(1) Zhu XA*, Shen YX, Yuan X, Yuan C, Jin L, Zhao ZM, Chen FJ, Yang B, Jiang XJ, Liu WJ. High levels of soil calcium and clay facilitate the recovery and stability of organic carbon: Insights from different land uses in the karst of China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2024, 31: 34234-34248.
(2) Cai X, Chen C*, Singh AK, Zhu XA*, Liu WJ*. Anthropogenic restoration exhibits more complex and stable microbial co-occurrence patterns than natural restoration in rubber plantations. Science of The Total Environment, 2024, 948: 174935.
(3) Zhu XA, Yuan X, Lu EF, Yang B, Wang HF, Du YY, Singh AK, Liu WJ*. Soil splash erosion: an overlooked issue for sustainable rubber plantation in the tropical region of China. International Soil and Water Conservation Research, 2023, 11: 30-42.
(4) Lu EF, Yang B, Liu WJ, Zhu XA*. Herbs perform better than woody plants at improving soil hydrological properties in rubber agroforestry systems. Agroforestry Systems, 2023, 97: 1391-1404.
(5) Zhu XA, Liu WJ, Yuan X, Chen CF, Zhu K, Zhang WJ, Yang B*. Aggregate stability and size distribution regulate rainsplash erosion: Evidence from a humid tropical soil under different land-use regimes. Geoderma, 2022, 420: 115880.
(6) Zhu XA*, Jiang XJ, Singh AK, Zeng HH, Chen CF*, Lu EF, Liu WJ. Reduced litterfall and decomposition alters nutrient cycling following conversion of tropical natural forests to rubber plantations. Ecological Indicators, 2022, 138:108819.
(7) Zhu XA, Zou X, Lu EF, Deng Y, Luo Y, Chen Hui *, Liu WJ*. Litterfall biomass and nutrient cycling in karst and nearby non-karst rainforests in tropical China: a 10-year comparison. Science of the Total Environment, 2021, 758:143619.
(8) Zhu XA, Zhang WJ, Jiang XJ, Zakari S, Lu EF, Singh AK, Yang B*, Liu WJ*. Conversion of primary tropical rainforest into rubber plantation degrades the hydrological functions of forest litter: insights from experimental study. Catena, 2021, 200:105172.
(9) Singh AK*, Liu WJ*, Zakari S, Wu JE, Yang B, Jiang XJ, Zhu XA*, Zou X, Zhang WJ, Chen CF, Singh R, Nath AJ. A global review of rubber plantations: Impacts on ecosystem functions, mitigations, future directions, and policies for sustainable cultivation. Science of the Total Environment, 2021, 796:148948.
(10) Zhu XA*, Liu WJ*, Chen J, Bruijnzeel Leendert Adrian, Mao Z, Yang XD, Cardinael R, Meng FR, Sidle RC, Seitz S, Nair VD, Nanko K, Zou X, Chen CF, Jiang XJ. Reductions in water, soil and nutrient losses and pesticide pollution in agroforestry practices: a review of evidence and processes. (In: Cardinael R, Mao Z, Chenu C, Hinsinger P (Eds). Agroforestry: A Belowground Perspective, 2020, 626 pp, 45-86. Springer, The Netherlands). Plant and Soil, 2020, 453:45-86.
(11) Zhu XA, Liu WJ*, Chen H, Deng Y, Chen CF, Zeng HH. Effects of forest transition on litterfall, standing litter and related nutrient returns: Implications for forest management in tropical China. Geoderma, 2019, 333: 123-134.
(12) Zhu XA, Chen CF, Wu JE, Yang JB, Zhang WJ, Zou X, Liu WJ*, Jiang XJ*. Can intercrops improve soil water infiltrability and preferential flow in rubber-based agroforestry system? Soil & Tillage Research, 2019, 191: 327-339.
(13) Zhu XA, Liu WJ*, Jiang XJ*, Wang PY, Li WX. Effects of land-use changes on runoff and sediment yield: Implications for soil conservation and forest management in Xishuangbanna, SW China. Land Degradation & Development, 2018, 29: 2962-2974.
(14) Zhu XA, Shen YX*, He BB, Zhao ZM. Humus soil as a critical driver of flora conversion on karst rock outcrops. Scientific Reports, 2017, 7:12611.
(15) Yuan C, Zhao G, Shen Y*, Chen F, Xu X, Fu X, Lan Y, Hou Z, Guo Y, Zhu XA. 2024. Light reduction and watering enhance flora memory awakening after forest topsoil translocation. Restoration Ecology, 2024, 1-8.
(16) Singh AK*, Zhu XA, Chen CF，Yang B, Pandey VC*, Liu WJ*, Singh N. Investigating the recovery in ecosystem functions and multifunctionality after 10 years of fly ash technosol revegetation. Science of the Total Environment, 2023, 875:162598.
(17) Yang B, Dossa GGO, Hu YH, Liu LL, Meng XJ, Du YY, Li JY, Zhu XA, Zhang YJ, Singh AK, Yuan X, Wu JE, Zakari S, Liu WJ*, Song L*. Uncorrected soil water isotopes through cryogenic vacuum distillation may lead to a false estimation on plant water sources. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 2023, 14: 1443-1456.
(18) Singh AK*, Zhu XA, Chen CF, Wu JE, Yang B, Zakari S, Jiang XJ, Singh N, Liu WJ*. The role of glomalin in mitigation of multiple soil degradation problems. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science & Technology, 2022, 52:1604-1638.
(19) Zou X, Zhu XA, Zhu P, Singh AK, Zakari S, Chen CF*, Liu WJ*. Soil quality assessment of different Hevea brasiliensis plantations in tropical China. Journal of Environmental Management, 2021, 285:112147.
(20) Zhang WJ, Zhu XA, Chen CF, Zeng HH, Jiang XJ, Wu JE, Zou X, Yang B, Liu WJ*. Large broad-leaved canopy of banana (Musa nana Lour.) induces dramatically high spatial-temporal variability of throughfall. Hydrology Research, 2021. 52 (6): 1223-1238.
(21) Zakari S#, Jiang XJ#, Zhu XA, Liu WJ*, Allakonon MGB, Singh AK, Chen CF, Zou X, Akponikpè PBI, Dossa GGO, Yang B. Influence of sulfur amendments on heavy metals phytoextraction from agricultural contaminated soils: a meta-analysis. Environmental Pollution, 2021, 288:117820.
(22) Yang B, Meng XJ, Zhu XA, Zakari S, Singh AK, Bibi F, Mei N, Song L*, Liu WJ*. Coffee performs better than amomum as a candidate in the rubber agroforestry system: insights from water relations. Agricultural Water Management, 2021, 244:106593.
