**Jinniu Wang**

Jinniu Wang, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. His main research interests including alpine plant functional ecology, vegetation patterns and their drivers in forest and grassland ecotones, and sustainable development in mountainous areas. He is also acting as the Deputy Secretary of the specialized committee in Alpine Ecology, Ecological Society of China. Recently, he was appointed Assistant Head of Mangkang Ecological Station, Tibet Ecological Safety Monitor Network. Dr. Wang has published more than 60 peer reviewed academic papers sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation of China. Besides acting as guest editor of Forests, Diversity, and Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution—Dryland section, he is an invited Editorial Board Member of the Chinese Journal of Applied and Environmental Biology, and Pratacultural Science. He has acted as a reviewer for more than a dozen international and domestic peer-reviewed academic journals.
