主持的主要项目（2018年以来）：

1. 科技部“十四五”重点研发计划课题 乡村森林质量提升与资源利用技术研究 （2024YFD2200904） 295万元  2024.12-2027.11

2. 科技部“十四五”重点研发计划任务 经营对亚热带竹林碳储量及其组成的影响机制 （2021YFD220040205） 137.5万元 2121.12-2026.11

3. 科技部“十三五”重点研发计划任务 养分回收与利用的生态化学计量特征 （2016YFD0600202-4）  85万元  2016.7-2020.12

4. 国家自然科学基金面上项目 支撑竹子高速生长的根系拓扑学基础（31670607） 74 万元 2017.1-2020.12

5. 科技部高端外国专家引进计划项目 长三角生态保护修复科技创新能力建设和提升研究（111001262520228004） 35万元 2022.1-2023.12

6. 浙江省科技厅重点研发子项目 亚热带重要树种和森林类型康养信息基础数据库建立（2021C02005） 50万元 2021.1-2024.12

7. 浙江省“尖兵”“领雁”研发攻关计划子项目 土壤碳形成转化的经营响应及稳碳增汇关键技术研究（2023C0203501） 30万元 2023.1-2025.12

8. 浙江省林业局省院合作重大项目 钱江源国家公园和黄公望森林公园森林康养资源及保健效应（2020SY06） 79万元 2020.1-2022.12

9. 中央级公益性科研院所基本科研业务费重点项目 森林植被对空气负离子的作用及贡献潜力（CAFYBB2018ZA002） 200万元  2018.1-2021.12

10. 中国林科院生态学科群子项目 东部典型森林群落对极端干旱的生理生态响应（CAFYBB2017ZX002-2） 120万元 2016.12-2019.12

代表性论文：

1. Ran Tong, Benzhi Zhou*, Lina Jiang, Xiaogai Ge, Yonghui Cao. 2020. The growth of Chinese fir is limited by nitrogen: Evidences from N:P ratio, N or P variability and NuRE based on a regional investigation, Forest Ecology and Management, 2020, 460, 117905, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2020.117905.

2. Ran Tong, Benzhi Zhou*, Lina Jiang, Xiaogai Ge, Yonghui Cao. 2021. Spatial patterns of leaf carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus stoichiometry and nutrient resorption in Chinese fir across subtropical China[J]. Catena, 2021, 201:105221.

3. Ran Tong, Yini Cao, Zhihong Zhu, Chenyang Lou, Benzhi Zhou*, Tonggui Wu. 2021. Solar radiation effects on leaf nitrogen and phosphorus stoichiometry of Chinese fir across subtropical China. For. Ecosyst. 8, 62 ,2021. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40663-021-00344-6

4. Ran Tong，Benzhi Zhou*，Yonghui Cao，Xiaogai Ge，Lina Jiang. 2020. Metabolic profiles of moso bamboo in response to drought stress in a field investigation. Science of the Total Environment 720 (2020) 137722, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137722.

5. Yaowen Xu, Xiaogai Ge, Ge Gao, Yuhao Yang, Yutao Hu, Zhengcai Li, Benzhi Zhou*, 2023，Divergent contribution of microbial- and plant-derived carbon to soil organic carbon in Moso bamboo forests left unmanaged, CATENA, 233, 2023, 107481, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2023.107481.

6. Yaowen Xu, Xiaogai Ge, Ge Gao, Yuhao Yang, Yutao Hu, Zhengcai Li, Benzhi Zhou*, 2023. Microbial pathways driving stable soil organic carbon change in abandoned Moso bamboo forests in southeast China, Journal of Environmental Management, Volume 345, 2023, 118890, ISSN 0301-4797, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118890.

7. Yaowen Xu, Yan Zhou, Hui Wang, Xiaogai Ge, Ge Gao, Yonghui Cao, Zhengcai Li, Benzhi Zhou*. 2023. Trade-offs between ligninase and cellulase and their effects on soil organic carbon in abandoned Moso bamboo forests in southeast China, Science of The Total Environment, Volume 905, 2023, 167275, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167275.

8. Yaowen Xu, Jiejie Jiao, Chuping Wu, Ziqing Zhao, Xiaogai Ge, Ge Gao, Yonghui Cao, Benzhi Zhou*. 2024. Abandonment Leads to Changes in Forest Structural and Soil Organic Carbon Stocks in Moso Bamboo Forests. Plants 2024, 13, 2301. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13162301

9. Aibo Li, Qiaoling Li, Benzhi Zhou*, Xiaogai Ge, Yonghui Cao. 2022. Temporal dynamics of negative air ion concentration and its relationship with environmental factors: Results from long-term on-site monitoring, Science of The Total Environment, Volume 832, 1 August 2022, 155057, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155057.

10. Aibo Li, Qiaoling Li, Yuhao Yang, Yutao Hu, Shuhao Xiao, Zhengcai Li, Benzhi Zhou*. 2024. Stand structure and environment jointly determine negative air ion concentrations in forests: Evidence from concurrent on-site monitoring in four typical subtropical forests during the growing season, Environmental and Experimental Botany, Volume 220, 105684, ISSN 0098-8472, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envexpbot.2024.105684.

 11. Runxia Huang, Tianning Zhang, Xiaogai Ge, Yonghui Cao, Zhengcai Li, Benzhi Zhou*. 2023. Emission Trade-Off between Isoprene and Other BVOC Components in Pinus massoniana Saplings May Be Regulated by Content of Chlorophylls, Starch and NSCs under Drought Stress. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 24, no. 10: 8946. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24108946

12. Zhenya Yang, Benzhi Zhou, Xiaogai Ge,  Yonghui Cao, Ivano Brunner, Jiuxi Shi*, Mai-He Li. 2021. Species-specific responses of root morphology of three co-existing tree species to nutrient patches reflect their root foraging strategies, Frontier in Plant Science, 25 January 2021，https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.618222 

13. 李爱博, 赵雄伟, 李春友, 周本智*，杨振亚, 周佩佩, 赵亚敏. 2019. 基于控制试验的植株数量及空气温湿度与负离子的关系. 应用生态学报,  30(7): 2211-2217. DOI: 10.13287/j.1001-9332. 201907.016

14. 李爱博，周本智*，李春友，羊美娟，汤丽萍，王利仙. 2022. 树种配置和叶元素含量的空气负离子浓度效应. 林业科学, 2022, 58(5): 65-74

15. 唐星林，曹永慧，顾连宏，周本智*. 2017. 基于FvCB模型的叶片光合生理对环境因子响应的研究进展. 生态学报，37（19）: 6633~6645. DOI: 10.5846/stxb201607161450

16. 唐星林，周本智*，周燕，倪霞，曹永慧，顾连宏. 2017. 基于FvCB模型的几种草本和木本植物光合生理生化特性. 应用生态学报， 28 (5): 1482-1488

17. 杨振亚，周本智*，陈庆标，等. 2018. 干旱对杉木幼苗根系构型及非结构性碳水化合物的影响, 生态学报，38(18): 6729~6740. DOI： 10.5846/stxb201803260604

18. 童冉, 陈庆标, 周本智*, 唐永强, 安艳飞, 葛晓改, 曹永慧, 杨振亚. 2020, 毛竹和雷竹地下系统结构及生物力学性质研究. 生态学报,  40(7): 2242-2251.

专著：

1. 周本智主编. 北亚热带典型森林生态系统研究, 中国林业出版社 2013 ISBN 978-7-5038-7209-7

2. 周本智主编. 极端气候事件对亚热带典型森林的影响，中国林业出版社 2017 ISBN  978-7-5038-9656-9，50万字

3. 周本智主编. 竹林地下系统研究，中国林业出版社 2018 ISBN 978-7-5038-9839-6，23万字