Xiangyi LI

Research Topic

• Climate extremes

• Vegetation dynamics and ecosystem functioning

• Vegetation phenology

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Scientific Publications

• Li, X., & Yang, H.  Capturing forest ecosystem dynamics after disturbances: From individual trees to landscapes. Global Change Biology, 31(3), e70107. (2025).  https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.70107
• Li X., Huntingford, C., Wang K. Cui J. Xu H., Kan F., Anniwaer N., Yang H., Peñuelas, J., Piao S.* Increased crossing of thermal stress thresholds of vegetation under global warming. Global Change Biology 30, e17406 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17406
• Li X., Wang K.*, Huntingford, C., Zhu Z., Peñuelas, J., Myneni R., Piao S.* Vegetation greenness in 2023. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment 5, 241–243 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-024-00543-z
• Piao, Z., Li X.*, Xu H., Wang K., Tang S., Kan F., Hong S. Thresholds of climate extremes that impact vegetation productivity over the Tibetan Plateau. Science China Earth Sciences 67, 1967–1977 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11430-023-1262-y
• Sun, M. Li X.*, Xu H., Wang K., Anniwaer N., Hong S. Drought thresholds that impact vegetation reveal the divergent responses of vegetation growth to drought across China. Global Change Biology 30, e16998 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16998
• Anniwaer N., Li X.*, Wang K., Xu H., Hong S.* Shifts in the trends of vegetation greenness and photosynthesis in different parts of Tibetan Plateau over the past two decades. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 345, 109851 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2023.109851
• Wang K., Wang X.*, Li X.*, Tang S., Xu H., Sang Y. Recent decline in tropical temperature sensitivity of atmospheric CO₂ growth rate variability. Global Change Biology 30, e17073 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17073
• Li X., Piao S.*, Huntingford C., Peñuelas J., Yang H., Xu H., Chen A., Friedlingstein P., Keenan T. F., Sitch S., Wang X., Zscheischler J., Mahecha M. D.Global variations in critical drought thresholds that impact vegetation. National Science Review 10, nwad049 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwad049
• Li X., Piao S.*, Wang K., Wang X., Wang T., Ciais P., Chen A., Lian X., Peng S., Peñuelas J.Temporal trade-off between gymnosperm resistance and resilience increases forest sensitivity to extreme drought.Nature Ecology & Evolution 4, 1075-1083 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-1217-3
• Li X., Li Y., Chen A., Gao M., Slette I. J., Piao S.* The impact of the 2009/2010 drought on vegetation growth and terrestrial carbon balance in Southwest China. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 269, 239-248 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2019.01.036
• Li X., He Y., Zeng Z., Lian X., Wang X., Du M., Jia G., Li Y., Ma Y., Tang Y., Wang W., Wu Z., Yan J., Yao Y., Ciais P., Zhang X., Zhang Y., Zhang Y., Zhou G., Piao S.* Spatiotemporal pattern of terrestrial evapotranspiration in China during the past thirty years. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 259, 131-140 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2018.04.020

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