Prof Yunting Fang |  Forest Ecology |  Best Researcher Award

Deputy director at  Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

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📚 Academic and Professional Background:

Yunting Fang specializes in the ecology of stable isotopes of carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen, focusing on nitrogen biogeochemical cycles and nitrogen deposition in ecosystems. His research examines how ecosystems respond to global changes like nitrogen deposition and warming.

🌍 Research and Innovations:

Fang has completed 18 projects and is currently leading 3 major research initiatives, including:

1. Carbon sequestration in Northeastern China (2025-2029).
2. Soil health and carbon sequestration in black soil areas (2023-2028).
3. Nutrient efficiency technology systems (2022-2025).

He has also developed novel systems for nitrogen and gas flux measurements.

🏆 Achievements and Contributions:

Fang’s groundbreaking research on the nitrogen cycle has significantly impacted both national and international environmental efforts. He has authored 80+ SCI papers in top journals like Nature Climate Change, Nature Communications, and Global Change Biology.

📖 Books Published: 3
📝 Patents: 1 (published), 3 (under process)

🎓 Editorial & Professional Roles:

• Deputy Editor: Chinese Ecology Journal
• Board Member: Ecological Processes, PeerJ, and more.
• Chairman: Special Committee on Stable Isotope Ecology, Chinese Society of Ecology.

🧬 Research Focus:

• Nitrogen cycle in ecosystems
• Effects of global warming on soil and nitrogen
• Carbon sequestration and biodiversity

📊 Citations and Impact:

• Citations: 5970 (2062 since 2019)
• h-index: 41 (24 since 2019)
• i10-index: 87 (44 since 2019)

Publication Top Notes:

• Nitrogen addition reduces soil respiration in a mature tropical forest in southern China
  J. Mo, W. E. Zhang, W. Zhu, P. E. R. Gundersen, Y. Fang, D. Li, H. Wang
  Global Change Biology, 14(2), 403-412 (2008)
• Effects of experimental nitrogen additions on plant diversity in an old‐growth tropical forest
  X. Lu, J. Mo, F. S. Gilliam, G. Zhou, Y. Fang
  Global Change Biology, 16(10), 2688-2700 (2010)
• Response of litter decomposition to simulated N deposition in disturbed, rehabilitated and mature forests in subtropical China
  J. Mo, S. Brown, J. Xue, Y. Fang, Z. Li
  Plant and Soil, 282, 135-151 (2006)
• Nitrogen deposition and forest nitrogen cycling along an urban–rural transect in southern China
  Y. Fang, M. Yoh, K. Koba, W. Zhu, Y. U. Takebayashi, Y. Xiao, C. Lei, J. Mo, …
  Global Change Biology, 17(2), 872-885 (2011)
• Microbial denitrification dominates nitrate losses from forest ecosystems
  Y. L. M. Y. Fang, Y. Koba, A. Makabe, C. Takahashi, W. Zhu, T. Hayashi, A. A. …
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112(5), 1470-1474 (2015)
• Input and output of dissolved organic and inorganic nitrogen in subtropical forests of South China under high air pollution
  Y. T. Fang, P. Gundersen, J. M. Mo, W. X. Zhu
  Biogeosciences, 5(2), 339-352 (2008)
• 氮沉降对森林植物的影响
  李德军, 莫江明, 方运霆, 彭少麟, P. Gundersen
  生态学报, 23(9), 1891-1900 (2003)
• Anthropogenic imprints on nitrogen and oxygen isotopic composition of precipitation nitrate in a nitrogen-polluted city in southern China
  Y. T. Fang, K. Koba, X. M. Wang, D. Z. Wen, J. Li, Y. Takebayashi, X. Y. Liu, M. Yoh
  Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 11(3), 1313-1325 (2011)
• Chemical Method for Nitrogen Isotopic Analysis of Ammonium at Natural Abundance
  D. Liu, Y. Fang, Y. Tu, Y. Pan
  Analytical Chemistry, 86(8), 3787–3792 (2014)
• Emissions of nitrous oxide from three tropical forests in Southern China in response to simulated nitrogen deposition
  W. Zhang, J. Mo, G. Yu, Y. Fang, D. Li, X. Lu, H. Wang
  Plant and Soil, 306, 221-236 (2008)
• 鼎湖山主要森林植物凋落物分解及其对 N 沉降的响应
  莫江明, 薛花, 方运霆
  生态学报, 24(7), 1413-1420 (2004)
• 鼎湖山自然保护区土壤有机碳贮量和分配特征
  方运霆, 莫江明, 周国逸, 张倩媚, 李德军
  生态学报, 24(001), 135-142 (2004)
• Atmospheric deposition and leaching of nitrogen in Chinese forest ecosystems
  Y. Fang, P. Gundersen, R. D. Vogt, K. Koba, F. Chen, X. Y. Chen, M. Yoh
  Journal of Forest Research, 16, 341-350 (2011)
• Nitrogen leaching in response to increased nitrogen inputs in subtropical monsoon forests in southern China
  Y. Fang, P. Gundersen, J. Mo, W. Zhu
  Forest Ecology and Management, 257(1), 332-342 (2009)
• High abundance of ammonia-oxidizing archaea in acidified subtropical forest soils in southern China after long-term N deposition
  K. Isobe, K. Koba, Y. Suwa, J. Ikutani, Y. Fang, M. Yoh, J. Mo, S. Otsuka, …
  FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 80(1), 193-203 (2012)
• Methane uptake responses to nitrogen deposition in three tropical forests in southern China
  W. Zhang, J. Mo, G. Zhou, P. Gundersen, Y. Fang, X. Lu, T. Zhang, S. Dong
  Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 113(D11) (2008)
• Response of soil respiration to simulated N deposition in a disturbed and a rehabilitated tropical forest in southern China
  J. Mo, W. Zhang, W. Zhu, Y. Fang, D. Li, P. Zhao
  Plant and Soil, 296, 125-135 (2007)
• Large loss of dissolved organic nitrogen from nitrogen-saturated forests in subtropical China
  Y. Fang, W. Zhu, P. Gundersen, J. Mo, G. Zhou, M. Yoh
  Ecosystems, 12, 33-45 (2009)
• Soil acidification in response to acid deposition in three subtropical forests of subtropical China
  LIU Ke-Hui, F. Yun-Ting, YU Fang-Ming, LIU Qiang, LI Fu-Rong, …
  Pedosphere, 20(3), 399-408 (2010)
• The natural abundance of 15N in plant and soil‐available N indicates a shift of main plant N resources to NO from NH along the N leaching gradient
  Y. Takebayashi, K. Koba, Y. Sasaki, Y. Fang, M. Yoh
  Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry: An International Journal Devoted … (2010)