Zhaofei Fan
Assistant Professor
Department of Forestry
Mississippi State University
PhD in Quantitative Silviculture
University of Idaho, 2000
Web: www.cfr.msstate.edu
Email: zfan@cfr.msstate.edu
Phone: 662-325-5809
Research Interests
- Landscape/GIS/spatial statistical models
- Multiple-scale modeling and computer simulation
- Forest measurement, growth and yield
- Forest health and ecological risk assessment
- Tree nutrition and plantation establishment
- Roles of fire in ecosystem restoration and management
Current Research Projects
- Resource analyses of small-diameter trees (STD) for biomass, value-added utilization, and forest health restoration in Mississippi
- Regional oak decline-related and regular oak mortality predictions of extent and severity: including factor identification, and probability modeling
- Effects of prescribed fire on upland oak forest ecosystems in Missouri Ozarks
- Manager's Guide to effects of timber harvest and prescribed fire on fuels, species composition, and diversity in Ozark forest
- Multiple-scale modeling and mapping coarse woody
- Development of the Sylvan stand structure model for southern bottomland hardwoods
- Impact of controlled-release fertilizers on pine plantation
Most Current Publications:
He, H. S., D. C. Dey, X. Fan, M. B. Hoolen, J. M. Kabrick, C. K. Wikle, and Z. Fan. 2007. Mapping pre-European settlement vegetation using a hierarchical Bayesian model and GIS. Plant Ecology 191:85-94.
Fan, Z., X. Fan, M.A. Spetich, and S.R. Shiftey. 2007. Multiple-level Monitoring of Oak Decline and Mortality by Integrating FHM with Site-specific Data in the Highlands of Arkansas and Missouri, USA. The 3rd Eco Summit. May 22-27, Beijing, China.
Fan, Z., S. R. Shiftey, and C. W. Woodall. 2007. Mapping the Spatial Distribution of Down Woody Material Components in the Eastern Forests of United States. The 6th North American Forest Ecology Workshop, June 17-23, Vancouver, Canada.
Fan, Z., D.C. Dey, G. Hartman, and S. Niu. 2007. Impacts of Prescribed Fires and Ecological Land Types on the Structure and Dynamics of the Ozark Highland Forest Ecosystems, USA. The 6th North American Forest Ecology Workshop, June 17-23, Vancouver, Canada.
Fan, Z., J.M. Kabrick, M.A. Spetich, S. R. Shiftey, and R. Jensen. 2007. Oak Mortality Associated with Crown Dieback and Oak Borer Attack in the Ozark Highlands of Missouri and Arkansas, USA. The 6th North American Forest Ecology Workshop, June 17-23, Vancouver, Canada.
He, H. S., D. C. Dey, X. Fan, M. B. Hoolen, J. M. Kabrick, C. K. Wikle, and Z. Fan. 2007. Mapping pre-European settlement vegetation using a hierarchical Bayesian model and GIS. Plant Ecology 191:85-94.
Fan, Z., X. Fan, M.A. Spetich, and S.R. Shiftey. 2007. Multiple-level Monitoring of Oak Decline and Mortality by Integrating FHM with Site-specific Data in the Highlands of Arkansas and Missouri, USA. The 3rd Eco Summit. May 22-27, Beijing, China.
Fan, Z., S. R. Shiftey, and C. W. Woodall. 2007. Mapping the Spatial Distribution of Down Woody Material Components in the Eastern Forests of United States. The 6th North American Forest Ecology Workshop, June 17-23, Vancouver, Canada.
Fan, Z., D.C. Dey, G. Hartman, and S. Niu. 2007. Impacts of Prescribed Fires and Ecological Land Types on the Structure and Dynamics of the Ozark Highland Forest Ecosystems, USA. The 6th North American Forest Ecology Workshop, June 17-23, Vancouver, Canada.
Fan, Z., J.M. Kabrick, M.A. Spetich, S. R. Shiftey, and R. Jensen. 2007. Oak Mortality Associated with Crown Dieback and Oak Borer Attack in the Ozark Highlands of Missouri and Arkansas, USA. The 6th North American Forest Ecology Workshop, June 17-23, Vancouver, Canada.
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