Lianjun Zhang
Professor
323 Bray Hall
One Forestry Drive
Syracuse, NY 13210-2788
(315) 470-6558
lizhang@esf.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 39:295-308.

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 39:722-742.

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

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

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.