第一作者论文：

1.        Zhang, S., Y.-X. Zhang, and K.-M. Ma. 2020. Fine-scale variation of a keystone interaction: aphid-tending ants show stronger anti-herbivory effects on small leaves.Arthropod-Plant Interactions14:357-361.

2.        Zhang, S., Y. Zhang, and K. Ma. 2017a. The association of leaf lifespan and background insect herbivory at the interspecific level.Ecology98:425-432.

3.        Zhang, S., Y. Zhang, and K. Ma. 2017b. A re-evaluation of hemispheric asymmetries in herbivory: a response to Kozlov & Klemola 2017.Journal of Ecology105:1575-1579.

4.        Zhang, S., Y. Zhang, and K. Ma. 2016. Latitudinal variation in herbivory: hemispheric asymmetries and the role of climatic drivers.Journal of Ecology104:1089-1095.

5.        Zhang, S., Y. Zhang, and K. Ma. 2015a. The equal effectiveness of different defensive strategies.Scientific Reports5:13049.

6.        Zhang, S., Y. Zhang, and K. Ma. 2015b. Mixed effects of ant–aphid mutualism on plants across different spatial scales.Basic and Applied Ecology16:452-459.

7.        Zhang, S., Y. Zhang, and K. Ma. 2015c. Mutualism with aphids affects the trophic position, abundance of ants and herbivory along an elevational gradient.Ecosphere6:art253.

8.        Zhang, S., Y. X. Zhang, and K. M. Ma. 2013. The Ecological Effects of Ant-Aphid Mutualism on Plants at a Large Spatial Scale.Sociobiology60:236-241.

9.        Zhang, S., Y. Zhang, and K. Ma. 2012a. Disruption of ant-aphid mutualism in canopy enhances the abundance of beetles on the forest floor.PLoS ONE7:e35468.

10.     Zhang, S., Y. Zhang, and K. Ma. 2012b. The ecological effects of the ant–hemipteran mutualism: A meta-analysis.Basic and Applied Ecology13:116-124.

11.     Zhang, S., Y. X. Zhang, and K. M. Ma. 2012c. Different-sized oak trees are equally protected by the aphid-tending ants.Arthropod-Plant Interactions6:307-314.

       部分合作论文

1.        Moreira, X., L. Abdala-Roberts, A. Galmán, A. W. Bartlow, J. C. Berny-Mier y Teran, E. Carrari, F. Covelo, M. de la Fuente, S. Ferrenberg, N. M. Fyllas, Y. Hoshika, S. R. Lee, R. J. Marquis, M. Nakamura, C. S. Nell, M. B. Pesendorfer, M. A. Steele, C. Vázquez-González,S. Zhang, and S. Rasmann. 2020. Ontogenetic consistency in oak defence syndromes.Journal of Ecology, in press.

2.        He, X., E. Hou, G. F. Veen, M. D. F. Ellwood, P. Dijkstra, X. Sui,S. Zhang, D. Wen, and C. Chu. 2020. Soil microbial biomass increases along elevational gradients in the tropics and subtropics but not elsewhere.Global Ecology and Biogeography29:345-354.

3.        Song, B., L. Sun, S. Lev-Yadun, A. T. Moles,S. Zhang, X. Jiang, Y. Gao, Q. Xu, and H. Sun. 2020. Plants are more likely to be spiny at mid-elevations in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, south-western China.Journal of Biogeography47:250-260.

4.        Galmán, A., L. Abdala-Roberts,S. Zhang, J. C. Berny-Mier y Teran, S. Rasmann, and X. Moreira. 2018. A global analysis of elevational gradients in leaf herbivory and its underlying drivers: Effects of plant growth form, leaf habit and climatic correlates.Journal of Ecology106:413-421.

5.        Xu, G. R., Y. H. Lin,S. Zhang, Y. X. Zhang, G. X. Li, and K. M. Ma. 2017. Shifting mechanisms of elevational diversity and biomass patterns in soil invertebrates at treeline.Soil Biology & Biochemistry113:80-88.

6.        Xu, G. R.,S. Zhang, Y. H. Lin, and K. M. Ma. 2015. Context dependency of the density-body mass relationship in litter invertebrates along an elevational gradient.Soil Biology & Biochemistry88:323-332.