Research
Articles:
Bader, N.E. and W. Cheng. Rhizosphere priming effect of Populus fremontii obscures the temperature sensitivity of soil organic carbon respiration. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. In press.
Cheng, W. and F.A. Dijkstra. Theoretical proof and empirical validation of a continuous labeling method using naturally 13C-depleted carbon dioxide. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. In press.
Pasakdee, S., G. Bañuelos, C. Shennan, and W. Cheng. Organic N fertilizers and irrigation influence organic Broccoli production in two regions of California. Journal of Vegetable Science. In press.
Zhan, X-M, L-H. Li and W. Cheng. Restore degraded Stipa krylovii steppes in Inner Mongolia of China: Assess seed banks and vegetation composition. Journal of Arid Environments. In press.
Dijkstra, F.A., W. Cheng and D.W. Johnson. 2006. Plant biomass influences rhizosphere priming effects on soil organic matter decomposition in two differently managed soils. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 38: 2519–2526.
Misson, L., A. Gershenson, J. Tang, R. Boniello, M. McKay, W. Cheng and A. Goldstein. 2006. Influences of canopy photosynthesis and summer rain pulses on root dynamics and soil respiration in a young ponderosa pine forest. Tree Physiology 26: 833-844.
Cheng, W., S. Fu, R. B. Susfalk, and R. J. Mitchell. 2005. Measuring tree root respiration using 13C natural abundance: rooting medium matters. New Phytologist, 167: 297-307.
Tang, J., L. Misson, A. Gershenson, W. Cheng, and A.H. Goldstein. 2005. Continuous measurements of soil respiration with and without roots in a ponderosa pine plantation in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 132: 212-227.
Wang, Z-P, X. Han, L. Li, Q. Chen, Y. Duan, and W. Cheng.
2005. Methane emission from small wetlands and implications for semiarid region
budgets. Journal of Geophysical Research,
doi:10.1029/2004JD005548.
Fu, S. and W. Cheng. 2004. Defoliation affects rhizosphere respiration and rhizosphere priming effect on decomposition of soil organic matter under a sunflower species: Helianthus annuus. Plant and Soil, 263: 345-352.
Kuzyakov, Y. and W. Cheng. 2004. Photosynthesis controls of CO2 efflux from maize rhizosphere. Plant and Soil, 263: 85-99..
Verburg, P.S.J., W. Cheng, D.W. Johnson, and D.E. Schorran. 2004. Nonsymbiotic nitrogen fixation in three-year-old Jeffrey pines and the role of elevated CO2. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 34: 1979-1984.
Johnson, D.W., W. Cheng, J.D. Joslin, R.J. Norby, N.T. Edwards, and D.E. Todd, Jr. 2004. Effects of elevated CO2 on nutrient cycling in a sweetgum plantation. Biogeochemistry, 69:379-403.
Cheng, W., D.W. Johnson, and S. Fu. 2003. Rhizosphere effects on decomposition: controls of plant species, phenology, and fertilization. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 67:1418-1427.
Norby, R.J., P.J. Hanson, E.G. O'Neill, T.J. Tschaplinski, J.F. Welztin, R.T. Hansen, W. Cheng, S.D. Wullschleger, C.A. Gunderson, N.T. Edwards, and D.W. Johnson. 2002. Net primary productivity of a CO2-enriched deciduous forest and the implications for carbon storage. Ecological Applications 12:1261-1266.
Fu, S., W. Cheng, and R. Susfalk.2002. Rhizosphere respiration varies with plant species and phenology: A greenhouse pot experiment. Plant and Soil, 239:133-140.
Fu, S. and W. Cheng. 2002. Rhizosphere priming effects on the decomposition of soil organic matter in C4 and C3 grassland soils. Plant and Soil, 238:289-294.
Hui, D., D.A. Sims, D.W. Johnson, W. Cheng and Y. Luo. 2002. Effects of gradual versus step increases in carbon dioxide on Plantago photosynthesis and growth in a microcosm study. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 47:51-66.
Susfalk, R.B., W.X. Cheng, D.W. Johnson, R.F. Walker, P. Verburg, and S. Fu. 2002. Lateral diffusion and atmospheric CO2 mixing compromise estimates of rhizosphere respiration in a forest soil. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 32:1005-1015.
Kuzyakov, Y. and W.
Cheng. 2001. Photosynthesis controls of rhizosphere respiration and organic
matter decomposition. Soil Biology and
Biochemistry, 33: 1915-1925.
Hui, D., Y. Luo, W. Cheng, J.S. Coleman, D.W. Johnson and D.A. Sims. 2001. Canopy radiation- and water-use efficiencies as affected by elevated [CO2]. Global Change Biology, 7:75-91.
Cheng, 2000. W. Studying rhizosphere priming effects on soil carbon loss using natural 13C. Mitteilangen der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft, 93: 100-103.
Bonkowski, M., W. Cheng, B.S. Griffiths, G. Alphei, and S. Scheu. 2000. Microbial-faunal interactions in the rhizosphere and effects on plant growth. European Journal of Soil Biology 36: 135-147.
Cheng, W., D.A. Sims, Y. Luo, J. S. Coleman, and D.W. Johnson. 2000. Photosynthesis, respiration, and net primary production of sunflower stands in ambient and elevated atmospheric CO2 concentrations: an invariant NPP:GPP ratio? Global Change Biology 6:931-942.
Haile-Mariam, S., W. Cheng, D.W. Johnson, and E.A. Paul. 2000. Use of carbon-13 and carbon-14 to measure effects of carbon dioxide and nitrogen fertilization on carbon dynamics in ponderosa pine. Soil Science Society of America journal, 64:1984-1992.
Johnson, D.W., W. Cheng, and I.C. Burke. 2000. Biotic and abiotic nitrogen retention in a variety of forest soils. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 64:1503-1514.
Johnson, D.W., W. Cheng, and J.T. Ball. 2000. Effects of [CO2] and N fertilization on soils planted with ponderosa pine. Plant and Soil, 224:99-113.
Johnson, D.W., W. Cheng, and J.T. Ball. 2000. Effects of CO2 and N fertilization on decomposition and N immobilization in ponderosa pine litter. Plant and Soil, 224:115-122.
Cheng, W., D.A. Sims, Y. Lou, D.W. Johnson, J.T. Ball and J.S. Coleman. 2000. Carbon budgeting in plant-soil mesocosms under elevated CO2: locally missing carbon? Global Change Biology, 6:99-110.
Luo, Y., D. Hui, W. Cheng, J.S. Coleman, D.W. Johnson and D.A. Sims. 2000. Canopy quantum yield in a mesocosm study. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 100:35-48.
Cheng, W. 1999. Rhizosphere feedbacks in elevated CO2. Tree Physiology, 19:313-320.
Sims, D.A., W. Cheng, Y. Luo and J.R. Seemann. 1999. Photosynthetic acclimation to elevated CO2 in a sunflower canopy. Journal of Experimental Botany, 50: 645-653.
Cheng, W., R.A. Virginia, S.F. Oberbauer, J.D. Tenhunen, C.T. Gillespie and J.F. Reynolds. 1998. Soil nitrogen, microbial biomas and respiration along an arctic toposequence. Soil Science Society of American Journal, 62:654-662.
Cheng, W. and D.W. Johnson. 1998. Elevated CO2 rhizosphere processes, and soil organic matter decomposition. Plant and Soil, 202:167-174.
Holland, J.N., W. Cheng and D.A. Crossley, Jr. 1996. Herbivore-induced changes in plant carbon allocation: assessment of below-ground C fluxes using carbon-14. Oecologia 107:87-94.
Oberbauer, S.F., C.T. Gillespie, W. Cheng, A. Sala, R. Gebauer and J.D. Tenhunen. 1996. Diurnal and seasonal patterns of ecosystem CO2 efflux from upland tundra in the foothills of the Brooks range, Alaska. Arctic and Alpine Research 28:328-338.
Cheng, W. 1996. Measurement of rhizosphere respiration and organic matter decomposition using natural 13C. Plant and Soil 183(2): 263-268.
Cheng, W., Q. Zhang, D.C. Coleman, C.R. Carroll and C.A. Hoffman. 1996. Is available carbon limiting microbial respiration in the rhizosphere? Soil and Biology and Biochemistry 28:1283-1288.
Cheng, W., D.C. Coleman, C.R. Carroll and C.A. Hoffman. 1994. Investigating short-term carbon flows in the rhizospheres of different plant species using isotopic trapping. Agronomy Journal 86:782-788.
Cheng, W. and R.A. Virginia. 1993. Measurement of microbial biomass in arctica tundra soils using fumigation-extraction and substrate-induced respiration procedures. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 25:135-141.
Cheng, W., D.C. Coleman, C.R. Caroll and C.A. Hoffman. 1993. In situ measurement of root respiration and soluble carbon concentrations in the rhizosphere. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 25:1189-1196.
Oberbauer, Steven F., C.T. Gillespie, W. Cheng, R. Gebauer, A. Sala Serra, and J.D. Tenhunen. 1992. Environmental effects on CO2 efflux from Riparian Tundra in the northern foothills of the Brooks range, Alaska. Oecologia 92:568-577.
Beare, M.H., R.W. Parmelee, P.F. Hendrix, W. Cheng, D.C. Coleman and D.A. Crossley, Jr. 1992. Microbial and Faunal interactions and effects on litter nitrogen and decomposition in agroecosystems. Ecological Monograph 62:569-591.
Cheng, W., D.C. Coleman, and J.E. Box, Jr. 1991. Measuring root turnover using the minirhizotron technique. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 34:261-267.
Berg, J.D., P.F. Hendrix, W. Cheng, and A. Dillard. 1991. A labeling chamber for 13C enrichment of plant tissues for decomposition studies. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 34:421-425.
Parmelee, R.W., M.H. Beare, W. Cheng, P.F. Hendrix, S.J. Rider, D.A. Crossley, Jr. and D.C. Coleman. 1990. Earthworms and enchytraeids in conventional and no-tillage agroecosystems: a biocide approach to assess their role in organic matter breakdown. Biology and Fertility of Soils 10:1-10.
Cheng, W., D.C. Coleman, and J.E. Box, Jr. 1990. Root dynamics, production and distribution in agroecosystems on the Georgia Piedmont using minirhizotrons. Journal of Applied Ecology 27:592-604.
Cheng, W. and D.C. Coleman. 1990. The effect of living roots on soil organic matter decomposition. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 22:781-787.
Cheng, W. and D.C. Coleman. 1990. A simple method for
measuring CO2 in a continuous air flow system: modifications to the
substrate-induced respiration technique. Soil
Biology and Biochemistry 21:385-388.
Chapters
in Books:
Cheng, W. and A. Gershenson. Carbon fluxes in the rhizosphere. In: The Rhizosphere - An Ecological Perspective, Z.G. Cardon and J.L. Whitbeck, (Eds.), Academic Press, San Diego. In press.
Cheng, W. and Y. Kuzyakov. 2005. Root effects on soil organic matter decomposition. IN: R. Zobel and S. Wright (eds.) Roots and Soil Management: Interactions between Roots and the Soil, Agronomy Monograph no. 48. American Society of Agronomy, Madison, WI, USA. pp.119-143
Cheng, W. and L-F. Jiang. 2005. Ecosystem processes belowground. In Chen, J., B. Li, et al. (eds.), Challenges Facing Ecologists: Questions and Approaches, (In Chinese), Higher Education Press, Beijing, China.
Cheng, W. 1999. Rhizosphere processes under elevated CO2. In Y. Lou and H. Mooney (eds.), Carbon Dioxide and Environmental Stress. pp. 245-263, Academic Press.
Oberbauer, S.F., W. Cheng, C.T. Gillespie, C.T. Ostendoref, A. Sala, R Gebauer, R.A. Virginia and J.D. Tenhunen. 1996. Landscape patterns of carbon dioxide exchange in tundra ecosystems. In J.F. Reynolds and J.D. Tenhunen (eds.), Landscape Function and Disturbance in Arctic Tundra. Ecological Studies Series 120, pp. 223-252. Springer-Verlag.
Coleman, D.C., P.F. Hendrix, M.H. Beare, W. Cheng, and D.A. Crossley, Jr. 1993. Microbial and faunal interactions as they affect soil organic matter dynamics in subtropical agroecosystems. In Paoletti, M.G., W. Foissner and D.C. Coleman (eds.) Soil Biota, Nutrient Cycling, and Farming Systems, pp. 1-14. Lewis, Boca Raton, Florida.
Han, X.G. and W. Cheng. 1992. The biochemical cycles of nutrient elements. In J. Liu et al. (eds.), Advances in Modern Ecology, pp. 73-100. China Science & Technology Press, Beijing, China.
Cheng, W. and X.G. Han. 1992. Recent development in agroecology. In J. Liu et al. (eds.), Advances in Modern Ecology, pp. 143-162. China Science & Technology Press, Beijing, China.
Cheng, W. and D.C. Coleman. 1991. Rhizosphere effect on soil organic matter decomposition. In D.L. Keister and P.B. Cregan (eds.). The Rhizosphere and Plant Growth, pp. 113. Beltsville Symposium in Agricultural Research, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston.
Edited
Books:
Liu, J.G., R. Wang, Z. Ouyang, S. Hu, Z. Huang, W. Cheng and Y. Wu (eds.). 1992. Advances in Modern Ecology. China Science and Technology Press, Beijing, China.
Crossley, D.A., D.C. Coleman, P.F. Hendrix, W. Cheng, D.H. Wright, M.H. Beare and C.A. Edwards (eds.). 1991. Modern Techniques in Soil Ecology. Elsevier, Amsterdam,