Zhang XN, Luo D, Xu LG, Wang XL, Ge G, Li L*. 2026. Eutrophication and allochthonous dissolved organic carbon input alter macrophyte-phytoplankton interactions in shallow lakes: A mesocosm experiment. Hydrobiologia.　https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-026-06293-x.

Huang J, Li L*, Dai NH, Wu XP. 2026. Invasion, impacts and management of the red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) in freshwater ecosystems. Journal of Hydroecology. https://doi.org/10.15928/j.1674-3075.202506230001.

Huang HD, Luo D, Zhou R, Liu PF, Li L*. 2026. Increased allochthonous dissolved organic carbon provides a competitive advantage for planktonic over benthic primary producers in shallow lakes. Hydrobiologia, 853: 1135-1150.

Zhou R, Luo D, Li L*. 2025. Phosphorus loading and carp disturbance synergistically promote dominance of free-floating macrophytes over submerged plant competitors. Ecological Indicators, 178: 114057.

Li L*, Hilt S, Ding MM. 2025. Contrasting effects of increasing invasive crayfish densities on competing submerged macrophytes in shallow lakes. Freshwater Biology, 70: e14383.

Luo D, Huang WQ, Ding MM, Li L*. 2025. Effects of increased nutrient loading and water level caused by extreme flooding on Hydrilla verticillata, periphyton and water properties. Journal of Lake Sciences, 7(1): 184-193. (EI)

Luo D, Li Z, Zhao MM, Hu Q, Zhou R, Rong J, Lei Li*. 2024. Combined effects of light and nutrient supply on primary producers in subtropical shallow lakes: A microcosm study. Acta Ecologica Sinica, 44(23): 10639-10649.

Ding MM, Li L*, Gong LQ, Zhan HY. 2024. Combined influence of extreme flooding-induced water level increase and N and P inputs on the submerged macrophyte Vallisneria natans. Journal of Lake Sciences, 36(4): 1173-1183. (EI)

Wang YF, Chen Q, Li L, Ding HF, Fraser JD, Hou JJ, Wang WJ*. 2023. The cascading effects of submerged macrophyte collapse on geese at Poyang Lake, China. Freshwater Biology, 68: 926-939.

Wang S*, Li L, Zhou DW. 2021. Root morphological responses to population density vary with soil conditions and growth stages: The complexity of density effects. Ecology and Evolution, 11: 10590- 10599.

Hou JJ, Li L, Wang YF, Wang WJ*, Zhan HY, Dai NH, Lu P. 2021. Influences of submerged plant collapse on diet composition, breadth, and overlap among four crane species at Poyang Lake, China. Frontiers in Zoology, 18: 24.

Ding MM, Zhou RX, Chen TL, He L, Jeppesen E, Li L*. 2021. Physiological adaptations of the submerged macrophyte Vallisneria spinulosa in response to water level fluctuations. Aquatic Ecology, 55: 33-45.

Ding MM, Li L*, Jin BS, Chen JK. 2021. Impact of water level fluctuations with different amplitudes and frequencies on biomass and morphological traits of Vallisneria spinulosa. Journal of Lake Sciences, 33(1): 192-193. (EI)

Li L*, Ding MM, Jeppesen E. 2020. Variation in growth, reproduction, and resource allocation in an aquatic plant, Vallisneria spinulosa: The influence of amplitude and frequency of water level fluctuations. Aquatic Sciences, 82: 81.

Hou JJ, Liu YF, Fraser JD, Li Lei, Zhao B, Lan ZC, Jin JF, Liu GH, Dai NH, Wang WJ*. 2020. Drivers of a habitat shift by critically endangered Siberian cranes: Evidence from long-term data. Ecology and Evolution, 10: 11055-11068.

Zhou Y, Li L*, Song ZP*. 2019. Plasticity in sexual dimorphism enhances adaptation of dioecious Vallisneria natans plants to water depth change. Frontiers in Plant Science, 10: 826. 

Zhou Y, Li L*, Song ZP*. 2019. Plasticity in sexual dimorphism enhances adaptation of dioecious Vallisneria natans plants to water depth change. Frontiers in Plant Science, 10: 826.

Li L, Barrett SCH, Song ZP, Chen JK*. 2019. Sex-specific plasticity of reproductive allocation in response to water depth in a clonal, dioecious macrophyte. American Journal of Botany, 106: 42-50.

Li L*, Ding MM, Lan ZC, Zhao Y, Chen JK. 2019. Light availability and patterns of allocation to reproductive and vegetative biomass in the sexes of the dioecious macrophyte Vallisneria spinulosa. Frontiers in Plant Science, 10: 572.

Lan ZC, Chen YS, Li L, Li F, Jin BS, Chen JK*. 2019. Testing mechanisms underlying elevational patterns of lakeshore plant community assembly in Poyang Lake, China. Journal of Plant Ecology, 12: 438-447.

Lan ZC, Huang H, Chen YS, Liu JS, Chen JG, Li L, Li L, Jin BS, Chen JK*. 2019. Testing mechanisms underlying responses of plant functional traits to flooding duration gradient in a lakeshore meadow. Journal of Freshwater Ecology, 34: 481-495.

Li L, Lan ZC, Chen JK, Song ZP*. 2018. Allocation to clonal and sexual reproduction and its plasticity in Vallisneria spinulosa along a water-depth gradient. Ecosphere, 9: e02070.

Li L, Bonser SP, Lan ZC, Xu LG, Chen JK, Song ZP*. 2017. Water depth affects reproductive allocation and reproductive allometry in the submerged macrophyte Vallisneria natans. Scientific Reports, 7: 16842.

Wang S, Li L, Zhou DW*. 2017. Morphological plasticity in response to population density varies with soil conditions and    growth stage in Abutilon theophrasti (Malvaceae). Plant Ecology, 218: 785- 797.

Li L*, Weiner J, Wang Y, Wang S, Zhou DW. 2016. Yield‒density relationships of above- and belowground organs in Allium cepa var. aggregatum populations. Plant Ecology, 217: 913-922.

Huang YX, Lechowicz M, Price CA, Li L, Wang Y, Zhou DW*. 2016. The underlying basis for the trade-off between leaf size and leafing intensity. Functional Ecology, 30: 199-205.

Zhou Y, Li XJ, Zhao Y, Zhou W, Li L, Wang B, Cui XH, Chen JK, Song ZP*. 2016. Divergences in reproductive strategy explain the distribution ranges of Vallisneria species in China. Aquatic Botany, 132: 41-48.

Wang Y, Li L, Zhou DW*, Weiner J. 2016. The allometry of reproductive allocation in a Chloris virgata population in response to simulated atmospheric nitrogen deposition. Basic and Applied Ecology, 17: 388-395.

Li L, Geng YP, Lan ZC, Chen JK, Song ZP*. 2016. Phenotypic plasticity of aquatic plants in heterogeneous environments: A review. Biodiversity Sciences, 24(2): 216-227.

Li L, Zhang XC, Qin HM, Hu XR, Chen JK*. 2015. Effects of tuber-feeding waterbird guild and water level fluctuation on tuber distribution of submerged macrophytes in Shahu Lake. Chinese Journal of Ecology, 34(3): 661-669.

Li L, Chen JK*. 2014. Influence of climate change on wild plants and the conservation strategies. Biodiversity Sciences, 22(5): 549-563.

Li L, Weiner J, Zhou DW*, Huang YX, Sheng LX. 2013. Initial density affects biomass‒density and allometric relationships in self-thinning populations of Fagopyrum esculentum. Journal of Ecology, 101: 475-483.

Li L, Zhou DW*, Shen LX. 2012. Allometric relationship between mean component biomass and density during the course of self-thinning for Fagopyrum esculentum populations. Acta Ecologica Sinica, 32(13): 3987-3997.

Li L, Zhou DW*, Shen LX. 2011. Density dependence-determined plant biomass allocation pattern. Chinese Journal of Ecology, 30(8): 1579-1589.

Li L, Zhou DW*. 2011. Density-dependent regulation of above- and below-ground modules in Allium cepa var. proliferum populations. Chinese Journal of Plant Ecology, 35(3): 284-293.