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Associate Professor Yongwang Zhang

  • Position: Associate Professor of Professional Studies
  • Areas of expertise: soil hydrology; soil carbon; soil nutrients; plant interactions.
  • Email: Y.Zhang16@leeds.ac.uk
  • Location: 10.14 Garstang

Profile

EXPERIENCE

2006-2010

Bachelor in Agronomy

College of Horticulture, Northwest A & F University, China

2010-2013

Master in Germplasm resources (Pomology)

College of Horticulture, Northwest A & F University, China

2014-2017

PhD in Ecology

Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, CAS, China

2017-2020

Lecturer in Ecology, Yan’an University, China

2020-

Associate Professor in Ecology, Yan’an University, China

 

Research interests

RESEARCH

Selected Projects

2021-2023  Shaanxi Provincial Department of Education serving the local Special Plan Project (21JC036): The demonstration and promotion of the quality and efficiency of late ripe sweet cherries in Yan'an area, Project leader (RMB 100,000).

2020-2022  Youth Science and Technology Rising Star Project (2020KJXX-009): Research on the soil water resources balance mechanism on the Loess Plateau, Project leader (RMB 200,000).

2019-2021  Natural Science Foundation of China (41807520): Study on the interactive regulation of soil hydrothermal coupling and water reserving and holding capacity of different vegetation types in Loess Hilly region, Project leader (RMB 250,000).

2018-2019  Shaanxi Provincial Natural Science Foundation Research Plan (2018JQ3074): Research on storage of precipitation and the water supply capacity to the ecosystem on the Loess Plateau, Project leader (RMB 30,000).

Selected Articles

  1. Zhang, Y. W., Shangguan, Z. P., 2016. The change of soil water storage in three land use types after 10 years on the Loess Plateau. Catena, 147, 87-95.
  2. Zhang, Y. W., Deng, L., Yan, W. M., Shangguan, Z. P., 2016. Interaction of soil water storage dynamics and long-term natural vegetation succession on the Loess Plateau, China. Catena, 137, 52–60.
  3. Zhang, Y. W., Shangguan, Z. P., 2016. The coupling interaction of soil water and organic carbon storage in the long vegetation restoration on the Loess Plateau. Ecological Engineering, 91, 574-581.
  4. Zhang, Y. W., Shangguan, Z. P., 2018. Interaction of soil water storage and stoichiometrical characteristics in the long-term natural vegetation succession on the Loess Plateau. Ecological Engineering, 116, 7–13.
  5. Zhang, Y. W., Wang, K. B., Wang, J., Liu, C., Shangguan, Z. P., 2021. Changes in soil water holding capacity and water availability following vegetation restoration on the Chinese Loess Plateau. Scientific Reports, 11(1).
  6. Deng, L., Yan, W.M., Zhang, Y.W., Shangguan, Z.P., 2016. Severe depletion of soil moisture following land-use changes for ecological restoration: evidence from northern china. Forest Ecology & Management, 366, 1-10.
  7. Li S.L., Zhang, Y.W., Yan, W.M., Shangguan, Z.P., 2018. Effect of biochar application method on nitrogen leaching and hydraulic conductivity in a silty clay soil. Soil & Tillage Research, 183, 100-108.
  8. Wang K.B., Zhang, Y.W., Tang Z.S., Shangguan, Z.P., 2019. Effects of grassland afforestation on structure and function of soilbacterial and fungal communities. Science of the Total Environment, 676,396-406
  9. Fang, C.H., Zhou, K.Y., Zhang, Y.W., Li, B.Z., Han, M.Y., 2016. Effect of root pruning and nitrogen fertilization on growth of young ‘Fuji’ apple (malus domestica borkh.) trees. Journal of Plant Nutrition.

EXPERTISE

Soil hydrology, land management impacts, soil processes

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Research groups and institutes

  • water@leeds
  • River Basin Processes and Management