Zhu Jinlei
Visiting researcher in 2020
jinlei.zhu@uni-hohenheim.de
I am a plant ecologist fascinated by how plants move in nature. I have been working on mechanisms and context-dependence of seed dispersal by wind using experiments and mechanistic models.
Expertise
Seed dispersal
Mechanistic modelling
Education
2010-2015 Ph.D. in Ecology, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2006-2010 B.E. in Environmental Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing
Employment
2020-present: Visiting scientist, Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences
2016-2019: Postdoctoral fellow, Institute of Landscape and Plant Ecology, University of Hohenheim
Publications
ORCID ID: 0000-0001-6164-0472
Zhu, J., Liu, M., Xin, Z., Liu, Z. & Schurr, F.M. (2019). A trade-off between primary and secondary seed dispersal by wind. Plant Ecology 220, 541–552.
Zhu, J., Liu, M., Xin, Z., Zhao, Y. & Liu, Z. (2016). Which factors have stronger explanatory power for primary wind dispersal distance of winged diaspores: the case of Zygophyllum xanthoxylon (Zygophyllaceae)? Journal of Plant Ecology 9, 346–356.