Personal
Born November 8, 1983 in Bazhong, Sichuan, China.
Research Area
Effects of Nitrogen deposition on herb and microbial activity in desert ecosystem.
Nitrogen cycle in arid land
2017 “First Prize for Scientific and Technological Progress in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region”, Rank the second
2015 member of “Youth Innovation Promotion Association CAS”
Academic Research Experience
2016.5~2016.8 Visiting scholar in Fernando Maestre lab, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain.
2014.5~ 2015.5 Visiting scholar in Ferran Garcia-Pichel lab, Arizona State University.
2012~present Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Research grant
2020~2023 National Natural Science Foundation of China
Title: N2O dynamics and production pathways of different biological soil crust types in temperate desert
Role: program director
2018-2020 Tianshan Innovation Team, Xinjiang
Role: program director
2015~2018 Youth Innovation Promotion Association CAS
Role: program director
2015~2018 West Light Foundation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Title: Nutrient dynamic and plant diversity on desert-oasis ecotone of South Xinjiang
Role: program director
2015~2018 National Natural Science Foundation of China
Title: Differences in nitrogen compsition and transforming process among three biological soil crusts in Gurbangtunggut Desert
Role: program director
2011~2013 National Natural Science Foundation of China
Title: Effects of simulated N deposition on herbaceous community’s composition and biomass allocation in Gurbantunggut Desert
Role: program director
2009~2013 National Basic Research Program
Title: Carbon cycle in saline-alkali soils of arid areas and its relationships with global change
Role: plant species diversity investigation and biomass measurement
2010~2012 Key Knowledge Innovation Project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Title: Restoration mechanism and technology based on biological soil crusts in desert ecosystem.
Role: microbial activity analysis
Membership
Member of Xinjiang Botanical Society
Member of Xinjiang Society of Microbiology
Presentations
2019 Non-synchronous dynamics of different nitrogen forms in biocrust. Biocrust 4, International Workshop On Biological Soil Crusts, Brisbane, Australia
2016 Adaptability of moss Syntrichia caninervis in different microhabitats(shrub). Biocrust 3, International Workshop On Biological Soil Crusts, MOAB, U.S.
Publications
1. Zhou Xiaobing, Zhao Yunge, Belnap Jayne, Zhang Bingchang, Bu Chongfeng, Zhang Yuanming, Practices of biological soil crust rehabilitation in china: experiences and challenges. Restoration Ecology, 2020. n/a(n/a).
2. Zhou Xiaobing, TaoYe, Yin Benfeng, Tucker Colin, Zhang Yuanming. Nitrogen pools in soil covered by biological soil crusts of different successional stages in a temperate desert in Central Asia. Geoderma, 2020, 366: 114166.
3. Zhou Xiaobing, Yue Ping, Cui Xiaoqing, Tao Ye, Zhang Yuanming, Liu Xuejun (2020) Impacts of Nitrogen Deposition on China’s Desert Ecosystems. In: Liu X, Du E (eds) Atmospheric Reactive Nitrogen in China: Emission, Deposition and Environmental Impacts. Springer Singapore, Singapore, pp 245-261. doi:10.1007/978-981-13-8514-8_11
4. Zhou Xiaobing, Lv Xiangfang, Tao Ye, Wu Lin, Havrilla Caroline, Zhang Yuanming. Divergent responses of nitrous oxide, methane and carbon dioxide exchange to pulses of nitrogen addition in a desert in Central Asia. CATENA, 2019, 173: 29-37
5. Zhou Xiaobing, Bowker Matthew, Tao Ye, Wu Lin, Zhang Yuanming. Chronic nitrogen addition induces a cascade of plant community responses with both seasonal and progressive dynamics. The Science of the Total Environment, 2018, 626: 99-108
6. Zhou Xiaobing, Smith Hilda, Silva Ana Giraldo, Belnap Jayne, Garcia-Pichel Ferran (2016) Differential responses of dinitrogen fixation, diazotrophic cyanobacteria and ammonia oxidation reveal a potential warming-induced imbalance of the N-Cycle in Biological Soil Crusts. PLoS One 11(10):
7. Zhou Xiaobing, Zhang Yuanming, Yin Benfeng. Divergence in physiological responses between cyanobacterial and lichen crusts to a gradient of simulated nitrogen deposition. Plant and Soil, 2016, 399(1-2), 121-134. DOI 10.1007/s11104-015-2687-y
8. Zhou Xiaobing, Zhang Yuanming, Karl Niklas. Sensitivity of growth and biomass allocation patterns to increasing nitrogen: a comparison between ephemerals and annuals in the Gurbantunggut Desert, Northwestern China. Annals of Botany, 2014, 113,501-511.
9. Zhou Xiaobing, Zhang Yuanming, Season and nitrogen effects on activities of three hydrolytic enzymes in soils of Gurbantunggut Desert, Northewest China. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, 2014, 45(12), 1699-1713. DOI:10.1080/ 00103624.2014.907916.
10. Zhou Xiaobing, Zhang Yuanming, Seasonal pattern of soil respiration and gradual changing effects of nitrogen addition in a soil of the Gurbantunggut Desert, Northwestern China. Atmospheric Environment, 2014，85(3),187-194.
11. Zhou Xiaobing, Zhang Yuanming. Temporal dynamics of soil oxidative enzyme activity across a simulated gradient of nitrogen deposition in the Gurbantunggut Desert, Northwestern China. Geoderma, 2014, 213, 261-267.
12. Zhou Xiaobing, Zhang Yuanming, Alison Downing. Non-linear response of microbial activity across a gradient of nitrogen addition to a soil from the Gurbantunggut Desert, northwestern China. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 2012, 47, 67-77.
13. Liu Xuejun, Duan Lei, Mo Jiangming, Du Enzai , Shen Jianlin, Lu Xiankai, Zhang Ying, Zhou Xiaobing, He Chune, Zhang Fusuo. Nitrogen deposition and its ecological impact in China: An overview. Environmental Pollution, 2011, 159, 2251-2264 (All the co-authors contributed equally to this work).
14. Zhou Xiaobing, Zhang Yuanming, Ji Xuehua, Alison Downing, Marcelo Serpe. Combined effects of nitrogen deposition and water stress on growth and physiological responses of two annual desert plants in northwestern China. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 2011, 74, 1-8.
15. Zhang Yuanming, Zhou Xiaobing, Yin Benfeng, Downing Alison. Sensitivity of the xerophytic moss Syntrichia caninervis to prolonged simulated nitrogen deposition. Annals of Botany, 2016, 117(7): 1153-1161
16. Zhang BingChang, Zhou XiaoBing, Zhang YuanMing. Responses of microbial activities and soil physical-chemical properties to the successional process of biological soil crusts in the Gurbantunggut Desert, Xinjiang. Journal of Arid Land, 2015; 7(1). DOI:10.1007/s40333-014-0035-3 ·
17. XueHua Ji, Yuan Ming Zhang, Ye Tao, XiaoBing Zhou. Size Effects on Water Characteristic of Moss Crust in the Gurbantunggut Desert, Northwestern China. International journal of plant research 01/2014; 27(2):77. DOI:10.5958/2229-4473.2014.00017.2
18. Zhang Jing, Zhang Yuanming, Alison Downing, Cheng Junhui, Zhou Xiaobing, Zhang Bingchang. The influence of biological soil crusts on dew deposition in Gurbantunggut Desert, Northwestern China. Journal of Hydrology, 2009, 379, 220–228.
