研究兴趣

主要从事全球变化生态学和土壤生态学的研究。通过生态系统生态学、生物地球化学、稳定同位素生态学等多学科手段，结合野外调查取样与定位实验、温室和生长箱的控制实验、以及室内分析与模型模拟等方法，研究森林、草地、湿地等生态系统的地下碳循环过程（根系分泌物和周转、土壤有机质分解和形成、养分循环等）对全球变化（比如温度升高、降水格局改变、氮沉降增加和土地利用变化）的响应机理，为我国制定应对全球变化的政策与实践提供理论支持。

(1) Plant-soil interactions (particularly rhizosphere carbon and nutrient cycling) and global change; (2) Plant traits (particularly root and fungal traits) and ecosystem processes; (3) Impacts of whole-soil warming on carbon cycling in alpine grassland and subtropical forest ecosystems; and (4) Nutrient regulation of carbon cycling in tropical forests.

科研课题

2025-29，基金委杰青项目，土壤生态学，32425038，主持

2022-27，国家重点研发专项课题，冻土生态系统碳氮磷循环关键过程对增温的响应机制，2022YFF0801902，课题负责人

2022-25，基金委专项项目，土壤碳循环关键过程及其对气候变暖的响应机制，42141006，主持（已结题）

2020-23，基金委面上项目，高寒草甸表层和深层土壤有机碳动态对增温和根系碳输入的响应和机制，31971528，主持（已结题）

2017-21，国家重点研发专项课题，全球变化野外控制实验的技术和方法，2017YFC0503903，课题负责人（已结题）

2017-20，基金委面上项目，木本植物对土壤碳氮矿化的根际激发效应及其影响机制，31670525，主持（已结题）

2017-19，基金委优青项目，地下生态学，31622013，主持（已结题）

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近些年的部分论文(*通讯作者) Google scholar

根系生态学

Han MG, de Vries F, Bardgett RD, Jiang F, Zhu B*. 2026. Latitudinal patterns and environmental correlates of root exudation. Nature Ecology & Evolution 10(8):1488-1500

Han MG, Chen Y, Gan DY, Yu M, Li R, Han YF, Gu JC, Li SF, Su JR, McCormack LM, Zhu B*. 2025. The latitudinal pattern of fine root intraspecific trait variation among species in plant communities. Nature Communications 16:9340

Han MG, Chen Y, Li R, Yu M, Fu LC, Li SF, Su JR, Zhu B*. 2022. Root phosphatase activity aligns with the collaboration gradient of the root economics space. New Phytologist 234:837-849 [Highlighted with commentary by Yaffar et al. 2022, New Phytologist 234:773-775] [Recommended by Faculty of Opinions https://facultyopinions.com/article/741331958]

Ao GKL, Xu CL, Han MG, Wang XD, Zhu B*. 2026. Linking root phosphatase activity to root chemical and morphological traits across species: a global analysis. New Phytologist 249:2821-2834

Sun LJ, Ataka M, Han MG, Han YF, Gan DY, Guo YP, Xu TL, Zhu B*. 2021. Root exudation as a major competitive fine-root functional trait of 18 coexisting species in a subtropical forest. New Phytologist 229:259-271

土壤碳过程

Xu CL, Malhi Y, Li XC, Ao GKL, Mo LD, Lai ST, Wu WA, Pan M, Wang SP, Svenning JC, Zhu B*. 2026. Trophic regulation constrains ecosystem carbon accumulation under global change. PNAS 123(35):e2610728123

Wang XD, Ni CR, Fan ZY, Wu WA, Xu CL, Feng JG, Yin R, Schimel JP, Torn MS, Zhu B*. 2026. Terrestrial ecosystem nitrogen cycling in response to field warming: Global patterns and future trends. PNAS 123(9):e2532868123

Zhang QF, Qin WK, Feng JG, Li XJ, Zhang ZH, He JS, Schimel JP, Zhu B*. 2023. Whole-soil warming does not change microbial carbon use efficiency in surface and deep soils. PNAS 120(32):e2302190120

Chen Y, Qin WK, Zhang QF, Wang XD, Feng JG, Han MG, Hou YH, Zhao HY, Zhang ZH, He JS, Torn MS, Zhu B*. 2024. Whole-soil warming leads to substantial soil carbon emission in an alpine grassland. Nature Communications 15:4489

Yin R#, Qin WK#, Wang XD, Xie D, Wang H, Zhao HY, Zhang ZH, He JS, Schädler M, Kardol P, Eisenhauer N, Zhu B*. 2023. Experimental warming causes mismatches in alpine plant-microbe-fauna phenology. Nature Communications 14:2159 [# Equal contributions]