Song Bo, Associate Professor, Ph.D.

Research Interests

1) Evolutionary adaptation of plants to extreme environments, including abitic and biotic stresses.

2) Interaction between plants and insects.

Publications * corresponding author

1. Song Bo^#, Sun Lu^#, Barrett Spencer, Moles Angela, Luo Yahuang, Armbruster Scott, Gao Yongqian, Zhang Shuang*, Zhang Zhiqiang*, Sun Hang*. 2022. Global analysis of floral longevity reveals latitudinal gradients and biotic and abiotic correlates. New Phytologist https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.18271

2. Wu Rui, Lev-Yadun Simcha, Sun Lu, Sun Hang*, Song Bo*. 2021. Higher elevations tend to have higher proportion of plant species with glandular trichomes. Frontiers in Plant Science 12: 632464 doi: 10.3389/fpls.2021.632464

3. Song Bo, Stöll Peter, Peng Deli, Sun Hang*, Stöcklin Jürg*. 2020. Demography of the giant monocarpic herb Rheum nobile in the Himalayas and the effect of disturbances by grazing. Annals of Botany 125: 447-458

4. Song Bo, Gao Yongqian, Stöcklin Jürg, Song Mingshu, Sun Lu, Sun Hang*. 2020. Ultraviolet screening increases with elevation in translucent bracts of Rheum nobile (Polygonaceae), an alpine ‘glasshouse’ plant from the high Himalayas. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 193:276-286

5. Yang Yang, Chen Jianguo, Song Bo, Niu Yang, Peng Deli, Zhang Jianwen, Deng Tao, Luo Dong, Ma Xiangguang, Zhou Zhuo, Sun Hang. 2019. Advances in the studies of plant diversity and ecological adaptation in the subnival ecosystem of the Qinghai –Tibet Plateau. Chinese Science Bulletin 64: 2856-2865.

6. Song Bo, Stöcklin Jürg, Armbruster W. Scott, Gao Yongqian, Peng Deli, Sun Hang. 2018. Reversible color change in leaves enhances pollinator attraction and reproductive success in Saururus chinensis (Saururaceae). Annals of Botany 121(4): 641-650.

7. Peng Deli, Chen Zhe, Hu Xiaojian, Li Zhimin, Song Bo*, Sun Hang*. 2017. Seed dormancy and germination characteristics of two Rheum species in the Himalaya-Hengduan Mountains. Plant Diversity 39:180-186.

8. Song Bo, Stöcklin Jürg, Gao Yongqian, Peng Deli, Sun Hang. 2017. Host specificity of two pollinating seed-consuming fly species is not related to soil moisture of host plant in the high Himalayas. Ecology and Evolution 7(2): 780-789.

9. Song Bo, Stöcklin Jürg, Peng De-li, Gao Yong-qian, Sun Hang. 2015. The bracts of the alpine ‘glasshouse’ plant Rheum alexandrae (Polygonaceae) enhance reproductive fitness of its pollinating seed-consuming mutualist. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 179:359-349

10. Song Bo, Niu Yang, Stöcklin Jürg, Chen Gao, Peng Deli, Gao Yongqian, Sun Hang*. 2015. Pollinator attraction in Cornus capitata (Cornaceae): the relative role of visual and olfactory cues. Journal of Plant Ecology 8:173-181

11. Song Bo, Chen Gao, Stocklin Jurg, Peng Deli,, Niu Yang, Li Zhimin, Sun Hang*. 2014. A new pollinating seed-consuming mutualism between Rheum nobile and a fly fungus gnat, Bradysia sp., involving pollinator attraction by a specific floral compound. New Phytologist, 203(4): 1108-1119

12. Song Bo, Zhang Zhiqiang, Stöcklin Jürg, Yang Yang, Niu Yang, Sun Hang*. 2013. Multifunctional bracts enhance plant fitness during flowering and seed development in Rheum nobile (Polygonaceae), a giant herb endemic to the high Himalayas. Oecologia 172:359-370

13. Song Bo, Stöcklin Jürg, Zhang Zhiqiang, Yang Yang, Sun Hang*. 2013. Seed and microsite limitation in Rheum nobile, a rare and endemic plant from the subnival zone of Sino-Himalaya. Plant Ecology & Diversity 6:503-509

14. Song Bo, Stöcklin Jürg, Gao Yongqian, Zhang Zhiqiang, Yang Yang, Li Zhimin, Sun Hang*. 2013. Habitat- specific responses of seed germination and seedling establishment to soil water condition in two Rheum species in the high Sino-Himalayas. Ecological Research 28:643-651.