien invasions, remain poorly understood. Phylogenetic relatedness between alien species and the native species in the recipient region can serve as a surrogate for the similarity in their traits and partly reflect the environmental similarity between the original region of the alien species and the recipient region. I am also interested in understanding the role of the alien-to-native phylogenetic relatedness in determining naturalization success of alien species.
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)
Dong BC, Yang Q, Kinlock NL, Pouteau R, Pyšek P, Weigelt P, Yu FH & van Kleunen M (2023) Naturalization of introduced plants is driven by life-form-dependent cultivation biases. Diversity and Distribution 30:55-70 (DOI: 10.1111/ddi.13788)
Zhang Z, Yang Q, Fristoe TS, Dawson W, Essl F, Kreft H, Lenzner B, Pergl J, Pyšek P, Weigelt P, Winter M, Fuentes N, Kartesz JT, Nishino M & van Kleunen M (2023) The poleward naturalization of intra-continental alien plants. Science Advances 9:eadi1897 (DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adi1897)
Fristoe TS, Bleilevens J, Kinlock NL, Yang Q, Zhang ZJ, Dawson W, Essl F, Kreft H, Pergl J, Pyšek P, Weigelt P, Dufour-Dror JM, Sennikov A, Wasowicz P, Westergaard K & van Kleunen M (2023) Evolutionary imbalance, climate and human history jointly shape the global biogeography of alien plants. Nature Ecology & Evolution 7:1633-1644 (DOI: 10.1038/s41559-023-02172-z)
Dong R, Dong BC, Fu QY, Yang Q, Dai ZC, Luo FL, Gao JQ, Yu FH & van Kleunen M (2023) E-commerce: A novel introduction pathway for cultivated alien plants with high invasion potential in China. The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 104:e02052 (DOI: 10.1002/bes2.2052)
Dong R, Dong BC, Fu QY, Yang Q, Dai ZC, Luo FL, Gao JQ, Yu FH & van Kleunen M (2023) Cultivated alien plants with high invasion potential are more likely to be traded online in China. Ecological Applications early view (DOI:10.1002/eap.2811)
Lenzner B, Latombe G, Schertler A, Seebens H, Yang Q, Winter M, Weigelt P, van Kleunen M, Pyšek P, Pergl J, Kreft H, Dawson W, Dullinger S & Essl F (2022) Naturalized alien floras still carry the legacy of European colonialism. Nature Ecology and Evolution 6:1723-1732 ( DOI: 10.1038/s41559-022-01865-1 )
Rocha C, Jiang S, Ibánhez JSP, Yang Q, Mazi K & Koussis AD (2022) The effects of subterranean estuary dynamics on nutrient resource ratio availability to microphytobenthos in a coastal logoon. Science of the Total Environment 851:157522 ( DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157522 )
Kinlock NL, Dehnen-Schmutz K, Essl F, Pergl J, Pyšek P, Kreft H, Weigelt P, Yang Q & van Kleunen M (2022) Introduction history mediates naturalization and invasiveness of cultivated plants. Global Ecology and Biogeography 31:1104-1119. (DOI:10.1111/geb.13486)
Omer A, Fristoe T, Yang Q, Razanajatovo M, Weigelt P, Kreft H, Dawson W, Dullinger S, Essl F, Pergl J, Pyšek P & van Kleunen M (2022) The role of phylogenetic relatedness on alien plant success depends on the stage of invasion. Nature Plants 8:906-914 (DOI:10.1038/s41477-022-01216-9)
Yang Q, Weigelt P, Fristoe TS, Zhang ZJ, Kreft H, Stein A, Seebens H, Dawson W, Essl F, König C, Lenzner B , Pergl J, Pouteau R, Pyšek P, Winter M, Ebel AL, Fuentes N, Giehl E.L.H., Kartesz J, Krestov P, Kukk T, Nishino M, Kupriyanov A, Villaseñor JL, Wieringa JJ, Zeddam A, Zykova E, van Kleunen M (2021)The global loss of floristic uniqueness. Nature Communications 12 7290. (DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-27603-y)
Fristoe TS, Chytry M, Dawson W, Essl F, Heleno R, Kreft H, Maurel N, Pergl J, Pyšek P, Seebens H, Weigelt P, Vargas P, Yang Q, Attorre F, Bergmeier E, Bernhardt-Römermann M, Biurrun I, Boch S, Bonari G, Botta-Dukát Z, Bruun HH, Byun C, Carni A, Carranza ML, Catford JA, Cerabolini BEL, Chacón-Madrigal E, Ciccarelli D, Cušterevska R, de Ronde I, Dengler J, Golub V, Haveman R, Hough-Snee N, Jandt U, Jansen F, Kuzemko A, Küzmic F, Lenoir J, Macanovic A, Marcenò C, Martin AR, Michaletz ST, Mori AS, Niinemets Ü, Peterka T, Pielech R, Rašomavicius V, Rüsina S, Dias AS, Sibíková M, Silc U, Stanisci A, Jansen S, Svenning JC, Swacha G, van der Plas F, Vassilev K & van Kleunen M (2021) Dimensions of invasiveness: links between local abundance, geographic range size, and habitat breadth in Europe's alien and native floras. PNAS 118:e2021173118. (DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2021173118)
Omer A, Fristoe T, Yang Q, Maurel N, Weigelt P, Kreft H, Bleilevens J, Dawson W, Essl F, Pergl J, Pyšek P & van Kleunen M (2021) Characteristics of the naturalized flora of Southern Africa largely reflect the non-random introduction of alien species for cultivation. Ecography 44:1812-1825. (DOI:10.1111/ecog.05669)
Pouteau R, Biurrun I, Brunel C, Chytrý M, Dawson W, Essl R, Fristoe TS, Haveman R, Hobohm C, Jansen F, Kreft H, Lenoir J, Lenzner B, Meyer C, moeslund JE, Pergl J, Pyšek P, Svenning J-C, Thuiller W, Weigelt P, Wohlgemuth T, Yang Q & van Kleunen M (2021) Potential alien ranges of European plants will shrink in the future, but less so for already naturalized than for not yet naturalized species. Diversity and Distributions 27,11:2063-2076. (DOI: 10.1111/ddi.13378)
Pouteau R, Thuiller W, Hobohm C, Brunel C, Conn B, Dawson W, de Sá Dechoum M, Ebel A, Essl F, Fragman-Sapir O, Fristoe T, Jogan N, Kreft H, Lenzner B, Meyer C, Pergl J, Pyšek P, Verkhozna A, Weigelt P, Yang Q, Zykova E, Acic S, Agrillo E, Attorre F, Bergamini A, Berg C, Bergmeier E, Biurrun I, Boch S, Bonari G, Botta-Dukát Z, Bruelheide H, Campos JA, Carni A, Casella L, Carranza M, Chytry M, Cušterevska R, De Sanctis M, Dengler J, Dimopoulos P, Ejrnaes R, Ewald J, Fernández-González F, Gavilán R, Fanelli G, Gégout JC, Haveman R, Jandt U, Isermann M, Jansen F, Jiménez-Alfaro B, Kavgaci A, Khanina L, Knollová I, Kuzemko A, Lebedeva M, Lenoir J, Lysenko T, Marcenò C, Martynenko V, Moeslund JE, Pätsch R, Pielech R, Rašomavicius V, de Ronde I, Ruprecht E, Rusina S, Shirokikh P, Sibik J, Silc U, Stanisci, A, Stancic Z, Svenning JC, Swacha G, Turtureanu P, Valachovic M, Vassilev K, Yamalov S & van Kleunen M (2021) Climate and socio-economic factors explain differences between observed and expected naturalization patterns of European plants around the world. Global Ecology and Biogeography 30:1514-1531. (DOI: 10.1111/geb.13316)
Shoemaker LG, Sullivan LL, Donohue I, Cabral JS, Williams RJ, Mayfield MM, Chase JM, Chu CJ, Harpole WS, Huth A, HilleRisLambers J, James ARM, Kraft NJB, May F, Muthukrishnan R, Satterlee S, Taubert F, Wang XG, Wiegand T, Yang Q & Abbott KC (2020). Integrating the underlying structure of stochasticity into community ecology. Ecology 101:e02922 ( DOI: 10.1002/ecy.2922 )
van Kleunen M, Xu XY, Yang Q, Maurel N, Zhang ZJ, Dawson W, Essl F, Kreft H, Pergl J, Pyšek P, Weigelt P, Moser D, Lenzner B & Fristoe TS (2020) Economic use of plants is key to their naturalization success. Nature Communications 11:3201. (DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-16982-3)
White L, O'Connor NE, Yang Q, Emmerson MC & Donohue I (2020) Individual species provide multifaceted contributions to the stability of ecosystems. Nature Ecology & Evolution 4:1594-1601 (DOI: 10.1038/s41559-020-01315-w )
Yang Q, Fowler MS, Jackson AL & Donohue I (2019) The predictability of ecological stability in a noisy world. Nature Ecology & Evolution 3:251-259 ( DOI: 100.1038/s41559-018-0794-x )
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(Update: 15.12.2022)