主要从事植物种群生态学、大尺度生理学(Macrophysiology)、草地生态学等领域的研究工作。近年来在广布种植物种群对大尺度气候变化的响应机制和适应策略、全国区域尺度C4植物的地理分异规律和格局等领域的研究中取得了丰硕成果。在国内外各种学术刊物上发表论文90余篇，其中SCI论文40多篇。获教育部科学技术进步奖二等奖1项(第1获奖人)、三等奖1项。先后主持国家重点基础研究发展规划项目（973项目）和中国科学院知识创新工程重大项目等的课题和专题4项、国家自然科学基金面上项目5项。培养研究生12名，在读博士生2名。

主要研究工作：

利用分子生物学、生理学和解剖学等手段，结合植物性状、气象数据等证据探讨关键区域广布种植物种群和主要植物功能型对大尺度气候变化的响应机制和适应策略、全国区域尺度C4植物的地理分异规律、森林和草地生态系统主要物种地下有机碳变化过程及机理等。目标是通过在植物功能型组成、种群数量变化、形态解剖和生理适应性等层次上系统研究主要植物种群对不同尺度环境变化（主要是水分和温度）的响应机理和适应策略，为预测全球变化对未来植被的可能影响提供科学依据，丰富种群生态学和全球变化生态学研究的理论和方法，并为我国植物资源的合理利用、生态环境的改善和生态安全战略的顺利实施等提供依据

主持和参加的科研项目：

[1]2012-今，主持国家自然科学基金面上项目“全国区域C4植物的地理分异规律及其适应性”(编号31170304)的研究工作；

[2]2011-2013，主持国家自然科学基金面上项目“东北草原区主要植物功能型的形态和生理适应策略”(编号31070228)的研究工作；

[3]2007-2011，主持国家重点基础研究发展规划项目（973项目）“北方草地与农牧交错带生态系统维持与适应性管理的科学基础”（编号2007CB106800）的专题“广布种植物对全球变化响应机理和适应策略”的研究工作；

[4]2009-2012，主持国家自然科学基金面上项目“大尺度纬度梯度上互花米草的形态和生理适应策略”（编号30970306）的研究工作；

[5]2007-2009，主持国家自然科学基金面上项目“大尺度环境梯度下羊草种群水分适应机制”（编号30670205）的研究工作。以我国北方主要牧草植物羊草为研究对象，从植物种群数量、形态解剖和生理生态等方面多层次多方位地系统研究羊草种群对大尺度水分变化的响应机理和适应策略；

[6]2006-2008，主持国家自然科学基金面上项目“内蒙古典型草原主要植物功能群水分适应机制”（编号30570166）的研究工作，探讨内蒙古典型草原植物功能型数量变化、水分利用效率、不同来源水分（降水和地下水）利用状况等的变化规律、探究植物功能型对水热等气候变化的适应规律；

[7]2001-2006，主持中国科学院知识创新工程重大项目“浑善达克沙地与京北农牧交错区生态环境综合治理试验示范研究”（编号KSCX1-08）的专题“京北天然草地改良与集约化草地畜牧业技术示范研究”的研究工作；

[8]2001-2005，主持国家重点基础研究发展规划项目（973项目）“草地与农牧交错带生态系统重建机理及优化生态-生产范式”（编号G2000018600 ）的专题“农牧交错区土地利用方式与C3、C4植物分布关系” 的研究工作；

[9]2002-2005，主持中国科学院知识创新工程重要方向性项目“典型草原生态系统主要功能群相互关系及服务功能的研究”(编号KSCX2-SW-107)的课题“典型草原主要功能群植物水分生理特征”的研究工作；

[10]2011-2013，参加中国科学院知识创新工程重大项目“逆境生物学”(编号 KSCX2-SW-107)的专题“水分逆境条件下植物的生态适应对策”的研究工作。

对外交流与合作：

与中国农业科学院、吉林大学、南开大学、浙江大学、中国农业大学、东北师范大学、吉林农业大学等高等院校和科研院所建立了合作关系；与加拿大University of Saskatchewan的Bai YG，Ripley EA等教授等进行了长期合作，完成多项国际合作项目，发表论文10余篇。

研究论文（注*为通讯作者）：

2018

[1]Ma LN, Liu GF, Xu XF*, Xin XP, Bai WM, Zhang LH, Chen SP, Wang RZ*. 2018. Nitrogen acquisition strategies during the winter-spring transitional period are divergent at the species level yet convergent at the ecosystem level in temperate grasslands. Soil Biol. Biochem., 122: 150-159.

[2]Peng Y, Yang JX, Zhou XH, Peng PH, Li JJ, Zhang SM, He WM*. 2018. An invasive population of Solidago canadensis is less sensitive to warming and nitrogen-addition than its native population in an invaded range. Biol. Invasions, DOI:10.1007/s10530-018-1812-2.

[3]Chen HX, Ma LN*, Xin XP, Liu JY, Wang RZ*. 2018. Plant community responses to increased precipitation and belowground litter addition: Evidence from a 5-year semiarid grassland experiment. Ecol. Evol., 8: 4587-4597.

2017

[4]Guo CY, Ma LN*, Yuan S, Wang RZ*. 2017.Morphological, physiological and anatomical traits of plant functional types in temperate grasslands along a large-scale aridity gradient in northeastern China. Sci. Rep., 7: 40900.

[5]Yu HW, He WM*. 2017.Negative legacy effects of rainfall and nitrogen amendment on leaf lifespan of steppe species. J. Plant Ecol., 10: 831-838.

[6]Dong LJ, Yang JX, Yu HW, He WM*. 2017. Dissecting Solidago canadensis-soil feedback in its real invasion. Ecol. Evol., 7: 2307-2315

2016

[7]Wang Renzhong*, Ma Linna. 2016.Climate-driven C4 plant distributions in China: Divergence in C4 taxa. Scientific Reports, 6: 27977.

[8]He Weiming*, Sun Zhenkai. 2016.Convergent production and tolerance among 107 woody species and divergent production between shrubs and trees. Scientific Reports, 6: 20485.

[9]Yuan Shan, Guo Chengyuan, Ma Linna, Wang Renzhong*. 2016. Environmental conditions and genetic differentiation: What drives the divergence of coexisting Leymus chinensis ecotypes in a large-scale longitudinal gradient? Journal of Plant Ecology, 9(5): 616-628.

2015

[10]Xiao Chunwang*, Bertrand Guenet, Zhou Yong, Su Jiaqi, Ivan A. Janssens*.2016. Priming of soil organic matter decomposition scales linearly with microbial biomass response to litter input in steppe vegetation. Oikos, 124: 694-657.

[11]Dong Lijia, Yu Hongwei, He Weiming*. 2016.What determines positive, neutral, and negative impacts of Solidago canadensis invasion on native plant species richness? Scientific Reports, 5: 16804.

[12]Ma Linna, Yuan Shan, Guo Chengyuan, Wang Renzhong*. Soil moisture and land use are major determinants of soil microbial community composition and biomass at a regional scale in northeastern China. Biogeosciences, 12: 2585-2596.

2014

[13]Ma Linna, Yuan Shan, Guo Chengyuan, Wang Renzhong*. 2014. Carbon and nitrogen dynamics of native Leymus chinensis grasslands along a 1000-km longitudinal precipitation gradient in northeast China. Biogeosciences, Accepted.

[14]Guo Chengyuan, Wang Xianzhong, Chen Liang, Ma Linna, Wang Renzhong*. 2014. Physiological and biochemical responses to saline-alkaline stress in two halophytic grass species with different photosynthetic pathways. Photosynthetica, In press.

[15]Zhou Yong, Su Jiaqi, Janssens Ivan A, Zhou Guangsheng, Xiao Chunwang*. 2014. Fine root and litterfall dynamics of three Korean pine (Pinus koraiensis) forests along an altitudinal gradient. Plant and Soil, 374: 19-32

2013

[16]Ma Linna, Guo Chengyuan, Guo Xiaoping Guo, Yuan Shan, Wang Renzhong. 2013. Effects of belowground litter addition, increased precipitation and clipping on soil carbon and nitrogen mineralization in a temperate steppe. Biogeosciences, 2013, 10, 7361–7372.

2012

[17]Ma Linna, Huang Wenwen, Guo Chengyuan, Wang Renzhong, Xiao Chunwang.2012. Soil microbial properties and plant growth responses to carbon and water addition in a temperate steppe: the importance of nutrient availability. PLoS ONE, 2012, 7(4). doi:10.1371/ journal. pone.0035165.

[18]Zhou Yong, Pei Zhiqin, Su Jiaqi, Zhang Jingli, Zheng Yuanrun, Ni Jian, Xiao, Chunwang and Wang Renzhong. 2012. Comparing Soil Organic Carbon Dynamics in Perennial Grasses and Shrubs in a Saline-Alkaline Arid Region, Northwestern China. PLoS ONE. 2012, 7(8). doi:10.1371/ journal.pone. 0042927

2011

[19]Wang Renzhong, Huang Wenwen, Chen Liang, Ma Linna, Guo Chengyuan, Liu Xiaoqiang.2011. Anatomical and physiological plasticity in Leymus chinensis (Poaceae) along large-scale longitudinal gradient in northeast China. PLoS ONE, 2011, 6(11). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0026209.

[20]Ma Linna, Lu Xiaotao, Liu Yang, Guo Jixun, Zhang Nanyi, Yang Jianqin, Wang Renzhong.2011. The effects of warming and nitrogen addition on soil nitrogen cycling in a temperate grassland, northeastern China. PLoS ONE, 2011, 6(11). doi:10.1371/ journal.pone.0027645

2010及以前

[21]Xiao C.W., Janssens I.A., Sang W.G., Wang R.Z., Xie Z.Q., Pei Z.Q., and Yi, Y. Belowground carbon pools and dynamics in China’s warm temperate and sub-tropical deciduous forests. Biogeosciences, 2010, 7, 275–287.

[22]Chen Liang and Wang Renzhong.2009. Anatomical and physiological divergences and compensatory effects in two Leymus chinensis (Poaceae) ecotypes in Northeast China. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 2009, 134: 45-52.

[23]Wang Renzhong, Chen Liang, Bai Yuguang and Xiao Chunwang.2008. Seasonal dynamics in resource partitioning to shoot and storage organ in response to drought in a perennial rhizomatous grass, Leymus chinensis. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 2008, 27: 39-48.

[24]Xiao Chunwang, Sang Weiguo and WangRenzhong. 2008. Fine root dynamics and turnover rate in an Asia white birch forest of Donglingshan mountain, China. Forest Ecology and Management, 2008, 255: 765-773.

[25]Wang R.Z. 2007. Physiological divergences between two rhizomatous grasses from a desertification steppe, North China. Photosynthetic, 2007, 45: 453-463.

[26]Wang Renzhong. 2007.C4 plants in the deserts of China - occurrence of C4 photosynthesis and their morphological functional types. Photosynthetica, 2007, 45: 167-171.

[27]Wang, R.Z.2007. δ13C values, photosynthetic pathways and plant functional types for some plants from saline meadows, Northeastern China. Photosynthetica, 2007, 45: 18-22.

[28]Wang Renzhong. 2006.Natural occurrence of C4 plants and their morphological functional types in the vegetation of Xinjiang, China. Photosynthetica, 2006, 44(2): 293-298.

[29]Liu X.Q.and Wang R.Z. 2006. Photosynthetic pathway and morphological functional types in the vegetation from North-Beijing agro-pastoral ecotone, China. Photosynthetica, 2006, 44(3): 365-386.

[30]Wang Renzhong. 2006.The occurrence of C4 photosynthesis in Yunnan province, a tropical region in South-western China. Photosynthetica, 2006, 44(2): 286-292.

[31]Wang, R.Z., Liu, X.Q and. Bai, Y. 2006. Photosynthetic and Morphological Functional Types for Native Species from Mixed Prairie in Southern Saskatchewan, Canada. Photosynthetica, 2006, 44(1): 17-25.

[32]Wang, R.Z. 2005. C3 and C4 photosynthetic pathways and life form types for native species from agro-forestry region, Northeastern China. Photosynthetica, 2005, 43:535 - 549.

[33]Wang, R.Z., Liu, X.Q., Xing, Q., and Bai, Y. 2005. Photosynthesis, transpiration and water use efficiency of Leymus dasytachys (Poaceae) on Hunshandake desert, north China. Photosynthetica, 2005, 43 (2): 289-291.

[34]Wang Renzhong. 2005. Demographic variation and biomass allocation of Agropyron cristatum grown on steppe and dune sites in the Hunshandake desert, North China. Grass and Forage Science, 2005, 60: 99-102.

[35]Wang, R.Z. 2004. Plant Functional Types and Their Ecological Responses to Salinization in Saline Grasslands, Northeastern China. Photosynthetica, 2004, 42(4), 511-519.

[36]Wang, R.Z. 2004. Photosynthetic and Morphological functional types from different steppe communities in Inner Mongolia, North China. Photosynthetica, 2004, 42(4): 493-503.

[37]Liu, X.Q., Wang, R.Z. 2004. and Li, Y.Z.,Photosynthetic Pathway Types in Rangeland Plant Species from Inner Mongolia, North China. Photosynthetica, 2004, 42(3): 339-344.

[38]Wang, R.Z. 2004. Photosynthetic pathways and life form types for native plant species from Hulunbeier rangelands, Inner Mongolia, North China. Photosynthetica, 2004, 42(2): 219-227.

[39]Wang, R.Z. 2004. C4 Species and Their response to large-scale longitudinal climate changes along Northeast China Transect (NECT). Photosynthetica, 2004, 42(1); 71-79.

[40]Wang Renzhong. 2004. The responses of Leymus chinensis (Poaceae) to long-term grazing disturbance in the Songnen grassland, Northeastern China. Grass and Forage Science, 2004, 59:（2）：191- 195.*

[41]Wang Renzhong and Gao Qiong. 2004. Morphological responses of Leymus chinensis (Poaceae)tolarge-scale climatic gradient along the Northeast China Transect (NECT). Diversity and Distribution,2004, 10: 65-73.

[42]Wang Renzhong and Gao Qiong. 2003. Climate-driven changes in shoot density and shoot biomass in Leymus chinensis (Poaceae) on the Northeast China Transect (NECT). Global Ecology and Biogeography, 2003, 12 (3): 249 – 259.

[43]Wang Renzhong, Gao Qiong and Chen Quansheng. 2003. Effects of climate on biomass and biomass allocation of Leymus chinensis (Poaceae) along the Northeast China Transect. Journal of Arid Environments, 2003, 54: 653-665.

[44]Wang, R.Z. 2003. Photosynthetic pathway and morphological functional types in the steppe vegetation from Inner Mongolia, North China. Photosynthetica, 2003, 41 (1): 143 –150.

[45]Wang, R.Z. 2003. Natural occurrence and backwater infection of C4 plants in the vegetation of the Yangtze hydropower three gorges project region. Photosynthetica, 2003, 41(1): 43 – 48.

[46]Wang, R.Z.2003. C4 plants in the vegetation of Tibet, China: their natural occurrence and altitude distribution pattern. Photosynthetica, 2003, 41(1): 21 – 26.

[47]Wang, R.Z. 2002. Photosynthetic pathways, life forms and reproductive types for forage species along desertification gradient on Hunshandake desert, North China.Photosynthetica, 2002, 40 (3): 321 –329.

[48]Wang, R.Z. 2002. Photosynthetic pathways and life forms in different grassland types from North China. Photosynthetica, 2002, 40 (2): 243-250.

[49]Wang, R.Z. 2002. Photosynthetic pathway types of forage species along grazing gradient from the Songnen grassland, Northeastern China. Photosynthetica, 2002, 40(1): 57 –61.

[50]Wang, R.Z. 2002. The C4 photosynthetic pathway and life forms in grassland species from North China. Photosynthetica, 2002, 40 (1): 97-102.

[51]Wang, R.Z. 2001. Photosynthesis, transpiration, and water use efficiency of vegetative and reproductive shoots of grassland species from northeastern China. Photosynthetica, 2001, 39(4): 569 – 573.

[52]Wang, R.Z. 2001. and Gao, Q. Photosynthesis, transpiration and water use efficiency in two divergent Leymus chinensis populations from northeastern China, Photosythetica, 2001, 39: 123-126.

[53]Wang, R.Z. 2001. and Yuan, Y.Q. Photosynthesis, transpiration and water use efficiency in two Puccinellia species on the Songnen grassland, northeastern China, Photosythetica, 2001, 39: 283-287.

[54]Wang Renzhong, Ripley E.A., Zu Yuangang and Nie Shaoquan. 2001. Demography of reproductive and biomass allocation of grassland and dune Leymus chinensis on the Songnen plain, north-eastern China. Journal of Arid Environments, 2001, 49: 289 – 299.

[55]Wang Renzhong, E. A. Ripley, 1997. Effects of grazing on a Leymus chinensis grassland on the songnen plain, north-eastern China. Journal of Arid Environments, 1997, 36: 312 –318.

[56]Wang, R.Z. 2002. Intra-specific variations of two Leymus chinensis divergence populations in Songnen plain, Northeastern China. Journal of Environmental Sciences- China, 2002, 14(1): 20-26.

[57]Wang, R.Z., Gao, Q. and Tang, 2002. H. P. Variations of plant life form diversity along Northeast China Transect and its direct gradient analysis. Journal of Environmental Sciences-China, 2002, 14 (4): 547 – 551.

[58]Wang Renzhong, Lui Xiaoqiang and Ma Keping.2003. Progress in plant population ecology during the last decade in China. Acta Botanica Sinica, 2003, 45 (Sup): 64-69.

[59]Wang Renzhong, Yuan Yeqiu and Ripley E.A.2002. Annual and intra-species variations of clone growth and reproduction in Leymus chinensis populations in Songnen plain, northeastern China. International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, 2002, 28: 83-89.

[60]Wang Renzhong and Yuan Yeqiu. 2001. Seed productions and seed banks in Leymus chinensis in response to environment changes in the Songnen plain, northeastern China. International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences,2001, 27: 163-169.

[61]Wang, R.Z. and Ripley E.A. 2000. Biomass and energy allocation in Leymus chinensis in semi-arid environments on the songnen plain, northeastern China. International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences,2000, 26, 107- 115.

[62]Wang Renzhong and Ripley E.A. 1998. Effects of grazing and mowing on Leymus chinensis grassland in the songnen plain of northeastern China，International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, 1998, 24: 383-391.

[63]Ripley E.A., Wang Renzhong and Zhu Tingcheng. 1996. The Climate of the Songnen Plain, Northeastern China, International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, 1996, 22: 1-22.

获奖及荣誉：

[1]“东北草原羊草草地放牧生态的研究”项目1999年获教育部科学技术进步奖二等奖（第1获奖人）；

[2]“松嫩平原盐渍化草地优势植物种群生态学研究”项目1997年获国家教委科技进步三等奖（第3获奖人）。