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Overview

Fenli Zheng is affiliated with Northwest A&F University in China and has a research focus primarily in environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences. Their work spans several interconnected domains, including soil science, ecology, and earth-surface processes.

The main topics Fenli Zheng has explored include:

  • Soil erosion and sediment transport
  • Hydrology and sediment transport processes
  • Aeolian processes and effects
  • Hydrology and watershed management studies
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics
  • Soil and unsaturated flow

Frequent co-authors in Zheng's research are:

  • Ximeng Xu (13 joint publications)
  • XC Zhang (11 joint publications)
  • Hongqiang Shi (11 joint publications)
  • Gang Liu (9 joint publications)
  • Glenn V. Wilson (8 joint publications)

Fenli Zheng has contributed to multiple publication venues, with the greatest number of works appearing in:

  • CATENA (8 publications)
  • International Soil and Water Conservation Research (6 publications)
  • PubMed (6 publications)
  • Soil and Tillage Research (4 publications)
  • Geoderma (4 publications)

Highlighted research papers include:

  • The effects of freeze-thaw cycles at different initial soil water contents on soil erodibility in Chinese Mollisol region, 2020, CATENA
  • Three decades of ephemeral gully erosion studies, 2021, Soil and Tillage Research
  • Seasonal changes of soil erosion and its spatial distribution on a long gentle hillslope in the Chinese Mollisol region, 2021, International Soil and Water Conservation Research
  • Rill network development on loessial hillslopes in China, 2020, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
  • Impact of vegetation succession on leaf-litter-soil C:N:P stoichiometry and their intrinsic relationship in the Ziwuling Area of China's Loess Plateau, 2020, Journal of Forestry Research

Best Publications

  • Impacts of land use change and climate variability on hydrology in an agricultural catchment on the Loess Plateau of China

    Zhi Li;Wen-zhao Liu;Xun-chang Zhang;Fen-li Zheng

  • Effect of vegetation changes on soil erosion on the Loess Plateau

    Fen-Li Zheng

  • Impacts of rainfall intensity and slope gradient on rill erosion processes at loessial hillslope.

    Haiou Shen;Fenli Zheng;Leilei Wen;Yong Han

  • Spatial distribution and temporal trends of extreme temperature and precipitation events on the Loess Plateau of China during 1961–2007

    Zhi Li;Fen-li Zheng;Wen-zhao Liu;Dennis C. Flanagan

  • Soil erodibility for water erosion: A perspective and Chinese experiences

    Bin Wang;Fenli Zheng;Mathias J.M. Römkens;Frédéric Darboux

  • Spatiotemporal characteristics of reference evapotranspiration during 1961-2009 and its projected changes during 2011-2099 on the Loess Plateau of China

    Zhi Li;Fen-Li Zheng;Wen-Zhao Liu

  • The effects of raindrop impact and runoff detachment on hillslope soil erosion and soil aggregate loss in the Mollisol region of Northeast China

    Jia Lu;Fenli Zheng;Guifang Li;Feng Bian

  • Effects of erosion patterns on nutrient loss following deforestation on the Loess Plateau of China

    Fenli Zheng;Xiubin He;Xuetian Gao;Chang-e Zhang

  • Trends and variability of daily temperature extremes during 1960-2012 in the Yangtze River Basin, China

    Yinghui Guan;Xunchang Zhang;Fenli Zheng;Bin Wang

  • SWAT-based runoff and sediment simulation in a small watershed, the loessial hilly-gullied region of China: capabilities and challenges

    Lin jing Qiu;Fen li Zheng;Run sheng Yin

  • Evaluation of soil microbial indices along a revegetation chronosequence in grassland soils on the Loess Plateau, Northwest China

    Shao-shan An;Yi-mei Huang;Fen-li Zheng;Fen-li Zheng

  • An experimental study of rill erosion and morphology

    Haiou Shen;Fenli Zheng;Leilei Wen;Jia Lu

  • Investigating the Role of Raindrop Impact on Hydrodynamic Mechanism of Soil Erosion Under Simulated Rainfall Conditions

    Juan An;Fenli Zheng;Jia Lu;Guifang Li

  • Soil quality degradation processes along a deforestation chronosequence in the Ziwuling area, China

    Shaoshan An;Shaoshan An;Fenli Zheng;Fenli Zheng;Feng Zhang;Feng Zhang;Scott Van Pelt

  • Assessing the site-specific impacts of climate change on hydrology, soil erosion and crop yields in the Loess Plateau of China

    Zhi Li;Wen-Zhao Liu;Xun-Chang Zhang;Fen-Li Zheng

  • Vertical hydraulic gradient and run-on water and sediment effects on erosion processes and sediment regimes.

    Fen-li Zheng;Chi-hua Huang;L. Darrell Norton

  • Improved USLE-K factor prediction: A case study on water erosion areas in China

    Bin Wang;Bin Wang;Bin Wang;Fenli Zheng;Yinghui Guan;Yinghui Guan

  • Trends and variability of daily precipitation and extremes during 1960-2012 in the Yangtze River Basin, China

    Yinghui Guan;Yinghui Guan;Fenli Zheng;Fenli Zheng;Xunchang Zhang;Bin Wang;Bin Wang

  • Comparison of runoff and soil loss in different tillage systems in the Mollisol region of Northeast China

    Ximeng Xu;Fenli Zheng;G.V. Wilson;Chao He

  • Spatially downscaling GCMs outputs to project changes in extreme precipitation and temperature events on the Loess Plateau of China during the 21st Century

    Zhi Li;Fen-Li Zheng;Wen-Zhao Liu;De-Juan Jiang

  • Effects of Near-Surface Hydraulic Gradients on Nitrate and Phosphorus Losses in Surface Runoff

    Fen-Li Zheng;Chi-Hua Huang;L. Darrell Norton

Frequent Co-Authors

Glenn V. Wilson
Glenn V. Wilson Agricultural Research Service
Xunchang Zhang
Xunchang Zhang Agricultural Research Service
Shaoshan An
Shaoshan An Northwest A&F University
Frédéric Darboux
Frédéric Darboux INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Chi-hua Huang
Chi-hua Huang Purdue University West Lafayette
Qiuhong Tang
Qiuhong Tang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Dennis C. Flanagan
Dennis C. Flanagan Agricultural Research Service
Mark A. Liebig
Mark A. Liebig Agricultural Research Service
Ardell D. Halvorson
Ardell D. Halvorson Agricultural Research Service

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