Research Area

The main research area is grassland ecology, including plant litter decomposition, nutrient cycling, and grassland ecological management and restoration of degraded grassland.

Contact Information

E-mail: zhangsht@lzu.edu.cn

Tel:+ 86-0931-8912922

Address: College of Ecology, Lanzhou University, 222 Tianshui South Road, Lanzhou 730000, China

Education

2000.09 - 2003.07         Ph.D. (Ecology), Lanzhou University

1997.09 - 2000.07         M.Sc. (Biology), Guangxi Normal University

1994.09 - 1996.07         B.Sc. (Politics), Henan Institute of Education

Work Experience

2011.05 - Present         Prof.

2005.07- 2011. 04        Associate Prof.

Publications (recently)

1. Liu XC, Shi XM, Zhang ST* (2021) Soil abiotic properties and plant functional diversity co-regulate the impacts of nitrogen addition on ecosystem multifunctionality in an alpine meadow. Science of the Total Environment, 780: 146476.

2. Liu XC, Lamb EG, Zhang ST* (2020) Nitrogen addition impacts on soil microbial stoichiometry are driven by changes in plant resource stoichiometry not by the composition of main microbial groups in an alpine meadow. Biology and Fertility of Soils, 56:261–271.

3. Liu XC & Zhang ST* (2019) Nitrogen addition shapes soil enzyme activity patterns by changing pH rather than the composition of the plant and microbial communities in an alpine meadow soil. Plant and Soil, 440: 11-24.
4. Liang DF, Lamb EG, Zhang ST* (2019) Yak dung deposition affects litter mixing effects on mass loss in a Tibetan alpine grassland. Rangeland Ecology & Management, 72: 405-410.
5. Liang DF, Niu KC, Zhang ST* (2018) Interacting effects of yak dung deposition and litter quality on litter mass loss and nitrogen dynamics in Tibetan alpine grassland. Grass and Forage Science, 73: 123-131.

Funding

National Key Research and Development Program of China (2018YFD0502401); Natural Science Foundation of China (31870435); Natural Science Foundation of Gansu Province (17JR5RA199).