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Phone:  662-325-5809
Fax:  662-325-8726
Email:  zfan@cfr.msstate.edu

address:

Rm# 327, Thompson Hall
Department of Forestry
Box 9681
Mississippi State, MS 39762-9681

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Education:

• University of Idaho Ph.D., Quantitative Silviculture
• University of Idaho M.S., Statistics
• Beijing Forestry University M.S., Forest Ecology
• Shandong Agricultural University B.S., Forestry

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

Teaching Areas:

• FO 4472/6472 - GIS for Natural Resource Management

Research / Extension Websites:

• Forest Measurements and Spatial Technology
• Measurements and Spatial Technologies Laboratory
• Wood Utilization Research Center

Graduate Students

• Mark Garrigues
• Zhongqiu Ma
• Yuan Tan
• Mohan Tiruveedhula
• Qi Yao
• Weiming Yu

2009
Arias, E. F., W. Cooke III, Z. Fan, W. Kingery. 2009. Classification of soil aptness to establish Panicum virgatum in Mississippi using sensitivity analysis and GIS. World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology 54:777-783. Download

2009
Dey, D.C., Z. Fan. 2009. A review of fire and oak regeneration and overstory recruitment. Pages 1-20 in T.F. Hutchinson, editor, Proceedings of the 3rd Fire in Eastern Oak Forests Conference. GTR-NRS-P-46. Download

2009
Tiruveedhula, M.P., Z. Fan, R.R. Sadasivuni, S.S. Durbha, D.L. Evans. 2009. Biomass and health based forest cover delineation using spectral un-mixing. American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Annual Conference. Baltimore, MD.

2008
Fan, Z., J.M. Kabrick, M.A. Spetich, S.R. Shifley, R.G. Jensen. 2008. Oak mortality associated with crown dieback and oak borer attack in the Ozark Highlands. Forest Ecology and Management 255(7):2297-2305. Download

2008
Shifley, S.R., F.R. Thompson III, W.D. Dijak, Z. Fan. 2008. Forecasting landscape-scale, cumulative effects of forest management on vegetation and wildlife habitat: A case study of issues, limitations, and opportunities. Forest Ecology and Management 254(3):474-483. Download