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2025:

  1. Li X., Yang W., Novak M., Zhao L., de Ruiter P.C., Yang Z., & Guill C. (2025). Body mass-biomass scaling modulates species keystone-ness to press perturbations. Ecology Letters, 28(2), e70086.
  1. Gaedke U., Li X., Guill C., Hemerik L., & de Ruiter P.C. (2025). Seasonal shifts in trophic interaction strength drive stability of natural food webs. Ecology Letters, 28(1), e70075.
  1. Li X., Gaedke U., Wacker A., Schulze B., Yang Z., Moorthi S., … & Klauschies T. (2025). Coadaptation shapes ecological interactions in mixotroph-resource systems. Oikos, e11054.
  1. Li X., Xu Z., Zhang S., Gao W., Dong Q., Guo F., … & Yang Z. (2025). Eutrophication-driven changes in plankton trophic interactions: insights from trade-offs in functional traits. Environmental Science & Technology, 59, 744-755.
  1. Yao, W., Yang, W., Fu, X., Li, X., & Sun, T. (2025). Quantifying energy fluxes and trophic dynamics to assess artificial reef restoration success: Evidence from Bohai Bay, China. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 109467.
  1. Yang, W., Zhang, Z., Li, X., Zhao, J., & Sun, T. (2025). Comparing food web structure and trophic diversity between natural and artificial habitats: a case study in the Bohai Sea, China. Marine Biology, 172(6), 85.
  1. Jiao, L., Zhang, P., Li, X., Yang, W., & Sun, T. (2025). Escalating climatic and anthropogenic disturbances drive a fragmented and squeezed vegetation pattern: a case study in the Yellow River Delta from 1990 to 2020. Environmental and Sustainability Indicators, 100734.
  1. Liu, X., Yang, W., Li, X., Ding, J., Sun, T., & Liu, H. (2025). Water regulation weakens the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem multifunctionality: Insights from a highly managed Chinese lake. Journal of Environmental Management, 373, 124003.
  1. Dong, Q., Xu, Z., Chen, Y., Li, X., Fan, W., Xue, J., … & Yang, Z. (2025). Heterogeneous saltwater intrusion patterns and drivers among multiple outlets in a complex estuary. Journal of Environmental Management, 393, 126896.
  1. Wu, Y., Yang, W., Liu, J., Li, X., & Cui, B. (2025). Eutrophication drives resource use efficiency variations in freshwater plankton communities across river–lake continuum in China’s Poyang Lake Basin. Hydrobiologia, 1-17.

2024:

  1. Li X., Yang W., Jiao L., Sun T., & Yang Z. (2024). Sediment water content drives movement of intertidal crab Helice tientsinensis more strongly than salinity variations. Marine Environmental Research, 201, 106711.
  1. Liu, X., Yang, W., Fu, X., & Li, X. (2024). Determination of the ecological water levels in shallow lakes based on regime shifts: A case study of China’s Baiyangdian Lake. Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology, 24(4), 931-943.
  1. Xu, C., Xu, Z., Li, X., & Yang, Z. (2024). Integrated simulation-surrogate-optimization modeling framework for multiple tradeoffs among socioeconomic and ecological targets in reservoir operations. Journal of Environmental Management, 368, 122092.
  1. Liu, X., Sun, T., Yang, W., Li, X., Ding, J., & Fu, X. (2024). Meta-analysis to identify inhibition mechanisms for the effects of submerged plants on algae. Journal of Environmental Management, 355, 120480.

2023:

  1. Li X., Yang W., Ma X., Zhu Z., Sun T., Cui B., & Yang Z. (2023). Invasive Spartina alterniflora habitat forms high energy fluxes but low food web stability compared to adjacent native vegetated habitats. Journal of Environmental Management, 334, 117487.
  1. Li X., Klauschies T., Yang W., Yang Z., & Gaedke U. (2023). Trait adaptation enhances species coexistence and reduces bistability in an intraguild predation module. Ecology and Evolution, 13, e9749.
  1. Feng, J., Li, S., Li, X., Jiang, Y., Wang, R., Meng, X., … & Stenseth, N. C. (2023). Coupling strength between omnivory loops and their one-species-delete subloops drives real food web stability. Theoretical Ecology, 16(4), 327-338. 2022:

2022:

  1. Li X., Yang W., Sun T., & Yang Z. (2022). Trophic diversity and food web structure of vegetated habitats along a coastal topographic gradient. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, 920745.
  1. Yang, W., Fu, X., Li, X., & Yang, Y. (2022). Temporal changes of the food web structure and function driven by changes in hydrological regimes and water quality in a large shallow lake. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 10, 987600.
  1. Fu, X., Yang, W., Zheng, L., Liu, D., & Li, X. (2022). Spatial patterns of macrobenthos taxonomic and functional diversity throughout the ecotones from river to lake: A case study in Northern China. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10, 922539.

2021:

  1. Li X., Yang W., Gaedke U., & de Ruiter P.C. (2021). Energetic constraints imposed on trophic interaction strengths enhance resilience in empirical and model food webs. Journal of Animal Ecology, 90(9), 2065-2076.
  1. Li X., Yang W., Sun T., & Gaedke U. (2021). Quantitative food web structure and ecosystem functions in a warm-temperate seagrass bed. Marine Biology, 168(5), 74. 2020:
  1. Li X., Yang W., Li S., Sun T., Bai J., Pei J., … & Cui B. (2020). Asymmetric responses of spatial variation of different communities to a salinity gradient in coastal wetlands. Marine Environmental Research, 158, 105008.

2019:

  1. Li X., Yang W., Sun T., & Su L. (2019). Framework of multidimensional macrobenthos biodiversity to evaluate ecological restoration in wetlands. Environmental Research Letters, 14(5), 054003.

2018:

  1. Yang W., Li X., Jin Y., & Sun T. (2018). The impact of multiple seashore reclamation activities on vegetation cover in the Yellow River Delta, China: implications based on structural equation modeling. Journal of Coastal Conservation, 22, 283-292.
  1. Pei, J., Yang, W., Cai, Y., Yi, Y., & Li, X. (2018). Relationship between vegetation and environment in an arid-hot valley in southwestern China. Sustainability, 10(12), 4774.

2017:

  1. Yang W., Li X., Pei J., Sun T., Shao D., Bai J., & Li Y. (2017). Bioavailability of trace metals in sediments of a recovering freshwater coastal wetland in China’s Yellow River Delta, and risk assessment for the macrobenthic community. Chemosphere, 189, 661-671.
  1. Yang W., Li X., Sun T., Pei J., & Li M. (2017). Macrobenthos functional groups as indicators of ecological restoration in the northern part of China’s Yellow River Delta wetlands. Ecological Indicators, 82, 381-391.
  1. Yang W., Li X., Sun T., Yang Z., & Li M. (2017). Habitat heterogeneity affects the efficacy of ecological restoration by freshwater releases in a recovering freshwater coastal wetland in China’s Yellow River Delta. Ecological Engineering, 104, 1-12.

BIORXIV

  • Forgoston, E., Day, S., de Ruiter, P. C., Doelman, A., Hartemink, N., Hastings, A., Hemerik, L., Hening, A., Hofbauer, J., Kefi, S., Kessler, D. A., Klauschies, T., Kuehn, C., Li, X., Moore, J. C., Morrien, E., Neutel, A. M., Pantel, J., Schreiber, S. J., Shaw, L. B., Shnerb, N., Siero, E., Storch, L. S., Thorne, M. A. S., van de Leemput, I., van Velzen, E., Weinans, E. (2023). Stability and Fluctuations in Complex Ecological Systems. arXiv preprint, arXiv:2306.07447.