Meng Hou

　　 　　

1. Basic Information:

Hou Meng, male, from xi’an City, Shaanxi Province, PhD, Associate professor.

Educational Background:

September 2008 - June 2012: Lanzhou University, Ecology, undergraduate students;

September 2012 - June 2021: Lanzhou University, Ecology, PhD.

Work Experience:

July 2021 –August 2024 Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Post-doctor；

September 2024 – Present: Northwest A&F University，College of Grassland Agriculture，Associate professor

2. Research Interest:

Plant-Insect interaction, grassland community ecology, plant invasion

3. Project Undertaken:

National Natural Science Foundation of China, Pollinator regulated mechanisms for the coexistence of insect-pollinated plants in the alpine meadow community in the eastern Tibetan Plateau，2023-2025, 300,000 RMB；

Natural Science Foundation of Jilin Province, Mechanism of plant-pollinator interaction in restoring biodiversity in degraded Songnen Meadow steppe, 2023-2025, 80,000 RMB.

Research Initiation Fund of Northwest A&F University, 2024-2027, 200,000 RMB.

4. Academic Achievements:

[1].Hou M, Opedal ØH, Zhao Z. (2024). Sexually concordant selection on floral traits despite greater opportunity for selection through male fitness.  New phytologist 241: 926–936.

[2].Hou M, Wang JY. (2023). Functional traits of both specific alien species and receptive community but not community diversity determined the invasion success under biotic and abiotic conditions.  Functional Ecology  37: 2598-2610.

[3]. Shan LP, Hou M*. (2024). Herbivore and native plant diversity synergically resist alien plant invasion even in nutrient enriched conditions.  Plant Diversity 46, 640-647.

[4]. Hou M, Zhao ZG. (2023). Effects of floral traits on geitonogamous selfing rates and reproductive success in a protandrous species.  Journal of Plant Ecology  16: rtad011.

[5].Hou M, Du G, Zhao Z. (2020). Development of genomic microsatellite markers for  Aconitum gymnandrum  (Ranunculaceae) by next generation sequencing (NGS).  Molecular Biology Reports  47(1): 727-729.

[6].Zhao Z, Hou M, Wang Y, Du G. (2020). Phenological variation of flower longevity and duration of sex phases in a protandrous alpine plant: Potential causes and fitness significance.  BMC Plant Biology  20(1).

[7]. Du FK, Hou M, Wang W, Mao K, Hampe A. (2017). Phylogeography of  Quercus aquifolioides  provides novel insights into the Neogene history of a major global hotspot of plant diversity in south‐west China.  Journal of Biogeography 44 (2): 294-307.

[8]. Lu S, Hou M, Du FK, Li QJ, Yin KQ. (2015). Complete chloroplast genome of the Oriental white oak: Quercus aliena Blume.  Mitochondrial Dna , 27(4):1-3.

[9]. Lu NN; Ma Y; Hou M; Zhao, ZG. (2021). The function of floral traits and phenotypic selection in  Aconitum gymnandrum  (Ranunculaceae).  Plant Biology  23: 931-938.

[10]. Hou M, Du FK. (2014). Null Allele Detection in Plant Microsatellite Studies: Comparisons and Applications, 36(006), 723-729.

5. Contact Information:

Mailing Address: Yangling, Shaanxi, China，College of Grassland Agriculture - Northwest A&F University (NWAFU)

Postal Code: 712100

Email: houmeng@nwafu.edu.cn