Educational experience：

BSc: Entomology, Shanxi University, 1982 MSc: Plant Ecology, Shanxi University, 1984 PhD: Plant Ecology, University of Wales (Bangor), 1991

Statement：

Based on field investigation, we study community structure, composition, dynamics and succession, ecological relationships of mountain vegetation in North China. Multivariate analysis methods, such as ordination, classification, geostatistical methodology, are main techniques in our study. We also study the distribution and conservation of plant species diversity and functional diversity in community, conservation of endangered plant species, restoration process of degraded ecosystems and lands in the Loess Plateau, and so on. We are also interested in the development of multivariate quantitative methods related to our study.

Selected Publication：

1. Song NQ, Zhang J-T, Zhao FG. (2017). The PCA index for measuring functional diversity and its application to Juglans mandshurica communities in the Beijing mountains, China. International Journal of Biomathematics, 10(7), 1750097.

2. Zhang J-T, Zhang M, Mian R. (2016). Effects of elevation and disturbance gradients on forest diversity in the Wulingshan Nature Reserve, North China. Environmental Earth Science, 75(10): 904.

3. Zhang J-T, Li M, Nie EB. (2014). Pattern of functional diversity along an altitudinal gradient in the Baihua Mountain Reserve of Beijing, China. Brazilian Journal of Botany, 37: 37-45.

4. Zhang J-T, Xu B, Li M. (2013). Vegetation patterns and species diversity along elevational and disturbance gradients in the Baihua Mountain Reserve, Beijing, China. Mountain Research and Development, 33(2): 170-178.

5. Zhang J-T, Xiang CL, Li M. (2012). Integrative ecological sensitivity (IES) applied to assessment of eco-tourism impact on forest vegetation landscape: A case from the Baihua Mountain Reserve of Beijing, China. Ecological Indicators, 18: 365–370.

6. Zhang J-T, Xiang CL, Li M. (2012). Effects of tourism and topography on vegetation diversity in the subalpine meadows of the Dongling Mountains of Beijing, China. Environmental Management, 49: 403-411.

7. Cheng JJ, Mi XC, Nadrowski K, Ren HB, Zhang J-T, Ma KP. (2012). Separating the effect of mechanisms shaping species-abundance distributions at multiple scales in a subtropical forest. Oikos, 121: 236–244.

8. Zhu XZ, Zhang J-T, Ma KP. (2011). Soil biota reduce allelopathic effects of the invasive Eupatorium adenophorum. PloS ONE, 6(9): e25393:1-6.

9. Zhang J-T, Dong YR. (2010). Factors affecting species diversity of plant communities and the restoration process in the loess area of China. Ecological Engineering, 36: 345–350.

10. Zhang J-T, Ru WM. (2010). Population characteristics of endangered species Taxus chinensis var. mairei and its conservation strategy in Shanxi, China. Population Ecology, 52: 407–416.