Publications:
Dijkstra FA, Zhu B, Cheng WX. 2020. Root effects on soil organic carbon: a double-edged sword. New Phytologist in press online 16 November 2020. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.17082 (Early View)
Lu J, Yang J, Keitel C, Yin L, Wang P, Cheng WX, Dijkstra FA. 2020. Rhizosphere priming effects of Lolium perenne and Trifolium repens depend on phosphorus fertilization and biological nitrogen fixation. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 150: 108005. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2020.108005 (Online First)
Yin Y, Xiao W, Dijkstra FA, Zhu B, Wang P, Cheng WX. 2020. Linking absorptive roots and their functional traits with rhizosphere priming of tree species. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 150: 107997. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2020.107997 (Online first)
Wang X, Yin L, Dijkstra DA, Lu J, Wang P, Cheng WX. 2020. Rhizosphere priming is tightly associated with root-driven aggregate turnover. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 149: 107964 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2020.107964 (Online First)
Chang Q, Qu G, Xu W, Wang C, Cheng WX, Bai E. 2020. Light availability controls rhizosphere priming effect of temperate forest trees. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2020.107895 (online first)
Vargas, TD, Concilio A, Woyann LG, Santos RHS, Cheng WX. 2020. Rhizosphere priming effect on N mineralization in vegetable and grain crop systems. Plant and Soil https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-020-04566-5
Eldon J, Baird G, Sidibeh S, Daniel Dobasin D, Rapaport P, Cheng WX, Shennan C. 2020. On-farm trials identify adaptive management options for rainfed agriculture in West Africa. Agricultural Systems 182: 102819 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2020.102819
He Y, Cheng WX, Zhou L, Shao J, Liu H, Zhou H, Zhu K, Zhou X. 2020. Soil DOC release and aggregate disruption mediate rhizosphere priming effect on soil C decomposition. Soil Biology and Biochemistry https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2020.107787
Wang X, Dijkstra FA, Yin L, Sun D, Cheng WX. 2020. Rhizosphere priming effects in soil aggregates with different size classes. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3027.
Loeppmann S, Forbush K, Cheng WX, Pausch J. Subsoil biogeochemical properties induce shifts in carbon allocation pattern and soil C dynamics in wheat. Plant and Soil 442: 369-383. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-019-04204-9
Huo C, Cheng WX. 2019. Improved root turnover assessment using field scanning rhizotrons with branch order analysis. Ecosphere 10(8): e02793
Lu J, Dijkstra FA, Wang P, Cheng WX. 2019. Roots of non-woody perennials accelerated long-term soil organic matter decomposition through biological and physical mechanisms. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 134: 42-53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2019.03.015
Tang M, Keck DC, Cheng WX, Zeng H, Zhu B. 2019. Linking rhizosphere respiration rate of three grassland species with root nitrogen concentration. Geoderma 346: 84-90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2019.03.035
Tang M, Cheng WX, Zeng H, Zhu B. 2019. Light intensity controls rhizosphere respiration rate and rhizosphere priming effect of soybean and sunflower. Rhizosphere 9: 97-105.
Yin L, Corneo PE, Richter A, Wang P, Cheng WX, Dijkstra FA. 2019. Variation in rhizosphere priming and microbial growth and carbon use efficiency caused by wheat genotypes and temperatures. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 134: 54-61.
Hou J, Dijkstra FA, Zhang X, Wang C, Lü X, Wang P, Han X, Cheng WX. 2019. Aridity thresholds of soil microbial metabolic indices along a 3,200 km transect across arid and semi-arid regions in Northern China. PeerJ 7:e6712.
He YH, Zhou XH, Cheng WS, Lingyan Zhou LY, Zhang GD, Zhou GY, Liu RQ, Shao JJ, Zhu K, Cheng WX. 2019. Linking improvement of soil structure to soil carbon storage following invasion by a C4 plant Spartina alterniflora. Ecosystems 22: 859-872.
Kou X, Su T, Ma N, Li Q, Wang P, Wu Z, Liang W, Cheng WX. 2018. Soil micro-food web interactions and rhizosphere priming effect. Plant and Soil 432: 129-142.
Wang C, Houlton BZ, Liu D, Hou J, Cheng WX, Bai E. 2018. Stable isotopic constraints on global soil organic carbon turnover. Biogeosciences 15: 987-995.
Yin L., Dijkstra FA, Wang P, Zhu B, Cheng WX. 2018. Rhizosphere priming effects on soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics among tree species with and without intraspecific competition. New Phytologist 218: 1036-1048. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.15074
Lu J, Dijkstra FA, Wang P, Cheng WX. 2018. Rhizosphere priming of grassland species under different water and nitrogen conditions: a mechanistic hypothesis of C-N interactions. Plant and Soil. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-018-3699-1.
Zhang X, Han X, Yu W, Wang P, Cheng WX. 2017. Priming effects on labile and stable soil organic carbon decomposition: Pulse dynamics over two years. PLoS ONE 12(9): e0184978.
Wang C, Wei H, Liu D, Luo W, Hou J, Cheng WX, Han X, Bai E. 2017. Depth profiles of soil carbon isotopes along a semi-arid grassland transect in northern China. Plant and Soil 417:43-52. DOI 10.1007/s11104-017-3233-x
Su T, Dijkstra FA, Wang P, Cheng WX. 2017. Rhizosphere priming effects of soybean and cottonwood: do they vary with latitude? Plant and Soil 420:349-360, DOI 10.1007/s11104-017-3396-5
Huo C, Luo Y, Cheng WX. 2017. Rhizosphere priming effect: A meta-analysis. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 111: 78-84. PDF
Tian QX, He H, Cheng WX, Bai Z, Wang Y, Zhang XD. 2016. Factors controlling soil organiccarbon stability along a temperateforest altitudinal gradient. Scientific Reports DOI: 10.1038/srep18783. PDF
Pausch J, Loeppmann S, Kühnel A, Forbush K, Kuzyakov Y, Cheng WX. 2016. Rhizosphere priming of barley with and without root hairs. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 100: 74-82. PDF
Tian Q, Liu N, Bai W, Li L, Chen JQ, Reich PB, Yu Q, Guo DL, Smith MD, Knapp AK, Cheng WX, Lu P, Gao Y, Yang A, Wang T, Li X, Wang Z, Ma Y, Han XG, Zhang WH. 2016. A novel soil manganese mechanism drives plant species loss withincreased nitrogen deposition in a temperate steppe. Ecology 97(1): 65–74. PDF
Lin J, Zhu B, Cheng WX.2015. Decadally-cycling soil carbon is more sensitive to warming than faster-cycling soil carbon. Global Change Biology21: 4602–4612. Pang XY, Zhu B, Lu X, Cheng WX. 2015. Labile substrate availability controls temperature sensitivity of organic carbon decomposition at different soil depths. Biogeochemistry126:85–98. DPF
Bai W, Guo D, Tian Q, N. Liu N, Cheng WX, Li L,Zhang WH. 2015. Differential responses of grasses and forbs led tomarked reduction in below-ground productivity intemperate steppe following chronic N deposition. Journal of Ecology 103: 1570–1579. PDF
Concilio A, Vargas T, Cheng WX. 2015. Rhizosphere-mediated effects of the invasive grass Bromus tectorum L. and native Elymuselymoides on nitrogen cycling in Great Basin Desert soils. Plant and Soil 393: 245-257. PDF
Cheng WX, Parton WJ, Gonzalez-Meler MA et al, 2014. Tansley Review: Synthesis and modeling perspectives of rhizosphere priming. New Phytologist 201: 31-44. PDF
Wang C, Wang X, Liu D, Wu H, Lü X, Fang Y, Cheng WX, et al. 2014. Aridity threshold in controlling ecosystem nitrogen cycling in arid and semi-arid grasslands. Nature Communications DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5799. PDF
Zhu B, Gutknecht JLM, Herman DJ, Keck DC, Firestone MK, Cheng WX. 2014. Rhizosphere priming effects on soil carbon and nitrogen mineralization. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 76: 183-192. PDF
Tian QX, He HB, Cheng WX, Zhang XD. 2014. Pulse-dynamic and monotonic decline patterns of soil respiration in long term laboratory microcosms. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 68: 329-336. PDF
Pausch J, Zhu B, Kuzyakov Y, Cheng WX. 2013. Plant inter-species effects on rhizosphere priming of soil organic matter decomposition, Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 57: 91-99. PDF
Zhu B, Cheng WX. 2013. Impacts of drying–wetting cycles on rhizosphere respiration and soil organic matter decomposition. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 63: 89-96. PDF
Pang X, Bao W, Zhu B, Cheng WX. 2013. Responses of soil respiration and its temperature sensitivity to thinning in a pine plantation, Agricultural & Forest Meteorology 171: 57-64. PDF
Xu Z, Wan S, Ren H, Han X, Li M, Cheng WX, Jiang Y. 2012. Effects of water and nitrogen addition on species turnover in temperate grasslands in Northern China. PLoS ONE 7: e39762. PDF
Zhu B, Cheng WX. 2012. Nodulated soybean enhances rhizosphere priming on soil organic matter decomposition more than non-nodulated soybean, Soil Biology & Biochemistry 51: 56-65. PDF
Zhu B, Cheng WX. 2011. Rhizosphere priming effect increases the temperature sensitivity of soil organic matter decomposition. Global Change Biology 17: 2172-2183. PDF
Zhu B, Cheng WX. 2011. Constant and diurnally-varying temperature regimes lead to different temperature sensitivities of soil organic carbon decomposition. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 43: 866-869. PDF
Zhu B, Cheng WX. 2011. 13C isotope fractionation during rhizosphere respiration of C3 and C4 plants. Plant & Soil 342: 277-287. PDF
Xu, Y., J. He, W. Cheng, X. Xing, L. Li. 2010. Natural 15N abundance in soils and plants in relation to N cycling in a rangeland in Inner Mongolia. Journal of Plant Ecology 3:201-207. PDF
Walker, R.F., W. Cheng, D.W. Johnson. 2010. Mycorrhization of ponderosa pine in a second-growth Sierra Nevada forest. Western North American Naturalist 70:1-8. PDF
Cheng, W. 2009. Rhizosphere priming effect: Its functional relationships with microbial turnover, evapotranspiration, and C-N budgets. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 41:1795-1801. PDF
Cheng, W., Q. Chen, Y. Xu, X. Han, L. Li. 2009. Climate and ecosystem 15N natural abundance along a transect of Inner Mongolian grasslands: Contrasting regional patterns and global patterns. Global Biogeochemical Cycles doi:10.1029/2008GB003315. PDF
Dijkstra, F.A., N.E. Bader, D.W. Johnson, W. Cheng. 2009. Does accelerated soil organic matter decomposition in the presence of plants increase plant N availability? Soil Biology & Biochemistry 41:1080-1087. PDF
Gershenson, A., N.E. Bader, W. Cheng. 2009. Effects of substrate availability on the temperature sensitivity of soil organic matter decomposition. Global Change Biology 15:176-183. PDF
Dijkstra, F.A., W. Cheng. 2008. Increased soil moisture content increases plant N uptake and the abundance of 15N in plant biomass. Plant and Soil 302:263-271. PDF
Xu, Y., S. Wan, W. Cheng, L. Li. 2008. Impacts of grazing intensity on denitrification and N2O production in a semi-arid grassland ecosystem. Biogeochemistry 88:103-115. PDF
Bader, N.E., W. Cheng. 2007. Rhizosphere priming effect of Populus fremontii obscures the temperature sensitivity of soil organic carbon respiration. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 39:600-606. PDF
Cheng, W., F.A. Dijkstra. 2007. Theoretical proof and empirical validation of a continuous labeling method using naturally 13C-depleted carbon dioxide. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology 49:401-407. PDF
Cheng, W., A. Gershenson. 2007. Carbon fluxes in the rhizosphere. In: Cardon, Z.G., J.L. Whitbeck (eds.) The Rhizosphere - An Ecological Perspective, pp. 31-56. Academic Press, San Diego, CA. PDF
Dijkstra, F.A., W. Cheng. 2007. Interactions between soil and tree roots accelerate long-term soil carbon decomposition. Ecology Letters 10:1046-1053. PDF
Dijkstra, F.A., W. Cheng. 2007. Moisture modulates rhizosphere effects on C decomposition in two different soil types. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 39:2264-2274. PDF
Johnson, D.W., F.A. Dijkstra, W. Cheng. 2007. The effects of Glycine max and Helianthus annuus on nutrient availability in two soils. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 39:2160-2163. PDF
Pasakdee, S., G. Bañuelos, C. Shennan, W. Cheng. 2007. Organic N fertilizers and irrigation influence organic Broccoli production in two regions of California. Journal of Vegetable Science 12:27-46.
Xu, Y., L. Li, Q. Wang, Q. Chen, W. Cheng. 2007. The pattern between nitrogen mineralization and grazing intensities in an Inner Mongolian typical steppe. Plant and Soil 300:289-300. PDF
Zhan, X., L. Li and W. Cheng. 2007. Restore degraded Stipa krylovii steppes in Inner Mongolia of China: Assess seed banks and vegetation composition. Journal of Arid Environments 69:298-307. PDF
Dijkstra, F.A., W. Cheng, D.W. Johnson. 2006. Plant biomass influences rhizosphere priming effects on soil organic matter decomposition in two differently managed soils. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 38:2519-2526. PDF
Misson, L., A. Gershenson, J. Tang, R. Boniello, M. McKay, W. Cheng, 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. PDF
Cheng, W., S. Fu, R.B. Susfalk, R.J. Mitchell. 2005. Measuring tree root respiration using 13C natural abundance: rooting medium matters. New Phytologist 167:297-307. PDF
Cheng, W., L.F. Jiang. 2005. Ecosystem processes belowground. In Chen, J. et al. (eds.) Challenges Facing Ecologists: Questions and Approaches, pp. 40-67. Higher Education Press, Beijing, China.
Cheng, W., Y. Kuzyakov. 2005. Root effects on soil organic matter decomposition. In: Zobel, R.W., S.F. Wright (eds.) Roots and Soil Management: Interactions between Roots and the Soil, Agronomy Monograph No. 48, pp. 119-143. ASA-CSSA-SSSA, Madison, WI. PDF
Tang, J., L. Misson, A. Gershenson, W. Cheng, 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. PDF
Wang, Z., X. Han, L. Li, Q. Chen, Y. Duan, W. Cheng. 2005. Methane emission from small wetlands and implications for semiarid region budgets. Journal of Geophysical Research doi:10.1029/2004JD005548. PDF
Fu, S., 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. PDF
Johnson, D.W., W. Cheng, J.D. Joslin, R.J. Norby, N.T. Edwards, D.E. Todd, Jr. 2004. Effects of elevated CO2 on nutrient cycling in a sweetgum plantation. Biogeochemistry 69:379-403. PDF
Kuzyakov, Y., W. Cheng. 2004. Photosynthesis controls of CO2 efflux from maize rhizosphere. Plant and Soil 263:85-99. PDF
Verburg, P.S.J., W. Cheng, D.W. Johnson, 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. PDF
Cheng, W., D.W. Johnson, S. Fu. 2003. Rhizosphere effects on decomposition: controls of plant species, phenology, and fertilization. Soil Science Society of America Journal 67:1418-1427. PDF
Fu, S., 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. PDF
Fu, S., W. Cheng, R.B. Susfalk. 2002. Rhizosphere respiration varies with plant species and phenology: A greenhouse pot experiment. Plant and Soil 239:133-140. PDF
Hui, D., D.A. Sims, D.W. Johnson, W. Cheng, 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. PDF
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, D.W. Johnson. 2002. Net primary productivity of a CO2-enriched deciduous forest and the implications for carbon storage. Ecological Applications 12:1261-1266. PDF
Susfalk, R.B., W. Cheng, D.W. Johnson, R.F. Walker, P. Verburg, 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. PDF
Hui, D., Y. Luo, W. Cheng, J.S. Coleman, D.W. Johnson, D.A. Sims. 2001. Canopy radiation- and water-use efficiencies as affected by elevated [CO2]. Global Change Biology 7:75-91. PDF
Kuzyakov, Y., W. Cheng. 2001. Photosynthesis controls of rhizosphere respiration and organic matter decomposition. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 33:1915-1925. PDF
Bonkowski, M., W. Cheng, B.S. Griffiths, G. Alphei, S. Scheu. 2000. Microbial-faunal interactions in the rhizosphere and effects on plant growth. European Journal of Soil Biology 36:135-147. PDF
Cheng, W., D.A. Sims, Y. Luo, D.W. Johnson, J.T. Ball, J.S. Coleman. 2000. Carbon budgeting in plant-soil mesocosms under elevated CO2: locally missing carbon? Global Change Biology 6:99-110. PDF
Cheng, W., D.A. Sims, Y. Luo, J. S. Coleman, 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. PDF
Haile-Mariam, S., W. Cheng, D.W. Johnson, 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. PDF
Johnson, D.W., W. Cheng, J.T. Ball. 2000. Effects of [CO2] and N fertilization on soils planted with ponderosa pine. Plant and Soil 224:99-113. PDF
Johnson, D.W., W. Cheng, 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. PDF
Johnson, D.W., W. Cheng, I.C. Burke. 2000. Biotic and abiotic nitrogen retention in a variety of forest soils. Soil Science Society of America Journal 64:1503-1514. PDF
Luo, Y., D. Hui, W. Cheng, J.S. Coleman, D.W. Johnson, D.A. Sims. 2000. Canopy quantum yield in a mesocosm study. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 100:35-48. PDF
Cheng, W. 1999. Rhizosphere feedbacks in elevated CO2. Tree Physiology 19:313-320. PDF
Cheng, W. 1999. Rhizosphere processes under elevated CO2. In Luo, Y., H.A. Mooney (eds.) Carbon Dioxide and Environmental Stress, pp. 245-263, Academic Press, San Diego, CA, USA..
Sims, D.A., W. Cheng, Y. Luo, J.R. Seemann. 1999. Photosynthetic acclimation to elevated CO2 in a sunflower canopy. Journal of Experimental Botany 50:645-653. PDF
Cheng, W., D.W. Johnson. 1998. Elevated CO2, rhizosphere processes, and soil organic matter decomposition. Plant and Soil 202:167-174. PDF
Cheng, W., R.A. Virginia, S.F. Oberbauer, J.D. Tenhunen, C.T. Gillespie, J.F. Reynolds. 1998. Soil nitrogen, microbial biomass and respiration along an arctic toposequence. Soil Science Society of America Journal 62:654-662. PDF
Cheng, W. 1996. Measurement of rhizosphere respiration and organic matter decomposition using natural 13C. Plant and Soil 183:263-268. PDF
Cheng, W., Q. Zhang, D.C. Coleman, C.R. Carroll, C.A. Hoffman. 1996. Is available carbon limiting microbial respiration in the rhizosphere? Soil Biology & Biochemistry 28:1283-1288. PDF
Holland, J.N., W. Cheng, 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. PDF
Oberbauer, S.F., C.T. Gillespie, W. Cheng, A. Sala, R. Gebauer, 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. PDF
Oberbauer, S.F., W. Cheng, C.T. Gillespie, C.T. Ostendoref, A. Sala, R Gebauer, R.A. Virginia, J.D. Tenhunen. 1996. Landscape patterns of carbon dioxide exchange in tundra ecosystems. In Reynolds, J.F., J.D. Tenhunen (eds.). Landscape Function and Disturbance in Arctic Tundra, Ecological Studies Series 120, pp. 223-252. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany.
Cheng, W., D.C. Coleman, C.R. Carroll, 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., D.C. Coleman, C.R. Carroll, C.A. Hoffman. 1993. In situ measurement of root respiration and soluble carbon concentrations in the rhizosphere. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 25:1189-1196. PDF
Cheng, W., R.A. Virginia. 1993. Measurement of microbial biomass in arctic tundra soils using fumigation-extraction and substrate-induced respiration procedures. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 25:135-141. PDF
Coleman, D.C., P.F. Hendrix, M.H. Beare, W. Cheng, 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, D.C. Coleman (eds.) Soil Biota, Nutrient Cycling, and Farming Systems, pp. 1-14. Lewis, Boca Raton, Florida, USA.
Beare, M.H., R.W. Parmelee, P.F. Hendrix, W. Cheng, D.C. Coleman, D.A. Crossley, Jr. 1992. Microbial and faunal interactions and effects on litter nitrogen and decomposition in agroecosystems. Ecological Monographs 62:569-591. PDF
Cheng, W., X.G. Han. 1992. Recent development in agroecology. In Liu, J. et al. (eds.) Advances in Modern Ecology, pp. 143-162. China Science & Technology Press, Beijing, China.
Han, X.G., W. Cheng. 1992. The biochemical cycles of nutrient elements. In Liu, J. et al. (eds.) Advances in Modern Ecology, pp. 73-100. China Science & Technology Press, Beijing, China.
Liu, J., R. Wang, Z. Ouyang, S. Hu, Z. Huang, W. Cheng, Y. Wu (eds.). 1992. Advances in Modern Ecology. China Science and Technology Press, Beijing, China.
Oberbauer, S.F., C.T. Gillespie, W. Cheng, R. Gebauer, A. Sala Serra, 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. PDF
Cheng, W., D.C. Coleman, J.E. Box, Jr. 1991. Measuring root turnover using the minirhizotron technique. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 34:261-267. PDF
Cheng, W., D.C. Coleman. 1991. Rhizosphere effect on soil organic matter decomposition. In D.L. Keister, P.B. Cregan (eds.) The Rhizosphere and Plant Growth, pp. 113. Beltsville Symposium in Agricultural Research, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, USA.
Berg, J.D., P.F. Hendrix, W. Cheng, A. Dillard. 1991. A labeling chamber for 13C enrichment of plant tissues for decomposition studies. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 34:421-425. PDF
Crossley, D.A., D.C. Coleman, P.F. Hendrix, W. Cheng, D.H. Wright, M.H. Beare, C.A. Edwards (eds.) 1991. Modern Techniques in Soil Ecology. Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Cheng, W., D.C. Coleman. 1990. Effect of living roots on soil organic matter decomposition. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 22:781-787. PDF
Cheng, W., D.C. Coleman, 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. PDF
Parmelee, R.W., M.H. Beare, W. Cheng, P.F. Hendrix, S.J. Rider, D.A. Crossley, Jr., 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. PDF
Cheng, W., D.C. Coleman. 1989. A simple method for measuring CO2 in a continuous air flow system: modifications to the substrate-induced respiration technique. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 21:385-388. PDF