1. Zeng Y, Zhao CY, Li J, Li Y, Lv G, Liu T. Effect of groundwater depth on riparian plant diversity along riverside-desert gradients in the Tarim River. Journal of Plant Ecology,2019,12:564-573.
2. Wu GL, Jiang SW, Liu H, Zhu SD, Zhang Y, Luo Q, Li J*. Early direct competition does not determine the community structure in a desert riparian forest. Scientific Reports, 2018, 8: 4531.
3. Zhang Y, Li J*. Spatial patterns of soil seed bank and seedlings in the Gurbantunggut desert: the nurse effect of shrubberies. Arid Land Research, 2018, 35: 1138-1145.
4. Zhou DD, Jiang SW, Wu GL, Li J*. Comparison of light response models of photosynthesis in Populus euphratica grown under contrasting groundwater conditions. Plant Science Journal, 2017, 35: 406-412.
5. Jiang SW, Zhou DD, Wu GL, Li J*. Hydraulic conductivity and its seasonal variation of Populus euphratica shoot at the sites with varying groundwater depths. Arid Land Research, 2017, 34: 648-654.
6. Wu GL, Jiang SW, Wang DD, Zhou TH, Li J*. Stomatal sensitivity to leaf-to-air vapor pressure of Populus euphratica and Tamarix ramosissima under contrasting groundwater conditions. Journal of Desert Research, 2016, 36: 1296-1301.
7. Wu GL, Jiang SW, Liu WY, Zhao CY, Li J*. Competition between Populus euphratica and Tamarix ramosissima seedlings under simulated high groundwater availability. Journal of Arid Land, 2016, 8: 293-303.
8. Ferguson SD, Leger EA, Li J, Nowak RS. Natural selection favors root investment in native grasses during restoration of invaded fields. Journal of Arid Environments, 2015, 116:11-17.
9. Yu B, Zhao CY, Li J, Li JY et al. Morphological, physiological, and biochemical responses of Populus euphratica to soil flooding. Photosynthetica, 2015, 53: 110-117.
10. Hu SJ, Zhao CY, Li J, Wang F et al. Discussion and reassessment of the method used for accepting or rejecting data observed by a Bowen ratio system. Hydrological Processes, 2014, 28: 4506-4510.
11. Li J*, Yu B, Zhao CY et al. Physiological and morphological responses of Tamarix ramosissima and Populus euphratica to altered groundwater availability. Tree Physiology, 2013, 33:57-68.
12. Li JY, Zhao CY, Li J, Yan YY et al. Growth and leaf gas exchange in Populus euphratica across soil water and salinity gradients. Photosynthetica, 2013, 51: 321-329.
13. Trowbridge W, Albright T. Ferguson SD, Li J, Perryman B et al. Explaining patterns of species dominance in the shrub steppe systems of the Junggar Basin (China) and Great Basin (USA). Journal of Arid Land, 2013, 5: 415-427.
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17. Li Jun*, Zhao Chengyi, Zhu Hong et al. 2007. Multi-scale heterogeneity of soil moisture following snow thawing in Haloxylon ammodendron Bge. shrubland. Science in China (Ser. D), 50: 49-55.