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Lianjun Zhang
Professor

323 Bray Hall
1 Forestry Dr.
Syracuse, New York 13210

Phone: (315) 470-6558
Email: lizhang@syr.edu

• Research Interests
• Vita

Highest Education

Ph.D. University of Idaho (Forest Biometrics and Growth and Yield Modeling), 1990.

Areas of Study

Forest biometrics, Quantitative silviculture.

Courses Taught

(Full Course Descriptions)

• FOR 323 Forest Biometrics
• FOR 796 Quantitative Silviculture
• APM 630 Regression Analysis
• APM 635 Multivariate Statistical Methods
• APM 645 Nonparametric Statistics and Categorical Data Analysis

Selected Publications

(Complete Publications List)

Zhang, L., J.A. Moore and J.D. Newberry. 1993. Disaggregating stand volume growth to individual trees. Forest Science 39(2):295-308.

Force. J.E., G.E. Machlis, L. Zhang, and A. Kearney. 1993. The relationship between timber production, historical events and community social change: a quantitative case study. Forest Science 39(4):722-742.

Tang, S., Y. Wang, L. Zhang, and C.H. Meng. 1997. A distribution-free method to predict stand diameter distribution. Forest Science 43(4):491-500.

Force, J.E., G.E. Machlis, and L. Zhang. 2000. The engines of change in resource-dependent communities. Forest Science 46(3):410-422.

Li, F., L. Zhang, and C. Davis. 2002. Modeling the joint distribution of tree diameters and heights by bivariate generalized beta distribution. Forest Science 48(1):47-58.

Liu, C., L. Zhang, C.J. Davis, D.S. Solomon, and J.H. Gove. 2002. A finite mixture model for characterizing the diameter distribution of mixed-species forest stands. Forest Science 48(4):653-661.

Liu, C., L. Zhang, C.J. Davis, D.S. Solomon, T.B. Brann, and T. Caldwell. 2003. Comparison of neural networks and statistical methods in classification of ecological habitats using FIA data. Forest Science 49(4):619-631.

Shi, H. and L. Zhang. 2003. Local analysis of tree competition and growth. Forest Science 49(6):938-955.

Zhang, L., C. Liu, C.J. Davis, D.S. Solomon, T.B. Brann, and T. Caldwell. 2004. Fuzzy classification of ecological habitats from FIA data. Forest Science 50(1):117-127.

Zhang, L. and H. Shi. 2004. Local modeling of tree growth by geographically weighted regression. Forest Science 50(2):225-244.

Zhang, L. and J.H. Gove. 2005. Spatial assessment of model errors from four regression techniques. Forest Science 51(4):334-346.

Ni, C. and L. Zhang. 2008. An estimator of prediction error variance for projection equations. Forest Science 54(6):569-578.

Kiernan, D.H., E. Bevilacqua, R.D. Nyland, and L. Zhang. 2009. Modeling tree mortality in low- to medium-density uneven-aged hardwood stands under a selection system using Generalized Estimating Equations. Forest Science 55(4):343-351.

Zhang, L., Z. Ma, and L. Guo. 2009. Spatial autocorrelation and heterogeneity in the relationships between tree variables. Forest Science 55(6):533-548.

Wang, M., A. Upadhyay, and L. Zhang. 2010. Trivariate distribution modeling of tree diameter, height, and volume. Forest Science 56(3):290-300.

Lu, J. and L. Zhang. 2010. Evaluation of parameter estimation methods for fitting spatial regression models. Forest Science (in press).