Weixin Zhang

2018-05-19 18:51


INFORMATION

Name

Weixin   Zhang

Title

Dr.

Phone

Position

Professor   of Ecogeography

Email

weixinzhang@vip.henu.edu.cn

EDUCATION

Ph.D.- 2008, South China Botanical Garden, CAS, Soil Ecology

B.Sc. - 2002, Southwest University, Life Science

 

EMPLOYMENT

2016 – present, Professor, College of Environment and Planning, Henan University 2013 – 2016, Associate professor, South China Botanical Garden, CAS

2008 – 2013, Assistant professor, South China Botanical Garden, CAS

 

MAIN COURSES

Global Change


RESEARCH INTERESTS

Soil fauna community and ecosystem sustainability

Earthworm distribution and ecosystem function

Co-evolution of earthworms, soil and vegetation

 

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

2011-2013, The distribution pattern and interaction mechanism between native and exotic earthworms in forests of Guangdong, China (NSFC: 31000255, PI)

2016-2019, The impacts of earthworm invasion on transformation of root-derived carbon in subtropical forests: processes and mechanisms (NSFC: 31570516, PI)

 

HONORS:

 

PUBLICATIONS:

  1. Sun D, Zhang WX, Lin YB, Liu ZF, Shen WJ, Zhou LX, Rao XQ, Liu SP, Cai XA, He D, Fu SL*. Soil erosion and water retention varies with plantation type and age, Forest Ecology & Management, 2018, 422: 1-10.

  2. He X, Chen Y, Liu S, Gunina A, Wang X, & Chen W, Shao YH, Shi LL, Yao Q, Li JX, Zou XM, Schimel JP, Zhang WX*, Fu SL*. Cooperation of earthworm and arbuscular mycorrhizae enhanced plant N uptake by balancing absorption and supply of ammonia, Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 2018, 116: 351-359.

  3. Wu JP, Zhang WX, Shao YH, Fu SL. Plant-facilitated effects of exotic earthworm Pontoscolex corethrurus on the soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics and soil microbial community in a subtropical field ecosystem. Ecology and Evolution, 2017, 7: 8709–8718.

  4. Wang M, Zhang WX, Xia H, Huang J, Wu, Z, Xu G. Effect of Collembola on mineralization of litter and soil organic matter. Biology & Fertility of Soils, 2017, 53(5): 563-571.

  5. Shao Y, Zhang WX, Eisenhauer N, Liu T, Xiong Y, Liang C, Fu S*, Nitrogen deposition cancels out exotic earthworm effects on plant-feeding nematode communities, Journal of Animal Ecology, 2017, 86: 708-717.(Editor highlighted paper, http://www.journalofanimalecology.org/view/0/infocus.html)

  6. Wu J, Li H, Zhang WX, Li F, Huang J, Mo Q, Xia H*, Contrasting impacts of two subtropical earthworm species on leaf litter carbon sequestration into soil aggregates, Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2017, 17(6): 1672-1681.

  7. Wang X, Wang XL, Zhang WX, Shao Y, Zou X, Liu T, Zhou L, Wan S, Rao X, Li Z, Fu S*, Invariant community structure of soil bacteria in subtropical coniferous and broadleaved forests, Scientific Reports, 2016, 6: 19071.

  8. Chen Y, Yu S, Liu S, Wang X, Zhang Y, Liu T, Zhou L, Zhang WX*, Fu S*, Reforestation makes a minor contribution to soil carbon accumulation in the short term: Evidence from four subtropical plantations. Forest Ecology & Management, 2016, 384: 400-405.

  9. Shao Y, Wang X, Zhao J, Wu J, Zhang WX, Neher DA, Li Y, Lou Y, Fu S*, Subordinate plants sustain the complexity and stability of soil micro-food webs in natural bamboo forest ecosystems, Journal of Applied Ecology, 2016, 53(1): 130-139.

  10. Shi L, Zhang H, Liu T, Zhang WX, Shao Y, Ha D, Li Y, Zhang C, Cai X, Rao X, Lin Y, Zhou L, Zhao P, Ye Q, Zou X, Fu S*, Consistent effects of canopy vs. understory nitrogen addition on the soil exchangeable cations and microbial community in two contrasting forests, Science of The Total Environment, 2016, 553: 349-357.

  11. Lv M, Shao Y, Lin Y, Liang C, Dai J, Liu Y, Fan P, Zhang WX*, Fu S*. Plants modify the effects of earthworms on the soil microbial community and its activity in a subtropical ecosystem. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 2016, 103: 446-451.

  12. Huang JH, Zhang WX, Liu MY, Briones MJI, Eisenhauer N, Shao Y, Cai X, Fu S, Xia H*. Different impacts of native and exotic earthworms on rhizodeposit carbon sequestration in a subtropical soil. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 2015, 90: 152-160.

  13. Shao Y, Bao W, Chen D, Eisenhauer N, Zhang WX, Pang X, Xu G, Fu S*, Using structural equation modeling to test established theory and develop novel hypotheses for the structuring forces in soil food webs, Pedobiologia, 2015, 58(4): 137-145.

  14. Zhang W, Shen W, Zhu S, Wan S, Luo Y, Yan J, Wang K, Liu L, Dai H, Li P, Dai K, Zhang WX, Liu Z, Wang F, Kuang Y, Li Z, Lin Y, Rao X, Li J, Zou B, Cai X, Mo J, Zhao P, Ye Q, Huang J, Fu S*, CAN canopy addition of nitrogen better illustrate the effect of atmospheric nitrogen deposition on forest ecosystem? Scientific Reports, 2015, 5: 11245.

  15. Mo Q, Zou B, Li Y, Chen Y, Zhang WX, Mao R, Ding Y, Wang J, Lu X, Li X, Tang J, Li Z*, Wang F*, Response of plant nutrient stoichiometry to fertilization varied with plant tissues in a tropical forest, Scientific Reports, 2015, 5: 14605.

  16. Wu J, Liu Z, Huang G, Chen D, Zhang WX, Shao Y, Wan S, Fu S*, Response of soil respiration and ecosystem carbon budget to vegetation removal in Eucalyptus plantations with contrasting ages, Scientific Reports, 2014, 4: 6262.

  17. Zhang WX, Hendrix PF, Dame LE, Burke RA, Wu J, Neher DA, Li J, Shao Y, Fu S*. Earthworms facilitate carbon sequestration through unequal amplification of carbon stabilization compared with mineralization. Nature Communications, 2013, 4: 2576. (Editor highlighted paper, http://www.natureasia.com/zh-cn/ncomms/pr-highlights/8817)

  18. Shao Y, Zhang WX, Liu Z, Sun Y, Chen D, Wu J, Zhou L, Xia H, Neher DA, Fu S*, Responses of soil microbial and nematode communities to aluminum toxicity in vegetated oil-shale-waste lands, Ecotoxicology, 2012, 21(8): 2132-2142.

  19. Zhang WX, Hendrix PF, Snyder BA, Molina M, Li J, Rao X, Siemann E, Fu S*, Dietary flexibility aids Asian earthworm invasion in North American forests, Ecology, 2010, 91(7): 2070-2079.

  20. Li J, Zhang WX, Liao C, Yang Y, Fu S*, Responses of earthworms to organic matter at different stages of decomposition, Pedosphere, 2009, 19(3): 382-388.

  21. Fu S* , Shen J, Ding M, Zhang F, Huang H, Rao X, Lin Y, Shao Y, Zhang WX, A simplified system for measuring rhizosphere respiration of fine roots in situ, Forest Ecology and Management, 2008, 255(8-9): 3360-3364.

  22. Hendrix PF*, Callaham Jr MA, Drake JM, Huang C-Y, James SW, Snyder BA, Zhang WX, Pandora's box contained bait: The global problem of introduced earthworms, Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics, 2008, 39: 593-613.

  23. Shao Y, Zhang WX, Shen J, Zhou L, Xia H, Shu W, Ferris H, Fu S*, Nematodes as indicators of soil recovery in tailings of a lead/zinc mine, Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2008, 40(8): 2040-2046.

  24. Zhang WX, Li J, Qiu J*, New earthworms belonging to the genus of Amynthas Kinberg (Megascolecidae: Oligochaeta) and Drawida Michaelsen (Moniligastridae: Oligochaeta) from Guangdong, China, Journal of Natural History, 2006, 40(7-8): 395-401.

  25. Zhang WX, Li, Fu, et al. Four New Earthworm Species Belonging to Amynthas Kinberg and Metaphiire Sims Et Easton (Megascolecidae: Oligochaeta) from Guangdong, China. Annales Zoologici, 2006, 56(56): 249-254.

    Book chapter:

  26. Coleman DC, Zhang WX, Fu S. 2014. Toward a holistic approach to soils and plant growth. In: Interactions in Soil: Promoting Plant Growth (Eds: John Dighton and Jennifer Krumins), pp 211-223, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht.