Faculty

Hongsong ChenPh.D, Professor

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Phone：(86)-731-84615226

Fax：(86)-731-84612685

E-mail：hbchs@isa.ac.cn

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Dr. Chen is a Professor of soil hydrology, and is associate director of the Research Center for Regional Agro-ecology of the Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). He received his B.S. (1997) in soil and water conservation from the Northwest Agricultural University, his M.S. (2000) in soil science from the Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, CAS, and his Ph.D. (2003) in soil science from the Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, CAS and Northwest A&F University in Shaanxi, China. He joined the Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, CAS as an Associate Professor in July 2003, and then became a Professor in October 2008. Dr. Chen is interested in studying water movement in soil-plant-atmosphere continuum at the hillslope and small watershed scale. Currently, his particular interest is to understand hydrological process and plant adaptation to water stress on hillslope based on the use of stable isotope techniques as measures of water use efficiency and tracers of water. Dr. Chen is also interested in investigating the effects of land use change to soil physical and chemical properties, and understanding the interactions between vegetation growth and soil-rock environment, mostly in karst regions of southwest China.

Direction

Current project

National Basic Research Program of China (Sub-project): Service function optimization and comprehensive control for karst ecosystem (Sep. 2006 to Aug. 2011), principal participator.
The CAS Action Plan for the Development of Western China (sub-project): Pattern change and service function optimization of karst ecosystem (Jan. 2007 to Dec. 2010), Co-PI.
The Knowledge Innovation Program of the CAS (sub-project): Carbon sequestration potential and its management in karst ecosystems of southwest China (Jan. 2009 to Dec. 2011), PI.
National Natural Science Foundation of China: Soil water movement and its control on the soil-rock hillslope in the karst regions of Southwest China (Jan. 2006 to Dec. 2008), PI.
The “Western Light” Program of Talent Cultivation of the CAS: Eco-environmental effects of land use change and its optimal control in the emigrant regions of Northwest Guangxi of China (Jan. 2007 to Dec. 2009), PI.
The Knowledge Innovation Program of the CAS (sub-project): Soil water movement and its control on hillslope in red-soil hilly regions (Jul. 2005 to Jun. 2008), PI.
The Knowledge Innovation Program of the Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, CAS: Water cycle and its control in the agro-system on hillslope (Jan. 2004 to Dec. 2006), PI.

Community service

Achievements

Article

1.Luo Zidong, Lian Jinjiao, Nie Yunpeng, Zhang Wei, Wang Fa, Huang Li, Chen Hongsong*. Improving soil thickness estimations and its spatial pattern on hillslopes in karst forests along latitudinal gradients. Geoderma, 2024, 441: 116749.

2.Luo Zidong, Nie Yunpeng, Chen Hongsong*, Guan Huade, Zhang Xinping, Wang Kelin. Water age dynamics in plant transpiration: the effects of climate patterns and rooting depth. Water Resources Research, 2023, 59: e2022WR033566.

3.Luo Zidong, Wang Dizhou, Nie Yunpeng, Guan Huade, Dai Junjie, Zhang Xinping, Chen Hongsong*. Spatiotemporal patterns of soil water replenishment and their seasonal origins in a subtropical red soil critical zone. Journal of Hydrology, 2023, 627: 130392.

4.Zhang Jun, Wang Zhongyun, Zhuang Daoheng, Fu Zhiyong, Wang Kelin, Chen Hongsong*. Evaluating the hydrological function of vegetation restoration in fragile karst area: Insights from the continuous surface and subsurface runoff monitoring. Soil & Tillage Research, 2023, 234: 105847.

5.Zhang Jun, Chen Hongsong*, Fu Zhiyong, Wang Fa, Wang Kelin. Towards hydrological connectivity in the karst hillslope critical zone: Insight from using water isotope signals. Journal of Hydrology, 2023, 617: 128926.

6.Liu Wenna, Nie Yunpeng, Luo Zidong, Wang Zhongyun, Huang Li, He Fei, Chen Hongsong*. Transpiration rates decline under limited moisture supply along hillslopes in a humid karst terrain. Science of the Total Environment, 2023, 894: 164977.

7.Liu Yeye, Lian Jinjiao, Chen Hongsong*. Assessment of the restoration potential for ecological sustainability in the Xijiang River basin, Southwest China: A comparative analysis of karst and non-karst areas. Science of the total environmental, 2023, 168929.

8.Zhang Jun, Wang Sheng, Fu Zhiyong, Chen Hongsong*, Wang Kelin. Soil thickness controls the rainfall-runoff relationship at the karst xhillslope critical zone in southwest China, Journal of Hydrology, 2022, 609:127779.

9.Liu Yeye, Lian Jinjiao*, Luo Zidong, Chen Hongsong*. Spatiotemporal variations in evapotranspiration and transpiration fraction following changes in climate and vegetation in a karst basin of southwest China, Journal of Hydrology, 2022, 612:128216.

10.Luo Zidong, Nie Yunpeng, Guan Huade, Chen Hongsong*, Zhang Xinping, Wang Kelin. Widespread root-zone water bypass for various climates and species: Implications for the ecohydrological separation understanding[J]. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 2022,324:109107.

11.Ding Yali, Nie Yunpeng*, Chen Hongsong*, Wang Kelin, Querejeta José I. Water uptake depth is coordinated with leaf water potential, water use efficiency and drought vulnerability in karst vegetation. New Phytologist, 2021, 229(3): 1339-1353.

12.Wang Miaomiao, Chen Hongsong*, Zhang Wei, Wang Kelin. Soil organic carbon stock and its changes in a typical karst area from 1983 to 2015. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2021, 21(1): 42-51.

13.Zhang Jun, Chen Hongsong*, Fu Zhiyong, Wang Kelin. Effects of vegetation restoration on soil properties along an elevation gradient in the karst region of southwest China. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, 2021, 320:107572.

14.Luo Zidong, Nie Yunpeng, Ding Yali, Chen Hongsong*. Replenishment and mean residence time of root-zone water for woody plants growing on rocky outcrops in a subtropical karst critical zone. Journal of Hydrology, 2021,603:127136

15.Liu Wenna, Chen Hongsong, Zou Qiaoyun, Nie Yunpeng*. Divergent root water uptake depth and coordinated hydraulic traits among typical karst plantations of subtropical China: Implication for plant water adaptation under precipitation changes, Agricultural Water Management, 2021, 249:106798.

16.Feng Teng, Chen Hongsong*, Wang Kelin, Nie Yunpeng, Zhang Xinbao; Mo Hongwei. Assessment of underground soil loss via the tapering grikes on limestone hillslopes[J]. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 2020, 297: 106935.

17.Lian Jinjiao, Chen Hongsong*, Wang Fa, Nie Yunpeng, Wang Kelin. Separating the relative contributions of climate change and ecological restoration to runoff change in a mesoscale karst basin[J]. Catena, 2020, 194: 104705.

18.Wang Fa, Chen Hongsong*, Lian Jinjiao, Fu Zhiyong, Nie Yunpeng. Hydrological response of karst stream to precipitation variation recognized through the quantitative separation of runoff components[J]. Science of the Total Environment, 2020, 748 (15): 142483.

19.Wang Fa, Chen Hongsong*, Lian Jinjiao, Fu Zhiyong, Nie Yunpeng. Seasonal recharge of spring and stream waters in a karst catchment revealed by isotopic and hydrochemical analyses[J]. Journal of Hydrology, 2020, 591: 125595.

20.Nie Yunpeng, Chen Hongsong*, Ding Yali, Zou Qiaoyun, Ma Xingyu, Wang Kelin. Qualitative identification of hydrologically different water sources used by plants in rock-dominated environments. Journal of Hydrology, 2019, 573: 386-394.

21.Nie Yunpeng, Ding Yali, Zhang Huiling, Chen Hongsong*. Comparison of woody species composition between rocky outcrops and nearby matrix vegetation on degraded karst hillslopes of Southwest China. Journal of Forest Research, 2019, 30(3): 911-920.

22.Wang Miaomiao, Chen Hongsong*, Zhang Wei, Wang Kelin. Influencing factors on soil nutrients at different scales in a karst area. Catena, 2019, 175: 411-420.

23.Yang Jing, Chen Hongsong*, Nie Yunpeng, Wang Kelin. Dynamic variations in profile soil water on karst hillslopes in Southwest China. Catena, 2019, 172: 655-663.

24.Ding Yali, Nie Yunpeng, Schwinning Susanne, Chen Hongsong*, Yang Jing, Zhang Wei, Wang Kelin. A novel approach for estimating groundwater use by plants in rock-dominated habitats. Journal of Hydrology, 2018, 565: 760-769.

25.Nie Yunpeng, Chen Hongsong*, Ding Yali, Wang Kelin.Water source segregation along successional stages in a degraded karst region of subtropical China. Journal of Vegetation Science, 2018, 29(5): 933-942.

26.Wang Fa, Chen Hongsong*, Lian Jinjiao, Fu Zhiyong, Nie Yunpeng. Preferential flow in different soil architectures of a small karst catchment. Vadose Zone Journal, 2018, 17(1):180107.

27.Wang Miaomiao, Chen Hongsong*, Zhang Wei, Wang Kelin. Soil nutrients and stoichiometric ratios as affected by land use and lithology at county scale in a karst area, southwest China. Science of the Total Environment, 2018, 619-620: 1299-1307.

28.Chen Hongsong*, Hu Ke, Nie Yunpeng, Wang Kelin. Analysis of soil water movement inside a footslope and a depression in a karst catchment, Southwest China. Scientific Reports, 2017, 7: 2544.

29.Nie Yunpeng, Chen Hongsong*, Ding Yali, Yang Jing, Wang Kelin. Comparison of rooting strategies to explore rock fractures for shallow soil-adapted tree species with contrasting aboveground growth rates: a greenhouse microcosm experiment. Front. Plant Sci. 2017, 8: 1651.

30.Feng Teng, Chen Hongsong*, Polyakov V.O., Wang Keli, Zhang Xinbao, Zhang Wei. Soil erosion rates in two karst peak-cluster depression basins of northwest Guangxi, China: Comparison of the RUSLE model with 137Cs measurements. Geomorphology, 2016, 253: 217-224.

31.Fu Tonggang, Chen Hongsong*, Wang Kelin. Structure and water storage capacity of a small karst aquifer based on stream discharge in southwest China. Journal of Hydrology, 2016, 534: 50-62.

32.Fu Zhiyong, Chen Hongsong*, Qinxue Xu, Jintian Jia, Sheng Wang, Kelin Wang. Role of epikarst in near-surface hydrological processes in a soil mantled subtropical dolomite karst slope: implications of field rainfall simulation experiments. Hydrological Processes, 2016, 30(5): 795-811.

33.Wang Sheng, Chen Hongsong*, Fu Zhiyong, Wang Kelin. Temporal stability analysis of surface soil water content on two karst hillslopes in southwest China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2016, 23: 25267-25279.

34.Yang Jing, Chen Hongsong*, Nie Yunpeng, Zhang Wei, Wang Kelin. Spatial variability of shallow soil moisture and its stable isotope values on a karst hillslope. Geoderma, 2016, 264: 61-70.

35.Yang Jing, Nie Yunpeng, Chen Hongsong*, Wang Sheng, Wang Kelin. Hydraulic properties of karst fractures filled with soils and regolith materials: Implication for their ecohydrological functions. Geoderma, 2016, 276: 93-101.

36.Fu Tonggang, Chen Hongsong*, Zhang Wei, Nie Yunpeng, Gao Peng, Wang Kelin. Spatial variability of surface soil saturated hydraulic conductivity in a small karst catchment of southwest China. Environmental Earth Sciences, 2015, 74(3): 2381-2391.

37.Fu Zhiyong, Chen Hongsong*, Wei Zhang, Qinxue Xu, Sheng Wang, Kelin Wang. Subsurface flow in a soil-mantled subtropical dolomite karst slope: A field rainfall simulation study. Geomorphology, 2015, 250: 1-14.

38.Feng Teng, Chen Hongsong*, Wang Kelin, Zhang Wei, Qi Xiangkun. Modeling soil erosion using a spatially distributed model in a karst catchment of northwest Guangxi, China. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 2014, 39(15): 2121-2130.

39.Nie Yunpeng, Chen Hongsong*, Wang Kelin, Ding Yali. Rooting characteristics of two widely distributed woody plant species growing in different karst habitats of southwest China. Plant Ecology, 2014, 215(10):1099-1109.

40.Chen Hongsong*, Liu Jianwei, Zhang Wei, Wang Kelin. Soil hydraulic properties on the steep karst hillslopes in northwest Guangxi, China. Environmental Earth Sciences, 2012, 66(1): 371-379.

41.Chen Hongsong*, Zhang Wei, Wang Kelin, Hou Ya. Soil organic carbon and total nitrogen as affected by land use types in karst and non-karst areas of northwest Guangxi, China. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 2012, 92(5): 1086-1093.

42.Nie Yunpeng, Chen Hongsong*, Wang Kelin, Yang Jing. Water source utilization by woody plants growing on dolomite outcrops and nearby soils during dry seasons in karst region of Southwest China. Journal of Hydrology, 2012, 420-421: 264-274.

43.Zhang Wei, Wang Kelin, Chen Hongsong*, He Xunyang, Zhang Jiguang. 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.

44.Chen Hongsong*, Liu Jianwei, Wang Kelin, Zhang Wei. Spatial distribution of rock fragments on steep hillslopes in karst region of northwest Guangxi, China. Catena, 2011, 84(1-2): 21-28.

45.Nie Yunpeng, Chen Hongsong*, Wang Kelin, Tan Wei, Deng Pengyan, Yang Jing. Seasonal water use patterns of woody species growing on the continuous dolostone outcrops and nearby thin soils in subtropical China. Plant and Soil, 2011, 341(1-2): 399-412.

46.Chen Hongsong*, Zhang Wei, Wang Kelin, Fu Wei. Soil moisture dynamics under different land uses on karst hillslope in northwest Guangxi, China. Environmental Earth Science, 2010, 61(6):1105-1111.

47.Chen Hongsong*, Shao Mingan, Li Yuyuan. Soil desiccation in the Loess Plateau of China. Geoderma, 2008, 143(1-2): 91-100.

48.Chen Honsong*, Shao Mingan, Li Yuyuan. The characteristics of soil water cycle and water balance on steep grassland under natural and simulated rainfall conditions in the Loess Plateau of China. Journal of Hydrology, 2008, 360(1-4): 242-251.