Junliang Zou

Researcher - Forest Carbon

Research Interests

Ecosystem biogeochemistry
Global change ecology
Impacts of climate change and land management / land use change on ecosystem carbon cycling

Junliang is a researcher for the Teagasc Climate Centre. He is based in Teagasc Johnstown Castle.

Current Projects

I am involved in estimating the impacts of afforestation and forest management on carbon sequestration and greenhouse gas emissions using a variety of approaches including model and broad-scale data synthesis, observational studies, and field experiments.

My role aims to contribute to the scientific understanding and policy implications of forest-based climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies.

Education

Ph.D. School of Biology and Environmental Sciences, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
M.Sc. Soil Sciences, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, China
B.Sc. Soil and Water Conservation, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, China

Additional details

Directions to his office: Johnstown Castle, Environment Research Centre

Publications

Zou J, Zhang W, Zhang Y, Wu J. 2023. Global patterns of plant and microbial biomass in response to CO2 fumigation. Frontiers in Microbiology 14: 1175854.
Li X, Wu J, Yang Y, Zou J. 2023. Effects of drying–rewetting on soil CO2 emissions and the regulatory factors involved: a meta-analysis. Plant and Soil.
Zhang Y, Zou J, Osborne B, Dang W, Xu Y, Ren Y, Dang S, Wang L, Chen X, Yu Y. 2023. Effect of straw return on soil respiration in dryland agroecosystem of China: A meta-analysis. Ecological Engineering 196: 107099.
Zheng X, Zhang Y, Zhang Y, Cui Y, Wu J, Zhang W, Wang D, Zou J. 2023. Interactions between nitrogen and phosphorus in modulating soil respiration: A meta-analysis. Sci Total Environ 905: 167346.
Xiong J, Liu Y, Liu T, Peng S, Cao M, Wang Z, Zhou L, Zou J, Liu Z, Ai J, Gu Y, Yin H, Meng D. 2023. Soil nitrification process played a key role in alleviating continuous cropping limitation induced by fumigation. Plant and Soil.
Zhang H, Huang J, Zeng W, Xiao Q, Zhu Y, Kong W, Zou J, Liu T, Yin H. 2023. Dissecting the metal resistance genes contributed by virome from mining-affected metal contaminated soils. Frontiers in Environmental Science 11.
Salomón RL, Peters RL, Zweifel R, Sass-Klaassen UGW, Stegehuis AI, Smiljanic M, Poyatos R, Babst F, Cienciala E, Fonti P, Lerink BJW, Lindner M, Martinez-Vilalta J, Mencuccini M, Nabuurs G-J, van der Maaten E, von Arx G, Bär A, Akhmetzyanov L, Balanzategui D, Bellan M, Bendix J, Berveiller D, Blaženec M, Čada V, Carraro V, Cecchini S, Chan T, Conedera M, Delpierre N, Delzon S, Ditmarová Ľ, Dolezal J, Dufrêne E, Edvardsson J, Ehekircher S, Forner A, Frouz J, Ganthaler A, Gryc V, Güney A, Heinrich I, Hentschel R, Janda P, Ježík M, Kahle H-P, Knüsel S, Krejza J, Kuberski Ł, Kučera J, Lebourgeois F, Mikoláš M, Matula R, Mayr S, Oberhuber W, Obojes N, Osborne B, Paljakka T, Plichta R, Rabbel I, Rathgeber CBK, Salmon Y, Saunders M, Scharnweber T, Sitková Z, Stangler DF, Stereńczak K, Stojanović M, Střelcová K, Světlík J, Svoboda M, Tobin B, Trotsiuk V, Urban J, Valladares F, Vavrčík H, Vejpustková M, Walthert L, Wilmking M, Zin E, Zou J, Steppe K. 2022. The 2018 European heatwave led to stem dehydration but not to consistent growth reductions in forests. Nature Communications 13.
Cui Y, Zhang W, Zhang Y, Liu X, Zhang Y, Zheng X, Luo J, Zou J. 2022. Effects of no-till on upland crop yield and soil organic carbon: a global meta-analysis. Plant and Soil.
Wang D, Qiao J, Zhang Y, Wu T, Li J, Wang D, Zhao X, Shen H, Zou J. 2022. Effects of Erosion Micro-Topographies on Plant Colonization on Weathered Gangue Dumps in Northeast China. Sustainability 14: 8468.
Zhou Y, Meng D, Osborne B, Fan Y, Zou J. 2022. The Impact of Modifications in Forest Litter Inputs on Soil N2O Fluxes: A Meta-Analysis. Atmosphere 13: 742.
Zhang Y, Li X, Liu X, Cui Y, Zhang Y, Zheng X, Zhang W, Fan Y, Zou J. 2022. Effects of Drying and Rewetting Cycles on Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Soil Microbial Communities. Forests 13: 1916.
Zou J, Wu J, Osborne B, Luo Y. 2022. The response of ecosystem carbon and nitrogen pools to experimental warming in grasslands: a meta-analysis. Journal of Plant Ecology 15: 733-742.
Zou J, Wu J, Osborne BA, Tobin B, Luo Y. 2021. Nitrogen accumulation, rather than carbon: nitrogen stoichiometric variation, underlies carbon storage during forest succession. Environmental Research Letters 16: 024055.
Zou J, Osborne B. 2021. Spatially Related Sampling Uncertainty in the Assessment of Labile Soil Carbon and Nitrogen in an Irish Forest Plantation. Applied Sciences 11: 2139.
Zhang Y, Zou J, Dang S, Osborne B, Ren Y, Ju X. 2021. Topography modifies the effect of land-use change in soil respiration: A meta-analysis. Ecosphere 12: e03845.
Zhang Y, Zou J, Meng D, Dang S, Zhou J, Osborne B, Ren Y, Liang T, Yu K. 2020. Effect of soil microorganisms and labile C availability on soil respiration in response to litter inputs in forest ecosystems: A meta‐analysis. Ecology and Evolution 00: 1-11.
Ma X, Pang Z, Wu J, Zhang G, Dai Y, Zou J, Kan H. 2021. Seasonal pattern of stem radial growth of Salix matsudana and its response to climatic and soil factors in a semi-arid area of North China. Global Ecology and Conservation 28: e01701.
Bond‐Lamberty B, Christianson DS, Malhotra A, Pennington SC, Sihi D, AghaKouchak A, Anjileli H, Altaf Arain M, Armesto JJ, Ashraf S, Ataka M, Baldocchi D, Andrew Black T, Buchmann N, Carbone MS, Chang SC, Crill P, Curtis PS, Davidson EA, Desai AR, Drake JE, El‐Madany TS, Gavazzi M, Görres CM, Gough CM, Goulden M, Gregg J, Gutiérrez del Arroyo O, He JS, Hirano T, Hopple A, Hughes H, Järveoja J, Jassal R, Jian J, Kan H, Kaye J, Kominami Y, Liang N, Lipson D, Macdonald CA, Maseyk K, Mathes K, Mauritz M, Mayes MA, McNulty S, Miao G, Migliavacca M, Miller S, Miniat CF, Nietz JG, Nilsson MB, Noormets A, Norouzi H, O’Connell CS, Osborne B, Oyonarte C, Pang Z, Peichl M, Pendall E, Perez‐Quezada JF, Phillips CL, Phillips RP, Raich JW, Renchon AA, Ruehr NK, Sánchez‐Cañete EP, Saunders M, Savage KE, Schrumpf M, Scott RL, Seibt U, Silver WL, Sun W, Szutu D, Takagi K, Takagi M, Teramoto M, Tjoelker MG, Trumbore S, Ueyama M, Vargas R, Varner RK, Verfaillie J, Vogel C, Wang J, Winston G, Wood TE, Wu J, Wutzler T, Zeng J, Zha T, Zhang Q, Zou J. 2020. COSORE: A community database for continuous soil respiration and other soil‐atmosphere greenhouse gas flux data. Global Change Biology 00: 1-16.
Zou J, Li Q, Osborne B, Luo Y. 2020. Dominant role of nitrogen stoichiometric flexibility in ecosystem carbon storage under elevated CO2. Science of The Total Environment 747: 141308.
Zou J, Osborne B. 2020. No effect of warming and watering on soil nitrous oxide fluxes in a temperate sitka spruce forest ecosystem. Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences 17: 83-96.
Zou J, Tobin B, Luo Y, Osborne B. 2018. Differential responses of soil CO2 and N2O fluxes to experimental warming. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 259: 11-22.
Zou J, Tobin B, Luo Y, Osborne B. 2018. Response of soil respiration and its components to experimental warming and water addition in a temperate Sitka spruce forest ecosystem. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 260-261: 204-215.
Wang Y, Shao Ma, Zhang C, Liu Z, Zou J, Xiao J. 2015. Soil organic carbon in deep profiles under Chinese continental monsoon climate and its relations with land uses. Ecological Engineering 82: 361-367.