1988年在北京林业大学获学士学位，1996年在中国科学院植物所获博士学位。现任中国科学院大学教授，国务院国家级自然保护区评审委员会委员，湖北神农架森林生态系统国家野外科学观测研究站暨中国科学院神农架生物多样性定位研究站站长，国务院三峡办陆生植物监测重点站站长，北京生态学学会常务理事兼秘书长，《植物生态学报》、《生态学报》、《林业科学》、《水生态学杂志》编委。迄今发表论著120余篇（部）。已培养硕士和博士20名；正在指导博士生和硕士生7名。

主要研究工作：

研究领域为保护生态学和森林生态学研究，主要从事以下三个方向的研究：1）生物多样性的变化和保育对策；2）森林生态系统的结构与功能动态； 3）大型水利工程对生态系统的影响与生态恢复。

主持和参加的科研项目：

[1] “中国植被志编研”，国家科技基础性工作专项项目（批准号：2015FY210200）（2015-2019），主持人

[2] “陆生植物观测重点站（古树）”，国务院三峡工程建设委员会项目(批准号：JJ2016-029) （2016-2017），主持人

[3] “陆生植物观测重点站（典型群落）”，国务院三峡工程建设委员会项目(批准号：JJ2015-027)（2015-2016），主持人

[4] “生物多样性保护优先区域绿色发展机制和模式研究”，环保部公益项目（批准号：201309039）（2013-2015），主持人

[5] “中国灌丛生态系统的固碳现状、变化和机制”，中国科学院战略性先导科技专项课题（批准号：XDA01050300）（2011-2015），主持人。

[6] “三峡库区消落带生态恢复与综合整治技术开发及应用研究”，国家科技支撑计划课题（批准号：2006BAC10B01）（2006-2010），主持人。

研究论文（注*为通讯作者）：

2018

[1]Tang ZY, Xu WT, Zhou GY, Bai YF, Li JX, Tang XL, Chen DM, Liu Q, Ma WH, Xiong GM, He HL, He NP, Guo YP, Guo Q, Zhu JL, Han WX, Hu HF, Fang JY*, Xie ZQ*. 2018. Patterns of plant carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus concentration in relation to productivity in China’s terrestrial ecosystems. PNAS, 115: 4033-4038.

[2]Zhang Q, Xiong GM, Li JX , Lu ZJ, Li YL, Xu WT, Wang Y, Zhao CM , Tang ZY, Xie ZQ*. 2018. Nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations and allocation strategies among shrub organs: The effects of plant growth forms and nitrogen-fixation types. Plant Soil, 427: 305-319.

[3]Zhang Q, Liu Q, Yin HJ, Zhao CZ, Zhang L, Zhou GY, Yin CY, Lu ZJ, Xiong GM, Li YL, Li JX, Xu WT, Tang ZY, Xie ZQ*. 2018. C:N:P stoichiometry of Ericaceae species in shrubland biomes across Southern China: Influences of climate, soil and species identity. J. Plant Ecol., DOI: 10.1093/jpe/rty033.

2017

[4]Ge JL, Xie ZQ*, Xu WT, Zhao CM. 2017. Controls over leaf litter decomposition in a mixed evergreen and deciduous broad-leaved forest, Central China. Plant and Soil, 412:345-355.

[5]Ge JL, Xie ZQ*. 2017. Geographical and climatic gradients of evergreen versus deciduous broadleaved tree species in subtropical China. Ecology and Evolution. (Accept).

2016

[6]Ge JL, Wang Y, Xu WT, Xie ZQ*. 2016. Latitudinal patterns and climatic drivers of leaf litter multiple nutrients in Chinese broad-leaved tree species: Does leaf habit matter?Ecosystems. In press.

[7]Su L, Xu WT, Zhao CM, Xie ZQ*, Ju H. 2016. Inter- and intra-specific variation in stemflow for evergreen species and deciduous tree species in a subtropical forest. Journal of Hydrology, 537: 1-9.

[8]Zhang AY, Fan DY, Li ZJ, Xiong GM, Xie ZQ*. 2016. Enhanced photosynthetic capacity by perennials in the riparian zone of the Three Gorges Reservoir Area, China. Ecological Engineering, 90: 6-11.

[9]Su L, Zhao CM, Xu WT, Xie ZQ*.2016. Modelling interception loss using the revised Gash model: a case study in a mixed evergreen and deciduous broadleaved forest in China. Ecohydrology, DOI: 10.1002/eco.1749.

[10]Li JX, Xiong GM, Xu WT, Xie ZQ*. 2016. Distribution of shrublands in relation to soil and climate in mid-subtropical China. Journal of Plant Ecology, 9(4): 393-401

2015

[11]Ge JL, Xiong GM, Wang ZX, Zhang M, Zhao CM, Shen GZ, Xu WT, Xie ZQ*. 2015. Altered dynamics of broad-leaved tree species in a Chinese subtropical montane mixed forest: the role of an anomalous extreme 2008 ice storm episode. Ecology and Evolution, 5: 1484-1493.

[12]Shen GZ, Pimm SL, Feng CY, Ren GF, Liu YP, Xu WT, Li JQ, Si XF, Xie ZQ*. 2015. Climate change challenges the current conservation strategy for the giant panda. Biological Conservation, 190:43–50.

[13]Li ZJ, Fan DY, Chen FQ, Yuan QY, Chow WS, Xie ZQ*. 2015. Physiological integration enhanced the tolerance of Cynodon dactylon to flooding. Plant Biology, 17: 459–465.

2013

[14]Ge JL, Xiong GM, Zhao CM, Shen GZ, Xie ZQ*. 2013. Short-term dynamic shifts in woody plants in a montane mixed evergreen and deciduous broadleaved forest in central China. Forest Ecology and Management, 15:740-746.

[15]Zhou YB*, Newman C, Chen J, Xie ZQ, and Macdonald DW. 2013. Anomalous, extreme weather disrupts obligate seed dispersal mutualism: snow in a subtropical forest ecosystem. Global Change Biology, 19: 2867-2877.

[16]Zhou YB*, Newman C, Xie ZQ*, and Macdonald DW. 2013. Peduncles elicit large-mammal endozoochory in a dry-fruited plant. Annals of botany, 112: 85-93.

2011

[17]Zhou YB, Newman C, Xu WT, Buesching CD, Zalewski A, Kaneko Y, Macdonald DW, Xie ZQ*. 2011. Biogeographical variation in the diet of Holarctic martens (genus Martes,Mammalia: Carnivora: Mustelidae):adaptive foraging in generalists.Journal of Biogeography. 38, 137–147

[18]Zhou YB, Newman C, Buesching CD, Zalewski A, Kaneko Y, Macdonald DW, Xie ZQ*. 2011. Diet of an opportunistically frugivorous carnivore, Martes flavigula, in subtropical forest. Journal of Mammalogy 92: 611-619.

[19]Fan DY, Jie SL, Liu CC, Zhang XX, Xu XW, Zhang SR, Xie ZQ *. 2011, The trade-off between safety and efficiency in hydraulic architecture in 31 woody species in a karst area, Tree Physiology 31:865-877.

2010及以前

[20]Shen GZ, Feng CY, Xie ZQ*, Ouyang ZY, Li JQ, Pascal M. 2008. Proposed conservation landscape for Giant Pandas in the Minshan Mountains, China. ConservationBiology, 22:1144-1153

[21]New T, Xie ZQ. 2008. Impacts of large dams on riparian vegetation: applying global experience to the case of China’s Three Gorges Dam. Biodiversity and Conservation, 17:3149-3163

[22]Zhang M, Xie ZQ*, Xiong GM, Zhang JT. 2006. Variation of soil nutrition in a Fagus engleriana Seem Cyclobalanopsis oxyodon Oerst. community over a small scale in the Shennongjia Area, China. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 48: 767-777

[23]Chen ZG，Yang JY, Xie ZQ*. 2005. Economic development of local communities and biodiversity conservation: a case study from Shennongjia National Nature Reserve ,China. Biodiversity and Conservation, 14：2095-2108.

[24]Zhao CM, Chen WL, Tian ZQ, Xie ZQ*. 2005. Altitudinal pattern of plant species diversity in Shennongjia Mountains, Central China. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 47(12):1431-1449

[25]Shen GZ, Xie ZQ*. 2004. Three gorges project: chance and challenge. Science, 304: 681.

[26]Xie ZQ. 2003. Characteristics and Conservation Priority of Threatened Plants in the Yangtze Valley. Biodiversity and Conservation,12(1):65-72

[27]Wu JG, Huang JH, Han XG, Xie ZQ, Gao XM. 2003. Three-gorges dam—experiment in habitat fragmentation? Science. 300:1239-1240

著作专著：

[1] 蒋志刚，谢宗强，2008。物种的保护。北京：中国林业出版社。

[2] 谢宗强，吴金清，熊高明，2006。三峡库区珍濒特有植物保护生态学研究。北京：中国水利水电出版社。

[3] 杜纪山，谢宗强，陈林武，韩峥，王立明，申国珍，2005。岷山森林景观植被恢复技术手册。北京：中国林业出版社。

获奖及荣誉：

[1] 2009年，获得国务院三峡办颁发的先进个人荣誉称号