Liu, B., Xu M., Henderson M., Qi, Y. and Li, Y. 2004. Taking China’s temperature: daily range, warming trends, and regional variations, 1955-2000. Journal of Climate 17: 4453-4462.
Qi, Y. M. Henderson, M. Xu, J. Chen, P. Shi, C. He, and G. W. Skinner, 2003. Evolving Core-Periphery Interactions in a Rapidly Expanding Urban Landscape: The Case of Beijing, Landscape Ecology19:375-388.
Tang, J., Qi, Y., Xu, M., Misson, L., and Goldstein A. H. 2004. Effects of forest thinning on soil respiration in a ponderosa pine plantation in the Sierra Nevada, Tree Physiology (in press).
Xu, M. and Y. Qi. 2003, Scale dependence on relationship between landscape structure and microclimate, Plant Ecology (in press).
Tang, J., D. Baldocchi, Y. Qi, L. Xu 2003. Assessing soil CO2 efflux using continuous measurements of CO2 profiles with small solid-state sensors, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology.
Qi, Y., M. Xu and J. Wu. 2002. Temperature sensitivity of soil respiration and its impact on ecosystem carbon flux: Measurement and modeling, Ecological Modeling.153(1-2):131-142.
Qi, Y. 2002. Global biodiversity scenarios for the 21st Century, Review of Chapin III, F. Stuart, Osvaldo E. Sala, Elisabeth Hubber-Sannwald, Global Biodiversity in a Changing Environment: Scenarios for the 21st Century, Ecology (in press)
Xu, M., J. Chen and Y. Qi 2002. Growing season microclimate along a 10 km transect across a forested landscape, Climate Research: Interactions of Climate with Organisms and Human Society. 22:57-72.
Qi, Y. and M. Xu 2002. Separating the combined effect of moisture and temperature on soil CO2 efflux in a coniferous forest in the Sierra Nevada Mountain. Plant and Soil, 237, 237:15-23.
Gong, P., M. Xu, J. Chen, J. M. Chen, Ye Qi, G. Biging, J. Liu, S. Wang, 2002. A preliminary study on the carbon dynamics of China’s terrestrial ecosystems in the past 20 years, Earth Science Frontiers, 9(1):55-61.
Xu, M. and Y. Qi 2001. Spatial and seasonal variations of Q10 determined by soil respiration measurements at a Sierra Nevadan Forest, Global Biogeochemical Cycle. 15(3): 687-696.
Xu, M. and Y. Qi 2001. Soil Surface CO2 Efflux and Its Spatial and Temporal Variations in a Young Ponderosa Pine Plantation in Northern California. Global Change Biology, 7(6): 667-677.
Xu, M., T. DeBiase, Y. Qi, A. Goldstein, and Z. Liu 2001. Ecosystem Respiration in a Young Ponderosa Pine Plantation in the Sierra Nevada Mountain, California. Tree Physiology Vol 21: 309-318.
Qi, Y., M. Xu. J. Tang, P. Gong, and F. Li. 2001. Contrasting Stem Respiration of a Young and a Mature Conifer Forest in the Sierra Nevada Mountain, California. Tree Physiology (Revised and resubmitted in June 2001).
Yi, C, Gong, M. Xu, and Y. Qi 2001. The effects of buffer and temperature feedback on the oceanic uptake of CO2 Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 28(5): 751-754.
Xu, M. Y. Qi, and P. Gong 2000. China’s New Forest Policy, Science, 289(5487): 2049.
Xu, M. T. DeBiase, and Y. Qi. 2000. A simple technique to measure stem respiration using a horizontally oriented soil chamber, Canadian Journal of Forest Research, Vol. 30:1-6.
Wu, J. and Y. Qi. 2000. Dealing with Scale in Landscape Analysis: An Overview. Geographic Information Science, 6(1):1-5.
Xu, M. Y. Qi, J. Chen, W. Yin 2000. Effects of spatial heterogeneity of microenvironment on plant biodiversity in the Southeastern Missouri Ozarks. Geographic Information Science, 6(1):38-47.
Yang Y, J. Yao, S. Hu, Y. Qi. 2000. Effects of Agricultural Chemicals on DNA Sequence Diversity of Soil Microbial Community: A Study with RAPD Marker. Microbial Ecology, 39(1):72-79
Goldstein, A.H., Hultman, N.E., Fracheboud, J.M., Bauer, M.R., Panek, J.A., Xu, M., and Y. Qi. 2000. Effects of climate variability on the carbon dioxide, water, and sensible heat fluxes above a ponderosa pine plantation in the Sierra Nevada (CA). Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. Vol. 101:113-129.
Tian, H., C. A. S. Hall, and Y. Qi 2000. Increased biotic metabolism of the biosphere inferred from observed data. Science in China (中國科學)，Series B (Chemistry), 40(1):58-68.
Xu, M., and Y. Qi. 2000. Effects of spatial scale on the relationships between plant species richness and microclimate in the Southeastern Missouri Ozarks, USA. Polish Journal of Ecology.48(1): 77-88.
Qi. Y. and Y. Yang 1999. Topographic effect on spatial variations of plant diversity in California. Geographic Information Science, Vol. 5(1): 39-46.
Tian, H., C. A. S. Hall, and Y. Qi 1998. Modeling primary productivity of the terrestrial biosphere in changing environments: toward a dynamic biosphere model. Critical Review of Plant Science. 15(5): 541-557.
書目（章節）
Qi, Y. and J. K. Gilless 1999. Modeling processes and patterns for multiple-use management. In F. Helles (ed.) Multiple Use of Forests and Other Natural Resources - Aspects of Theory and Applications, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht. pp. 24-31.
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