学习与工作经历

    1988年毕业于中南林学院林学专业，获农学学士学位；1988-1991年在中南林学院攻读森林生态学硕士学位，1991年获森林生态学硕士学位，1991年硕士毕业后一直在中南林业科技大学从事教学科研工作。2003年获得生态学博士学位。2002年在澳大利亚国立大学（Australian National University）资源环境与社会学校访问学习。2010年在奥地利维也纳大学（University of Vienna）生态系统与化学生态研究所进行土壤氮同位素研究。

学术任职及奖励

中南林业科技大学教授，博士生导师。湖南会同杉木林生态系统国家野外科学观测研究站站长。中国生态学会理事，中国林学会森林生态分会副理事长，中国林学会杉木专业委员会副主任委员，湖南省生态学会副理事长。国际期刊Land Degradation & Development（SCI）编委，第十届《林业科学》编委。入选为教育部新世纪优秀人才支持计划，享受政府特殊津贴，荣获第五届湖南省青年科技奖。获科研成果奖7项，其中国家科技进步二等奖1项（排名第5），湖南省自然科学一等奖1项（排名第1），湖南省科技进步一等奖1项（排名第2）。

科研、教学及学术活动

主要从事森林生态系统长期定位研究，研究内容包括亚热带森林群落结构、生物量和森林碳核算方法、生物多样性与生态系统功能关系、土壤养分转化和林木利用策略、森林生产力模拟预测等领域。主持国家自然科学基金、科技部基础平台建设项目、国家重点研发项目子课题等项目共31项。承担普通生态学（湖南省精品课程）和生态规划等本科生课程；科研选题和科技论文写作、生态学前沿讲座、植物生理生态学等研究生课程。指导博士研究生16人，硕士研究生43人。为《林业科学》、《生态学报》、《植物生态学报》等10多个国内学术期刊和Global Change Biology、New Phytologist、Journal of Ecology、Environmental Research Letters、Methods in Ecology and Evolutions、Geoscientific Model Development、Science of the Total Environment、Bioresource and Technology、Plant and Soil、Forest Ecology and Management等40多个国际学术期刊的审稿人。

学术成果和论文

已发表学术论文196篇，其中SCI源刊论文76篇，出版著作2部。近3年（2017年-2019年）以通讯作者（*）发表的10篇代表性SCI论文：

    1) Shuai Ouyang, Wenhua Xiang*, Xiangping Wang, Wenfa Xiao, Liang Chen, Shenggong Li, Han Sun, Xiangwen Deng, David I. Forrester, Lixiong Zeng, Pifeng Lei, Xiangdong Lei, Mengmeng Gou, Changhui Peng. 2019. Effects of stand age, richness and density on productivity in subtropical forests in China. Journal of Ecology, 107: 2266-2277 (IF=5.687)

    2) Huili Wu, Wenhua Xiang*, Shuai Ouyang, David I. Forrester, Bo Zhou, Lingxiu  Chen, Tida Ge, Pifeng Lei, Liang Chen, Yelin Zeng, Xinzhang Song, Josep Peñuelas, Changhui Peng. 2019. Linkage between tree species richness and soil microbial diversity improves phosphorus bioavailability. Functional Ecology, 33: 1549-1560 (IF=5.037)

    3) Liang Chen⁠, Wenhua Xiang*, Huili Wu, Shuai Ouyang, Bo Zhou, Yelin Zeng, Yongliang Chen, Yakov Kuzyakov. 2019. Tree species identity surpasses richness in affecting soil microbial richness and community composition in subtropical forests. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 130: 113-120 (IF=5.29)

    4) Yelin Zeng, Mengmeng Gou, Shuai Ouyang, Liang Chen, Xi Fang, Lijuan Zhao, Jiaxiang Li, Changhui Peng, Wenhua Xiang*. 2019. The effect of secondary forest restoration 1 on multiple ecosystem services and their trade-offs. Ecological Indicators, 104: 248-258 (IF=4.49)

    5) Cong Liu, Wenhua Xiang*, Limei Zou, Pifeng Lei, Yelin Zeng, Shuai Ouyang, Xiangwen Deng, Xi Fang, Zelin Liu, Changhui Peng. 2019. Variation in the functional traits of fine roots is linked to phylogenetics in the common tree species of Chinese subtropical forests. Plant and Soil, 436: 347-364 (IF=3.259)

    6) Liang Chen, Wenhua Xiang*, Huili Wu, Shuai Ouyang, Pifeng Lei, Yajun Hu, Tida Ge, Jun Ye, Yakov Kuzyakov. 2019. Contrasting patterns and drivers of soil fungal communities in subtropical deciduous and evergreen broadleaved forests. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 103: 5421-5433 (IF=3.67)

    7) Weixian Zeng, Wenhua Xiang*, Bo Zhou, Pifeng Lei, Yelin Zeng. 2017. Measurement of belowground diversity of fine roots in subtropical forests based on a quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) method. Plant and Soil, 420: 530-552 (IF=3.259)

    8) Fang Jiang, Xiaohong Wu, Wenhua Xiang*, Xi Fang, Yeling Zeng, Shuai Ouyang, Pifeng Lei, Xiangwen Deng, Changhui Peng. 2017. Spatial variations in soil organic carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations related to stand characteristics in subtropical area. Plant and Soil, 413: 289-301 (IF=3.259)

    9) Mengmeng Gou, Wenhua Xiang*, Tongqing Song, Pifeng Lei, Shengli Zhang, Shuai Ouyang, Yeling Zeng, Xiangwen Deng, Xi Fang, Kelin Wang. 2017. Allometric equations for applying plot inventory and remote sensing data to assess coarse root biomass energy in subtropical forests. BioEnergy Research, 10(2): 536-546 (IF=2.5)

    10) Lingxiu Chen, Wenhua Xiang*, Huili Wu, Pifeng Lei, Shengli Zhang, Shuai Ouyang, Xiangwen Deng, Xi Fang. 2017. Tree growth traits and social status affect the wood density of pioneer species in secondary subtropical forest. Ecology and Evolution, 7, 5366-5377 (IF=2.415)