近期，学院曹建军副教授团队关于不同土地利用方式生态水文效应研究的系列论文在《Agronomy for Sustainable Development》（SCI，中科院1区）、《Land Use Policy》（SSCI，JCR分区Q1）、《Soil Use and Management》（SCI，中科院2区）和《Land》等国际期刊上陆续发表。该系列研究对青藏高原草地管理和干旱半干旱地区土地利用方面具有现实指导意义，认为牧区的草地利用应以可体现游牧元素的大尺度放牧方式为主，而农区尤其是干旱半干旱地区的土地利用在水碳权衡时应以节水效应优先，同时兼顾固碳效应。
文章链接如下：
[1] Jianjun Cao, Xueyun Xu, Ravinesh C. Deo, Nicholas M. Holden, Jan F. Adamowski, Yifan Gong, Qi Feng, Shurong Yang, Mengtian Li, Junju Zhou, Jian Zhang, Minxia Liu. Multi-household grazing management pattern maintains better soil fertility. Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 2018, 38(1): 6.（SCI，IF=4.101，中科院1区，Top）
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs13593-017-0482-2
[2] Jianjun Cao, Mengtian Li, Ravinesh C. Deo, Jan F. Adamowski, Artemi Cerdà, Qi Feng, Minxia Liu, Jian Zhang, Guofeng Zhu, Xuebin Zhang, Xueyun Xu, Shurong Yang, Yifan Gong. Comparison of social-ecological resilience between two grassland management patterns driven by grassland land contract policy in the Maqu, Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Land Use Policy, 2018, 74: 88-96.（SSCI，IF=3.089，JCR：Q1）
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264837717304362
[3] Jianjun Cao, Hong Tian, Jan F. Adamowski, Xiaofang Zhang, Zijian Cao. Influences of afforestation on soil moisture content in China’s arid and semi-arid regions. Land Use Policy, 2018, 75: 449-458.（SSCI，IF=3.089，JCR：Q1）
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264837718302102
[4] J. Cao, Y. Gong, E. T. Yeh, N. M. Holden, J. F. Adamowski, R. C. Deo, M. Liu, J. Zhou, J. Zhang, W. Zhang, S. Zhang, D. Sheng, S. Yang, X. Xu, M. Li, Q. Feng. Impact of grassland contract policy on soil organic carbon losses from alpine grassland on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Soil Use and Management, 2017, 33(4): 663-671.（SCI，IF=2.117，中科院2区）
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/sum.12387
[5] Shurong Yang, Danrui Sheng, Jan Adamowski, Yifan Gong, Jian Zhang, Jianjun Cao. Effect of Land Use Change on Soil Carbon Storage over the Last 40 Years in the Shi Yang River Basin, China. Land, 2018, 7(1): 11.（ESCI，Scopus）
http://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/7/1/11