Research Direction:
Theoretical Ecology

Education:

09/2010 – 12/2015, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ph.D. in Ecology

09/2006 – 07/2010, School of Mathematics and Statistics, Southwest University, B.S. in Science

Work Experience:

04/2016 – 12/2022, Nanchang University, Lecturer

01/2023 – Present, Nanchang University, Associate Professor

Courses Taught:

Undergraduate and Master's: Biostatistics and Experimental Design

Doctoral: Biostatistics and Bioinformatics

Publications:

Han Z, Ying ZX, Liu XB, Wang SY, Guan ZW, Sun L. Intraspecific aggregation from local dispersal mediates transient species coexistence in plant communities. Ecological Modelling, 2026, 514: 111503. (Co-corresponding author)

Pan YW#, Ying ZX#, Nobis MP, et al. Effect of soil spatial configuration on Trifolium repens varies with resource amount. Plos One, 2022, 17(1): e0263290. (Co-first author)

Ying ZX, Liu YJ, Shi C, et al. Simulating root distribution of plant individual with a three-dimensional model. Ecological Modelling, 2021, 455: 109649.

Zhang AY, Hu XY, Yao SH, Yu MJ, Ying ZX*. Alien, naturalized and invasive plants in China. Plants, 2021, 10: 2241. (Corresponding author)

Ying ZX, Ge G, Liu YJ. The effects of clonal integration on the responses of plant species to habitat loss and habitat fragmentation. Ecological Modelling, 2018, 384: 290–295.

Ying ZX, Liao JB, Liu YJ, et al. Modelling tree-grass coexistence in water-limited ecosystems. Ecological Modelling, 2017, 360: 387–398.

Ying ZX, Liao JB, Wang SC, et al. Species coexistence in a lattice-structured habitat: Effects of species dispersal and interactions. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 2014, 359: 184–191.