Mengya Song

Email: songmy@henu.edu.com

Research interests:

Plant-plant interactions; Plant-soil feedbacks; C-N-P Stoichiometric Relationship

Plant Eco-physiological Responses to Nitrogen Deposition

Ecology Geography

Education background:

Ph.D., Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2014.09-2017.12

Visiting Research Student, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Helsinki, 2016.10-2016.12

M. A., College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, 2010.09-2013.07

B. A., College of Forestry, Henan University of Science and Technology, 2006.09-2010.07

Work experience:

Associate Professor, College of Geography and Environmental Science, Henan University, 2020.09-Present

Postdoctoral Fellow, College of Environment and Planting, Henan University, 2018.01-2020.09

Research Assistant, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2013.08-2014.07

Projects:

1. National Natural Science Foundation of China: The Feedback Mechanism of Roots-Soil-Microbes in Forest Ecosystem and Its Response to Nitrogen Deposition in the Climatic Transition Zone (Host; $ 30,000) 2019.01-2021.12

2. Postdoctoral Fund of Henan University: Physiological Adaptation Strategies of the Dominant Tree Species to Nitrogen Deposition in the Climatic Transition Zone (Host; $ 15,000) 2018.01-2020.12

Publications:

[1]. Song MY, Yu L, Jiang YL, Helena Korpelainen, Li CY*. Increasing soil age drives shifts in plant-plant interactions from positive to negative and affects primary succession dynamics in a subalpine glacier forefield. Geoderma, 2019, 353: 435-448 (IF2019=4.336).

[2]. Song MY, Yu L, Jiang YL, Lei YB, Helena Korpelainen, Ülo Niinemets, Li CY*. Nitrogen-controlled intra- and interspecific competition between Populus purdomii and Salix rehderiana drive primary succession in the Gongga Mountain glacier retreat area. Tree Physiology, 2017, 37: 799-814 (IF2017=3.389).

[3]. Yu L, Song MY, Xia ZC, Helena Korpelainen, Ülo Niinemets, Li CY*. Elevated temperature differently affects growth, photosynthetic capacity, nutrient absorption and leaf ultrastructure of Abies faxoniana and Picea purpurea under intra- and interspecific competition. Tree Physiology, 2019, 37: 799-814 (IF2019=3.477).

[4]. Yu L, Song MY, Lei YB, Helena Korpelainen, Ülo Niinemets, Li CY*. Effects of competition and phosphorus fertilization on leaf and root traits of late-successional conifers Abies fabri and Picea brachytyla. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 2019, 162: 14-24 (IF2019=3.712).

[5]. Yu L, Song MY, Xia ZC, Helena Korpelainen, Li CY*. Plant-plant interactions and resource dynamics of Abies fabri and Picea brachytyla as affected by phosphorus fertilization. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 2019, 168: 103893 (IF2019=3.712).

[6]. Yu L, Song MY, Lei YB, Duan, BL, Berninger F, Helena Korpelainen, Ülo Niinemets, Li CY*. Effects of phosphorus availability on later stages of primary succession in Gongga Mountain glacier retreat area. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 2017, 141: 103-112 (IF2017=3.666).

[7]. Jiang YL, Song MY, Zhang S, Cai ZQ, Lei YB*. Unravelling community assemblages through multi-element stoichiometry in plant leaves and roots across primary successional stages in a glacier retreat area. Plant and Soil, 2018, 428: 291-305 (IF2018=3.259).

[8]. Wu M, Song MY, Liu M, Jiang CY, Li ZP*. Fungicidal activities of soil humic/fulvic acids as related to their chemical structures in greenhouse vegetable fields with cultivation chronosequence. Scientific Reports, 2016, 6: 32858 (IF2016=4.259).

[9]. Zhao HX*, Zhang S, Li JY, Song MY, Pang JY. Effects of NH4+ and NO3− on sexual dimorphism responses to manganese stress in a dioecious tree species. Trees, 2018, 32: 473-488 (IF2018=1.799).

[10]. Song MY, Li ZP*, Wu M, Liu M, Jiang CY. Changes in soil microbial biomass and community structure with cultivation chronosequence of greenhouse vegetables. Scientia Agricultura Sinica, 2015, 48: 3635-3644. (in Chinese with English Abstract)

[11]. Song MY, Li ZP*, Liu M, Liu MQ. Effects of Mixtures of Different Organic Materials on Soil Nutrient Content and Soil Biochemical Characteristics. Scientia Agricultura Sinica, 2013, 46: 3594-3603. (in Chinese with English Abstract)

[12]. Song MY, Li ZP*, Liu M, Liu MQ, Jiang CY. Effects of mixture of forest litter on nutrient contents and functional diversity of microbial community in soil. Chinese Journal of Ecology, 2014, 33: 2454-2461. (in Chinese with English Abstract)

[13]. Song MY, Li ZP*, Liu M, Liu MQ, Jiang CY. Effects of Mixtures of Different Organic Materials on Materials Decomposition. Chinese Journal of Soil Science, 2014, 44: 685-690. (in Chinese with English Abstract)

[14]. Song MY, Li ZP*, Liu M, Liu MQ, Jiang CY. Changes of Soil Organic Matter Composition and Structure in Greenhouse Vegetable with Cultivated Years. Chinese Journal of Soil Science, 2016, 47: 1386-1392. (in Chinese with English Abstract)

[15]. Song MY, Yu L, Fu SL, Helena Korpelainen, Li CY*. Stoichiometric flexibility and soil bacterial communities respond to nitrogen fertilization and neighbor competition at the early stage of primary succession. Biology and Fertility of Soils, 2020, 56: 1121-1135.