Shen Ting
About me
Ting Shen is a PhD student at the Institute of Botany, the University of Liège in 2019-2023. Her doctoral research focuses on the ecological drivers of tropical epiphyte communities (air plants, such as bryophytes, orchids, ferns, etc.) in a 1 ha three-dimensional tropical rainforest, with special emphasis on the role of microclimates and their impact on epiphytic biodiversity in the context of climate change. Her project is funded by the China Scholarship Council and the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, CAS, in China. This study fills a gap in forest microclimates and reveals the tight link between tropical epiphyte community composition and microclimatic variation, and the heritability of the microclimatic niche, raise, however, concerns about the ability of epiphyte communities to adapt to climate change.
Publications
Disentangling the roles of chance, abiotic factors and biotic interactions among epiphytic bryophyte communities in a tropical rainforest (Yunnan, China)
2023. Shen T., Song L., Corlett R.T., Guisan A., Wang J., Ma W.-Z., Mouton L., VanderpoortenA., Collart F. Plant BiologyORBI Journal Website
Microclimatic variations in tropical canopies: a glimpse into the processes of community assembly in epiphytic bryophyte communities
2022. Ting Shen,Richard Corlett,Flavien Collart,Thibault Kasprzyk,Xin-Lei Guo,Jairo Patiño,Yang Su,Olivier Hardy,Wen-Zhang Ma,Jian Wang,Yu-Mei Wei,Léa Mouton,Yuan Li,Liang Song, Alain Vanderpoorten AuthoreaJournal Website
What makes a good phorophyte? Predicting occupancy, species richness and abundance of vascular epiphytes in a lowland seasonal tropical forest
2022. Shen, T., Song, L., Collart, F., Guisan, A., Su, Y., Hu, H. -X., Wu Y, Dong, J. -L. & Vanderpoorten, A. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 5, 1007473.ORBI
Simulated high-intensity phorophyte removal mitigates the robustness of epiphyte community and destroys commensal network structure.
2022. Hu, H. X., Mo, Y. X., Shen, T., Wu, Y., Shi, X. M., Ai, Y. Y., Lu, H. Z., Zakari, S., Li, S. & Song, L. Forest Ecology and Management, 526, 120586.Journal Website
Structuring Interaction Networks Between Epiphytic Bryophytes and Their Hosts in Yunnan, SW China.
2021. Hu, H. X., Shen, T., Quan, D. L., Nakamura, A., & Song, L. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 4, 716278.Journal Website
Vertical gradient in bryophyte diversity and species composition in tropical and subtropical forests in Yunnan, SW China.
2018. Shen, T., Corlett, R. T., Song, L., Ma, W. Z., Guo, X. L., Song, Y., & Wu, Y. Journal of Vegetation Science, 29, 1075–1087.Journal Website