EDUCATION
2005.9-2010.7 Ph.D. in Ecology. Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity, College of Life Science, Shandong University, Jinan, China
2001.9-2005.7 B.Sc. in Ecology. Department of Ecology, College of Life Science, Shandong University, Jinan, China
WORK EXPERIENCE
2013.9 to now Lecturer of College of Life Sciences, Shandong University (in the team of Prof. Renqing Wang)
2012.7-2013.8 Post-doctoral research fellow, Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada; Supervisor: Janusz Zwiazek
2010.8-2013.9 Post-doctoral research fellow, Institute of Environmental Research, Shandong University, Jinan, China; Supervisor: Wenxing WangRESEARCH INTERESTS
Plant Eco-physiology: Plant responses to global climate change, especially the
responses of plant hydraulics traits to drought.
Community Ecology: Plant interaction and its effects to community succession.
Restoration Ecology: The effects of mycorrhizal fungi to growth and stress tolerance
of plants.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
1. Qiang Li, Ning Wang, Xiao Liu, Shuna Liu, Hui Wang, Wenxin Zhang, Renqing Wang*, Ning Du*. Growth and physiological responses to successional water deficit and recovery in four warm-temperate woody species. Physiologia Plantarum, 2019, 167: 645-660. (SCI)
2. Han Cui, Lele Liu, Jierui Dai, Xiaona Yu, Xiao Guo, Shijie Yi, Dayou Zhou, Weihua Guo, Ning Du*. Bacterial community shaped by heavy metals and contributing to health risks in cornfields. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2018, 166: 259~269. (SCI)
3. Xiangfeng Tan, Xiao Guo, Weihua Guo, Shuna Liu, Ning Du*. Invasive Rhus typhina invests more in height growth and traits associated with light acquisition than do native and non-invasive alien shrub species. Trees, 2018, 32: 1103~1112. (SCI)
4. Ning Du, Xiangfeng Tan, Qiang Li, Xiao Liu, Wenxin Zhang, Renqing Wang, Jian Liu, Weihua Guo*. Dominance of an Alien Shrub Rhus typhina over a Native Shrub Vitex negundo var. heterophylla under Variable Water Supply Patterns. PLoS ONE 2017, 12(4): e0176491. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0176491. (SCI)
5. Ning Du, Pan WuPan Wu, Eller Franziska, Dayou Zhou, Jian Liu, Wenhao Gan, Ruirui Yang, Min Dai, Yandong Chen, Renqing Wang, Weihua Guo*. Facilitation or competition? The effects of the shrub species Tamarix chinensis on herbaceous communities are dependent on the successional stage in an impacted coastal wetland of North China. Wetlands 2017, 37: 899~911. (SCI)
6. Wenxin Zhang, Dizhou Huang, Renqing Wang, Jian Liu, Ning Du*. Altitudinal Patterns of Species Diversity and Phylogenetic Diversity across Temperate Mountain Forests of Northern China. PLoS ONE 2016, 11(7): e0159995. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0159995. (SCI)
7. Ning Du, Renqing Wang, Jian Liu, Xiuru Zhang, Xiangfeng Tan, Wei Wang, Hua Chen, Weihua Guo. Morphological response of Vitex negundo var. heterophylla and Ziziphus jujuba var. spinosa to the combined impact of drought and shade. Agroforestry Systems, 2013, 87: 403~416. (SCI)
8. Ning Du, Renqing Wang, Xiuru Zhang, Feng Xu, Xiangfeng Tan, Weihua Guo. Scaling relationships of leaf traits do not change among months in a temperate shrub species. Polish Journal of Ecology, 2013, 61: 23~34. (SCI)
9. Ning Du, Xiuli Ge, Xiangfeng Tan, Wei Wang, Renqing Wang, Yunfei Cai, Yue Wang, Chengdong Wang, Penglin Lu, Yueliang LiuYueliang Liu, Shuyu Zhu, Weihua Wang, Weihua Guo. Relationships of species diversity and above-ground productivity in wetland meadow of the Yellow River Delta. Protection and Research Progress of Biodiversity in China IX, 2011: 241~251. (In Chinese with English abstract)
10. Ning Du, Xiuru Zhang, Wei Wang, Hua Chen, Xiangfeng Tan, Renqing Wang, Weihua Guo. Foliar phenotypic plasticity of a warm-temperate shrub, Vitex negundo L. var. heterophylla, to different light environments in the field. Acta Ecologica Sinica, 2011, 31: 6049~6059. (In Chinese with English abstract)
11. Ning Du, Weihua Guo, Xiuru Zhang, Renqing Wang. Morphological and physiological responses of Vitex negundo L. var. heterophylla (Franch.) Rehd. to drought stress. Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 2010, 32: 839~848. (SCI)
12. Ning Du, Qi Wang, Weihua Guo, Renqing Wang. Ecological characteristics of typical plant communities in Kunyu Mountain. Chinese Journal of Ecology, 2007, 26(2):151~158. (In Chinese with English abstract)
13. Ning Du, Weihua Guo, Daqian Wu, Qi Wang, Renqing Wang. Inter-specific relations of shrub and herbage species under a typical forest on Kunyu Mountain. Journal of Shandong University, 2007, 42(3):71~78. (In Chinese with English abstract)
