１.Personal Information
Wei Xiaorong
Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Northwest A&F University
Xinong Road 26#, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China
Email: xrwei78@163.com
2. Experience
2015.1- Professor, Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Northwest A&F University
2015.3-2017.1 Visiting scholar, Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota
2011.1-2014.12 Associate Professor, Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Northwest A&F University
2010.5-2011.4 Visiting scholar, Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota
2007.7-2010.12 Assistant Professor, Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Northwest A&F University
2007.7 Ph.D. Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, in Material cycles in soils. Dissertation: The distribution and transport of micronutrients in soils of a watershed in the loess gully region.
2004.7 M.S. Northwest A&F University, in Soil chemistry and plant nutrition. Thesis: Effects of long-term fixed experiment on the chemical characteristics of zinc, copper, manganese, and iron in dry land soils.
2001.7 B.S. Northwest A&F University, in Agro-environmental Protection.
3. Research Interest
Soil biogeochemistry; distribution, transport and nutrients cycling of organic carbon and nutrients in erosion areas.
4. Research Projects
Key research project of Frontier Science of Chinese Academy of Science (No. QYZDB-SSW-DQC039), 2017/05-2021/12, Soil erosion and carbon and nitrogen transport in small catchment, PI
National Natural Science Foundation of China for Excellent Young Scholars (No. 41622105), 2017/01-2019/12, Soil organic carbon and nitrogen processes in the Loess Plateau, PI
National Key Research and Development Program (No. 2016YFC0500704), 2016/07-2020/12, Regulation and demonstration of erosion grassland in Ningxia and Shaanxi Province, PI
National Natural Science Foundation of China for International Cooperation and Exchange (No. 41571130082), 2016/01-2019/12, Mineralization and transport of soil organic carbon and nitrogen in erosion environment, Co-PI
National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 41571296), 2016/01-2019/12, The stability and sources of soil organic carbon in abandoned farmland in the Loess Plateau, PI
5. Selected Publication:
Up to now, I have published more than 50 papers in international journals. Among these papers, 30 were published as first or corresponding author. Here are some selected publications.
Wei X, Reich PB, Sarah HE, Kazanski C. Disentangling species and functional group richness effects on soil N cycling in a grassland ecosystem. Global Change Biology, 2017, 23: 4717-4727
Wei X, Wang X, Ma T, Huang L, Pu Q, Hao M, Zhang X. Distribution and mineralization of organic carbon and nitrogen in forest soils of the southern Tibetan Plateau. Catena, 2017,156: 298-304
Wei X, Sendall KM, Stefanski A, Zhao C, Hou J, Rich RL, Montgomery RA, Reich PB. Consistent leaf respiratory response to experimental warming of three North American deciduous trees: a comparison across seasons, years, habitats, and sites. Tree Physiology, 2017, 37: 285-300
Wei X, Ma T, Wang Y, Wei Y, Hao M, Shao M, Zhang X. Long-term fertilization increases the temperature sensitivity of OC mineralization in soil aggregates of a highland agroecosystem. Geoderma, 2016, 272: 1-9
Wei X, Zhang Y, Liu J, Gao H, Fan J, Jia X, Cheng J, Shao M, Zhang X. Response of soil CO2 efflux to precipitation manipulation in a semiarid grassland. Journal of Environmental Science, 2016, 45: 207-214
Reich P, Sendall K, Stefanski A, Wei X, Rich R, Montgomery R. Boreal and temperate trees show strong respiratory acclimation to experimental and seasonal warming. Nature, 2016, 531(7596): 633-636
Yang X, Zhang Q, Li X, Jia X, Wei X, Shao M. Determination of soil texture by laser diffraction method. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 2015, 79: 1556-1566
Qiu L, Wei X, Ma T, Wei Y, Horton R, Zhang X, Cheng J. Effects of land-use change on soil organic carbon and nitrogen in density fractions and soil δ13C and δ15N in semiarid grasslands. Plant and Soil, 2015, 390: 419-430
Qiu L, Wei X, Gao J, Zhang X. Dynamics of soil aggregate-associated organic carbon along an afforestation chronosequence. Plant and Soil, 2015, 391: 237-251
Wei X, Shao M, Du L, Horton R. Humic acid transport in saturated porous media: Influence of flow velocity and influent concentration. Journal of Environmental Sciences, 2014, 26: 2554-2561
Wei X, Huang L, Xiang Y, Shao M, Zhang X, Gale W. The dynamics of soil OC and N after conversion of forest to cropland. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 2014, 194: 188-196
Wei X, Shao M, Gale W, Li L. Global pattern of soil carbon losses due to the conversion of forest to agricultural land. Scientific Reports, 2014, 4: 4062
Wei X, Li X, Jia X, Shao M. Accumulation of soil organic carbon in aggregates after afforestation on abandoned farmland. Biology and Fertility of Soils, 2013, 49: 637-646
Wei X, Shao M, Gale W, Zhang X, Li L. Dynamics of aggregate-associated organic carbon following conversion of forest to cropland. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 2013, 57: 876-883
Qiu L, Wei X, Li L. Nutrient stoichiometry of three plant species under a natural nutrient gradient of a semiarid small watershed. Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section B - Plant Soil Science, 2013, 63: 231-240
Qiu L, Wei X, Zhang X, Cheng J. Ecosystem carbon and nitrogen accumulation after grazing exclusion in semiarid grassland. PLoS ONE, 2013, 8: e55433
Wei X, Huang M, Shao M, Li L, Zhang X, Horton R. Shrubs increase soil resources heterogeneity along semiarid grass slopes in the Loess Plateau. Journal of Arid Environments, 2013, 88: 175-183
Wei X, Qiu L, Shao M, Zhang X, Gale W. The accumulation of organic carbon in mineral soils by afforestation in abandoned farmland. PLoS ONE, 2012, 7: e32054
Qiu L, Wei X, Zhang X, Cheng J, Gale W, Guo C, Long T. Soil organic carbon losses due to land use change in a semiarid grassland. Plant and Soil, 2012, 355: 299-309
Jia X, Wei X, Shao M. Distribution of soil carbon and nitrogen along a revegetational succession on the Loess Plateau of China. Catena, 2012, 95: 160-168
Wei X, Shao M, Shao H, Gao J. Fractions and bioavailability of soil inorganic phosphorus in the Loess Plateau of China under different vegetations. Acta Geologica Sinica-English Edition, 2011, 85: 263-270
Wei X, Shao M, Fu X, Ågren G, Yin X. The effects of land use on soil N mineralization during the growing season on the northern Loess Plateau of China. Geoderma, 2011, 160: 590-598
Wei X, Hao M, Xue X, Shi P, Horton R, Wang A, Zang Y. Nitrous oxide emission from highland winter wheat field after long-term fertilization. Biogeosciences, 2010, 7: 3301-3310
Wei X, Shao M, Zhuang J, Horton R. Soil iron fractionation and availability at selected landscape positions in a loessial gully region of northwestern China. Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 2010, 56: 617-626
Wei X, Shao M, Fu X, Horton R. Changes in soil organic carbon and total nitrogen after 28 years grassland afforestation: Effects of tree species, slope position, and soil order. Plant and Soil, 2010., 331: 165-179
Wei X, Shao M, Horton R, Han X. Humic acid transport in water saturated porous media. Environmental Modeling and Assessment, 2010, 15: 56-63
Wei X, Shao M, Fu X, Horton R, Li Y, Zhang X. Distribution of soil organic C, N and P in three adjacent land use patterns in the northern Loess Plateau, China. Biogeochemistry, 2009, 96: 149-162
Wei X, Shao M, Zhang X, Shao H. Landform affects on profile distribution of soil properties in black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) land in loessial gully region of the Chinese Loess Plateau and its implications for vegetation restoration. African Journal of Biotechnology, 2009, 8: 2984-2992
Wei X, Hao M, Shao M. Copper fertilizer effects on copper distribution and vertical transport in soils. Geoderma, 2007, 138: 213-220
Wei X, Hao M, Shao M, Gale W. Changes in soil properties and the availability of soil micronutrients after 18 years of cropping and fertilization. Soil & Tillage Research, 2006, 91: 120-130
