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Title:ProfessorSubject:Soil EcologyPhone:+86-24-83970361Email:liangwj@iae.ac.cnAddress:Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 417, Shenyang 110016, China
Professional Employment
2009- Director, Liaoning Key Laboratory of Soil Environmental Quality and Agro-product Safety, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China
2002-04 Director, Shenyang Experimental Station of Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1999- Professor of Soil Ecology, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China
1998-99 Postdoctoral Fellow, Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
1996-99 Associate Professor of Agroecology, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China
1995-96 Assistant Professor of Agroecology, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China
1995 Visiting Scholar, Department of Entomology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
1991-92 Engineer, Agricultural Regional Planning Office of Liaoning Province, Shenyang, China
1989-91 Assistant Engineer, Agricultural Regional Planning Office of Liaoning Province, Shenyang, China
Education
1995 Ph.D., Ecology, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China
1989 M.S., Ecology, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, China
1986 B.S., Agronomy, Heilongjiang Bayi Agricultural University, Mishan, China
Professional Activities and Services
2014-16 Academic Editor, Editorial Board: PLOS ONE
2011- Editorial Board: Pedosphere
2010-12 Editorial Board: Research Journal of Biotechnology
2008- Editorial Board: Soils
2008-09 Guest Editor: Frontiers of Biology in China
2008 - International Association for Ecology (INTECOL) member
2001- Editorial Board: Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology
2001 - Society of Nematologists member, USA
1999-04 Vice-president, Plant Nutrition & Fertilizer Science Society of Liaoning Province
1999 - Chinese Society of Soil Science member
1992 - Chinese Society of Ecology member
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Soil Ecology; Soil Biodiversity; Soil Food Web
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ISI-Journal Articles (*corresponding author)
2018 Guan PT, Zhang XK, Yu J, Cheng YY, Li Q, Andriuzzi WS, Liang WJ*. Soil microbial food web channels associted with biological soil crusts in desertification restoration: The carbon flow from microbes to nematodes. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 116: 82-90.
2017 Thompson LR, Sanders JG, [et al. including Liang WJ]. A communal catalogue reveals Earth’s multiscale microbial diversity. Nature, 551: 457-463.
2017 Li YB, Li Q, Yang JJ, Lü XT, Liang WJ*, Han XG, Bezemer TM. Home-field advantages of litter decomposition increase with increasing N deposition rates: a litter and soil perspective. Functional Ecology, 31(9): 1792-1801.
2017 Zhao K, Jing X, Sanders NJ, Chen LR, Shi Y, Flynn DFB, Wang YH, Chu HY, Liang WJ, He JS. On the controls of abundance for soil-dwelling organisms on the Tibetan Plateau. Ecosphere, 8(7): e01901.
2017 Zhang XK, Ferris H, Mitchell J, Liang WJ. Ecosystem services of the soil food web after long-term application of agricultural management practices. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 111: 36-43.
2017 Lü Y, Bai W, Wang XF, Cai Q, Liang WJ*. Responses of soil micro-food web to land use change from upland to paddy fields with different years of rice cultivation. Pedosphere, 27(1): 155-164.
2016 Li Q, Yang Y, Bao XL, Zhu JG, Liang WJ*, Bezemer TM. Cultivar specific plant-soil feedback overrules soil legacy effects of elevated ozone in a rice-wheat rotation system. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 232: 85-92.
2016 Zhang ZY, Zhang XK, Md. Mahamood, Zhang SQ, Huang SM, Liang WJ*. Effect of long-term combined application of organic and inorganic fertilizers on soil nematode communities within aggregates. Scientific Reports, 6: 31118.
2016 Zhang ZY, Zhang XK, Xu MG, Zhang SQ, Huang SM, Liang WJ*. Responses of soil microfood-web to long-term fertilization in a wheat-maize rotation system. Applied Soil Ecology, 98: 56-64.
2015 Zhang XK, Guan PT, Wang YL, Li Q, Zhang SX, Zhang ZY, Bezemer TM, Liang WJ*. Community composition, diversity and metabolic footprints of soil nematodes in differently-aged temperate forests. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 80, 118-126.
2015 Zhang SX, Li Q, Lv Y, Sun XM, Jia SX, Zhang XP, Liang WJ*. Conservation tillage positively influences the microflora and microfauna in the black soil of Northeast China. Soil & Tillage Research, 149: 46-52.
2015 Bao XL, Yu J, Liang WJ*, Lu CY, Zhu JG, Li Q. The interactive effects of elevated ozone and wheat cultivars on soil microbial community composition and metabolic diversity. Applied Soil Ecology, 87: 11-18.
2015 Zhang ZY, Zhang XK, Jhao JS, Zhang XP, Liang WJ. 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.
2014 Shen CC, Liang WJ, Shi Y, Lin XG, Zhang HY, Wu X, Xie G, Chain P, Grogan P, Chu HY. Contrasting elevational diversity patterns between eukaryotic soil microbes and plants. Ecology, 95: 3190-3202.
2014 Zhang XK, Wu X, Zhang SX, Xing YH, Wang R, Liang WJ*. Organic amendment effects on aggregate-associated organic C, microbial biomass C and glomalin in agricultural soils. Catena, 123: 188-194.
2014 Bao XL, Li Q, Hua JF, Zhao TH, Liang WJ. Interactive effects of elevated ozone and UV-B radiation on soil nematode diversity. Ecotoxicology, 23: 11-20.
2014 Wei K, Chen ZH, Zhang XP, Liang WJ, Chen LJ. Tillage effects on phosphorus composition and phosphatase activities in soil aggregates. Geoderma, 217-218: 37-44.
2013 Wei CZ, Yu Q, Bai E, Lü XT, Li Q, Xia JY, Kardol P, Liang WJ, Han XG. Nitrogen deposition weakens plant‒microbe interactions in grassland ecosystems. Global Change Biology, 19: 3688-3697
2013 Zhang SX, Li Q, Lü Y, Zhang XP, Liang WJ*. Contributions of soil biota to C sequestration varied with aggregate fractions under different tillage systems. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 62: 147-156.
2013 Sun XM, Zhang XK, Zhang SX, Dai GH, Han SJ, Liang WJ*. Soil nematode responses to increases in nitrogen deposition and precipitation in a temperate forest. PLoS ONE, 8: e82468.
2013 Li Q, Bai HH, Liang WJ*, Xia JY, Wan SQ, van der Putten WH. Nitrogen addition and warming independently influence the belowground micro-food web in a temperate steppe. PLoS ONE, 8: e60441.
2013 Zhang JN, Liang WJ, Wu X, Jiang SW, Li Q. Toxic effects of acetochlor on mortality, reproduction and growth of Caenorhabditis elegans and Pristionchus pacificus. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 90: 364-368.
2013 Zhang XK, Li Q, Liang WJ*, Zhang M, Bao XL, Xie ZB. Soil nematode response to biochar addition in a Chinese wheat field. Pedosphere, 23: 98-103.
2013 Shen CC, Xiong JB, Zhang HY, Feng YZ, Lin XG, Li XY, Liang WJ, Chu HY. Soil pH drives the spatial distribution of bacterial communities along elevation on Changbai Mountain. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 57: 204-211.
2012 Zhang M, Ahad S, Baniyamuddin M, Liang WJ, Ahmad W. A new and three known species of the genus Tylencholaimellus Cobb in M.V. Cobb, 1915 (Nematoda: Dorylaimida) from Changbai Mountain, China. Zootaxa, 3499: 46-62.
2012 Wei CZ, Zheng HF, Li Q, Lü XT, Yu Q, Zhang HY, Cheng QS, He NP, Kardol P, Liang WJ, Han XG. Nitrogen addition regulates soil nematode community composition through ammonium suppression. PLoS ONE, 7: e43384.
2012 Zhang M, Liang WJ, Zhang XK. Soil nematode abundance and diversity in different forest types at Changbai Mountain, China. Zoological Studies, 51: 619-626.
2012 Wang W, Kravchenko AN, Smucker AJM, Liang W, Rivers ML. Intra-aggregate pore characteristics: X-ray computed microtomography analysis. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 76: 1159-1171.
2012 Zhang SX, Li Q, Zhang XP, Wei K, Chen LJ, Liang WJ*. Effects of conservation tillage on soil aggregation and aggregate binding agents in black soil of Northeast China. Soil & Tillage Research, 124: 196-202.
2012 Wang JJ, Li XY, Zhu AN, Zhang XK, Zhang HW, Liang WJ. Effects of tillage and residue management on soil microbial communities in North China. Plant, Soil and Environment, 58: 28-33.
2012 Li Q, Bao XL, Lu CY, Zhang XK, Zhu JG, Jiang Y, Liang WJ*. 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.
2012 Zhang XK, Li Q, Zhu AN, Liang WJ*, Zhang JB, Steinberger Y. Effects of tillage and residue management on soil nematode communities in North China. Ecological Indicators, 13: 75-81.
2011 Lou YL, Wang JK, Liang WJ*. Impacts of 22-year organic and inorganic N managements on soil organic C fractions in a maize field, Northeast China. Catena, 87: 386-390.
2011 Zhang M, Zhang XK, Liang WJ, Jiang Y, Dai GH, Wang XG, Han SJ. Distribution of soil organic carbon fractions along the altitudinal gradient in Changbai Mountain, China. Pedosphere, 21: 615-620.
2011 Lou YL, Liang WJ*, Xu MG, He XH, Wang YD, Zhao K. Straw coverage alleviates seasonal variability of the topsoil microbial biomass and activity. Catena, 86: 117-120.
2011 Li Q, Zhong S, Li FP, Lou YL, Liang WJ*. Nematode community structure as bioindicator of soil heavy metal pollution along an urban-rural gradient in southern Shenyang, China. International Journal of Environment and Pollution, 45: 297-309.
2010 Liang WJ. Effect of tillage systems on glomalin-related soil protein in an aquic brown soil. Research Journal of Biotechnology, 5(3): 10-13.
2010 Li Q, Jiang Y, Liang WJ*, Lou YL, Zhang EP, Liang CH. Long-term effect of fertility management on the soil nematode community in vegetable production under greenhouse conditions. Applied Soil Ecology, 46: 111-118.
2010 Hao W, Li Q, Zhang JN, Jiang Y, Liang WJ. Utility of nematode Acrobeloides nanus for assessing subacute toxicity of heavy metals. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 164: 273-278.
2010 Zhang XK, Dong XW, Liang WJ*. Spatial distribution of soil nematode communities in stable and active sand dunes of Horqin Sandy Land. Arid Land Research and Management, 24: 68-80.
2009 Tomar VVS, Zhang XK, Li Q, Jiang Y, Liang WJ*. Distribution of soil nematode communities along a section of Shen-Ha Highway. Helminthologia, 46: 241-246.
2009 Jiang Y, Zhang YG, Zhou D, Qin Y, Liang WJ. Profile distribution of micronutrients in an aquic brown soil as affected by land use. Plant, Soil and Environment, 55: 468-476.
2009 Li Q, Jiang Y, Liang WJ*, Wang H, Jiang SW. Nematode diversity in phaeozem agroecosystems of Northeast China. Pedosphere, 19: 597-605.
2009 Zhong S, Liang WJ*, Lou YL, Li Q, Zhu JG. Four years of free-air CO2 enrichment enhance soil C concentrations in a Chinese wheat field. Journal of Environmental Sciences, 21 1221-1224.
2009 Li Q, Xu CG, Liang WJ*, Zhong S, Zheng XH, Zhu JG. Residue incorporation and N fertilization affect the response of soil nematodes to the elevated CO2 in a Chinese wheat field. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 41: 1497-1503.
2009 Liang WJ, Lou YL, Li Q, Zhong S, Zhang XK, Wang JK. Nematode faunal response to long-term application of nitrogen fertilizer and organic manure in Northeast China. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 41: 883-890.
2009 Han DC, Zhang XK, Tomar VVS, Li Q, Wen DZ, Liang WJ*. Effects of heavy metal pollution of highway origin on soil nematode guilds in North Shenyang, China. Journal of Environmental Sciences, 21: 193-198.
2008 Wang SB, Li Q, Liang WJ*, Jiang Y, Jiang SW. PCR-DGGE analysis of soil nematode diversity in Cu-contaminated soil. Pedosphere, 18: 621-627.
2008 Liu XM, Li Q, Liang WJ*, Jiang Y. Distribution of soil enzyme activities and microbial biomass along a latitudinal gradient in farmlands of Songliao Plain, Northeast China. Pedosphere, 18: 431-440.
2008 Cao CY, Jiang DM, Teng XH, Jiang Y, Liang WJ, Cui ZB. Soil chemical and microbiological properties along a chronosequence of Caragana microphylla Lam. plantations in the Horqin sandy land of Northeast China. Applied Soil Ecology, 40: 78-85.
2007 Zhang XK, Liang WJ*, Jiang DM, Liu ZM, Jiang SW. Soil nematode community structure in a Chinese sand dune system. Helminthologia, 44: 204-209.
2007 Liang WJ, Zhong S, Hua JF, Cao CY, Jiang Y. Nematode faunal response to grassland degradation in Horqin Sandy Land. Pedosphere, 17: 611-618.
2007 Zhang WD, Wang XF, Li Q, Jiang Y, Liang WJ*. Soil nematode responses to heavy metal stress. Helminthologia, 44: 87-91.
2007 Li Q, Liang WJ*, Jiang Y, Shi Y, Zhu JG, Neher DA. Effect of elevated CO2 and N fertilisation on soil nematode abundance and diversity in a wheat field. Applied Soil Ecology, 36: 63-69.
2007 Jiang DM, Li Q, Liu FM, Jiang Y, Liang WJ*. Vertical distribution of soil nematodes in an age sequence of Caragana microphylla plantations in the Horqin Sandy Land, Northeast China. Ecological Research, 22: 49-56.
2007 Liang WJ, Li FP, Li Q, Zhang WD. Temporal dynamics of soil nematode community structure under invasive Ambrosia trifida and native Chenopodium serotinum. Helminthologia, 44: 29-33.
2006 Hua JF, Jiang Y, Liang WJ*. Response of nematodes in a Hapli-Udic Argosol to urea amended with urease and nitrification inhibitors. Pedosphere, 16: 428-434.
2006 Zhang XK, Li Q, Wang SB, Jiang Y, Liang WJ*. Effect of zinc addition in soil on nematode community structure. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 76: 589-594.
2006 Li Q, Jiang Y, Liang WJ*. The effect of heavy metals on soil nematode communities in the vicinity of a metallurgical factory. Journal of Environmental Sciences, 18: 323-328.
2005 Liang WJ, Zhang XK, Li Q, Jiang Y, Ou W, Neher DA. Vertical distribution of bacterivorous nematodes under different land uses. Journal of Nematology, 37: 254-258.
2005 Kong CH, Hu F, Xu XH, Zhang MX, Liang WJ. Volatile allelochemicals in the Ageratum conyzoides intercropped citrus orchard and their effects on mites Amblyseius newsami and Panonychus citri. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 31: 2193-2203.
2005 Liang WJ, Jiang Y, Li Q, Liu YJ, Wen DZ. Spatial distribution of bacterivorous nematodes in a Chinese Ecosystem Research Network (CERN) site. Ecological Research, 20: 481-486.
2005 Jiang Y, Zhang YG, Liang WJ*, Li Q. Pedogenic and anthropogenic influence on calcium and magnesium behaviors in Stagnic Anthrosolsx. Pedosphere, 15: 341-346.
2005 Jiao XG, Liang WJ*, Chen LJ, Zhang HJ, Li Q, Wang P, Wen DZ. Effect of slow-release urea fertilizers on urease activity, microbial biomass, and nematode communities in an aquic brown soil. Science in China Series C, 48(Supp. I): 26-32.
2005 Jiang Y, Liang WJ, Wen DZ, Zhang YG, Chen WB. Spatial heterogeneity of DTPA-extractable zinc in cultivated soils induced by city pollution and land use. Science in China Series C, 48(Supp. I): 82-91.
2005 Liang WJ, Li Q, Jiang Y, Neher DA. Nematode faunal analysis in an aquic brown soil fertilised with slow-release urea, Northeast China. Applied Soil Ecology, 29: 185-192.
2005 Ou W, Liang WJ*, Jiang Y, Li Q, Wen DZ. Vertical distribution of soil nematodes under different land use types in an aquic brown soil. Pedobiologia, 49: 139-148.
2005 Liang WJ, Lavian I, Pen-Mouratov S, Steinberger Y. Diversity and dynamics of soil free-living nematode population in a Mediterranean agroecosystem. Pedosphere, 15: 204-215.
2005 Wang P, Liang WJ, Kong CH, Jiang Y. Allelopathic potentials of volatile allelochemicals of Ambrosia trifida L. on other plants. Allelopathy Journal, 15: 131-136.
2005 Li YZ, Liang WJ*, Zhu XH, Zhang XK, Liu FM. Allelopathic activity of root saponins of alfalfa on wheat, corn and barnyardgrass. Allelopathy Journal, 15: 119-124.
2005 Zhao H, Li HB, Kong CH, Xu XH, Liang WJ. Chemical response of allelopathic rice seedlings under varying environmental conditions. Allelopathy Journal, 15: 105-110.
2005 Li Q, Liang WJ*, Jiang Y, Zhu JG, Kong CH. Effect of free-air CO2 enrichment on nematode communities in a Chinese farmland ecosystem. Journal of Environmental Sciences, 17: 72-75.
2004 Kong CH, Liang WJ, Hu F, Xu XH, Wang P, Jiang Y, Xing B. Allelochemicals and their transformations in Ageratum conyzoides intercropped Citrus Orchard soils. Plant and Soil, 264: 149-157.
2004 Kong CH, Liang WJ, Xu XH, Hu F, Wang P, Jiang Y. Release and activity of allelochemicals from allelopathic rice seedlings. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 52: 2861-2865.
2004 Wang XY, Xie HT, Liang WJ*, Wen DZ. Rice yield and water use as affected by soil management practices. Pedosphere, 14: 331-337.
2004 Kong CH, Liang WJ, Yang X, Zhang MX, Hu F. Mechanism of Aulacophora femoralis chinensis Weise feeding behavior and chemical response of host Cucumis sativus L. Chinese Science Bulletin, 49: 1485-1489.
2004 Kong CH, Hu F, Liang WJ, Wang P, Jiang Y. Allelopathic potential of Ageratum conyzoides at various growth stages in different habitats. Allelopathy Journal, 14: 233-240.
2004 Kong CH, Hu F, Xu XH, Liang WJ, Zhang CX. Allelopathic plants. XV. Ageratum conyzoides L. Allelopathy Journal, 14: 1-12.
2003 Chen LJ, Li Q, Liang WJ*. Effect of agrochemicals on nematode community structure in a soybean field. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 71: 755-760.
2003 Liang WJ, Li Q, Jiang Y, Chen WB, Wen DZ. The effect of cultivation on the spatial distribution of nematode trophic groups in black soil. Pedosphere, 13: 97-102.
2002 Liang WJ, Steinberger Y. Seasonal variation on the nematode communities associated with two halophytes in a desert ecosystem. Pedobiologia, 46: 63-74.
2001 Liang WJ, Lavian I, Steinberger Y. Effect of agricultural management on nematode communities in a Mediterranean agroecosystem. Journal of Nematology, 33: 208-213.
2001 Steinberger Y, Liang WJ. Nematode community composition associated with a topoclimatic transect. European Journal of Soil Biology, 37: 315-320.
2001 Liang WJ, Steinberger Y. 2001. Temporal changes in nematode community structure in a desert ecosystem. Journal of Arid Environments, 48: 267-280.
2000 Liang WJ, Pinhasi-Adiv Y, Shtultz H, Steinberger Y. Nematode population dynamics under the canopy of desert halophytes. Arid Soil Research and Rehabilitation, 14: 183-192.
1999 Liang WJ, Lavian I, Steinberger Y. Dynamics of nematode community composition in a potato field. Pedobiologia, 43: 459-469.
Contributions to Books
2017 Li Q, Liang WJ, Zhang XK, Mahamood M. Soil Nematodes of Grasslands in Northern China. Hangzhou: Zhejiang University Press & London: Academic Press.
2013 Zhang XK, Liang WJ, Li Q. Forest Soil Nematodes in Changbai Mountain: Morphology and Distribution. Beijing: China Agriculture Press.
2005 Wu ZJ, Liang WJ, Dong JG, Jiang Y. Principle and Techniques of Safety Food Production. Beijing: China Agricultural Science and Technology Press.
2003 Jiang Y, Liang WJ, Wen DZ. Middle-and Micro-elements in Cultivated Soils of Shenyang Suburbs. Beijing: China Agricultural Science and Technology Press.
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Honors and Awards
2016 China State Council Special Allowance Expert
2014 Zhu-Li-Yue-Hua Outstanding Teacher Award of Chinese Academy of Sciences
2000 2nd Youth Scientific and Technical Award, the Government of Liaoning Province
1998-99 The Fred and Barbara Kort Sino-Israel Postdoctoral Fellowship
Grants
2014-18 Effect of soil biota on soil aggregate stability under long-term fertilization. Funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China. PI.
2012-15 Effects of nitrogen deposition and rainfall variation on soil nematode community composition and diversity in a temperate forest. Funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China. PI.
2011-15 Ways to enhance the source-sink capacity of agricultural soil and water. Funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China. PI.
2009-11 Biological characterization and regulation for soil carbon sequestration in conservation tillage. Funded by the Chinese Academy of Sciences. PI.
2008-10 Effect of free-air CO2 enrichment (FACE) on soil nematode community composition and diversity in farmlands. Funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China. PI.
2006-08 Effect of tillage systems on spatiotemporal distribution of soil nematode communities. Funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China. PI.
2005-10 Soil ecological processes in typical Chinese agroecosystems. Funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China. PI.
2003-05 Characteristics of weed communities and their ecological management in no-till farmlands. Funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China. PI.
2001-05 Research on new-type high-efficiency fertilizers and their industrialization. Funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China. PI.