Global change ecology; Ecological restoration; Regional ecology

Ph.D., University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (2007)

M.S., University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (2004) 

B.S., Hunan University of Science and Technology (2001)

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Professor, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (2013-Present)

Postdoc Research Fellow, University of Oklahoma (2011-2013)

Postdoc Research Fellow, University College Dublin (2009-2011)

Research Associate, Guzhou Institute of Geochemistry (2007 - 2009)

Liqiong Yang, Pan Luo, Li Wen, Dejun Li: Soil organic carbon accumulation during post-agricultural succession in a karst area, southwest China. Scientific Reports 11/2016; 6. DOI:10.1038/srep37118

Mianhai Zheng, Dejun Li, Xing Lu, Xiaomin Zhu, Wei Zhang, Juan Huang, Shenglei Fu, Xiankai Lu, Jiangming Mo: Effects of phosphorus addition with and without nitrogen addition on biological nitrogen fixation in tropical legume and non-legume tree plantations. Biogeochemistry 10/2016;  DOI:10.1007/s10533-016-0265-x

Hao Chen, Liqiong Yang, Li Wen, Pan Luo, Lu Liu, Yi Yang, Kelin Wang, Dejun Li: Effects of nitrogen deposition on soil sulfur cycling. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 10/2016;  DOI:10.1002/2016GB005423

Kai Xue, Mengting M Yuan, Jianping Xie, Dejun Li, Yujia Qin, Lauren E Hale, Liyou Wu, Ye Deng, Zhili He, Joy D Van Nostrand, Yiqi Luo, James M Tiedje, Jizhong Zhou: Annual Removal of Aboveground Plant Biomass Alters Soil Microbial Responses to Warming. mBio 09/2016; 7(5). DOI:10.1128/mBio.00976-16

Li Wen, Dejun Li, Liqiong Yang, Pan Luo, Hao Chen, Kongcao Xiao, Tongqing Song, Wei Zhang, Xunyang He, Hongsong Chen, Kelin Wang: Rapid recuperation of soil nitrogen following agricultural abandonment in a karst area, southwest China. Biogeochemistry 08/2016; 129(3). DOI:10.1007/s10533-016-0235-3

Jie Zhao, Dejun Li, Shenglei Fu, Xunyang He, Zhiyong Fu, Wei Zhang, Kelin Wang: Using the biomasses of soil nematode taxa as weighting factors for assessing soil food web conditions. Ecological Indicators 07/2016; 60. DOI:10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.06.003

Kai Xue, Jianping Xie, Aifen Zhou, Feifei Liu, Dejun Li, Liyou Wu, Ye Deng, Zhili He, Joy D. Van Nostrand, Yiqi Luo, Jizhong Zhou: Warming Alters Expressions of Microbial Functional Genes Important to Ecosystem Functioning. Frontiers in Microbiology 05/2016; 7(e3042). DOI:10.3389/fmicb.2016.00668

Mianhai Zheng, Hao Chen, Dejun Li, Xiaomin Zhu, Wei Zhang, Shenglei Fu, Jiangming Mo: Biological nitrogen fixation and its response to nitrogen input in two mature tropical plantations with and without legume trees. Biology and Fertility of Soils 04/2016; 52(5). DOI:10.1007/s00374-016-1109-5

W. Burchill, G.J. Lanigan, D. Li, M. Williams, J. Humphreys: A system N balance for a pasture-based system of dairy production under moist maritime climatic conditions. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment 03/2016; 220. DOI:10.1016/j.agee.2015.12.022

Xia Xu, Zheng Shi, Dejun Li, Ana Rey, Honghua Ruan, Joseph M. Craine, Junyi Liang, Jizhong Zhou, Yiqi Luo: Soil properties control decomposition of soil organic carbon: Results from data-assimilation analysis. Geoderma 01/2016; 262. DOI:10.1016/j.geoderma.2015.08.038

Xia Xu, Dejun Li, Xiaoli Cheng, Honghua Ruan, Yiqi Luo: Carbon: Nitrogen stoichiometry following afforestation: A global synthesis. Scientific Reports 01/2016; 6. DOI:10.1038/srep19117

Zheng Shi, Xia Xu, Oleksandra Hararuk, Lifen Jiang, Jianyang Xia, Junyi Liang, Dejun Li, Yiqi Luo: Experimental warming altered rates of carbon processes, allocation, and carbon storage in a tallgrass prairie. Ecosphere 11/2015; 6(11). DOI:10.1890/ES14-00335.1

Hao Chen, Dejun Li, Geshere A Gurmesa, Guirui Yu, Linghao Li, Wei Zhang, Huajun Fang, Jiangming Mo: Effects of nitrogen deposition on carbon cycle in terrestrial ecosystems of China: A meta-analysis. Environmental Pollution 07/2015; 206. DOI:10.1016/j.envpol.2015.07.033

Guangxuan Han, Xiaojing Chu, Qinghui Xing, Dejun Li, Junbao Yu, Yiqi Luo, Guangmei Wang, Peili Mao, Rashad Rafique: Effects of episodic flooding on the net ecosystem CO 2 exchange of a supratidal wetland in the Yellow River Delta. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 07/2015; 120(8). DOI:10.1002/2015JG002923

Fujing Pan, Wei Zhang, Shujuan Liu, Dejun Li, Kelin Wang: Leaf N:P stoichiometry across plant functional groups in the karst region of southwestern China. Trees 06/2015; 29(3). DOI:10.1007/s00468-015-1170-y

Wei Zhang, Jie Zhao, Fujing Pan, Dejun Li, Hongsong Chen, Kelin Wang: Changes in nitrogen and phosphorus limitation during secondary succession in a karst region in southwest China. Plant and Soil 06/2015; 391(1-2). DOI:10.1007/s11104-015-2406-8

Xia Xu, Zheng Shi, Dejun Li, Xuhui Zhou, Rebecca A. Sherry, Yiqi Luo: Plant community structure regulates responses of prairie soil respiration to decadal experimental warming. Global Change Biology 04/2015; 21(10). DOI:10.1111/gcb.12940

Wei Zhang, Jie Zhao, Fujing Pan, Dejun Li, Hongsong Chen, Kelin Wang: Changes in nitrogen and phosphorus limitation during secondary succession in a karst region in southwest China.

Junyi Liang, Dejun Li, Zheng Shi, James M. Tiedje, Jizhong Zhou, Edward A.G. Schuur, Konstantinos T. Konstantinidis, Yiqi Luo: Methods for estimating temperature sensitivity of soil organic matter based on incubation data: A comparative evaluation. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 01/2015; 80. DOI:10.1016/j.soilbio.2014.10.005

Dejun Li, Yong Huang: Soil nitric oxide emissions from terrestrial ecosystems in China: a synthesis of modeling and measurements. Scientific Reports 12/2014; 4. DOI:10.1038/srep07406

Xiaoming Xu, Dejun Li, Yiqi Luo: Modeled ecosystem responses to intra-annual redistribution and levels of precipitation in a prairie grassland. Ecological Modelling 11/2014; 297. DOI:10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2014.11.010

W Burchill, E K James, D Li, G J Lanigan, M Williams, P P M Iannetta, J Humphreys: Comparisons of biological nitrogen fixation in association with white clover (Trifolium repens L.) under four fertiliser nitrogen inputs as measured using two 15N techniques. Plant and Soil 08/2014; 385(1-2). DOI:10.1007/s11104-014-2199-1

Rashad Rafique, Sandeep Kumar, Yiqi Luo, Xianli Xu, Dejun Li, Wei Zhang, Zaki-ul-Zaman Asam: Estimation of greenhouse gases (N2O, CH4 and CO2) from no-till cropland under increased temperature and altered precipitation regime: A DAYCENT model approach. Global and Planetary Change 07/2014; 118. DOI:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2014.05.001

William Burchill, Dejun Li, Gary J. Lanigan, Micheal Williams, James Humphreys: Inter-annual variation in nitrous oxide emissions from perennial ryegrass/white clover grassland used for dairy production. Global Change Biology 04/2014; 20(10). DOI:10.1111/gcb.12595

Shuli Niu, Yiqi Luo, Dejun Li, Shuanghe Cao, Jianyang Xia, Jianwei Li, Melinda D. Smith: Plant growth and mortality under climatic extremes: An overview. Environmental and Experimental Botany 02/2014; 98. DOI:10.1016/j.envexpbot.2013.10.004

Guangxuan Han, Yiqi Luo, Dejun Li, Jianyang Xia, Qinghui Xing, Junbao Yu: Ecosystem photosynthesis regulates soil respiration on a diurnal scale with a short-term time lag in a coastal wetland. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 01/2014; 68. DOI:10.1016/j.soilbio.2013.09.024

Chengwei Luo, Luis M Rodriguez-R, Eric R Johnston, Liyou Wu, Lei Cheng, Kai Xue, Qichao Tu, Ye Deng, Zhili He, Jason Zhou Shi, Mengting Maggie Yuan, Rebecca A Sherry, Dejun Li, Yiqi Luo, Edward A G Schuur, Patrick Chain, James M Tiedje, Jizhong Zhou, Konstantinos T Konstantinidis: Soil Microbial Community Responses to a Decade of Warming as Revealed by Comparative Metagenomics. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 12/2013; 80(5). DOI:10.1128/AEM.03712-13

Dejun Li, Christina Schädel, Michelle L. Haddix, Eldor A. Paul, Richard Conant, Jianwei Li, Jizhong Zhou, Yiqi Luo: Differential responses of soil organic carbon fractions to warming: Results from an analysis with data assimilation. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 12/2013; 67. DOI:10.1016/j.soilbio.2013.07.008

Xia Xu, Yiqi Luo, Zheng Shi, Xuhui Zhou, Dejun Li: Consistent proportional increments in responses of belowground net primary productivity to long-term warming and clipping at various soil depths in a tallgrass prairie. Oecologia 11/2013; 174(3). DOI:10.1007/s00442-013-2828-z

M. Necpálová, D. Li, G. Lanigan, I. A. Casey, W. Burchill, J. Humphreys: Changes in soil organic carbon in a clay loam soil following ploughing and reseeding of permanent grassland under temperate moist climatic conditions. Grass and Forage Science 09/2013; 69(4). DOI:10.1111/gfs.12080

Dejun Li, Catherine J Watson, Ming Jia Yan, Stan Lalor, Rashid Rafique, Bernard Hyde, Gary Lanigan, Karl G Richards, Nicholas M Holden, James Humphreys: A review of nitrous oxide mitigation by farm nitrogen management in temperate grassland-based agriculture. Journal of Environmental Management 07/2013; 128C. DOI:10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.06.026

Dejun Li, Xuhui Zhou, Liyou Wu, Jizhong Zhou, Yiqi Luo: Contrasting responses of heterotrophic and autotrophic respiration to experimental warming in a winter annual-dominated prairie. Global Change Biology 06/2013; 19(11). DOI:10.1111/gcb.12273

Xia Xu, Rebecca A Sherry, Shuli Niu, Dejun Li, Yiqi Luo: Net primary productivity and rain-use efficiency as affected by warming, altered precipitation, and clipping in a mixed-grass prairie. Global Change Biology 05/2013; 19(9). DOI:10.1111/gcb.12248

Dejun Li: Emissions of NO and NH3 from a Typical Vegetable-Land Soil after the Application of Chemical N Fertilizers in the Pearl River Delta. PLoS ONE 03/2013; 8(3). DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0059360

R. Luo, Y. Dong, M. Gan, D. Li, S. Niu, A. Oliver, K. Wang, Y. Luo: Global analysis of influencing forces of fire activity: The threshold relationships between vegetation andb fire.

Guangxuan Han, Qinghui Xing, Junbao Yu, Yiqi Luo, Dejun Li, Liqiong Yang, Guangmei Wang, Peili Mao, Baohua Xie, Nate Mikle: Agricultural reclamation effects on ecosystem CO2 exchange of a coastal wetland in the Yellow River Delta. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment 01/2013; 196. DOI:10.1016/j.agee.2013.09.012

Luo Ruisen, Dong Yingying, Gan Muye, Li Dejun, Niu Shuli, Oliver Amy, Wang Ke, Luo Yiqi: Global analysis of explanatory forces of fire activity : the non-continuous relationships between vegetation and fire. Life Science Journal 01/2013;

Dejun Li, Shuli Niu, Yiqi Luo: Global Patterns of the Dynamics of Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Stocks Following Afforestation: a Meta-Analysis. New Phytologist 04/2012; 195(1). DOI:10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04150.x

Y. Luo, X. Xu, R. Sherry, S. Niu, D. Li, J. Xia: Climate Extremes Triggered State Shifting of US Great Plains Prairie under Experimental Warming.

Y Q Luo, J. T. Randerson, G Abramowitz, C Bacour, E Blyth, N Carvalhais, P Ciais, D Dalmonech, J. B. Fisher, R Fisher, P Friedlingstein, K Hibbard, F Hoffman, D Huntzinger, C D Jones, C Koven, D Lawrence, D J Li, M Mahecha, S L Niu, R Norby, S L Piao, X Qi, P Peylin, I C Prentice, W Riley, M Reichstein, C Schwalm, Y P Wang, J Y Xia, S Zaehle, X H Zhou: A framework of benchmarking land models. Biogeosciences 02/2012; 9(10). DOI:10.5194/bg-9-3857-2012

Y. Q. Luo, J. Randerson, G. Abramowitz, C. Bacour, E. Blyth, N. Carvalhais, P. Ciais, D. Dalmonech, J. Fisher, R. Fisher, P. Friedlingstein, K. Hibbard, F. Hoffman, D. Huntzinger, C. D. Jones, C. Koven, D. Lawrence, D. J. Li, M. Mahecha, S. L. Niu, R. Norby, S. L. Piao, X. Qi, P. Peylin, I. C. Prentice, W. Riley, M. Reichstein, C. Schwalm, Y. P. Wang, J. Y. Xia, S. Zaehle, X. H. Zhou: A framework of benchmarking land models. Biogeosciences Discussions 02/2012; 9(2). DOI:10.5194/bgd-9-1899-2012

Dejun Li, Gary Lanigan, James Humphreys: Measured and Simulated Nitrous Oxide Emissions from Ryegrass- and Ryegrass/White Clover-Based Grasslands in a Moist Temperate Climate. PLoS ONE 10/2011; 6(10). DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0026176

Ting Wu, Xinming Wang, Dejun Li, Zhigang Yi: Emission of volatile organic sulfur compounds (VOSCs) during aerobic decomposition of food wastes. Atmospheric Environment 12/2010; 44(39). DOI:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.09.019

Xian-Kai LU, Jiang-Ming MO, P. GUNDERSERN, Wei-Xing ZHU, Guo-Yi ZHOU, De-Jun LI, Xu ZHANG: Effect of Simulated N Deposition on Soil Exchangeable Cations in Three Forest Types of Subtropical China. Pedosphere 04/2009; 19(2). DOI:10.1016/S1002-0160(09)60108-9

Wang QY, Ding X, Li DJ, Wang XM: Determination of trifluoroacetic acid in water samples by gas chromatograph-mass spectrometry.

Ting Wu, Xinming Wang, Dejun Li, Guoying Sheng, Jiamo Fu: Determination of trace volatile fatty acids in ambient air by capillary gas chromatography–mass spectrometry in SIM mode. International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry 12/2008; 88(15). DOI:10.1080/03067310802447034

Dejun Li, Xinming Wang, Guoying Sheng, Jiangming Mo, Jiamo Fu: Soil nitric oxide emissions after nitrogen and phosphorus additions in two subtropical humid forests. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres 08/2008; 113(D16). DOI:10.1029/2007JD009375

Jiangming Mo, Dejun Li, Per Gundersen: Seedling growth response of two tropical tree species to nitrogen deposition in southern China. European Journal of Forest Research 07/2008; 127(4). DOI:10.1007/s10342-008-0203-0

Dejun Li, Xinming Wang: Nitrogen Isotopic Signature of Soil-released Nitric Oxide (NO) after Fertilizer Application. Atmospheric Environment 06/2008; 42(19). DOI:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.01.042

Wei Zhang, Jiangming Mo, Guirui Yu, Yunting Fang, Dejun Li, Xiankai Lu, Hui Wang: Emissions of nitrous oxide from three tropical forests in Southern China in response to simulated nitrogen deposition. Plant and Soil 05/2008; 306(1). DOI:10.1007/s11104-008-9575-7

JIANGMING MO, WEI ZHANG, WEIXING ZHU, PER GUNDERSEN, YUNTING FANG, DEJUN LI, HUI WANG: Nitrogen addition reduces soil respiration in a mature tropical forest in southern China. Global Change Biology 02/2008; 14(2). DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2007.01503.x

Dejun Li, Xinming Wang, Jiangming Mo, Guoying Sheng, Jiamo Fu: Soil nitric oxide emissions from two subtropical humid forests in south China. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres 12/2007; 112(D23). DOI:10.1029/2007JD008680

Dejun Li, Xinming Wang: Nitric oxide emission from a typical vegetable field in the Pearl River Delta, China. Atmospheric Environment 12/2007; 41(40). DOI:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.08.042

Jiangming Mo, Wei Zhang, Weixing Zhu, Yunting Fang, Dejun Li, Ping Zhao: Response of soil respiration to simulate N deposition in a disturbed and rehabilitated tropical forest in southern China. Plant and Soil 07/2007; 296(1). DOI:10.1007/s11104-007-9303-8

Jiangming Mo, Sandra Brown, Jinghua Xue, Yunting Fang, Zhian Li, Dejun Li, Shaofeng Dong: Response of nutrient dynamics of decomposing pine (Pinus massoniana) needles to simulated N deposition in a disturbed and rehabilitated forest in tropical China. Ecological Research 06/2007; 22(4). DOI:10.1007/s11284-006-0317-0

Xue JH, Mo JM, Li J, Li DJ: The short-term response 0f soil microorganism number to simulated nitrogen deposition.

Peng SJ, Ouyang XJ, Li DJ, Yi ZG: Metal elements in TSP from ambient air of different ceramic workshops in Foshan.

Lu XK, Mo JM, Li DJ, Zhang Wei, Fang YT: Effects of simulated N deposition on the photosynthetic and physiologic characteristics of dominant understorey plants in Dinghushan Mountain of subtropical China.

Mo JM, Fang YT, Li DJ, Lin E, Li Y: The short-term responses of soil CO2 emission and CH4 uptake to simulated N deposition in nursery and forests of Dinghushan in subtropical China.

Lu XK, Mo JM, Peng SL, Fang YT, Li DJ: Effects of simulated N deposition on free amino acids and soluble protein of three dominant understory species in a monsoon evergreen broad-leaved forest of subtropical China. Acta Ecologica Sinica 01/2006; 26.

Dejun Li, Mo JM, Peng SL, Fang YT: Effects of simulated nitrogen deposition on elemental concentration s of Schima superba and Cryptocarya concinna seedlings in subtropical China. Acta Ecologica Sinica 09/2005; 25(9).

Mo JM, Fang YT, Xu GL, Li DJ, Xue JH: The short-term responses of soil CO2 emission and CH4 uptake to simulated N deposition in nursery and forests of Dinghushan in subtropical China. Acta Ecologica Sinica 04/2005; 25(4).

D.J. Li, J.M. Mo, Y.T. Fang, Z.A. Li: Effects of simulated nitrogen deposition on biomass production and allocation in Schima superba and Cryptocarya concinna seedlings in subtropical China. 01/2005; 29(4). DOI:10.17521/cjpe.2005.0073

Fang YT, Mo JM, Jiang YQ, Li DJ, Per Gundersen: Acidity and inorganic nitrogen concentrations in soil solution in short-term response to N addition in subtropical forests.

Dejun Li, Mo JM, Fang YT: ffects of simulated nitrogen deposition on biomass production and allocation in schima superba and cryptocaryaconcinna seedlings in subtropical china.

Xue JH, Mo JM, Li J, Fang YT, Li DJ: Effects of nitrogen deposition on ectomycorrhizal fungi. Acta Ecologica Sinica 01/2004; 24.

Xu GL, Mo JM, Sandra Brown, Li DJ: Effects of simulated N deposition on soil fauna.

Fang YT, Mo JM, Per Gundersen, Zhou GY, Li DJ: Nitrogen transformations in forest soils and its responses to atmospheric nitrogen deposition: a review. Acta Ecologica Sinica 01/2004; 24.

Xu GL, Mo JM, Zhou GY, Xue JH, Li DJ: Responses of soil fauna community to simulated N deposition.

Fang YT, Mo JM, Zhou GY, Per Gundersen, Li DJ, Jiang YQ: The short-term responses of soilavailable nitrogen of Dinghushan forests to simulated N deposition in subtropical China. Acta Ecologica Sinica 01/2004; 24.

Fang YT, Mo JM, Li DJ, Cao YS: Dynamics of energy distribution and its production of a Pi nus massoni a na community in Dinghushan Biosphere Reserve.

Fang YT, Mo JM, Sandra Brown, Zhou GY, Zhang QM, Li DJ: Storage and distribution of soil organic carbon in Dinghushan Biosphere Reserve. Acta Ecologica Sinica 01/2004; 24.

Dejun Li, Mo JM, Fang YT, Xue JH: Study on availability of micronutrients in soils under three different forestsof Dinghushan Nuture Reserve.

Dejun Li, Mo JM, Fang YT, Jiang YQ: Ecophysiological responses of woody plants to elevated nitrogen deposition.

Dejun Li, Mo JM, Fang YT, X.A. Cai, Xue JH, Xu GL: Effects of simulated nitrogen deposition on growth and photosynthesis of Schima superba, Castanopsis chinensis and Cryptocarya concinna seedlings. Acta Ecologica Sinica 01/2004; 24(5).

Fang YT, Mo JM, Peng SL, Li DJ: Role of forest succession on carbon sequestration of forest ecosystems in lower subtropical China. Acta Ecologica Sinica 01/2003; 23(9).

Dejun Li, Mo JM, Fang YT, Peng SL, Per Gundersen: Impact of nitrogen deposition on forest plants. Acta Ecologica Sinica 01/2003; 23.

My researches focus on: 

1) Carbon and nitrogen cycling in terrestrial ecosystems and their responses/feedbacks to global change; 

2) Carbon and nitrogen dynamics during ecologicla restoration/succession; 

3) Carbon and nitrogen cycling processes in karst ecosystems; 

4) Mechanisms and technology for fertility improvement of degraded ecosystems.

Ecological Society Annual Meeting, USA

AGU, USA

EGU, Europe

Prof Yiqi Luo, University of Oklahoma, USA; 

Dr James Humphreys, Teagasc, Ireland;

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