1. Personal details

· Surname: Cao,

· First names: Yang

· Email: yang.cao@nwsuaf.edu.cn

· Data of birth: 20, August, 1977

· Mobile:+86 15389245368

· Current position: Associate researcher

· Major research area: forest ecology

· Researcher ID: A-8210-2010

· Address: Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Northwest A&F University, No.26 Xinong Road, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China.

2. Educational background

· 2011-08-30, Doctor of Science (Agriculture and Forestry), PhD Dissertation: “Biomass production and control of nutrient leaching of willows using different planting methods with special emphasis on an appraisal of the electrical impedance for roots.” School of Forest Sciences, Faculty of Science and Forestry, University of Eastern Finland.

· 2006-06-30, Master degree of Agriculture, College of Forestry, Northwest A&F University, P. R. China

· 2002-07-01, Bachelor degree of Agriculture, College of Forestry, Northwest A&F University, P. R. China

3. Research Projects

· 2020-2023, the National Nature Science Foundation of China: The coordinate mechanisms of interspecies nutrients in mixed Black locust and Seabuekthorn plantations in the loess hilly region, Project leader

· 2017-2020, National Key R&D Program of China: Key technologies and demonstration of improvement of vegetation functions and mountain orchard management in the loess hilly-gully region, Sub-Project leader

· 2016-2020, National Key R&D Program of China: Key technologies and demonstration of plantation landscape management in the gully area of Loess Plateau, Sub-Project leader

· 2018-2020, CAS “Light of West China” Program: Regulation mechanism of thinning on structure and function of plantation, Project leader

4. Research output

（1） Meng Chen, Xu Zhang, Ming Li, Juanjuan Zhang, Yang Cao. 2021. Climate-growth pattern of Pinus tabulaeformis plantations and their resilience to drought events in the Loess Platea, Forest Ecology and Management,499:119642

（2） Yang Cao, Yanan Li, Guangqi Zhang, Jing Zhang, Meng Chen. 2020. Fine root C:N:P stoichiometry and its driving factors across forest ecosystems in northwestern China, Science of The Total Environment ,737: 140299.

（3） Jing Zhang, Mei Qu, Cheng Wang, Jun Zhao, Yang Cao. 2020. Quantifying landscape pattern and ecosystem service value changes: a case study at the county level in the Chinese loess plateau. Global Ecology and Conservation, e01110.

（4） Xiankun Li, Yanan Li , Jing Zhang, Shouzhang Peng, Yunming Chen , Yang Cao. 2020. The effects of forest thinning on understory diversity in China: A meta-analysis. Land Degradation and Development, 31: 1225-1240.

（5） Xiankun Li, Yanan Li, Shouzhang Peng, Yunming Chen, Yang Cao. 2019. Changes in soil phosphorus and its influencing factors following afforestation in Northern China. Land Degradation and Development, 30:1655-1666.

（6） Yang Cao, Yanan Li, Yunming Chen. 2018. Non-structural carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus between black locust and chinese pine plantations along a precipitation gradient on the Loess Plateau, China, Trees, 32:835-846.

（7） Yang Cao, Ping Zhang, Yunming Chen. 2018. Soil C:N:P stoichiometry in plantations of N-fixing black locust and indigenous pine, and secondary oak forests in Northwest China, Journal of Soils and Sediments, 18:1478-1489.

（8） Guangqi Zhang, Ping Zhang, Yang Cao. 2018. Ecosystem carbon and nitrogen storage following farmland afforestation with black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) on the Loess Plateau, China[J]. Journal of Forestry Research, 29(3):761-771.

（9） Yang Cao, Yunming Chen. 2017. Ecosystem C: N: P stoichiometry and carbon storage in plantations and a secondary forest on the Loess Plateau, China, Ecological Engineering, 105: 125-132.

（10） Yang Cao, Yunming Chen. 2017. Coupling of plant and soil C: N: P stoichiometry in black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) plantations on the Loess Plateau, China, Trees, 31(5): 1559-1570.