Plantation sivilculture and management; Soil C and N cycles and soil microbial functions; Stable isotopic technique application in ecology; Degraded ecosystem assessment and restoration; Global climate change impacts on terrestrial ecosystems

Advance Forest Ecology

Stable Isotope Theory and Application in Ecology

2016-2020, Science Foundation of Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University project “Soil Organic Carbon Source, Turnover and Output in Plantations in Sup-tropical region” ￥350,000 (PI)

2013-2016, National Natural Science Foundation of China project “Responses and Mechanisms of Soil Organic Carbon to Soil Drying and Rewetting under Different Ecosystems in Semi-arid Region” ￥750,000 (PI)

2011-2013, National Natural Science Foundation of China project “Effects and Mechanisms of Cropland Afforestation on Soil Organic Carbon Stock and Stability in Keerqin Sandy Land” ￥220,000 (PI)

2012-2015, Youth Innovation Promotion Association, Chinese Academy of Sciences project “Impacts of Precipitation Pattern on Soil Respiration in Grassland and Plantation in a semi-arid region” ￥400,000 (PI)

2011-2015, National Key Technologies R&D Program of China project “Soil Heavy Metals Contaminations and Phytostabilization in the Tailings of Placer Gold Mine” ￥300,000 (PI)

2009-2010, Liaoning Province Key Laboratory of Public Welfare Forest Management project “Stocks and Dynamics of Soil Organic Carbon in Plantations in Keeqin Sandy Lands” ￥15,000 (PI)

Refereed Publications in International Journals (* present corresponding author)

1.Hu YL*, Zeng DH, Ma XQ, Chang SX.2016. Root rather than leaf litter input drives soil carbon sequestration after afforestation on a marginal cropland. Forest Ecology and Management, 362: 38-45

2.Hu YL*, Wang CY, Zeng DH. 2015. Soil amendment improves tree growth and soil carbon and nitrogen pools in Mongolian pine plantations on post-mining land in northeast China. Land Degradation & Development, 26(8): 807-812

3.Hu YL, Hu Y, Zeng DH, Chang SX.. 2015. Exponential fertilization and plant competition effects on the growth and N nutrition of trembling aspen and white spruce seedlings. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 45: 78-86.

4.Gao YC, Wang JN, Guo SH, Hu YL, Li TT, Mao R, Zeng DH. 2015. Effects of salinization and crude oil contamination on soil bacterial community structure in the Yellow River Delta region, China. Applied Soil Ecology, 86: 165-173.

5.Wang HQ, Zhao Q, Zeng DH, Hu YL, Yu ZY. 2015. Remediation of amagnesium-contaminated soil by chemical amendments and leaching. Land Degradation & Development,26(6): 613-619

6.Hu YL, Wu FP, Zeng DH and Chang SX. 2014. Wheat straw and its biochar had contrasting effects on soil C and N cycling two growing seasons after addition to a Black Chernozemic soil planted to barley. Biology and Fertility of Soils, 50 (8): 1291-1299

7.Hu YL*, Hu LL and Zeng DH. 2014. Dynamics and sources of soil organic C following afforestation of croplands with poplar in a semi-arid region in Northeast China. PLoS One, 9 (1): e86640

8.Hu YL, Yan E, Choi W, Salifu F, Tan X, Chen ZC, Zeng DH and Chang SX. 2014. Soil nitrification and foliar delta N-15 declined with stand age in trembling aspen and jack pine forests in northern Alberta, Canada. Plant and Soil, 376 (1-2): 399-409

9.Lou XD, Zhai SQ, Kang B, Hu YL, Hu LL. 2014. Rapid response of hydrological loss of DOC to water table drawdown and warming in Zoige peatland: results from a mesocosm experiment.PLoS One 9(11): e109861

10.Hu YL*, Zeng DH, Chang SX, Mao R. 2013. Dynamics of soil and root C stocks following afforestation of croplands with poplars in a semi-arid region in northeast China. Plant and Soil, 368: 619-627

11.Hu YL, Jung K, Zeng DH, Chang SX. 2013. Nitrogen- and sulfur-deposition-altered soil microbial community functions and enzyme activities in a boreal mixedwood forest in western Canada. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 43: 777-784.

12.Ding F, Hu YL, Li LJ, Li A, Shi S, Lian P-Y, Zeng D-H. 2013. Changes in soil organic carbon and total nitrogen stocks after conversion of meadow to cropland in Northeast China. Plant and Soil, DOI: 10.1007/s11104-013-1827-5.

13.Zhao L, Hu YL, Lin GG, Gao YC, Fang YT, Zeng DH. 2013. Mixing effects of understory plant litter on decomposition and nutrient release of tree litter in two plantations in northeast China. Plos ONE 8(10):e76334

14.Yan ER, Hu YL, Salifu F, Tan X, Chen ZC, Chang SX. 2012. Effectiveness of soil N availability indices in predicting site productivity in the oil sands region of Alberta. Plant and Soil, 359: 215-231

15.Mao R, Zeng DH, Li LJ, Hu YL. 2012. Changes in labile soil organic matter fractions following land use change from monocropping to poplar-based agroforestry systems in a semiarid region of Northeast China. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 184: 6845-6853

16.Hu YL, Zeng DH, Liu XY, Zhang YL, Chen ZH, Wang ZQ. 2010. Responses of soil chemical and biological properties to nitrogen addition in a Dahurian larch plantation in Northeast China. Plant and Soil, 333: 81-92

17.Mao R, Zeng DH, Hu YL, Li LJ, Yang D.2010. Soil organic carbon and nitrogen stocks in an age-sequence of poplar stands planted on marginal agricultural land in Northeast China. Plant and Soil, 332: 277-287

18.Zeng DH, Hu YL*, Chang SX, Fan ZP. 2009. Land cover change effects on soil chemical and biological properties after planting Mongolian pine (Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica) in sandy lands in Keerqin, northeastern China. Plant and Soil, 317:121-133

19.Zhao Q, Zeng DH, Fan ZP, Yu ZY, Hu YL, Zhang JW. 2009. Seasonal variations in phosphorus fractions in semiarid sandy soils under different vegetation types. Forest Ecology and Management, 258:1376-1382

20.Hu YL, Zeng DH, Fan ZP, Chen GS, Zhao Q, Pepper D. 2008. Changes in ecosystem carbon stocks following grassland afforestation on a semiarid sandy soil at southeastern Keerqin Sandy Lands, China. Journal of Arid Environments, 72: 2193-2200

21.Hu Y L, Wang S L, Zeng D H.2006. Effects of single Chinese fir and mixed leaf litters on soil chemical, microbial properties and soil enzyme activities. Plant and Soil, 282: 379-386.

Refereed Publications in Chinese Journals

1.Fan ZP, Hu YL*, Li JT, Zeng DH. 2015. Effects of drying-rewetting on soil C and N mineralization rates in Mongolian pine plantation in a semi-arid region. Chinese Journal of Ecology, 34(12): 3360-3367

2.Hu YL, Wang CY, Wang HQ, Zeng DH. 2014. Characteristics of soil heavy metals concentrations in the tailings og Guliku placer gold mine in the Greater Khingan Mountains. Chinese Journal of Ecology, 33(10): 2796-2802

3.Hu YL, Zeng DH, Jiang T. 2009. Effects of afforested poplar plantations on the stock and distribution of C, N, P at Keerqin Sandy Lands. Acta Ecologica Sinica, 29(8):4206-4214

4.Bai XS, Hu YL*, Zeng DH, Jiang Z R. 2008. Effects of farmland afforestation on ecosystem carbon stock and its distribution pattern in semi-arid region of Northeast China. Chinese Journal of Ecology, 27(10): 1647-1652

5.Liu XY, Zhao Q, Zeng DH, Liu J H, Hu YL, Deng DZ, Wang H. 2008. Relationships between phosphorus fractions concentrations in Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica needles and soil available phosphorus. Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology, 19(3): 494-498

6.Hu YL, Zeng DH, Fan ZP, Ai G Y.2007. Effects of degraded sandy grassland afforestation on soil quality in semi-arid area of Northern China. Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology, 18(11): 2391-2397

7.Hu YL, Zeng DH, Wang SL, Dong WT. 2007. Effects of plantation management practices on soil quality: a review. Chinese Journal of Ecology, 26(11): 1828-1834

8.Hu Y L, Wang S L, Yan S K. 2006. Research advances on the factors influencing the activity and community structure of soil microorganism. Chinese Journal of Soil Science, 37(1): 170-176

9.Hu YL, Wang SL, Yan SK, Gao H. 2005. Effects of replacing natural secondary broad-leaved forest with Cunninghamia plantation on soil biological activities. Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology, 16(8): 1411-1416

10.Hu YL, Wang SL, Huang Y, Yu XJ. 2005. Effects of litter chemistry on soil biological property and enzymatic activity. Acta Ecologica Sinica, 25(10): 2662-2668

11.Huang Y, Wang S L, Feng Z W, Gao H, Wang Q K, Hu Y L, Yan S K. 2004. Soil quality assessment of forest stand in different plantation ecosystems. Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology, 15(12): 2199-2205

12.Yan SK, Wang SL, Hu YL, Gao H, Zhang XY. 2004. A comparative study on soil fauna in native secondary evergreen broad-leaved forest and Chinese fir plantation in subtropics. Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology, 15(10): 1792-1796