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• 1. Tao ZB, Zhang KP, Callaway R, Siemann E, Liu YJ, Huang W*. 2024. Native plant diversity generates microbial legacies that either promote or suppress non‐natives, depending on drought history. Ecology Letters, 27: e14504.
  2. Shen CC, Chen PD, Zhang KP, He MY, Wan JL, Wang Y, Tao ZB*, Huang W*, Siemann E. 2023. Dynamics and mechanisms of secondary invasion following biological control of an invasive plant. New Phytologist, 238: 2594-2606.
  3. Tao ZB, Shen CC, Qin WC, Nie BG, Chen PD, Wan JL, Zhang KP, Huang W*, Siemann E. 2024. Fluctuations in resource availability shape the competitive balance among non-native plant species. Ecological Applications, 34: e279.
  4. Tao ZB, Shen CC, Qin WC, Gui YF, Wang Y, Siemann E, Huang W*. 2021. Magnitude and timing of resource pulses interact to affect plant invasion. Oikos, 130: 1967-1975.
  5. Tao ZB, Ren ZX*, Bernhardt P, Liang H, Li HD, Zhao YH, Wang H*, Li DZ. 2018. Does reproductive isolation reflect the segregation of color forms in Spiranthes sinensis (Pers.) Ames complex (Orchidaceae) in the Chinese Himalayas? Ecology and Evolution, 8: 5455-5469.
  6. Tao ZB, Ren ZX*, Bernhardt P, Wang WJ, Liang H, Li HD, Wang H*. 2018. Nocturnal hawkmoth and noctuid moth pollination of Habenaria limprichtii (Orchidaceae) in sub-alpine meadows of the Yulong Snow Mountain (Yunnan, China). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 187: 483-498.
  7. Tao ZB, Wortley AH, Lu L, Li DZ*, Wang H*, Blackmore S. 2018. Evolution of Angiosperm Pollen. 6. The Celastrales, Oxalidales, and Malpighiales (COM) Clade and Zygophyllales. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, 103: 393-442.
  8. Zhang HP^#, Tao ZB^#, Trunschke J, Shrestha M, Scaccabarozzi D, Wang H*, Ren ZX*. 2022. Reproductive isolation among three nocturnal moth-pollinated sympatric Habenaria species (Orchidaceae). Frontiers in Plant Science, 13: 908852.
  9. Shen CC, Sun Y, Zhang KP, Wan JL, Tao ZB, He MY, 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.
  10. Yi JH, Tao ZB, Zhang KP, Nie BG, Siemann E, Huang W. 2025. Soil microbial legacies and drought mediate diversity-invasibility relationships in non-native communities. New Phytologist, 246: 1293-1303
  11. Chen PD, Shen CC, Tao ZB, Qin WC, Huang W*, Siemann E. 2024. Deterministic responses of biodiversity to climate change through exotic species invasions. Nature Plants, 10: 1464-1472.
  12. Yi JH, Wan JL, Tielbörger K, Tao ZB, 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. Chen PD, Shen CC, Ren J, Qin WC, Yi JL, Guan SP, Tao ZB, Huang W*, Siemann E. 2023. Native diversity contributes to composition heterogeneity of exotic floras. Ecosphere, 14: e4452.
  14. Ren J, Chen PD, Shen CC, Tao ZB, Huang W*. 2023. Functional and phylogenetic similarities of co-occurring invaders affect the growth of an invasive forb. Journal of Plant Ecology, 16: rtad007.
  15. Wan JL, Yi JH, Tao ZB, Ren ZK, Otieno E, Tian BL, Ding JQ, Siemann E, Erb M,  Huang W*. 2022. Species-specific plant-mediated effects between herbivores converge at high damage intensity. Ecology, 103: e3647.
  16. Otieno E, Shen CC, Zhang KP, Wan JL, He MY, Tao ZB, Huang W*, Siemann E. 2022. Effects of nutrient pulses on exotic species shift from positive to neutral with decreasing water availability. Ecological Applications, 34: e2805.
  17. Zhao YH, Lázaro A, Li HD, Tao ZB, Liang H, Zhou W, Ren ZX, Xu K, Li DZ, Wang H*. 2022. Morphological trait-matching in plant-Hymenoptera and plant-Diptera mutualisms across an elevational gradient. Journal of Animal Ecology, 91: 196-209.
  18. Yan LJ, Burgess K, Zheng W, Tao ZB, Li DZ*, Gao LM*. 2019. Incomplete reproductive isolation between Rhododendron taxa enables hybrid formation and persistence. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 61: 433-448.
  19. Zhao YH, Lázaro A, Ren ZX, Zhou W, Li HD, Tao ZB, Xu K, Wu ZK, Wolfe LM, Li DZ*, Wang H*. 2019. The topological differences between visitation and pollen transport networks: a comparison in species rich communities of the Himalaya-Hengduan Mountains. Oikos, 128: 551-562.
  20. Liang H, Ren ZX*, Tao ZB, Zhao YH, Bernhardt P, Li DZ, Wang H*. Impact of pre- and post-pollination barriers on pollen transfer and reproductive isolation among three sympatric Pedicularis (Orobanchaceae) species. Plant Biology, 20: 662-673.
  21. Ren ZX*, Zhao YH, Liang H, Tao ZB, Tang H, Zhang HP, Wang H*. 2018. Pollination ecology in China from 1977 to 2017. Plant Diversity, 40: 172-180.