| Microbial and faunal interactions and effects on litter nitrogen and decomposition in agroecosystems MH Beare, RW Parmelee, PF Hendrix, W Cheng, DC Coleman, ... Ecological monographs 62 (4), 569-591, 1992 | 851 | 1992 |
| Photosynthesis controls of rhizosphere respiration and organic matter decomposition Y Kuzyakov, W Cheng Soil biology & Biochemistry 33 (14), 1915-1925, 2001 | 604 | 2001 |
| Synthesis and modeling perspectives of rhizosphere priming W Cheng, WJ Parton, MA Gonzalez‐Meler, R Phillips, S Asao, ... New Phytologist 201 (1), 31-44, 2014 | 533 | 2014 |
| Rhizosphere effects on decomposition: controls of plant species, phenology, and fertilization W Cheng, DW Johnson, S Fu Soil Science Society of America Journal 67 (5), 1418-1427, 2003 | 396 | 2003 |
| Rhizosphere priming effects on soil carbon and nitrogen mineralization B Zhu, JLM Gutknecht, DJ Herman, DC Keck, MK Firestone, W Cheng Soil Biology and Biochemistry 76, 183-192, 2014 | 382 | 2014 |
| Herbivore-induced changes in plant carbon allocation: assessment of below-ground C fluxes using carbon-14 JN Holland, W Cheng, DA Crossley Oecologia 107, 87-94, 1996 | 372 | 1996 |
| Is available carbon limiting microbial respiration in the rhizosphere? W Cheng, Q Zhang, DC Coleman, CR Carroll, CA Hoffman Soil Biology and Biochemistry 28 (10-11), 1283-1288, 1996 | 341 | 1996 |
| Root effects on soil organic matter decomposition WX Cheng, Y Kuzyakov Roots and soil management: Interactions bettween roots and the soil, 2005 | 331 | 2005 |
| Rhizosphere priming effect: its functional relationships with microbial turnover, evapotranspiration, and C–N budgets W Cheng Soil Biology and Biochemistry 41 (9), 1795-1801, 2009 | 330 | 2009 |
| Aridity threshold in controlling ecosystem nitrogen cycling in arid and semi-arid grasslands C Wang, X Wang, D Liu, H Wu, X Lü, Y Fang, W Cheng, W Luo, P Jiang, ... Nature communications 5 (1), 4799, 2014 | 328 | 2014 |
| Rhizosphere feedbacks in elevated CO2 W Cheng Tree physiology 19 (4-5), 313-320, 1999 | 326 | 1999 |
| Microbial-faunal interactions in the rhizosphere and effects on plant growth M Bonkowski, W Cheng, BS Griffiths, J Alphei, S Scheu European Journal of Soil Biology 36 (3-4), 135-147, 2000 | 298 | 2000 |
| Effects of substrate availability on the temperature sensitivity of soil organic matter decomposition A Gershenson, NE Bader, W Cheng Global Change Biology 15 (1), 176-183, 2009 | 293 | 2009 |
| Interactions between soil and tree roots accelerate long‐term soil carbon decomposition FA Dijkstra, W Cheng Ecology Letters 10 (11), 1046-1053, 2007 | 293 | 2007 |
| NET PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY OF A CO2‐ENRICHED DECIDUOUS FOREST AND THE IMPLICATIONS FOR CARBON STORAGE RJ Norby, PJ Hanson, EG O'Neill, TJ Tschaplinski, JF Weltzin, RA Hansen, ... Ecological Applications 12 (5), 1261-1266, 2002 | 293 | 2002 |
| Rhizosphere priming effect: a meta-analysis C Huo, Y Luo, W Cheng Soil Biology and Biochemistry 111, 78-84, 2017 | 283 | 2017 |
| Measurement of rhizosphere respiration and organic matter decomposition using natural 13C W Cheng Plant and Soil 183, 263-268, 1996 | 273 | 1996 |
| In situ measurement of root respiration and soluble C concentrations in the rhizosphere W Cheng, DC Coleman, CR Carroll, CA Hoffman Soil Biology and Biochemistry 25 (9), 1189-1196, 1993 | 255 | 1993 |
| Elevated CO2, rhizosphere processes, and soil organic matter decomposition W Cheng, DW Johnson Plant and Soil 202, 167-174, 1998 | 238 | 1998 |
| Habitat-specific patterns and drivers of bacterial β-diversity in China’s drylands XB Wang, XT Lü, J Yao, ZW Wang, Y Deng, WX Cheng, JZ Zhou, XG Han The ISME journal 11 (6), 1345-1358, 2017 | 235 | 2017 |
