Area of research
Global and Planetary Change · Atmospheric Science
Research interest
Research interests include Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Tree-ring climate responses, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, and Forest ecology and management.
The importance of tropical tree-ring chronologies for global change research
Pantropical tree rings show small effects of drought on stem growth
Effects of lianas on forest biogeochemistry during their lives and afterlives
Lianas from lives to afterlives
Leaf thermal regulation strategies of canopy species across four vegetation types along a temperature and precipitation gradient
Age-related differences in physiological and metabolic responses of Pleione aurita (Orchidaceae) pseudobulbs to drought stress and recovery
Himalaya to Hengduan: dynamics of alpine treelines under climate change
Tropical tree growth driven by dry-season climate variability
Thermal safety margins of plant leaves across biomes under a heatwave
Quantifying the nitrogen allocation and resorption for an orchid pseudobulb in relation to nitrogen supply
Tree-ring based minimum temperature reconstruction on the southeastern Tibetan Plateau
The contrasting leaf functional traits between a karst forest and a nearby non-karst forest in south-west China
Tree-ring δ18O inferred spring drought variability over the past 200 years in the Hengduan Mountains, Southwest China
Functional trait variation related to gap dynamics in tropical moist forests: A vegetation modelling perspective
Tradeoff between Stem Hydraulic Efficiency and Mechanical Strength Affects Leaf–Stem Allometry in 28 Ficus Tree Species
Warming induced growth decline of Himalayan birch at its lower range edge in a semi-arid region of Trans-Himalaya, central Nepal
Gradual expansion of moisture sensitive Abies spectabilis forest in the Trans-Himalayan zone of central Nepal associated with climate change
Physiological regulation and efficient xylem water transport regulate diurnal water and carbon balances of tropical lianas
Survival and Growth of Epiphytic Ferns Depend on Resource Sharing
Weak tradeoff between xylem safety and xylem‐specific hydraulic efficiency across the world's woody plant species
Is fog an important water source for woody plants in an Asian tropical karst forest during the dry season?
Time lags between crown and basal sap flows in tropical lianas and co-occurring trees
Water‐use advantage for lianas over trees in tropical seasonal forests
Continental-scale temperature variability during the past two millennia
Potential hydraulic efficiency in angiosperm trees increases with growth‐site temperature but has no trade‐off with mechanical strength
Hydraulic conductivity traits predict growth rates and adult stature of 40 Asian tropical tree species better than wood density