International Journal of Ecosystem

The International Journal of Ecosystem (IJE) is a peer-reviewed journal publishes papers from original research in all areas of ecosystem structure and function as impacted by the changes in climate and land and water use and management practices in a given environment. In the aforementioned context the characterization of ecosystem structural components as community of plants, animals and smaller organisms that live, feed, reproduce and how they interact with each other in the same area or environment, their interdependency are essential for the improved understanding of the functioning of the structural components. The modifications in the structural components as impacted by human imposed changes and/or linked to climate changes are poorly understood and/or are not recorded after rigorous review. In aforementioned context the IJE provides a forum for discussion in the modifications in ecosystem structural components and the associated functions around the world, particularly from developing countries, aimed at the sustainable use of natural resources. Critical review articles are also welcome.

Zisheng Xing

Editorial Board Member of International Journal of Ecosystem

Research Associate, University of New Brunswick, Canada

Research Areas

Environment, Forestry, Agriculture

Education

2003-2007Ph.DForestry Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Management, University of New Brunswick, NB. Canada
1998-2001M.ScForestry Faculty of Forestry, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada
1978-1982B.ScForestry Gansu Agricultural University Faculty of Forestry, Gansu, China

Experience

2007-PresentSite manager of NB site of WEBs-II (Potato Research Centre, Agriculture and argi‐food Canada)
2003-2007PhD student/Graduate Teaching Assistant/Graduate Research Assistant/Research Assistant, (University of New Brunswick, NB, Canada)
1998-2001Graduate Teaching Assistant (graduate student), (Faculty of Forestry Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada)
1995-1998Associate Professor/Director of the forestry department of Gansu Forest Technology College (GFTC)
1987-1995Lecturer, (Gansu Forestry Technology College, Gansu, China)
1982-1987Assistant Lecturer, (Gansu Forestry Technology College, Gansu, China)

Publications: Journals

[1]  Zisheng Xing, Lien Chow, Fanrui Meng, Herb Rees, Lionel Stevens, John Monteith, 2011. A comparison of effects of one‐pass and conventional potato hilling on water runoff and soil erosion under simulated rainfall. Canadian Journal of Soil Science, 91:279‐290.
[2]  H. W. Rees, T. L. Chow, B. J. Zebarth, Z. Xing, P. Toner, J. Lavoie, and J.‐L. Daigle, 2011. Effects of supplemental poultry manure applications on soil erosion and runoff water quality from a loam soil under potato production in northwestern New Brunswick. Canadian Journal of Soil Science, 91:595‐613.
[3]  Zhengyong Zhao, Thien Lien Chow, Herb W. Rees, Qi Yang, Zisheng Xing, Fan‐Rui Meng, 2008. Predict soil texture distributions using an artificial neural network model. Computers and Electronics in Agricultures. doi:10.1016/j.compag.2008.07.008.
[4]  J. J. Su, E. van Bochove, G. Thériault, B. Novotna1, J. Khaldoune, J. T. Denault, J. Zhou, M. C. Nolin, G. Benoy, Z. S. Xing, and L. Chow. Impact of spring melt on phosphorus loss in agricultural watersheds of Eastern Canada (Water Resource Management, accepted).
[5]  Lien Chow, Zisheng Xing, Glenn Benoy, Herb Rees, Fanrui Meng, Yefang Jiang, and Jean‐Louis Daigle, 2010. Hydrology and water quality across gradients of agricultural intensity in the Little River Watershed area, New Brunswick, Canada, (Vol. 66, No.1 71:84, Corresponding author).
[6]  Zhao, Z., Yang, Q., Benoy, G., Chow, T.L., Xing, Z., Rees, H.W. and Meng, F.‐R. 2009. Using artificial neural network models to produces soil organic carbon content distribution maps across landscapes. Can. J. Soil Sci. 90: (In press).
[7]  Chow L., Xing Z., Rees H.W., Meng F., Monteith J., Stevens L. Field Performance of Nine Soil Water Content Sensors on a Sandy Loam Soil in New Brunswick, Maritime Region, Canada. Sensors.2009 9(11):9398‐9413 (Corresponding author).
[8]  Zisheng Xing, Lien Chow, Fanrui Meng, Herb Rees, Lionel Stevens, John Monteith. 2008. Validating Evapotranspiraiton Equations Using Bowen Ratio in the Maritime region, New Brunswick, Canada. Sensors, 8:412‐428.
[9]  Zhengyong Zhao, Thien Lien Chow, Herb W. Rees, Qi Yang, Zisheng Xing, Fan‐Rui Meng, 2008. Predict soil texture distributions using an artificial neural network model. Computers and Electronics in Agricultures. doi:10.1016/j.compag.2008.07.008.
[10]  Z. Zhao, T. L. Chow, Q. Yang, H. W. Rees, G. Benoy, Z. Xing, and F‐R. Meng, 2008.Model prediction of soil drainage classes based on digital elevation model parameters and soil attributes from coarse resolution soil maps. Canadian Journal of Soil Science. 88(5):787‐799.
[11]  Zisheng Xing, Lien Chow, Fanrui Meng, Herb Rees, Lionel Stevens, John Monteith. 2008. Testing reference evapotranspiration estimation methods using evaporation pan and modeling in maritime region of Canada. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering. 134(4):417‐425.
[12]  Zisheng Xing, Charles P.‐A. Bourque, Fan‐Rui Meng, Roger M. Cox, D. Edwin Swift, Tianshan Zha, Lien Chow, 2008. A process‐based model designed for filling of large data gaps in tower‐based measurements of net ecosystem productivity. Ecological modeling. 213(2):165‐179.
[13]  Zisheng Xing, Charles P.‐A. Bourque, Fan‐Rui Meng, Roger M. Cox, D. Edwin Swift, Tianshan Zha, Lien Chow, 2008, modification of an ecosystem model for the filling of medium‐sized gaps in tower‐based estimates of net ecosystem productivity: incorporation of air and soil temperature as new controlling variables. Ecological modeling. 213(1):86‐97.
[14]  Zisheng Xing, Charles P.‐A. Bourque, Fan‐Rui Meng, Roger M. Cox, D. Edwin Swift, and Tianshan Zha, 2007. A simple net ecosystem productivity model for gap filling of tower‐based fluxes: an extension of Landsberg's equation with modifications to the light interception term. Ecological modeling, 206:250‐262.
[15]  Tianshan Zha, Zisheng Xing, Kai‐Yun Wang , Seppo Kellomäki, Alan G. Barr, 2007. Total and Component Carbon fluxes of a Scots pine ecosystem from Chamber Measurements and Eddy Covariance. Annals of Botany, 99(2):345‐353.
[16]  Zisheng Xing, Charles P.‐A. Bourque, D. Edwin Swift, Christopher W. Clowater, Marek Krasowski and Fan‐Rui Meng, 2005. Carbon and biomass partitioning in balsam fir (Abies basamea). Tree Physiology, 25:1207‐1217.
[17]  Zisheng Xing, and Weizhong Lu, Shiji Wang, and Luping Zhao, 1999. An introduction to willow resources in Gansu, China. Gansu Forestry, No. 4 1999 (In Chinese).
[18]  Zisheng Xing and Xiaochun Wang. (1999). Studies on the utilization of wild cash plants in Gansu, China. Gansu Forest Technology, No. 1 1999. (In Chinese).
[19]  Zisheng Xing, 1998. An introduction of acid rain early warning system of Canada. Forest Practical Technology of China, No. 6 1998. (In Chinese).
[20]  Zisheng Xing, 1998. Hot topics in the XIII world forest conference. Forest Science and Technology of China. No. 4 1998. (In Chinese).
[21]  Zisheng Xing, 1998. The renovation of nursery herbicides. Forest Science and Technology of China. No. 10 1998. (In Chinese).
[22]  Zisheng Xing and Wanzai Zhang, 1997. An introduction of natural conservation in Eastern Canada. Forest Science and Technology of China, No. 2 1997. (In Chinese).
[23]  Wancai Zhang and Zisheng Xing, 1997. Research on the resources and utilization of woody oil plants in Kang Nan, Gansu, China. Forest Science and Technology of Gansu, No. 8 1997. (In Chinese).
[24]  Zisheng Xing, 1997. An application of imitation technology in teaching Silviculture, Forestry Education Research of China. No.2 1997. (In Chinese).
[25]  Zisheng Xing, 1996. The past and future of the reforestation and tree improvement in South Korea. Forest Science and Technology of China, No. 3 1996. (In Chinese).
[26]  Zisheng Xing, 1995. A new fire distinguishing foam applied in forest. China Forestry, No. 4 1995. (In Chinese).
[27]  Xiaochun Wang, Jiancheng Ma, Zisheng Xing and Jianyong Zhang, 1995. Research on grafting methods applied in persimmon tree. Forest Science and Technology Exploration of China. No. 3 1995. (In Chinese).
[28]  Xiaochun Wang, Jiancheng Ma, Zisheng Xing and Jianyong Zhang, 1995. Research on grafting techniques applied in persimmon tree. Agriculture Science and Technology of Gansu. No. 4 1995. (In Chinese).
[29]  Xiaochun Wang and Zisheng Xing, 1994. Study on the survival and lifting percentage of apple tree seedling grafted on Siberian crabapple stocks by applying different grafting methods. Agricultural Science and Technology of Gansu, No.1 1994.
[30]  Xiaochun Wang and Zisheng Xing, 1994. Study on the techniques of propagation of apple trees using different grafting stocks. Cash Forestry Research of China. No.1 1994. (In Chinese).
[31]  Xiaochun Wang, Zisheng Xing, Dengsheng Yao, 1994. Species types and their distributions of Persimmon trees in Tianshui, Gansu Province. Agriculture Science and Technology of China. No. 6 1994. (In Chinese).
[32]  Zisheng Xing and Jiancheng Ma, 1994. An effective grafting method for propagation of apple trees. Forestry Journal of Gansu. No.1 1994. (In Chinese).
[33]  Dengsheng Yao and Zisheng Xing, 1992. Survey and study on the wild ornamental plants in desert regions of Gansu Province, China. Wild Plants of China. No.2 1992. (In Chinese).
[34]  Zisheng Xing, 1991. Leaf area estimation of pine tree through biometric equations. Forest science and Technology of Gansu, No. 4 1991.
[35]  Zisheng Xing and Dengsheng Yao, 1991. Estimate the response of pine tree to fertilization through chemical analysis of needles sampled in different seasons Forest Science and Technology of Gansu, No. 3 1991. (In Chinese).

Publications: Conferences/Workshops/Symposiums

[1]  Xiaohong Zhang, Hong Li, and Zisheng Xing, 2011. Challenges and Solutions for Sustainable Land Use in Ruoergai ‐ the Highest Altitude Peatland in Qinhai‐Tibetan Plateau, China. 2011. International Academic Conference on Energy, Environment and development (IACEED2010), Energy Procedia (accepted, referred).
[2]  Lien Chow, Herb Rees, and Zisheng Xing. Impacts of long‐term intensive potato production and conservation terraces/grassed waterway on runoff hydrology and soil quality. (Submitted to submission for the 19th World Congress of Soil Science, to be held in Brisbane, Australia 1‐6 August 2010, referred).
[3]  Zisheng Xing, Charles P.‐A. Bourque, Fan‐Rui Meng, Roger M. Cox, and D. Edwin Swift, 2006. A canopy photosynthesis model and its application in gap‐filling net ecosystem productivity data collected in Fluxnet Canada operation. International Conference on Regional Carbon, July 16‐18, Beijing, China. The related paper was collected in the conference proceedings (pp. 184‐193).
[4]  C.P.‐A. Bourque, S. Lehnert, Z. Xing, F.‐R. Meng, and D.E. Swift, 2006. Site influence on netecosystem productivity in managed Abies Balsamea stands. International Conference on Regional Carbon, July 16‐18, Beijing, China. The related paper was published in the conference proceedings (pp. 25‐31).
[5]  Zisheng Xing, 2001. Error Detecting and Transmission in SFMM (Strategic Forest Management Model). 0‐612‐60926‐x, National Library of Canada (MSc thesis).
[6]  Chow, L., Rees, H., and Xing, Z. 2008. One‐pass vs conventional hilling on soil erosion. Media pitch for Soil Conservation Week, 2008. 2 pp.

Publications: Books/Book Chapters

[1]  Zisheng Xing et. al., 1996. Introduction to Ergonomics in Forestry. Gansu Mingzu Publishing House. 230 pp. A FAO funded program (US $3000) ISBN：7-5421-0518-3.