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RESEARCH
AREAS
Plant ecophysiology
Ecosystem ecology
Biogeochemistry and global carbon cycling
Grassland ecology
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Ecology, Institute of Botany, The Chinese
Academy of Sciences 2001-2004
Master
in Agronomy,
Henan Agriculture University, P. R. China (1998-2001).
B.S. Agronomy, Henan
Agriculture University, P. R. China (1994-1998).
ACADEMIC
APPOINTMENTS
Jul. 2007－Present,
Associate Professor,
Institute
of Botany, CAS
Jul.2004- Jun.2006, Assistant Professor, Institute of
Botany, CAS
PROJECTS
INVESTIGATED
1.
Program entitled “Underlying mechanisms of the components of
ecosystem C cycling in response to changing precipitation patterns in a
semiarid grassland” supported by National Natural Science of
Foundational Committee (2009－2012).
2.
Program entitled “Differential effects of daytime and
nighttime warming on community structure and ecosystem function in
temperate grassland under global warming” supported by supported by
National Natural Science of Foundational Committee (2006－2009).
3.
Program entitled “Effects of seasonal variation of water and
nitrogen on the time niche differentiation of C3 and C4 species”
supported by National Natural Science of Foundational Committee (2005－2007).
PUBLICATIONS
1.
Niu, S., H.
Yang, Z. Zhang, M. Wu, Q. Lu, L. Li, X. Han, S. Wan. 2009. Non-additive
effects of water and nitrogen addition on ecosystem carbon exchange in a
temperate steppe. Ecosystems (In press).
2.
Bai, W., S. Wan, S. Niu, W. Liu, Q. Chen, Q. Wang, W. Zhang, X. Han,
and L. Li. 2009. Increased temperature and precipitation interact to
affect root production, mortality, and turnover in a temperate steppe:
Implications for ecosystem C cycling. Global Change Biology (In
press).
3.
Niu, S., M. Wu, Y. Han, J. Xia, Z. Zhang, H. Yang, and S. Wan. 2009.
Nitrogen effects on net ecosystem carbon exchange in a temperate steppe.
Global Change Biology DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.01894.x.
4.
Wan, S., J. Xia, W. Liu, and S. Niu. 2009. Photosynthetic
over-compensation under nocturnal warming enhances grassland carbon
sequestration. Ecology (In press).
5. Xia,
J., S. Niu, and S. Wan. 2009. Response of ecosystem carbon
exchange to warming and nitrogen addition during two hydrologically
contrasting growing seasons in a temperate steppe. Global Change
Biology 15: 1544-1556.
6.
Niu, S., M. Wu, Y. Han, J. Xia, L. Li, S. Wan. 2008. Water-mediated
responses of ecosystem C fluxes to climatic change in a temperate
steppe. New Phytologist 177: 209-219.
7.
Niu, S., W. Liu, and S. Wan. 2008. Different growth responses of C3
and C4 grasses to seasonal water and nitrogen regimes and competition in
a pot experiment. Journal of Experimental Botany 59:
1431-1439.
8.
Niu, S. and S. Wan. 2008. Warming changes species competitive
hierarchy in a temperate steppe of northern China. Journal of Plant
Ecology 1: 103-110.
9.
Niu, S., Z. Li, J. Xia, Y. Han, M. Wu, and S. Wan. 2008. Climatic
warming changes plant photosynthesis and its temperature dependence in a
temperate steppe of northern China. Environmental and Experimental
Botany, 63: 91-101.
10.
Niu, S., Y. Zhang, Z. Yuan, W. Liu, J. Huang, and S. Wan. 2006.
Effects of interspecific competition and nitrogen seasonality on the
photosynthetic characteristics of C3 and C4
grasses. Environmental and Experimental Botany 57:
270-277.
11.
Niu, S.,
G. Jiang, S. Wan, Y. Li, L. Gao, M. Liu. 2006.
A sand-fixing pioneer C3 species in sandland displays
characteristics of C4 metabolism. Environmental and Experimental
Botany, 57: 123-130.
12.
Niu, S., Z.Yuan, W. Liu, Y. Zhang, L. Zhang, J. Huang, S.Wan.
2005. Photosynthetic responses of C3 and C4
species to seasonal water variability and competition. Journal of
Experimental Botany 56: 2867-2876.
13.
Niu, S.,
G. Jiang, S. Wan, M. Liu, Y. Li, L. Gao. 2005.
Ecophysiological acclimation to different soil moistures in
plants from a semi arid sandland. Journal of Arid Environment.
63(2):
353-365.
14.
Niu, S.,
G. Jiang, L. Gao, Y. Li, M. Liu. 2004.
Gas exchange and chlorophyll fluorescence response to
simulated rainfall in Hedysarum fruticosum.
Photosynthetica.
42(1):1-6.
15.
Niu, S., G. Jiang, Y. Li, L. Gao, M. Liu, Y. Peng, L.Ding. 2003.
Comparison of photosynthetic traits between two typical shrubs: legume
and non-legume in Hunshandak Sandland.
Photosynthetica.
41
(1): 111-116.
16.
Niu, S., G. Jiang, Y. Li, L. Gao, M. Liu. 2003. Diurnal gas exchange
and superior resources use efficiency of typical C4 species in
Hunshandak Sandland, China. Photosynthetica.
41(2):221-226.
17.
Niu, S., G. Jiang, L. Gao, Y. Li, H. Cui, Y. Peng. 2004. Comparison
of ecophysiological responses to simulated precipitation between a
typical shrub and grass coexisted in sanddune of Hunshandak Sandland.
Acta Botanic Sinica
46
(10) 1170-1177.
18.
Niu, S.,
G. Jiang, L. Gao, Y. Li, M. Liu. 2004.
Ecophysiological comparisons of three plant functional types
in Hunshandak Sandland. Acta Ecologica Sinica 25: 699-704.
19.
Niu, S.,
G. Jiang, L. Gao, Y. Li, M. Liu. 2003.
Comparison
of gas exchange traits of different plant species in Hunshandak Sandland.
Acta Phytoecologica Sinica
(3): 318-324.
20.
Niu, S., G. Jiang. 2003. Physiological response of legumes to doubled
CO2. Acta Phytoecologica Sinica. (6): 844-850. (in Chinese with English abstract).
21.
Niu, S.,
G. Jiang, Y. Li. 2004.
Environmental regulation of C3 and C4
photosynthetic types. Acta Ecologica Sinica.
24(2):308-314.
(in Chinese with English abstract).
22.
Niu, S., G. Jiang. 2004. Review on the status and ecophysiological
research of legumes in Chinese grassland.
Chinese Bulletin of Botany
21(1):
9-18. (in Chinese with English abstract).
23.
Niu, S., G. Jiang. 2004. Function of artificial grassland in
restoration of degraded natural grassland and its reseach advances.
Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology.
15:1662-1666. |
