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Mingan Shao is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China and specializes in environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences. Their research primarily focuses on soil science, ecology, civil and structural engineering, global and planetary change, and environmental engineering.

The main topics covered in Mingan Shao's work include:

  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Soil erosion and sediment transport
  • Soil and Unsaturated Flow
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology

Recent publications by Mingan Shao illustrate the scope and impact of their studies:

  • "Erosion reduces soil microbial diversity, network complexity and multifunctionality," 2021, The ISME Journal
  • "Assessing soil water balance to optimize irrigation schedules of flood-irrigated maize fields with different cultivation histories in the arid region," 2022, Agricultural Water Management
  • "Modeling long-term soil water dynamics in response to land-use change in a semi-arid area," 2020, Journal of Hydrology
  • "Afforestation can lower microbial diversity and functionality in deep soil layers in a semiarid region," 2022, Global Change Biology
  • "Response of soil OC, N and P to land-use change and erosion in the black soil region of the Northeast China," 2020, Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment

Frequently collaborating with other researchers, Mingan Shao's notable co-authors include:

  • Xiaoxu Jia
  • Xiaorong Wei
  • Laiming Huang
  • Tongchuan Li
  • Yuanjun Zhu

Their work is frequently published in journals such as:

  • CATENA
  • Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment
  • Agricultural Water Management
  • Journal of Hydrology
  • Geoderma

Best Publications

  • Soil and water loss from the Loess Plateau in China

    Hui Shi;Mingan Shao

  • Erosion reduces soil microbial diversity, network complexity and multifunctionality.

    Liping Qiu;Liping Qiu;Liping Qiu;Qian Zhang;Qian Zhang;Hansong Zhu;Hansong Zhu;Peter B. Reich;Peter B. Reich

  • Soil moisture decline due to afforestation across the Loess Plateau, China

    Xiaoxu Jia;Xiaoxu Jia;Ming'an Shao;Ming'an Shao;Yuanjun Zhu;Yi Luo

  • Impacts of land use and plant characteristics on dried soil layers in different climatic regions on the Loess Plateau of China

    Yunqiang Wang;Ming’an Shao;Yuanjun Zhu;Zhipeng Liu

  • Higher plant antioxidants and redox signaling under environmental stresses.

    Hong-bo Shao;Hong-bo Shao;Hong-bo Shao;Li-ye Chu;Ming-an Shao;Cheruth Abdul Jaleel

  • Understanding water deficit stress-induced changes in the basic metabolism of higher plants – biotechnologically and sustainably improving agriculture and the ecoenvironment in arid regions of the globe

    Hong-Bo Shao;Li-Ye Chu;C. Abdul Jaleel;P. Manivannan

  • Soil desiccation in the Loess Plateau of China

    Hongsong Chen;Mingan Shao;Yuyuan Li

  • Effects of Nitrogen Nutrition and Water Deficit on Net Photosynthetic Rate and Chlorophyll Fluorescence in Winter Wheat

    Zhouping Shangguan;Mingan Shao;Jens Dyckmans

  • Change of soil physical properties under long-term natural vegetation restoration in the Loess Plateau of China

    Y.Y. Li;M.A. Shao

  • Progress in the remediation of hazardous heavy metal-polluted soils by natural zeolite

    Wei-yu Shi;Hong-bo Shao;Hong-bo Shao;Hong-bo Shao;Hua Li;Ming-an Shao

  • Global pattern of soil carbon losses due to the conversion of forests to agricultural land

    Xiaorong Wei;Mingan Shao;William Gale;Linhai Li

  • Soil organic carbon and total nitrogen as affected by vegetation types in Northern Loess Plateau of China

    Xiaoli Fu;Mingan Shao;Xiaorong Wei;Robert Horton

  • A preliminary investigation of the dynamic characteristics of dried soil layers on the Loess Plateau of China

    Yunqiang Wang;Ming’an Shao;Ming’an Shao;Hongbo Shao;Hongbo Shao;Hongbo Shao

  • Spatial patterns of soil total nitrogen and soil total phosphorus across the entire Loess Plateau region of China

    Zhi-Peng Liu;Ming-An Shao;Yun-Qiang Wang

  • Changes in soil properties and the availability of soil micronutrients after 18 years of cropping and fertilization

    Xiaorong Wei;Mingde Hao;Mingan Shao;William J. Gale

  • Soil desiccation for Loess soils on natural and regrown areas

    Li Wang;Li Wang;Quanjiu Wang;Sanping Wei;Ming’an Shao;Ming’an Shao

  • Large-scale spatial variability of dried soil layers and related factors across the entire Loess Plateau of China

    Yunqiang Wang;Ming'an Shao;Zhipeng Liu

  • Watershed scale temporal stability of soil water content

    Wei Hu;Mingan Shao;Fengpeng Han;Klaus Reichardt

  • Temporal changes of soil hydraulic properties under different land uses

    Wei Hu;Wei Hu;Mingan Shao;Quanjiu Wang;Jun Fan

  • Advances and perspectives on soil water research in China’s Loess Plateau

    Laiming Huang;Laiming Huang;Ming′an Shao;Ming′an Shao

  • The characteristics of soil water cycle and water balance on steep grassland under natural and simulated rainfall conditions in the Loess Plateau of China

    Hongsong Chen;Mingan Shao;Yuyuan Li

  • Vertical distribution and influencing factors of soil water content within 21-m profile on the Chinese Loess Plateau

    Yunqiang Wang;Ming'an Shao;Zhipeng Liu

  • Water use efficiency and sustainability of different long-term crop rotation systems in the Loess Plateau of China

    Mingbin Huang;Mingan Shao;Lu Zhang;Yushan Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Xiaoxu Jia
Xiaoxu Jia Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xiaorong Wei
Xiaorong Wei Northwest A&F University
Yunqiang Wang
Yunqiang Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hongbo Shao
Hongbo Shao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhouping Shangguan
Zhouping Shangguan Chinese Academy of Sciences
Andrew Binley
Andrew Binley Lancaster University
Bing Cheng Si
Bing Cheng Si University of Saskatchewan
Zhisheng An
Zhisheng An Chinese Academy of Sciences
Huimin Wang
Huimin Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Gan-Lin Zhang
Gan-Lin Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences

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