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• Book Compilation correspondence

  1. Huang W, Siemann E, Ding J*. 2018. Eco-evolutionary dynamics of above- and belowground herbivores and invasive plants. In: Aboveground-belowground Community Ecology (eds. Ohgushi T, Wurst S, Johnson SN). Springer, Cham, Switzerland. 271-291.

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  1. Tao Z, Zhang Z, Wan J, Zhang K, Otieno EO, Yang Q, Wilschut RA, Siemann E, Huang W*. 2026. Drought eliminates soil microbes-mediated indirect competitive advantage among exotic plants. New Phytologist, doi: 10.1111/nph.71124.
  2. Li X, Simberloff D, Huang W*. 2026. Non-native forestry plantations: Invasion epicenters? Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 41: 285-288.
  3. Qin W, Tao Z, Zhang K, Siemann E, Huang W*. 2026. Interactions between nutrient levels and fluctuations shape soil fungal legacies and mediate non-native plant growth. Journal of Ecology, 114: e70279.
  4. Shen C, Tao Z, Zhang K, Qin W, Wu H, Xu X, Chen X, Siemann E, Huang W*. 2026. Co-invasion by distantly related invasive plants drives invasional meltdown via synergistic increases in putative soil fungal pathogens. Global Change Biology, 32: e70710.
  5. Tian B, Ding J*, Huang W*, Siemann E. 2025. Escaping enemies enhances invader mutualisms: Role of metabolites. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 40: 945-948.
  6. Wan J, Yi J, Sun X, Siemann E, Erb M, Huang W*. 2025. Plants respond to herbivory through sequential induction of cheaper defenses before more costly ones. PLOS Biology, 23: e3003280.
  7. Shen C, Sun Y*, Zhang K, Wan J, Tao Z, He M, Müller-Schärer H, Siemann E, Huang W*. 2025. Soil legacies of a primary invader strongly drive secondary invasions for species that are phylogenetically distant. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 208: 109845.
  8. Yi J, Tao Z, Zhang K, Nie B, Siemann E, Huang W*. 2025. Soil microbial legacies and drought mediate diversity-invasibility relationships in non-native communities. New Phytologist, 246: 1293-1303.
  9. Tao Z, Zhang K, Callaway RM, Siemann E, Liu Y, Huang W*. 2024. Native plant diversity generates microbial legacies that either promote or suppress non-natives, depending on drought history. Ecology Letters, 27: e14504.
  10. Chen P, Shen C, Tao Z, Qin W, Huang W*, Siemann E. 2024. Deterministic responses of biodiversity to climate change through exotic species invasions. Nature Plants, 10: 1464-1472.
  11. Sun Y, Ren Z, Müller-Schärer H, Callaway RM, van Kleunen M, Huang W*. 2024. Increasing and fluctuating resource availability enhances invasional meltdown. Ecology, 105: e4387.
  12. Yi J, Wan J, Tielbörger K, Tao Z, Siemann E, Huang W*. 2024. Specialist reassociation and residence time modulate the evolution of defense in invasive plants: A meta-analysis. Ecology, 105: e4253.
  13. Tao Z, Shen C, Qin W, Nie B, Chen P, Wan J, Zhang K, Huang W*, Siemann E. 2024. Fluctuations in resource availability shape the competitive balance among non-native plant species. Ecological Applications, 34: e2795.
  14. Otieno EO, Shen C, Zhang K, Wan J, He M, Tao Z, Huang W*, Siemann E. 2024. Effects of nutrient pulses on exotic species shift from positive to neutral with decreasing water availability. Ecological Applications, 34: e2805.
  15. Sun X, Sun Y, Cao X, Zhai X, Callaway RM, Wan J, Flory SL, Huang W*, Ding J. 2023. Trade-offs in non-native plant herbivore defences enhance performance. Ecology Letters, 26: 1584-1596.
  16. Shen C, Chen P, Zhang K, He M, Wan J, Wang Y, Tao Z*, Huang W*, Siemann E. 2023. Dynamics and mechanisms of secondary invasion following biological control of an invasive plant. New Phytologist, 238: 2594-2606.
  17. Wan J, Yi J, Tao Z, Ren Z, Otieno EO, Tian B, Ding J, Siemann E, Erb M, Huang W*. 2022. Species specific plant-mediated effects between herbivores converge at high damage intensity. Ecology, 103: e3647.
  18. He M, Zhang J, Siemann E, Yi J, Qin W, Sun X, Ding J, Huang W*. 2021. Herbivory of a biocontrol agent on a native plant causes an indirect trait‐mediated non‐target effect on a native insect. Journal of Ecology, 109: 2692-2704.
  19. Huang W*, Gfeller V, Erb M*. 2019. Root volatiles in plant-plant interactions II: Root volatiles alter root chemistry and plant-herbivore interactions of neighboring plants. Plant, Cell & Environment, 42: 1964-1973.
  20. Huang W, Zwimpfer E, Hervé MR, Bont Z, Erb M*. 2018. Neighborhood effects determine plant-herbivore interactions below ground. Journal of Ecology, 106: 347-356.
  21. Huang W, Robert CAM, Hervé MR, Hu L, Bont Z, Erb M*. 2017. A mechanism for sequence specificity in plant-mediated interactions between herbivores. New Phytologist, 214: 169-179.
  22. Huang W, Siemann E, Xiao L, Yang X, Ding J*. 2014. Species-specific defence responses facilitate conspecifics and inhibit heterospecifics in above-belowground herbivore interactions. Nature Communications, 5: 4851.
  23. Huang W, Siemann E, Yang X, Wheeler GS, Ding J*. 2013. Facilitation and inhibition: changes in plant nitrogen and secondary metabolites mediate interactions between above-ground and below-ground herbivores. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B-Biological Sciences, 280: 20131318.
  24. Huang W, Carrillo J, Ding J*, Siemann E. 2012. Invader partitions ecological and evolutionary responses to above- and belowground herbivory. Ecology, 93: 2343-2352.
  25. Huang W, Siemann E, Wheeler GS, Zou J, Carrillo J, Ding J*. 2010. Resource allocation to defence and growth are driven by different responses to generalist and specialist herbivory in an invasive plant. Journal of Ecology, 98: 1157-1167.