RESEARCHERS

Zhang Xiaoke
Zhang Xiaoke / 女
Professional Title:Professor
Education:Ph.D
Phone:024-83970359
Email:zxk@iae.ac.cn

Resume

ZHANG Xiaoke,Female, born in April 1978, native of Shenyang, Liaoning Province. Doctoral supervisor, Professor.Her main research interests include the ecological function of soil food web, and trophic cascade effects among soil biota . She has completed 6 programs of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (general program, Key Program subproject, Young Scientist Fund et al. ) as the principal investigator. She also attained the Special Reward Fund for Talent Resources Development of Shenyang City. She is currently leading a special project under the National Science and Technology Basic Resources Survey Program, a subproject of the National Key R&D Program of China, a project under the Regional Innovation and Development Joint Fund, and a General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China. Now she She has published more than 80 papers in journals such as Global Change Biology, Soil Biology and Biochemistry, including over 50 SCI-indexed papers and more than 10 papers in international journals, and authored 3 monographs.

Educational Experience

2003.08-2006.07 Ph.D. degree in Soil Science from the Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China. 2000.09-2003.07 Master's degree in Crop Cultivation and Tillage from Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China.

Work Experience

2013.12-present Professor of Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China 2015.03-2016.03 Senior Visiting Scholar of University of California, Davis, USA 2008.12-2013.11 Associate Professor of Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China 2006.07-2008.12 Postdoctoral Fellow of Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China

Research Interests

Soil Ecology; Soil Nematode Ecology; Soil Biota Function

Research Projects

2025-2029:subproject Leader,Investigation of Soil Nematode Diversity and Species Distribution in Major Natural Forest Regions, National Science and Technology Fundamental Resources Investigation Program of China 2022-2027:subproject Leader, Biological Mechanism and Control Strategy of Soil Degradation in Cinnamon Soil Areas of the Liaohe Plain, the National Key R&D Program of China 2023-2026:subproject Leader,Mechanism of Maize-Peanut Intercropping on Soil Biological Health in the Liaohe Plain, Regional Development Innovation Fund 2026-2029:Project Leader, Straw Carbon Transformation Pathway Mediated by Soil Micro-food Webs and Its Regulatory Mechanism in Farmland Ecosystems, General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China 2020-2023:Project Leader, Mechanism of Straw Returning on Nitrogen Transformation within Soil Micro-food Webs in Farmland Ecosystems, General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China 2018-2021:Project Leader, Response mechanism of Soil Micro-food Webs to Organic Carbon Input in Farmland Ecosystems, General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China 2013-2016:Project Leader, Effects of Biological Soil Crusts on Soil Nematode Communities Under Artificial Forests in Horqin Sandy Dunes, General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China 2012-2015:Project Leader,General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Soil Nematode Diversity and Bioindication in Temperate Forests of Changbai Mountain 2008-2010:Project Leader, Spatiotemporal Distribution Patterns of Soil Nematodes in Horqin Sandy Dunes, Young Scientist Fund of the National Natural Science Foundation of China

Selected Publications

1.Tian Yijia, Kou Xinchang, An Tignting, Sun Liangjie, Li Qi, Liang Wenju, Zhang Xiaoke*. 2025. Stover return enhances the transformation and sequestration of photosynthetic carbon through regulating soil food web. Journal of Cleaner Production 531: 146910 2.Wang Xiao, Li Yingbin, Yang Minghao, Liang Wenju, Zhang Xiaoke*. 2025. Intercropping with appropriate nitrogen reduction achieves the trade-off among soil biological health, soil multifunctionality, and crop productivity. Field Crops Research 333:110085 3.Wang Xiao, Yang Minghao, Gao Lixiang, Li Yignbin, Liang Wenju, Zhang Xiaoke*. 2024. Continuous cropping obstacles: Insights from the community composition and the imbalance carbon fluxes within soil nematode food web. Geoderma 451:117060 4.Tian Yijia, Wang Xiao, Guo Kang, Islam Md N, Liu Xiaotong, Liang Wenju, Zhang Xiaoke*. 2024. Stover management affects soil food webs and regulates the decomposition pathway in a maize field. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 376: 109229 5.Liu Xiaotong, Liang Siwei, Tian Yijia Wang Xiao, Liang Wenju, Zhang Xiaoke*. 2024. Effect of land use on soil nematode community composition and co-occurrence network relationship. Journal of Integrative Agriculture 23(8): 2807–2819 6.Liu Xiaotong, Zhang Xiaoke*, Tian Yijia, Li Yingbin, Du Xiaofang, Liu Hanwen, Steinberger Yosef, Liang Wenju*. 2023. Microfauna community assembly and cascading relationship with microflora in cropland ecosystems along a latitudinal gradient. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 357: 108678 7.Kou Xinchang, Morriën Elly, Tian Yijia, Zhang Xiaoke*, Lu Caiyan, Xie Hongtu, Liang Wenju, Li Qi*, Liang Chao. 2023. Exogenous carbon turnover within the soil food web strengthens soil carbon sequestration through microbial necromass accumulation. Global Change Biology 29: 4069-4080. 8.Liu Hanwen, Du Xiaofang, Li Yingbin, Han Xu, Li Bing, Zhang Xiaoke, Li Qi, Liang Wenju. 2022. Organic substitutions improve soil quality and maize yield through increasing soil microbial diversity. Journal of Cleaner Production 347: 131323 9.Liu Hanwen, Zhang Xiaoke*, Zhang Guizong, Kou Xinchang, Liang Wenju*. 2022. Partial organic substitution weakens the negative effect of chemical fertilizer on soil micro-food webs. Journal of Integrative Agriculture 21(10): 3037-3050 10.Luo Jingmei, Zhang Xiaoke*, Kou Xinchang, Xie Hongtu, Bao Xuelian, Mahamood M, Liang Wenju. 2021. Effects of residue mulching amounts on metabolic footprints based on production and respiration of soil nematodes in a long-term no-tillage system Land Degradation & Development 32:2383– 2392. 11.Zhang Zhiyong, Wang Han, Wang Yan, Zhang Xiaoke*, Zhao Tianhong, Mahamood Mohammad. 2021. Organic input practice alleviates the negative impacts of elevated ozone on soil microfood-web. Journal of Cleaner Production 290: 125773 12.Kou Xinchang, Ma Ningning, Zhang Xiaoke*, Xie Hongtu, Zhang Xudong, Wu Zhengfang, Liang Wenju, Li Qi, Ferris Howard. 2020. Frequency of stover mulching but not amount regulates the decomposition pathways of soil micro-foodwebs in a no-tillage system. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 144: 107789. 13.Kou Xinchang, Zhang Xiaoke*, Bai Wei, Cai Qian, Wu Zhengfang, Li Qi, Liang Wenju. 2020. Exploring N fertilizer reduction and organic material addition practices: Examining their alleviating negative effect of fertilization on nematode food web in cropland. Land Degradation & Development 31:2952– 2961 14.Guan Pingting, Zhang Xiaoke*, Cheng Yunyun, Zheng Hairui, Liang Wenju. 2020. Biocrust regulates the effects of water and temperature on soil microbial and nematode communities in a semiarid ecosystem. Land Degradation & Development 31:1335–1343 15.Zhang Guizong, Kou Xinchang, Zhang Xiaoke*, Bai Wei, Liang Wenju. 2020. Effect of row spacings on soil nematode communities and ecosystem multifunctionality at an aggregate scale. Scientific Reports 10: 4779. 16.Zhang Xiaoke, Wu Xia, Zhang Shixiu, Xing Yuehua, Liang Wenju. 2019. Organic amendment effects on nematode distribution within aggregate fractions in agricultural soils. Soil Ecology Letters 1(3-4): 147–156 17.Guan Pingting, Zhang Xiaoke*, Yu Jun, Cheng Yunyun, Li Qi, Andriuzzi Walter S, Liang Wenju. 2018. Soil microbial food web channels associated with biological soil crusts in desertification restoration: The carbon flow from microbes to nematodes. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 116:82-90 18.Zhang Zhiyong Liang Siwei, Wang Jingkuan, Zhang Xiaoke*, Mahamood Mohammad, Yu Jun, Zhang Xiaoping, Liang Aizhen, Liang Wenju. 2018. Tillage and crop succession effects on soil microbial metabolic activity and carbon utilization in a clay loam soil. European Journal of Soil Biology 88: 97-104 19.Zhang Xiaoke, Howard Ferris*, Jeffrey Mitchell, Liang Wenju. 2017. Ecosystem services of the soil food web after long-term application of agricultural management practices. Soil Biology & Biochemistry. 111:36-43 20.Zhang Xiaoke, Guan Pingting, Wang Yaolei, Li Qi, Zhang Shixiu, Zhang Zhiyong, Bezemer T. Martijn, Liang Wenju. 2015. Community composition, diversity and metabolic footprints of soil nematodes in differently-aged temperate forests. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 80:118-126 21.Zhang Xiaoke, Wu Xia, Zhang Shixiu, Xing Yuehua, Wang Ren, Liang Wenju*. 2014. Organic amendment effects on aggregate-associated organic C, microbial biomass C and glomalin in agricultural soils.Catena 123:188-194 22.张晓珂,梁文举,李琪*. 2018. 我国土壤线虫生态学研究进展和展望. 生物多样性26(10): 1060-1073 23.梁文举,董元华,李英滨,张晓珂,李琪,武志杰. 2021. 土壤生物健康的生物学表征和调控. 应用生态学报 32(2): 719-728 24.骆静梅,张晓珂,梁文举. 2021. 土壤线虫采集、标本制作与数据分析. Bio-101: e1010621. DOI: 10.21769/BioProtoc.1010621. 25.刘笑彤,田艺佳,刘汉文,梁翠影,姜思维,梁文举,张晓珂. 2022.下辽河平原农田土壤线虫群落组成的季节变化研究. 生物多样性 30(12): 127-135 26.王骁,梁思维,田艺佳,刘笑彤,梁文举,张晓珂*. 2023. 稳定同位素技术在土壤食物网研究中的应用. 应用生态学报34(10):2861-2870 27.谢致敬,刘相钰,孙晓铭,刘继亮,刘占锋,张晓珂,陈军,杨效东,朱波,柯欣,吴东辉. 2023. 中国土壤动物多样性监测网络建设、进展与展望. 生物多样性31(12): 23365. 28.张晓珂, 梁文举, 李琪 著. 2013. 长白山森林土壤线虫—形态分类与分布格局. 北京:中国农业出版社 29.解宏图,王 朋,王笑影,邓芳博,朱雪峰,刘亚军,张晓珂,姜 楠,蒋云峰,杨雅丽,张玉兰,鲁彩艳,鲍雪莲. 2023.东北地区保护性耕作技术研究. 北京:中国农业出版社 30.Li Qi, Liang Wenju, Zhang Xiaoke, Mahamood Mohammad. 2017. Soil Nematodes of Grasslands in Northern China. Zhejiang University Press. Academic Press is an imprint of Elsevier

Patents and Standards

1. Du Xiaofang, Liang Siwei, Lü Ying, Li Yingbin, Zhang Xiaoke, Liang Wenju, Wu Jian. Technical Specification for Biological Health Assessment of Peanut Continuous Cropping Soil. Group Standard: T/LNIQA 012-2024 Issued Date: June 20, 2024. 2. Liang Wenju, Li Yingbin, Du Xiaofang, Zhang Xiaoke, et al. Technical Specification for Biological Health Assessment of Upland Soil. Local Standard of Liaoning Province: DB21/T 4328-2025. Issued Date: November 30, 2025.