| Biochar increases soil microbial biomass with changes in extra-and intracellular enzyme activities: a global meta-analysis P Pokharel, Z Ma, SX Chang Biochar 2 (1), 65-79, 2020 | 353 | 2020 |
| Effects of plant diversity on soil carbon in diverse ecosystems: A global meta‐analysis X Chen, HYH Chen, C Chen, Z Ma, EB Searle, Z Yu, Z Huang Biological Reviews 95 (1), 167-183, 2020 | 255 | 2020 |
| Effects of species diversity on fine root productivity in diverse ecosystems: A global meta‐analysis Z Ma, HYH Chen Global Ecology and Biogeography 25 (11), 1387-1396, 2016 | 187 | 2016 |
| Carbon accumulation in agroforestry systems is affected by tree species diversity, age and regional climate: A global meta‐analysis Z Ma, HYH Chen, EW Bork, CN Carlyle, SX Chang Global Ecology and Biogeography 29 (10), 1817-1828, 2020 | 131 | 2020 |
| Effects of species diversity on fine root productivity increase with stand development and associated mechanisms in a boreal forest Z Ma, HYH Chen Journal of Ecology 105 (1), 237-245, 2017 | 105 | 2017 |
| Biochar decreases methanogenic archaea abundance and methane emissions in a flooded paddy soil L Qi, Z Ma, SX Chang, P Zhou, R Huang, Y Wang, Z Wang, M Gao Science of the Total Environment 752, 141958, 2021 | 89 | 2021 |
| Linking enhanced soil nitrogen mineralization to increased fungal decomposition capacity with Moso bamboo invasion of broadleaf forests Z Chen, Y Li, SX Chang, Q Xu, Y Li, Z Ma, H Qin, Y Cai Science of the Total Environment 771, 144779, 2021 | 74 | 2021 |
| Carbon storage declines in old boreal forests irrespective of succession pathway B Gao, AR Taylor, EB Searle, P Kumar, Z Ma, AM Hume, HYH Chen Ecosystems 21 (6), 1168-1182, 2018 | 58 | 2018 |
| Positive species mixture effects on fine root turnover and mortality in natural boreal forests Z Ma, HYH Chen Soil Biology and Biochemistry 121, 130-137, 2018 | 55 | 2018 |
| Responses of soil enzymatic activities to transgenic Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) crops-A global meta-analysis Z Li, J Cui, Z Mi, D Tian, J Wang, Z Ma, B Wang, HYH Chen, S Niu Science of the Total Environment 651, 1830-1838, 2019 | 39 | 2019 |
| Widespread controls of leaf nutrient resorption by nutrient limitation and stoichiometry X Sun, D Li, X Lü, Y Fang, Z Ma, Z Wang, C Chu, M Li, H Chen Functional Ecology 37 (6), 1653-1662, 2023 | 36 | 2023 |
| Soil greenhouse gas emissions and grazing management in northern temperate grasslands Z Ma, BM Shrestha, EW Bork, SX Chang, CN Carlyle, TF Döbert, ... Science of the Total Environment 796, 148975, 2021 | 36 | 2021 |
| Interactive effects of global change factors on terrestrial net primary productivity are treatment length and intensity dependent Z Ma, HYH Chen, Y Li, SX Chang Journal of Ecology 108 (5), 2083-2094, 2020 | 36 | 2020 |
| Adaptive multi-paddock grazing lowers soil greenhouse gas emission potential by altering extracellular enzyme activity BM Shrestha, EW Bork, SX Chang, CN Carlyle, Z Ma, TF Döbert, ... Agronomy 10 (11), 1781, 2020 | 35 | 2020 |
| New insights into the relationships between livestock grazing behaviors and soil organic carbon stock in an alpine grassland Y Shen, Y Fang, H Chen, Z Ma, C Huang, X Wu, SX Chang, E Tavakkoli, ... Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 355, 108602, 2023 | 33 | 2023 |
| Species mixture increases production partitioning to belowground in a natural boreal forest Z Ma, HYH Chen, P Kumar, B Gao Forest Ecology and Management 432, 667-674, 2019 | 32 | 2019 |
| Photosynthetic carbon allocation to live roots increases the year following high intensity defoliation across two ecosites in a temperate mixed grassland Z Ma, EW Bork, J Li, G Chen, SX Chang Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 316, 107450, 2021 | 31 | 2021 |
| Carbon stocks differ among land-uses in agroforestry systems in western Canada Z Ma, EW Bork, CN Carlyle, J Tieu, CD Gross, SX Chang Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 313, 108756, 2022 | 26 | 2022 |
| Climate change and defoliation interact to affect root length across northern temperate grasslands Z Ma, SX Chang, EW Bork, DF Steinaker, SD Wilson, SR White, ... Functional Ecology 34 (12), 2611-2621, 2020 | 26 | 2020 |
| Meta‐analysis shows forest soil CO2 effluxes are dependent on the disturbance regime and biome type OJ Akande, Z Ma, C Huang, F He, SX Chang Ecology Letters 26 (5), 765-777, 2023 | 25 | 2023 |
Scott X. ChangProfessor of Forest Soils, University of AlbertaVerified email at ualberta.ca
