Chengyang Zheng

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Chengyang Zheng

Title:Associate professor

Research Direction:Plant ecology,Global climate change, Long term ecological observation

Department:Department of Ecology

Email:zhengcy@pku.edu.cn

Self Introduction


Plant ecology, Global climate change, Long term ecological observation

Education and experience


2000-2003 Ph.D in PlantEcology, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University,Beijing, China. Thesis: Topographic complexity as an indicator of plant speciesdiversity in Wuyishan Nature Reserve, Fujian Province, China

1993-1995 M.S inRural and Ecology Survey, Department of Nature Resource, International InstituteFor Aerospace Survey And Earth Science, Enschede, the Netherlands. Thesis:Conflict of agriculture and elephant migration in Taita-Taveta district, Kenya

1984-1988 B.S inWildlife Management, College of Wildlife Resource, Northeast Forestry University,Heilongjiang Province, China


Work Experience

2010 (Jan.-Oct.) VisitingScholar, Department of Geography and Planning, University at Albany, StateUniversity of New York

2008- Present AssociateProfessor, Department of Ecology, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences,Peking University

2006-2008 Lecturer, Departmentof Ecology, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University,Beijing, Chain

2004-2006 PostdoctoralAssociate, Department of Ecology, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences,Peking University, Beijing, China

1995- 2000 Executive Directorof Goble Environmental Facility (GEF) Project , Wuyishan National NatureReserve (WNR), Fujian Province, China

1988- 1992 A MemberStaffs, Wuyishan National Nature Reserve (WNR), Fujian Province, China


Fund Project


Ecosystem response of nitrogen adding to subtropicalevergreen forest in Mt. Wuyi, Fujian province, China

Ecosystem response of Throughfall DisplacementExperiment toPinus Sylvestrisvar.mongolicaforest in Saihanba, Hebei province,China

Shrub community investigation in North China

Grassland degradation and landuse trend inagro-pasturage transition area in North China


Publications


Chung-HowChi, Ryan W. McEwan, Chung-Te Chang, ChengyangZheng, Zhijie Yang, Jyh-Min Chiang, and Teng-Chiu Lin, 2015. TyphoonDisturbance Mediates Elevational Patterns of Forest Structure, but not SpeciesDiversity, in Humid Monsoon Asia. Ecosystems ,18: 1410-1423.

YangX, Tang ZY*, Ji CJ, Liu HY, Ma WH, Mohhamot A, Shi ZY, Sun W, Wang T, Wang XP,Wu X, Yu SL, Yue M & Zheng CY.2014. Scaling of nitrogen and phosphorus across plant organs in shrublandbiomes across Northern China. ScientificReports , 4: 5448.

Lapenis,A.G., G.B. Lawrence, A. Heim, C. Zheng, and W. Shortle, 2013. Climate WarmingShifts Carbon Allocation from Stemwood to Roots in Calcium-Depleted SpruceForests. Global Biogeochemical Cycles ,27: 101–107.

Wang,S., Z. Tang, X. Qiao, Z. Shen, X. Wang, C.Zheng, and J. Fang, 2012. The influence of species pools and localprocesses on the community structure: a test case with woody plant communitiesin China`s mountains. Ecography , 35:1168–1175.

Tang,Z., J. Fang, X. Chi, J. Feng, Y. Liu, Z. Shen, X. Wang, Z. Wang, X. Wu, C. Zheng, and K.J. Gaston, 2012.Patterns of plant beta-diversity along elevational and latitudinal gradients inmountain forests of China. Ecography ,5: 1083–1091.

Yang,Y., J. Fang, Y. Tang, C. Ji, C. Zheng,J. He, and B. Zhu, 2008. Storage, patterns and controls of soil organic carbonin the Tibetan grasslands. Global ChangeBiology , 14: 1592-1599.

Fang,J., Z. Wang, S. Zhao, Y. Li, Z. Tang, D. Yu, L. Ni, H. Liu, P. Xie, L. Da, Z.Li, and C. Zheng, 2006. Biodiversitychanges in the lakes of the Central Yangtze. Frontiers in ecology and the Environment , 7: 369-377.

Tang,Z., Z. Wang, C. Zheng, and J. Fang,2006. Biodiversity in China`s mountains. Frontiersin Ecology and the Environment , 4: 347-352.

He, J.-S., Z. Wang, X. Wang,B. Schmid, W. Zuo, M. Zhou, C. Zheng,M. Wang, and J. Fang, 2006. A test of the generality of leaf traitrelationships on the Tibetan Plateau. NewPhytologist , 170: 835-848.