一．基本信息
Cindy Q. Tang（唐勤）云南大学特聘教授
E-mail: cindytang@ynu.edu.cn
2000年3月于日本千叶大学获得生态学专业博士学位
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I specialize in forest community ecology and the conservation of relict, endangered, and rare plant species. I have a long-standing interest in forest dynamics and the interactions among plant species and their environments. My research focuses particularly on the mechanisms underlying the structure, dynamics, and sustainable development of forests in southwestern and south-central China. This specialization has given me a deep understanding of forest vegetation, biodiversity, ecosystems, and environmental sustainability in this geographical region. Additionally, I focus on the biogeography and macroecology of plant diversity and vegetation in the context of climate change.
In the field of ecology, interdisciplinary learning and personal experience are key components of my teaching. I have taught both in the classroom and in the field to effectively convey the principles of forest ecology. My teaching experience includes laboratory and field-based plant ecology courses, with a strong emphasis on experiential learning. By adapting to various classroom and field situations and incorporating student feedback, I strive to create a positive learning environment that inspires passion for research in ecology and conservation.
My research projects are based on the premise that rapid and unsustainable land development is incompatible with maintaining the world’s highest levels of biological diversity. Understanding how natural succession operates to sustain healthy plant communities is essential for forest preservation. Once these communities are lost, they cannot be recovered. Our role in such cases involves facilitation and education. More broadly, I hope our research results will influence development decisions and ultimately benefit the global environment.
二．科研工作
进行于植物生态学、植被生态学与珍稀濒危植物的保护学研究。尤其是投入于中国西南亚热带的常绿阔叶林和常绿针叶林的动态、演替，及中国第三纪孑遗树种幸存机制方面的研究。承担有关国际合作研究项目。
三．教学工作
开办有关植物生态学方面的特别讲座，着重于训练硕士及博士研究生怎样深入植物生态学方面的研究及怎样写科学论文。
四．研究领域及专长
植物、植被生态学：着重于用生态统计分析手段对森林动态、更新、演替、植物与植物之间的相互促进与竞争关系、植物与其环境因子之间的相互关系进行分析与阐明。
第三纪孑遗及濒危植物的保护与恢复生态学：着重于从孑遗及濒危植物的生存机制方面进行研究。
引领云南大学森林植被生态学研究团队，完成了多项国家级和省级重点科研项目，包括《中国植被志》和《云南植被志》的研编。担任主编完成了多册《中国植被志》的有关森林植被志包括《锥林》、《暖热性松林》、《油杉林、长苞铁杉林、银杉林、黄杉林、铁杉林》，以及一册云南植被志（《其他常绿针叶林 上册》，将于科学出版社出版。
五．目前研究项目
1. Potential Effects of Climate Change on Diversity of Gymnosperms in East Asia
2. Evergreen Coniferous Forests in the Subtropical Zone of China
3. Deciduous Broad-Leaved Forests in the Subtropical Region of Yunnan, China
六．主要科研成果
2026
Tang CQ (ed) (2026) Castanopsis Forests. Science Press, Beijing (in Chinese). 锥林.科学出版社，北京.
2025
Shi Y-C; Chen Q, Du M.-R., Xiao S.-L., Li S-F; Wang X-F, Li Q, Tang CQ*. 2025. Community and Population Characteristics and Future Potential Habitats Under Climate Change of Juniperus Species in Yunnan, Southwestern China. Plants 2025, 14, 2754. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants14172754
Han P-B, Lu S-G Lu, Tang CQ (2025) Forest and Population Characteristics of Vulnerable Relict Tsuga forrestii Downie in China. Diversity, 17, 148. https://
doi.org/10.3390/d17030148
Tang CQ, Li Q, Pei K-D, Xiao S-L, Chen Q, Li S, Shi Y-C,
Han P-B, Zeng J-L, Peng M-C, Wang C-Y (2025) Characteristics and dynamics of Alnus nepalensis dominated forests in the subtropical region of Yunnan, southwestern China. Taiwania 70 (1): 176‒185. https://doi.org/10.6165/tai.2025.70.176
2024
Tang CQ, Chen Q, Shi Y-C, Li Q, Pei K-D, Li S, Han P-B, Xiao S-L, Du M-R, Peng M-C, Wang C-Y (2024) Endangered Taxus wallichiana var. wallichiana—its forest characteristics, population structure, and regeneration status in Yunnan, Southwestern China. Diversity 16, 642. https://doi.org/10.3390/d16100642
Tang CQ, Du M-R, Wang H-C, Shi Y-C, Zeng J-L, Xiao S-L, Han P-B, Wen J-R, Yao S-Q, Peng M-C, Wang C-Y*, Li Y-P, López-Pujol J (2024) An unprotected vulnerable relict subtropical conifer – Keteleeria evelyniana: its forests, populations, growth and endangerment by invasive alien plant species in China. Plant Diversity 46: 648-660. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pld.2024.02.006
Tang CQ, Han PB, Wen JR, Lu X, Yao S-Q, Du M-R, Zhu M-Y (2024) Species diversity patterns in the subtropical forests of southeastern Yunnan, China. In: Claude J, Kitana N (eds), On the edge of the sixth mass extinction in biodiversity hotspots: Facts, needs, solutions and opportunities in Thailand and adjacent countries. Chulalongkorn University, Phayathai Road, Bangkok 10330, Thailand.
Hähn GJA, Damasceno G, Alvarez-Davila E, Aubin I, Bauters M, Bergmeier E, Biurrun I, Bjorkman AD, Bonari G, Botta-Dukát Z, Campos JA, …, Tang CQ, …, Sabatini FM, Bruelheide H (2024) Global decoupling of functional and phylogenetic diversity in plant communities. Nature Ecology & Evolution https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-024-02589-0
2023
Tang CQ, Wen J-R, Han P-B, Yao S-Q, Du M-R, Li S, Zeng J-L, Shi Y-C, Peng M-C, Wang C-Y, Matsui T, Li Y-P, Li, J., Sun G-H, Tao G-L (2023) Forest and population characteristics of vulnerable relict Pseudotsuga sinensis in southwestern China. Taiwania 68 (4): 439‒450. https://doi.org/10.6165/tai.2023.68.439
Tang CQ, Yao S-Q, Han P-B, Wen J-R, Li S, Peng M-C, Wang C-Y, Matsui T, Li Y-P, Lu S, He Y (2023) Forest characteristics, population structure and growth trends of threatened relict Pseudotsuga forrestii in China. Plant Diversity 45: 472-423; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pld.2022.10.005
2022
Pueyo‑Herrera P, Tang CQ, Matsui T, Ohashi H, Qian S, Yang Y, Herrando‑Moraira S, Nualart N, López‑Pujol J (2022) Ecological niche modeling applied to the conservation
of the East Asian relict endemism Glyptostrobus pensilis (Cupressaceae). New Forests; https://doi.org/10.1007/s11056-022-09960-8
Tang CQ, Matsui T, Ohashi H, Nualart N, Herrando-Moraira S, Dong Y-F, Grote, PJ, Ngoc NV, Hoang, VS, Li S, Han P-B, Shen L-Q, Huang D-S, Peng M-C, Wang C-Y, Li X-S, Yan H-Z, Zhu M-Y, Lu X, Wen J-R, Yao S-Q, Du M-R, Shi Y-C, Xiao S-L, Zeng J-L, Wang H-C, López-Pujol J (2022) Identifying long-term stable refugia for dominant Castanopsis species of evergreen broad-leaved forests in East Asia: a tool for ensuring their conservation. Biological Conservation 273: 109663; doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109663
Herrando-Moraira S, Nualart N, Galbany-Casals, M, Garcia-Jacas N, Ohashi H, Matsui T, Susanna A, Tang CQ, López-Pujol J (2022) Climate Stability Index maps, a global high resolution cartography of climate stability from Pliocene to 2100. Scientific Data 9, Article number: 48; doi: 10.1038/s41597-022-01144-5
2021
Tang CQ, Lu X, Du M-R, Xiao S-L, Li S, Han P-B, Zeng J-L, Wen J-R, Yao S-Q, Shi Y-C, Li Y-F, Peng M-C, Wang C-Y, Zhang Z-Y (2021) Forest characteristics and structure of a threatened palm tree Caryota obtusa in the karst forest ecosystem of Yunnan, China. Journal of Plant Ecology doi: 10.1093/jpe/rtab117
Sabatini FM, Lenoir J, …, Tang CQ, …, Bruelheide H (2021) sPlotOpen –An environmentally balanced, open-access, global dataset of vegetation plots. Global Ecology and Biogeography; doi:10.1111/geb.13346
Hobohm C, Beierkuhnlein C, ……, Tang CQ, ……, Vanderplank SE (2021) Land use change and the future of biodiversity. In Hobohm C (ed.): Perspectives for Biodiversity and Ecosystems. Springer, Cham, Switzerland.
Cai Q, Welk E, Ji C, Fang W, Sabatini FM, Zhu J, Zhu J, Tang Z, Attorre F, Campos JA, Čarni A, Chytrý M, Çoban S, Dengler J, Dolezal, J, Field R, Frink JP, Gholizadeh H, Indreica A, Ute Jandt U, Karger DN, Lenoir J, Peet RK, Pielech R, Sanctis MD, Schrodt F, Svenning J-C, Tang CQ, Tsiripidis I, Wolfgang Willner W, Yasuhiro K, Fang J, Bruelheide H (2021) The relationship between niche breadth and range size of
beech (Fagus) species worldwide. Journal of Biogeography 48:1240-1253; doi:10.1111/jbi.14074
2020
Tang CQ, Ohashi H, Matsui T, Herrando-Moraira S, Dong Y-F, Li S, Han P-B, Huang, D-S, Shen L-Q, Li Y-F, López-Pujol J (2020) Effects of climate change on the potential distribution of the threatened relict Dipentodon sinicus of subtropical forests in East Asia: Recommendations for management and conservation. Global Ecology and Conservation 23: e01192; doi:10.1016/j.gecco.2020.e01192
Tang CQ, Han P-B, Li S, Shen L-Q, Huang D-S, Li Y-F, Peng M-C, Wang C-Y, Li X-S, Li W, Wang W, Zhang Z-Y (2020) Species richness, forest types and regeneration of Schima in the subtropical forest ecosystem of Yunnan, southwestern China. Forest Ecosystems 7: 35; doi:10.1186/s40663-020-00244-1
Tang CQ, Shen L-Q, Han P-B, Huang D-S, Li S, Li Y-F, Song K, Zhang Z-Y, Yin L-Y, Yin R-H, Xu H-M (2020) Forest characteristics, population structure and growth trends of Pinus yunnanensis in Tianchi National Nature Reserve of Yunnan, southwestern China. Vegetation Classification and Survey 1: 7-20; doi:10.3897/VCS/2020/37980
Chung MY, Son S, Herrando-Moraira S, Tang CQ, Maki M, Kim Y-D, López-Pujol J, Hamrick JL, Chung MG (2020) Incorporating differences between genetic diversity of trees and herbaceous plants in conservation strategies. Conservation Biology 34 (5): 1142-1151; doi:10.1111/cobi.13467
Hirata A, Takano KT, Aihara T, Nakao K, Tsuyama I, Matsuhashi S, Tang CQ, Matsui T, Hijioka Y. 2020. Impact Assessment of Climate Change to Bamboo Distribution toward Adaptation to Increasing Risk of Bamboo Expansion in Japan. Collection of Research Papers of Environmental Information Science 34: 210-215.
2019
Tang CQ, Huang D-S, Han P-B, Shen L-Q, Li Y-F, Li S, Chen Q, Zhang Z-Y (2019) Forest and population structure and regeneration dynamics of relict Dipentodon sinicus in southwestern China. Taiwania 64 (4): 396-408; doi:10.6165/tai.2019.64.396
Tang CQ, Yang Y, Momohara A, Wang H-C, Luu HT, Li S, Song K, Qian S, LePage B, Dong Y-F, Han P-B, Ohsawa M, Le BT, Tran HD, Dang MT, Peng M-C, Wang C-Y (2019) Forest characteristics and population structure of Glyptostrobus pensilis, a globally endangered relict species of southeastern China. Plant Diversity 41: 237-249; doi: 10.1016/j.pld.2019.06.007
2018
Tang CQ, Matsui T, Ohashi H, Dong Y-F, Momohara A, Herrando-Moraira S, Qian S, Yang Y, Ohsawa M, Luu HT, Grote PJ, Krestov PV, LePage PVB, Werger M, Robertson K, Hobohm C, Wang C-Y, Peng M-C, Chen X, Wang H-C, Su W-H, Zhou R, Li S, He L-Y, Yan K, Zhu M-Y, Hu J, Yang R-H, Li W-J, Tomita M, Wu Z-L, Yan H-Z, Zhang G-F, He H, Yi S-R, Gong H, Song K, Song D, Li X-S, Zhang Z-Y, Han P-B, Shen L-Q, Huang D-S, Luo K, López-Pujol J. (2018) Identifying long-term stable refugia for relict plant species in East Asia. Nature Communications 9: 4488; doi:10.1038/s41467-018-06837-3
Qian S, Tang CQ, Yi S, Zhao L, Yang Y. (2018) Conflict between conservation and development: Poor regeneration of wild Davidia involucrata communities caused by bamboo management in China. Oryx-The International Journal of Conservation: Fauna & Flora International 52 (3): 442-451; doi:10.1017/S003060531700045X
2017
Tang CQ, Dong Y-F, Herrando-Moraira S, Matsui T, Ohashi H, He L-Y, Nakao K, Tanaka N, Tomita M, Li X-S, Yan H-Z, Peng M-C, Hu J, Yang R-H, Li W-J, Yan K, Hou X, Zhang Z-Y, López-Pujol J. (2017) Potential effects of climate change on geographic distribution of the Tertiary relict tree species Davidia involucrata in China. Scientific Reports 7: 43822; doi:10.1038/srep43822
Tang CQ, Tanaka N, Nakao K, He L-Y, Peng M-C, Yan H-Z, Dong Y-F, Yang R-H, Yan K, Li W-J, Yang Y, Chou C-R, Lin C-T (2017) Natural forests of three Tertiary relict tree species and potential effects of climate change on their geographic distribution. Annual Report of Pro Natura Foundation Japan 25: 237-248.
2016
Li W-J, Peng M-C, Higa M, Tanaka N, Matsui, T, Tang CQ, Ou X-K, Zhou R-W, Wang C-Y, Yan H-Z (2016) Effects of climate change on potential habitats of the cold temperate coniferous forest in Yunnan Province, southwestern China. Journal of Mountain Science 13(8): 1411-1422; doi:10.1007/s11629-016-3846-1
Qian S, Yang YC, Tang CQ, Momohara A, Yi SR, Ohsawa M (2016) Effective conservation measures are needed for wild Cathaya argyrophylla populations in China: Insights from the population structure and regeneration characteristics. Forest Ecology and Management 361: 358-367; doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2015.11.041
2015
Tang CQ (2015) The Subtropical Vegetation of Southwestern China: Plant Distribution, Diversity and Ecology. Plants and Vegetation vol. 11. Springer, Dordrecht. doi:10.1007/978-94-017-9741-2
Tang CQ (2015) Distribution patterns of the subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forests of southwestern China, as compared with the other regions of China. Collectanea Botanica 34: e006; doi:10.3989/collectbot.2015.v34.006
He L-Y, Tang CQ, Wu Z-L, Wang H-C, Ohsawa M, Yan K (2015) Forest structure and regeneration of the Tertiary relict Taiwania cryptomerioides in the Gaoligong Mountains, Yunnan, southwestern China. Phytocoenologia 45 (1-2): 135–156; doi:10.1127/phyto/2015/0038
Tang CQ, Yang Y, Ohsawa M, Momohara A, Yi S-R, Robertson K, Song K, Zhang S, He L-Y (2015) Community structure and survival of Tertiary relict species Thuja sutchuenensis (Cupressaceae) in the subtropical Daba Mountains, southwestern China. Plos One 10(4): e0125307; doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0125307
Tang CQ, Li Y-H, Zhang Z-Y, Hou X, Hara K, Tomita M, He L-Y, Li X-S (2015) Effects of management on vegetation dynamics and associated nutrient cycling in a karst area, Yunnan, SW China. Landscape and Ecological Engineering 11 (1): 177-188; doi:10.1007/s11355-014-0258-7
2014
Tang CQ, Werger MJA, Ohsawa M, Yang Y (2014) Habitats of Tertiary relict trees in China. In: Hobohm, C. (ed.) Endemism in Vascular Plants. Plants and Vegetation vol. 9, pp. 289-308. Springer, Dordrecht.
Hobohm C, Vanderplank SE, Janišová M, Tang CQ, Pils G, Werger MJA et al. (2014) Synthesis. In: Hobohm, C (ed.) Endemism in Vascular Plants. Plants and Vegetation vol. 9, pp. 311-321. Springer, Dordrecht.
2013
Tang CQ, Yang Y, Ohsawa M, Momohara A, Mu J, Robertson K (2013) Survival of a Tertiary relict species: Liriodendron chinense (Magnoliaceae) in southern China, with special reference to village fengshui forests. American Journal of Botany 100 (10): 2112-2119; doi:10.3732/ajb.1300057
Tang CQ, Peng M-C, He L-Y, Ohsawa M, Wang C-Y, Xie T-H, Li W-S, Li J-P, Zhang H-Y, Li Y, Yang X-M, Li G-S (2013) Population persistence of a Tertiary relict tree Tetracentron sinense on the Ailao Mountains, Yunnan, China. Journal of Plant Research 126 (5): 651-659; doi:10.1007/s10265-013-0559-1
Tang CQ, Chiou C-R, Lin C-T, Lin J-R, Hsieh C-F, Tang J-W, Su W-H, Hou X (2013) Plant diversity patterns in subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forests of Yunnan and Taiwan. Ecological Research 28: 81-92; doi:10.1007/s11284-012-1002-0
Tang CQ, He L-Y, Su W-H, Zhang G-F, Wang H-C, Peng M-C, Wu Z-L, Wang C-Y (2013) Regeneration, recovery and succession of a Pinus yunnanensis community five years after a mega-fire in central Yunnan, China. Forest Ecology and Management 294:188-196; doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2012.07.019
Tang CQ, He L-Y (2013) Population status of the Tertiary relict Tetracentron sinense in the subtropical Ailao Mountains, Yunnan, SW China, and proposed conservation efforts. Annual Report of Pro Natura Fund 21: 141-150.
2012
Tang CQ, Yang Y, Ohsawa M, Yi S-R, Momohara A, Su W-H, Wang H-C, Zhang Z-Y, Peng M-C, Wu Z-L (2012) Evidence for the persistence of wild Ginkgo biloba (Ginkgoaceae) populations in the Dalou Mountains, southwestern China. American Journal of Botany 99 (8): 1408-1414; doi:10.3732/ajb.1200168
2011
Tang CQ, Yang Y, Ohsawa M, Momohara A, Hara M, Cheng S, Fan S (2011) Population structure of relict Metasequoia glyptostroboides and its habitat fragmentation and degradation in south-central China. Biological Conservation 144: 279-289; doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2010.09.003
Tang CQ, He L-Y, Gao Z, Zhao XF, Sun WB, Ohsawa, M (2011) Habitat fragmentation, degradation, and population status of endangered Michelia coriacea in Southeastern Yunnan, China. Mountain Research and Development 31 (4): 343-350; doi:10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-11-00004.1
Yang Y, Mu J, Tang CQ, Yang K (2011) Community structure and population regeneration in remnant Ginkgo biloba stands. Acta Ecologica Sinica 31 (21): 6396-6409.
2010
Tang CQ, Li Y-H, Zhang Z-Y (2010) Species diversity patterns of natural secondary plant communities and man-made forests in a subtropical mountainous karst area, Yunnan, SW China. Mountain Research and Development 30 (3): 244-251; doi:10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-10-00021.1
Li X, Liu W, Tang CQ (2010) The role of the soil seed and seedling bank in the regeneration of diverse plant communities in the subtropical Ailao Mountains, Southwest China. Ecological Research 25: 1171-1182; doi:10.1007/s11284-010-0742-y
Li X-S, Liu W-Y, Chen J-W, Tang CQ, Yuan C-M (2010) Regeneration pattern of primary forest species across forest-field gradients in the subtropical mountains of southwestern China. Journal of Plant Research 123 (6): 751-762; doi:10.1007/s10265-010-0326-5
Tang CQ (2010) Subtropical montane evergreen broad-leaved forests of Yunnan, China: diversity, succession dynamics, human influence. Frontiers of Earth Science in China 4 (1): 22-32; doi:10.1007/s11707-009-0057-x
Tang CQ, Zhao M-H, Li X-S, Ohsawa M, Ou X-K (2010) Secondary succession of plant communities in a subtropical mountainous region of SW China. Ecological Research 25 (1): 149-161; doi:10.1007/s11284-009-0644-z
Hou X, Duan C, Tang CQ, Fu D (2010) Nutrient relocation, hydrological functions, and soil chemistry in plantations as compared to natural forests in central Yunnan, China. Ecological Research 25: 139-148; doi:10.1007/s11284-009-0645-y
2009
Yuan C-M, Liu W-Y, Tang CQ, Li X-S (2009) Species composition, diversity and abundance of lianas in different secondary and primary forests in a subtropical mountainous area, SW China. Ecological Research 24: 1361-1370; doi:10.1007/s11284-009-0620-7
Tang CQ, Ohsawa M (2009) Ecology of subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forests of Yunnan, southwestern China as compared to those of southwestern Japan. Journal of Plant Research 122: 335-350; doi:10.1007/s10265-009-0221-0
2007
Tang CQ, Li T, Zhu X (2007) Structure and regeneration dynamics of three subtropical mid-montane moist evergreen broad-leaved forests in SW China, with special reference to bamboo in the forest understories. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 37: 2701-2714; doi:10.1139/X07-101
Tang CQ, Hou X, Gao K, Xia T, Duan C, Fu D (2007) Man-made versus natural forests in mid-Yunnan, southwestern China: plant diversity and initial data on water and soil conservation. Mountain Research and Development 27 (3): 242-249; doi:10.1659/mrd.0732
Tang CQ, Zhu X (2007) Structure and dynamics of mid-montane moist evergreen broad-leaved forest on subtropical mountains, Ailaoshan and Gaoligongshan, Yunnan, China, and the relationship between the forests and the people, with a view of future sustainability. Annual Report of Pro Natura Fund 16: 153-175.
2006
Tang CQ (2006) Evergreen sclerophyllous Quercus forests in northwestern Yunnan, China as compared to the Mediterranean evergreen Quercus forest types in California, USA and northeastern Spain. Web Ecology 6: 88-101; doi:10.5194/we-6-88-2006
Tang CQ (2006) Forest vegetation as related to climate and soils at varied altitudes on a subtropical mountain, Mt. Emei, Sichuan, China. Ecological Research 21 (2): 174-180; doi:10.1007/s11284-005-0106-1
2002
Tang CQ, Ohsawa M (2002) Tertiary relic deciduous forests on a subtropical mountain, Mt. Emei, Sichuan, China. Folia Geobotanica 37: 93-106; doi:10.1007/BF02803193
Tang CQ, Ohsawa M (2002) Coexistence mechanisms of evergreen, deciduous and coniferous trees in a mid-montane mixed forest on Mt. Emei, Sichuan, China. Plant Ecology 161:215-230; doi:10.1023/A:1020395830795
2000
Tang CQ, Ohsawa M (2000) Transitional pattern of tree leaf-types from tropical to temperate forests on Mt. Emei, Sichuan, China. In: Zheng, D. et al. (eds.), Formation, Evolution and Sustainable Development on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, pp. 397–407. Academy Press, Beijing.
1999
Tang CQ, Ohsawa M (1999) Altitudinal distribution of evergreen broad-leaved trees and their leaf-size pattern on a humid subtropical mountain, Mt. Emei, Sichuan, China. Plant Ecology 145: 221–233; doi:10.1023/A:1009856020744
1997
Tang CQ, Ohsawa M (1997) Zonal transition of evergreen, deciduous and coniferous forests along the altitudinal gradient on a humid subtropical mountain, Mt. Emei, Sichuan, China. Plant Ecology 133: 63–78; doi:10.1023/A:1009729027521
