Lu, Meng
Research Professor, School of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming, China
Email: lum@ynu.edu.cn
Research interests
Wetland Ecology, Global Change, Biogeochemistry, Carbon & Nitrogen & Phosphorus Cycles, Greenhouse Gases, Ecosystem Ecology, Synthetic Analysis
Background
Ph.D. in Ecology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China (2005-2010)
Joint Ph.D. program, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA (2007.9-2009.1)
Postdoctoral research fellow, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai, China (2010-2013)
Postdoctoral research fellow, Research Associate, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD, USA (2013-2018)
Research grants
Funded projects
1. China National Natural Science Foundation for Young Scholars (2012-2014)
(Coupling of ecosystem carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus cycles in response to nitrogen addition: a meta-analysis and case study)
2. China Postdoctoral Science Foundation special fund (2011-2012)
(Comparative study of ecosystem nitrogen leakage in response to addition of different N forms)
3. China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2011-2012)
(Ecosystem phosphorous dynamic in response to nitrogen addition: a meta-analysis and case study)
4. Archiving data to support data synthesis of DOE sponsored elevated CO2 experiments Department of Energy, USA (Participant, 2013-2016)
Publications (*correspondence, updated to Jul 2020)
22. Huang J.X, Wang C.J, Qi L.L, Zhang X.L, Tang G.M, Li L, Guo J.H, Jia Y.J, Dou X.L & Lu M.* 202x. Phosphorus is more effective than nitrogen in restoring plant communities of heavy metals polluted soils. Environmental Pollution (Accepted)
21. Lu M.*, Herbert E.R, Langley J.A, Kirwan M.L & Megonigal J.P *. 2019. Nitrogen status regulates morphological adaptation of marsh plants to elevated CO2, Nature Climate Change 9: 764-768.
20. Rogers. K*, Kelleway J., Saintilan N., Megonigal J. P, Adams J. B., Holmquist J. R., Lu M., Schile-Beers L., Zawadzki A., Mazumder D. & Woodroffe C. D. 2019. Wetland carbon storage controlled by millennial-scale variation in relative sea-level rise, Nature 567: 91–95. (ESI highly cited paper)
19. Walker A.P.*, De Kauwe M.G., Medlyn B.E., Zaehle S., Iversen C., Asao S., Guenet B., Hanson P.J., Harper A., Hickler T., Hungate B., Jain A., Luo Y.Q, Lu C., Lu M., Luus K., McCarthy H., Megonigal J.P., Oren R., Parton W.J., Shu S., Talhelm A., Wang Y., Warren J.M., Werner C., Xia J.Y, Zak D.R. & Norby R.J. 2019. Decadal biomass increment in early secondary succession woody ecosystems is increased by CO2 enrichment. Nature Communications 10: 454.
18. Wu J.J, Lu M.*, Feng J, Zhang D.D, Chen Q, Li Q.X, Long C.Y, Zhang Q.F & Cheng X.L*. 2019. Soil net methane uptake rates in response to short-term litter input change in a coniferous forest ecosystem of central China. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 271: 307-315.
17. Shao J.J, Yuan T.F, Li Z, Li N, Liu H.Y, Bai S.H, Xia J.Y, Lu M. & Zhou X.H*. 2019. Plant evolutionary history dominates biomass responses to global warming. New Phytologist 222: 1338-1351.
16. Holmquist J.R*, Windham-Myers L, Bernal B, Byrd K.B, Crooks S, Gonneea M.E, Herold N, Knox S.H, Kroeger K.D, McCombs J, Megonigal J.P, Lu M., Morris J.T, Sutton-Grier A.E, Troxler T.G & Weller D.E. 2018. Uncertainty in United States coastal wetland greenhouse gas inventorying. Environmental Research Letters 13(11).
15. Lu M., Caplan J.S, Bakker J.D, Langley J.A, Mozdzer T.J, Drake B. & Megonigal J.P *. 2016. Allometry data and equations for coastal marsh plants. Ecology. 97: 3554.
14. Chen J., Luo Y.Q., Xia J.Y., Jiang L.F., Zhou X.H., Lu M., Liang J.Y., Shi Z., Shelton S., & Cao J.J*. 2015. Stronger warming effects on microbial abundances in colder regions. Scientific Reports, 5, 18032; doi: 10.1038/srep18032.
13. Liu C.#, Lu M.#, Cui J., Li B., Chen J.k. & Fang C. M*. 2014. Effects of straw carbon input on carbon dynamics in agricultural soils: a meta-analysis. Global Change Biology, 20: 1363–1698. (ESI highly cited paper)
12. Huang X.Y., Lu M. & Chen J.K*. 2014. Applications of systematic approaches in freshwater conservation planning. Chinese Science Bulletin. 59: 4256-4270.
11. Zhou L.Y., Zhou X.H.*, Zhang B.C., Lu M., Luo Y.Q., Liu L.L., & Li B. 2014. Different responses of soil respiration and its components to nitrogen addition among biomes: a meta-analysis. Global Change Biology, 20: 2332–2343.
10. Li B., Wei S.J., Li H., Yang Q. & Lu M. 2014. Invasive species of China and their responses to climate change. Invasive Species and Global Climate Change (CABI Invasives Series), CABI Publishing: 198–218.
9. Lu M., Zhou X.H., Yang Q., Li H., Luo Y.Q., Fang C.M., Chen J.K., Yang X. & Li B*. 2013. Responses of ecosystem carbon cycle to experimental warming: a meta-analysis. Ecology, 94:726–738. (ESI highly cited paper)
8. Nie M., Lu M., Bell J., Raut S., & Pendall E*. 2013. Altered root traits due to elevated CO2: a meta-analysis. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 22:1095–1105.
7. Piao SL*, Sitch S, Ciais P, Friedlingstein P, Peylin P, Wang XH, Ahlström A, Anav A, Canadell J G, Huntingford C, Jung M, Levis S, Levy P E, Lomas M R, Lu M, Luo Y Q, Myneni R B, Poulter B, Wang T, Viovy N, Zaehle S, & Zeng N. 2013. Evaluation of terrestrial carbon cycle models for their response to climate variability and to CO2 trends. Global Change Biology, 19: 2117–2132. (ESI highly cited paper)
6. Lu M.#, Yang Y.H.#, Luo Y.Q.*, Fang C.M., Zhou X.H., Chen J.K., Yang X., & Li B*. 2011. Responses of ecosystem nitrogen cycle to nitrogen addition: a meta-analysis. New Phytologist, 189, 1040-1050. (ESI highly cited paper)
5. Lu M., Zhou X.H.*, Luo Y.Q., Yang Y.H., Fang C.M., Chen J.K., & Li B*. 2011. Minor stimulation of soil carbon storage by nitrogen addition: A meta-analysis. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 140, 234–244.
4. Nie M., Lu M., Yang Q., Zhang X.D., Xiao M., Jiang L.F., Yang J., Fang C.M., Chen J.K., & Li B*. 2011. Plants’ use of different nitrogen forms in response to crude oil contamination. Environmental Pollution, 159, 157-163.
3. Yang Y.H., Luo Y.Q., Lu M., Schädel C., & Han W. 2011. Terrestrial C:N stoichiometry in response to elevated CO2 and N addition: a synthesis of two meta-analyses. Plant and soil, 343: 393-400.
2. Wang C.H., Lu M., Yang B., Yang Q., Zhang X.D., Hara T. & Li B*. 2010. Effects of environmental gradients on the performances of four dominant plants in a Chinese saltmarsh: implications for plant zonation. Ecological Research, 25: 347–358.
1. Zhang Y.M., Wang Q., Lu M., Jia X., Geng Y.P. & Li B*. 2008. Variation and phenotypic plasticity in life history traits of Spartina alterniflora along the east coast of China. Shengwu Duoyangxing, 16: 462-469 (in Chinese with English abstract).
Journal reviewer
Ecology letters, Global Change Biology, Soil Biology & Biochemistry, Science of the Total Environment, Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences, Ecosphere, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, Wetlands Ecology and Management, AoB PLANTS, Scientific Reports, PLOS One, Limnologica etc.
Conference Abstract/Presentation
1. Lu M., Luo Y.Q. & Li B. Nitrogen fertilization differentiates carbon and nitrogen sequestrations in terrestrial ecosystem: a meta-analysis. 93rd Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, WI, USA, August 3-8, 2008.
2. Lu M., Zhou X.H., Luo Y.Q. & Li B. Responses of ecosystem carbon cycle to experimental warming: a meta-analysis. 98th Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, USA, August 5-10, 2013.
3. Liu C., Lu M., Cui J., Li B., Chen J. k. & Fang C. M. Effects of straw return on carbon dynamics in agricultural soils: a meta-analysis. 99th Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Sacramento, CA, USA, August 10-15, 2014.
4. Lu M., Gallegos C., Parker G. & Megonigal J. P. Integrating the long-term net primary productivity data from GCREW marsh with data from SERC forests and the Rhode River phytoplankton. 1st Global Change Research Symposium, SERC, Edgewater, MD, USA, February 6, 2014.
5. Luus K., Walker A., de Kauwe M, Hungate B., Megonigal J. P., Lu M., Fenstermaker L., Nowak R., Morgan J., Medlyn B., Norby R. & Zaehle S. Responses of desert, semi-arid grassland and scrub-oak ecosystems to elevated CO2. EGU General Assembly 2014, Vienna, Austria, id.10008. April 27- May 2, 2014.
6. Lu M. & Megonigal J. P. Responses of marsh plant carbon and nitrogen contents to long term passive warming. 2nd Global Change Research Symposium, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA, USA, February 12, 2015.
7. Lu M., Drake B. & Megonigal J. P. Responses of marsh plant biomass allocation to elevated CO2: a case study at Chesapeake Bay. 100th Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, USA, August 9-14, 2015.
8. Shao J.J, Zhou X.H, Yan W, Xia J.Y & Lu M. Can biomass responses to warming at plant to ecosystem levels be predicted by leaf-level responses? 2015 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA, December 14-18, 2015.