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Fangliang He
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Research
Latest papers
Higher-order interactions enhance the latitudinal tree diversity gradient.
Nature · 2026
The importance of competition and facilitation for global tree diversity.
Nature · 2026 · senior author
Variation in Tree Growth Increases With Global Warming.
Ecology letters · 2026 · senior author
Latest funding
- $1,260,525
DIVERSE: Nationwide testing of a forest management approach based on functional diversity and connectivity to foster social acceptability and forest resilience to global change
NSERC · 2023 · Co-investigator
- $600,000
Biodiversity and Landscape Modeling
NSERC · 2021 · Principal investigator
- $282,000
Understanding biodiversity maintenance and change across local, regional and global forests
NSERC · 2018 · Principal investigator
53 publications.
Higher-order interactions enhance the latitudinal tree diversity gradient.
Li Y, Xiao J, Jiang Y, Wright SJ, Mayfield MM, Godoy O, Alonso A, Anderson-Teixeira KJ, Baltzer J, Birch JD, Bissiengou P, Bourg NA, Brockelman W, Burslem DFRP, Cao M, Clay K, Davies SJ, Du Q, Ediriweera S, Feistner A, Fernando ES, Gilbert GS, Hao Z, Holík J, Jiang M, Jin G, Johnson DJ, Jones AS, Král K, Larson AJ, Li B, Lian J, Lin L, Liu F, Liu Y, Liu Z, Lutz JA, Ma K, McMahon SM, McShea W, Memiaghe HR, Mi X, Myers JA, Nasardin M, Nathalang A, O'Brien MJ, Obiang NLE, Parker G, Phillips RP, Qiao X, Ren H, Reynolds G, Rodriguez LJV, Šamonil P, Shen G, Shu Z, Shue J, Swanson ME, Thompson J, Uriarte M, Wang X, Wang X, Wang Y, Yao TL, Ye W, Yu M, Zhang M, Zhu Y, Zimmerman J, He F, Chu C
The importance of competition and facilitation for global tree diversity.
Xu H, Detto M, Hogan JA, Alonso A, Birch JD, Bissiengou P, Chu C, Davies SJ, Fischer GA, Hau BCH, Kenfack D, Li B, Lian J, Lin M, Liu W, Liu Y, Liu Z, Lutz JA, Memiaghe HR, Mi X, Novotny V, Ren H, Su J, Thompson J, Uriarte M, Valencia R, Yao TL, Yap SL, Zhang Y, Zimmerman JK, Weiblen GD, Li Y, Fang S, He F
Variation in Tree Growth Increases With Global Warming.
Li J, He F
Adaptive behavior and connectance of invasive plants mediate community composition in multilayered ecological networks.
Yang Y, Zhang M, Liu Y, He F
High beta diversity of gaps contributes to plot-level tree diversity in a tropical forest.
Kong F, He F, Chisholm RA
Assembly and maintenance of phyllosphere microbial diversity during rubber tree leaf senescence.
Lan G, Wei Y, Zhang X, Wu Z, Ji K, Xu H, Chen B, He F
Host specificity of plant-associated bacteria is negatively associated with genome size and host abundance along a latitudinal gradient.
Wang Z, Lajoie G, Jiang Y, Zhang M, Chu C, Chen Y, Fang S, Jin G, Jiang M, Lian J, Li Y, Liu Y, Ma K, Mi X, Qiao X, Wang X, Wang X, Xu H, Ye W, Zhu L, Zhu Y, He F, Kembel SW
Diversity and biogeography of plant phyllosphere bacteria are governed by latitude-dependent mechanisms.
Wang Z, Jiang Y, Zhang M, Chu C, Chen Y, Fang S, Jin G, Jiang M, Lian JY, Li Y, Liu Y, Ma K, Mi X, Qiao X, Wang X, Wang X, Xu H, Ye W, Zhu L, Zhu Y, He F, Kembel SW
Mycorrhizal feedbacks influence global forest structure and diversity.
Delavaux CS, LaManna JA, Myers JA, Phillips RP, Aguilar S, Allen D, Alonso A, Anderson-Teixeira KJ, Baker ME, Baltzer JL, Bissiengou P, Bonfim M, Bourg NA, Brockelman WY, Burslem DFRP, Chang LW, Chen Y, Chiang JM, Chu C, Clay K, Cordell S, Cortese M, den Ouden J, Dick C, Ediriweera S, Ellis EC, Feistner A, Freestone AL, Giambelluca T, Giardina CP, Gilbert GS, He F, Holík J, Howe RW, Huaraca Huasca W, Hubbell SP, Inman F, Jansen PA, Johnson DJ, Kral K, Larson AJ, Litton CM, Lutz JA, Malhi Y, McGuire K, McMahon SM, McShea WJ, Memiaghe H, Nathalang A, Norden N, Novotny V, O'Brien MJ, Orwig DA, Ostertag R, Parker GG', Pérez R, Reynolds G, Russo SE, Sack L, Šamonil P, Sun IF, Swanson ME, Thompson J, Uriarte M, Vandermeer J, Wang X, Ware I, Weiblen GD, Wolf A, Wu SH, Zimmerman JK, Lauber T, Maynard DS, Crowther TW, Averill C
Meta-analysis shows forest soil CO2 effluxes are dependent on the disturbance regime and biome type.
Akande OJ, Ma Z, Huang C, He F, Chang SX
DIVERSE: Nationwide testing of a forest management approach based on functional diversity and connectivity to foster social acceptability and forest resilience to global change
Principal investigators: Messier, Christian C
Keywords: climate change; forest simulation modeling; functional ecology; invasive pests and disease; landscape ecology; resilience ecology; silviculture; social acceptability; socio-ecological resilience; sustainable forest management
Biodiversity and Landscape Modeling
Principal investigators: He, Fangliang
Keywords: Biodiversity; Biogeography; Climate Change Impact; Community Ecology; Conservation Biology; Forestry; Population Ecology; Spatial Statistics; Sustainable Forest Management; Theoretical Ecology
Understanding biodiversity maintenance and change across local, regional and global forests
Principal investigators: He, Fangliang
Assessing climate change impacts on timber resource availability in western-central Canada: economic implications and mitigation
Principal investigators: Chen, Han
Biodiversity and Landscape Modeling
Principal investigators: He, Fangliang
Biodiversity and Landscape Modeling
Principal investigators: He, Fangliang
Keywords: CRC
Biodiversity And Landscape Modeling
Principal investigators: He, Fangliang
Biodiversity and Landscape Modeling
Principal investigators: He, Fangliang
Dance with the Abundant: How Do Rare Tree Species Persist and Contribute to Forest Biodiversity?
Principal investigators: He, Fangliang
Tools for managing forest productivity and biodiversity in relation to ecosystem function in boreal mixedwood forests
Principal investigators: Macdonald, Ellen
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Xihua Wang and Fangliang He: 1 shared paper
- Jennifer Baltzer and Fangliang He: 1 shared paper
- Fangliang He and Dominique Gravel: 1 shared paper
- Renewable Resources - University of Alberta
- Départe de biologie
- Biology
- Electrical and Computer Engineering
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