Dr. Zhang is a Professor of soil ecology. He received his B.S. (2003) in Geographic science from the Hebei Normal University, his M.S. (2006) in Ecology from the Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and his Ph.D (2012) in Ecology from the same institute. He joined the Institute of Subtropical Agriculture in July 2006, and became a Associate Professor in 2013. Dr. Zhang’s main research interests focuses on understanding the effects of human disturbance and land-use change on carbon sequestration and cycling of nutrients in terrstrial ecosystems. 

National Natural Science Foundation of China: The heterogeneity and its driving mechanism of soil nutrients in the peak-cluster depression landscape of karst region. (Jan. 2009 to Dec. 2011), PI. 

National Natural Science Foundation of China: The mechanism of rapid loss of soil nutrients under anthropogenic disturbance in Karst peak-cluster depression region. (Jan. 2013 to Dec. 2016), PI. 

The “Western Light” Program of Talent Cultivation of the CAS: Soil organic carbon and nitrogen losses from slope lands of Karst landscape and its response to anthropogenic disturbance. (Jan. 2013 to Dec. 2015), PI. 

The Knowledge Innovation Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences: The heterogeneity of Karst landscape and its impact on the ecosystem functions in a typical small watershed in northwest Guangxi. (Jan. 2008 to Dec. 2011), PI

[1]Hu, PL., Zhang W*., Chen HS., Li DJ., Zhao Y., Zhao J., Xiao J., Wu FJ., He XY., Luo YQ., Wang KL. Soil carbon accumulation with increasing temperature under both managed and natural vegetation restoration in calcareous soils. Science of the Total Environment. 2021, 767.

[2]Xiao D., Xiao LM., Che RX., Tan YJ., Liu X., Yang R., Zhang W*., He XY., Wang KL. Phosphorus but not nitrogen addition significantly changes diazotroph diversity and community composition in typical karst grassland soil. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 2020, 301: 106987.

[3]Ye YY, Xiao SS, Liu SJ, Zhang W*, Zhao J, Chen HS, Guggenberger G, Wang KL. Tillage induces rapid loss of organic carbon in large macroaggregates of calcareous soils. Soil & Tillage Research, 2020, 199: 104549.

[4]Xiao Dan, Xin Liu, Rong Yang, Yongjun Tan, Wei Zhang*, Xunyang He, Zhihong Xu, Kelin Wang. Nitrogen fertilizer and Amorpha fruticosa leguminous shrub diversely affect the diazotroph communities in an artificial forage grassland. Science of the Total Environment, 2020.

[5]Hu P., Xiao J., Zhang W*., Xiao LM., Yang R., Xiao D., Zhao J., Wang KL. Response of soil microbial communities to natural and managed vegetation restoration in a subtropical karst region. Catena, 2020, 195: 104849.

[6]Xiao Dan, Tan Yongjun, Liu Xin, Yang Rong, Zhang Wei*, He Xunyang, Xu Zhihong, Wang Kelin. Responses of soil diazotrophs to legume species and density in a karst grassland, southwest China. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment. 2020, 288: 106707.

[7]Xiao Dan, Yingying Ye, Shuangshuang Xiao, Wei Zhang*, Xunyang He, Na Liu, Zhihong Xu, Kelin Wang. Tillage frequency affects microbial metabolic activity and short-term changes in CO2 fluxes within 1 week in karst ecosystems. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2019, 19:3453–3462.

[8]Xiao Dan, Yongjun Tan, Xin Liu, Rong Yang, Wei Zhang*, Xunyang He, KelinWang. Effects of different legume species and densities on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities in a karst grassland ecosystem. Science of the Total Environment, 2019, 678: 551-558.

[9]Xiao Dan, Rongxiao Che, Xin Liu, Yongjun Tan, Rong Yang, Wei Zhang*, Xunyang He, Zhihong Xu, Kelin Wang. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi abundance was sensitive to nitrogen addition but diversity was sensitive to phosphorus addition in karst ecosystems. Biology and Fertility of Soils, 2019, 55: 457–469.

[10]Shuangshuang Xiao, Yingying Ye, Dan Xiao, Wurong Chen, Wei Zhang*, Kelin Wang. Effects of tillage on soil N availability, aggregate size, and microbial biomass in a subtropical karst region. Soil & Tillage Research, 2019, 192, 187-195.

[11]Peilei Hu, Wei Zhang*, Lumei Xiao, Rong Yang, Dan Xiao, Jie Zhao, Wenlin Wang, Haisheng Chen, Kelin Wang. Moss-dominated biological soil crusts modulate soil nitrogen following vegetation restoration in a subtropical karst region. Geoderma, 2019, 352, 70-79.

[12]Liu X, Zhang W*, Wu M, Ye Y Y, Wang K L, Li D J. Changes in soil nitrogen stocks following vegetation restoration in a typical karst catchment. Land Degradation & Development, 2019, 30(1): 60-72.

[13]Xiao D, Ye Y Y, Xiao S S, Zhang W*, He X Y, Wang K L. Effects of tillage on CO2 fluxes in a typical karst calcareous soil. Geoderma, 2019, 337: 191–201.

[14]Xiao D, Xiao S S, Ye Y Y, Zhang W*, He X Y, Wang K L. Microbial biomass, metabolic functional diversity, and activity are affected differently by tillage disturbance and maize planting in a typical karst calcareous soil. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2019, 19(2): 809-821.

[15]Pan F J, Liang Y M, Wang K L, Zhang W*.Responses of Fine Root Functional Traits to Soil Nutrient Limitations in a Karst Ecosystem of Southwest China. Forests, 2018, 9, 743.

[16]Hu P L, Liu S J, Ye Y Y, Zhang W*, He X Y, Su Y R, Wang K L. Soil carbon and nitrogen accumulation following agricultural abandonment in a subtropical karst region. Applied Soil Ecology, 2018, 132: 169-178.

[17]Pan F J, Zhang W*, Liang Y M, et al. Increased associated effects of topography and litter and soil nutrients on soil enzyme activities and microbial biomass along vegetation successions in karst ecosystem, southwestern China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2018, 25: 16979-16990.

[18]Hu P L, Liu S J, Ye Y Y, Zhang W*, Wang K L, Su Y R. Effects of environmental factors on soil organic carbon under natural or managed vegetation restoration. Land Degradation & Development, 2018, 29(3) :387-397.

[19]Shujuan Liua, Wei Zhang#, Kelin Wanga, Fujing Pana, Shan Yang, Shiyan Shu. Factors controlling accumulation of soil organic carbon along vegetation succession in a typical karst region in Southwest China. Science of the Total Environment, 2015, 521: 52-58.

[20]Fujing Pan, Wei Zhang#, Shujuan Liu, Dejun Li, Kelin Wang. Leaf N:P stoichiometry across plant functional groups in the karst region of southwestern China. Trees-Structure and Function, 2015, 29:883–892.

[21]Zhang W, Zhao J#, Pan F J, Li D J, Chen H S, Wang K L. Changes in nitrogen and phosphorous limitation along a karst ecosystem succession gradient in Southwest China. Plant and Soil, 2015, 391 (1-2): 77-91.

[22]Zhang W, Chen H S, Wang K L, et al. The heterogeneity and its influencing factors of soil nutrients in peak-cluster depression areas of karst region. Agricultural Sciences in China, 2007, 6(3): 101-108.

[23]Zhao J, Zhang W#, Wang K L, et al. Responses of the soil nematode community to management of hybrid napiergrass: The trade-off between positive and negative effects. Applied Soil Ecology, 2014, 75:134-144.

[24]Zhang W, Wang K L, Chen H S, et al. Ancillary information improves kriging on soil organic carbon data for a typical karst peak-cluster depression landscape. Journal of the science of food and agriculture, 2012, 92(5): 1094-1102.

[25]Zhang W, Chen H S, Wang K L, et al. The heterogeneity and its influencing factors of soil nutrients in peak-cluster depression areas of karst region. Agricultural Sciences in China, 2007, 6(3): 101-108.