Xiaofeng Chang

　　 　　

Xiaofeng Chang, Ph D, Associate Professor

Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Northwest A&F University

E-mail: changxf@nwafu.edu.cn

Education:

2003/09-2007/07 College of Grassland Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, B.A.

2007/09-2012/07 Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Science (CAS), Ph.D.

Work Experience

2012/07-2016/12 Assistant Professor, Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Northwest A&F University,

2017/01-  Associate Professor, Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Northwest A&F University

Research Interests:

Research interests: restoration ecology; grassland ecology; agro-pastoral ecosystem

Grants:

Project director:

(1) Soil carbon sequestration and its stabilization mechanism of fenced grasslands on the Loess Plateau (41303062), National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2014/01-2016/12

(2) Land use change and management effects on soil organic carbon on the Loess Plateau, West Light Foundation of the Chinese Academy of Science, 2013/01-2015/12

(3) Mechanism of soil carbon sequestration under the long-term restored grassland, the Fundamental Research Fund for Central Universities, 2014/01-2016/12

Publications:

Refereed journal articles: 

[1] Qinglin Chai, Zhanying Ma, Qiqi An, Gao-Lin Wu, Xiaofeng Chang, Jiyong Zheng, Guojie Wang, Does Caragana korshinskii plantation increase soil carbon continuously in a water-limited landscape on the Loess Plateau, China? Land Degradation & Development, 2019, 30: 1691-1698

[2] Qinglin Chai, Zhanying Ma, Xiaofeng Chang, Gao-Lin Wu, Jiyong Zheng, Zhongwu Li, Guojie Wang, Optimizing management to conserve plant diversity and soil carbon stock of semi-arid grasslands on the Loess Plateau, Catena, 2019, 172: 781-788

[3] Gao-Lin Wu, Ze Huang, Yi-Fan Liu, Zeng Cui, Yu Liu, Xiaofeng Chang, Fu-Ping Tian, López-Vicente Manuel, Zhi-Hua Shi, Soil water response of plant functional groups along an artificial legume grassland succession under semi-arid conditions, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 2019, 278, 107670. DOI: org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2019.107670

[4] Xiaofeng Chang, Qinglin Chai, Gao-Lin Wu, Yuanjun Zhu, Zhongwu Li, Yanfen Yang, Guojie Wang, Soil organic carbon accumulation in abandoned croplands on the Loess Plateau, Land Degradation & Development, 2017, 28: 1519-1527

[5] Xiaofeng Chang, Xiaoying Bao, Shiping Wang, Xiaoxue Zhu, Caiyun Luo, Zhenhua Zhang, Andreas Wilkes, Exploring effective sampling design for monitoring soil organic carbon in degraded Tibetan grasslands, Journal of Environmental Management, 2016, 173: 121-126

[6] Xiaofeng Chang, Xiaoying Bao, Shiping Wang, Andreas Wilkes, Baasandai Erdenetsetseg, Batkhishig Baival, Danzan-osor Avaadorj, Temuujin Maisaikhan, Bolormaa Damdinsuren, Simulating effects of grazing on soil organic carbon stocks in Mongolian grasslands, Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 2015, 212: 278-284

[7] Xiaofeng Chang, Xiaoxue Zhu, Shiping Wang, Shujuan Cui, Caiyun Luo, Zhenhua Zhang, Andreas Wilkes, Impacts of management practices on soil organic carbon in degraded alpine meadows on the Tibetan Plateau, Biogeosciences, 2014, 11: 3495-3503

[8] Xiaofeng Chang, Shiping Wang, Caiyun Luo, Zhenhua Zhang, Jichuang Duan, Xiaoxue Zhu, Qiaoyan Lin, Burenbayin Xu, Responses of soil microbial respiration to thermal stress in alpine steppe on the Tibetan plateau, European Journal of Soil Science, 2012, 63: 325-331