Areas of Focus
- Forest Ecological Restoration
- Plant Succession
- Soil Microbial Communities
Work Experience
- 2021-06~2024-06 - Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Young Researcher
- 2015-11~2021-06 - Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Associate Researcher
- 2014-09~2015-10 - Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Assistant Researcher
- 2013-11~2014-09 - French National Institute for Agricultural Research - Postdoctoral Researcher
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2009-09--2013-06 PhD: Huazhong Agricultural University
- 2005-09--2009-06 Bachelor's: Huazhong Agricultural University
Publications
- Variations in the soil micro-food web structure and its relationship with soil C and N mineralization during secondary succession of subalpine forests, Wenqiang Zhao, 2023
- Differential bacterial ammonia oxidation patterns in soil particles from two contrasting forests: The importance of interfacial interactions, Wenqiang Zhao, 2023
- Plant–soil microbe feedbacks drive seedling establishment during secondary forest succession: the 'successional stage hypothesis', Wenqiang Zhao, 2023
- Contrasting responses of microbial diversity and community structure in decaying root bark and xylem to N addition in an alpine shrubland, Wenqiang Zhao, 2023
- pH-Dependent Changes in Structural Stabilities of Bt Cry1Ac Toxin and Contrasting Model Proteins following Adsorption on Montmorillonite, Wenqiang Zhao, 2023
- Functional shifts in soil fungal communities regulate differential tree species establishment during subalpine forest succession, Wenqiang Zhao, 2023
- Soil microbial legacy determines mycorrhizal colonization and root traits of conifer seedlings during subalpine forest succession, Wenqiang Zhao, 2022
- Quantity and activity of ammonia-oxidizing archaea and bacteria and their contribution to ammonia oxidation in farmland soil of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Wenqiang Zhao, 2022
- Differences in the effects of broadleaf and coniferous trees on soil nematode communities and soil fertility across successional stages, Wenqiang Zhao, 2022
- Dominant plant species and soil properties drive differential responses of fungal communities and functions in the soils and roots during secondary forest succession in the subalpine region, Wenqiang Zhao, 2022
- Regeneration and growth-promoting constructive species in the subalpine secondary shrub ecosystem of southwestern China, Wenqiang Zhao, 2021
- Diversity patterns and drivers of methanotrophic gene distributions in forest soils across a large latitudinal gradient, Wenqiang Zhao, 2021
- Effect of plant litter addition from different subalpine forest successional stages on Betula platyphylla seedling growth in western Sichuan, Wenqiang Zhao, 2021
- Research progress on input of plant community-derived soil organic carbon and its responses to climate warming, Wenqiang Zhao, 2020
- Broad-scale distribution of diazotrophic communities is driven more by aridity index and temperature than by soil properties across various forests, Wenqiang Zhao, 2020
- Carbon and Nitrogen Storage of Ground Covers and Soils in the Forest-Shrub Ecotone of Eastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Wenqiang Zhao, 2020
- Effects of warming on microbial biomass carbon and nitrogen in the rhizosphere and bulk soil in an alpine scrub ecosystem, Wenqiang Zhao, 2019
- Spatial heterogeneity of ammonia-oxidizing microorganisms along the elevation gradient in the forest soil of Mount Gongga, Wenqiang Zhao, 2019
- Mycelia-derived C contributes more to nitrogen cycling than root-derived C in ectomycorrhizal alpine forests, Wenqiang Zhao, 2019
- Responses of polyphenoloxidase and catalase activities of rhizosphere and bulk soils to warming during the growing season in an alpine scrub ecosystem, Wenqiang Zhao, 2019
- Influencing Mechanisms of Warming on the Soil Respiration Components in An Alpine Scrubland, Wenqiang Zhao, 2019
- Responses of soil inorganic nitrogen to increased temperature and plant removal during the growing season in a Sibiraea angustata scrub ecosystem of eastern Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, Wenqiang Zhao, 2018
- Impacts of oxalic acid and glucose additions on N transformation in microcosms via artificial roots, Wenqiang Zhao, 2018
- Research progress on the responses of soil respiration components to climatic warming, Wenqiang Zhao, 2018
- Shrub type dominates the vertical distribution of leaf C : N : P stoichiometry across an extensive altitudinal gradient, Wenqiang Zhao, 2018
- Balancing straw returning and chemical fertilizers in China: Role of straw nutrient resources, Wenqiang Zhao, 2018
- Responses of soil invertase and urease activities to warming and plant removal during the growing season in an alpine scrub ecosystem, Wenqiang Zhao, 2018
- Responses of soil respiration and its components to experimental warming in an alpine scrub ecosystem on the eastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Wenqiang Zhao, 2018
- Plants regulate the effects of experimental warming on the soil microbial community in an alpine scrub ecosystem, Wenqiang Zhao, 2018
- Water Holding Capacity of Soils and Ground Covers in a Forest-shrub Ecotone of the Source Area of Minjiang River, Wenqiang Zhao, 2018
- Leaf C:N:P stoichiometry in a growing season and nongrowing season of Picea asperata and Abiesfaxoniana, dominant tree species in subalpine coniferous forests of western Sichuan, Wenqiang Zhao, 2017
- Seasonal variations in the soil amino acid pool and flux following the conversion of a natural forest to a pine plantation on the eastern Tibetan Plateau, China, Wenqiang Zhao, 2017
- Exudate components exert different influences on microbially mediated C losses in simulated rhizosphere soils of a spruce plantation, Wenqiang Zhao, 2017
- Effects of experimental warming on soil microbial communities in two contrasting subalpine forest ecosystems, eastern Tibetan Plateau, China, Wenqiang Zhao, 2016
- Bacterial cell surface properties: Role of loosely bound extracellular polymeric substances (LB-EPS), Wenqiang Zhao, 2015
- Contrasting effects of extracellular polymeric substances on the surface characteristics of bacterial pathogens and cell attachment to soil particles, Wenqiang Zhao, 2015
- Streptococcus suis sorption on agricultural soils: Role of soil physico-chemical properties, Wenqiang Zhao, 2015
- Adhesion of bacterial pathogens to soil colloidal particles: Influences of cell type, natural organic matter, and solution chemistry, Wenqiang Zhao, 2014
- MECHANISMS OF BACTERIAL PATHOGENS ADSORPTIONON RED SOIL COLLOIDS, Wenqiang Zhao, 2013
- Interactions of pathogens Escherichia coli and Streptococcus suis with clay minerals, Wenqiang Zhao, 2012
- Sorption of Streptococcus suis on various soil particles from an Alfisol and effects on pathogen metabolic activity, Wenqiang Zhao, 2012