研究領域
植物葉片功能特徵（例如：葉片δ13C, δ15N，C, N, LMA及Stomata）對環境因子(例如：海拔、降雨、溫度等)梯度變化的回響，以理解植物對環境的適應性；植物次生物質酚類對環境因子的回響
青藏高原土壤有機碳的變化
代表論著
Zhang DY, Liu BB, Zhao CM, Wan DS, Ma F, Chen LT, Liu JQ. 2010. Differentially expressed transcriptions and ecological functions of the translucent bracts in an alpine glasshouse plant Rheum nobile (Polygonaceae) Planta 231：1505-1511Ma F, Zhao CM, Milne R, Ji MF, Chen LT, Liu JQ. 2009. Enhanced drought-tolerance in the homoploid hybrid species Pinus densata: implication for its habitat divergence from two progenitors. New Phytologist 185: 204-216.
Ma F, Chen LT, Yao BQ and Zhao CM. 2009. Physiological performances of maternally-dependent genotypes in the homoploid hybrid species Hippophae goniocarpa. Botanical Studies 50: 171-179.
Ma F, Ji MF, Chen LT, Xu TT, Zhao CM. 2009. Responses of Pinus tabulaeformis seedlings to different soil water moistures in ecophysiological characteristics Acta Bot. Boreal. -Occident. Sin. (in Chinese) 29(3): 0548-0554.
Lin L, Chen LT, Zheng WL, Luo J, Zhao CM. 2008. Altitudinal Variation of the foliar δ13C in Abies georgei var. smithii and Quercus aquifolioides in Tibet. Journal of Glaciology and Geocryology (in Chinese) 30(6): 1048-1054.
Zhao CM, Chen LT*, Ma F, Yao BQ and Liu JQ. 2008. Altitudinal differences in the leaf fitness of juvenile and mature alpine spruce trees (Picea crassifolia). Tree Physiology 28: 133–141.
Cui XK, Ao CQ, Zhang Q, Chen LT, Liu JQ. 2008. Diploid and tetraploid distribution of Allium przewalskianum Rege. (Liliaceae) in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and adjacent regions. Caryologia 61(2): 192-200.
Ma JW, Zhang SZ, Guo XL, Zhang HJ, Chen LT, Zhao CM. 2007. Evaluation on Service Function of the Forest Ecosystem of Xiaolong Mountain. Journal of Ecology and Rural Environment (in Chinese) 23(3): 27-30, 35.
