2018 - Director of Institute of Land Surface System and Sustainable Development, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, China

2016-present: Associate Professor/Professor, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, China

2015-2016: Visiting Scholar, Department of Earth Sciences, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, USA

2004-2016: Assistant Professor/Associate Professor, College of Resources Science and Technology, Beijing Normal University, China

2004: Visitor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences; Department of Land Management and Economics, Katholieke University Leuven, Belgium

2001-2004 Ph.D. in Ecology. Research Centre for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

1998-2001 Master in Soil Science. College of Resources and Environment, Shandong Agricultural University, China

1994-1998 Bachelor in Land Resources Management. College of Resources and Environment, Shandong Agriculture University, China

Research areas

Interdisciplinary research on land use, ecologcial processes, ecosystem services, human-environmental system, and sustainability.

Research Projects in recent years

2023-2026. Impact mechanism and simulation of ecosystem services on sustainable development in the Loess Plateau, No. 42271292. Founder: National Natural Science Foundation.

2023-2023. Geography drives strategic research on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, No. 42242101. Founder: National Natural Science Foundation.

2022-2024. The third scientific investigation project in Xinjiang “Sustainable use and protection of grassland in Xinjiang under climate change”, No. 2022xjkk0400. Founder: Ministry of Science and Technology of China.

2022-2024. Coupling mechanism and regulation of society-ecosystem for SDGs, No. 2022-ZD-08. 2020-2024. The second scientific research mission on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau “Ecological security barrier optimization system”, No. 2019QZKK0405. Founder: Ministry of Science and Technology of China.

2020-2024. Land cover change and its eco-hydrological effects in arid and semi-arid regions. No. 41991232. Founder: National Natural Science Foundation.

2021-2021. National Innovation Demonstration Zone of Earth System Science Advancing Sustainable Development Agenda, No. 42042026. Founder: National Natural Science Foundation. 

2019-2021. Mitigation strategies for multiple ecosystem stresses, No. 41861134038. Founder: National Natural Science Foundation.

2018-2020. Regional ecosystem services tradeoff and regulation based on SAORES model. No. 41771197. Founder: National Natural Science Foundation.

2020- Associate editor-in-chief of Geography and Sustainability

2018- Chair of International Geographical Union Commission on Geography for Future Earth: Coupled Human-Earth Systems for Sustainability

2019- Chair of the Ecological Civilization and Sustainable Development Commission in China Association for Administrative Divisions and Regional Development Promotion

2019 - Vice director of Young Workers Commission, the Geographical Society of China

2018- Member of the Regional Ecology Commission of Ecological Society of China

2017- Commission Member of the International Association for Landscape Ecology-China

2017- Member of Land Ecology Commission of China Land Science Society

2024
Xiaoxing Liu,Wenwu Zhao*,Ying Yao,Paulo Pereira. The rising human footprint in the Tibetan Plateau threatens the effectiveness of ecological restoration on vegetation growth. Journal of Environmental Management. 2024,351:119963. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.119963.

2023
Wenwu Zhao*, Ao Zhou, Caichun Yin. Unraveling the research trend of ecological civilization and sustainable development: A bibliometric analysis. Ambio (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-023-01947-9.

Jing Wang, Wenwu Zhao*, Zongxue Xu, Jingyi Ding, Yue Yan, Carla Sofia Santos Ferreira, Plant functional traits explain long-term differences in ecosystem services between artificial forests and natural grasslands, Journal of Environmental Management, Volume 345, 2023, 118853, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118853.

Yi Han, Wenwu Zhao*, Jingyi Ding, Carla Sofia Santos Ferreira. Soil erodibility for water and wind erosion and its relationship to vegetation and soil properties in China's drylands. Science of The Total Environment, 2023, 166639, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166639.

Zhijie Zhang, Wenwu Zhao*, Yue Liu, Paulo Pereira. Impacts of urbanisation on vegetation dynamics in Chinese cities, Environmental Impact Assessment Review, Volume 103, 2023,107227,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2023.107227.

Yue Liu, Wenwu Zhao*, Zhijie Zhang, Ting Hua, Carla Sofia Santos Ferreira. The role of nature reserves in conservation effectiveness of ecosystem services in China. Journal of Environmental Management,2023, 342, 118228. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118228

Yi Han, Wenwu Zhao*, Ao Zhou, Paulo Pereira. Water and wind erosion response to ecological restoration measures in China's drylands. Geoderma. 2023, 435, 116514. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2023.116514.

Ao Zhou, Wenwu Zhao*, Paulo Pereira. Mapping and assessing freshwater ecosystem services supply and demand in Inner Mongolia (China). Landscape Ecology, 2023, 38: 1885–1902. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-023-01677-z

Ting Hua, Wenwu Zhao*, Francesco Cherubini, Xiangping Hu, Paulo Pereira. Upgrading protected areas can improve or reverse the decline in conservation effectiveness: Evidence from the Tibetan Plateau, China. Science of The Total Environment, 2023, 873,162345. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162345.

Caichun Yin, Wenwu Zhao*, Bojie Fu, Michael E. Meadows, Paulo Pereira. Key axes of global progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2023, 385. 135767. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.135767.

Caichun Yin, Wenwu Zhao*, Jingqiao Ye, Monica Muroki, Paulo Pereira. Ecosystem carbon sequestration service supports the Sustainable Development Goals progress. Journal of Environmental Management. 330, 117155. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.117155.

Zhijie Zhang, Jingyi Ding, Wenwu Zhao*, Yue Liu, Paulo Pereira. The impact of the armed conflict in Afghanistan on vegetation dynamics. Science of The Total Environment. 2023, 856 (Part 2): 159138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159138.

Jinxia Lv, Wenwu Zhao*，Ting Hua, Lihao Zhang, Paulo Pereira. Multiple Greenness Indexes Revealed the Vegetation Greening during the Growing Season and Winter on the Tibetan Plateau despite Regional Variations. Remote Sens. 2023, 15,5697. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15245697.

Yishan Xu, Wenwu Zhao*, Zhijie Zhang. The practice of nature-based solutions in China: Ecosystem product value realization. Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health. 2023, 36: 100514. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coesh.2023.100514.

2022

Wenwu Zhao, Caichun Yin, Ting Hua, Michael E. Meadows, Yan Li, Yanxu Liu, Francesco Cherubini, Paulo Pereira, Bojie Fu*. Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in the post-pandemic era. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications 2022,9,258. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-022-01283-5 (Published: 06 August 2022)

Ting Hua, Wenwu Zhao*, Francesco Cherubini, Xiangping Hu, Paulo Pereira. Effectiveness of protected areas edges on vegetation greenness, cover and productivity on the Tibetan Plateau, China,Landscape and Urban Planning, 2022. 224,104421,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2022.104421.

Ting Hua, Wenwu Zhao*, Francesco Cherubini, Xiangping Hu, Paulo Pereira. Strengthening protected areas for climate refugia on the Tibetan Plateau, China. Biological Conservation. 2022,275,109781.

Yiming An, Wenwu Zhao*, Changjia Li, Carla Sofia Santos Ferreira. Temporal changes on soil conservation services in large basins across the world. Catena, 2022, 209. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2021.105793

Jing Wang, Wenwu Zhao*，Guan Wang， Paulo Pereira. Afforestation changes the trade-off between soil moisture and plant species diversity in different vegetation zones on the Loess Plateau. Catena, 2022, 219. 106583. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2022.106583(Published on September 2022)

Xuesong Wang, Wenwu Zhao*, Shiliang Liu, Yiming An, Paulo Pereira. Ecosystems impact on aeolian dust emissions in Inner Mongolia from 2001 to 2018. Geoderma. 2022, 422, 115938. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2022.115938. (Published on September 2022)

Yi Han, Wenwu Zhao*, Paulo Pereira. Global COVID-19 pandemic trends and their relationship with meteorological variables, air pollutants and socioeconomic aspects. Environmental Research 2022, 204,112249. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2021.112249

Xiaohang Bai, Wenwu Zhao*, Jing Wang, Carla Sofia Santos Ferreira. Reducing plant community variability and improving resilience for sustainable restoration of temperate grassland. Environmental Research, 2022,112149.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2021.112149 

Yanzhen Hou, Wenwu Zhao*, Ting Hua, Paulo Pereira,Mapping and assessment of recreation services in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.Science of The Total Environment. 2022, 156432.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156432.

Tianyu Zhan, Wenwu Zhao*, Siyuan Feng, Ting Hua. Plant Community Traits Respond to Grazing Exclusion Duration in Alpine Meadow and Alpine Steppe on the Tibetan Plateau.Frontiers in Plant Science. 2022. 13:863246.doi: 10.3389/fpls.2022.863246.

Caichun Yin, Wenwu Zhao*, Paulo Pereira, Meteorological factors’ effects on COVID-19 show seasonality and spatiality in Brazil. Environmental Research. 2022, 112690, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2022.112690.

Caichun Yin, Wenwu Zhao*, Paulo Pereira. Soil Conservation Service Underpins Sustainable Development Goals. Global Ecology and Conservation. 2021, e01974, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2021.e01974.

Xiaoxing Liu, Wenwu Zhao*, Yanxu Liu, Ting Hua, Xiangping Hu, Francesco Cherubini. Contributions of ecological programs to the Sustainable Development Goals in the Tibetan Plateau: a mental map perspective. Ecological Engineering. 2022

Ting Hua, Wenwu Zhao*, Francesco Cherubini, Xiangping Hu, Paulo Pereira. Continuous growth of human footprint risks compromising the benefits of protected areas on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Global Ecology and Conservation. 2022,34,e02053.

Ting Hua, Wenwu Zhao*, Paulo Pereira. Opinionated Views on Grassland Restoration Programs on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Frontiers in Plant Science. 2022, 13:861200. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2022.861200.

Siyuan Feng, Wenwu Zhao*, Tianyu Zhan, Yue Yan, Paulo Pereira. Land degradation neutrality: A review of progress and perspectives. Ecological Indicators. 2022, 144: 109530. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2022.109530.

Siyuan Feng, Yin Liu, Wenwu Zhao*, Ying Yao, Ao Zhou, Xiaoxing Liu, Paulo Pereira. Key Areas of Ecological Restoration in Inner Mongolia Based on Ecosystem Vulnerability and Ecosystem Service. Remote Sensing. 2022, 14(12): 2729. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14122729

Bojie Fu*. Michael E. Meadows.  Wenwu Zhao. Geography in the Anthropocene: Transforming our world for sustainable development. Geography and Sustainability. 2022, 3(1):1-6. 

Caichun Yin, Paulo Pereira*, Ting Hua, Yanxu Liu, Jing Zhu, Wenwu Zhao. Recover the Food-Energy-Water nexus from COVID-19 under SDG acceleration actions. Science of the Total Environment. 2022

Caichun Yin, Michael E Meadows*, Yi Han, Wenwu Zhao*. (2022). The COVID-19 Pandemic and the International Geographical Union. In: Brunn, S.D., Gilbreath, D. (eds) COVID-19 and a World of Ad Hoc Geographies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-94350-9_145

2021
Wenwu Zhao*, Ting Hua, Michael E Meadows, Paulo Pereira. Degradation debts accounting: A holistic approach towards land degradation neutrality. Global Change Biology.2021.https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15855.

Caichun Yin, Wenwu Zhao*, Francesco Cherubini, Paulo Pereira. Integrate ecosystem services into socio-economic development to enhance achievement of sustainable development goals in the post-pandemic era. Geography and Sustainability. 2021,2(1):68-73.

Jing Wang, Wenwu Zhao*, Guan Wang, Paulo Pereira. Effects of long-term afforestation and natural grassland recovery on soil properties and quality in Loess Plateau (China). Science of the Total Environment. 2021,770:144833.

Ting Hua, Wenwu Zhao*, Francesco Cherubini, Xiangping Hu, Paulo Pereira. Sensitivity and future exposure of ecosystem services to climate change on the Tibetan Plateau of China. Landscape Ecology. 2021, 36, 3451-3471.

Yanzhen Hou, Wenwu Zhao*, Yanxu Liu, Siqi Yang, Xiangping Hu & Francesco Cherubini. Relationships of multiple landscape services and their influencing factors on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau. Landscape Ecology. 2021,36:1987-2005.

Han Wang, Wenwu Zhao*, Changjia Li, Paulo Pereira. Vegetation greening partly offsets the water erosion risk in China from 1999 to 2018. Geoderma. 2021, 401:115319.

Hui Wei, Wenwu Zhao*, Han Wang. Effects of Vegetation Restoration on Soil Erosion on the Loess Plateau: A Case Study in the AnsaiWatershed. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 6266. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijer

Jing Wang, Wenwu Zhao*, Lizhi Jia, Xiangping Hu, Francesco Cherubini. Soil desiccation trends after afforestation in the Loess Plateau of China. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2021, 21(2): 1165-1176. DOI 10.1007/s11368-020-02845-3

Qiang Feng, Wenwu Zhao*, Baoling Duan, Xiangping Hu, Francesco Cherubini. Coupling trade-offs and supply-demand of ecosystem services (ES): a new opportunity for ES management. Geography and Sustainability, 2021,2 (4). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geosus.2021.11.002. 

Xiaohang Bai, Wenwu Zhao*, Jing Wang, Carla Sofia Santos Ferreira. Precipitation drives the floristic composition and diversity of temperate grasslands in China. Global Ecology and Conservation. 2021, 32.e01933.

Yi Han, Lan Yang, Kun Jia, Jie Li, Siyuan Feng, Wei Chen, Wenwu Zhao*, Paulo Pereira. Spatial distribution characteristics of the COVID-19 pandemic in Beijing and its relationship with environmental factors. Science of The Total Environment. 2021. 761, 144257,

Yi Han, Jie Li, Kun Jia, Yanxu Liu, Wenwu Zhao*. Systematic approach to fight against COVID-19 in Beijing, China. In Mukunda Mishra1, R.B. Singh, eds. COVID-19 PANDEMIC TRAJECTORY IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD. Springer Nature. 2021.

Paulo Pereira, Igor Bogunovic, Wenwu Zhao, Damia Barcelo. Short-term effect of wildfires and prescribed fires on ecosystem services. Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health 2021, 22:100266

Junze Zhang, Bojie Fu, Mark Stafford-Smith, Shuai Wang, Wenwu Zhao. Improve forest restoration initiatives to meet Sustainable Development Goal 15. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 5, 10–13 (2021).

Bojie Fu, Yanxu Liu, Yan Li, Cong Wang, Changjia Li, Wei Jiang, Ting Hua, Wenwu Zhao. The research priorities of Resources and Environmental Sciences. Geography and Sustainability. 2021, 2(2): 87-94.

Xiangping Hu, J. S. Næss, C. M. Iordan, B. Huang, Wenwu Zhao, Francesco Cherubini. Recent global land cover dynamics and implications for soil erosion and carbon losses from deforestation. Anthropocene. 2021. 34: 100291

Fatemeh Adelisardou, Hamid Reza Jafari, Bahram Malekmohammadi, Tatiana Minkina, Wenwu Zhao, Abdolreza Karbassi. Impacts of land use and land cover change on the interactions among multiple soil-dependent ecosystem services (case study: Jiroft plain, Iran). Environ Geochem Health. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-021-00875-5.

2020

Wenwu Zhao*, Jingyi Ding, Yaping Wang, Lizhi Jia, Wenfang Cao, Paolo Tarolli. Ecological water conveyance drives human-water system evolution in the Heihe watershed, China. Environmental Research. 2020, 182：109009

Wenwu Zhao, Junze Zhang, Michael E Meadows, Yanxu Liu, Ting Hua, Bojie Fu*. A systematic approach is needed to contain COVID-19 globally. Science Bulletin. 2020. 65（11）：876-878

Ting Hua, Wenwu Zhao*, Shuai Wang, Bojie Fu, Paulo Pereira. Identifying priority biophysical indicators for promoting food-energy-water nexus within planetary boundaries. Resources, Conservation and Recycling. 2020,163:105102.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2020.105102 

Qiang Feng, Wenwu Zhao*, Xiangping Hu, Yue Liu, Stefani Daryanto,Francesco Cherubini. Trading-off ecosystem services for better ecological restoration: A case study in the Loess Plateau of China. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020,257:120469 

Siqi Yang, Wenwu Zhao*, Paulo Pereira. Determinations of environmental factors on interactive soil properties across different land-use types on the Loess Plateau, China. Science of the Total Environment, 2020.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140270

Yue Liu, Wenwu Zhao*, Yanxu Liua, Paulo Pereira. Global rainfall erosivity changes between 1980 and 2017 based on an erosivity model using daily precipitation data. Catena. 2020, 194.104768.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2020.104768. 

Lizhi Jia, Wenwu Zhao*, Ruijie Zhai, Yiming An, Paulo Pereira. Quantifying the effects of contour tillage in controlling water erosion in China: A meta-analysis. Catena. 2020, 195:104829. 

Yiming An, Wenwu Zhao*, Changjia Li, Yanxu Liu. Evaluation of Six Satellite and Reanalysis Precipitation Products Using Gauge Observations over the Yellow River Basin, China. Atmosphere 2020, 11, 1223. 

Meimei Kang, Wenwu Zhao*,Lizhi Jia, Yanxu Liu. Balancing Carbon Emission Reductions and Social Economic Development for Sustainable Development: Experience from 24 Countries. Chinese Geography Science. 2020, 30(2). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11769-020-1117-0. 

Hua Liu, Wenwu Zhao*, Yanxu Liu. Assessment on the Soil Retention Service of Water Erosion in the Nile River Basin Considering Vegetation Factor Variance from 1982 to 2013.Water. 2020,12, 2018; doi:10.3390/w12072018

Siqi Yang, WenwuZhao*, YanxuLiu, Francesco Cherubini, Bojie Fu, Paulo Pereira. Prioritizing sustainable development goals and linking them to ecosystem services: An expert's knowledge evaluation. Geography and Sustainablity. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geosus.2020.09.004.

Yang Yu, Wenwu Zhao, Juan F. Martinez-Murillo, Paulo Pereira*. Loess Plateau: from degradation to restoration. Science of the Total Environment. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140206 

Jing Zhu, Shenhong Kang, Wenwu Zhao*, Qiujie Li, Xinyuan Xie,Xiangping Hu. A Bibliometric Analysis of Food–Energy–Water Nexus: Progress and Prospects. Land. 2020, 9, 504.

Stefani Daryantoa, Bojie Fu*,Wenwu Zhao,Shuai Wang, Pierre-André Jacinthe,Lixin Wang. Ecosystem service provision of grain legume and cereal intercropping in Africa. Agricultural Systems. 2020, 178:102761.

Bo Huang, Xiangping Hu, Geir-Arne Fuglstad, Xu Zhou, Wenwu Zhao, Francesco Cherubini*. Predominant regional biophysical cooling from recent land cover changes in Europe. Nature Communications.2020,11:1066. 

2019

Lizhi Jia, Wenwu Zhao*, Bojie Fu, Stefani Daryanto, Shuai Wang, Yanxu Liu, Ruijie Zhai. Effects of minimum soil disturbance practices on controlling water erosion in ChinaꞋs slope farmland: A meta‐analysis. Land Degradation & Development.2019. https://doi.org/10.1002/ldr.3258

Lizhi Jia, Wenwu Zhao⁎, Ruijie Zhai, Yue Liu, Meimei Kang, Xiao Zhang. Regional differences in the soil and water conservation efficiency of conservation tillage in China. Catena, 2019, 175: 18-26.

Xiao Zhang, Wenwu Zhao*, Lixin Wang, Yuanxin Liu, YueLiu, Qiang Feng. 2019. Relationship between soil water content and soil particle size on typical slopes of the Loess Plateau during a drought year. Science of the Total Environment.648:943-954. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.08.211

Jing Wang, Wenwu Zhao*, Xiao Zhang, Yue Liu, Shuai Wang, Yanxu Liu.2019.Effects of reforestation on plant species diversity on the Loess Plateau of China: A case study in Danangou catchment.Science of The Total Environment. 651:979-989. doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.09.266

Siqi Yang, Wenwu Zhao*, Paulo Pereira, Yanxu Liu. Socio-cultural valuation of rural and urban perception on ecosystem services and human well-being in Yanhe watershed of China. Journal of Environmental Management. 2019, 251: 109615 

Yanxu Liu, WenwuZhao*, Ting Hua, Shuai Wang, Bojie Fu.Slower vegetation greening faced faster social development on the landscape of the Belt and Road region. Science of the Total Environment, 2019, 697: 134103.

Yanxu Liu, Tong Li, Wenwu Zhao*, Shuai Wang, Bojie Fu.Landscape functional zoning at a county level based on ecosystem services bundle: methods comparison and management indication. Journal of Environmental Management, 2019, 249: 109315.

Yaping Wang, Wenwu Zhao, Shuai Wang*, Xiaoming Feng, Yanxu Liu. Yellow River water rebalanced by human regulation.Scientific Reports. 2019. DOI:10.1038/s41598-019-46063-5 Stefani Daryanto, Bojie Fu*, Wenwu Zhao. 2019. Evaluating the use of fire to control shrub encroachment in global drylands: A synthesis based on ecosystem service perspective. Science of The Total Environment. 648:285-292. doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.08.140.

Stefani Daryanto, Bojie Fu*, Wenwu Zhao, Lixin Wang, 2019. One hundred years after shrub encroachment: Policy directions towards sustainable rangeland-use. Land Use Policy, 84, 71-78. 

Stefani Daryanto, Pierre-André Jacinthe, Bojie Fu*, Wenwu Zhao, Lixin Wang. 2019. Valuing the ecosystem services of cover crops: barriers and pathways forward. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 270-271, 76-78.

Tong Li, Shuai Wang*, Yanxu Liu, Bojie Fu, Wenwu Zhao. A retrospective analysis on changes in sediment flux in the Mississippi River system: trends, driving forces, and implications.Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2019

2018

Wenwu Zhao, Yue Liu, Stefani Daryanto, Bojie Fu, Shuai Wang and Yanxu Liu. Metacoupling supply and demand for soil conservation service. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability.2018.33:136–141.

Wenwu Zhao*, Hui Wei, Lizhi Jia,Xiao Zhang, Yanxu Liu. Soil erodibility and its influencing factors on the Loess Plateau of China: a case study in the Ansai watershed. Solid Earth, 9, 1507–1516, 2018

Wenwu Zhao, Lizhi Jia, Stefani Daryanto, Liding Chen and Yue Liu (2019) Source–Sink Landscape. In: Fath, B.D.(editor in chief) Encyclopedia of Ecology, 2nd edition, vol. 1, pp. 467–473. Oxford: Elsevier.

Zhao Wenwu*, Fang Xuening, Daryanto Stefani, Zhang Xiao and Wang Yaping. Factors influencing soil moisture in the Loess Plateau, China: a review. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 2018. doi.org/10.1017/S1755691018000671.

Jingyi Ding, Wenwu Zhao*, Bojie Fu,Hao Fan. Variability of Tamarix spp. characteristics in riparian plantcommunities are affected by soil properties and accessibility of anthropogenicdisturbance in the lower reaches of Heihe River, China. Forest Ecology andManagement. 2018,410: 174-186. DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2017.10.003.

Hao Fan, Wenwu Zhao*, Stefani Daryanto, Bojie Fu, Shuai Wang, Yaping Wang. Vertical Distributions of Soil Organic Carbon and its Influencing Factors Under Different Land Use Types in the Desert Riparian Zone of Downstream Heihe River Basin, China. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. doi: 10.1029/2018JD028268

Siqi Yang, Wenwu Zhao*, Yanxu Liu, Shuai Wang, Jing Wang, Ruijie Zhai. Influence of land use change on the ecosystem service trade-offs in the ecological restoration area: Dynamics and scenarios in the Yanhe watershed, China. Science of the Total Environment. 2018, 644: 556–566.

Qiang Feng, Wenwu Zhao, Jingyi Ding, Xuening Fang, Xiao Zhang. Estimation of the cover and management factor based on stratified coverage and remote sensing indices: a case study in the Loess Plateau of China. Journal of Soils and Sediments. Journal of Soils and Sediments. 2018,18:775–790 (DOI 10.1007/s11368-017-1783-4)

Ting Hua, Wenwu Zhao*,Yanxu Liu, Shuai Wang, Siqi Yang. Spatial Consistency Assessments for Global Land-Cover Datasets: A Comparison among GLC2000, CCI LC, MCD12, GLOBCOVER and GLCNMO. Remote Sens. 2018, 10, 1846; doi:10.3390/rs10111846

Xiao Zhang,Wenwu Zhao*,Lixin Wang,Yuanxin Liu,Qiang Feng,Xuening Fang and Yue Liu. Distribution of Shrubland and Grassland Soil Erodibility on the Loess Plateau. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2018,15(6),1193; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15061193 

Shuai Wang,Bojie Fu,Wenwu Zhao,Yanxu Liu,Fangli Wei. Structure, function, and dynamic mechanisms of coupled human–natural systems. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 2018, 33:87–91

Yanxu Liu，Bojie Fu*，Wenwu Zhao，Shuai Wang, Yu Deng. A solution to the conflicts of multiple planning boundaries: Landscape functional zoning in a resource-based city in China. Habitat International, 2018, 77: 43-55

Stefani Daryanto, Bojie Fu, Wenwu Zhao. 2018a. Evaluating the use of fire to control shrub encroachment in global drylands: A synthesis based on ecosystem service perspective. Science of the Total Environment Special Issue – Ecosystem Services across Technologies, Regions and Ecosystem Services, 648, 285–292. 

Stefani Daryanto, Bojie Fu, Lixin Wang, Pierre-André Jacinthe, Wenwu Zhao. 2018. Quantitative synthesis of the ecosystem services of cover crops. Earth-Science Reviews, 185, 357-373.

*corresponding author