Curriculum Vitae
Chris B. Zou
Ecohydrologist, Oklahoma State University,
Dept. of Natural Resource Ecology & Management
(Updated in January 2015)
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Southwest University, Chongqing
Southwest University, Chongqing
University of Canterbury, Christchurch
Biology
Plant Ecology
Forestry
B.S., 1985
M.S., 1988
Ph.D., 2000
APPOINTMENTS
2014 – Present
2008 – 2014
2005 – 2008
2000 – 2004
1988 – 1995
Associate Professor, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA
Assistant Professor, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA
Senior Research Specialist, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
Postdoc, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
Research Associate, Sichuan Forest Research Institute, Chengdu, China
EXPERTISE & INTERESTS
i). Ecohydrology and Wildland Hydrology; ii). Ecophysiology & Ecosystems; iii). Soil Ecology
& Soil Physics
RESEARCH GRANTS
(Last five years)
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NSF CNH - Slowing the expansion of woodlands and increasing the resilience of grasslands
in the Southern Great Plains. $1,499,378. 09/01/2014 – 08/31/2017. Wilcox BP (TAMU PI),
Zou CB (OSU PI), WJ van Leeuwen (U Arizona PI), M Sorice (Virginia Tech PI)
USGS 104B/OWRRI - Effect of vegetation on groundwater recharge in upland ecosystems.
$50,000. 02/15/2014 – 2/14/2015. PI: Zou CB; co-PIs: Will R, Fox G, Halihan T.
USDA NIFA Sustainable Bioenergy Program - Increasing water yield and quality through
redcedar removal and establishment of herbaceous biofuel feedstock production systems.
$548,828. 10/01/2013 – 09/30/2018. Lead-PI: Rod Will; co-PIs: Zou CB, Engle D, Kakani
G, Fox G, Storm D, Penn C, Huhnke R.
NSF EPSCoR RII - Adapting socio-ecological systems to increased climate variability.
$20,000,000 ($4,444,333 to OSU). 06/01/2013-05/31/2018. PIs: Wicksted J (Oklahoma
EPSCoR Office) and Knoedler A (OU); Co-Is: Zou CB and other 28 from OSU, OU,
University of Tulsa, and Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation.
US Fish and Wildlife Service - Management and restoration of bottomland hardwoods in the
Deep Fork National Wildlife Refuge: implications of hydrologic regime and edaphic factors.
$103,000. 09/01/2013 – 05/15/2016. PI: Hallgren S; co-PIs: Will R, Lynch T, Gregory M,
Zou CB, Carter B, Leslie C.
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USGS South Central Climate Science Centre - Synthesizing ecohydrology models as a
management tool for landscape conservation under climate change. $50,000. 07/01/2012 –
06/30/2013. Lead-PI: Brewer S; co-PIs: Zou CB, Kemp P, Worthington T.
USGS 104B/OWRRI - Quantitative assessment of climate variability and land surface
change on streamflow decrease in the Upper Cimarron River. $50,000. 2012 – 2013. PI: Zou
CB; Co-PIs: Andrews W, Ge J.
OSU Planning Grants - Cultural and biological adaptations in grasslands: towards an
integrative research and educational program. $20,926. 2011- 2012. PI: Frehner B; co-Is:
Davis C, Fuhlendorf S, Palmer M, Steets J, Vadjunec J, Wilson G, Zou CB.
OSU Planning Grants - OSU Proposal for an interdisciplinary climate science institute.
$29,926. 2011-2012. PI: Wilson D; Co-Is: Zou CB and others.
USGS/National Water Research Institute 104G - Eastern redcedar encroachment and water
cycle in tallgrass prairie. $226,890. 2009 – 2012. PI: Zou CB; Co-PIs: Will R, Turton D,
Fuhlendorf S, Engle D, and Winton D.
South Florida Water Management District - Plant community structure, function and
decomposition. $49,500. 2009 -2010. PI: Zou CB
OSU ISE Grant - Impacts of woody plant encroachment on regional climate in the Southern
Great Plains. $5,000. 2009. PIs: Ge J, Zou CB
PUBLICATIONS
Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications Only (*denotes graduate student or advisee)
40. Dong J, Ochsner TE, Zreda M, Cosh MH, Zou CB. 2014. Calibration and validation of the
COSMOS Rover for surface soil moisture measurement. Vadose Zone Journal.
doi:10.2136/vzj2013.08.0148.
39. Qiao L*, Hong Y, Chen S, Zou CB, Gourley JJ, Yong B. 2014. Performance assessment of
the successive Version-6 and Version-7 TMPA over the climate-transitional zone in
southern Great Plain, USA. Journal of Hydrology, 513:44-456.
38. Zou CB, Turton DJ, Will RE, Engle DM, Fuhlendorf SD. Alteration of hydrological
processes and streamflow with juniper (Juniperus virginiana) encroachment in a mesic
grassland catchment. Hydrological Processes 28:6173-6182.
37. Caterina GL, Will RE, Turton DJ, Wilson DS, Zou CB. 2013. Water use of Juniperus
virginiana trees encroached into mesic prairies. Ecohydrology. DOI: 10.1002/eco.1444.
36. Ge J, Zou CB. 2013. Impacts of woody plant encroachment on regional climate in the
Southern Great Plains of the USA. Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmosphere 118,
9093-9104. doi:10.1002/jgrd.50634, 2013
35. Will RE, Wilson SM, Zou CB, Hennessey TC. 2013. Increased vapor pressure deficit due to
higher temperature leads to greater transpiration and faster mortality during drought for tree
seedlings common to the forest-grassland ecotone. New Phytologist. 200:366–374. doi:
10.1111/nph.12321
34. Breshears DD, Adams HD, Eamus D, McDowell N, Law DJ, Will RE, Williams AP and
Zou CB. 2013. The critical amplifying role of increasing atmospheric moisture demand on
tree mortality and associated regional die-off. Frontiers in Plant Science 4:266. doi:
10.3389/fpls.2013.00266
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33. Twidwell D, Wonkka CL, Taylor CA, Zou CB, Twidwell JJ, Rogers WE. 2013. Droughtinduced woody plant mortality in an encroached semiarid savanna depends on topoedaphic
factors and land management. Applied Vegetation Science. doi: 10.1111\avsc.12044
32. Adams HD, Germino MJ, Breshears DD, Barron- Gafford GA, Guardiola-Claramonte M,
Zou CB, Huxman TE. 2013. Non-structural leaf carbohydrate dynamics of Pinus edulis
during drought-induced tree mortality reveal role for carbon metabolism in mortality
mechanism. New Phytologist 197:1142-51. doi: 10.1111/nph.12102
31. Chen SJ*, Chen C, Zou CB, Stebler E, Zhang SX, Hou L, Wang D. 2012. Application of
Gash analytical model and parameterized Fan model to estimate canopy interception of a
Chinese red pine forest. Journal of Forest Research. 18: 335-344. doi:10.1007/s10310-0120364-z
30. Wine ML*, Zou CB, Bradford JA, Gunter SA. 2012. Runoff and sediment responses to
grazing native and introduced species on highly erodible Southern Great Plains soil. Journal
of Hydrology 450-451: 336 – 341
29. Royer PD, Breshears DD, Zou CB, Villegas JC, Cobb NS, Kurc SA. 2012. Densitydependent ecohydrological effects of Pinion–Juniper woody canopy cover on soil
microclimate and potential soil evaporation. Rangeland Ecology and Management 65:11-20.
doi: 10.2111/rem-d-11-00007.1
28. Field JP, Breshears DD, Whicker JJ, Zou CB. 2012. Sediment capture by vegetation patches:
Implications for desertification and increased resource redistribution. Journal of Geophysical
Research-Biogeosciences. doi:10.1029/2011jg001663
27. Miao SL, Zou CB. 2012. Effects of inundation on the growth and nutrient allocation of six
major macrophytes in the Florida Everglades. Ecological Engineering 42: 10-18. doi:
10.1016/j.ecoleng.2012.01.009
26. Wine ML*, Zou CB. 2012. Long-term streamflow relations with riparian gallery forest
expansion into tallgrass prairie in the Southern Great Plains, USA. Forest Ecology and
Management 266: 170 – 179. doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.11.014
25. Miller GR, Cable JM, McDonald AK, Bond B, Tyler AP, Franz TE, Wang LX, Zou CB.
2012. Understanding ecohydrological connectivity in savannas: a system dynamics
modelling approach. Ecohydrology 5:200-220. doi: 10.1002/eco.245
24. Wang LX, Zou CB, O’Donnell F, Goods, Franz T, Milller GR, Caylor KK, Cable JM, Bond
B. 2012. Characterizing ecohydrological and biogeochemical connectivity across multiple
scales: a new conceptual framework. Ecohydrology 5:221-233. doi: 10.1002/eco.187
23. Chen SJ*, Chen C, Zou CB, Zhang SX, Wang D, Hou L. 2011. Canopy effect on rainfall
redistribution and timing of throughfall and stemflow occurrence in a Pinus tabulaeformis
forest in the Qinling Mountains, China. Acta Ecologica Sinica. 32:1142-1150
22. Field JP, Breshears DD,Whicker JJ, Zou CB. 2011. Interactive effects of grazing and
burning on wind- and water-driven sediment fluxes: rangeland management implications.
Ecological Applications 21:22-32. doi: 10.1890/09-2369.1
21. Field JP, Breshears DD, Whicker JJ, Zou CB. 2011. On the ratio of wind- to water-driven
sediment transport: Conserving soil under global-change-type extreme events. Journal of
Soil and Water Conservation 66:51A – 56A. doi: 10.2489/jswc.66.2.51A
20. Villegas JC, Breshears DD, Zou CB, Royer PD. 2010. Seasonally-pulsed heterogeneity in
microclimate: phenology and cover effects along deciduous grassland-forest continuum.
Vadose Zone Journal 9:537–547. doi:10.2136/vzj2009.0032
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19. Zou CB, Royer PD, Breshears DD. 2010. Density-dependent shading patterns by Sonoran
saguaros. Journal of Arid Environments 74:156-158. doi: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2009.07.001
18. Villegas JC, Breshears DD, Zou CB, Law DJ. 2010. Ecohydrological controls of soil
evaporation in deciduous drylands: How the hierarchical effects of litter, patch and
vegetation mosaic cover interact with phenology and season. Journal of Arid Environment
74:595-602. doi:10.1016/j.jaridenv.2009.09.028
17. Royer PD, Breshears DD, Zou CB, Cobb NS, Kurc SA. 2010. Ecohydrological energy
inputs in semiarid coniferous gradients: Responses to management- and drought-induced
tree reductions. Forest Ecology and Management 260:1646-1655. doi:
10.1016/j.foreco.2010.07.036
16. Zou CB, Ffolliott PF, Wine M. 2010. Streamflow responses to vegetation manipulations
along a gradient of precipitation in the Colorado River Basin. Forest Ecology and
Management 259:1268 – 1276. doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2009.08.005
15. Breshears DD, Whicker JJ, Zou CB, Field JP*, Allen CD. 2009. Aeolian sediment transport
in undisturbed and disturbed dryland ecosystems along the grassland-forest continuum: A
conceptual framework spanning gradients of woody plants. Geomorphology 105:28-38. doi:
10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.12.018
14. Wang J, Zou CB, Ren H, Duan W. 2009. Absence of tree seeds impedes shrubland
succession in southern China. Journal of Tropical Forest Science 21:210-217
13. Miao SL, Zou CB. 2009. Seasonal variation in seed bank composition and the interaction
with nutrient enrichment in the Everglades wetlands. Aquatic Botany 90:157-164. doi:
10.1016/j.aquabot.2008.08.006
12. Adams HD, Guardiola-Claramonte M, Barron-Gafford GA, Villegas JC, Breshears DD, Zou
CB, Troch PA, Huxman TE. 2009. Reply to Leuzinger et al.: Drought-induced tree mortality
temperature sensitivity requires pressing forward with best available science. Proceedings of
the National Academy of Sciences of the USA. 106: E107
11. Adams HD, Guardiola-Claramonte M, Barron-Gafford GA, Villegas JC, Breshears DD, Zou
CB, Troch PA, Huxman TE. 2009. Reply to Sala: Temperature sensitivity in droughtinduced tree mortality hastens the need to further resolve a physiological model of death.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 106: E69-E69
10. Adams HD, Guardiola-Claramonte M, Barron-Gafford GA, Villegas JC*, Breshears DD,
Zou CB, Troch PA, Huxman TE. 2009. Temperature sensitivity of drought-induced tree
mortality portends increased regional die-off under global-change-type drought. Proceedings
of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 106:7063-7066. doi:
10.1073/pnas.0901438106
9. Breshears DD, Myers OB, Meyer CW, Barnes FJ, Zou CB, Allen CD, McDowell NG,
Pockman WT. 2009. Tree die-off in response to global-change-type drought: mortality
insights from a decade of plant water potential measurements. Frontiers in Ecology and the
Environment 7:185-189. doiDOI: 10.1890/080016
8. Miao SL, Zou CB, Breshears DD. 2009. Vegetation responses to extreme hydrological
events: sequence matters. American Naturalist 173:113-118. DOI: 10.1086/593307
7. Zou CB, Breshears DD, Newman BD, Wilcox BP, Gard MO. 2008. Water dynamics under
low- versus high- ponderosa pine tree density: ecohydrological functioning and restoration
implications. Ecohydrology 1:309-315. DOI: 10.1002/eco.17
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Breshears DD, Huxman TE, Adams HD, Zou CB, Davison JE. 2008. Vegetation
synchronously leans upslope as climate warms. Commentary. Proceedings of the National
Academy of Sciences of the USA 105:11591-11592. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0806579105
Zou CB, Barron-Gafford GA, Breshears DD. 2007. Effects of topography and woody plant
canopy cover on near-ground solar radiation: relevant energy inputs for ecohydrology and
hydropedology. Geophysical Research Letters 34: L24S21. DOI: 10.1029/2007GL031484
Zou CB, Barnes PW, Archer S, McMurtry C. 2005. Soil moisture redistribution as a
mechanism of facilitation in savanna tree-shrub clusters. Oecologia 145:32-40. DOI:
10.1007/s00442-005-0110-8
Zou CB, Penfold C, Sands R, Misra RK, Hudson I. 2001. Effects of soil air-filled porosity,
soil matric potential and soil strength on primary root growth of radiata pine seedlings. Plant
and Soil 236:105-115
Zou CB, Sands R, Sun OJ. 2000. Physiological responses of radiata pine roots to soil
strength and soil water deficit. Tree Physiology 20:1205-1207
Zou CB, Sands R, Buchan G, Hudson I. 2000. Least limiting water range: a potential
indicator of physical quality of forest soils. Australian Journal of Soil Research 38:947-958
BOOK CHAPTERS
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Zou CB, Shi PL. 2009. Ecohydrological effects of woody plants encroachment into grassland
and savanna in the USA. In Dong M and Werger JA (eds.), A Spectrum of Ecological
Studies. Southwest University Press, Chongqing. (In Chinese)
Li C, Yang QZ, Zou CB. 1992. Theories of Forest Dynamics. Guzhou Publishing House of
Science and Technology, Guyan. pp. 353. (In Chinese)
Zou CB. 1990. Photosynthetic and ecological characteristics of four evergreen broadleaf
forests. In Li CB and Yang YP (eds.), Ecological Studies of Sichuan Forests. Sichuan
Publishing House of Science and Technology, Chengdu. pp. 586. (In Chinese)
Li C, Liu X, Zou CB. 1990. The origin and characteristics of subalpine coniferous forest in
Sichuan province. In Li CB and Yang YP (eds.), Ecological Studies of Sichuan Forests.
Sichuan Publishing House of Science and Technology, Chengdu. pp. 586. (In Chinese)
Zou CB. 1989. Methods of Predicting Sheet and Rill Erosion on Forest Land. In Sichuan
Forestry Science and Technology (special edition). pp. 27. (In Chinese)
TECHNICAL REPORTS
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Miao SL, Carstenn SM, Thomas C, Zou CB, Edelestein C, Sindhoj E. 2010. Multiple
Temporal-scale Sampling Methods. In Evaluating Natural Recovery and Fire Effects in
Phosphorus-Enriched Water Conservation Area 2A. Report to South Florida Water
Management District. pp. 23-54
Miao SL, Thomas C, Zou CB, Edelestein C. 2010. Data Analysis Approaches for Wetland
Fire Project. In Evaluating Natural Recovery and Fire Effects in Phosphorus-Enriched Water
Conservation Area 2A. Report to South Florida Water Management District. pp. 55-62
Miao SL, Carstenn SM, Thomas C, Zou CB, Edelestein C. 2010. System Status along the
Nutrient Gradient: Structure, Function, and Physical Environment. In Evaluating Natural
Recovery and Fire Effects in Phosphorus-Enriched Water Conservation Area 2A. Report to
South Florida Water Management District. pp. 63-96
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Miao SL, Zou CB, Thomas C. 2010. Post-Burn Recovery of the Structure and Physical
Environment of Cattail Communities at Highly- and Moderately-Enriched Areas. In
Evaluating Natural Recovery and Fire Effects in Phosphorus-Enriched Water. Conservation
Area 2A. Report to South Florida Water Management District. pp. 263-286
Miao SL, Zou CB, Thomas C. 2010. Fire Effects on and Post-Burn Recovery of Cattail
Community Function at Highly- and Moderately- Enriched Areas: Productivity,
Decomposition, and Seed Bank. In Evaluating Natural Recovery and Fire Effects in
Phosphorus-Enriched Water Conservation Area 2A. Report to South Florida Water
Management District. pp. 287 – 312
Miao SL, Zou CB, Sindhoj E. 2010. Fire Effects on the Demography of Cattail Communities
at Highly- and Moderately-Enriched Areas. In Evaluating Natural Recovery and Fire Effects
in Phosphorus-Enriched Water Conservation Area 2A. Report to South Florida Water
Management District. pp. 312 – 322
Miao SL, Zou CB. 2010. Post-Burn Nutrient Dynamics and Recovery of Cattail
Communities at Highly- and Moderately-Enriched Areas. In Evaluating Natural Recovery
and Fire Effects in Phosphorus-Enriched Water Conservation Area 2A. Report to South
Florida Water Management District. pp. 323 – 340
PRESENTATIONS
Invited Talks
10. Zou CB. 2014. National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) and Ecohydrology
Research at OSU. Sichuan Research Institute of Forestry, Chengdu, China. July, 2014.
9. Zou CB, Dale J. 2013. Quantitative assessment of climate variability and land surface
change on streamflow decrease in the Upper Cimarron River. Oklahoma Water Resources
Research Institute’s (OWRRI) & Water Advisory Board Meeting. Oklahoma City, OK.
August 28, 2013
8. Zou CB, Turton DJ, Stebler E, Will RE, Winton K, Fuhlendorf S, Engle D. 2012. Effects of
redcedar encroachment on water quantity: watershed Infiltration, soil water dynamics, and
streamflow. OWRRI Symposium. Tulsa, OK. November 13, 2012
7. Zou CB. 2011. An interdisciplinary approach to address environmental challenges –
Ecohydrology. Department of Geography, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK.
March 7, 2011
6. Zou CB. 2010. Ecohydrology – perspectives from ecologist. Department of Botany,
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK. October 19, 2010
5. Zou CB. 2008. Coupling between vegetation systems and hydrologic processes perspectives from ecohydrology. Department of Botany & Microbiology, University of
Oklahoma, Norman, OK. October 23, 2008
4. Zou CB. 2008. Vegetation dynamics and hydrologic responses – perspectives from
ecohydrology. Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Beijing, China.
September 23, 2008
3. Zou CB, Ffolliott P, Hernandez M. 2008. Predicting the effects of large-scale watershed
management practices on hydrologic processes in the Colorado River Basin. IUFRO 8.01.02
Landscape Ecology: Symposium 2: Cumulative Effects of Forest Management and Climate
Change on Hydrologic and Sediment Balances at the Watershed Landscape Scale. Chengdu,
China. September 16 – 18, 2008
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2. Zou CB, Archer S. 2003. Woody plant encroachment into savannah – cause and solution.
Chinese Academy of Sciences, South China Botanical Garden, Guanzhou, China
1. Zou CB. 2003. Water redistribution by root in semiarid savannah ecosystem. Department of
Botany & Microbiology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
CONTRIBUTED ORAL AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Over 70 in past 10 years
78. Qiao L, Zou CB. 2014. Simulating redcedar encroachment on water cycle using SWAT
model parameterized and calibrated with experimental watershed data. NSF EPSCoR
Project Retreat, 2014
77. Zou C, Will R, Stebler E, Qiao L. 2014. Role of vegetation in modulating rainfall
interception and soil water flux in ecosystems under transition from grassland to woodland.
EGU General Assembly 2014, April 28 –May 2, 2014, Vienna, Austria
76. Dale J, Zou CB. 2014. Effect on streamflow from increased climate variability and
anthropogenic alteration for an agriculturally dominated watershed in North Central
Oklahoma. The 23rd OCWA Annual Meeting, Stillwater, April 2-3, 2014, Stillwater, OK
75. Qiao L, Zou CB. 2014. Eastern redcedar encroachment and change of water budget on lower
Cimarron River basin. The 23rd OCWA Annual Meeting, Stillwater, April 2-3, 2014,
Stillwater, OK
74. Hallgren S, Zou CB, Shoup D. 2014. Water quality and quantity risks of high severity fire
for drinking-water reservoirs. The 23rd OCWA Annual Meeting, Stillwater, April 2-3, 2014,
Stillwater, OK
73. Qiao L, Dale J, Zou CB. 2013. Streamflow and groundwater dynamics for a rangeland
watershed under change in land surface conditions and climate in the south-central Great
Plains. December 9-13, San Francisco, CA
72. Dale J, Zou CB. 2013. A new approach to readily assess surface water resources based on
remote sensing and empirical model in Oklahoma. OWRRI Symposium. October 22-23.
Midwest City, OK
71. Dong J, Ochsner TE, Zreda M, Cosh MH, Zou CB. Calibration and Validation of the
COSMOS Rover for Mesoscale Soil Moisture Mapping. SSSA Annul Meeting, November 3
– 6, Tampa, FL
70. Zou CB, Turton D, Stebler E, Will R, Engle D. 2013. Streamflow responses after juniper
(Juniperus virginiana) encroachment in previously cultivated mesic grasslands. Society of
Range Management Annual Meeting, Feb. 2-8, 2013, Oklahoma City, OK
69. West A*, Zou CB, Turton D, Fuhlendorf S, Zhang H. 2013. Response of tallgrass prairie to
fire and grazing disturbance from patch burning and annual burning regimes. Society of
Range Management Annual Meeting, Feb. 2-8, 2013, Oklahoma City, OK
68. Zou CB, Will R, Acharya B*, Guidotti V*. 2012. Redistribution and potential loss of soil
carbon at watershed after redcedar encroachment in a mesic grassland. The 97th Ecological
Society of America Annual Meeting, August 5 -10, 2012, Portland, OR
67. Caterina G*, Will R, Turton D, Zou CB. 2012. Water use of individual Juniperus virginiana
trees; How much, how variable, and what factors affect it. The 97th Ecological Society of
America Annual Meeting, August 5 -10, 2012, Portland, OR
66. West A*, Zou CB, Turton D, Fuhlendorf S, Zhang H. 2012. Ecohydrological response of
tallgrass prairie rangelands to fire and grazing impacts from patch burning and annual
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burning regimes. The 97th Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, August 5 -10,
2012, Portland, OR
West A*, Zou CB, Stebler E, Turton D, Fuhlendorf S, Zhang H. 2012. Ecohydrological
response of tallgrass prairie rangelands to fire and grazing impacts from patch burning and
annual burning regimes. OK-SWCS Annual Meeting, June 6-7, Stillwater, OK. 2nd place
for poster competition
Turton D, Zou CB, Will R, Stebler E, Caterina, G, Engle D, Fuhlendorf S, Winton K. 2012.
Watershed research on the effects of redcedar encroachment on water quantity: Initial
results. AAAS-SWARM. April 11- 13, 2012. Tulsa, OK
Caterina G, Will R, Zou CB. 2012. Water use of individual redcedar trees; How much, how
variable, and what factors affect it. AAAS-SWARM. April 11- 13, 2012. Tulsa, OK
Zou CB, Will R, Turton D, Acharya B*, West A*. 2012. Encroachment of redcedar into
grassland - change in soil water and carbon. AAAS-SWARM. April 11- 13, 2012. Tulsa,
OK
West A*, Zou CB, Stebler E, Zhang H. 2012. Will burning regimes exhibit different runoff
rates and sediment loads in native tallgrass prairie? April 4 -5, 2012,Stillwater, OK
Hung J*, Zou CB, Ochsner T. 2012. A MATLAB tool for modeling evapotranspiration from
soil moisture dynamics. 2nd Annual Student Water Conference, April 4 -5, 2012, Stillwater,
OK
Law DJ, Breshears DD, Cobb NS, Zou CB, Allen C, Barron-Gafford GA, Huxman TE.
2012. Next steps in addressing drought-induced tree mortality and opportunities for
collaboration with the Southwestern Experimental garden Array (SEGA). Community
Genetics/SEGA Climate Change Conference. March 5, 2012, Falgstaff, AZ
Ochsner T, Zreda M, Dong J, Zou CB, Cosh M. 2012. Calibration and validation of a mobile
Cosmic-ray soil moisture observing system. Joint Meeting of the Second International Soil
Sensing Technology Conference, the Soil Physics Technical Committee Annual Meeting,
and the ASA Sensor-based Water Management Community. January 3-7, 2012, Honolulu,
Hawaii
Hung J*, Zou CB, Will RE, Engle DM, Fuhlendorf SD. 2011. Interactive effects of
vegetation and soil types on soil water dynamics in woody-encroached grasslands. The 96th
Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, August 7 -12, 2011, Austin, TX
Engle D, Fuhlendorf, Allred BW, Elmore D, Zou, CB. 2011. Recoupling fire and grazing
interactions to restore rangelands degraded by woody plant encroachment and climate
change: a patch-burning approach to management. The 96th Ecological Society of America
Annual Meeting, August 7 -12, 2011, Austin, TX
Adams HD, Breshears DD, Germinno MJ, Barron-Gafford G, Germino MJ, Zou CB,
Huxman TE. 2011. Experimental evaluation of interrelated physiological mechanisms of
tree drought mortality: Reduced non-structural carbohydrates with drought-induced tree
death. The 96th Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, August 7 -12, 2011,
Austin, TX
Torn MS, Billesbach DP, Bradford J, Zou CB, Mishra U, Fischer ML, Gunter S. 2010.
Carbon, water, and energy fluxes on marginal lands converted to switchgrass. NACP and
Ameriflux Meeting, 2010. Washington DC
Zou CB. 2010. Climatic change and ecohydrology. Special session. 2010. The 95th
Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, August 1-6, 2010, Pittsburgh, PA
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52. Zou CB, Turton D, Will R, Fuhlendorf S, Engle D, Hung J. 2010. Estimating watershed
level evapotranspiration using water budget method. The 95th Ecological Society of
America Annual Meeting, August 1-6, 2010, Pittsburgh, PA
51. Wine M*, Zou C, Engle D, Tyson O. 2010. Land conversion to bioenergy production and
water budget and sediment output in a semiarid grassland. The 95th Ecological Society of
America Annual Meeting, August 1-6, 2010, Pittsburgh, PA
50. Adams HD, Guardiola-Claramonte M, Barron-Gafford G, Breshears DD, Germino MJ, Zou
CB, Law DJ, Cobb NS, Huxman TE. 2010. Global warming, extreme drought events and
tree mortality: ecological transformations, mechanisms, impacts, and uncertainties. The 95th
Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, August 1-6, 2010, Pittsburgh, PA
49. Law DJ, Villegas JC, Breshears DD, Zou CB. 2009. How deciduous woody-plant-cover
affects seasonally-dependent ecohydrological limitations on soil evaporation: Energy and
wind effects at patch and vegetation-mosaic scales. The 94th Ecological Society of America
Annual Meeting, August 2- 7, 2009, NM
48. Villegas JC, Barron-Gafford GA, Adams HD, Guardiola M, Sommer E, Wiede AL, Rivera
IC, Breshears DD, Zou CB, Huxman TE. 2009. Evapotranspiration partitioning as a function
of woody plant canopy cover: Experimental manipulations within the Biosphere 2
glasshouse facility. The 94th Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, August 2- 7,
2009, NM
47. Field JP, Breshears DD, Whicker JJ, Zou CB. 2009. Wind and water erosion under globalchange-type conditions and alternate land management practices. The 94th Ecological
Society of America Annual Meeting, August 2- 7, 2009, NM
46. Adams HD, Guardiola-Claramonte M, Barron-Gafford GA, Villegas JC, Breshears DD, Zou
CB, Troch PA, Law DJ, Cobb NS, Huxman TE. 2009. Global change enhances vegetation
vulnerability to drought: Warmer drought will kill trees faster and more frequently. The 94th
Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, August 2- 7, 2009, NM
45. Billesbach DP, Torn MS, Bradford J, Fischer ML, Zou CB. 2009. Carbon and water cycling
in ecosystems converted to switchgrass. Ameriflux Annual Meeting, September 21 -23,
Washington DC
44. Billesbach DP, Torn MS, Bradford LA, Gunter SA, Fischer ML, Zou CB. 2009. Effects of
land use change from grassland and wheat to switchgrass in the Southern Great Plains. AGU
Annual Meeting, December 14-18, San Francisco, CA
43. Adams HD, Breshears DD, Guardiola M, Zou CB, Huxman TE. 2009. Global change
enhances vegetation vulnerability to drought: Warmer drought kills pinyon pines faster.
AGU Annual Meeting, December 14-18, San Francisco, CA
42. Fuhlendorf S, Wilcox B, Will R, Engle D, Zou CB. 2009. Grassland to woodland transitions:
Linking hydrology and vegetation dynamics. The 62nd Society for Range Management
Annual Meeting, February 8-12, 2009, Albuquerque, NM
41. Zou CB, Chen S. 2009. Measuring interception water loss by the tallgrass prairie using an
automated collecting tray technique. The 94th Ecological Society of America Annual
Meeting, August 2–7, 2009, Albuquerque, NM
40. Royer PD, Breshears DD, Zou CB, Cobb N, Kurc SA. 2009. Consequences of tree-cover
reductions within coniferous vegetation gradients: overstory-attenuated solar radiation
following fire, die-off, or thinning. The 94th Ecological Society of America Annual
Meeting, August 2–7, 2009, Albuquerque, NM
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39. Zou CB, Turton D, Will R, Engle D, Winton K. 2009. Eastern redcedar encroachment and
the water cycle in mesic Great Plains grasslands. The Oklahoma Water Research
Symposium, November 3 -5, Midwest City, OK
38. Zou CB. 2008. Fluctuations in water level and vegetation responses in wetlands. Ecological
Society of America Annual Meeting, August 3 – 8, 2008, Milwaukee, WI
37. Zou CB, Breshears DD, Whicker JJ, Field JP, Allen CD. 2008. Effects of woody plant
canopy cover on dryland aeolian sediment transport. Soil and Water Soil and Water
Conservation Society 2008 Annual Conference, July 26-30, 2008, Tucson, AZ
36. Field JP, Breshears DD, Whicker JJ, Zou CB, Allen CD. 2008. Wind erosion and dust flux
from plot to landscape scale: Disturbance effects exemplified by fire and grazing. Ecological
Society of America Annual Meeting, August 3 – 8, 2008, Milwaukee, WI.
35. Royer PD, Breshears DD, Zou CB, Cobb N. 2008. Ecohydrological trends in land-surface
microclimate along a grassland forest continuum: Near ground solar radiation and soil
temperature in piñyon-juniper ecosystem. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting,
August 3 – 8, 2008, Milwaukee, WI
34. Villegas JC, Zou CB, Breshears DD. 2008. Ecohydrological implications of canopy cover
phenology along a continuum of semi-arid deciduous vegetation: Pulsed heterogeneity
effects on soil evaporation. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, August 3 – 8,
2008, Milwaukee, WI
33. Zou CB, Breshears DD, Whicker JJ, Field JP, Allen CD. 2008. Effects of woody plant
canopy cover on dryland aeolian sediment transport. Soil and Water Conservation Society
Annual Conference, July 26-30, 2008, Tucson, AZ
32. Field JP, Breshears DD, Zou CB, Whicker JJ. 2008. Simultaneous measurements of wind
and water erosion and transport: applications for soil and water conservation. Soil and Water
Conservation Society Annual Conference, July 26-30, 2008,Tucson, AZ
31. Zou CB, Royer PD, Breshears DD. 2008. Shading patterns along a low- to high-density
saguaro gradient: an ecohydrological perspective. Ecological Society of America Annual
Meeting, August 3 – 8, 2008, Milwaukee, WI
30. Adams HD, Zou CB, Breshears DD, Guardiola M, Cobb N, Huxman TE, Troch PA. 2008.
Experimental determination of thresholds of tree mortality in response to global-change-type
drought: Accounting for root volume in transplant manipulations to facilitate cross-study
comparisons. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, August 3 – 8, 2008,
Milwaukee, WI
29. Guardiola-Claramonte M, Adams HD, Villegas JC, Troch PA, Breshears DD, Zou CB.
2008. Soil moisture decay and drought-induced tree mortality under different temperature
regimes. 2008. Soil and Water Conservation Society Annual Conference, July 26-30,
Tucson, AZ
28. Royer PD, Breshears DD, Zou CB. 2008. How near-ground solar radiation varies with
woody plant cover: implications for soil evaporation rates. 2008 Soil and Water
Conservation Society Annual Conference, July 26-30, Tucson, AZ
27. Field JP, Breshears DD, Whicker JJ, Zou CB, Allen CD. 2007. Sediment transport and dust
flux in disturbed and undisturbed dryland ecosystems: from site-specific estimates to trends
across gradients of woody plant cover. American Geophysical Union 2007 Fall Meeting,
December 11–15, 2007, San Francisco, CA
26. Breshears DD, Zou CB, Barron-Gafford G, Adams H, Huxman T, Miao S, Rich P, White A.
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San Francisco, CA
Zou CB, Miao SL, Breshears DD. 2007. Species-specific responses to extreme hydrological
disturbances depend on event sequences. The 92nd Ecological Society of America Annual
Meeting, San Jose, CA
Breshears DD, Whicker JJ, Zou CB, Field JP, Allen CD. 2007. Wind erosion and dust flux
in undisturbed and disturbed dryland ecosystem along the grassland-forest continuum: A
conceptual framework spanning gradients of woody plants. The 92nd Ecological Society of
America Annual Meeting, August 5 – 10, 2007, San Jose, CA
Zou CB, Barron-Gafford GA, Breshears DD. 2007. Effects of topography and woody plant
canopy cover on near-ground solar radiation: implications for vegetation gradients and
dynamics on the Colorado Plateau. The Ninth Biennial Conference of Research on the
Colorado Plateau, October 29 –November 1, 2007, Flagstaff, AZ
Adams HD, Villegas JC, Breshears DD, Guardiola-Claramonte M*, Zou CB, BarronGafford GA, Huxman TE. 2007. Biosphere 2: Testing the influence of global change
dynamics on key interactions between plants and water. The Ninth Biennial Conference of
Research on the Colorado Plateau, October 29 –November 1, 2007, Flagstaff, AZ
Royer PD, Breshears DD, Zou CB, Cobb NS. 2007. Variation in near-ground solar radiation
as a function of tree cover: a preliminary assessment along a woodland gradient. The Ninth
Biennial Conference of Research on the Colorado Plateau, October 29 –November 1, 2007,
Flagstaff, AZ
Breshears DD, Zou CB. 2006. Bridging from ecology to hydrology and soil science through
ecohydrology and dydropedology: The fundamental role of woody plant patterns on
heterogeneity in soil water and carbon. American Geophysical Union 2006 Fall Meeting,
December 11 -15, 2006 in San Francisco, CA
Villegas JC, Breshears DD, Zou CB. 2006. Soil evaporation as a function of canopy cover:
method calibration and preliminary observations at the Santa Rita Experimental Range. The
6th Annnual Research Insights in Semiarid Ecosystems (RISE). October 7, 2006, Tucson,
AZ
Breshears DD, Field JP, Zou CB, Whicker JJ. 2006. Wind and water erosion under alternate
land uses: Insights from ongoing research at the Santa Rita Experimental Range. The 3rd
Annual Research Insights in Semiarid Ecosystems (RISE). October 7, 2006, Tucson, AZ
Field JP, Breshears DD, Zou CB, Whicker JJ. 2006. Resource redistribution by wind and
water erosion in semiarid grasslands. The 91st Ecological Society of America Annual
Meeting, August 6 – 11, Memphis, TN
Zou CB, Breshears DD, Newman BD, Wilcox BP, Gard MO. 2006. Reduced density
amplifies soil water availability in ponderosa pine forest: ecohydrological implications for
restoration. The 91st Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, August 6 – 11,
Memphis, TN
Boodleman CL, Breshears DD, Zou CB. 2006. Near-ground solar radiation as a function of
woody canopy cover: testing predicted trends along the grassland-forest continuum. The
91st Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, August 6 – 11, Memphis, TN
Zou CB, Breshears DD, Newman BD, Wilcox BP, Gard MO. 2006. Ecohydrological
consequences of reducing stand density in a semiarid forest ecosystem: Preliminary
findings. Arizona Nevada Academy of Science Annual Meeting, Tucson, AZ. (Kel Fox
Presentation Award)
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13. Field JP, Breshears DD, Zou CB, Whicker JJ. 2006. Simultaneous field-based measurements
of wind and water erosion in semiarid grasslands. Sixth International conference on Aeolian
Research, July 24-28, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
12. Breshears DD, Whicker JJ, Allen CD, Field JP, Zou CB, Oertel RJ, Beeley KL.2006. Wind
erosion and transport along the grassland-forest continuum. Sixth International Conference
on Aeolian Research, July 24-28, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
11. Field JP, Breshears DD, Zou CB, Whicker JJ. 2006. Wind and water erosion: competing
processes on the Santa Rita Experiment Range. The 3rd Annnual Research Insights in
Semiarid Ecosystems (RISE), October 7, 2006, Tucson, AZ
10. Field JP, Breshears DD, Zou CB, Whicker JJ. 2006. Simultaneous measures of competing
erosion types: water-centric focus neglects potential importance of wind-driven soil
transport. The 2nd ISPE Festival, Tucson, October 5, 2006 (ISPEFest Poster Award)
9. Boodleman CL, Breshears DD, Zou CB. 2006. Near ground solar radiation as a function of
woody canopy cover: Testing initial predictions and trends in mean and variance in the
Santa Rita Experimental Range. The 3rd Annual Research Insights in Semiarid Ecosystems
(RISE). October 7, Tucson, AZ
8. Royer PD, Zou CB, Breshears DD. 2006 Saguaro-induced shading and its ecohydrological
consequences: a field design for evaluating trends with density. Arizona Nevada Academy
of Science Annual Meeting, Tucson, AZ
7. Boodleman CL, Breshears DD, Zou CB. 2006. Estimating solar radiation indices along a
gradient of increasing shrub coverage: A preliminary analysis at Santa Rita Experimental
Range. Arizona Nevada Academy of Science Annual Meeting, Tucson, AZ. (Best Poster
Award)
6. Barron-Gafford GA, Breshears DB, Zou CB. 2006. Relative influence of topography and
canopy cover on solar radiation in a heterogeneous semiarid woodland: A preliminary
analysis design. Arizona Nevada Academy of Science Annual Meeting, Tucson, AZ
5. Barnes PW, Archer SR, Zou CB, McMurtry CR, Jessup KE. 2002. Edaphic influences on
woody plant facilitation and competition in a subtropical savanna. The 87th Ecological
Society of America Annual Meeting, August 4 -9, Tucson, AZ
4. McMurtry CR, Archer SR, Barnes PW, Jessup KE, Zou CB. 2002. Structure and distribution
of shrub patches in a savanna parkland upland is influenced by argillic horizon development.
The 87th Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, August 4 -9, Tucson, AZ
3. Archer SR, Barnes PW, Zou CB, McMurtry CR, Jessup KE. 2002. Hydraulic lift –evidence
of soil moisture redistribution by Prosopis glanduosa in a semi-arid savanna parkland in
southern Texas. The 87th Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, August 4 -9,
Tucson, AZ
2. Jessup KE, Barnes PW, Zou CB, McMurtry CR, Archer SR. 2002. Edaphic controls over
plant/soil water relations and leaf gas exchange in a subtropical savanna: temporal patterns.
The 87th Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, August 4 -9, Tucson, AZ
1. Zou CB, Archer SR, Barnes PW, McMurtry CR, Jessup KE. 2002. Soil moisture partitioning
and overstory and understory interactions among co-occurring woody plants in semiarid
savanna parkland in Southern Texas. The 87th Ecological Society of America Annual
Meeting, August 4 -9, Tucson, AZ
TEACHING & ADVISING
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NREM4443/NREM5443 Watershed Hydrology and Water Quality (2014)
NREM 4473 Global Issues of Water and Ecosystem Management (2012, 2013)
NREM 5483 Ecohydrology (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014)
NREM 5030 Streamflow Trend Analysis (2013)
NREM 5020 Graduate Seminar (2012, 2013, 2013, 2014)
COURSES GUEST LECTURED
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NREM 2102 Ecology and Natural Resources (2012, 2013)
ADVISING
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Undergraduate Advising (8)
Graduate Advising, Major Advisor (6)
Michael Wine (M.S. student, Fall 2009 – Summer 2011) (completed)
Thesis - Streamflow relations with increasing riparian woody cover in north-central
Oklahoma (2011)
Jenny Hung (M.S. student, Spring 2010 – Spring 2012) (completed)
Thesis - Ecohydrological effects of eastern redcedar encroachment in tallgrass prairie
(2012)
Amanda West (M.S. student, Spring 2011 – Spring 2013) (completed)
Thesis - Ecohydrological responses of native tallgrass prairie with fire and grazing
disturbance
Joseph Dale (M.S. student, Summer 2012 – present)
Thesis topic - Hydrologic responses to land use, land cover change and climate
variability in the upper Cimarron River watershed
Bharat Acharya (Ph.D. student, Summer 2012 – present)
Dissertation topic - Vegetation impact on ecohydrological properties and water
budget at the grassland forest ecotone
Renato Rahal (M.S. student, Fall 2014 – present)
Thesis topic – climate, forest management and water resource
• Postdoctoral Associate
− Lei (Charlie) Qiao (August 2013 – present): Climate change, anthropogenic disturbance and
regional water budget in the South-central Great Plains
• Committee Member for Current Graduate Student (1 M.S. and 5 Ph.D.)
− Adam Maggard, Ph.D., NREM, OSU (Major advisor: Dr. Rod Will) (2012-present)
− Sharla Loverna, Ph.D. Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, OSU (Major advisor: Garey
Fox) (2009 - present)
− Josh Massey, Ph.D., Plant and Soil Sciences, OSU (Major advisor: Dr. Hailin Zhang) (2010 present)
− Daniels Dvorett, Ph.D., NREM, OSU (Major advisor: Dr. Craig Davis) (2010-present)
− Emily Sinnot, M.S., NREM (Major advisor: Tim O’Connell) (2013 – present)
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• Committee Member for Completed Graduate Student (6 M.S. and 4 Ph.D.)
− Henry Adam, Ph.D., Ecology and Evolutional Biology, University of Arizona (Major
advisor: Dr. Travis Huxman and Dr. David Breshears) (2010 – 2012)
− Pradeep Wagle, Ph.D. Plant and Soil Sciences (Major advisor: Dr. Gopal Kakani) (20112013)
− Bing Li, Ph.D. Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, OSU (Major advisor: Dan Storms)
(2010 – 2013)
− Stuart Wilson, M.S., NREM, OSU (Major advisor: Dr. Rod Will) (2009 – 2012)
− Navneet Bilga, M.S., Plant and Soil Sciences, OSU (Major advisor: Dr. Tyson Ochsner)
(2010 -2012)
− Michael Gatlin, M.S., NREM, OSU (Major advisor: Dr. Jim Long) (2012-2013)
− April Estep, M.S., NREM, OSU (Major advisor: Dr. Karen Hickman) (2012-2013)
− Giulia Caternia, M.S., NREM, OSU (Major advisors: Drs. Don Turton and Rod Will) (2011
– 2013)
− Geano Dong, M.S., Plant and Soil Sciences, OSU (Major advisor: Dr.Tyson Ochsner) (2011
- 2013)
− Yohannes Yimam, Ph.D., Plant and Soil Sciences, OSU (Major advisor: Dr. Tyson Ochsner)
(2010- 2014)
• International Scholars and Interns Hosted (6)
− Jian Ren, Yunan Agricultural University, visiting scholar, Jul 2014− Dr. Dongsheng Guo, Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, visiting scientist, Jul 2013 – Sept. 2013
− Dr. Peili Shi, Chinese Academy of Sciences, visiting scientist, Dec 2008 – Mar 2009
− Shujun Chen, Northwest A&F University, visiting scientist, Apr 2009 – Mar 2010
− Jiangan Yuan, Sun Yat-sen University, visiting professor, Jul 2010 – Oct 2010
− Vinicius Guidotii, São Paulo State University, Brazil, Intern, Jul 1– Nov 30, 2010
− Benjimin Fu, Longmeadow High School, MA, Intern, Jul 1 – Jul 31, 2009
EXTENSION AND OUTREACH
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Extension Program (1)
Extension and Outreach Activities (6)
Fact Sheets and Current Report (2)
Extension & Outreach Presentations (11)
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
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Ecological Society of America
Soil and Water Conservation Society
Society of Rangeland Management
Sino-Ecologists Association Overseas
GRANT PROPOSALS REVIEWED
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USDA/NIFA 2014
NSF – Hydrology Program (2009, 2013)
USGS/NIWR 104G (2010, 2011)
USGS/OWRRI 104B (2009, 2011, 2012)
U.S. Department of Defense - SERDP Program (Strategic Environmental Research and
Development) (2009)
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (2010)
University of Puerto Rico Institutional Research Fund (2009)
Oklahoma State University Hatch proposal (2010, 2011)
Texas A&M University Hatch proposal (2009, 2011)
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
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Chinese Journal of Plant Ecology (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014)
JOURNALS REVIEWER
Global Change Biology (2011), Scientific Report (2011), Water Resource Research (2013),
Oecologia (2011), Canadian Journal of Soil Science (2008), Ecohydrology (2009, 2010, 2011,
2012, 2013), Ecological Applications (2009), Ecology (2008), Forest Ecology and Management
(2008, 2010, 2011), Geophysical Research Letters (2010), Hydrological Processes (2011),
Journal of Arid Environment (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012), Journal of Hydrology and Engineering
(2010, 2011), Journal of Plant Ecology (2010), Journal of the American Water Resources
Association (2009, 2012), Journal of Vegetation Science (2009), Soil Research (2013), HESS
(2012), PLOS ONE (2014)
SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES
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USDA/NIFA A1801 Water for Agriculture Panel (2014)
Co-organizer (with Dr. Darin Law, University of Arizona)- Addressing global warming
challenges in drylands: Integrating ecophysiological mechanisms with ecohydrological
feedbacks. Special Session, the 95th ESA Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, 2010
Session organizer - IUFRO Forest and Water, Raleigh, NC, 2009
Organizer - Bridging ecohydrological research from arid lands to humid environments.
Special Session, the 93rd ESA Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, WI, 2008
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