白文明，男，1969年生，博士学历，中国科学院植物研究所副研究员。1997年9月-2000年7月，在中国农业大学资源与环境学院土壤水系攻读博士学位，主攻植物生长与水分关系，研究了干旱沙区灌溉条件下紫花苜蓿的生长发育规律，建立了乌兰布和沙区紫花苜蓿根系吸水模型和生长发育模拟模型等。2001年至今在中国科学院植物研究所工作，主要从事根系生态学、草原生态学和恢复生态学研究工作，重点探索和实践了微根窗技术的改进，并首次将改进的玻璃根窗法和扫描仪法成功地应用在内蒙古典型草原植物根系生态学研究中，初步验证了草原植物根系寿命控制因素和机理。 ● 已发表的代表性研究论文有： Bai WM, Xun F, Li Y, Zhang WH, Li LH. 2010. Rhizome severing increases root lifespan of Leymus chinensis in a typical steppe of Inner Mongolia. PLoS ONE, 5(8): e12125. Bai WM, Wan SQ, Niu SL, Liu WX, Chen QS, Zhang WH, Han XG, Li LH. 2010. Increased temperature and precipitation interact to affect root production, mortality, and turnover in a temperate steppe: Implications for ecosystem C cycling. Global Change Biology, 16: 1306–1316. Bai WM, Sun XQ, Wang ZW, Li LH. 2009. Nitrogen addition and rhizome severing modify clonal growth and reproductive modes of Leymus chinensis population. Plant Ecology, 205: 13–21. Bai WM, Wang ZW, Chen QS, Zhang WH, Li LH. 2008. Spatial and temporal effects of nitrogen addition on root lifespan of Leymus chinensis in a typical steppe of Inner Mongolia. Functional Ecology, 22: 583–591. Han JG, Zhang YJ, Wang CJ, Bai WM, Wang YR, Han GD, Li LH. 2008. Rangeland degradation and restoration management in China. The Rangeland Journal, 30: 233–239. Yuan ZY, Li LH, Han XG, Chen SP, Wang ZW, Chen QS, Bai WM. 2006. Nitrogen Response efficiency increased monotonically with decreasing soil resource availability: a case study from a semi-arid grassland in northern China. Oecologia, 148: 564–572. Bai WM, Bao XM, Li LH. 2004. Effects of Agriophyllum squarrosum seed banks on its colonization in a moving sand dune in Hunshandake sand land of China. Journal of Arid Environments, 59: 151–157. Bai WM, Li LH. 2003. Effect of irrigation methods and quota on root water uptake and biomass of alfalfa in Wulanbuhe sandy region in China, Agricultural Water Management, 62: 139–148.