植物群落和生态系统尺度水分、养分资源的协调吸收和利用机理；生态系统尺度碳吸收、水分消耗动态特征及其影响机制；区域尺度水分资源承载力及其影响机制。

1. 陕西省自然科学基金面上项目：黄土高原半干旱区人工林水分利用策略及其应对水分胁迫的响应过程（2025JC-YBMS-221）, 2025.01-2026.12，主持

2. 国家自然科学基金面上项目：黄土丘陵区混交林中固氮和非固氮植物水分利用与氮分享的协调机制研究（41977425），2020.01-2023.12，主持

3. 国家重点研发计划项目子课题：黄土丘陵区暖温性草原生态系统碳水通量变化与资源利用过程机制（2017YFA0604801），2017.07-2022.6，主持

4. 国家自然科学基金青年科学基金项目：黄土丘陵区油松和沙棘人工林的水分来源变化及其生理响应研究（41501576），2016.01-2018.12，主持

5. 金昌市林草生态系统碳储量本底调查项目，2023.01-2023.12，主持。

6. 生态系统碳水通量观测与数据整编子课题：安塞站温带灌丛和草原，2017.10-2018.10，主持

7. 西北农林科技大学基本科研业务费专项资金：黄土丘陵区油松和沙棘人工林的水分来源变化及其生物功能调控机制研究（2452016105），2016.01-2018.12，主持

8. 陕西省专项配套经费：黄土丘陵区油松和沙棘人工林的水分利用策略研究，2016.01-2018.12，主持

1. Wang, Lina; Lu, Hao; Yin, Jia; Zhou, Ying; Gao, Yang; Zhu, Yuanjun; Tang, Yakun*; Wu, Gao-lin; Tradeoffs between water and nutrient use efficiency in two dominant plantation species along a precipitation gradient in semiarid Loess Plateau. Forest Ecology and Management, 2026, doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2026.123722. 

2. Zhou, Ying; Zhang, Zeling; Wang, Lina; Deng, Xu; Tang, Yakun*, Carbon and water fluxes are more responsive to water restriction in grassland than in forest ecosystem in the semiarid Loess Plateau, China. Catena, 2025, 259:109344. 

3. Wang, Lina; Zhou, Ying; Lu, Hao; Bai, Jing; Liu, Jiayin; Wu, Gaolin; Tang, Yakun*, Contrasting NH4+ and NO3−uptake preference between woody and herbaceous plants in Chinese terrestrial ecosystems. Journal of Forestry Research, 2025,37(1):4.

4. Tang, Yakun; Wang, Lina; Lu Dongxu; Geng, Xueqi; Deng, Xu; Wang Shiyu; Guo, Liang, Transition from opportunistic to conservative water use strategy with the growth of Robinia pseudoacacia in a typical watershed in the semiarid Loess Plateau, Journal of Hydrology, 2024, 636:131316.

5. Tang, Yakun; Wang, Lina; Zhou, Ying; Geng, Xueqi; Deng, Xu; Zhang, Zeling, Drought decreases symbiotic nitrogen fixation and nitrogen transfer in a Populus tomentosa−Hippophae rhamnoides mixed plantation on the semiarid Loess Plateau, China. Forest Ecology and Management, 2024, 558: 121815.

6. Tang, Yakun; Wang, Lina; Yu, Yongqiang; Lu, Dongxu, Differential response of plant transpiration to uptake of rainwater−recharged soil water for dominant tree species in the semiarid Loess Plateau. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2022, 26: 4995−5013.

7. Tang, Yakun; Jia Chang; Wang Lina; Wen Xuefa; Wang Huimin, Solar energy dominates and soil water modulates net ecosystem productivity and evapotranspiration across multiple timescales in a subtropical coniferous plantation. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 2021, 300: 108310.

8. Tang, Yakun; Wu, Xu; Chen, Chen; Jia, Chang; Chen, Yunming, Water source partitioning and nitrogen facilitation promote coexistence of nitrogen-fixing and neighbor species in mixed plantations in the semiarid Loess Plateau. Plant and Soil, 2019, 445(1): 289-305.

9. Tang, Yakun; Wu, Xu; Chen, Yunming; Wen, Jie; Xie, Yuli; Lu, Senbao, Water use strategies for two dominant tree species in pure and mixed plantations of the semiarid Chinese Loess Plateau. Ecohydrology, 2018, 11(4). doi: 10.1002/Eco.1943.

10. Tang, Yakun; Jiang, Jun; Chen, Chen; Chen, Yunming; Wu, Xu, Rainfall pulse response of carbon fluxes in a temperate grass ecosystem in the semiarid Loess Plateau. Ecology and Evolution, 2018, 12: 1-11. doi: 10.1002/ece3.4587.

11. Tang, Yakun, Wu, Xu; Chen, Yunming, Sap flow characteristics and physiological adjustments of two dominant tree species in pure and mixed plantations in the semi-arid Loess Plateau of China. Journal of Arid Land. 2018, 6. doi: 10.1007/s40333-018-0027-9.

12. Tang, Yakun; Chen, Yunming; Wen, Xuefa; Sun, Xiaomin; Wu, Xu; Wang, Huimin, Variation of carbon use efficiency over ten years in a subtropical coniferous plantation in southeast China. Ecological Engineering, 2016,97: 196-206.

13. Tang, Yakun; Wen, Xuefa; Sun, Xiaomin; Chen, Yunming; Wang, Huimin, Contribution of environmental variability and ecosystem functional changes to interannual variability of carbon and water fluxes in a subtropical coniferous plantation. Iforest-Biogeosciences and Forestry, 2016, 9: 452-460.

14. 邓旭, 王丽娜, 周莹, 张泽凌, 路浩, 唐亚坤*. 模拟大气沉降氮在陆地生态系统中的留存及其影响因素, 生态学报, 2025,45(3):1077-1089.

15. 张泽凌, 周莹, 姜峻, 王丽娜，邓旭，安志超，唐亚坤*. 基于生态知识-机器

学习模型的黄土高原铁杆蒿草地生态系统碳水通量模拟及其影响机制 研究, 生态学报, 2025, 45(13):6544-6558.

16. 耿雪琪, 唐亚坤*, 王丽娜, 邓旭, 张泽凌, 周莹. 氮添加增加中国陆生植物生物量并降低其氮利用效率, 植物生态学报, 2024,48(2):13−22.

17. 王丽娜, 于永强, 芦东旭, 唐亚坤*. 土壤pH调控固氮植物和非固氮植物间的氮转移, 植物生态学报, 2022, 46(1): 1−17.

18. 贾畅, 王丽娜, 唐亚坤*, 利用Biome−BGC模型模拟黄土区沙棘人工林碳通量时的生理生态参数敏感性, 林业科学, 2022, 58(11): 49−60.