PERSONAL INFORMATION
First Name: Ning
Family Name: Du
Sex: Male
Nationality: P.R.China
Telephone: +86 13573146471
Email: ndu@sdu.edu.cn
Address: N2-120,
Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity,
College of Life Science, Shandong University
72 Binhai Road,
Qingdao, Shandong Province, P.R.China, 266237
FIELDS of 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.
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 Wang
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
1. Li Qiang, Wang Ning, Liu Xiao, Liu Shuna, Wang Hui, Zhang Wenxin, Wang Renqing*, Du Ning*. Growth and physiological responses to successional water deficit and recovery in four warm-temperate woody species. Physiologia Plantarum, 2019, 167: 645-660. (SCI)
2. Cui Han, Liu Lele, Dai Jierui, Yu Xiaona, Guo Xiao, Yi Shijie, Zhou Dayou, Guo Weihua, Du Ning*. Bacterial community shaped by heavy metals and contributing to health risks in cornfields. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2018, 166: 259~269. (SCI)
3. Tan Xiangfeng, Guo Xiao, Guo Weihua, Liu Shuna, Du Ning*. 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. Du Ning, Tan Xiangfeng, Li Qiang, Liu Xiao, Zhang Wenxin, Wang Renqing, Liu Jian, Guo Weihua*. 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. Du Ning, Wu Pan, Eller Franziska, Zhou Dayou, Liu Jian, Gan Wenhao, Yang Ruirui, Dai Min, Chen Yandong, Wang Renqing, Guo Weihua*. 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. Zhang Wenxin, Huang Dizhou, Wang Renqing, Liu Jian, Du Ning*. 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. Du Ning, Wang Renqing, Liu Jian, Zhang Xiuru, Tan Xiangfeng, Wang Wei, Chen Hua, Guo Weihua. 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. Du Ning, Wang Renqing, Zhang Xiuru, Xu Feng, Tan Xiangfeng, Guo Weihua. 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. Du Ning, Ge Xiuli, Tan Xiangfeng, Wang Wei, Wang Renqing, Cai Yunfei, Wang Yue, Wang Chengdong, Lu Penglin, Liu Yueliang, Zhu Shuyu, Wang Weihua, Guo Weihua. 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. Du Ning, Zhang Xiuru, Wang Wei, Chen Hua, Tan Xiangfeng, Wang Renqing, Guo Weihua. 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. Du Ning, Guo Weihua, Zhang Xiuru, Wang Renqing. Morphological and physiological responses of Vitex negundo L. var. heterophylla (Franch.) Rehd. to drought stress. Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 2010, 32: 839~848. (SCI)
12. Du Ning, Wang Qi, Guo Weihua, Wang Renqing. Ecological characteristics of typical plant communities in Kunyu Mountain. Chinese Journal of Ecology, 2007, 26(2):151~158. (In Chinese with English abstract)
13. Du Ning, Guo Weihua, Wu Daqian, Wang Qi, Wang Renqing. 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)
