Publications

Zhu, W.X., N.D. Dillard, and N.B. Grimm. 2004. Urban Nitrogen Biogeochemistry: status and processes in green retention basins. Biogeochemistry 71: 177-196.

Zhu, W.X. and M.M. Carriero. 2004. Temporal and spatial variations in nitrogen cycling in deciduous forest ecosystems along an urban-rural gradient. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 36: 267-278.

Zhu, W.X. and M.M. Carriero. 2004. Soluble organic nitrogen and microbial nitrogen dynamics in deciduous forest soils: Neglected segments of the nitrogen cycle. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 36: 279-288.

Kao, J. T., J. E. Titus, and W.X. Zhu. 2003. Differential nitrogen and phosphorus accumulation by five wetland plant species. Wetlands 23: 979-987.

Hope, D., C. Gries, W. Zhu, W.F. Fagan, C.L. Redman, N.B. Grimm, A. Nelson, C. Martin, A. Kinzig. 2003. Socioeconomics drive urban plant diversity. Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences 100: 8788-8792.

Zhu, W., J. Wu, and L. Zhang. 2002. Urban Ecology: an ecological field facing new challenges. In J. Wu and X. Han (eds.) Lectures in Modern Ecology (II): from basic sciences to environmental issues. Science Press, Beijing, China.

Zhu, W.X., and J. G. Ehrenfeld. 2000. Nitrogen retention and release in Atlantic white cedar wetlands. Journal of Environmental Quality 29: 612-620.

Lovett, G.M., M.M. Traynor, R.V. Pouyat, M.M. Carreiro, W.X. Zhu, and J.W. Baxter. 2000. Atmospheric deposition to oak forests along an urban-rural gradient. Environmental Science and Technology 34: 4294-4300.

Zhu, W.X., and M. M. Carreiro. 1999. Chemoautotrophic nitrification in acid forest soils along an urban-to-rural transect. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 31:1091-1100.

Zhu, W.X., and J.G. Ehrenfeld. 1999. Nitrogen mineralization and nitrification in suburban and undeveloped Atlantic white cedar wetlands. Journal of Environmental Quality 28: 523-529.

Ehrenfeld, J.G., W.F.J. Parsons, X.G. Han, R.W. Parmelee, and W.X. Zhu. 1997. Live and dead roots in forest soil horizons: contrasting effects on nitrogen dynamics. Ecology 78: 348-362.

Ehrenfeld, J.G., X.G. Han, W.F.J. Parsons, and W.X. Zhu. 1997. On the nature of environmental gradients: temporal and spatial variability of soils and vegetation in the New Jersey Pinelands. Journal of Ecology 85: 785-798.

Zhu, W.X., and J.G. Ehrenfeld. 1996. The effects of mycorrhizal roots on litter decomposition, soil biota, and nutrients in a spodosolic soil. Plant and Soil 179: 109-118.

Zhu, W.X, J.G. Ehrenfeld, R.W. Parmelee, W.F.J. Parsons, and X.G. Han. 1996. The effects of live and dead roots on soil fungi in spodosolic soils of the New Jersey Pinelands. Biology and Fertility of Soils 21: 215-226.

Ehrenfeld, J.G., W.X. Zhu, and W.F.J. Parsons. 1995. Above- and below-ground characteristics of persistent forest openings in the New Jersey Pinelands. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 122: 298-305.