Xiali Guo

Xylem fomation dynamics and the mechanisms

Guangxi University

EDUCATION

• Guangxi University. 2021-present
• Université du Québec à Chicoutimi. Visiting scholar. Codirecteur: Sergio Rossi (11/2019 - 05/2021)
• South China Botanical Garden Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China. Ecology. Ph.D student. Directeur: Jianguo Huang (09/2018 - present)

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS

1. Mou T, Sui D, Zhong M, Yu B, Sun J, Guo, X.,* (2025). Temporal dynamics of shoot and xylem growth in Chinese fir: Implications for carbon allocation. Dendrochronologia. 91:126324.
2. Zhao W, Xu Z, Wu T, Li J, Zheng L, Jiang S,Guo, X.,* (2025) Intra-annual xylem formation dynamics of Castanopsis hystrix and its response to climate in southern Guangxi, China. Dendrochronologia，15:126303.
3. Guo M, Liang G, Lu F, Yu B, Chen Y, Rodríguez-Hernández DI, Suo X,Guo, X.,* 2025. Seasonal Fluctuation of Non-Structural Carbohydrates in Different Organs of Four Tree Species in Subtropical Forests. Forests, 16: 356.
4. Bai C, Zhao W, Klisz M, Rossi S, Shen W, Guo, X.,* 2025. Growth Rate and Not Growing Season Explains the Increased Productivity of Masson Pine in Mixed Stands. Plants, 14: 313.
5. 白春梅, 梁国芹, 符韵林, 韩尔康, 郭霞丽*, 王丰. (2024). 计算机显微断层扫描技术 (μCT) 在量化阔叶树种导管中的应用. Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology, 35(5), 1214-1222.
6. 李乾林, 郭明钢, 李佳音，郭霞丽*. (2024). 温度和降水对宁夏六盘山自然保护区蒙古栎年内木质部生长的影响. 植物研究, 44(2), 289-297.
7. 李佳音, 郭明钢, 隋丹丹, 白春梅, 赵文迪, 蒋伟健, 郭霞丽*. (2024). 广西南部马尾松木质部年内生长动态及对气候响应规律. 第四纪研究, 44(4), 996-1007.
8. Silvestro, R., Mencuccini, M., García-Valdés, R., Antonucci, S., Arzac, A., Biondi, F., Guo, X..,... & Rossi, S. (2024). Partial asynchrony of coniferous forest carbon sources and sinks at the intra-annual time scale. Nature communications, 15(1), 6169.
9. Chen, R., Guo, X., Ge, Y., Li, Q., Ming, A., Min, H., & Shen, W. (2024). Tree species mixing effects on the radial growth of Pinus massoniana and Castanopsis hystrix: A comparison between even-aged and uneven-aged stands. Forest Ecology and Management, 566, 122058.
10. Guo, M., Bai, C., Li, Q., Yu, K., Shi, P., Rodríguez-Hernández, D. I., & Guo, X.,*. (2024). The scaling relationships between leaf sheath size and leaf lamina size in six bamboo species. Botany Letters, 1-10.
11. Huang, Y., Li, Q., Bai, C., Zhao, W., Rodríguez-Hernández, D. I., & Guo, X.,*. (2024). Influence of Slope Aspect and Position on Xylem Formation Dynamics in Subtropical Chinese Fir Plantations. Forests, 15(7), 1193.
12. Wang, J., Wang, R., Zhang, X., Xu, J., Zhang, X., Guo, X.,*, & Gao, J. (2024). Biotic and abiotic factors collectively drive the macroscopic differences in soil seed bank density between planted and natural forests.
13. Wang, J., Hua, H., Guo, J., Huang, X., Zhang, X., Yang, Y., Guo, X.... & Chen, L. (2025). Late spring frost delays tree spring phenology by reducing photosynthetic productivity. Nature Climate Change, 1-9.
14. Zhou, Y., Bai, C., Guo, X.,*., Mohytych, V., Klisz, M., Delagrange, S., & Rossi, S. (2023). Inland populations of sugar maple manifest higher phenological plasticity than coastal populations. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 11, 1320745.
15. Zhang, X., Zhou, Y., Ji, Y., Yu, M., Li, X., Duan, J., ... & Guo, X.,*. (2023). Climate Factors Affect Above–Belowground Biomass Allocation in Broad-Leaved and Coniferous Forests by Regulating Soil Nutrients. Plants, 12(23), 3926.
16. Jiang, S., Guo, X., Zhao, P., & Liang, H. (2023). Radial Growth–Climate Relationship Varies with Spatial Distribution of Schima superba Stands in Southeast China’s Subtropical Forests. Forests, 14(7), 1291.
17. Guo, X.,., Buttò, V., Mohytych, V., Klisz, M., Surget-Groba, Y., Huang, J., ... & Rossi, S. (2023). Plasticity plays a dominant role in regulating the phenological variations of sugar maple populations in Canada. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 11, 1217871.
18. Guo, X.,, Huang, J. G., Buttò, V., Luo, D., Shen, C., Li, J., ... & Rossi, S. (2022). Auxin concentration and xylem production of Pinus massoniana in a subtropical forest in south China. Tree Physiology, 42(2), 317-324.
19. Guo, X.,., Klisz, M., Puchałka, R., Silvestro, R., Faubert, P., Belien, E., ... & Rossi, S. (2021). Common‐garden experiment reveals clinal trends of bud phenology in black spruce populations from a latitudinal gradient in the boreal forest. Journal of Ecology.
20. Yu, B., Rossi, S., Liang, H., Guo, X., Ma, Q., Zhang, S., ... & Huang, J. G. (2022). Effects of nitrogen addition and increased precipitation on xylem growth of Quercus acutissima Caruth. in central China. Tree Physiology, 42(4), 754-770.
21. Guo, X., Klisz, M., Puchałka, R., Silvestro, R., Faubert, P., Belien, E., ... & Rossi, S. (2021). Common‐garden experiment reveals clinal trends of bud phenology in black spruce populations from a latitudinal gradient in the boreal forest. Journal of Ecology. (环境科学与生态学1区, TOP, IF: 5.762)
22. Guo, X., Khare, S., Silvestro, R., Huang, J., Sylvain, J. D., Delagrange, S., & Rossi, S. (2020). Minimum spring temperatures at the provenance origin drive leaf phenology in sugar maple populations. Tree Physiology, published.
23. Guo, X., Huang, J. G., Li, J., Liang, H., Yu, B., Ma, Q., ... & Zhao, P. (2020). Nitrogen addition to the canopy of Castanopsis chinensis (Sprengel) Hance promoted xylem formation in a subtropical forest in China. Annals of Forest Science, 77(2), 1-11.
24. Guo, X., Reddy, G. V., He, J., Li, J., & Shi, P. (2020). Mean-variance relationships of leaf bilateral asymmetry for 35 species of plants and their implications. Global Ecology and Conservation, e01152.
25. Huang J-G, Ma Q, Rossi S, Biondi F, Deslauriers A, Fonti P, Liang E, Mäkinen H, Oberhuber W, Rathgeber CBK, Tognetti R, Treml V, Yang B, Zhang J-L, Antonucci S, Bergeron Y, Camarero JJ, Campelo F, Čufar K, Cuny HE, De Luis M, Giovannelli A, Gričar J, Gruber A, Gryc V, Güney A, Guo, X., Huang W, Jyske T, Kašpar J, King G, Krause C, Lemay A, Liu F, Lombardi F, Martinez del Castillo E, Morin H, Nabais C, Nöjd P, Peters RL, Prislan P, Saracino A, Swidrak I, Vavrčík H, Vieira J, Yua B, Zhang S, Zeng Q, Zhang Y, Ziaco E. (2020). Photoperiod and temperature as dominant environmental drivers triggering secondary growth resumption in Northern Hemisphere conifers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
26. Guo, X., Yu, B., Zhang, S., Li, J., Wang, J., Huang, J. (2019). Research Progresses on Xylem Formation Dynamics and Its Regulation Mechanism. Acta Subtropical Botany, 27(5), 541-547.
27. Liang, H., Huang, J. G., Ma, Q., Li, J., Wang, Z., Guo, X., Zhu, H., Jiang, S., Zhou, P., Yu, B., Luo, D. (2019). Contributions of competition and climate on radial growth of Pinus massoniana in subtropics of China. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 274, 7-17.
28. Yu, B., Huang, J. G., Ma, Q., Guo, X., Liang, H., Zhang, S., Fu, S., Wan, S., Yan, J., Zhang, W. (2019). Comparison of the effects of canopy and understory nitrogen addition on xylem growth of two dominant species in a warm temperate forest, China. Dendrochronologia, 56, 125604.
29. Huang, J. G., Guo, X., Rossi, S., Zhai, L., Yu, B., Zhang, S., Zhang, M. (2018). Intra-annual wood formation of subtropical Chinese red pine shows better growth in dry season than wet season. Tree physiology, 38(8), 1225-1236.
30. Jiang, X., Liu, N., Lu, X., Huang, J. G., Cheng, J., Guo, X., Wu, S. (2018). Canopy and understory nitrogen addition increase the xylem tracheid size of dominant broadleaf species in a subtropical forest of China. Science of the total environment, 642, 733-741.
31. Guo, X., Yu, B., Liang, H., Huang, J. (2017). Advancement in studies of tree growth and ecophysiology incorporating micro-sampling approach. Chinese Journal of Plant Ecology. 41: 795–804.
32. Luo, D., Huang, J. G., Jiang, X., Ma, Q., Liang, H.,Guo, X.,, Zhang, S. (2017). Effect of climate and competition on radial growth of Pinus massoniana and Schima superba in China’s subtropical monsoon mixed forest. Dendrochronologia, 46, 24-34.
33. Zhang, S., Huang, J. G., Rossi, S., Ma, Q., Yu, B., Zhai, L., Luo, D., Guo, X., Fu, S., Zhang, W. (2017). Intra-annual dynamics of xylem growth in Pinus massoniana submitted to an experimental nitrogen addition in Central China. Tree Physiology, 37(11), 1546-1553.

FUNDING AND SCHOLARSHIP

• China Scholarship Council (26400$, 11/2019 - 11/2020)
• Outstanding student leaders, South China Botanical Garden (05/2018)
• Excellence Award in English Speech Contest, Beijing (05/2014)

PARTICIPANT IN CONFERENCES

• Guo XL, Huang JG. “Review on the Micro-Sampling Approach-Based Studies”, Regional Congress for Asia and Oceania, Beijing, 2016
• Guo XL, Huang JG. “China subtropical pine ecosystem is an energy-limited system rather than an environmental-factors limited system”, Graduate Consortium of Ecology and Conservation, Hongkong, 2017
• Guo XL, Huang JG. “Dynamics of intra-annual wood formation in Pinus massoniana Lamb. from subtropical China”, The 12th International Congress of Ecology, Beijing, 2016

MEDIAS

• UQACtualité, 8 septembre 2020 
• https://www.uqac.ca/blog/2021/05/25/clonage-des-especes-nobles-a-luqac-mission-accomplie/