Prof. Xu Han mainly engages in research on biodiversity maintenance mechanisms, vegetation ecological restoration and evaluation. He had established the world's largest 60 and 64 hectares of tropical rainforest biodiversity dynamic monitoring plots and a batch of grid monitoring plots in Hainan and Guangdong provinces. He discovered 7 new plant species and published over 40 papers and 2 monographs, such as eLife, Communications Biology, and Journal of Ecology. He undertook more than 20 projects, including the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Ministry of Science and Technology's Basic Work Special Project.
Han Xu, Lian Xia, John R Spence, Mingxian Lin, Chunyang Lu, Yanpeng Li, Jie Chen, Tushou Luo, Yide Li, Suqin Fang*. 2023. Flying squirrels use a mortise-tenon structure to fix nuts on understory twigs. eLife, 12: e84967
Jie Chen, Xiaomin Ma, Xiankai Lu, Han Xu*, Dexiang Chen, Yanpeng Li, Zhang Zhou, Yide Li, Suhui Ma, Kuzyakov Yakov. 2023. Long-term phosphorus addition alleviates CO2 and N2O emissions via altering soil microbial functions in secondary rather primary tropical forests. Environmental Pollution, 323: 121295
Jie Chen, Robin L. Chazdon, Nathan G. Swenson, Han Xu*, Tushou Luo. 2021. Drivers of soil microbial community assembly during recovery from selective-logging and clear-cutting. Journal of Applied Ecology, 58(10): 2231-2242
Yulin He, Han Xu#, Hanlun Liu, Meiling Luo, Chengjin Chu, Suqin Fang*. 2021. Sexual competition and kin recognition co-shape traits of neighboring dioecious Diospyros morrisiana seedlings. Horticulture Research, 8: 162
Jie Chen, Kai Feng, Silja Emilia Hannula, Yakov Kuzyakov, Yide Li, Han Xu*. 2021. Interkingdom plant-microbial ecological networks under selective and clear cutting of tropical rainforest. Forest Ecology and Management, 491: 119182
Han Xu, Matteo Detto#, Suqin Fang*, Robin L. Chazdon, Yide Li, Billy C. H. Hau, Gunter A. Fischer, George D. Weiblen, J. Aaron Hogan, Jess K. Zimmerman, Maria Uriarte, Jill Thompson, Juyu Lian, Ke Cao, David Kenfack, Alfonso Alonso, Pulchérie Bissiengou, Hervé Roland Memiaghe, Renato Valencia, Sandra L. Yap, Stuart J. Davies, Xiangcheng Mi & Tze Leong Yao. 2020. Soil nitrogen concentration mediates the relationship between leguminous trees and neighbor diversity in tropical forests. Communications Biology, 3: 317
Jie Chen, Han Xu*, Dan He, Yide Li, Tushou Luo, Hongguo Yang, Mingxian Lin. 2019. Historical logging alters soil fungal community composition and network in a tropical rainforest. Forest Ecology and Management, 433(1): 228-239
Han Xu, Matteo Detto#, Yanpeng Li, Yide Li, Fangliang He, Suqin Fang*. 2019. Do N-fixing legumes promote neighbor diversity in the tropics?. Journal of Ecology, 107(1): 229-239
Ning Miao, Han Xu#, Timothy Moermond, Yide Li, Shirong Liu. 2018. Density-dependent and distance-dependent effects in a 60-ha tropical mountain rain forest in the Jianfengling mountains, Hainan Island, China: Spatial pattern analysis. Forest Ecology and Management. 429: 226-232
Han Xu, Matteo Detto, Suqin Fang, Yide Li*, Runguo Zang, Shirong Liu. 2015. Habitat hotspots of common and rare tropical species along climatic and edaphic gradients. Journal of Ecology, 103(5): 1325-1333
Han Xu, Yide Li, Shirong Liu*, Runguo Zang*, Fangliang He, John R. Spence. 2015. Partial recovery of a tropical rain forest a half century after clear-cut and selective logging. Journal of Applied Ecology, 52(4): 1044-1052
Han Xu, Shirong Liu*, Yide Li, Runguo Zang and Fangliang He. 2012. Assessing non-parametric and area-based methods for estimating regional species richness. Journal of Vegetation Science, 23(6): 1006-1012
Han Xu, Yide Li, Tuoshou Luo, Dexiang Chen, Mingxian Lin, Jianhui Wu, Yangpeng Li, Huai Yang, Zhang Zhou (2015) Jianfengling Tropical Mountain Rain Forest Dynamic Plot: Community Characteristic, Tree Species and Their Distribution Patterns. China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing. 34–48
