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• 1. Yu Z, Zhang K^*, Zeng X, Cheng X, Zhang Y, Wang X, Sun J, Chen L, Liu F, Zhang Q. 2026. Consequences of agricultural deforestation and subsequent afforestation on soil biodiversity and ecosystem multifunctionality. Nature Communications, 17: 8747.
  2. Li X, Yu Z, He T, Zhang K^*. 2026. Seeding pioneer trees to restore lands with varying degrees of degradation: biomass accumulation and carbon fixation. Plant and Soil, 518, 1733-1748.
  3. Zhang J, Reich PB, Song C, Zhang Y, Chen HY, Nabuurs GJ, Wang X, He T, Dolezal J, Scherer-Lorenzen M, Paquette A, Viana H, Alberti G, Parfenova E, Tchebakova N, Liang J, Crowther TW, de-Miguel S, Pfautsch S, Schall P, Jaroszewicz B, Peri PL, Picard N, Zhang Q^*, Zhang K^*. 2026. Ecological multifunctionality of watersheds increases with tree species richness. Nature Communications,17:8034.
  4. Wang X, Zhang Y^*, Atkinson P M, Zhang K^*. 2026. Estimating spatio-temporally continuous GEDI aboveground biomass density during 2015-2020 from multi-source data using machine learning and deep learning, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 19, 3839-3857.
  5. Yu Z, Zeng XM, Cheng X, Zhang Q, Zhang K^*. 2025. Patterns and environmental drivers of soil microbial succession. Global Change Biology, 31, e70475.
  6. Xia H, Chen Y, Yu Z, Zeng X, Yin S, Li X, Zhang K^*. 2025. Plant carbon allocation, soil carbon and nutrient condition, and microbial community jointly regulate microbial biomass carbon accumulation. Plant and Soil, 513, 1503-1520.
  7. He T, Ding W, Cheng X, Cai Y, Zhang Y, Xia H, Wang X, Zhang J, Zhang K^*, Zhang Q. 2024. Meta-analysis shows the impacts of ecological restoration on greenhouse gas emissions. Nature Communications, 15: 2668.
  8. Li X, Chen Y, Liu F, Cheng X, Zhang Q, Zhang K^*. 2024. Plant species composition and key‐species abundance drive ecosystem multifunctionality. Journal of Applied Ecology, 61, 2100-2110.
  9. Zhang J, Zhang Y, Wang X, He T, Xia H, Zhang K^*, Zhang Q. 2024. National forest restoration projects in China: Cost-efficiency, and trade‐off between carbon sequestration and water consumption. Earth's Future, 12, e2024EF004976.
  10. You Y, Li W^*, Chen Y, Zhang Q, Zhang K^*. 2024. Soil carbon and nitrogen accumulation during long-term natural vegetation restoration following agricultural abandonment in Qingling Mountains. Ecological Engineering, 201: 107212.
  11. Wang X, Atkinson P^*, Zhang Y, Li X, Zhang K^*. 2024. Automatic mapping of 500 m daily open water body fraction in the American continent using GOES-16 ABI imagery. Remote Sensing of Environment, 304: 114040.
  12. Xia H, Zhang T, Li X, He T, Wang X, Zhang J, Zhang K^*. 2023. Effects of drought and nutrient deficiencies on the allocation of recently fixed carbon in a plant-soil-microbe system. Tree Physiology, 43: 1903-1916.
  13. Chen Y^*, Chi J, Lu X, Cai Y, Jiang H, Zhang Q, Zhang K^*. 2023. Fungal-bacterial composition and network complexity determine soil multifunctionality during ecological restoration. Catena, 230: 107251.
  14. Wang X, Zhang Y^*, Zhang K^*. 2023. Automatic 10 m Forest Cover Mapping in 2020 at China’s Han River Basin by Fusing ESA Sentinel-1/Sentinel-2 Land Cover and Sentinel-2 near Real-Time Forest Cover Possibility. Forests, 14: 1133.
  15. Shu X^*, Zhang K^*, Zhang Q, Wang W^*. 2023. Changes in the composition of rhizosphere bacterial communities in response to soil types and acid rain. Journal of Environmental Management, 325: 116493.
  16. Chen Y, Li W, You Y, Ye C, Shu X, Zhang Q, Zhang K^*. 2022. Soil properties and substrate quality determine the priming of soil organic carbon during vegetation succession, Plant and Soil, 471: 559-575.
  17. Chen Y, Yin S, Shao Y, Zhang Q, Zhang K^*. 2022. Greenhouse gas fluxes from riparian forest soil depend on the responses of microbes to nitrogen and phosphorus additions. Applied Soil Ecology, 173: 104365.
  18. Chen Y, Yin S, Shao Y, Zhang K^*. 2022. Soil bacteria are more sensitive than fungi in response to nitrogen and phosphorus enrichment. Frontiers in Microbiology, 13: 999385.
  19. Zhang K^*, Cheng X, Dang H, Zhang Q. 2020. Biomass:N:K:Ca:Mg:P ratios in forest stands world-wide: Biogeographical variations and environmental controls. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 29: 2176-2189.
  20. Qi W, Li K, Zhang Q, Zhang K^*. 2019. Forest restoration efforts drive changes in land-use/land-cover and water-related ecosystem services in China’s Han River basin. Ecological Engineering, 126: 64-73.
  21. Zhang K^*, Li X, Cheng X, Zhang Z, Zhang Q. 2019. Changes in soil properties rather than functional gene abundance control carbon and nitrogen mineralization rates during long-term natural revegetation. Plant and Soil, 443: 293-306.
  22. Zhang K^*, Cheng X, Shu X, Liu Y, Zhang Q. 2018. Linking soil bacterial and fungal communities to vegetation succession following agricultural abandonment. Plant and Soil, 431: 19-36.
  23. Zhang K^*, Song C, Zhang Y, Dang H, Cheng X^*, Zhang Q^*. 2018. Global-scale patterns of nutrient density and partitioning in forests in relation to climate. Global Change Biology, 24: 536-551.
  24. Zhang Q, Wu J, Lei Y, Yang F, Zhang D, Zhang K^*, Zhang Q, Cheng X^*, Agricultural land use change impacts soil CO2 emission and its 13C-isotopic signature in central China. Soil and Tillage Research，177, 105-112.
  25. Zhang K, Song C, Zhang Y, Zhang Q^*. 2017. Natural disasters and economic development drive forest dynamics and transition in China. Forest Policy and Economics, 76: 56-64.
  26. Zhang K^*, Dang H, Zhang Q^*, Cheng X^*. 2015. Soil carbon dynamics following land-use change varied with temperature and precipitation gradients: Evidence from stable isotopes. Global Change Biology, 21: 2762-2772.
  27. Zhang K, Cheng X, Dang H, Ye C, Zhang Y, Zhang Q^*. 2013. Linking litter production, quality and decomposition to vegetation succession following agricultural abandonment. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 57: 803-813.
  28. Zhang K, Zhang Y, Tian H, Cheng X, Dang H, Zhang Q^*. 2013. Sustainability of social-ecological systems under conservation projects: lessons from a biodiversity hotspot in western China. Biological Conservation, 158: 205-213.
  29. Zhang K, Cheng X, Dang H, Ye C, Zhang Q^*. 2012. Soil nitrogen and denitrification potential as affected by land use and stand age following agricultural abandonment in a headwater catchment. Soil Use and Management, 28: 361-369.
  30. Zhang K, Dang H, Tan S, Wang Z, Zhang Q^*. 2010. Vegetation community and soil characteristics of abandoned agricultural land and pine plantation in the Qinling Mountains, China. Forest Ecology and Management, 259: 2036-2047.
  31. Zhang K, Dang H, Tan S, Cheng X, Zhang Q^*. 2010. Change in soil organic carbon following the Grain-for-Green programme in China. Land Degradation & Development, 21: 13-23.