Sun Hang
Professor
Department of Botony
Kunming Institute of Botany
China
Biography
SUN Hang, Professor of botany. Major research interests are alpine plant diversity studies, especially the flora composition features, system and evolution, geographic distribution patterns and ecological adaptation mechanisms of diverse alpine plants in Sino-Himalayan region.
Research Interest
Alpine plant diversity studies, geographic distribution patterns and ecological adaptation mechanisms of diverse alpine plants.
Publications
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Niu Y, Chen G, Peng DL, Song B, Yang Y, Li ZM, Sun H. Grey leaves in an alpine plant: a cryptic colouration to avoid attack?. New Phytologist. 2014 Aug 1;203(3):953-63.
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Yang Y, Körner C, Sun H. The ecological significance of pubescence in Saussurea medusa, a high-elevation Himalayan “woolly plantâ€. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research. 2008;40(1):250-5.
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Zhang DC, Boufford DE, Ree RH, Sun H. The 29 N latitudinal line: an important division in the Hengduan mountains, a biodiversity hotspot in southwest China. Nordic Journal of Botany. 2009 Oct 1;27(5):405-12.
