Ximeng LI
Title:Associate Professor, Master's Supervisor, Ph.D. in Science
Address: School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Minzu University of China
No. 27 Zhongguancun South Street, Haidian District, Beijing, China
Postal Code: 100081
Email: liximeng2009@hotmail.com
Educational Background
2016.2–2018.2: Ph.D. in Forest Ecology, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment
2011.9–2015.7: Ph.D. in Ethnoecology, Minzu University of China
2013.11–2014.11: Ph.D. in Ecology, Columbia University (CSC Joint Ph.D. Program)
2010.10–2010.11: Visiting Scholar, New York Botanical Garden
2008.9–2011.7: M.Sc. in Ecology, Minzu University of China
2004.9–2008.7: B.Sc. in Science, Shanxi Agricultural University
Research Projects
International Projects
Australian Research Council Linkage Project:
“Identifying Regions of High Drought Mortality Risk for Tree Species in NSW” (LP140100232) – Participant
Australian Research Council Future Fellowship:
(FT130101115) – Participant
Australian Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC):
CSP1501 – Participant
Domestic Project
Research Interests
Biological and Environmental Regulation of Carbon Metabolism
Drought Resistance Strategies of Vascular Plants
Water Use Efficiency in Crops
Papers
Li, X., Shi, W., Broughton, K., Smith, R., Sharwood, R., Payton, P., ... & Tissue, D. T. (2020). Impacts of growth temperature, water deficit and heatwaves on carbon assimilation and growth of cotton plants (Gossypium hirsutumL.). Environmental and Experimental Botany, 179, 104204.
Gauthey, A., Peters, J. M. R., Carins-Murphy, M. R., Rodriguez-Dominguez, C. M.,Li, X., Delzon, S., ... & Choat, B. (2020). Evaluating methods used to measure cavitation resistance in seven woody species with differing xylem anatomy: a comparison of visual and hydraulic techniques. New Phytologist. (In press)
Li, X., Delzon, S., Torres-Ruiz, J., Badel, E., Burlett, R., Cochard, H., ... & St-Paul, N. M. (2020). Lack of vulnerability segmentation in four angiosperm tree species: evidence from direct X-ray microtomography observation. Annals of Forest Science, 77(2), 1-12.
Li, X., He, X., Smith, R., Choat, B., & Tissue, D. (2020). Temperature alters the response of hydraulic architecture to CO2in cotton plants (Gossypium hirsutum). Environmental and Experimental Botany, 172, 104004.
Li, X., Blackman, C. J., Peters, J. M., Choat, B., Rymer, P. D., Medlyn, B. E., & Tissue, D. T. (2019). More than iso/anisohydry: hydroscapes integrate plant water use and drought tolerance traits in 10 eucalypt species from contrasting climates. Functional Ecology, 33(6), 1035-1049.
Blackman, C. J.,Li, X., Choat, B., Rymer, P. D., De Kauwe, M. G., Duursma, R. A., ... & Medlyn, B. E. (2019). Desiccation time during drought is highly predictable across species of Eucalyptus from contrasting climates. New Phytologist, 224(2), 632-643.
Li, X., Xu, C., Li, Z., Feng, J., Tissue, D. T., & Griffin, K. L. (2019). Late growing season carbon subsidy in native gymnosperms in a northern temperate forest. Tree physiology, 39(6), 971-982.
Li, X., Blackman, C. J., Choat, B., Rymer, P. D., Medlyn, B. E., & Tissue, D. T. (2019). Drought tolerance traits do not vary across sites differing in water availability inBanksia serrata(Proteaceae). Functional Plant Biology, 46(7), 624-633.
Li, X., Smith, R., Choat, B., & Tissue, D. T. (2020). Drought resistance of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) is promoted by early stomatal closure and leaf shedding. Functional Plant Biology, 47(2), 91-98.
Li, X., Blackman, C. J., Choat, B., Duursma, R. A., Rymer, P. D., Medlyn, B. E., & Tissue, D. T. (2018). Tree hydraulic traits are coordinated and strongly linked to climate-of-origin across a rainfall gradient. Plant, Cell & Environment, 41(3), 646-660.
Li, X., Blackman, C. J., Rymer, P. D., Quintans, D., Duursma, R. A., Choat, B., ... & Tissue, D. T. (2018). Xylem embolism measured retrospectively is linked to canopy dieback in natural populations ofEucalyptus piperitafollowing drought. Tree Physiology, 38(8), 1193-1199.
Li, Z.,Li, X., Rubert-Nason, K. F., Yang, Q., Fu, Q., Feng, J., & Shi, S. (2018). Photosynthetic acclimation of an evergreen broadleaved shrub (Ammopiptanthus mongolicus) to seasonal climate extremes on the Alxa Plateau, a cold desert ecosystem. Trees, 32(2), 603-614.
Patterson, A. E., Arkebauer, R., Quallo, C., Heskel, M. A.,Li, X., Boelman, N., & Griffin, K. L. (2018). Temperature response of respiration and respiratory quotients of 16 co-occurring temperate tree species. Tree physiology, 38(9), 1319-1332.
