Associated Professor. Haiyan Ren
Contact
Address: 324# South Science Building, Tongwei Road, Nanjing Agriculture University, China
Tel.: 025-84399736
E-mail: hren@email.uni-kiel.de
Research interests
Biological regulation of biogeochemical cycles, microbial ecology, land use change, biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, species interactions, plant-herbivore and plant-soil feedbacks, soil remediation.
Education Background:
B.Sc. Water and Soil Conservation - University of Inner Mongolia Agriculture, China
M.Sc. Ecology - University of Chinese Academy of Science (CAS), China
Ph.D. Grass and Forage Science - Kiel University, Germany
Postdoc. Grass and Forage Science- Kiel University, Germany
Graduate Group Membership:
Water and Soil and Biogeochemistry Graduate Group
Ecology Graduate Group
Grassland Science Graduate Group
Current projects:
Effects of manipulating plant intra- and interspecific interactions on productivity and diversity in establishing grasslands
Soil environment and pollution remediation
Natural and artificial grassland management
Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning maintenance under land use change
Teaching Courses
Grassland Ecology, Grassland Management, Resource utilization of forage grass, Biotechnology of Grass Science
Research Achievements/Selected Publications
Haiyan Ren, Weiyang Gui, Yongfei Bai, Claudia Stein, Jorge L. M. Rodrigues, Gail W. T. Wilson, Adam B. Cobb, Yingjun Zhang, Gaowen Yang. Long-term effects of grazing and topography on extra-radical hyphae of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in semi-arid grasslands. Myc
orrhiza, 2018, 28:117-127
Haiyan Ren, Jian Hu, Yifei Hu, Gaowen Yang. Divergence of compost extract and bio-organic manure effects on lucerne plant and soil. PeerJ 5:e3775; DOI 10.7717/peer J.3775, 2017
Haiyan Ren, Friedhelm Taube, Claudia Stein, Yingjun Zhang, Yongfei Bai, Shuijin Hu. Grazing weakens temporal stabilizing effects of diversity in the Eurasian steppe. Ecology and Evolution, 2017, 8: 231-241
Haiyan Ren, Tao Gao, Jian Hu, Gaowen Yang. The effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and root interaction on the competition between Trifolium repens and Lolium perenne. PeerJ 5:e4183; DOI 10.7717/peerj.4183, 2017
Ren Haiyan*, Han Guodong*, Lan Zhichun, Wan Hong Wei, Schoenbach Philipp, Gierus Martin, Taube Friedhelm, Grazing effects on herbage nutritive values depend on precipitation and growing season in Inner Mongolian grassland, Journal of Plant Ecology, 2016, 9(6): 712-723
Ren Haiyan*, Han Guodong*, Schoenbach Philipp, Gierus Martin, Taube Friedhelm, Forage nutritional characteristics and yield dynamics in a grazed semiarid steppe ecosystem of Inner Mongolia, China, Ecological Indicators, 2016, 60: 460-469
Ren Haiyan*, Han Guodong*, Ohm Magdalena, Schoenbach Philipp, Gierus Martin, Taube Friedhelm, Do sheep grazing patterns affect ecosystem functioning in steppe grassland ecosystems in Inner Mongolia?, Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, 2015, 213: 1-10
Ren Haiyan*, Schoenbach Philipp, Wan Hongwei, Gierus Martin, Taube Friedhelm, Effects of grazing intensity and environmental factors on species composition and diversity in typical steppe of Inner Mongolia, China, PLoS One, 2012, 7(12): e52180
Zheng Shuxia*#, Ren Haiyan#, Li Wenhuai, Lan Zhichun, Scale-Dependent Effects of Grazing on Plant C: N: P Stoichiometry and Linkages to Ecosystem Functioning in the Inner Mongolia Grassland, PloS One, 2012, 7(12): e51750
Zheng Shuxia*, Li Wenhuai, Lan Zhichun, Ren Haiyan, Wang Kaibo, Functional trait responses to grazing are mediated by soil moisture and plant functional group identity, Scientific Reports, 2015, 5: 18163
Zheng Shuxia, Ren Haiyan, Lan Zhichun, Li Wenhuai, Wang Kaibo, Bai Yongfei*, Effects of grazing on leaf traits and ecosystem functioning in Inner Mongolia grasslands: scaling from species to community, Biogeosciences, 2010, 7(3): 1117-1132
