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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
• FO 8313 - Spatial Statistics for Natural Resources
• FO 8990 - Special topics in forestry: Ecological modeling

Research / Extension Websites:

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

Graduate Students

• Zhen (Carol) Sui

2011
Fan, Z., X. Fan, C.W. Oswalt, M.A. Spetich, K.W. Moser. 2010. Threats of nonnative invasive plants in the southern forest lands: condition, extent, and potential driving factors. Page 124 in K. Merry, P. Bettinger, Z. Fan, J. Kushla, T. Litts, J. Siry, J. Hepinstall-Cymerman, B. Song, editors; Proceedings of the 7th Southern Forestry and Natural Resources GIS Conference.

2011
Fan, Z., X. Fan, M.A. Spetich, S.R. Shifley, W.K. Moser, R.G. Jensen, J.M. Kabrick. 2011. Developing a stand hazard index for oak decline in upland oak forests of the Ozark Highlands, Missouri. Northern Journal of Applied Forestry 28(1):19-26.

2011
Garrigues, M., Z. Fan, D.L. Evans, W. Cooke. 2010. Mapping Hurricane Katrina forest damage in South Mississippi using MIFI data and GIS. Pages 45-53 in K. Merry, P. Bettinger, Z. Fan, J. Kushla, T. Litts, J. Siry, J. Hepinstall-Cymerman, B. Song, editors; Proceedings of the 7th Southern Forestry and Natural Resources GIS Conference. Athens, GA.

2011
Kabrick, J.M., K.W. Goyne, Z. Fan, D. Meinert. 2011. Landscape determinants of exchangeable calcium and magnesium in forest and woodland soils of the Missouri Ozark Highlands. Soil Science Society of America 75(1):164-180. Download

2011
Rittenhouse, C.D., S.R. Shifley, W.D. Dijak, Z. Fan, F.R. Thompson, III, J.J. Millspaugh, J.A. Perez, C.M. Sandeno. 2011. Application of landscape and habitat suitability models to conservation: the Hoosier National Forest land-management plan. Pages 299–328 In C. Li, R. Lafortezza, and J. Chen, editors. Landscape ecology in forest management and conservation: Challenges and solutions for global change. Springer, USA.