Wenming Bai, Meng Zhou, Yushi Zhang, Wenhao Zhang*. Differences in spatial and temporal root lifespan of three Stipa grasslands in northern China. Biogeochemistry. 2017.132:293-306.
Qiuying Tian#, Nana Liu#, Wenming Bai#, Linghao Li, Jiquan Chen, Peter B. Reich, Qiang Yu, Dali Guo, Melinda D. Smith, Alan K. Knapp, Weixin Cheng, Peng Lu, Yan Gao, An Yang, Tainzuo Wang, Xin Li, Zhengwen Wang, Yibin Ma, Xingguo Han, and Wenhao Zhang*.A novel soil manganese mechanism drives plant species loss with increased nitrogen deposition in a temperate steppe. Ecology. 2016. 97: 65-74.
Wenming Bai*, Dali Guo, Qiuying Tian, Nana Liu, Weixin Cheng, Linghao Li, and Wenhao Zhang*. Differential responses of grasses and forbs led to marked reduction in below-ground productivity in temperate steppe following chronic N deposition. Journal of Ecology. 2015. 103: 1570-1579.
An Yang, Nana Liu, Qiuying Tain, Wenming Bai*, Mark Williams, Qibing Wang, Linghao Li, and Wenhao Zhang*. Rhizosphere bacterial communities of dominant steppe plants shift in response to a gradient of simulated nitrogen deposition. Frontiers in Microbiology. 2015. 6: 789.
Wenming Bai, Ying Fang, Meng Zhou, Ting Xie, Linghao Li, and Wenhao Zhang*. Heavily intensified grazing reduces root production in Inner Mongolia temperate steppe. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment. 2015. 200: 143-150.
Wenming Bai, Jianyang Xia, Shiqiang Wan, Wenhao Zhang, and Linghao Li*. Day and night warming have different effect on root lifespan. Biogeosciences. 2012 9: 375-384.
Ying Fang, Fen Xun, and Wenming Bai*, Wenhao Zhang and Linghao Li. Long-term nitrogen addition leads to loss of species richness due to litter accumulation and soil acidification in a temperate steppe. PLoS ONE. 2012 7: e47369.
Wenming Bai, Shiqiang Wan, Shuli Niu, Weixing Liu, Quansheng Chen, Wenhao Zhang, Xingguo Han, and Linghao Li*. Increased temperature and precipitation interact to affect root production, mortality, and turnover in a temperate steppe: Implications for ecosystem C cycling. Global Change Biology. 2010. 16: 1306-1316.
Wenming Bai, Fen Xun, Yang Li, Wenhao Zhang, and Linghao Li*. Rhizome severing increases root lifespan of Leymus chinensis in a typical steppe of Inner Mongolia. PLoS ONE. 2010 5(8): e12125.
Wenming Bai, Zhengwen Wang, Quansheng Chen, Wenhao Zhang, and Linghao Li*. Spatial and temporal effects of nitrogen addition on root lifespan of Leymus chinensis in a typical steppe of Inner Mongolia. Functional Ecology. 2008 22: 583-591.
Wenming Bai, Xiaoqin Sun, Zhengwen Wang, and Linghao Li*. Nitrogen addition and rhizome severing modify clonal growth and reproductive modes of Leymus chinensis population. Plant Ecology 2009 205: 13-21.
Wenming Bai, Xuemei Bao, and Linghao Li*. Effects of Agriophyllum squarrosum seed banks on its colonization in a moving sand dune in Hunshandake sand land of China. Journal of Arid Environments 2004 59: 151-157.
Wenming Bai, and Linghao Li*. Effect of irrigation methods and quota on root water uptake and biomass of alfalfa in Wulanbuhe sandy region in China, Agricultural Water Management 2003 62: 139-148.