1. Guan PT，Zhang XK, Yu J, Cheng YY, Li Q, Andriuzzi WS, Liang WJ. 2018. Soil microbial food web channels associated with biological soil crusts indesertification restoration: The carbon flow from microbes to nematodes. Soil Biology & Biochemistry. 116:82-90.
2. Zhang XK, Howard Ferris*, Jeffrey Mitchell, Liang WJ. 2017. Ecosystem services of the soil food web after long-term application of agricultural management practices. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 111:36-43
3. Yu J, Unc A, Zhang XK, Steinberger Y. 2016. Responses of the soil microbial catabolic profile and diversity to vegetation rehabilitation in degraded semiarid grassland. Applied Soil Ecology, 101:124-131.
4. Yu J, Guan PT, Zhang XK, Ma NN, Yosef Steinberger. 2016. Biocrusts beneath replanted shrubs account for the enrichment of macro and micronutrients in semi-arid sandy land. Journal of Arid Environments, 128:1-7
5. Zhang ZY, Zhang XK, Md.Mahamood, Zhang SQ, Huang SM, Liang WJ*. 2016. Effect of long-term combined application of organic and inorganic fertilizers on soil nematode communities within aggregates. Scientific Reports, 6:31118
6. Zhang ZY, Zhang XK, Xu MG, Zhang SQ, Hunag SM, Liang WJ. 2016. Responses of soil micro-food web to long-term fertilization in a wheat –maize rotation system. Applied Soil Ecology, 98: 56-64
7. Guan PT, Zhang XK*, Yu J, Ma NN, Liang WJ. 2015. Variation of soil nematode community composition with increasing sand-fixation year of Caragana microphylla: Bioindication for desertification restoration. Ecological Engineering, 81: 93–101(*corresponding author)
8. Zhang XK, Guan PT, Wang YL, Li Q, Zhang SX, Zhang ZY, Bezemer TM, Liang WJ. 2015. Community composition, diversity and metabolic footprints of soil nematodes in differently-aged temperate forests. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 80:118-126
9. Zhang ZY, Zhang XK*, Jhao JS, Zhang XP, Liang WJ. 2015. Tillage and rotation effects on community composition and metabolic footprints of soil nematodes in a black soil. European Journal of Soil Biology, 66: 40-48.(*corresponding author)
10. Zhang XK, Wu X, Zhang SX, Xing YH, Wang R, Liang WJ*.2014. Organic amendment effects on aggregate-associated organic C, microbial biomass C and glomalin in agricultural soils.Catena,123:188-194
11. Sun XM, Zhang XK*, Zhang SX, Han SJ, Dai GH, Liang WJ*. 2013. Soil nematode responses to increases in nitrogen deposition and precipitation in a temperate forest. PLoS ONE, 8(12): e82468(*corresponding author)
12. Zhang XK, Li Q, Liang WJ, Zhang M, Bao XL, Xie ZB. 2013. Soil nematode response to biochar addition in a Shajing-Aquci Cambosol. Pedoshpere, 23（1）：98-103
13. Wang YL, Guan PT, Jiang SW, Zhang XK*. 2013. Geostatistical analysis of soil water content in natural and secondary forests of Changbai Mountain, China. Applied Mechanics and Materials, 316-317: 464-468(*corresponding author)
14. Zhang XK, Li Q, Zhu AN, Liang WJ, Zhang JB, Steinberger Y. 2012.Effects of tillage and residue management on soil nematode communities in North China. Ecological Indicators, 13: 75-81
15. Zhang M, Liang WJ, Zhang XK*. 2012. Soil nematode abundance and diversity under different forest types in Changbai Mountain, China. Zoological Studies, 51（5）：619-626(*corresponding author)
16. Li, Q, Bao, XL, Lu, CY, Zhang, XK, Zhu, JG, Jiang, Y, Liang, WJ. 2012. Soil microbial food web responses to free-air ozone enrichment can depend on the ozone-tolerance of wheat cultivars. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 47: 27-35
17. Wang YL, Zhang M, Zhang XK*, Wang XG, Liang WJ. 2012. Geostatistical Analysis of Soil Total Nitrogen in Natural and Secondary Forests of Changbai Mountain, China. Advanced Science Letters, 11:106-109(*corresponding author)
18. Wang JJ, Li XY, Zhu AN, Zhang XK, Zhang HW, Liang WJ. 2012. Effects of tillage and residue management on soil microbial communities in North China. Plant Soil Environ., 58 (1): 28–33
19. Zhang M, Zhang XK, Liang WJ, Jiang Y, Dai GH, Han SJ. 2011. Distribution of soil organic carbon fractions along the altitudinal gradient in the northern slope of ChangbaiMountain. Pedoshphere, 21(5): 615-620.
20. Zhang XK, Dong XW, Liang WJ. 2010.Spatial distribution of soil nematode communities in stable and active sand dunes of Horqin Sandy Land. Arid land and research management,24: 68-80.
21. Hou XK, Hu N, Zhang XK*, Liang L, Zhai RC. 2010. Vertical distribution of soil nematode communities under different tillage systems in the Lower Reaches of Liaohe Plain. Chinese Geographical Science, 20（2）：18-22
22. Dong XW, Zhang XK*, Bao XL, Wang JK. 2009. Spatial distribution of soil nutrients after the establishment of sand-fixing shrubs on sand dune. Plant, Soil and Environment, 55(7): 288-294 (*corresponding author).
23. Han DC, Zhang XK, Tomar VVS, Li Q, Wen DZ, Liang WJ. 2009. Effects of heavy metal pollution of highway origin on soil nematode guilds in North Shenyang. Journal of Environmental Sciences, 21: 193-198.
24. Tomar VVS, Zhang XK, Jiang Y, Li Q, Liang WJ. 2009. Distribution of soil nematode communities along a section of Shen-Ha Highway. Helminthologia, 46(4):241-246.
25. Zhang XK, Jiang Y, Liang L, Zhao XF, Li Q. 2009. Response of soil nematode communities to long-term application of inorganic fertilizers in the black soil of Northeast China. Frontiers of Biology in China, 4(1): 111-116.
26. Zhang XK, Liang WJ. 2009. Spatiotemporal distribution of soil nematode communities along a chronosequence of vegetation restoration in Horqin Sandy Land. Nova Science Publishers, pp.127-140.
27. Zhang XK, Zhao XF, Liang WJ. 2009. Profile distribution and storage of soil organic carbon and total nitrogen under conservation tillage in Northwest Liaoning, China. American-Eurasian Journal of Sustainable Agriculture. 3(4): 630-636
28. Liang WJ, Lou YL, Li Q, Zhong Sh, Zhang XK, Wang JK. 2009. Nematode faunal responses to long term application of nitrogen fertilizer and organic manure in Northeast China. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 41:883-890.
29. Shi CJ, Zhang XK, Jiang Y, Jiang DM, Steinberger Y. 2008. Geostatistical analysis of soil nematodes communities under degraded and meliorated grasslands in the Horqin sand land. American-Eurasian Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Sciencs, 4(1): 55-61 (corresponding author).
30. Li FP, Liang WJ, Zhang XK, Jiang Y, Wang JK. 2008. Changes in soil microbial biomass and bacterial community in a long-term fertilization experiment during the growth of maize [J]. Advances in Environmental Biology, 2 (1): 1-8
31. Zhang XK, Liang WJ, Jiang DM, Liu ZM, Jiang SW. 2007. Soil nematode community structure in a Chinese sand dune system. Helminthologia, 44(4): 204-209.
32. Zhang XK, Li Q, Wang SB, Jiang Y, Liang WJ. 2006. Effect of zinc addition in soil on nematode community structure. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 76: 589-594.
33. Liang WJ, Li Q, Zhang XK, Jiang SW, Jiang Y. 2006. Effect of heavy metals on soil nematode community structure in Shenyang suburbs. American-Eurasian Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Science, 1(1): 14-18
34. Liang WJ, Zhang XK, Li Q, Jiang Y, Ou W, Neher DA. 2005. Distribution of bacterivorous nematodes under different land uses. Journal of Nematology, 37(3): 254-258.
35. Li YZ, Liang WJ, Zhang XK, Liu FM, Zhu XH. 2005. Allelopathic activity of root saponins of alfalfa on wheat, corn and barnyardgrass. Allelopathy Journal, 15(1): 119-124
Book:
1. Zhang XK, Liang WJ, Li Q. 2013. Forest Soil Nematodes in Changbai Mountain—Morphology and Distribution. Beijing, China Agriculture Press.
2. Li Q, Liang WJ, Zhang XK, Mahamood M. 2017. Soil Nematodes of Grasslands in Northern China. Zhejiang University Press. Academic Press is an imprint of Elsevier.
